Randoms

Playgroup drum circle.

Just adorableness.
A super duper big strawberry.
Delicious.
The Itty Bitty Little Sister. We had an outfit change shortly after this pic was taken due to a rear end blow out.
The baby super model's nightly photo shoot.

Weekend Pics

The Dude wearing Mama's shades while getting his teeth brushed.

Dancing with Elmo and his buds at Jett's house.
The Bitty Bit hanging with Anna.
Morgan holding Dylan holding Hollan. I love Dylan's grip on Hollan's head!
Evan getting Dyl-Dog in a head lock.

Bitty hanging with the big kids.

Almost Halloween time!

The boys wrestling/watching Thomas the Train.

Bitty sitting with Daddy and smiling.

About 10 seconds later, we realized why she was smiling....BLOW OUT! And then an outfit change!

Videos

Evan chasing the hula hoop at Lil' Sluggers. His favorite part....and Brian's favorite part since Evan is actually supposed to be running around like a crazy person.

Evan driving the fire engine at Aiden's house.

Next up, the Corvette. All that's missing is his personalized license plate!

Camp Visit: Part II

The usual weekend swim. Soon to come to an end with the cooler weather (which we haven't seen yet but hear about....)

After the swim and a shower, E was running around naked. He ran out to see Dee Dee who noticed him holding himself (you know what I'm talking about) and asked him if he had to go potty. He replied yes and then he ran back in the bathroom where I immediately put him on the toilet and Brian and I started cheering him on. And.........................................................He did it!

He peed and then promptly dropped a Matchbox Car into the pee.
That is a lot of pee.

We have had held Grandpa Joe hostage in the house for the past 3 days. Cooking and tending to youngins'.

Good thing they like to read!
Cheese face. Again.
Family pic. Not our best, but our first!

Camp Family Visit

Schnuggling with Daddy.

Dee Dee double fisting cocktails whilst holding the baby. Grandmother of the Year award out the window! ;)
"Cheeeeeese" with Grandpa Joe and his new sweet Porsche!
Hollan relaxing by the pool.
Swimming/schnuggling with Aunt Dana.
So much for keeping the baby awake!
Evan got to stop by and visit his Bugati again.
Sleeping on Mama & Daddy's bed.
Dee Dee hanging with the kids. Still not used to saying "the kids"!!!

Hats

Hollan in her sun bonnet. One of many!

Evan in his super sweet news boy cap from the Hickeys. This one just melts my heart!!

Weekend Pics

Evan's new "Vikings" Matchbox Car in honor of the season opener Thursday. A purple Lambo Diablo.

Hollan loves to be in the sling. This is pretty much how we spend our days!

Another appendage for Mama.
"Woo!" Working out!
Little Itty Bit.

"This is the life!"
Reading in his closet.

Hollan - One Month

Evan and I took Hollan to her one month appointment this morning. Here are the details:

Height: 21 1/2" - 46th percentile

Weight: 7 lbs 7 1/2 oz - 5th percentile (this number really freaks me out but the NP said it was a great weight gain, so that is comforting)

Head: 35 1/2 cm - 7th percentile

I guess these numbers mean that we currently have the super model of babies, long and lean with a pea head!!

It was an eventful visit. When I put Hollan on the scale and took her diaper off, she squeezed out a little shart so I had to carry her back to the exam room sans diaper. This was not my smartest move since she then proceeded to poop all over the floor and my pants. Awesome! Now I know NOT to let Evan play with his cars on the floor of the doctor's office since kids really do poop on the floor. Oops.

I told the NP that we tried potty training this weekend and she laughed. I hadn't even told her about the coffee table yet! She said that whatever we had planned for Evan (potty training, big boy bed) would have to wait about another 6 months. Wow!! Right now, with Hollan being a baby, Evan will be more interested in doing baby stuff to compete with her. Once Hollan starts doing "big kid stuff" (ie: crawling, pulling herself up to standing) then Evan will want to do BIGGER kid stuff than her and he will show more interest in the potty. This goes back to the original plan that we'd had to try all this stuff after the holidays when the new baby craziness subsides. So much for keeping up with the Joneses...or the Autrys ;)

Scratch That Last Post....

Hollan and Mama snoozing on the couch.

So this morning we embarked on the potty training journey. We started out really excited and positive with Evan wearing his new big boy Wall E undies!
The plan was to set a timer for 15 minutes of playing and then 5 minutes of sitting on the potty. Our first road block was when Evan basically refused to sit on the potty. Mama had to sit on the potty and then Daddy (but we can't show you that picture because Daddy went a little more "all out" than Mama did.) We pulled out all the stops and still Evan would not stay on the pot.
He would, however, sit at his picnic table.
Back on the pot with incentive in the form of Daddy's car magazine.
After a few hours in the back yard (and 3 wet pairs of undies), we decided to move boot camp into the house and try letting him sit on the actual toilet with the little seat. Brian sat on the floor with him for 45 minutes while I teleconferenced with my east coast potty training consultants (Brandon & Brigette).

Eventually, Evan did pee a few drops into the toilet and we made compete fools of ourselves clapping and celebrating.
Then he peed a few more "drops" on the coffee table.
Back to the potty. We made the mistake of leaving Evan unsupervised while Brian cleaned up the coffee table and I fed Hollan. I came around the corner to discover Evan dipping toilet paper into the water and then flinging it around on the floor. Next stop...bath tub.
Between the potty training fiasco and the advice of my consultants, we have decided that Evan (and his parents) are not quite there yet. We plan to wait another month or so and try again. Maybe on a day when both parents have slept through the night and have a bit more resilience!

The little Itty Bit.