Discovery!

Aunt Jessie brings out the wild side in Mary Frances. I learn something new about the baby every time she visits. Today, while trying to apply a chocolate mustache, we learned that one side of Mary's upper lip is impossibly ticklish. (The mustache could not be completed.)

Vacation

Our weekend in Long Beach was perfect except that I kept catching Chris trying to eat my baby.

Lush Life

Our usually drab yard has completely overgrown. Though still not fancy, it is now slightly beautiful. In other news, Baby Mary predicts fine weather.

Award Ceremony

Hurray! For the first time ever Mary and I were able to run errands today. We returned videos, went to the drugstore and picked up orange juice. Ta da! I even got a chance to put away the clean laundry. (Of course, all of her clean clothes are now too small for her to wear, but I am still willing to pat myself on the back.)

As an award for maternal magnificence I get WHATEVER I WANT. Not bad, huh? (This is a big step up from, "Woman, you so crazy." Chris must be getting tired too.) This weekend we are going to Long Beach! We're going to wear big hats and write dirty limericks in the sand! We're going to eat clam chowder and crash kites! We're going to rule!

Poor Baby

Poor Frankie woke up yesterday to find that her face had broken out in baby acne, her diaper rash returned, and she had eye boogers. She was upset; we were distraught. Everybody grabbed a quilt and cuddled up in front of the soothing sounds of the dishwasher.

Blond Eyebrows 2

Those little fuzzies just kill me.

Blond Eyebrows

Aunt Sara

Mary and Sara had a good time catching up and snickering at the stupid parts of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".

typing one-handed

Camera out of batteries. Baby is now "Fussy McPuddingpants". Sleep, dear god, sleep.

With a little extra work that could have been a haiku.

Here are old pictures....

Oil and Water

Apparently Chris and my genes don't mix as seamlessly as we'd hoped. The baby now has dark brown hair with a red swirl encircling her head. Weird.

If Mary looks cuter and chubbier than she could possibly be - you are correct! The doctor said today that she has gained a solid pound since birth. (Not to brag, but he also said that most babies her age are still trying to work their way back up to their birth weight. Let the "We Are the Champions" dance begin! All congratulations can be sent to us in the form of pizza; I need the calories.)

MOTHERS DAY!!

Kevin and Shanna came back from Europe this week and stopped by yesterday. It was my first day off work in over a month! In celebration i decided to catch up on all (read some) of my house work and missed the blog



For mothers day Sarah demanded no paparazzi. Frankie, tho she voiced no formal objections, was not only slightly more cooperative.

Beautiful Boxer

We haven't been able to update for the last couple of days, but we are still committed to putting up a new picture every day...or several pictures every couple of days.

(Then you say, "Committed to maybe updating? She does know what that word means, no?")

Rethink Pink

This is not unsweet.

Did it hurt?

When you fell from Heaven?
(Awww...)

The Mary Frances pregnancy has been immortalized! Check out my friend Jennie's (rather famous) web comic:
http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/

Bath Time

Grandma discovered that this happy baby would much rather be rinsed in the kitchen sink than cleaned up on the changing table. Parenting makes you all sorts of imaginative. Never before have I looked at the spray nozzle in the sink and thought, "I wonder how this would feel on my butt?"

Pretty Baby

I have no idea why this picture won't publish right-side up.

Bundle o Joy

So tired. Here is a picture from Day One. (We took a lot of pictures that day.)