anniversary four

That would be four fingers (total) we are holding up...not the peace sign. Just felt the need to clarify. Not that we are against peace or anything. :)

So we celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary on the seventeenth with a great night out and a fabulous dinner at The Palm. Thanks again, Erin, for the suggestion. It the perfect spot to celebrate and the food was wonderful!

In lieu of the typical mushy "anniversary post" about how fab my husband and our life together is (again, not sayin' that it isn't but...), I thought I would write Nick a poem. This may or may not rhyme. I have entitled it "Nicky-Poo" for obvious reasons.

Eh hem...

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, how I love you.
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, I hope you don't get the flu.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, you are my best friend.
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, you have a nice rear end.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, thanks for loving me.
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, and for getting down on one knee.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, 'cause I would really be up a creek,
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, if you had thought I was a geek.

Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, I'm not really a poet,
Nicky-Poo, Nicky-Poo, but I love you and what you to know it.

meet brookie

My new baby niece was born last week, so we got to spend the labor day weekend snuggling and loving on her and all of her sweet little chwubby-ness. Apparently, big cheeks run in the fam. Remember this picture of Olivia?

is that a diaper on your head?

This picture makes me laugh. Strange? Yes. But do you see how happy she is? And to think all it took was a few diapers strapped around her knees and elbows, ninja turtle style. Then we pretended that Sissy was a "diaper monster" and let her chase us around.



And if you are wondering if this was my idea...ummm, no. Lukey gets all the credit. Genius, I tell you, that kid is a genius. See him practicing his kung-fu moves in the background. He's cool like that.

luke's first day

Here are a few pictures I was able to snap on Luke's first day of school at Friends In Christ preschool. His teacher was wrangling the girl I have termed "wild child" so I wasn't able to get one of Luke and Ms. Michelle. But, I'm a momma on a mission and yes, I will have my camera in tow for day two.

it's official

As if we didn't already have our suspicions. And as one can clearly see from the photo in the previous post. Olivia is a little bit on the chunky side. She went in for her one year visit (a little late, I know), and Dr. Lestz said in the sweetest, gentlest way possible...olivia is a chunk and we need to make sure she is eating good foods and need to cut back the milk.

I guess with the second child, it is easy to overlook the fact that she is consuming 4-6 large milk bottles/sippies a day. And as all the mamas in the 'hood know, I am always running to the store to buy more. Apparently she is supposed to be consuming no more than 20 oz. a day, which is two medium sized sippies.

And, let's just face it, the girl likes to eat and sadly, I think she has inherited her mama's love of food. I gave her three fish sticks and peas the other night for dinner. Not only did she eat all of that in about 5 minutes flat, she was then pointing and screaming at Luke's uneaten fish sticks. She loves her veggies and fruits and all the good stuff. The problem is that she loves everything. She wants to try everything and enjoys everything. So we will not be putting Oivia on a baby diet, but I will be making a better effort of only giving her the good stuff and limiting the corndogs (!!!). Yes, she eats corndogs (bad mommy).

So without further adieu...drum roll, please...

Weight: 27 pounds (95%), pretty sure that's more than Ramsey and Taylor put together :)
Height: 32 inches (95%)
Head: 17 inches (97%)

She also received three vaccines and the first dose of the flu shot.

Oh, and how did I forget to mention the worst part??? Dr. Lestz said no more paci and no more bottles...immediately! Ouch. That's going to sting. I figured I would give her one last night of both since her widdle weggies are sore from the shots and then tomorrow we are going cold turkey.