kriskos in town

The Kriskos were in town for an event in DC to honor Hugh's dad. Then after a jaunt to the Bahamas, they stayed with us for an evening that was much too short. Good dinner, good times, good family.

 

 

 

buddy holly

buried alive

Tyler started piling up toys onto his kid sister. He kept going and going. Only she didn't seem to mind and kept playing with each added toy. And with such realism; she put the phone up to her ear!

 

loving our kitchen

 

strawberry fiend

 

 

big wave

Alex was putting Jenna to bed tonight and he asked her to wave goodnight to Mommy. Right on cue she did it.

playroom fun

 

wiper

Don't want your food anymore? Just brush it off your tray like a windshield wiper!

daycare deb

Jenna LOVES going to daycare at Miss Deb's!

barf city

After the shower on Saturday, the Linns didn't make it home until after our kids were already in bed. Tyler woke up from the commotion of their return and began to sing, "I want to move it, move it. I want to move it, move it!" Then drifted back to sleep.

Hunter awoke in the next room and was crying. Tyler came into our room (which never happens) and said he was scared. We reassured him all was ok and he went back to bed.

Then at 2am we heard him coughing and crying. Alex went to check on him which seemed to take forever. When I poked my head out, they were in the bathroom. Later a peeked out again and saw Tyler only in his diaper. With Tyler still whimpering I decided I'd butt in and help. Turns out Tyler vomited (a lot) on his bed. I read him a story while Alex pulled the sheets and replaced them with clean ones. Tyler went bed with a bowl nearby just in case.

After all trying to go back to sleep, Alex and I bound out of bed when we heard the same awful noises again. Tyler tried the bucket but didn't make it. Sheet change #2. This time we got smart and put towels over the clean sheets. All was well until the morning. One more mini-toss of the cookies when he stood up. He fumbled through the day in a fog, but was able to eat just fine. He was back to normal after a 4.5 hour nap. Thank goodness! Whatever the bug was, it left as quickly as it came.

first stand

The Linns were in town and staying with us for the weekend. Jenna joined me and Katie at a shower to celebrate Katie's baby, Owen, who is due to arrive in June.

Jenna loves to pull up and stand while holding something for support. She's even accidentally stood without support for a split second. But while playing with Mommy at the shower, Jenna stood for a good 10 seconds. It was so exciting to see! And it must have been exhausting for her; she crashed within a few minutes of leaving.

In the last image below you can see how sad Tyler was when the Linns had to leave.

 

 

 

 

 

one-legged crawl

Jenna wants to walk so badly that she's developed this half crawl, half walk technique. She takes her right leg, bends it with her foot flat on the floor as if she was going to take a step up. Then she scoots her left leg as if she was doing a normal crawl on her knees. It is funny to watch!

namer

Tonight Jenna looked directly into my eyes and said, "Maahhh muh." Then I pointed to her Daddy and said his name. She looked at him and said, "D Da." Doubting that she would be able to pronounce Tyler, I still gave it a shot while really enunciating the T sound. She blew me away when she said, "TuhTuhTuhTuhTuh!" Amazing!!

11 months

Jenna is 11 months old today! She is very mobile and on the verge of walking. And she is fast - whether it be crawling or stealing your sunglasses (or trying to take her photo)! I am still in shock that she will be one in a month. Where does the time go??

 

 

catch me if you can

Tyler thinks it is so funny when Jenna wears this outfit; "Jenna has a fishy on her butt!" Giggle, giggle. But it won't be long before we can't catch her; she is trying to walk!

circus

Tyler loved the circus! Well, at least he eventually did. Before the show we got to go down to the ring and see the pre-show attractions which seemed to unnerve Tyler. But he warmed up once the real show began. He thought the elephants and tigers were pretty cool, but his favorite part was when a clown pretended to fall of his tricycle when another revved the engine of the custom motorcycle.

 

 

pyramid

day in annapolis

 

 

 

 

Mommy was obligated to attend an executive retreat at work the previous day, but she couldn't let Daddy have all of the fun during the kids' time off from daycare. So on this day we had a lot of fun in Annapolis. We walked around the city dock (Tyler thought the police boat was too cool!) and played at the nearby park. And we finished up our adventure with lunch with Oma and Uncle Dylan.

daddy daycare

Our daycare was closed today so the kids were lucky enough to spend the entire day with Daddy!

 

carseat shift

It was time to move Jenna to a full carseat rather than her baby carrier. We decided to get Tyler a booster seat and let Jenna use his carseat, which could have worked for him for several more years. The good news is that Tyler really likes his new seat (it has cup holders!) and Jenna loves being higher up so that she can see out of the window.

 

 

 

the eater bunny has been here!

I think Tyler loves Easter almost as much as I do. We had a great family day; Oma, Uncle Dylan and Aunt Christine came too. We had a really fun Easter egg hunt, which Tyler LOVED! And late in the afternoon while the kids were napping, I saw three little bunnies chasing each other in our backyard. I thought it was so fitting for the holiday!

wrestling fun

post stitches (one week later)

The stitches have disintegrated. The scar should continue to fade (fingers crossed). The doctor recommended Mederma, so Oma picked some up for Tyler at the drugstore. Not sure what exactly is in it (at $25 for a small tube) but we are hopeful for positive results.

one week post stitches

The last of Tyler's dissolvable stitches fell off tonight. I can definitely notice the scar, but of course it will fade with time. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will not be noticeable as he grows! The doctor told me to give her six months before I judge her work.

texting

Alex went out with his buddy tonight while it was my turn to take care of the kids. Not long after Alex left, Tyler found an old cell phone that we let him use as a toy. As we sat down to dinner Tyler picked up the phone and started pressing buttons. He said, "I'm texting someone. I'm going to text Daddy!"

Later he would pretend to also talk on the phone. He'd hold up the phone and instruct me to say goodbye to Oma (what I do to him when we're ending a phone call). Too cute.

all over the place

Jenna is crawling all over the place. She's also very interested in pulling herself up using a chair or an adult's leg! It is neat to see her able to entertain herself somewhat now because she can move to the object she wants to inspect.

bright eyes and long lashes

Jenna has big blue eyes and killer lashes just like her big brother!

 

 

meat eater

Jenna is such a good eater. Tyler was pretty good, but he'd balk at meat especially beef. But not so with Jenna -- she ate pieces of burger for dinner. On the other hand, Tyler chose to go to bed without dessert so he didn't have to finish his burger (and that is saying a lot since Tyler LOVES treats)!