Attention to DETAIL!

This one is, of course, my favorite, and will be headed straight to the scrapbook this weekend in an extra large print!

Okay, I always show Salem my blog posts (mainly because she is always up in my bizzz-ness)...no, no, no, no....mainly because she LOVES to look at herself in photos (yes, that is it!)  So, the last post was about Tavin turing 4 months old and let me tell you, sista took much notice that it wasn't something about her; therefore, I received a lecture that "Mommy needs to have special pictures of mommy and Salem BECAUSE she's dancing princess Salem....SOOOOO.....BECAUSE I'm Salem and you're my mommy BECAUSE..... we're not having Tavin or daddy in the pictures BECAUSE daddy and Tavin are boys and mommy and Salem are girls SOOO....... only mommy and Salem in the pictures, okay mommy!!!???" She is VERY into the words So and Because these days.  I'm trying to listen to myself when I talk to see what habits I DON'T want her to pick up on.  I know, for a fact, that I have a lot of Um's, but I'll go ahead and put the blame on the kids for that one!  I think my willingness to speak clearly and have a large vocabulary went completely out the door after childbirth.  Man, what I would do to have some of those hard earned brain cells back. My brain just isn't as speedy as it used to be, damn!  

So, as Salem requested, we went onward with our "Mommy/Salem photo shoot" , and to be perfectly honest with you, I don't think she really gave a damn about the whole thing.  She's already such a control freak, that it scares me! She tells me how to wear my hair, clothes, turn the radio up louder, put it on such-and-such song, will point out a blemish on my face and tell me that I'll be okay and to just go ahead and eat some of her organic chocolate flavored bunny crackers to help my complexion/make it go away!  I'm telling you, she is a TRIP!   

Perhaps if you're ever in need of an honest opinion in the near future, you'll know who to blog.....Salem! 

4 months... Already?

First bite!
Salem, of course, had to assist mommy!

Yesterday, my chubba-hunk-of-burnin'-love (don't ask), turned 4 months old (sobbing while typing.)  We celebrated by having a wonderful crab dinner (Andrew and I), and Tavin dove face first into his new love... food (Salem had asked for pp & j on pita bread with bananas and green beans!) Oh my God, he is going to be my little eater.  He cannot get enough! At each meal, he would lick his lips dry in hopes of a rice speck being located by his salivating tongue.  He kicks, laughs, giggles, smiles, and just down right inhales his deliciousness!  

He goes in tomorrow (Tuesday), for his 4 month checkup.  He's been rolling over for a few weeks now, and is just an all around happy little baby boy!  

Desperate Housewives Gone Wild!

Oh man, last night, a group of my lady friends and I got together for our monthly dinner/wine night in the neighborhood. There were 7 of us that ranged in ages from 24-51. We were having a wonderful dinner on the patio, until my friends lame ass neighbor came a knockin' on her front door complaining of noise.......IT WAS ONLY 9 PM!!!! Get a life! So, we moved our shin-dig inside and opted for an indoor ping-pong tournament, followed by shirades, hummdingers, drinking games, and drunken dancing!! I know, for a fact, that 2 of the housewives are hung-over housewives today that can't even get out of bed and/or off the couch (and no, I'm not one of them!) Just letting loose and acting like drunken sailors every-so-often, is the best mommy/wifey therapy there is! Why pay a shrink, just invest in your local liquor store!!

Oh, and I don't recommend playing anything that involoves a racket if the opposite opponent happens to be a tennis pro! In our case, that would count for 2 out of the 7!  Can you predict the outcome?

Family Fun!

We took the kiddos to a local pottery painting place over the weekend (one where you pick out the pottery, paint it there, then they put it in the kiln and fire it for you.) I can't brag, praise, give shout-outs, to how cool, awesome, wonderful this place is!!! Salem LOVED picking out her own pieces and developing works of art out of them. What fun!

All the other children in the bistro were painting sweet kitty cats, puppy dogs, princess plates; but not our kid, Salem picked out margarita glasses to decorate! Hey, we won't complain!

Little Man

My sweet, sweet, Little Man, had to have his formula switched due to a viral infection he came down with last weekend (that tore his little hiny up like no other.)  Instead of giving me a prescription for the rash, the doc is having me apply Milk of Magnesia generously every diaper change.  I've never heard of this remedy before, but thought I would pass the helpful information on.  

Mama Bear with Cubs!

Andrew snapped a few photos of the cubs and I sleeping in the other morning!  Salem has been sneaking into our room in the early hours of the morning and sometimes, SOMETIMES, I like to keep Tavin in bed with me if he wakes up for a bottle in the middle of the night.  

Look beyond my double chin and just how cute they really are!!!  Tavin LOVES to sleep nose-to-nose with me and is my little cuddle bug!  As you can tell from the photos, Salem, well....not so much!  Girlfriend likes her space and enjoys taking up most of the bed!