Happy 3rd Birthday Carter!

5 months

It seems hard to believe that Skye is 5 months already! Her little personality is coming out and it's such a joy to watch her grow! She is every bit as friendly, social and happy as her big brother was at this age, and oh yeah, every bit as active too! She rolls in both directions and has now started the scoot! Darn it, I wanted a little lap baby that didn't have ambitions to walk till she was two. LOL!

She is *in love* with Carter. Watched everything he does like a hawk. What's he eating, what's he playing with, what's he doing, where is he going, why can't I do that? He is very generous with her and we've found that having their car seats together in the car has been more helpful than apart as he is her personal entrainer.

Still no solids yet, just milk, but boy is she interested! When she puts a toy in her month she sort of looks at it like 'why isn't this giving me anything?' She's a good eater though, as evidenced by her chubby thighs and bright eyes :) Love that mama's milk!



We've been enjoying summer in our backyard but we did make it out to mom and dad's beach last week. Skye enjoyed her first dunk in Dunham Lake, it was so warm and we found a nice shady spot. She seems to really enjoy the water. Big brother was having the time of his life, so anxious to swim, can't wait to start official toddler swim classes in a few weeks.



Other than that, Skye Aimee is just pure joy, the kind of blessing we didn't know we needed till she was with us!

How I've spent my summer

Honestly the best thing that's happened to my lawn. May seem boring to most but to me it's hours of enjoyment! LOL!

http://www.hound-dog.com/weed_hound.htm

How I've spent my summer

Honestly the best thing that's happened to my lawn. May seem boring to most but to me it's hours of enjoyment! LOL!

http://www.hound-dog.com/weed_hound.htm

Michigan Native

This is great! I'll make you out-of-state Michiganders miss MI for sure!!

And I'm sure you transplants will get a kick out of it too!!

Enjoy!

http://www.michigannative.com/ma_home.shtml

Technology

I love seeing how technology effects my children growing up. I love that Carter looks to see what the picture looks like right after it's taken. No film processing in his life time! VHS Tapes will be what 8 tracks are to my generation. BTW, he calls all dics CDDVD's, I figure he's covering all the bases that way!

The cutest was yesterday when him and I made 'email' cookies (he's misunderstood Oatmeal). How adorable!!



And oh yeah, I posted 3 month comparison pictures in my slide show, check back every month to see how the kids have grown and changed!!

Vampire

When I became pregnant with Carter I quickly realized that I have issues with the sun. Even minimum exposure will result in a night filled with burning, itchy skin and red bumps. So, summer after summer I deal with it the best I can, sunblock, finding shadows to stand in, hats, avoid the daylight. My latest batch of internet self diagnosis brought up a vampire website! So, that's it, I'm officially declaring myself a vampire, never to leave the house during daylight hours again!!

http://www.drinkdeeplyanddream.com/realvampire/sunallergy.html