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

Message from a 2 year old

Message from a Two Year Old




-- Author Unknown



Please be glad that I'm growing up, even though I am doing my separating by acting contrary and stubborn and by saying no thirty-seven hundred times a day.



Please let me continue to be dependent on you even though I act very independent and say, "I don't want you." I still need to be held some and protected.


Please let me feel that independence is safe by watching me and protecting me even when I am insisting on doing things myself.


Please have a few sensible rules and enforce them. This will provide a nice, firm wall against which I can say, "No" and "You can't make me!" Please enforce them anyway. That will help me feel secure and not be scared that when I say, "I won't!" or start to think for myself, you might go away and leave me.


Please, when you request that I pick up my toys, insist that I do that. If you manipulate me into doing things, I won't need to learn to think. And if you force me, I won't have the chance to learn to think.


Please don't be afraid of my anger. I have to experiment with my anger and try out different ways of expressing it. Then I find out how you respond. I especially don't want to end up afraid of my own anger. You help me a lot when you watch and listen to my anger in a very matter of fact, accepting way, and don't let me hurt myself or others.


Please demand that I think about what I am feeling. I will be crippled if I grow up believing that I can't think and feel at the same time. It won't help me if I believe that when I am mad or scared I can't think. Those are the times that I will need to think most clearly.


Please expect me to start taking other people's feelings and wants into account. Do this even though I say, "I don't care!" when you tell me Susie feels bad because I broke her truck. And please don't ask me to take care of YOU. If you want me not to run in the street, tell me to do it for my safety - for ME. Don't tell me that I make YOU worry. I don't even know what worry means. If I am making you do that, I might get so scared that I won't have time to practice resisting and separating.


Sometimes I'm not very sure about what I need or think or want, so please encourage me to know those things. I'm sure that I can figure it out if you push me a little and have faith in me.


Please help me to learn how to think and to say, "No" and to handle my anger now, while I am still little enough for you to protect me.


And please love me and hold me when I want to be held. I love you.