It's Santa!!!

We went to see Santa at the mall today and Warren and Macie did great! Trish sat down with Warren last night to talk about Santa - explaining about the toys, reindeer, sleigh etc. He didn't really seem interested at first. But then she found a video on the internet of Santa driving a tractor - then of course he was all about Santa:)

When we got there today, I unbuckled Warren from the stroller, then went to unbuckle Macie. Before I even finished getting Macie out, I turned around and Warren was already sitting on Santa's lap!

We weren't able to get a picture of them both looking at the camera but I think this one is great. Macie is wondering "why does Santa look like Pawpaw?":)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Warren enjoying his Thanksgiving feast at school.

Picnic

Enjoying some yummy cheese boo boos (as Warren would say)!!

 I heard these two laughing the other day. I walked into find this and Warren telling me "I sit in Mae mae's lap"!

 What to wear, what to wear?!?!?

I think as Warren gets older, his tractor obsession becomes worse. He put two of his tractors in his bed the other day, which isn't too weird. But I was watching him on the monitor later, and he actually tucked one of the tractors into the blanket and told it "night night":)

Fun Videos

Just some silly moments around the house...........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5PpW0NM224

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEmd-NrAHDw

Big Boy Bed Dilema

I've been putting off moving Warren into a big boy bed since he hasn't tried to climb out of his crib yet (surprisingly). But my mom and I took him furniture shopping the other day and he seemed pretty excited to try one out. Unfortunately, I had no idea how expensive beds and mattress were! So John brought home a set of bunk beds from Ocean Pond. They are actually old military bunk beds (yes, Ocean Pond has alot of history out there:) They are still in pretty good condition, I just need to sand and paint them - which I enjoy doing projects like that, so bring it on! But the down side is that since they are military beds, they are not standard size. A twin bed is 39x75, these are only 30x75. So of course no local places carry these types of mattresses. I found a place online that carries them and will ship to our house, but I can't bring myself to order them. Reason being - apparently military beds are also the same size as prison beds!! The place online is for "prison mattresses"!! I just keep seeing myself trying to explain to our UPS guy why he's delivering prison mattresses to my house!
So I think I'll still fix the bunk beds up, but just take them back out to Ocean Pond for when the guys stay out there. For now, we converted Warren's crib into a daybed (which was just removing the front piece off). Tonight is his first night sleeping in it this way and so far so good. He hasn't tried to get out of it once, nor has he falling off:)

Misc Pics from my phone

 Warren thought Macie should wear daddy's hat

 Warren trying to escape the doctor's office - not a pleasant day:(

Macie hasn't really showed much interest in wanting to crawl (probably because when she wants a toy, she just screams and Warren brings it to her:). But she really likes standing or jumping in her jumparoo. Who knows, maybe she'll just skip crawling and go straight to walking!

Firsts....

Usually I'm excited to post about firsts - first words, first time crawling, first time walking, etc. But today Warren and Macie both had an unpleasant first - ear infections:( Warren has an infection in his left ear and Macie has one in her right ear. I guess I should consider us lucky in that we've made it this long (especially Warren) without this happening yet.
Poor Warren has been sick since Halloween. He caught a stomach bug on Saturday, got over it on Tuesday, then caught a cold and started running a fever on Wednesday. The fever has been gone for a few days but he still has a little bit of a cough left. I thought he was all better but on our way to school today, he starting screaming, grabbing his ear and saying "ouchie ear!" So we skipped school and went to the doctor instead. I had them both in the side-by-side double stroller when Dr. Mas was checking their ears. When it was Macie's turn, she started crying. Warren grabbed and held her hand - so sweet!
So now their on antibiotics and I'm hoping this will pass very soon!!

Driving Miss Macie

Macie got to sit in the race car cart for the first time yesterday and she loved it! Warren would sometimes use her steering wheel, then he'd turn around and tell me "I help MaeMae"". What a sweet boy!

Macie and Riley

Talk about being a redneck - sitting in the front yard, topless with your bulldog:)