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Yesterday a friend of mine on Facebook posted that she and her husband weren't going to be able to go to U2 because of a sick child ... I volunteered us to babysit ... now we have never met in person but back in the Rock-n-Tot days she totally helped me out so I figured if she was up for it I am sure Skye would love having a friend over ...

They took us up on our offer and Ian came over to play ... and play they did ... they both had such a blast ... riding scooters in the kitchen ... watching Cars ... making each other food in the play kitchen ... having their own Rock Band concert ... snuggling in bed to watch Sprout ... everything is more fun with a friend over ...

Skye did struggle a bit with his name ... and would just call him friend ... "Hey friend wanna come see my room?" ... "Friend wanna watch Sprout with me." ... it was so adorable ...

As they snuggled in bed to watch Cars I heard David say, "Well I was trying to avoid this for another 18 years but oh well." ...

Eventually they fell asleep and Ian's mommy came and got him ... unfortunately Skye didn't quite realize that he would be gone in the morning ... and when she awoke she came to the top of the stairs in tears asking where Ian was ... she kept saying over and over again, "I didn't get to say good-bye to my friend Ian." ... It was so sweet ... she ran to her room and threw herself on the bed in tears ... I told her we would invite Ian over any time she wanted and that he knew she had wanted to say good-bye ...

She dried her tears and told me she had had a lot of fun and she couldn't wait to play with Ian again ...

He's Doin It

This morning Schuyler started exclaiming, "He's Doin' It!!! He's Doin' It!!!" ... and she was right ... Lincoln was holding his bottle all by himself and drinking as fast as he could ... he of course got a big kick out of how excited Skye was and couldn't stop smiling ... David and Schuyler both grabbed cameras and got these great shots ...

I love how David captured Skye in the shot and then you can see exactly what Schuyler took a photo of ... and even though the photo is a bit fuzzy ... you can see that Lincoln clearly watches her over anyone else ...

I'm not as sad about him holding his own bottle as I thought I would be ... it does make life a tad easier ... and it means he is that much closer to being able to play with his big sister ... which she can not wait for ... besides the feeling of pride you can see in his face makes it so worth it ...

Making Costanza Proud

In true George Costanza form Schuyler decided to make a bed under my desk at work today ... it was all her idea and I almost didn't get the photos because I was laughing so hard ... she only snoozed for a moment but she loved being down there ... eventually she got something to read and a few toys to play with ... it was like watching a live episode of Seinfeld ...

Bottle Holding

Linc is so good that it is easy to bring him into work ... and thank goodness ... sometimes I don't know what we would do ...

This is Lincoln's first attempt at holding a bottle ... each time it only lasted about 1/2 a second ... but he is getting better ...

Pig Tails

For a split second today Skye let me put pig tails in her hair ... my eyes welled up I was so excited ... they looked so cute ... and before I knew it ... poof ... they were gone ...

Favorite Hats

Lincoln got his Born To Love Clothing hats today ... and he was smiley about it ... but Schuyler was the one who was really excited ... she needed her hat right away so I could take photos ...

First Play Date

Today Schuyler (and Lincoln too) had her first play date ... and boy was she excited ... she was going to get to spend the morning with her best friend Sophia ... and get to go to her house ... the two of them talked about it non-stop every day at school ... by the time this morning rolled around Skye was beside herself with excitement ...

She wore her favorite new sweater that she got from Kate's store La Compagnie des Petits ... she just loves it and asked me to take some photos of her in it before we left ... once we got there Sophia was so excited to show Skye her room and her playroom and all her dress-up clothes ... the two of them were adorable together while Sophia's mom and I hung out with the boys (who are about 2 weeks apart) ...

We cooked out in the backyard for lunch and really just had such a blast ... it was a great play date ... so great in fact that on the way home Skye started screaming that her stomach hurt and I needed to kiss it ... wouldn't you know we pulled over ... I kissed her tummy and right there she threw up everywhere ... I think it was from not wanting to stop playing to blow a runny nose ... made her tummy upset ... once we got home and she took a nap she was back to herself and immediately began asking when Sophia could come to her house to play ...

Commute Convo Two

So as we were getting close to the school Schuyler was growing ever more impatient at the last stop light before school ... we hit it as it turned red and it is a long light ... (as a preface to this convo Skye uses the phrase "Its time for _____" ... like when it is time to leave the house Schuyler announces "Its time for go")

Finally she yells:

Schuyler: Mommy it is time for hurry up.

Me: Sweetie we are at a red light. I can not go until it turns green.

Schuyler: Mommy all my friends calling for me. It is time for hurry up it is time for go.

Me: Your friends are calling for you? Can you hear them?

Schuyler: Ahhhh no mommy we are still kinda far from school.

Me: Well then how do you know they are calling for you?

Schuyler: Because they want to see me - it is 40 o'clock and they all need their hugs from me. So it is time for go.

(Schuyler says everything is 40 o'clock - except the other day she looked at the clock and said it was 3 o'clock and it was)

Well she was right when we got to school half a dozen of her friends ran up yelling Schuyler with their arms open for their hugs ... took her a good few minutes to get through all the hugs ... it was almost like watching Richard Dawson and his kisses during Family Feud ...

Commute Convo

While on our commute this morning Schuyler and I had the following convo:

Schuyler: Excuse me

Me: Did you fart?

Schuyler: No ... I ... I ... I farted with my mouth ... like Lincoln

Me: You mean a burp sweetie?

Schuyler: No a fart from my mouth ... it was stinky ...

At Grandmommy's

The President

Schuyler is presently studying America in school and she talks about it all the time ... not a lot of it makes sense to us right now but she gets so excited ...

Tonight we had dinner with my mom and as we were getting ready to leave she started talking about America again ... I asked her, "Schuyler who is the President of America?" ...

She got so excited and started jumping up and down and said, "MICKEY MOUSE!!!! It's Mickey Mouse!!!"

My mom and I burst out laughing ... she was so happy and so proud and had no idea how funny what she said was ...

Sleeping Friends

My Family

Schuyler's favorite thing to draw is her family ... she is so very proud of this rendition ...

Help Feeding

Skye just loves helping out with Linc ... it just melts my heart how much she loves him ... and he is just in awe of her ... even if this photo doesn't totally show it ...

First Bath Together

Well tonight Schuyler and Lincoln took their first bath together ... I unfortunately do not have photographic proof of this event since I was home alone with the kids and was trying to hold a very buoyant and slippery 5 month old in a tub full of water ...

I know Linc isn't quite old enough to take a bath in the big tub with his sister but I am one tired mama this week and I just didn't want to have to do two baths ... I decided while Skye was in there playing I would go ahead and give him his bath too ...

Lincoln LOVED it ... maybe a little too much ... he was kicking and pushing to float on his belly ... it was crazy ... it was like trying to hold on to an eel in oil ...

The also really liked being in there with Schuyler since he idoloizes her ... he kept trying to hold her hand ... but she was busy putting soap on a washcloth for me ...

I am now really looking forward to a time when they can play in the tub together ... because they will both have a blast and it will be a nice little break for me ...

Next time I'll make sure David is around so he can get a photo for me ...

My Princess

Schuyler missed her BFF's birthday party over the weekend because of her cold so there was a surprise in her cubby at school today from Sophia ... a princess crown and wand ... she was beyond excited that we had to get it on before we could leave the parking lot at school ... and I don't blame her ... it is pretty special ...

Long LONG Weekend

So this has been a long long-weekend ... to say the least ... and I still have one more day off ...

Wednesday I got a call from the school that Skye had a sore in her mouth and that they sent an infant home with hand/foot/mouth disease ... there was no cross over between the 3's and the infants but Skye and another girl in the class were complaining their mouths hurt ... so off I went to pick her up ...

I made a doctor's appointment for first thing Thursday morning with the doctor we love (so glad about that) ... Skye was in OK spirits Wednesday night but would complain here and there about the bumps in her mouth ...

So Thursday morning we headed to the doctor ... including Lincoln ... he was coming to work with me and I figured the doc could have a peek in his mouth too to make sure he doesn't have something ... Dr. K checked out Skye's "bumps" and said it wasn't hand/foot/mouth ... it was cold sores and since we caught it so fast he could prescribe medicine (ahhh a doc not anti-medicine - love it) ... but he said her throat was red ... then he checked Linc to see how his mouth and throat were ... he has been rather inconsolable at night ... turns out his throat was redder than hers ... so it was throat cultures for both of them ...

You get the results in 6 minutes at our doctor (love love love this) ... turns out his was negative ... even after 2 more days and Skye was saddled with strep and cold sores ... poor thing ... so we filled the perscriptions and even though she wasn't feeling great headed to work ... my dad was the only one in the office and needed a bit of help and I had a couple of things that had to get done since everyone else was out ...

We lasted about 4 hours and headed home ... everyone was crying (well not me but I felt like it) ... I decided I was staying home with Skye on Friday and my mom was going to watch Lincoln ... keep them apart as much as possible so he didn't get sick ... and it gave Schuyler all my attention for the day ...

Friday she took naps and we hung out in my bed while I worked ... it was great ... and despite how horrible I knew she was feeling she was a trooper ...

By Saturday she said she was feeling better but I suspect it was because she was invited to her "best friend" Sophia's birthday party ... it wasn't until 4 so I told her if she took all her medicine and rested she could go ... but by 1 she wasn't feeling good and wanted to stay in bed ... and she wasn't the only one ... I picked Lincoln up ... kissed him on his forehead and knew instantly he had a temp of 101 ... which he did ...

It is now Sunday night and his temp has been either 99 or 100 since then ... Tylenol isn't doing much for him ... and his gums are bright red and swollen ... so he is either teething big time ... or teething and fighting off a virus ... I'm betting on the latter ...

Schuyler was much better today ... ate a little more ... drank a little more ... and wanted to blow lots of bubbles outside ... hopefully with the extra day of rest tomorrow we all will be feeling in tip top shape come Tuesday morning ...

A worn out tired care-giving mommy can dream can't she ... ??

Me and my Daddy

This was during hours and hours of screaming ... the little guy was just so sick and felt so horrible ... we both had been trying anything and everything to help ... suddenly Linc curled up with David and was quiet ... for like a good 20 minutes ... it was wonderful ...

Hold On

Can you tell they are both totally sick? They just light up around each other ... ohhh and it is very obvious where the TV is by how Schuyler holds her head ...

Sleeping Cuties

Exersaucer Alright

Lincoln was at work with me today ... and will be a couple of days this week so I had my dad bring in the Exersaucer ... man this kid loves this thing and I am a sucker to sit and watch him enjoy his time in it (even though I should use his time in there as a time to get things done) ...

He is just such a happy kid all the time (well except when he is teething ... but then who would be happy then) ... and I just love the days he comes to work with me ... sure it may be more stressful and challenging ... but the extra time is way worth it ...