Furniture, Smiles, and Monkeys

I thought the timing of Forrest's arrival before he was would work out just perfect. Well, I was a little too ambitious. I was sure Lilly would be walking by now, but not so much. And I was sure Lilly wouldn't need a crib by July-ish - maybe, maybe not - I don't know. But in the scheme of things, who cares, we will carry on. So we went ahead and set up Lilly's big girl bed anyway!! So what if she can't really get out of it gracefully, that's why God invented pillows and blankets! (And if you are wondering- yes Lilly and Forrest will be sharing a room. I think all kids need to bunk with their siblings at least while they are little!)

She thinks the bed is great! We are trying to teach her to get out of it by sliding backwards on her belly. She prefers to leap out of it face first though. So we just put plenty of padding for her noggin and it all works out. So far she has just napped in it, but seems to be doing well. The room is not baby proofed enough to let her sleep in it overnight yet - that's on the to do list. 

Finally I get a kiss after begging.  Somehow Forrest and Suey never have to ask and they get showered with them. 

Speaking of furniture. Eric and I made a table for the kids. We could never find one to buy that we liked. They were all those crappy plastic tables with cartoon characters on them. The color scheme came from the idea of being able to tell the kids where to sit or have them sit at their favorite color. Isn't Lilly so pretty! 

As for Forrest, he is growing ginormous it seems. He's already 13 pounds and counting. He's currently being squashed in his bassinet. I think I'll have to steal the pack and play from my mom's house to keep him in our room, because I really don't want to have to walk to the other room to go feed him one or two times a night.   He is a major smile machine. You just talk to him and he'll grin for you all day long. He is quite the ladies man too. Young or old, he loves them all!    Check out him holding his head up!

Also, the other day we went to Monkey Joe's for FREE. Family Connections rents the place once a month for kids with disabilities and we get the joint all to ourselves. Pretty awesome. We went for the first time a couple days ago. They have it right around Lilly's bedtime, but we'd figure we'd give it a try. She had lots of fun. Enjoyed bouncing around and sliding. She eventually found some kids tame enough to play with, one was her age, but he was a little shy. 

 

Eric loves his babies.

Great Big Sister

Lilly has surprised me ever since Forrest was born.  I was afraid she'd be jealous and not like her little brother.  But she has been in love with him ever since he came home.  I am constantly begging for kisses and it takes a lot of work to get one, but if Forrest is within reach, he gets about a million kisses (along with slobbery and boogery hair as a result).  Lately, she's taken an interest in helping take care of him.  She insists that he always has his pacifier whether he wants it or not and she's also very willing to wipe his butt! It's hilarious.  I'm so glad she is such a good sister, I know they will be the best of buds.  And I'm sure that Eric and I will get ganged up on by the two of them!! (Oh and Happy TWO Month Birthday Forrest!!!)

Suey

So the majority of the time Suey is the bane of my existence. She's so darn hyper and annoying half the time. But what has kept her here on the Jones farm is her love of children. She is SO good with kids- so she stays. I usually refer to her as Lilly's dog. Here is an example of what I'm talking about.

Terrible Twos

Man. They weren't kidding when they said terrible. I always heard they actually hit when they are 3 though... Fantastic, the one milestone Lilly decides to hit early!! Here is an example of the latest temper tantrum that is actually pretty funny (at least I thought, not so much Eric). She has had these bath crayons since christmas and has shown ZERO interest in them. Really in crayons and art in general. Well she was getting bored of her bath toys, so Eric thought he'd bring the crayons back out. And she loved them! She was scribbling all over the tub... until... she tasted them. Yep, she likes to eat crayons- a delicacy to her. Just yesterday we were making my mom a mother's day card. And yep she likes the taste of regular crayons too. All resulting in meltdowns because they are not listed on the nutritional pyramid.

This color must be particularly tasty, as the missing tip went down the hatch.

Little Things

The days have been flying by since Forrest was born.

I had surgery for my gallbladder a couple weeks ago and am finally feeling myself again. I'll be heading back to work in a couple weeks. Not crazy excited about that :( I still want to be a stay at home mom!! But that's life I suppose.

Eric is starting his internship next week at Invista which is awesome because it is only 15 minutes away! Also, he made great grades this past spring semester.

Forrest keeps growing like a weed! He weighed 12 lbs 3 days ago- yikes. And Lilly is officially entering her terrible two's. Everything is soooo dramatic. I feel really bad for her physical therapist- she gets the brunt of it!! Despite that she is really excelling- she had her PT evaluation yesterday and met all but one goal in the last 3 months (standing alone for 5 seconds).

Life is going pretty well.