A Poop Story

So Belle, Evie, and I took a little trip to Walmart yesterday. After we left I realized I forgot something, so I flipped around. Evelette was mad and hungry, so I was going to nurse her in the parking lot before we went back in. I took her out of her carseat and held her up against me when I noticed poop all over my sweater. On my arm and hands. And my pants! What the...? Cue Evie with a big grin. Evie had exploded in her pants. It was all over her, and now all over me. I tried to take off her onesie and in the process smeared poop all up her face. It looked like someone painted her face poop green in one perfect stroke up her head. Luckily she closed her eyes! Poop covered her from head to toe. Yes, even her toe. A few thousand wet wipes later, we decided to head back home. Nothing was worth walking in the store smelling like that! It was one of those moments where you have to decide to laugh or cry. So Belle and I decided to giggle quite a bit about it. It was the most outrageous amount of poop I have ever seen come out of such a little person!

 But how can you be upset with a face like that anyway?

Precious Moments

So last night Belle, Evie, and I had a girl sleepover in my bed just for fun. Belle got afraid when it was time to turn the lights out, so I started singing some hymns and primary songs. Evie started fussing, and Belle asked if she could hold her. I laid Evie next to Beanie on her arm. She put the binki in her mouth and snuggled with her. I sang Families Can Be Together Forever when I heard Belle whisper to Evie, "I love you, Evie." Then as I got to the part in the song that says Families Can Be Together Forever I heard Belle whisper to Evie, "Forever and ever. Because Mom and Dad got married in the temple we can be together forever." Tears immediately sprang to my eyes. What a beautiful moment that I wouldn't trade for anything.

Beautiful Girls

I absolutely love my beautiful girls. Belle and I love to cook together. This morning we made a peach pie for Will. We're surprising him with it. Will LOVES pie. He would easily eat the whole thing himself. I let Belle do a lot of it. She is actually really good at cooking. This is her making the edges of the crust.

Evie is a doll. She already smiles at me and has since three weeks old. I love how she lights up and grins when I talk to her. She sometimes makes sounds trying to talk back. She even will make a sound like a little giggle when she smiles. Such a sweet little one!



Month of Visitors

So this morning I was doing the dishes as Will was getting ready for work. I quickly unloaded the dishwasher so he'd put his dirty breakfast dish in it. Well... he left it sitting on the counter. This spurred a fun debate. I let him know that it sure seemed like he expected me to rinse it off and put it in there. He told me he didn't expect me to do it.
And I said, "Well, if you don't do it, and you don't expect me to do it, who do you expect will." He laughed and said he'd do it when he got home from work. Well, we went on with the lovely banter as I continued to do the dishes and he continued to get ready for work.
He came back in the kitchen as I was scraping some concoction in the garbage. I looked down to notice it was Will's yesterday morning breakfast. Oh, this was too good to be true.
I looked up at him and said, "So you probably would have taken care of your dish when you got home from work this afternoon, right?"
"Yes," he says.
"Hmmm..." I say as I hold the dish I'm scraping up higher.
"What? I would have."
I lift the dish yet higher.
"Oh..."
We both started laughing. I love those victorious wins in an argument.

Will's birthday at Chesapeake Bay. Isn't he a hot 30 year old?

We've had a crazy busy, but fun, last month. When Evie was just six days old I ended up back in the hospital for three and a half days with a uterin infection. Then my dad and stepmom came out for a few days. We went to Fort McHenry with them, which was a great experience. That is where the War of 1812 ended and where the Star Spangled Banner was written. Very touching and it makes you feel so patriotic. How awesome it is to know that I live ten minutes from that piece of our history. It does make you feel more patriotic in general when you live so close to all our country's rich history. Then the day after they left Will's parents and our nephew came out for a visit. They stayed in our house with us, and boy do Darius and Belle fight like brother and sister! So funny. The first night they were here, they were so excited to see each other they stayed up until two in the morning playing in Belle's bunkbed. We played with them down at the creek near our house, and went and got some pictures taken with all three grandkids. They turned out great. Next, my mom came to visit for a week. That was really hard to let her go. I guess you never grow out of needing your mom. I miss her a lot. I kept trying to convince her to move out here. Maybe I will get her yet! ;) We went and explored Washington DC with her.

It was a rainy day, but still so fun.

And then today my sister-in-law Alisse is coming. So excited! It's been really fun having so many visitors. It's going to seem too quiet when they're all gone. You can tell we've been doing a ton of site seeing and driving all over the place navigating each other, because yesterday in the car Belle had a piece of paper and was telling me, "First turn left and then turn right." Funny thing was she was right. Then she said, "Now you're on 69." So funny. She was dead serious, too.

We also had two fun birthdays this last week. Belle and Will's. Belle had a spongebob birthday.

And for Will's we went to Annapolis and explored the history there and the bay.