More Congratulations!

Congratulations to my cousin, Courtney Baldwin, and her husband Steven and their son Nate on the birth of their second child/first brother.

Silas Cole Baldwin was born yesterday, Valentine's Day, at 2:08 PM.  He weighed 6 pounds 8.7 ounces.  

He is beautiful guys.

Congratulations

Congrats to Ashley, Brad, and Grayson Cuttino on the birth of Anna Parker Cuttino.  She is beautiful.  And two...well, it is LOTS of fun!  Good luck guys.

Tooth #2

Tooth #2 came in today!  At this rate, he will need to see the dentist by one year old.

Accident #2

I got the dreaded phone call from school yesterday.  On the other end was Grace's teacher telling me that it was an emergency!!  Grace had been dancing on the rug, fell and busted her chin open. 

"Does it need stitches, Ms. Tiki?"

"Yes, it does."

"How big is the cut, Ms. Tiki?"

"Big!"

So, off I run to school.  When I got there Grace had a steri-strip on it.  It is about an inch long, but since the steri was holding it closed, I really doubt that the doctors would remove it for stitching.  Nana Su met me at school, and it was our determination to leave it alone and covered with the steri's until it heals.  You can't see it unless you look underneath her head.   Poor kid, she went two years with NOTHING, and then we had the eye and the chin in less than a year.  It would figure....Lamar is gone:)

Oh, and she locked herself in her room on Sunday.  I went up to get her and she was shut up tight.  My doorknobs are as old as my house (c. 1953) so there is no way to pop the lock from the outside.  I told her to hold on and I was going to go across the street to get Mr. Kris.  Well, I forgot that Mr. Kris is deployed too!  So Nadine and Tyler came over for Operation Grace Removal.  Tyler was talking to her from the other side of the door while we worked.  I finally just took the knob off.  Of course, now I can't get it back on.  She was fine...not worried at all.  When we took it off and finally got in, she was playing happily in her room.  When I asked her how it happened, she said that her daddy locked her in.  

TOOTH

Walter's first tooth broke through today.  He has pretty much given up sleeping through the night lately.  For the past several weeks, he has been getting up every couple of hours.  It culminated on Thursday night with every five minutes!  We went to the doctor and she upped his Zantac.  Well, the tooth broke through sometime last night, so here's to hoping that was part of the problem!

Sleep Brother Sleep!!

Oh.  And he now weighs 15 lbs 11 oz.  

Big Boy!!

4 month stats

Walter had his four month check up on January 8th.  He received all of his shots, except for the HIB, which is still recalled.  The doctor said that he looks GREAT.  Everything is right on track.  I can't believe how time is flying by.  In no time, he will be walking and talking.

Weight  15 lbs, 2 oz

Length  24 inches

Head     41 centimeters

He is 45th percentile in weight and length and 80th in head circumference.  

Still breastfeeding.  We did start cereal do to the reflux.  He is still loving it.

Ho Ho Ho!!

Here are some photos of Christmas in SC.  This is the time of year that my blogging seems to take a nose dive.  Anyhow, these are some of the shots.  More will be added later.  By this weekend...or as soon as I download them from the camera:)  The ones of Grace are on our camera.  These came from Dad.  

Yummy to my Tummy!!!!

Baby Walter had his first taste of brown rice cereal tonight.  I could not get it in his mouth fast enough.  For the past week, he has been waking up at night again...every two to three hours...Um, yeah...WHAT!!  It was killing me.  When he was waking up, he was eating.  Eating a full meal.  Anyway, we gave the very watery breastmilk/cereal combo a shot tonight.  We will see if it helps things.  

Baby Addison Kate Norris

Baby Addison was born on Friday, December 14th, 2007.  She arrived at 5:40 PM.  She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and was 20 inches long.  All reports are that Mom and Baby are doing great.  No one talks about Dad:).  Welcome to the world Baby Addison.  And to Craig and Nancy...strap in for the ride of you lives:)

New Baby Countdown

Craig and Nancy went in at 6:00 PM last night to begin the lovely induction process. They should have Baby Addison sometime today. What a wonderful Christmas present. Keep us posted when you can! Good luck and Speedy Induction!!!

Round and Round and Round

Grace also rode the carousel on Sunday.  It almost put her to sleep with her no nap self:)

The Ruby Red Slipper

Finally got a picture of the infamous slippers.  She actually looks like a house was dropped on her in this picture.

The Build A Bear Workshop

If you have never been, you have to go.  The Build a Bear is a stuffed animal store where you go and pick out your flat animal, stuff it, dress it, name it and take it home.  Kids LOVE it.  One opened in Myrtle Beach when I was in college, and the line wrapped around the building in the summer time.  Nana Su and Lindsay took Grace yesterday for Christmas.  She had a ball.  She picked out the pink bear, dressed her in a Cinderella dress, and wait for it.....

RUBY RED SLIPPERS!!!  The bear's name is Lisa.  Not sure where that came from?  Anyway she loved the trip.  Then we went home to Nana Su's for Hanukkah.  Please notice my lack of multiculturalism awareness when looking at Grace's attire for the evening.  I am totally losing it!!

Christmas Card Attempts

Well, I have pretty much accepted the fact that I will not be getting the two of my children to smile and be happy for a picture at the same time this year for a Christmas picture to add to our Christmas cards. We sure did have alot of fun trying. Maybe another day.

True Peace on Earth. May God bless us all.

My very own Frosty the Snowman

He is going to KILL me one day!!!!

Children's Christmas Party

Saturday, December 8th was the Children's Christmas Party. It is thrown by all of the officer's wives and held in the hangar. We get bouncers, have cotton candy, bubble wrap, games, gifts, prizes, etc. The highlight is Santa's arrival. He does not come by reindeer. He arrives in a 60 sierra, or more commonly known as a helicopter. The kids love it. They all get to sit on Santa's lap and ask him for their Christmas gifts. Then they jack up on sugar and come home and crash. Grace claimed that she planned to take the helicopter to the zoo, but we could not accompany her. Here are several shots to sum up the day. The only thing missing was Daddy...

Baby News??

NO NOT ME...Are you KIDDING!!!!!!

We are anxiously awaiting news of Grace's new...I guess it would be God-sibling??

Grace's Godfather, Craig, and his wife, Nancy are imminently expecting the birth of their first child, Addison Kate, any day! She is actually due tomorrow, December 9th. We are crossing our fingers for you, Miss Nancy, that you have a speedy, safe delivery (not quite as fast as Brothers:) and LOTS of GREAT drugs!

Keep us posted!!

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

The tree is up. We put it up before Lamar left for Panama City. He and I have philosophical differences on the color of the lights for the tree. I grew up with white, he insists on color. See who won:) Grace also has Santa lights in her room. She is ready for Christmas.

Sleeping

We have a "sleeper through the night!" For the last two nights, I have put Walter down at 8:30 PM, and he has slept until 6:00 AM straight. I am so excited, I can hardly contain myself. Since he was born, I have been going to bed when he does to get some rest. Needless to say, my house has turned into a disaster. I have not had a real night's sleep since about five months pregnant. For the past two nights, I have slept seven hours straight. I even get some ME time in the morning before they all wake up. It is amazing what excites a mother of two small children.