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7-3-10 Memphis Moments

Memphis: Uncle Thomas, you wanna fight?!!!!
U Thomas: I'm gonna kick your butt.
Memphis: I'm gonna PINCH YOUR butt!!!
U Thomas: That's just weird buddy.
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Momma: Come on Little Lovey, hurry up.
Memphis: Okay...I'm coming my dear.
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Grama: (giving Memphis fruit snacks) There you go Buddy.
Memphis: Thanks Cutie.

7-8-10

Today is Nona Tina's birthday - she would have been 60 today...and she would have ADORED her beautiful grandchildren.

Marylou has QUITE A BIT of her Nona Tina in her already. Her favorite thing to do right now is find the phone, push some buttons, and then put it up to her ear and say, "Hiyeeee!"

Oh how I wish she could have snuggled my BEAUTIFUL babies.

6-15-10

Marylou's hair is getting long. She wore her first low piggy tails this morning. Meme took them out for nap time. When we went to get her after nap she woke up with CRAZY HAIR and seemed to really think she was something else! It reminded me of when Memphis woke up with crazy hair at this age.

At dinner tonight Memphis asked Meme, "Meme, can you blow this hot off? Please..." He thought his food was too hot and wanted a little help. Cutie.

6-14-10 - Big boy & marvelous music

Memphis turned his first somersault today - all on his own, without prompting. He was very proud and did 4 or 5 in a row and then got a little nervous. He announced, "I'm going to show Daddy when he gets home! He in be SO PROUD a me!" He also managed to get himself up onto his big guy swing and give himself a push, AND get himself into the car and buckled (even opened the door on his own). Very independent.

Marylou had THE BEST music class tonight. She was in her glory - dancing, "singing" and signing away. She knew all the hand movements to "Robing Red Breast" and did hand movements to a bunch of other songs too. She also imitated the egg shakers and sticks. I was surprised at how much she really knows. Memphis enjoyed himself too...attending to almost all the songs on his own. He sang at the top of his voice for a few and made me smile. When the music stopped she would sign "more" "more" "more"!

REVIVAL!!!!

I am really trying to revive my blogging habit. I thought I could keep all these memories straight in my head...but I just can't. I promise I will try to remain faithful!

1-29-10 Marylou 1st art project

Marylou made her first art project - a finger painting - today. I globbed on a few globs of blue and yellow and let her go to town. She seemed to enjoy the feeling of the paint, rubbing her hands back and forth. A few times she lifted her hands up, looked at them, and open-shut-open-shut them...trying to figure out what was going on.

Memphis decided to forgo the finger paints (been there, done that - right?) and go for the stamps instead. He chose the vehicle stamps - which he LOVED! He commented on how the stop sign stamp was yellow, adn that it really should be red...and the fire truck stamp was blue, and it really should be red. He said, "Momma, these stamps is all mixed up! They is so silly!"

Snow Day!

We had an unexpected snow today. Memphis was very excited, "Momma, it's snowing! Look! Snow is fallin' down, down, down...out a da sky. Yeah, snow!" I suggested we go out to explore, and Memphis happily agreed. He brought 2 cars with him so he could make snow tracks in the yard. Marylou also crawled around on the ground - and was pretty happy until her arm gave way and she face planted in the snow. After that she was much happier to ride about in the stroller. We took the stroller for a short walk to the pond. The pond was mostly frozen over, but the section right next to the bridge was still open water. Memphis found a few rocks to throw in - and giggled. Next, we made a few snow balls and Memphis tried throwing them in. He was very interested to see that they didn't sink like rocks, but instead floated on top of the water. One of the snow balls got caught in the current and was sucked under the bridge - we ran to the other side to see if we could find it when it came out. Memphis was SO EXCITED to see it and said, "WEEEeeeeee!" as the snowball rode its' way down the falls. We then (of course) had to repeat this process a dozen times. On our way home we saw a sand truck, he waved hello to us, and Memphis happily chattered about the dirt in the road, "I like dirt! Yeah, I do. I like it a lot!"

4 month check-up

12 lbs, 9 oz = 25th percentile
24 inches = 25th percentile

I am still little, but getting bigger! ...and Dr.Binder says I am very healthy...and I have "resolved feeding issues"!!!! Woo HOO!!!!!



Here I am, waiting for Dr.Binder to come back, and dreading my shots. Yes. They were as bad as I thought they would be.

so cute

Momma just thought I was SO CUTE that she made me post today...so I wouldn't forget what I said...

FIRST - I was playing with my Lego train set. Mahoney was sitting on the track, so I said, "Move Honey! Scuse me. Scuse me, Honey. Please." When he got up I said (so happily) "Oh! Tank you Honey! Tank you!" And then as he walked away I made a deep voice and pretended to be Honey and said, "you wew-come."

SECOND - I was building my train really big and Daddy said, "Oh, Memphis...you're building ht train so tall!" As I built the train up and up I said, "Woe. I buildin it. My train is SO TALL! Up and up and up, up, up." Then my train fell. "Oh no! Too big. Fall on, my train fall on my head. It falled right on my head. I gotta boo boo. I ok. Let's try again. Buildin it up so tall."

7-29-09...Long Island part 2

Nursing hasn't been going so well (AGAIN) so Momma had to take me back to Long Island to see Dr. Coryllos again. After quite a bit of observation, Dr.Coryllos decided I needed to have my tongue clipped again. (do you notice a pattern here?)

It turns out that my tongue healed funny and the scar tissue was holding part of my tongue down again. It had to go!

I was very brave and did even better this time around. Momma watched the clock... I cried for 1 and a half minutes this time and fell right to sleep. It takes a lot out of you, I tell you! Keep your fingers crossed that it heals better this time.

7-28-09...naughty

What can I say Momma and Daddy? THIS is what happens when you leave a 2-year-old unattended while eating yogurt.

(Note the yogurt is EVERYWHERE...hair, eyelashes, knee, table, chair, floor, hands...and yet only 1 teeny-tiny spot on the bib. Figures.)

7-27-09...water park

Momma took me on a date today. We had sh-vun.

7-26-09...happy feet

Memphis feet = WILLLLLL-MA!!!! "Flinstones...MEET the Flinstones..."

Marylou feet = Momma gave me this new toy today. She said it used to be one of Memphis' favorites. I have to kick, kick my feet to activate it...and I figured it out right away. I think it is amazing! It makes me smile from ear to ear.

7-25-09...MONSTER JAM

I had SO MUCH FUN at Monster trucks (thanks for the tickets Meme!...you paid for the whole seat, but all I needed was THE EDGE)
I sat on Daddy's lap and watched the whole show. I was wiggling and smiling in my seat the whole time. My favorite part was when GRAVEDIGGER came out, and when MAXIMUM DESTRUCTION did donuts right in front of us.

After the show I kept repeating over and over again..."I had fun a wooster trucks. Gravdigger, Max Struction, Toro Loco...did donuts...real loud...jump up so high in da air...AWESOME!"

I even picked out a Gravedigger flag and waved it all around. We hung it up on my bedroom wall when we got home.

Plus, being potty trained is awful fun. I really had to pee pee and the line for the bathroom was SO LONG. Momma told me I had to hold it and I started to cry...so she ran me out into the parking lot and let me pee in the rocks behind a car. Having a boy is great, isn't it Momma?

I got a new dolly today. I love her as much as Memphis loves monster trucks!!!!

7-23-09...Meme's BIG pool

I went swimming!!! FUN!

I made a new friend!!! Creepy.

7-22-09...2 year-old knees

On our way to the park today we stopped at the post office to get the mail. On the way out I decided not to listen to Momma, and to play in the rock bed instead. On my way out I tripped and fell and skinned my knees and I was bleeding! Momma stopped a tteh store to buy me some band-aids and ointment, so I could still go to the park.

Whiel in the back seat, Momm was consoling me. I said, "I boo boos!" Momma said, "What happened?" I answered, "I fall down...falldown at mailbox house...got boo boos. POOR buddy!"

Momma says her favorite part of me being 2 is when I try to explain things I don't know the words for...post office = mailbox house. Makes sense, doesn't it?

7-21-09...Look Momma, Look Daddy...

"I is a LION!!! RRRooooaaaar!!!"