Monday, April 22, 2013

Back this hitch out into the water

After over a year we finally got the boat back from the boat yard with its new transmission.  I mean it is basically new at this point, and it only took money!  Anyway so everything finally aligned correctly and we took Little Pope for his very first boat ride.

He wasn't too sure about the life jacket while we were still sitting in the slip, but his happiness is not overridden by the safety laws so he had to deal with it.


Once we got going he seemed to be more interested in the boat.


Check out his baby banz headphones.  The boat motor is really loud for his little ears so I wanted to make sure he has no excuse other than manhood for not listening.


 True to baby's attention span he was more interested in the holes in the hatch cover than anything else.


All smiles at the end of the day.  Next up...wakeboarding!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Mobility with a side of Unwavering Patience

 Patience is not a virtue that I possess, nor will I ever, but one of my children has it down to a fine art.


This is my oldest as many of you know.  She was a super cute and very high-energy baby!


This is my youngest for those of you just reading the blog for the first time.  He is also full of energy!


And he has now become mobile.  Deep breath.  Life will never be the same and free time is extinct in our household!


He is still working on his stability, though. 


He is a super fast crawler.  One minute he is there, then the next he is wreaking havoc on something or someone four rooms over.


He has also learned to be a jokester.  This is the look he gave me as he was crawling over to jack with me.


He thinks he is so smart when he unties my shoes, but he only wants to do it if the shoe is on my foot. Leave a flip flop laying around, though, and he will put that in his mouth.  Great, huh?


But my oldest has nerves of steel and unwavering patience when it comes to dealing with her brother.  In the above pic he was yanking on her tail fairly hard and she never even flinched.  I finally had to go break up his fun because I was afraid he might rip her hair out.  He was so excited at the new toy he found!


Little Pope has also discovered the Team Leader's water bowl, which is like a rare gem to him.  We normally have the door closed to the laundry room, but he can sense when it is not and speed crawls to get there.


Even with such a huge violation of her personal space she still remains calm, which is more than her mama can say.

Have a great week!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Five Easters Later

I am tired, to say the least.  I am sure you needed to know that, right?  We are so happy that we got to celebrate Easter this year with the Littlest Pope, but I feel like we have driven to Oklahoma and back right now.  Wait, I think Oklahoma may be closer.  We celebrated Easter 5 times over the Easter weekend. 


One of the Saturday celebrations was at the Nutrition Nazi's dad's house.  Here my father-in-law was going into way too much detail about each child's area to hunt for eggs.  It really crossed the too much info line when he told one of the kids his area ended at the black chevy.  How many 4 year-olds do you know who can identify a black chevy?


Look Pops Mom got me an egg.  What's an egg?


Good thing I am not a super germ-a-phobe because he put every egg in his mouth, as he does with most other things.


Holy crap this is fun.  Carry me around some more, you look like you could use a good cardio workout.


Little Pope and his Little Cousin.  I think there are about 8 shots trying to get a good pic.  Photographing children is like herding wet cats.


Then the bigger kids joined in the picture fun.


The Bigger Popes.  My vertically-challenged brother-in-law spouted out that maybe Little Pope would get his height from him, to which I responded let's hope not.  I know I am not his favorite and I never try to be anyone I am not, so I figured I would call it like I saw it.


Daddy tell them these are my eggs, even if I can't eat candy yet.


My babies with their Easter baskets on Easter Sunday.  So sweet!


Wanna see what I think of your nicely prepared easter basket Mama?


I guess he felt it was better once everything was on the floor.


The Team Leader partook in her annual egg hunt!


Hurry up Pops and come open the egg for me.


My favorite 2 1/2 foot tall almost mobile troublemaker!


Look Mama, more stuff for you to keep up with.  Just what your OCD self needed.


Hurry up Grandma.  Your blinged-out shoes must be slowing you down.  Normally I do not let my child hang out in a diaper, but NN's grandparents like to keep their house very warm!


Little Pope enjoyed hanging out with his great-grandpa.


And his great-granny, who gets on the floor with him, even at 90 + years old. 


After all the Easter baskets and presents he was most happy with a paper towel roll and some love.  If only it stayed this way!


By popular request I am posting this video from a couple a weeks ago.