moc-lit milk

Whenever we pass the diner Lars says, "I want pancakes"but it sounds more like " Ah wahn pan-cah". He talks all the time but I am sure it is just me and Mike that can understand him and all of his little words. Last night, Mike was working at the Inn late so I was juggling the two little people for bedtime and got them both in jammies on my bed. Our boy did something that I was telling him not to do and he said, "Mommy, shhhhhh" in reference to keeping my voice down for his seesta's sake. Oh, so that's how he takes discipline. Very cunning little fellow.

So this morning we treated ourselves to some pan-cahs. It was really cold outside on our walk down to the diner; the wind was bitter. Lars ordered his pancakes straight away and Mike got a chocolate milk to share. He chugged it down so fast. I tried to get a video of the whole thing but by the time I got the camera out, he was nearly done. I love the way he says chocolate milk. We had a lot of it while Liz was here (Mike took him to get some more today actually)--so this video is for you Liz because I know you miss the little chocolate milk boy.

After breakfast, we passed the local Barber shop and the boys got trims from Cassie. Our girl fell asleep during the walk to the Barbers (about a block) so she rested on the couch. Pretty cute. She was wearing her  wools from Liz. Everyone comments on how beautiful they are.

Our little girl is sleeping really well. We now know she can sleep 5,6,7, even 8 hours straight which is really great. I can see her trending a very positive direction and she is actually getting a bit of a consistent rhythm to her day. She really only has freak out crying spells when she is tired and just can't get herself to sleep and she cries so hard it doesn't even sound like crying but maybe some kind of tortured small animal. Sometimes all I have to do is say her name and tell her to come back to us and she chills out. Funny little girl. When our boy was her age, he was just barely starting to nurse well and was still so scrawny looking in comparison. Some things are just much much easier the second time around.

our saturday morning.

These shots were from our Saturday morning. Lars got into my make up which was entertaining. Thanks Lucy for the cute sweater. I love the woolens you sent over for our little lady. You got those leggings for Lars I think.  and Thanks Kasey, for the cute hat from Bangladesh.

We successfully made it through a week without live-in help.  We miss you Liz! and my parents left the other day too so it was a mass exodus of grandparents so I am told I need to keep the blog updated as much as possible. I have started to feel a bit overwhelmed at times this week but Mike takes our boy with him whenever he runs errands and gets up early with him so I can sleep in a just a little bit. Our girl has had 4-5 hour stretches the last 3 nights but I know better than to think it will stay this way but I will take anything more than 3. She has been smiling and making little talking sounds this week as well. She has one mightily impressive little scream on her when she gets mad or is uncomfortable. I am still learning the subtle differences in her cries but we are figuring it out. Yep, her hair is still red but as her head grows, her baby hair recedes further back on her head. It looks funny but cute funny, of course. Our boy is very loving towards her. He gets so excited to give her hugs and kisses. He is talking A LOT lately. I need to get a video of him saying some of my favorite words. I especially like when he says hummus like "who muth"--a little lisp at the end is super cute.

I would like to officially thank the creators of Shaun the Sheep--basically Wallace and Gromit but with funny sheep. I don't think I would have made it through this week without it. I heard someone talk about how their 2 year old can count to ten in spanish from watching Dora and I thought about how Shaun the Sheep doesn't really have any talking but is really funny so our boy might not be learning to talk but he is learning about comedic timing for sure. He also learns how to pull funny faces which is more important for his existence than talking, right?

** looking back at this post, it looks like coral threw up. I guess i like it. 

              

gotta love the screen grab--she looks terrified.