Ah-ba-cad-o

Isaiah has started eating foods other that pureed vegetables. I give him hard bread crust sometimes because it keeps him interested and I think it eases his teething. I've been trying to keep him busy in the kitchen with me by giving him Trader Joe's O's. They're whole wheat Cherrio knock offs and hard as rocks. The first few times I gave them to him he actually chased them around his highchair's tray with his fingers and put them in his mouth. Now he throws them to the dogs. He laughs and kicks his legs when the dogs walk by. When we let him crawl he crawls right over to the dogs. He pets them and gets so excited when he sees them.

The Princess Phase

Let me start with the disclaimer that promises that all this pink, princess, girl stuff came out of the air. You know I'm not a pink kind of girl and she's not watching that kind of programing. She told me tonight that her favorite colors are pink (first, or course,) purple and red. This crown came with a toy scoter that we got from the Simmons. Her crown is missing because she plays with it so much. She also recently acquired a magic wand that's pink and "spark-a-alee." It was a gift from a birthday that happened after Noah's ballet class. She's been turning daddy into things like a butterfly and a carrot. She's turned me into various foods and of course a butterfly too. Isaiah is always turned into a caterpillar. Poor ZayZay had a fever on and off all day. I think (and hope) it's just him teething. Through it all he's always so sweet, he's got such a sweet disposition. And his daddy is go good with him. He's put him to sleep twice already tonight, he's a little uncomfortable ad tired.

Tea Party Insanity

Auntie TT (Taren) gave Noah a tea set for Christmas…well Easter/Christmas, since we just got it a few weeks ago. Noah was so confused when I told her it was a Christmas gift. Anyway it’s a HRC (Hillary Rodham Clinton) tea set from the William Jefferson Clinton Library where Taren works. You like how I gave them each three names? The funny thing about this tea set is it’s basically the same tea set that Noah got to use a week before at her new ballet class at The Tree House. After her dance class the girls all sit down and have tea. She loves this tea set. As soon as we opened it she knew exactly what is was. The next day I was trying to put it away and realized there were pieces missing. After a few days I found a tea cup, saucer and try under her pillow. I guess she took them to bed with her and hid them. Noah gets into it and asks if I want honey in my tea and if I do she’ll rub her little fingers together over my cups likes she’s rolling me honey.

The NOAH stool

Kemi gave Noah this stool over a year ago and it's till one of Noah's favorite things. It supposed to be in the bath room so Noah can wash her hands. It is usually in the kitchen. It's used for reaching my coffee, breaking he little cups I keep our vitamins in, "washing dishes," grinding flax seed and trying to push her way into anything I'm doing. Noah sits on the stool every morning and drinks her milkshake (smoothie.)

The kids with Delmy

This is the woman who saves me from being a mean, crazy mom. Delmy helps us around the house and with the kids, and has just started cooking every so often. Noah gets excited to when we see her car pull up.

Little Feet

Isaiah is starting to like the walking around on two fingers (back breaking) thing. His feet seem smaller than Noah's did. One thing I have always remembered about her birth and those early months, he huge FEET!

Trash digger

Little Isaiah is such a creature of habit. Whenever I sit him down in a specific room, I know exactly where he's going to go searching. In the breakfast nook it's the cabinet door on Noah's play kitchen, in my closet, it's my trash. He stands well now and is starting to cruise (for the first time today.) Noah walked when she was two weeks older than Isaiah is now. I can't imagine he'll be walking until another month (I'm getting to know how fast they develop.) He seems to tiny to be walking. I'm anxious to see how his size compares to Noah's at that age. He seems so smaller. When Noah never crawled, Isaiah's been crawling for a long time.

Trash digger

Everyday outfit

This is a hand-me-down from Dionne which is too small for Noah, but Noah swears it fits now. She tries to find it every morning. hen we can't find it, because it's hidden, she talks about wearing it. It's her "long, white (or blanca) princess dress." I have to admit, she looks so sweet with her tanned brown bare feet in this frilly white dress.

OMG!!!!

Announcing Isaiah's first two teeth

Zaya's bottom two teeth just sliced through this week. He's 10 months old and I'm in shock. I feel like just yesterday Broderick and I were at the park eating Port of Subs and I was telling him I was pregnant. He's a little more fussy then Noah was when she was teething. In fact I don't remember Noah fussing at all with her teeth. Maybe it was just that I was a new mom and couldn't tell the cries apart. It wasn't until #2 was I able to recognize what each sound was. I'm pretty good with Isaiah. Anyway, this is of Isaiah chewing on a piece f hard thin crust. Broderick and I ordered Bloom and he watched a basketball game with Lydon.

Chocolate Face

I know a lot of you think that I don't ever give Noah treats - well this is proof! We made some chocolate, chocolate chip mini cup cakes. The last of the vegan diet. I'm on to the good stuff.

Kids Space

This is from Feb. when Noah went to Sara's 3rd birthday party. It look a lot of work to get her out of this place.

ZayZay with Nana on Superbowl

Nana & the Easter Bunny

I tried to post a few times and I couldn't get the pictures to upload. So this from the January when we went to Las Vegas for Super Bowl weekend.

Going back to Vegas, Vegas.

These were taken on the drive to Vegas. Broderick and I both had our own weekend planned separately with our friends. I went to The Red Rock Hotel with Cathy and Robin and Broderick did the Super Bowl thing at The Palms and then at the super bowl with Fred Smith. I had such a wonderful time with my girls. We laid in bed and talked for hours (while Cathy told us to shut up.) We ordered room service and watched Pay-Per-View. We also spent a lot of time the spa. We had just checked in and had practically run to the Mexican restaurant to have margaritas. We each had one, a really strong one, and decided to go sit in the steam room at the spa. We both nearly passed out and had to lay down for almost an hour with cold clothes over. We had no idea we were a little tipsy!

I can't wait to have a girl's weekend again next year!