Weekend of people

This past weekend was fun. We got a babysitter on Friday night and had a dinner party with some old and new friends. It was nice to get the husbands together, as the Moms know eachother and hang out together often. We ate brisket and some yummy cole slaw that I want the recipe for and then for dessert had chocolate fondue! I was so excited to be in charge of this..we got to use our fancy fondue set up and I bought lots of dippers and lots of chocolate because who would want to chance running out...and we got to take it home for leftovers!! We also played Catch Phrase and chatted quite a bit. It was a good night and so nice to come home to a quiet house! Hayes even seems to be getting back to sleeping through the night (fingers crossed)!Saturday I got my hair highlighted and Sam (Granddad) and Juliette (Grandma Jules) came in for a quick visit. Georgia was really shy up until it was time for them to leave, of course. Emmaline was still prissing around and Hayes was just hanging out. He slept almost the whole time I was gone (why do they always seem to do that??). That night we had plans to meet up with one of Daniel's doctors and his family. Their kids are the same age and sex as ours. It was pretty crazy..Their daughter will be 4 on March 9 (1 day before E) and their next daughter turned 2 in August (1 month before G) and their son was born 2 weeks before Hayes! Crazy! They are really nice and they took us to yet another place that is kid friendly (Tycoon Flats)..had a band playing, enclosed space to run and a kiddie play area with castles and slides. The weather was perfect for a night outside! Another reason we love SA is all the places that cater to families!! The girls ate nuggets & drank lemonade while we had burgers and Coronas! Everyone is happy! By the end of the night the girls were all holding hands and were dancing to the band!When we got home on Saturday we shared fondue with the girls..they were soooo excited!!
Sunday was a semi-lazy day.. I did my Bible Study on David andDaniel built another stool for the girls to use..and the girls played outside almost the whole day.
It is fun to meet new people and find new places to go! I don't have any pics of the new people we met because I didn't want to scare them away!! But next time I see them they better watch out!

Nae-kid

Little Hayes is getting so chubby and round! I am loving it! He has really picked up on solid foods and gets them preferably twice a day, but sometimes 1 or 3 depending on what we have going on. We are already mixing up different flavors and he seems to love sweet potatoes and pears mixed with either rice cereal or barley. I try to make my own food but haven't set aside any time to do this yet so I have bought majority of it so far. Of course the sweet potatoes and bananas are easy to do our your own. I am excited about trying him on avocado next. We also got him some prunes to help ease digestion..all this food seemed to stop him up a bit..makes me wonder if I am feeding him too much too fast or if something particular is the culprit.Either way, he is tolerating it all fine and really gets excited to sit at the table with us to eat! So far he eats: sweet potatoes, pears, bananas, carrots, apples, prunes, rice cereal, barley, & oatmeal.
I also got him a sippy cup but he is a little slower at figuring it out. He wants to drink it but can't seem to wrap his lips around it to make it work. Practice makes perfect!!He goes to his ENT appt. on Thursday afternoon, so I am praying that all goes smoothly and the dr is able to figure out what is going on and the best way to deal with it!! Please do the same if you would!

BFF

Hayes Bryant and Jackson Jay are good friends already..really whether they like it or not! They are 11 days apart with HB being the oldest and Carrie and I hope they continue to be friends even when they have the choice. But for now, we will make them hang out and grow up together. It is fun to see their differences in growth and ability. While Hayes is definitely bigger than Jackson and has started eating baby food and such, Jackson is sleeping through the night (almost since birth) and can sit up for short spurts and rolls over. Today we shopped for a bit, put together a diaper cake while the boys bounced in the Jumperoos and ate Chuy's. Here they are at 4 months old! I was just happy that Hayes was not crying or fussing in these pics! The girls love Jackson and talk about him regularly. Emmaline said, "When I said 'Ahh' Jackson said 'Ahh', but Hayes can't do that." Then Georgia chimed in and said, "Nah uhh, Hayes can say 'Ahh' too!" I am not really sure what they were referring too, but it was funny to hear them discuss it all! They also like to talk about Marvin, Jackson's puppy dog!
The Listis love the Kamrowskis and will be so sad if they move, but excited to have a new place to visit!

Wooly Bully

So apparently I have a bully on my hands. This has become evident a few times this week. First, at the park, there was a little boy, younger than G, who was trying to climb the stairs. Miss Thang just stood there legs spread out and her arms stretched across from pole to pole, saying "nope" as she would move to whichever side he tried to squeeze by. I was appalled and then as I was trying to nicely intervene and get her to move, she just blatantly ignored me and stood her ground. I was holding Hayes in my arms so I couldn't quite snatch her up like I wanted to, but I managed to eventually drag her off the playset, apologizing to the kid and parent, and try and set her straight.
Well, it went pretty much as most things do with her...read:
"Georgia, that is not nice to block that little boy from the stairs. He wants to play too."
"OOOHHH, ok!" - smiling and then she runs off.
Like she just now realized what she was doing was wrong and if she had only known before it would have never occurred. I hear this all the time and it is always accompanied with a smile. "OOHH, ok!" Second, we were at an office and this little boy came and sat next to her, obviously wanting to play or chat, and G looks at me with a disgusted face and pouty lips, "I don't like that boy. I don't want him to sit by me! HHMMM!!" - crossing her arms and glaring at him from her eyes cut to the side. Of course she can't leave it at that, so she continues to point and say out loud that she doesn't like him, she isn't going to play with him and she wants him to move!
Isn't she lovely?!In the way of our family, she has made Hayes bleed this week from scratching him, though she usually is nice enough..but I think she has learned the 'no tolerance' policy on this one. She also brings Emmaline to tears on a regular basis. Daniel and I now tell Emmaline she is the Big Sister and needs to take a stand. Yeah, we tell her to fight back. I know, not the best idea, but something has got to give. So young, cute and blonde, but so not innocent! We aren't fooled...anymore that is..