"I love you so so very much."

Said my sweet (for the moment) little girl as we left a voicemail for Daddy. Then she kissed the phone, which had a picture of him on the screen, a few times. And then my cell phone got a hug. 

It was really sweet. Our days are full of many more moments like the one pictured below:

Things I never thought I'd say until I became a mother

I don't want your booger.

I don't want your boogers in my hair!

I get to eat chocolate because I pooped on the potty. 

Daddy doesn't want you to tell everyone he went poopy.

Don't touch your poop! Keep your hands out of your diaper!

Thank you for saying please, but I don't think the cat is going to do what you want.

Two months old

Smiling at his mobile today.

Gator is most definitely a growing boy. At his two month checkup yesterday, he weighed 12 lb., 12 oz. and was 24 inches long. Even the largest of his 0-3 month onesies have to be really stretched to snap, and the smaller ones are long outgrown. He was wearing mostly 3-6 month clothing for much of June. 

We're seeing more and more smiles and coos and even the occassional giggle. He likes having his feet tickled and will coo conversationally if he's in a good mood. The safari animal mobile that his sister adored recently started fascinating him as well. He enjoys that, the aquarium soother, and a soft mirror with a rattle and other things attached when he is hanging out in his crib. It keeps him happy for a little while so I can focus on other things for 10 or even 15 minutes.

Waahh!

Big sis was trying to be nice by letting him use her special pillow and piling toys around (and on) him, but he's not that into it.

Ginormous Gator

Gator looks huge in this picture. He is getting bigger all the time. I'm curious to hear his stats at his two month checkup this week.

See all those Little People, rubber duckies, etc. on the bed? They are some of Violet's "friends". She loads about 15 of them into the doll stroller and pushes them around. They must be in the room she wants to be in. When big sis is feeling generous, she shares with little brother. Whether he's interested in having toys piled on him or not.

For Mimi, press one. For GG, press two.

Fun with a phone earlier tonight. 

Daddy wears his sunglasses on his head. So that's where hers belong, right??

She burned some energy today at the pool. There was great alarm when she realized that her frog did not come back from the pool. Temporary tattoos can't stay forever. We decided he must have liked the water too much to come home.

Feet Feats

Earlier this week, Violet came home from Grandma's with these:

And a frog "tattoo" on her arm. She's thrilled by both. 

But I don't know what's up with those feet. She keeps sending them to time out. Sometimes we don't know why. Sometimes it's because they are on the table when we are eating. Because of course, it's all the fault of the feet, not the brain controlling them.