Poor thing

This cute smiley sweet little girl has had such a sad few days! Last night she started screaming bloody murder and just kept on and off all night struggling to sleep. At one point she calmed down and started playing! After a few hours of sleep it was morning and I called the ped and got her right in. However, she was totally back to her normal smiling self. We went in anyways and good thing we did. I guess her ear infection from a few weeks ago never went completely away. The poor little sweetie has an ear infection that can't get much worse. I guess her ear actually has a blister in it and it was close to popping her ear drum! We had to give her a shot of antibiotics and we started her on oral antibiotics as well. She is on the strongest dose of antibiotics you can give a ten month old. I felt horrible. She seriously has been acting just fine and even has been sleeping through the night for about a week and a half. She even came home and played like she was feeling fine. The Dr. commented that she must be one tough cookie because most babies would be screaming all day and night. To top it all off she cut her very first tooth today. No wonder she has been so miserable.

Stroller

Apparently Blair wanted to go for a ride in her doll stroller today. I can't keep her off of this thing. She tries to climb in it every chance she gets. She got her foot stuck in it once. I get her off and she gets right back on it.



Yes, my ten month old is crazy! She does use the stoller for its intended use as well. She loves pushing her dolly in it around the house. She climbs anything and everything.

Mac and Cheese

My kids LOVE Mac and cheese. However, we don't have it very often because Blair requires a bath after wards. Lukas gets pretty messy himself.



See I wasn't exaggerating. She ate two bowl fulls of it. She insists on feeding herself now.
She is also is getting really good at using a sippy cup. She gets excited anytime she sees one. We will be taking the bottle away very soon. Probably in about a month.

Happy birthday Lukas

Lukas turned the big 3 years old on Saturday! He was one lucky kid and got to celebrate for TWO days! On Friday night he and Blair slept at grandma and grandpa C's house. When he got home on Saturday the house was decorated for his birthday. He said "Oh wow mom that is so cool thanks!" HA HA. He then opened presents.

I let him pick out the wrapping paper he wanted at the store. He picked Spider man.

He loved this activity book that is a dry erase board. I figured this would be a great and fun way to practice numbers.

We later celebrated at Pirate Island Pizza. At first Emma and Lukas were a little scared (even though they had been there before.) Blair however LOVED it and kept doing her hand gesture for come here come closer to the pirates. She was making excited sounds. She was cracking me up. Lukas and Emma and fun fighting with their balloon swords the balloon guy made them. Lukas's grandma and grandpa Crane came and his Aunt Suzanne and his great grandma B and of course you can see Emma in the picture. Lukas had fun. We just wanted a small little party for him since we had just moved.
On Sunday he got another party at grandma and grandpa Wilkinson's with all his aunts, uncles and cousins. He had so much fun playing with them.


He was cracking me up opening presents. He would get super excited then pose with his presents after opening them for me to take a picture. He would say "Cheese" and make a some what smiling face then move onto the next present.
This is the cake he picked out. He loved it. He was so excited to take it over to grandma and grandpas to eat. He showed everyone his cake and was excited to blow out three candles. Lukas gives a HUGE thanks to everyone who made his bday special! We LOVE you!

Jammies

My aunt married a guy from Pakistan. Recently she took a trip over there to see him and to hopefully bring him back with her. Long story short it didn't work out but he should be here very soon. It has been a very long process (years) and hopefully he can join our family very soon. Last time she went to visit him she brought my cousin back some really cute jammies. I asked her this time if she would bring some back for my kids. They are just so adorable that I wanted my kids to have some too. She didn't dissapoint and my kids look adorable in the jammies she brought back.


Lukas in his green pins striped pair.

Blair and Lukas. I can't get Blair to hold still for anything!
She does pretty good in the rocking chair so we usually sit her there. Doesn't she look cute in her orange polka dot pair?
She is getting so big!
They are a little big but if we fold the pants over and roll the sleeves up she can still wear them. I figure she will just be able to wear them for a long time.
Lukas in his brown and white pair. He has to take pictures when I do. He has very shaggy hair. Of course are hair dresser is also our aunt who brought these back. He will be getting a hair cut on Thursday ;) Thanks Suzanne and Shobi they look so cute!

10 months

Little Miss Blair is now ten months old. She is just so big. It is hard for me to believe she is already this old. At the same time though I sometimes forget she is only ten months with all the things she is doing. She looks so much older toddling around the house. We sure love her. She is such a happy baby and loves to smile and laugh. If we could just get her to sleep better we would be ecstatic. She loves to sing "When your happy and you know it." she claps on cue and it is so cute. She loves to get in the tubby. Every time she hears the water running she runs (she really is getting quick.) to the bathroom to get ready to get in. She laughs the hardest at Lukas. She loves him. She has also started saying no and also shaking her head no when she doesn't want to do something. She took her first fall down the stairs this month. Luckily she just got a little shaken and wasn't hurt. I am actually surprised this was the first time. I can't keep her away from the stairs. The minute my head is turned she is off towards them. She gets past my little contraptions and Lukas just lets her through the gates so those don't work either. She has become a little tease. Her new favorite game is to act like she is handing us something then turn around and take off. Then she laughs hysterically. She just started doing this a few days ago. However, we play it over and over again. It is so cute though so I don't mind. I laugh every time. She loves other kids and gets excited when she gets to play with them. She loves her mommy and her daddy equally these days. This makes it easier to get things done. She seems to be adjusting to life in the new house without any sort of problems. She is enjoying the extra space to toddle around in.

She loves puffs and carries the jar around and just reaches her tiny hand in there and eats them. It cracks me up.
She sure loves her daddy! He is pretty smitten by her too.
This stroller is a hit in our house. She thinks it is so fun to push around. Lukas thinks it is fun too. They take turns going all over the house.

Settled in

We made the big move on Monday and we are officially in our new house! We LOVE it! It was a lot of work getting everything moved and unpacked of course. However, now that it is done we feel more like this is our home. We are now just settling into a routine. Lukas is struggling with it a bit but he will make it. He isn't very good with change. I just keep hyping up how cool and big our new house is. We just need to hang a few pictures and our house will be complete. Well except for a new fresh coat of paint. That can wait a month or so though. We are excited to start our new lives in our new home for the new year! We welcome any and all visitors :)
Blair loved all our moving boxes. She thought they were great. She would climb in and climb out for hours. She even put a few things in boxes. We found binkies and toys in random boxes when we were unpacking.