Lovin' with the Cousin

For Valentine's Weekend, we fixed up a little switcheroo with Dan and Heather. They watched JD on Friday night and Saturday morning, so Jon and I could have a nice evening (we had a great time eating at Kenny's and watching a movie and going to brunch on Saturday). And we watched Kenna on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Getting a little Valentine's hug from my niece!!




Kenna has no problem making herself at home with JD and the toys, especially since this was their second day together! She knew just what toys she wanted!



JD, on the other hand, is apparently very good at sharing her toys, but not so good at sharing his! He was a little stingy with his cousin, and we had to remind him (several times) that sharing is caring.



But the afternoon and evening went so well! The kids took great naps (JD 3 hours, Kenna 2 hours) and ate snacks together.



After dinner, we put the kids in the bathtub for some blackmail pictures. JD showed Kenna how much fun it is to splash water EVERYWHERE!!



We tucked the kids in around 7:45 pm, and they both went down without a sound! That's a pretty remarkable end to this Valentine's Day! Let's hope that Sunday church preparations go this smoothly too!


Updated on Sunday morning

We had a fairly smooth Sunday morning, getting two kids ready for church! Both kids slept pretty well and got up around 7.



They both looked so cute in their red & black stuff!!

We heart time with KayKay!!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Big Shoes to Fill

Anyone who has ever seen my husband and my son know that they are pretty much clones of each other, as far as their looks go. I'm still hoping that a little of me is in there somewhere - maybe in his personality.

Yesterday, JD decided it was time to become the man of the house, starting with Daddy's shoes. He then found one of Jon's fleeces and wanted to wear that too. So we played "dress-ups" with Dad's clothes!! (This is where my personality comes into play - I LOVED dress-ups as a kid)

He turned out looking more like Alvin and the Chipmunks than Daddy, but the resemblance to his daddy is there!

And JD loved playing Daddy for awhile!

Cuts, Bruises and Bloody Noses

I know - everyone's thinking, "You have a boy! What do you expect?" Well, I'm used to girls, so I am still getting used to my poor guy getting himself bruised and bloodied.

The aforementioned cut was actually in regard to a recent haircut, nothing more serious than that.

Here is the before:

And here is the after:

Did you notice the bruise on his cheek from hitting the table corner? We can't seem to get a break from the facial bruises. He is always banging into something. He stands at the perfect height for tables and armoire doors to bang him on the head.

And then last night, he slipped on one of his many cars and hit his nose on the floor. So my poor baby had his first bloody nose!! It was so sad (for Mama, JD didn't care quite as much).

I'm trying to prevent a trip to the emergency room in the near future, but I am thinking that it might happen anyway.

Cooking It Up Right

We had another Food Creates Community event this past weekend and it went so well!!

The week before FCC got a mention on D Magazine's food blog Side Dish, so we had a bunch of attendees that are readers of that blog.

You can also get a more formal view of the event and what was served at dinner on the FCC blogsite.

We worked a really long and tiring night, but the guests were so appreciative and seemed to really enjoy the food.

Josh, Jon and Jordan getting ready to cook it up right before the guests arrive.

The always supportive wives helping to set the table and serve.

I'm recommending the paired wine to one guest.

Jon's cooking up the sauce for the risotto.

Jon is plating the fish, risotto, spinach dish. Yum!

Emily, Jordan's wife, really didn't want to serve these cookies. She wanted them all to herself! (I can't blame her - they were great!)

Dara was getting ready to serve the limoncello gelato for dessert. Jon made the gelato!

All of these great pictures were taken by Josh's dad - Edd Eason, who attended.

It was a lot of running back and forth during the dinner to make sure that everyone got their food hot and wine and water glasses were full.

But don't think that we were resting after dinner was over! Then we started in on washing the dishes!!

This picture is from one of the guests who attended and thought it was hilarious that we were in the garage washing dishes!

But I am so glad that the event was a success and we are still getting great comments from those who attended and even on the Side Dish blog!

Pillow Talk

JD really didn't want to go down for a nap today. Even though his little eyes were droopy and he was yawning, he insisted that he wanted to "play cars." After an hour and a half of hearing JD talk in his crib, I went up to let him know that it was time to go to sleep. Here is how the conversation went:

Me: "Naptime mister."

JD: "Play cars."

Me: "Lay down. It's naptime."

JD: "Play cars please."

Me: "After nap. Lay down."

JD: "Please please please please. Play cars PLEASE!"

Me: "Naptime."

JD: "Cars. Please. Play. Cars. PLEASE!"

Me: (Trying unsuccessfully not to laugh) "Naptime now."

JD: (As I am walking out the door) Crying, "CAAAARRRRSSSS!! PLEEEEAASE!!!"

I thought it would be easier as your kids started to learn how to talk. They could tell you want they want. Well, I know what JD wants, that's for sure!!

Learning to Speak JD

In honor of JD's 22nd month of life, I wanted to capture some of JD's linguistic developments. It is amazing to me how he hears one thing and when he repeats it, it comes out completely different. And he is starting to string them together into phrases, which can make it even more difficult to decipher.

Gicky - "Mickey" (as in Mickey Mouse)
Poopee - "Excuse Me"
Peas - "Please"
Date U - "Thank You"
Wuh Wuh Wuh - "I love you"
Diddles - "Wiggles"
Oofy - "Goofy"
Poo NaNa - "Pooh went night night" (I heard this one for the first time this morning)
Burr - "Bear"
Yaayo - "Yellow"
Yeyee - "Ellie"
Gucket - "Margaret" (or it can mean bucket)
Tetzel - "Pretzel"
Mama - "Mama, Emma, Grandma"
Come - "Thomas" (As in Thomas the Tank)
KayKay - "Kenna"
Teetza - "Pizza" (which started off more like peepee, so I'm glad we evolved that word)
Pay Cars - "Play cars" (which basically means do anything other than what I am doing right this minute)

I love hearing JD talk and my favorite is "Wuh wuh wuh," as you can imagine! We can have quite the conversation now, but he will get really frustrated if I don't understand what he is saying right away!