I am taking classes on Monday nights this semester, which means that Mark has both kids for almost 4 hours. Two weeks ago didn't go so well- apparently Brynn woke up right after I left and didn't like the bottle Daddy was using, so she was extremely grumpy and tired by the time I got home. When I walked through the door this week, I was bracing myself for the worst. Instead, I saw this:



Apparently Brynn liked the new bottle I got her, and she really liked being carried around in the Daddy backpack. Both kids were as happy as could be, and Mark and Benson had cleaned up the whole house. What a sweet husband I have.

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The weather here has been crazy. Last Friday it snowed a ton, and today we had a mini-monsoon. On Saturday Benson and Daddy made Benson's first snowman. We colored Nilla wafers for the mouth and eyes and decided he needed a cowboy hat. Benson loved him and goes over to check out what's left of him (a tiny pile of snow) every time we go outside.









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It snowed like crazy today, so we didn't leave the house. Staying home all day with a two year old and a two month old makes for a very long day, especially when the day begins before 6 am and Mommy doesn't get a nap.

Brynn decided not to sleep longer than 20 minutes at a time all day today and totally wore me out. She would get very grumpy because she was so tired, so she would eat to pacify herself. Then she'd get too full and spit up all over me. Repeat that sequence, oh about, 20 times or so, and you have our entire day- well, except for the parts of the day where the electricty went out while Benson was in the bathtub and when he wet his pants.

Luckily, Daddy saved the day when he came home with Rudy's for dinner and then played in the snow with Benson. Those two are so cute together. The snow was too slushy to build a snowman, so they made snow angels and lit fireworks in the back yard. (Just an FYI- smoke bombs in the snow actually work pretty well.)

I finally got Brynn to sleep and in her crib, so I've got my fingers crossed that she'll sleep all the way through Project Runway. A fun side note- Brynn gave me the biggest smile on Sunday after I fed her. It was so cute- she just grinned at me and then gave me a little smirk a couple of seconds later. Mark claims she's smiled at him before, but I contend that those had to be just gas.

Wide awake:






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I think my child is reverting...



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Brynn hung out on the couch with Daddy after he got home from work. She loves to be held and just look around.







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Brynn is becoming more alert and is doing really well focusing her eyes. This morning she laid on her playmat for quite a while and even tried to grab the whale that was hanging above her.





Benson, of course, had to join in on the action. He was pretty good about being careful, although he told me a couple of times that he was going to sit on Brynn.








Benson really liked the starfish that hangs on the playmat and said, "Touch the butt," when he saw it because the starfish on Finding Nemo says that when Nemo touches the boat. I'm always surprised at how much he remembers. Last night Mark took him swimming, and Benson said he needed his "cars." A few weeks ago, he saw his cars life jacket in his closet, and I told him that it was for swimming. I was impressed that he remembered our conversation and associated it with what he was about to do.

One more funny story that doesn't have any pictures to go along with it- Benson and I have been working on potty training, and he got a new chart that he gets to put stickers on whenever he uses the restroom on the potty. He's really excited about it, so I asked him if he would like to wear big boy underwear instead of diapers. He said yes, and I asked him what kind of underwear he wanted. After thinking about it for a minute, he said, "Um... pink."

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