Count down to baby #2!

I am officially the WORST blogger that I know! Just realized that I have not posted since August - what??? Oh well . . . this blog is inspired by an email from an old friend - she asked for our blog address and I was EMBARRASSED when I realized how long it had been since I had written anything!!

So, we have less than 2 weeks before baby girl #2 is supposed to arrive. I have been washing baby items all day and trying to finish all of my nursery "decor". We somehow happened upon a bird/owl theme and I'm trying to keep it cute without being TOO "themey" (is that a word?).

Will post some pics as soon as I am finished. But for now here are a few new photos of Marley. She is now a ballerina! :)

 

One of those moments . . .

. . . when you know being a parent is so much more than you could ever imagine.

I was cleaning up after dinner tonight while Chris helped Marley brush her teeth, etc. and this conversation took place:

Marley: "Daddy, your hair is brown - why?"

Chris: "Because it got darker as I got older."

Marley: "If you are old, probably you will be in heaven soon."

Chris asked me if I heard her, and I said sort of, so we had a repeat, and then Marley said she didn't want us to be old and leave her because she would "be all alone".

She's 3 months shy of three years old and I wasn't prepared for this conversation just yet. So . . . I gave her a really big hug and told her that she would never be alone because she has so many people who love her. I told her that Mommy and Daddy would always be there for her (even from heaven) and then listed out all of the other people in her life that love her and help to take care of her, and she gave me the biggest smile and the biggest hug back.

I cannot ignore the irony in the fact that we are meeting with our lawyer at 11:00 in the morning to start drawing up our wills . . .

Little Miss Muffet

My mom was visiting this weekend and we were talking about nursery rhymes and whether I had tried to teach any to Marley. Apparently one of my favorite nursery rhymes as a child was "Little Miss Muffet" so we thought we would try that one out with Marley. She caught on really well - here's her version . . .

Little Miss Muffin
Sat on a tuffin
Eating her turds of whey (as she pretends to spoon it in her mouth)
Aloooooong came a spider (said in a deep voice with much emphasis on "along")
Sat beside her (insert command for YOU to be the spider)
And frighten her away!! (as she runs away squealing)

Live video coming soon!!! :)

Mouses!!

So I was taking Marley to preschool a couple of weeks ago when she says from the backseat, "Mommy, my tummy hurts." I respond, "It does?" And she says, "Yes, I need for you to put some lunch in it."

While stifling a laugh, I say into the rear view mirror, "Really? Well I just put some breakfast into it, so it shouldn't hurt too bad." She replies firmly, "No, I need a sandwhich in it!"

(Unfortunately, I had not packed a sandwhich in her lunch today and proceed to tell her what I did pack.) "Well your lunch today is yogurt raisins, cucumber, ham slices, crackers and cheese." She then says very enthusiastically, "Cheese?!? I LOVE cheese!!! You know what else likes cheese, Mommy?"

I reply, "What Marley?"

She yells, "MOUSES!!!!"

And we both crack up! I love that kid!

From the mouths of babes

So here is a brief little entry about Marley's latest comedic moment! Yesterday evening, I ran out to do a little shopping while Chris and Marley enjoyed some "father-daughter" time together.

When I came back, I asked him how she did - you know the really important questions like, "Did she pee-pee and poop on the potty okay for you?" (Marley jumped on the potty bandwagon around two weeks ago, but that's for another blog!) He told me that she did something even better. They were watching a little Sprouts on TV just before bedtime and she says, "Daddy - I have to poop! But I can do it MYSELF!" and shut the door on him when he tried to assist her.

She then comes out of the bathroom and proudly exclaims, "I DID IT!!! Look Daddy, I made a rocket ship!!" A rocket ship? Man, this kid has an imagination!! :)

Our little song writer

So I'm not 100% sure, but I think we have a Taylor Swift on our hands - I think Marley has just written the words to her first song! Here's the rundown . . . Our fourteen year old next door neighbor, Caroline, watched Marley on Sunday so that we could see Avatar (It was excellent by the way - especially at the I-Max in 3-D - but I digress . . .) We very rarely have sitters during the evening, and this was the first time Caroline had kept Marley. But apparently they got along fabulously!

Tonight, as Chris and I were putting Marley to bed she says, "I have a song" and starts singing the following:

Carolina, Carolina come to my house
Carolina, Carolina go to sleep
Carolina, Carolina play with me

As best as I could understand at least!! Guess I need to get that child a microphone!!

Pittsboro Party!

So this past weekend, we managed to do something we had been talking about for literally 7 or 8 years . . . get together with some friends of ours that Chris has known since he was a wee little sprout (heh, heh). So we drove over to Pittsboro to hang out with "the crowd" from Chris' old Chapel Hill days. It was a lot of fun - there were only slightly more adults than kids - which meant things didn't get too wild! Here are a few photos from the shin-dig (thanks to Helen and Scott for hosting!).
 

 

 

 

If you were there, check your emails for a link to all the fun photos!! Good times in the 'Boro!