Birthday Girl

Kate's SIX now. Can you believe it?! Such a big girl. This is funny though... she wanted MOUTHWASH for her birthday! She saw a commercial for mouthwash for kids about a year ago and we found it in Target, but when I read the label it said for 6 and up. So I told her when she was six I would get it for her. Well, you-know-who remembered that for a whole year and so we got it for her for her birthday. Is this kid easy or what? She was thrilled.

We rented a bounce house and had friends and family over. She wanted a Hannah Montana theme, which is funny because she doesn't even really watch the show. It was fun for her, though!

Six is amazing. She has a loose top, front tooth (already lost those front bottom two teeth). She can finally ride a two-wheeler. She is getting way better at the monkey bars and is by far the tallest kid in her class. She can be sassy like a teenager and sweet like she's still my baby. She is still my baby. She'll always be my first born, you know?

In Stitches

Our baby girl fell from the couch to the coffee table on Tuesday afternoon. We spent about four hours in the ER getting stiches. Well, the stitches took a total of about 10 minutes. The rest of the time we spent entertaining an almost 3 year old and dodging sick people. Ick. Fortunately my mom was here and was able to stay with Kate and Christopher. Erin got four stitches just under her bottom lip. There are also some teeth puncture wounds inside her lower lip. This picture of Erin is so pitiful. She really is ok and doing much better than we thought she would. I have some sweet pictures on my cell phone of her in the ER that I'll try to post at some point. She didn't even cry at the hospital. Not once. She's tough like her mom. ;)

I'll Give You a Suuuuccckkkerrrrrr....

She pooped in the potty TWICE today.

This is a big deal.

She got a sucker each time.

Now we need a sucker fund.

Send sucker funds to:

http://www.icanpoopinthepottynow.com/

Or just a congratulatory phone call will also suffice.

We're very proud.

February is Flying By

Just look at that double chin! Little Man is three months old now. He weighs about 11 pounds. Last week we had a big doctor appointment with the cranio facial panel and this time there were MORE doctors examining him... An ENT, pediatric dentist, different nutritionist and plastic surgeon. The results are that he will go to the ENT for a regular appointment and she'll check his ears, nose and throat. OH so that's what ENT stands for... kidding. I knew that. I think she just wants to examine him because he sounds a little snorty or congested when he eats. Other things we have to do:

• See a pediatric opthamologist
• Come back to the cranio facial panel in 2 months
• Continue with the brace for 24 hrs for the next 6 weeks
• Learn to play the ukelele
• Celebrate Valentine's Day - wait, is that really happening SATURDAY?

Sorry, I slightly veered off the topic there. But really, how do these things come up so soon? It was JUST CHRISTMAS. Where's Superman to slow down the world when you need him to? Speaking of Superman, there was an awesome full moon this morning. It was huge in the sky as we were driving to school. No, I don't drive to school in the middle of the night, but it was early morning enough for the moon to still be out. I pointed it out to Kate and she said, "I wish I could be up in the sky. And that there wasn't gravel, just air."

Took me a minute too.

Speaking of the moon. I love this girl and her ukelele. Seen her on Scrubs? She's so cute and funny! This has been a get-away-from-reality moment. However, gravel, I mean gravity, has brought me back. I'm off to bed...night.