mulch

Dada and I went to Home Depot to get mulch and I LOVED it watering it. 

Kira's teeth

Kira just got her fourth tooth yesterday!  Now she has three on the bottom -- the first two came in the end of January, exactly one week apart, and the third bottom tooth came in one week before her baptism -- and now she has her first top tooth.  Top left if you're looking at her! 

Oh my goodness!

So, we've learned these past few months that Cole picks up on everything we say!  In February Cole learned two new phrases -- the first one came out when I yelled at him for something (Lord knows what - probably because he didn't want a new diaper on - that's his new thing.  Which is great, except he'll only pee in the toilet, not poop, so he still needs it!)  He turned and said to me, "Mama, calm down."  OMG- i tried so hard not to laugh but then had to call Dave at work and bust a gut b/c it was too funny to have my 2 year old tell me to calm down!  The second one was when he walked into the room and said to me and Dave, "what the hell is going on in here?"  I looked at Dave and then laughed so hard I cried!  Thankfully he has not repeated either phrase - just one time each despite the uncontrollable laughter that followed each pronouncement. A few weeks into March he learned a new one -  I asked him to do something and he told me I had to "hold on a minute."  His two news things this month (April) are "Oh, I get it" and "Oh my goodness"!  What's even funnier is that not only does he listen, absorb and repeat everything we say - but he uses the same tone! 

This week (Thursday) when I was working from home I had two early morning phone calls.  Whenever I'm on the phone I ask him to be quiet, of course.  So after I got off the second call he turns to me and Kira and says "ok, now please be quiet, Cole has to make a phone call."  He then proceeds to pick up his walkie-talkie (attached to his ride-on fire truck) and holds it up to his ear.  "Hello?...hi...I'm in the basement...just playing...yes...ok, I'll talk to you later...bye."  It was HYSTERICAL!  He paused as if he was having a real conversation and someone on the other end was listening...and I love how he went Hello? and then Hi like I do...too funny how much he mimics us! 

Cole's first ice cream cone

Thanks Ama!







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Springtime fun!

Mama finally blew up the pool - check out my new swim clothes. I'm all set for summer! Cole











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Pooping!

Today Cole pooped in the toilet for the first time!!!  I arrived home from work to find Delia, Kira and Cole sitting on the front steps waiting for me.  Cole was licking a ginormous lollipop (he's never had one before) and had green and purple all over his face.  Delia immediately noticed my dismayed look (WHAT WAS SHE THINKING?!?? was running through my head) and told Cole to run over and tell me his good news.  "Mama, mama!  I pooped in the toilet today and got a lollipop!"  Interesting...I was planning on doing the naked boy method when the weather got warm enough, but I guess she decided to jump start the process with bribery...I'm still not sure how I feel about that.  Picture to come....(of the lollipop, not the poop!)

What was hysterical though was tonight when I put Cole to bed he said "mama, i need to poop again - can i go to the toilet?"  and I said, "Cole, you never poop at night.  Why do you need to poop?"  And he said, "because I want a lollipop!"  And then goes "look, I'm trying" - and started making a face and grunting like he was pushing!  I doubled over in laughter!  I've never seen him do that before.  He always goes to the bathroom to "hide" while he's pooping and does it very quietly.  Where did he learn to grunt like that?!  I'm thinking this whole lollipop/bribery thing isn't the greatest idea.  The poor kids going to get hemorrhoids so he can suck on lollipops whenever he wants!  Ha, ha! 

Kira is now mobile!

Aside from her calculated rolls from side to side to get where she
wants... Kira is now crawling as of two days ago!! It started out as
a pretty funny hand toe crawl hop drag shuffle thing, but has already
progressed quite quickly to a more efficient somewhat crawling
motion. :-)

Double bath time!

Here's our trial run with both kids in the big bath tub. Cole was so
excited that Kira was big enough to go in the tub with him, so that
was good. They both had a grand ol' time, though I think Cole may have
felt a little confined. Kira could splash to her little hearts
content! :-)

Fun in the Sunday sun!

The first really beautiful weekend, finally! We went for a stroll for
lunch and ate outside. It was Kira's first time in the big stroller
and she LOVED it, sitting upright and looking around. Then came home
and enjoyed the afternoon in the back yard!

Kira got a tooth today!

Kira turned 6 months old only a few days ago and today her first tooth
finally broke through! Mama and dada had been expecting it for a
while, and now it's finally here. She's been so good despite the
obvious pain! But she won't quite allow a picture of it quite yet. ;-)