Easter Baskets

Why can't I find clothes for Nathan? I have been on the lookout for a nice outfit for Easter Sunday for several weeks now and I can't seem to find anything! Well, that's not true. If he wore 12 months or up there are plenty of options. Or if I wanted to dress him in pastel blue onesies and cotton knit pants, those are everywhere. Or if I wanted to dress him in some sort of baby Winnie the Pooh I would be in luck. But, I want to dress him like a boy. You know, little button down shirt, khaki pants, that sort of thing. Apparently I'm the only mother that wants to dress her son like that. Now I haven't gone to the mall or to the more expensive places like Children's Place. I've looked at Wal-Mart, Target, and Babies R Us. But honestly! There should be more options. I am going to try Carter's tomorrow and fingers-crossed, I will find something.

The same goes for bathing suits. Every year Lauren gets a new swim suit and cover up in her Easter basket and this year I will do the same for Nathan. However, I can't find a swim suit in a smaller size than 12 months. Now he will most likely be in a size 12 months by the end of summer (heck, maybe by the start of summer) but I would like to start out in a smaller size. I am so disappointed in the selection of clothing for boys under a year. I guess they are not supposed to go swimming or to look like little men. :(

Sickness

Everyone in my house has been sick for like the last month. I am so tired of all the sickness. It started back mid-January and none of us have been able to kick it. I'm not sure if it's just the constant weather changes here in Houston, or if we just keep passing the same germs back and forth, but I want it to stop!

This weekend I have the same stuffy nose, clogged ears, sore throat, and watery eyes that Brian had last weekend and the kids had the two weekends before that. I was really hoping that this weekend would be the one where we would all be back to normal and we would be able to do something... but I guess not.

Oh well, here's hoping for a better weekend NEXT weekend. :)

My Blogging Adventure

So, it seems like everyone I know has a blog. I love reading other people's blogs and keeping up with what happens in their lives, so I guess it was natural I would eventually take the plung. I hope that I will use this as a way to write down all the things that my kids say and do, so I will never forget them and so family and friends can see a small glimpse of Brian and I's crazy life with two kids. :)

So here it goes... welcome to my blog.

Lauren's Words

Lauren was helping me unload the dishwasher last night. She’s gotten really good at sorting the utensils and putting them in the correct places in the drawer. Anyway, we were talking about what she had done that day at daycare and she informed me she had dug in the dirt outside.

Lauren: Momma, you know what I found in the dirt?
Rebecca: What?
L: Leaf-ezs
R: Leaves?
L: Yup.
R: They are called leaves. Not Leaf-ezs. Leaves. You try.
L: Leeaavveess?
R: Good job, that’s right.
L: Oh, okay. I found leeaveess in the dirt.

About this time, she had finished putting the utensils away.

L: Momma, I’m done. Do we have any more knife-ezs to put away?

Geez, who taught this child to talk? :)