Lincoln in the Lawn

More Caterpillar Fun

As soon as we went outside today Skye started looking for her caterpillar ... but unfortunately he was not around ... we ran around and played and then she started yelling, "Mommy he came back ... he came back!!" ... and there he was (or one that looks just like the caterpillar from yesterday) ... she was soooooo excited that she ran right over and picked him up ... yesterday she barely pet him and today she was carrying him all over the back yard ... having him climb up her arm and shirt ... giving him kisses ... it was so cute and so great to see her not scared of a bug ...

She tried really hard to get us to let him come in the house ... she wanted to sleep with him ... we had to explain he needed to stay outside because that is where he live ... especially when she proclaimed him her new best friend ...

My Caterpillar Friend

Recently Skye has become very scared of bugs ... just hates them ... although a huge spider in the house the other night didn't freak her out but a moth makes her crazy ...

Today we were playing in the backyard when I heard a desperate scream for "MOMMY" ... there at the top of Skye's slide was a Caterpillar and it needed to go NOW ...

I went over and showed her there was nothing to be afraid of ... pet the Caterpillar ... we talked about one of her favorite Little Einstein episodes where the Caterpillar goes off and becomes a butterfly ... and then I picked him up and moved him over to the fire pit ...

Well it was a total break through for her ... she became enthralled with him ... even touched him ... then said we should get our cameras which I am so happy about ... because I absolutely love the photos of her with the Caterpillar ...

She got him some leaves so he would have something to eat ... she showed him to daddy as soon as he got home and all night she talked about her Caterpillar ... was he OK in the rain ... has he gone to sleep now that it is dark ... she thinks he is great ... and tonight she has wanted to look at the photos over and over again ...

I hope her new fearless attitude toward at least caterpillars sticks around for a while ...

Bread

David has been working on perfecting his bread recipe using his quickly becoming famous sourdough starter ... this is the second try ...

I not only found the loaves beautiful ... they were so tasty as well ... he doesn't think it is quite perfect yet ... I of course told him to keep on try and I would keep on tasting ...

Good-bye Dr. Cole

I had my 6 week postpartum appointment today ... it was the first time I saw my doctor since I gave birth to Lincoln because he went on vacation right after ... so I was very happy to see him and catch up ...

I just adore my doctor ... I interviewed several doctors when we started talking about having a family and he was the best by far ... I didn't know if I would ever find a doc I liked as much as Dr. Klein in Cali ... but I did ...

He told me I needed to make my yearly appointment for 4 months from now and then said, "But this is the last time I will see you. I am moving to Seattle." ... my jaw just dropped ... I was stunned and bummed and even began to tear up ... I don't want to find a new doctor ... I want him as my doctor ...

David and I toss around the idea of another child ... or if we decide not to I want to have ablation done ... I wanted him to be the doctor that does all that ...

I am just really so sad he is moving away ... I will really miss him ... it is hard finding a doctor that you really like and trust so much ...

Schuyler's 3rd Birthday

 
Schuyler's 3rd Birthday 5/13/09

There were so many great photos and videos from the day I made a montage rather than post the pictures ...

I can't believe 3 years ago today I was giving birth to my little big girl ... seems like yesterday ... the time really does zoom by ...

We started the festivities yesterday by making party hats ... which was a blast ... and it made her even more excited for her birthday ... she has been talking about her birthday for a month now but this activity let her know it was almost the big day ... for the last month she has been telling us she needs party hats, cake and candles for her birthday and we made sure she had all those things ...

She woke up this morning and saw her party hats on the table ready for the celebration ... along with balloons (her favorite) and cards (which she LOVES to open - she even opened all of my Mother's Day ones for me) and a present on the table ... she was in awe of it all ...

The present was a jump rope with bee handles on it and she couldn't stop saying "thank you" ... she has wanted a jump rope that is her size for some time now ...

After cinnamon rolls for breakfast we got dressed ... grabbed "kitty" and headed to the mall ... once there we headed straight to Build-a-Bear where she picked out a new outfit for kitty and found out they now have tiny versions of their animals ... so your stuffed animal can have its very own stuffed animal ... so of course Kitty needed her own kitty ...

We then went and had french fries in the food court (such a treat) and headed for the car ... she kept saying she wanted to go to the car and pointing us in the direction of where the car was ... turned out it wasn't our car she wanted to go to she wanted to play in the play area at the mall ... I didn't even know it was there and David said it has been at least 6 months since she has been there ... but she remembered it and where it was ... so we hung out there for some time so she could play and run around and have a blast ...

Everyone was wiped out when we got home so we got to take a nice family nap and rest up for the most exciting part of the day ... CAKE ... she woke up asking for cake for breakfast so it was a long wait for the end of the day ...

We all donned our party hats ... lit the candles and sang happy birthday ... and she was in heaven ... she looked oh so happy ... as soon as she blew out the candles she asked if we could do it again ... and why not ... you have to wait 364 days for your next birthday ... so we lit the candles again and sang happy birthday again and it was even better the second time around ...

We all loved the ice cream cake ... Schuyler kept proclaiming, "It's delicious mommy. Thank you." ...

Later she was passed out with a bowl of spilled apples on her bed and her jump rope in her hand ... you know it is a great day when that is how you fall asleep ...

Birthdays were always so special in our house ... my parents always made me feel super special on my birthday and I looked forward to big day all year ... I still do even at age 39 ... I sure hope we are instilling that feeling in our kids ... it is nice to have that great feeling ... it has always meant a lot to me and I am thankful for it ... I hope one day Schuyler and Lincoln feel the same way ...

Mother's Day With Two

Well it was my first Mother's Day with two kids and it was fabulous ... it started off with everyone ... including my littlest one sleeping in ... I got a glorious 6.5 hours of sleep ... it was amazing ...

Then I came down to the most amazing pancake breakfast ... David has a sourdough starter and made us pancakes ... I could have sat there and eaten them forever they were soooooooo delicious ... I also got wonderful cards from my kids and husband ... chocolates (which Skye was very excited about) and the whole day was about playing with my family ...

Everything about the day was perfect ... and we ended with David fixing an amazing steak dinner with corn on the cob and baked potatos ... it was wonderful ... I'm just so very lucky to be a mom to such wonderful kids and have such a sweet husband to share the whole experience with ... every day it just gets better and better ...