Day 271: Window Washer

Day 270: Teddy Bear Snuggles

I put Mitchell in his bed for a nap. I laid him down with his head facing the opposite direction. As I was walking out I saw him twisting his body around and spotting the teddy bear that was in the corner of the bed. After not hearing from him, I went up to check on him and this is what I found. He had gotten the bear out of the corner to snuggle. He really likes stuffed animals - must be the soft texture.

Day 269: Home Again

Day 268: Scrunchy Face

Mitchell has been making a new face lately. He scrunches his eyes and nose up. I'm not sure why he does it but it's really cute and funny. The first picture was my best shot of it - but he actually gets even "scrunchier." The other two are just some close-ups I liked.

Day 267: Chillaxin

Day 266: A New View

Mitchell loved the view from the counter - don't worry, I was standing right there the whole time!

Day 265: Happy Easter

Day 264: Easter Eve

Day 263: Mitchell The Entertainer

Day 262: Posed

I put Mitchell in this position - he did not pull himself up.

Day 261: Tornado Warning

We had a tornado warning around 12:30 am this morning. I got the kids out of bed and we camped out in the basement for about 30 minutes. Maya thought it was pretty cool and Mitchell didn't mind too much at first. He did end up drinking a bottle before going back up to bed, but then he slept until 7.

FYI: The concrete is the wall - they were not laying on concrete. I had a blanket and pillows on the ground for them.

While we were downstairs Maya kept talking about a potato. She kept asking weird questions about a potato and wouldn't stop talking about it. I was getting really frustrated because I had no idea what she was talking about. I finally said "Maya, what are you talking about?!?" She said "what is a potato siren?" "OHHHHHH, you mean tornado siren!" It made a tense moment pretty funny. When we got home this afternoon she even said "Mommy, do you remember the storm when we goed in the basement for the potato?" So cute!

In addition to the weather emergency, we experienced another slight emergency tonight. It took her four years, but today she decided to stick something up her nose. I was laying on the ground playing with Mitchell and she came over to talk to us. I looked up at her and from that angle I could see something up there. I asked what was in her nose and she didn't say much. I just though it was snot or something. I tried to get it out and when I touched it realized it was hard. That's when she confessed to it being a bead. She said "Corrine thought it was funny." After about 10 traumatic minutes of her not being able to blow it out and freaking out about tweezers going up there, she finally blew hard enough and it came out. I couldn't miss the photo opportunity, though:

Day 260: Computer Time

Day 259: Rocking

It might be kind of hard to tell in this picture, but this is what happens when Mitchell is supposed to be going to sleep. I hear him fussing, walk into his room, and he is up on all fours rocking back and forth. If he would just stay on his back he would fall asleep and be more comfortable. But for now the rocking is pretty cute.

Here are some more cute ones from today:

Day 258: Katie's Baby Shower

Day 257: Wake-up Call

Maya took a nice long nap today that she needed to be woken up from. The whole family decided to drop in and help her wake up.