Some New Firsts

Eleanor had her first "big girl" haircut last Saturday.  A week before she went to the hairdressers with Mommy and MarMar to check the place out for a "Girl's Day".  Throughout the week she would comb her hair and say, "Haircut. Big Girl Saturday!"  Ashley did an excellent job of trimming her hair and Eleanor was in fact a "big girl" and did so, so well sitting still and staying calm!

Big girl!

Sitting still

and staying calm.

 

Checking out the end result.

Marshall's first was eating rice cereal.  He has been grabbing at our plates and bowls lately so it was time he had his own!

Already a pro with a spoon

Yummy!

Maybe not?

I just want Daddy to feed me!

All done!

Gimme that cloth!  I'm ready to eat something else...

 

New Snpafish Photos

Usually I just hit a button on snapfish and its does this for me, but for some reason tonight I'm having to share the link myself.  What's up technology?!?!

Anyway, these pictures are mostly from September, but some are from April/May when Marshall first came home!  (Can you believe that was almost 5 months ago?)

http://www2.snapfish.com/earthlink/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=5627696013/a=109505960_109505960/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink/

Big Girl Bed, part 2

Here's some video of Eleanor showing us how to get in and out of her bed.

Big Girl Bed

Eleanor was promoted to a "big girl bed" this weekend.  First she found all her tools so she could help Daddy.

You can see she was a very good helper.  (Marshall helped by sleeping soundly and Mommy was helping by documenting the event.)

The rail was successfully removed (verdict is still out on how successful the switch has been, but I think she's coming round...) and we have one happy big girl!

First night: she looks comfy, eh?

Clubfoot/Weekend Update

We just returned from Nashville and Brevard.  On the way to the 75th reunion at Camp Gwynn Valley (where Andrew and I worked and met) we had a visit with Marshall's clubfoot doctor.  He has had his boots and bar on for a month now and the doc was very pleased that Marshall's foot had maintained all the progress made with the casts.  Two more months of 23/7 wearing. 
After our trip to the doctor we continued east and stopped in Pigeon Forge for the night.  In true Eleanor fashion she did not sleep AT ALL in the car and we hoped she would nap at the hotel - wrong!  Instead she was so excited all she could do was run around on her tiptoes.  Once she calmed down a little we took both kids for a swim.  Eleanor and Mommy chased and tried hard to catch Marshall and Daddy.  Let me just say that Marshall is already a little fish at 4 months and was very hard to catch! 
Once we arrived in Brevard we stayed with Jeff and Shelley and met Arlo, their new puppy.  Eleanor thought he was great as long as he was in his "house".  On the way home she kept wanting to play with him so they must have ended up as friends.  While in Brevard we enjoyed catching up with old friends at the reunion. 
It was fantastic to get away and see our friends and be in a place that we love.  I'm hoping to post pictures on snapfish tomorrow and will add the link once I do.

Mad Skills

Marshall has developed some mad rolling over skills.  In this video he was having some "boot free time" but he can do it with his boots and bar just as well!  He has also mastered rolling onto his tummy, but I have yet to get that on tape as he usually does after he goes to bed.  We love this little guy!

Occupational Hazard

There are really lots of occupational hazrads of being a Mom, but one I've encounted several times this week is listening to "The Wiggles" or another sing along in the car WITH NO KIDS!  I've even been singing along.  And I'm sure this will continue to happen.  Hopefully, I will keep the dancing in check.