Twins?!

So Dave and I have been hearing a lot lately about how the boys look a lot alike. In fact, I would tell you in the past month, I have been asked ten-ish times if they are twins. (This is always when they are sitting down, or in the stroller...someplace you wouldn't notice the size difference.)
It's kinda fun. I think they are both adorable and I am glad one isn't ogled more than the other.
On that note, does anyone want a two year old? I will take baked goods as payment.

Pictures

Happy DrakeSad Drake
St Patrick's Day

Pnemonia
Mowing the Lawn
Making Room

Marker

Happy Anniversary...

As we like to say, "MFEO"
watch Sleepless in Seattle if you don't know what this means

Look what the past four years have brought us:

...best four years of our lives.

Funny how these things work...

When living in San Fran with my sisters one of the most fun days we had was spent with my cousin and the family she worked for. Jenn (my sis) convinced me to go sailing with the bunch and so I did. We hopped on a boat and cruised around the bay. It was a BLAST.
After sailing we went out to eat with none other than Shera P. The check was what I owed her for the sailing fee. We went to a fun restaurant on the pier and I ordered a salad. Now this salad was a special salad...there was a prize at the bottom.
This was no ordinary or scary prize; I have found glass, bugs, and even something I don't want to mention in food before, but in this salad, smack dab in the center of the plate, heads up, nice and shiny, was a quarter. It's my favorite "food story" and I suppose I owe it all to Shera P....thank you for the fun day!!

Who is Shera P?

I was doing a periodic review of our bank accounts today when I saw something that I thought for sure had to be a typo. The last check that was cleared from our account was #1452...the check before that was #1052. Do the simple math 1452-1052 = 400!!!!!!!!! I only write a few checks a month so this HAD to be wrong.
I of course clicked on the link to view the image and lo and behold. SHERA P decided to just now deposit a check I had written her on July 16, 2005. Who is she; I have no clue. I don't remember a thing about her, the name, the amount ($25), what it was for, etc. At the time I was living in San Fransisco with my sister and that is all I know. Dave and I weren't even dating at this point so he hasn't a clue either.
It's a good thing it wasn't an amount of money that would have caused us to be overdrawn...
Who deposits checks five years after the fact?!?!?! I will tell you who does...
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...Shera P does


*p.s. thank you for all the well wishes after my Pneumonia rant. We are all doing much better. I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends!

Carson has Pneumonia...

...and I don't know of anyone that works harder against these stupid germs than I do. So Frustrated. It probably doesn't help that none of us got to bed till 3:00 am. We didn't even have to wait in the ER at all because the minute we walked in the door Carson barfed everywhere and they took us immediately back. Oh well, glad it's a weekend.

Just For Fun

Drake is Catching Carson...

...in size

Drake has his 6 month check-up yesterday and boy, was he a charmer. He was babbling and cooing so adorably, that I had people poking their head around corners and in doors trying to find the baby doing it. When they found us, he DID NOT disappoint with his charming little smile and personality. In fact, when the doctor came in, she thanked me profusely for "starting her day with such a wonderful baby". She also said, "He is just perfect, look at him! I can tell you right now, he is great and I don't even need to look at him." Of course she did and everything was indeed wonderful, but it was nice to hear. He is also growing... A LOT

Weight: 20 pounds 11 ounces (Carson was 23 pounds at the same point)
Height: 30 inches...same as Carson was

There you have it, Drake is just as tall as Carson was, but a couple pounds lighter.

Yummy In Drake's Tummy

I just wanted to record what Drake was eating so I could remember the progression. I started feeding Drake solids at 5 months and this is how it has gone:

Applesauce/Rice Cereal
Peas
Carrots
Green beans
Squash

I have been introducing one new food a week. So far so good; no complaints from him. Next week will be sweet potatoes. I have also been making my own baby food and I feel really good about it. I feel like I am saving money and feeding him the best stuff possible. I am grateful he is a good little eater, it makes things a lot easier.

Carson-isms

I always love hearing the things children say. They are not programed to think a certain way like we sometimes are. Carson still thinks outside the box and has started to use his own descriptions of things and I wanted to share some of them...see if you can figure out what they are (I will put the answers at the bottom)

1 -"Mommy! Look what I found! It's a little DVD!"

2 -"Mommy, there is a pancake on your hair!"...and a few days later..."Can I touch the pancake mommy?" I have to admit, I had NO idea what he was talking about so I let him "touch the pancake" so I could figure it out.

3 -"Uh-huh-uh"


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1) A Sequin

2) The little bobbypinned poof that girls do right at the front of their hair. Without him touching my "pancake" I still wouldn't know.

3) Still have no idea if this yes or no :)