second child syndrome

i told myself when maisy was born, that she would not fall victim to "second child syndrome".  you know what it is, your first baby, you take a least one picture a day, everyday. then the second one comes along and you think you'll do the same... well i was looking back at my photos of maisy, so i could scrapbook her pictures form each month and i realized, wow i have been a really bad mommy.  some months there were only like 3 pictures that were good enough to scrap.  so i am going to try to get better about it.  i think if i leave the camera out where i can see it and it is easily accessible, i'll be better about taking more pics.  so here are a few from yesterday.  i just love this little outfit.  and to my little miss maisy, mommy is sorry, and will try to take lots more pictures of you.  

oso flaco

while i was at the mega crop, david watched the kiddos.  friday night they just hung out at home.  on saturday, david decided to go for a walk at oso flaco.  i was hoping he took some great photos, but it was too windy to pull the camera out.  david did manage to take a couple of pics, and they crack me up.  david carried maisy in a back carrier.  it is made so it can be put down with the baby in it and still stand up.  this way the baby has somewhere to sit and it makes it easier to put on and off.  well here is maisy in the backpack.  i think she looks like a catcher for the red sox.  david said she was such a good girl and just smiled the whole time.  she is so happy all the time, she's always got a smile on her face.  she is sweet, adorable, lovable and snuggly.  for someone (me), who never wanted a daughter, i am overjoyed with having a daughter.  

mega crop

last friday and saturday, i had the chance to do some scrapbooking at jr designs.  i thought i'd share the layouts i created.  i worked mostly on getting miles' 4th birthday at disneyland  done.

(this is my first favorite)

had fun creating a "scroll" for this layout... thanks julie for the idea. 

this one is my second favorite 

this one is total old school to me, i don't usually use this type of stickers, but it kind of works for this layout. 

let me know what you think...

"but i'm not tired mom"

so what do you think, was miles tired or not? as some of you know, david and i have been working on getting miles to go to bed by himself, meaning we don't need to lay with him for him to fall asleep.  we've been sticking with it, but it is a battle everynight. tonight i was not in the mood.  i told him he had to snuggle on the couch and fall asleep... "but i'm not tired mom" was the response i got, this is what miles looked like about 2 minutes later.   he'll fight it and fight it and then he crashes hard!  poor thing, he's an open mouth sleeper, just like his mom... not pretty at all. 

bath time

i usually sit maisy in her bumbo on the floor in the bathroom while i give miles a bath.  while miles is playing in the tub, i put maisy's feet in the water.  it was obvious she wanted to get in the water with miles, so i thought why not.  maisy does not sit by herself yet, but miles was more than willing to be the awesome big brother he is and hold her.  

she absolutely loved sitting in the warm tub with her brother.  she kept looking at the bubbles, not really sure what they were.  she had fun splashing and kicking her feet. 

i can't believe how big both my kids are getting.  it seems like yesterday, i was still giving miles a bath in the infant tub.  now he is holding his 6 month old little sister in the big boy tub.   

time is moving so fast.  i am trying to treasure every minute of everyday.  when i am having a bad day and can't pull myself out of "the funk",  all i have to do is look at my two beautiful, amazing children and know that life is truly good. 

more anni pics

i was so excited when i saw a big envelope sitting on my front porch yesterday.  i was pretty sure it was my pics from anni and it was.  she did a great job here are a few of my favorites...

"big papa" visits

david's grandfather earl, came to visit us from oregon.  he made some other stops before he came to us, but he spent the last three days of his trip with us.  it was so nice to see him and how well he is doing.  oh yeah, earl is 84 years old.  he is a riot, telling jokes and stories about growing up and raising his kids.  he is also a philosopher, and told me all about his studies of religion and science, pretty interesting.  he really enjoyed spending time with the kids.  he read books to miles and watched tom and jerry cartoons with him.  it was so cute to watch the two of them cracking up about tom and jerry.  he just was lovin' on maisy.  he loved watching her play in her exer-saucer and especially thought she was funny when she was eating.  he couldn't get over her big appetite. he also just loved to hold maisy every chance he could get.   maisy, earl and i went to pismo beach for lunch and a walk on the pier.  unfortunately david had to go out of town while earl was here, so he didn't get to spend as much time with him as he wanted to. oh, i forgot to tell you why we call him "big papa".  david grew up calling his grandfather papa, but miles already has a papa so we had to explain to him that this was a different papa.  i said he was like a big papa, while it stuck.  miles would wake up in the morning and ask "where's big papa?" or "mommy big papa is asleep on the couch."  i thought it was really cute.  we drove big papa to the train station in san luis on friday, and it was so sad, because he started crying when we said goodbye and left him.  i am so glad he got to spend some time with his great- grand kids.