Announcement!

I am so excited to announce that I am going to be a big cousin! My Uncle Eddie & Aunt Millicent are expecting their first baby in March! I'm going to guess it's a boy!
Yay Eddie & Millicent, way to go!

They are finally feeding me real food!

It's not too bad either! They gave it to me in a bottle the first night and that was easy. Last night they gave it to me with a spoon and things got pretty messy! I'm not sure what I like more, the cereal or the spoon!

Two babies are a cinch!

Today Rowans parents celebrated their 8th wedding anniversary so I offered to take care of Rowan for a couple of hours so they could go out and celebrate with a nice dinner or some making out in the back of their minivan.
Aaron had to work late so I knew I would be on my own. What's the big deal, it's only TWO babies....
The evening started out great, Lola was fussy but she always is this time of the night. I put the babies on the floor so they could play together, I figured they would love looking at each other since they are boyfriend & girlfriend! Nope, they just wanted to shove toys in their mouth. Lola ended up taking a nap which gave me a chance to spend some quality time with Rowan. Just like Lola he was fascinated with Bruce! His parents warned me that this was his fussy time, yeah right... Lola had him beat in that department.
This was way too easy, one happy baby and one sleeping baby!
When Lola woke up from her nap I put Rowan in the bouncy seat to play. I was starting to feel very confident in my babysitting skills and since Rowan was totally into the bouncy I decided to drag him (bouncy & all) into the bathroom so he could play while I gave Lola her bath.
Easy stuff.
And then it happened.
I got Lola out of the bath, wrapped her in her towel and put her down to get her jammies on when Rowan decided he wasn't happy anymore.... Lola heard his cries and decided to join in!
One crying baby and one naked crying baby!
I put Rowen in the swing, gave him his paci, got Lola in her jammies and just started feeding her when Rowan's Mom & Dad arrived! I only had to listen to two babies cry for about 3 minutes.... 3 minutes too long! Those kids...

Amy should definitely be a Mom

It's always refreshing to see a woman so natural with children! The motherly instinct is shining through as Amy holds Lola ever so gently. She appears to be enjoying every second with my precious daughter!

In other news Lola had her monthly weigh in today, she is currently tipping the scales at 13 lbs 3 oz! What a fatty...

Great Grandma Very Impressed

I finally got to meet my Great Grandma Yates today! She thought I was absolutely adorable! (I think the big pink bow was a hit) I told Gram all about DaDaDaDa.... I had a little meltdown just before lunch arrived but Mom was able to calm me down pretty quick. The nice man at the table next to us complimented Mom on how well she handled my behavior...

Mom and I had a fun weekend visiting with Jenny! We went to the Toledo Zoo to see the baby polar bears, I slept through that part but I woke up to see the crazy monkeys swinging all over the place! Jenny and I got to be pretty tight this weekend, she took really good care of me while Mom got ready for the day. I have a lot of fun at her house, there's so much cool stuff to look at! After a lot of pressure from Jenny Justin finally held me and I didn't even break!
As you can see in the photo below Justin is very comfortable around babies!

"There is nothing cuter than a kitten!"

I've said it a million times "there is nothing cuter than a kitten!"
Then I had a baby, a really cute baby!

It's difficult to choose, I mean kittens are so frikin cute it's almost sickening! And you will rarely ever see an ugly kitten, there's probably one ugly kitten to every 100,000 ugly babies.

Well I've eaten my words again (something I've done a handful of times now that I am a Mom) and discovered that there is something cuter than a kitten and it's.....








...a baby dressed up as a kitten!

School is awesome!

This morning at school Brody and I were hanging out having some tummy time when all of a sudden the classroom door opened and the big red buggy came wheeling in! We were so excited because we know when the big red buggy wheels in the room we're going outside for recess! Awesome! Brody & I got to ride shotgun!
(apparently I have long legs)
After our walk we went out to the play ground and enjoyed the nice day! I actually enjoyed my feet and tried to get them in my mouth!

Today I met Handsome Joe & Finn!

Today started off as any other day until I had a blowout at school and my teacher put me in my backup outfit. Normally I wouldn't care but today was the day I met Handsome Joe and I wasn't wearing my super cute pink dress! I also got to meet my new friend Finn!
He is 4 months older than I am and he showed me all kinds of fun things to do like clapping hands! I was very impressed with Finn and I was very impressed with Handsome Joe's muscles! I hope my boyfriend Rowan isn't jealous when he sees these photos...





























Finn showing me how to clap my hands

A Message from my Mom

So the critics say Britney's new single is terrible and her performance on last nights MTV Video Music Awards was a bomb, I'll give them that (I could get used to the song) but I will not agree with everyone who says she's "fat"... really! Aside from the fake hair she looked good last night! And she looks excellent after having two babies! Sure, she's a train wreck most of the time and her parenting skills are to be questioned but fat? I give her credit getting up there on a live stage in front of millions knowing her every move would be scrutinized by the media (and several dudes I work with).
Now this, this is FAT! Thank goodness she's not prancing around in sparkling bra and panties!

Come on Britney, there's a handful of us out here in your corner! Put out the cigarettes, quit drinking Mt. Dew and read to your children! Get your life back on track! We want another TOXIC hit!

Newsflash!

I did it! I rolled over this morning for the first time! I was on my tummy and before I knew it I was on my back, it happened so fast! My Mom freaked out and then the dog freaked out, it was quite a celebration! Daddy missed the entire event, he was still sleeping...

I had a fun weekend! On Saturday Rowan and I met for lunch at MiMi's Cafe. He was quite the gentleman this time and didn't try any of his fancy moves he has tried in the past. Since we were being so cute we attracted the attention of some great grandma types who stopped to tell us just how sweet we are! After lunch we hit the stores for some shopping. I'm super glad Mom was there to stock up on more clothes, she's a sucker for the Gymboree so anytime I can get her there it's bonus time for me! (We would like to thank the editors of The Daily Squink for the use of this photo)

I got to hang out with Vincent this weekend too! Our Mom's went to high school together a very LONG time ago. Vince is so busy, it's going to be a while before I will be able to keep up with him.

And finally I waited up really late so I could watch the Britney Spears comeback performance on the MTV Video Music Awards and I fell asleep right before it started! Mommy & Daddy watched it! Daddy is not impressed and Mommy says she looked good but had no comment on the song and the dance moves. Since I'm computer savvy I'll watch it on you tube later.Goodnight!

We're learning to blog!

In an effort to save a few bucks a month my parents have decided to blog instead of using baby jellybeans, and why not, blogging is free! For those of you that follow our baby jellybeans page it will still be up for another month or so but my Mom isn't going to do any updating there. If you want to check it out while it's still up and running go to www.babyjellybeans.com and type in my first & last name.




In other news I'm starting to enjoy tummy time and may attempt to roll over soon. I've recently mastered saying "DaDaDaDa" and I love to watch my dog Bruce chase the tennis ball!

Check back as we will be posting our exciting family news right here!

Enjoy! Lola