Obsessed

Ok, I admit it. I'm obsessed with Pinterest.com
I have always wanted to be someone crafty, but until recently my only "domestic" skill has been cooking (save the sewing lessons I had in 5th grade). So I'm trying something new-thanks to pinterest-craftiness!
My first project is turkey place mats for Thanksgiving. Here is the inspiration picture:

And here is my progress so far:

I'm making 4 placemats, with 2 turkeys each (one from each boy), so I'm 3/8ths of the way there :) Progress!

Pancakes

Usually (meaning, I did it last year) we make pancakes for Halloween, as I have sweet pancake molds that make a haunted house, a pumpkin and a bat. This year, since Halloween was Monday & D is big enough to have wanted to go trick-or-treat and get "trick-or-treats", I missed it. So yesterday we finally made pancakes.
Part of the reason for the pancake making was that Dean got a giraffe whisk the last time we were at Target (I'm a little whisk-obsessed, I probably would've gotten it for my self). He really wanted to "whisk" something, so pancakes it was!
Having a 3 year old help you stir can be fun, but he got a little over-zealous -- The blueberries ended up turning the batter a little bit grey :)
I'm so excited to have a little sous-chef in the kitchen! Friday we are going to attempt gnocchi!

At 4 months...

At 4 months B:
*Can roll over from his back to tummy. He then gets really mad, screams until you turn him over, then immediately flips back onto his tummy.
*Is a very smiley boy...unless it is time to eat.
*Likes his binky on occasion.
*Loves to watch whatever big brother is doing.
*Has been laughing for dada for a while, but just started laughing for mama.
*Likes when mama makes funny faces at him & tries to copy.
*Likes to grab at things, like mama's hair.
*Gets mad when made to sit when he'd rather stand & practice jumping.
*Likes to sit up, none of that baby laying back business.
*Is unbelievably drooly-seriously, so much drool-teeth soon?
*Wears size 6 month clothes, size 2 diapers, size 6 month shoes (I only know because I wanted him to have shoes in our family pics, as they were outside)
*Weighs 14 pounds 15.5 ounces, and is 26.5 inches tall. That puts him in the 34th percentile for weight & 94th for height.
*Is in the 74th percentile for head circumference.

Wordless Wednesday

The Park

Today on the way home from school I asked D if we could drive by the park (we're having family pics done there next Sunday, so I wanted to check it out) and D said, "We could go play at the park, that would be fun." I agreed that it would be fun (and it was the cutest way of asking ever) so how could I say no? We saw the ducks, walked around a bit, and D played on the playground until it got cold. It was great fun--until it was time to go...

Randomness

This weekend was quite a boring one-Good, I guess in preparation for busy weeks & weekends to come. I got an award on Friday evening for being "Outstanding" so that was fun, although getting home after 10pm was not! My little B had eaten all of the milk in the house, he can pack it away! We've done some decorating for Halloween, Husband did the outside (including the growing of the giant pumpkin.

Impressive, No?
D did most of the inside decorating, pics to come later. B is trying desperately to roll onto his tummy. He did it last night, but it was in our bed so their might have been an incline. I hope he does it today so I can break out my video camera (& Husband will stop giving me a hard time about not using it!)

3 Months Old

My baby B is 3 months old today! It seems like much longer than that, we went through so much right after he was born!
At 3 months he...

-Is super smiley
-Enjoys the "Big Bang Theory" theme song
-Likes to hang onto his triceratops, and sometimes the paci.
-Loves to watch his big brother.
-Is always happy in the bath.

-Likes his car seat, but only if it is moving.
-Wakes up once or twice a night (not bad!) even though he HATES to be swaddled.
-Likes his swing and his mat.
-Likes to watch his hands (and to chew on them)
-Wears size 1 diapers (but not for long), size 3 month and 6 month clothes, and 6-12 month socks.