A Ladies' Man

We celebrated the 4th at Nana's house in Ellisville with lots of family and friends.  Alec showed everyone that he's a real ladies' man!!

Of course he loves his sis!

We eat LOTS of popsicles at Nana's house!

Kaleigh loved sleeping out by the pool!

Dustin's Uncle Raymon is such a wonderful man!

He reminds me so much of Dustin's Paps and my Daddy!

Alec and Emma chit chatting together, he was telling her all kinds of things!

Caleb LOVED playing in the Rocks!

Giving Sweet Kara a ride, lucky Adam got to push!

Emma's turn for a ride on the Harley!

Kara says thanks for sharing your dessert!

Showing Sydney his new pool...  Little did we know he was gonna send her diving in, thank goodness moms were close by to rescue her!!

Kaleigh's First SWIM!

We couldn't ask for better kids!!  These two are WONDERFUL!

Happy One Month Birthday, Kaleigh!

Kaleigh is one month old!!  I can't believe how fast time flies!!  Dustin went back to work this week and my maternity leave will be half way over next week.  Alec's back to daycare in full swing everyday, which sure does give me a much needed break for a few hours during the day.

Kaleigh is still sleeping good, although, it's a little tricky getting her satisfied and down for the night.  She likes to eat ALOT at night and can't seem to get full enough to settle down for the night.  But after lots of eating (4 oz from a bottle and usually a little from mom an hour or so later) she'll finally bed down for the night around 9 or 10.  She's waking up at 2 and 5, almost like clockwork to eat, then goes back down until about 7:30 or so.  I've also started putting her in the Baby Bjorn (front carrier) so I can get a little more done during the day.  Today, she's helped me cook dinner, put  up clothes and put my make up on, all in her little back pack.

She's starting to get more control of her head but will loose control and flop it over once she's done holding it up!  She likes to try and stand up, but hasn't mastered that yet, and is getting stronger every day.

We've also noticed a tiny hemangomia on her back in between her shoulder blades.  We're watching it closely, as they grow EXTREMELY fast when the babies are younger and hoping not to have to start monthly trips to Dr. Sullivan, the dermotologist in Jackson for laser treatment.  On Monday, it looked like a little light pink scratch and by Wednesday, it was dark red and I knew what it was right away.  We've done that for the TINY spot on Alec's right cheek since he was this age and I'd rather not have to start that again!!  But since it's on her back and not her face, we'll just wait and see a little more for this one.  They are all supposed to go away by the time they are 4 or 5 no matter what type treatment is done, so we'll be a little less agressive with hers since it's on her back.  I've heard this may be genetic and so far we're 2 outta 2! ha!  (Lindsey, Does Berkley have any?  We might have to start carpooling to Dr. Sullivan if this lasts much longer!! ha!)

Happy 4th of July Weekend!

Around the House

Here are some pics from the past 10 days or so around our house.  Alec's been battling the stomach bug for the past 2 weeks but is finally better this weekend.  However, looks like he's passed it on to me! 

Caught him coming out of his bedroom on his bike with buckets everywhere!  Both handlebars and his head had a bucket!  Too funny, even when he's sick!

Dustin was in Indianapolis all week and Mimi got lots

of practice multitasking with Alec being sick!

First Wagon Ride Together

Too hot and mom's VERY out of shape, this didn't last long!!

Kaleigh and Harley

Alec and Harley

Three Years Ago!

Harley's VERY protective of his babies!!  He watches visitors that he doesn't know like a hawk when they are holding Kaleigh!!  Alec's a little on the protective side too!  If someone is holding Kaleigh and she starts crying, he's quick to tell them "Her needs her momma!!"  Altough, I was in the kitchen yesterday and heard him  hollaring something at me, I found him in Kaleigh's crib and he says "She needed her brother!"  Between he and Harley, I know as soon as Kaleigh's upset!  They both come running when she starts crying!  Alec goes straight to her and Harley comes to find me!

Our two angels!

Kaleigh had her first bottle this week too! 

Kaleigh was fussy and eating a TON at night and I thought she'd do better if I pumped her a bottle!  She loved it and eats about 4.5 oz at her night time bottle!  She's a hungry little booger!  She's started going to bed around 8 or 9 and sleeps till about 1, so that's been a nice little change this week!!  Then she'll get up and eat again around 4.

Mr Creative made a dinosaur!

The Rest of the Story....

Alec’s stomach bug is just now getting better and he was still home from school yesterday. Needless to say, things are getting a little hectic so Dustin took Alec to town yesterday afternoon to run some errands so I could get some work done and have a little peace and quiet with Kaleigh. They were cashing a check, going to the post office and getting a part for a light in the kitchen. Needless to say, Dustin calls me about 2 hours after they’ve been gone and says they are at Gander Mountain, what size does Alec wear? I thought, how sweet, Dads getting Alec a shirt. Nope, he’s tee-teed in his pants a little and Dad’s getting a pair of pants. Humm, Gander Mountain for an emergency pair of pants!! Ha!! I think dad had other motives for picking Gander for emergency pants!! Ha!! So I suggested he run to Penny’s for a $5.00 pair of pants instead of the $25.00 pants he was trying on…. Needless to say, I did think this was a little strange, as Alec hasn’t had an accident in MONTHS but, I thought maybe something about his bug and sometimes Dad doesn’t understand that now means NOW!

So last night a neighbor came over and we were discussing Alec’s cool new pants that Dad bought and I find out the REST OF THE STORY….

Apparently Alec was napping when they got to the post office on 40th Avenue so Dad left the AC running, locked the truck and left Alec napping. (HELLO?!? Are you crazy, the Texaco on 40th gets robbed all the time!!) Needless to say, of course, there was a HUGE line so Dustin decides to wait in the line , since he can see Alec napping from the line. (Dustin’s estimate of this wait was about an HOUR!!) Well Alec must have woken up while Dustin was still in the line and of course started crying AND needed to Tee Tee before dad could get back to the truck!! He was in full fledged panic mode when Dustin got back to the truck!! Funny now, but no worries, Kaleigh nor Alec will be running errands during nap time with Dad in the future!!

Guess that’s the difference in moms and dads. I’d gone to the Sumrall post office earlier yesterday with both kiddos and unloaded them both, even though I was only in there for about 15 seconds!! Ha!

Well here’s the pic of Alec after their shopping trip… Yes, pj shirt is still on from yesterday morning, he’s got on one shoe, no undies and lets just say his pants were a little large!!!