I am so totally in love

Rosie and I are BFF's. We stick together like glue. I'm not so outnumbered anymore and I am SO happy about that. At 2 weeks, we've seen a glimpse of what a sweetheart this little lady is. She and I are inseparable. I just can't get enough sweet smells from her soft hair, kisses on her pudgy cheeks, and snuggles on my chest. I didn't know having a baby girl would feel so different. I love my boys. This time it just feels different. I'm being vague, I know. I can't explain it.






We interrupt this sweet post with a picture of the goofy brothers that have come before Rosie. I hope they eventually pull it together before their ways start to set in on her. Pete is in the enthusiastic-dress-himself-stage. Charlie and I were giggling so hard over this attempt...inside out and backwards. Pete doesn't seem to mind. Nor does he mind it when he puts his flip flops on the wrong feet. To each his own...

We have full bars here...and other happenings

And we have all sizes!

Who doesn't enjoy some good tummy time, huh?

Dave took the boys to a high school graduation party of a friend's and they passed out these 2011 glasses. The number 2011 is the biggest number Charlie knows. Every time we did calendar time at our preschool we recited the year along with the date. Now, if there is a whole lot of something, there are 2011 of them. Its a big number.

I want to know what happened to the days when I would wake up and feel like being a superhero--cape, rain boots and all. Those had to have been pretty good days.

Dave (yes my husband, Dave) scored big this morning as he rounded the boys up, got in the van and went yard saling (saleing...sailing...). $3 for a shiny, red tricycle for Pete and $3 for a "Huffy Rock It" bike with training wheels for Charlie. This great find left lots of room in the budget to go ahead and get the really cool helmets! (Spiderman and Transformers)

Happenings

I really don't know how Halloween passed without hardly any pictures taken.
Costumes this year:
Charlie--Spiderman
Pete--Skunk
Shelly--Little Red Riding Hood
Dave--The Hunter (because he ends up with Red in the end, right?)

Here is a vid when we first bought Charlie's costume. Both were very excited!!

Pete, the proud winner of the cupcake walk, enjoying his spoils.

One night when I was out, Dave went upstairs for "only a second" and came down to the boys splashing around in an inch deep water in the kitchen. It began with the kitty water and then moved to water from the bathroom sink. Charlie tells, "Pete was filling his cup in the sink and watching him do that made me want to do it too!" I just have to ask, though, really, only a second?? Pete is getting pretty good at wiping up messes, he's required to do it a lot.