Harvest Time 2013

Sunday was the first chance we've been able to make the road trip to Renssy for harvest.  Tommy was so excited to ride in the combine.  He got a real treat that day.

 He went in the combine without mom or dad.  Just Tommy and Grandpa!

 He told us before we left, "Charlotte can't go in the combine.  She is not big like Tommy." He was absolutely adamant.

 So when he got to go by himself and have the side seat all to himself, well... he was ecstatic.  You can't tell from his face because he's very serious but he was (McDonald's theme- ba da ba ba baaah) LOVIN' IT.

It was a beautiful day too.  One of the last days we didn't need jackets.  

Then we had dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's.  Grandpa finally got to hold Charlotte.  We had so many visitors at the hospital that he never got to hold her.  Then he was so busy with harvest that it just never happened.  So finally Charlotte 'officially' meets Grandpa.  :-) She's lovin' it too!

Bedtime With Two

Bedtime is interesting these days.
Tommy likes to set Charlotte up for the night. She needs to have all her buddies, just like he does.

Then it's time for Tommy to tell tall tales of the term. (Term? Yeah I ran out of T words.)
Charlotte is astounded. (Or she's saying, "lol, wut?")

Then Tommy wanted to read her one of his favorite books. Again, she's enthralled.


Then it's time for Tommy to turn in. If you look closely, you might be able to count at least 7 lumps of stuffed animal friends who are all under the covers with him.
Nighty night!

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Fat Lip

Tommy was involved in a scuffle today at school. There was hitting (which might have been started by our son) and then he got pushed down. Tommy hit his mouth on the floor and he ended up with a busted lip. Poor kiddo. It was definitely swollen and bothering him. Hopefully it's a lesson learned in some way, shape, or form.

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Home Alone

Andrew had a late meeting in Illinois today and wasn't going to be home until dinner time or later. That meant it was up to me to pick up Tommy from school. This would be my first adventure out of the house with just Charlotte and Tommy. I wasn't really worried about it. But it was definitely going to be a first for me so I knew to be prepared.

Picking up Tommy went really well. I brought Charlotte into Tommy's classroom. It was story time. Tommy jumped up and ran over and so did Landon. Tommy swung out his hand like a school bus stop arm and said "That's MY baby sister!" Then he said to him, "You're going to wake her up!!" It was so funny and sweet at the same time. Tommy really loves his little sis. Adorable.

I took this pic on the way home feeling like superwoman! I just had my first milestone. I showered, blow dried my hair, got the baby packed up and ready, and picked up Tommy all by myself. (Baby steps, people. Don't judge!)

#momselfie

You can actually see Charlotte in the mirror in this one.


Look at her cute pink hat from Gaga. Awww.

But anyway I felt like superwoman until we got home. Then Charlotte was screaming. Tommy needed to go potty.
Convincing him to go potty took some effort. That's why I have these rando pictures above.
Then we had discussions (all through the screaming) about how Charlotte needed to wait her turn to go on the potty (#conversationswitha3yearold). But Tommy peed (after what seemed like I was negotiating with a terrorist). Then I was able to feed baby girl. After that Tommy was jumping on the couch and knocked a vase over. (Why do I even own a vase with 2 little kids?) Charlotte was again screaming while I cleaned gross plant water out of the carpet. But I was able to get Tommyhawk a snack and feed the babe all thanks to Mulan (his new fave disney movie) and Little Einsteins.

Then Andrew brought dinner home and everything was easy when it's man-on-man defense.
This was only a few hours, not even a full day!!! Like I said before, baby steps. But I can do this. It just takes incredible feats of multi-tasking and intense negotiation skills. I can do this!!! There will be crazy days but nothing I can't handle. #crossingmyfingers

 So worth it.
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Charlotte is 2 Weeks Old

Charlotte turned 2 weeks old Saturday evening. I can't believe she's been ours for 2 whole weeks! Time flew right by.

She had a doctors appointment on Monday morning. They weighed her.
She was 7 pounds 12 ounces! Milestone! She's over her birth weight! Great news! She is 21.5 inches long. She's 80th percentile in length and 40th in weight. Her head is also 80th percentile. She's long and skinny.

Our pediatrician was running behind that day and Charlotte was getting mighty hungry. We waited for quite awhile and finally after enough crying, I told Andrew to go ask how much longer it might be just in case I had time to feed her. He happened to run right into our doc and he came right in. But Charlotte was past the point of being okay with not eating. She screamed through the entire appointment. We have found out that Charlotte is not a lady who likes to wait. Our doctor said she looks (and sounds) great and has beautiful skin! We agree. We talked a little about our concerns with food allergies/asthma/eczema etc. But really there's nothing we can do or tell at this point but we think things are already in a better place than we were before just from her skin. So that's a plus!
This is Charlotte on her way home from the appointment. Well-fed and about to nod off. Much, much happier. Cute as a button.

Happy two weeks, Miss Charlotte!


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Tommy Loves His Little Sis

Tommy really likes his baby sister.  He loves to get super close to her and just stare at her face.  He always says, "She's so little!" 

He wanted to hold her again and we said ok put out your arms.  He didn't quite understand and he just held his hands in the air.  We laughed.  So that's why she's just laying in his lap.

Charlotte then promptly laid a big deuce in his lap (in her diaper, of course).  Teehee! Even Tommy laughed at that one.

Get Ready for a Plethora of Cute Outfit Posts...

Everyone told me, "Oh girls clothes are so much cuter than boys. You'll love it."  I never believed it because I always thought we had so many cute clothes for Tommy.  Well, I feel like I have to take a picture of her in every single outfit because they are all soooo cute.  It's ridiculous.

Here's a few from just this week.

 Is this not adorable?? This sleep sack is from Gaga.  So cute.

This is just a ducky sleep sack that my aunt gave us but it matches her headband!! She loves it! HA!

This is the little outfit I put on her for her first visit to the grocery store.  Doesn't she look like a little washwoman?? Hilariously adorable.  

This one is a bit hard to see since she's all scrunched up and sleeping.  But it's a little dress with ruffle butt pants.  

This picture makes me chuckle because she looks like a little Buddha baby.  Look at that chin!

This picture is just a bit scary.  I swear I didn't put this on her backwards.  She just really likes to turn her head to check things out.  I have no idea what she's looking at.

This outfit was a gift from one of my employees.  She hardly fits into it anymore so I'm glad I got it on her before she grew out of it.  So cute!

 Love that little elephant.  I'm sad she's already growing out of it. :(

So yeah, this is just the first of many posts on clothes.  Here... we.... go...

FaceTime with Grandpa

My dad wanted to FaceTime with Tommy this week so he could see the corn being harvested.

 For some reason, Tommy had no pants on.  I don't remember why.

 Grandpa showed him the whole process from picking the corn to dumping it in the semi.  He watched for a little bit. He was pretty excited to see Grandpa.

But our neighbor had just stopped by and dropped off a Thomas the Train puzzle so he was a little distracted.

My mom and I were cracking up because we kept getting this close up of my dad's face.  I would imagine it's pretty hard to drive a combine, pick corn, unload it in the semi AND FaceTime all at the same time so we have to give him a break. :-) 

How impressive is my dad with his tech-savviness though?? Way to go, dad!

First Bath for Miss Charlotte

Things are a little different this time around having an almost 3 year old and a newborn.  Turns out, things elevate quickly.  It's kind of mass chaos sometimes but we are handling it as well as we can. Let's talk about the first bath!

 She LOVES it! Haha!!

 She did eventually get over the trauma.  Poor child.  I think we need to run a heater next time maybe.  Or maybe it just takes time to get used to a new experience like that.

 Look at this super cute owl towel that came in a bath time package from Andrew's work.  Adorable.

 Tommy wasn't quite sure what to think of a screaming bath time baby.

This picture really cracks me up.  No clue what was going on here.

In case you want to review and end up on a spiral of reading old blog post after old blog post like I often do, here's Tommy's first bath.

Milestones! Charlotte, I hope you like your next bath a little more.  Happy first bath! :-)

Coming Home

Trying to play a little catch-up during nap time.  This will be quick.  I just wanted to post some comparison pictures between Tommy and Charlotte.  This was on the hospital bed literally minutes before we left the hospital each time.

Can you tell who's who?? HA.