At the Cabbage Patch

My mom and I took the boys to Babyland General to help Tyler better understand what it would be like when baby Annabelle is born.  Colin told me that he didn't need to see what it would be like because he's already done it before.  It was a free tour, and the boys had a blast.  Tyler brought along his baby Fred.  The boys got to take part in a Cabbage Patch birth, and Tyler even got to name the new baby girl.  He named her baby Annabelle, and he was the first visitor who got to hold her.  We really wanted to adopt her, but for $225, we decided to let someone else have that honor! 

How do you spell Tyler...R.O.T.T.E.N

I don't care how much paper you give Tyler or how closely you supervise him.  If the child has a marker, he's going to figure out a way to draw all over himself.

More Tyler Fun:

Tyler punched Colin's first tooth out.  Colin refused to let us pull it, so one night Tyler took matters into his own hands and punched him in the face at bedtime.  I heard a pop, Colin scream bloody murder, and then Tyler looked at me and said, "Mommy, I got brother's tooth out.  Aren't you so proud of me?"

This is even funnier because this week is teeth week at preschool.  Tyler's teacher was reading an Arthur book in which Arthur and his friends try to figure out the best way to help Arthur lose his first tooth.  One of Arthur's friends suggested punching Arthur in the face, and Tyler's teacher told the class that, "this wasn't very nice of Arthur's friend."  Tyler stood up and informed his entire class that he had punched his brother's first tooth out, and he thought it was a very nice thing to do.  

Trampoline Fun...or why our insurance premiums are so high

Both of my children have mastered the art of jumping off of the slide and doing a flip.  They land with their hands down, and then go directly into a flip or a cartwheel.  It used to make my blood pressure sky rocket.  I used to tell them to stop, but now they've gotten so good at it that I am just amazed by it. 

Being Crafty...

 My car seat canopy/sneeze guard/I don't know you, so please don't touch my baby.

I think I'm going to slit it up the middle and add a button closure, so it will breathe better.  I am also going to add flowers to the handle ties.  I'll get to it eventually.

 My first ever attempt at a pillowcase dress.  I think it turned out pretty good for a first attempt.  The green bias tape around the armholes was a pain in the behind, but it really added a lot to the dress I think.

 My lollitop hat for Annabelle.  I saw these advertised for $29.99 the other day.  I literally made this in the parking lot of Hobby Lobby.  Added bonus, it can be used as a purse as well as a hat.

 I finally finished Tyler's tie shirt.  You can't see it really well, but I used my sewing machine to do an embroidery like stitch around the tie.  I usually do it by hand, so I was proud of how well it turned out on my first trial run using the machine.  It was a heck of a lot easier too.

 This is a messy bag for my diaper bag.  It's lined with vinyl, so that I can put wet clothes and whatnot in it.  This way my diaper bag hopefully won't smell like various yucky baby liquids.  I suggest looking at this one pretty quickly.  It's kinda crooked, but my machine decided it wanted to go on strike while I was making this.  It was a fight to the bitter end. 

An inside view of the messy bag.  This is also my first attempt at sewing on Velcro.  

Growing....

Here I am at 21 weeks.  Excuse the beautiful hair and the stylish outfit.  Whenever we go places, Sam never takes pictures of me.  I am always a part of the family outing, but there is never ever any photographic proof.  Naturally, I assumed I wouldn't make it in front of the camera on this park outing. However, we got a new camera for Christmas, and now it seems that Sam has had a change of heart and loves playing Mr. Photographer.

Then I Don't Want a Baby Sister...

Tyler: Mama, what does Annabelle do in your belly?
Me: She plays.
Tyler: She HAS toys in there?
Me: No, she plays with her toes.
Tyler: She has toes?
Me: Yes.
Tyler: Does she have a belly button?
Me: Yes.
Tyler: Does she have a wiener?
Me: No.
Tyler: Then I don't want a baby sister.

He has never once expressed an opinion one way or the other on the subject, but apparently the missing wiener is a deal breaker in his book.