Washington D.C.

This past weekend Matt took a couple days off and we went to Washington D.C. to see Andrea, Brad, and Will. It was a very long car ride, but we all survived. Saturday came with lots of rain so we spent the day inside waiting for the game to start. Paisley and Will had fun entertaining themselves, while Noah took in another round of Monsters Inc. Sunday we took a fun trip to Toys R Us and after naps went to the park. Noah loves playing on the playground if he's the only one. Monday we headed out to the National Zoo to see all the fun new animals. Noah didn't want to have his picture taken at all, but Andrea and I were able to sneak a few. Sadly on Tuesday we had to head home. Thanks for a great weekend Andrea and Brad!

Don't take my picture.....Take my picture please!

Asleep before we pulled out of the parking lot

New friend???

This is what we found on our door step Monday morning.

Not sure where he came from, but he just kind of made his home in the corner of our porch. Matt and I decided that because of the rain and us being one of the few covered porches is what made us the target. He seemed very friendly when I gave him some water, food, and a couple of towels to sleep on. We tired to see if he had owners and even knocked on a couple of doors. Later we found out that animal control and the police had been circling our neighborhood the day before, probably because of the pit bull feature. Upon hearing this we decided to call animal control because we didn't want to be responsible if something happen to someone. (There are a lot of kids around here.) We called to late for them to come on Monday so he spent the night on our porch for another night and animal control came in the morning. We hated to call, but thought it was the only option at the moment since no one was claiming him. After helping animal control and a couple scratches later he is gone. Animal control did say that he would probably be put up for adoption so that made us feel a little better.

Be careful what you say!?!

A couple days ago we were headed to church for our morning activity. I told Noah that we needed to go get Paisley up since she was still sleeping. Noah ran to the stairs, turned on the lights, and this is what I found by the time I made it to her room.

She didn't seem to mind and after watching him do it again the next day I'm very happy that she was not hurt in the process. Now it just seems to be a daily occurrence. Even if I try to keep her door closed he opens in and climbs in with her.

Noah where is your diaper?

I went to get Noah up from his nap today. I thought maybe Paisley and I would climb in bed with him and read books. However, once I got in his bed and I looked down and Noah didn't have a diaper on. I asked him where it was and he pointed to the garbage can. Sure enough his diaper was there. He hadn't had an accident yet, so I asked if he needed to go and the reply was yes. To the potty we went and sure enough he went and now won't let me put a diaper back on him. Not to sure what this is about. Like I said I'm fine either way (diapers or underwear), but he can't pull his pants down, so I'm not really trying to work on this. Is he trying to tell me differently? Hum...

What do you do with a boy who wants to take a bath?

Throw him outside in the rain!!

Not sure what the deal is with the hat, but as soon as I said he could play in the rain he ran to get his hat.

Of course he still got a bath once Paisley got up. He has too good of a memory.

Paisley's latest

Paisley has a few new tricks up her sleeve. She has finally started rolling over. Part of that is because she's been playing while Noah is napping. (She gets uninterrupted floor time.) She is also trying out a few other things as well like sitting up, eating more, and using a sippy cup. She can't really sit on her own and only last for about 30 to 45 seconds before she falls forward, but she's trying. We discovered that she doesn't not like rice cereal! She really hasn't wanted to try it, but we keep introducing it. So at the end of last week we picked up some oatmeal. As you can tell from the pictures she was a little more receptive. She also keeps admiring Noah's sippy cups, so I thought I would let her have a go at her own. She really likes to chew on it and is starting to pick up on when something comes out the top.

Noah doesn't really like to have his picture taken anymore, but he did let me take this one.

Tennessee tailgate

We took the kids down to tailgate before the game today. There were just a few of us, but we had a good time. Matt and I decided that tailgating with kids is a different story. Noah and Paisley did great, but we were always on watch. Now we just hope that we can pull this game out with a win!

Both of these are Paisley. We just gave her Noah's hat for a little extra coverage.