Funny things you say

The other day it was storming, so I turned on the t.v to see what the weather was saying and ESPN was on and they were showing the Packer game highlights from the weekend. So I watched it and then said, great, they won. All of a sudden Lucy comes right over to my face, grinning from ear to ear, and says "boo, Packers." Then she proceeds to laugh so hard. I said, what did you say... she says it again. So I tickled her until she said "go, Packers." Thankfully, she said "boo, Cowboys" that night when Mike got home, just to tease him a little too. It was so funny because it caught me so off guard... such personality.

Randomly, kind of like this blog, I will remember something we need to buy next time we go to the store, so I will ask Lucy to remind me to buy whatever. So the other day, she said next time we go to the store we need to get some pears. I said, you want pears, she said, yes, remind me that we need to get pears. The things they pick up on. So that night, her and Mike were sitting on the swing set eating Popsicles and Mike was asking her about her day and she was telling him and then all of a sudden she said, "and tomorrow we are going to go to Walmart and get some pears." I am thinking she really wants some pears.

I am finding that Brandt really loves to eat. It must be something about little boys that love food. He will scrunch his face up and close his eyes and make mmm sounds when I am feeding him solids. It's just so sweet and funny! I never want to forget these days

Caterpillars and stuff....

The other night, Lucy was doing something that she shouldn't, so Mike said, "Lucy, you shouldn't do that and if I have to tell you again, you are going to have to get a spanking." So she said, "well, then don't tell me again." I guess she has her Daddy's quick whit.


I love the way Lucy begins most of her sentences with "actually...." Is it a first-born trait to be all-knowing? She also started talking like a Wisconsinite while up in that beautiful state... she now ends her statements with "you know" or "hey."

We found a caterpillar out in the flower garden today, so we built a habitat for Darby. Lucy just sits and watches Darby waiting for her to turn into a butterfly. When she had to go to the bathroom she told me that maybe the caterpillar will turn into a butterfly while she goes pee. It didn't happen.

Dates to remember

July 6... Brandt got his first tooth

July 11...Brandt got his 2nd tooth

July 11... Brandt says "mama" and we will go on and on with mamamamama when he is tired or hungry. He knows who he wants! So precious to hear, thank you sweet boy.

July 15th... clapped

July 22nd... had cheerios and was signing more

Happy 4th

We took a trip to Kansas over the 4th. Mike was hoping to get to help his Dad cut wheat, but it kept raining. Our brother-in-law was cutting, so Lucy did get a chance to ride the combine...I would have loved to seen what was going on in that combine with Uncle Randy and Lucy... was she quietly sitting or asking questions. Lucy also had her first dinner out in the field, which was fun.

Grammy asked Lucy if she wanted a tea party. Lucy was very excited and said "with real water." Usually, we pretend to have tea and every now and then we will use water for a tea party. So Lucy was extra excited when she found out that we were wearing hats, drinking real tea with Grammy's pretty tea cups, and she got to wear some lipstick. We had a lot of fun!!

Here's my 4th of July babies! We went to a bbq in town at a ladies house who loves to feed people, then drove out to watch fireworks at the neighboring town 25 miles away. Lucy even got to use sparklers for the first time. I thought she would get scared once Mike lit it, but she didn't. Brave little girl.

Space Shuttle

I came up with the brilliant idea of playing space shuttle today while playing in her room, mostly, because I was tired from being up with both her and Brandt last night for some strange reason, and playing space shuttle involved lying down with our feet up on the bed because we were strapped in for take-off. A Mom's got to do what a Mom's got to do in order to lie down, right. Anyhow, so we started our countdown for blast-off, then took off. I looked over at her and said, wow, Lucy, did you feel those G's? She said, well, no, but I did feel the U's and the J's. I laughed so hard because not only was she funny, but she said it so matter of fact like she knew exactly what I was talking about and without missing a beat. Miss Lucy, you are hilarious and I love you so much!!!

Today Brandt is 7 months old and he showed off his age by sitting up all by himself.... such a big boy! He also said "dadadada" on Father's Day for the first time, so that was a pretty special gift... such a brilliant child we have :)

Bob and Larry

Last weekend, we took an overnight trip to Branson to go to Silver Dollar City because we have season passes and because it was kids fest. We went back and forth about going because the weather wasn't looking too promising, but when I found out that there was a Veggie Tales show we decided we were going to chance the weather. It ended up to be a pretty nice day after being drizzled on for just a little bit in the morning. The little veggie tales show was really cute and then she got to meet Bob and Larry. She just stood there staring up at them. She was star struck! We did manage to turn her around to get a picture, but later she told me that Bob and Larry were really big, so I guess she was just in shock of their size and not star struck after all :)

The last few weeks....

Every night before I go to bed I go upstairs to make sure the kids are covered, give them one more kiss and just stare at them a bit while they are sleeping. Well, this is how I found little man one night. It doesn't look too comfy, but I have found him like this more than once, so apparently, he likes it. Last night when I looked in on him, he looked so big. I came down a little teary eyed and told Mike that our little baby is getting so big so fast. I can't believe that a year ago I was still impatiently waiting to feel better and now he is almost 7 months old and a very LOUD squealer.... wow! He's happy though, but even Lucy sometimes says "shh, be quiet."


I put a baby einstein show on for Brandt while I was making dinner one night, and Lucy was playing house upstairs. Well, I looked in the living room and this is how I found her. I think this picture pretty much tells us how she feels about her baby brother. She is such a great big sister. She is always telling him how much she loves him. I sometimes even find her under his jungle gym with him talking in her high pitch voice that she only uses for him.



Brandt really is enjoying food, which you cannot tell at all from this picture. He woke up from a nap and was hungry, so I put him in his high chair to give him solids first, which did not please him, he was crying. Then, I gave him green beans, which did not please him even more. He was making the funniest faces and crying with each bite as he would push the green beans out of his mouth. We did finally give up on the green beans, but the next day we tried again and we had success... he ate them all without crying, spitting them out or making faces. His little eye brows get so red when he cries.

Here's Lucy and her cousin Gracie at a family wedding we went to a few weeks ago. They both got coordinating dresses from their Aunt Melissa for their birthday's. Aren't they so cute?

Brandt likes his toes... a lot! He'll put both big toes in his mouth at the same time and suck. It's pretty funny. I love his expression on this picture. He's a keeper!!

Last night the kids and I ran to Kohl's. Well, Lucy likes to get a book and look at it while I scope out deals. We didn't get a cart, so she was looking for a place to sit and look at her book. So we are passing the bedding department and they had a bench with a cushion and pillows on it, and she says "Mommy, I just found the perfect place to read my book." She said is so sweetly, it just cracked me up that we had to stop for a bit so she could climb up there and read her book.

Last week, Lucy and Mike were playing with star wars lego's. She was playing with one of the figurines that came with it. So Mike said, you have Obiwon (I think that's how Mike spelled it). She said "well, how old is your guy." We just started laughing and the she said, "I think he is 32." I think so too, Lucy :)