My Pitiful Little Baby

Just some videos

This one's just cute. She's all excited and squeals a little.


And here's her first laugh. Priceless moments.

Random February Pictures

Below is a picture of all the clothes I got at Once Upon a Child. The sale was to fit everything you could into a bag they give you at the door, and you pay $15 for it all. I mostly got things for Esther, since she was outgrowing her 3 month stuff. I got her some dresses, jeans, summer clothes, sleepers, and for Matthew I got a pair of shorts and a button down shirt. We made out pretty good I think.


This comic was in Parade a couple weeks ago, and it made me laugh, so I thought I'd share. It says I got confused between a "high five" & a "fist bump," & punched a guy in the face.

These were my flowers for Valentine's Day this year, 20 white tulips. And my frugal husband only paid $10 for them!

One Saturday we drove around on some errands. This is what our kids looked like in the back seat.




And a few church pictures. Matthew loves to drive around a choo-choo, or in this case, a bus. He also likes the slide.


When Esther's not eating or crying, she likes to hang out in the crib and check out the mobile.


On Sunday nights we gather round the TV and eat mac 'n' cheese and either hot dogs or chicken nuggets. And yeah, it's not the healthiest, and we may die younger, but boy, what a way to go--mac 'n' cheese is the best!

Even Esther watches TV, in her own interesting way.

I have a few more videos to show, and then I think I'll be caught up. I haven't had much luck loading them, so you may not ever see them :)

Let's see, what else haven't I told you yet? I sang a solo in my church for the first time. I've been in the choir for a couple months now, so that helped me get warmed up for singing in front of people. No matter how old I get, I think I will always be nervous before I sing.

Josh and I went shopping at The Children's Place one night, and they'd marked down a bunch of winter clothes. I'd already shopped there several weeks ago, and I didn't want to buy stuff that I'd already gotten. We did get pants and a shirt for Matthew, a snowsuit for Esther, and 2 Christmas dresses. Hear that, Grammy and Gramma? Esther doesn't need any Christmas dresses for next year. The ones I got were $1.99 each!

Esther is officially 3 months old, and I need to start planning Matthew's 2 year birthday party! An abbreviated update, but that's pretty much life with 2 kids under 2. Everything has to be shortened or limited to the time frames I'm given each day, which can vary greatly throughout the week. Until later!

More of What You Missed in February

Making her wave--he still thinks she's a toy sometimes.

Matthew's smile is perfect. I just wish Esther was looking at the camera.

She looks so worried here :(

He loves to hold his baby sister :)

Dressed for church one morning

I love girl jeans. They always seem to have some kind of flowers or something else cute embroidered on them. These were from Once Upon a Child, a second hand clothing store, and I happened to have a onsie to match it.

If only Matthew hadn't moved.

She can be a drool factory sometimes. It'll only get worse when teeth start popping through those pink gums.

One of her favorite places to sleep. I've been putting her in her crib more often for naps. It's not as convenient, since all three of us have to trudge upstairs and I have to remind Matthew to be quiet over and over while I rock her, but it's getting better. He now plays with his train set in his room and will only check on us maybe once.

She actually enjoys being on her tummy for several minutes. Matthew used to cry within seconds on his tummy time. I think it helps her reflux a little. Yeah, she's got some reflux at times, but it's not so severe that I feel she needs medicine. Overall she's very pukey. When it hurts when it comes up, that's when I feel bad for her. But she hasn't had it lately, so maybe we're seeing it taper off as she gets older.

I told Matthew to give her some toys, and I found this teether blanket on top of her and this rattle on her wrist like that. Well, at least she won't lose it :)

My friend Sharon made her this khaki skirt and a denim one just like it. Isn't it darling? Pants are easy on baby girls, and dresses are pretty of course, but I think I love skirts on my baby. She just looks so adorable in them!

What a height difference.

More pics to come!