Valentine's Day

Barrett turned one month on Valentine's Day

Cooked my Valentine a yummy meal!

Landry's first real ponytail (as in all hair made it up!)

Pony close up!

Captured this funny moment of the kids on our bed

A sweeter moment while they napped

Michael's V-Day gift to me: a vintage Chanel bucket bag
(I may have given a few hints).  

Landry running through the kitchen naked.
A new favorite pastime.

At least she throws her diaper in the trash!

Today Barrett is five weeks old; Valentine's Day marked his first month birthday!

Life is crazy as ever around here, but I'm loving every loony minute.  Landry is getting sassier by the day making Barrett's sleep and feeding schedule seem like a walk in the park.  Her latest things include playing in the dirt, eating said dirt, crawling vs. walking, drinking from a baby bottle and resisting clothes (aka running around the house naked).

All that said, at least her antics are in fun and not defiance.  She just wants to get a laugh out of us.  She loves to put on a show already! However, it's still a challenge cleaning her nails after digging for dirt while wearing a five-week old on your chest in a Baby Bjorn.

Some developmental updates:  Landry is now running, not just walking.  She's talking a mile a minute although half the time it sounds more like Chinese than English.  Some of favorite words/phrases are "alrighty," "let's go," "dance party," and "love you" -- my personal favorite.

Her hair is getting so long.  Long enough to finally pull all of it back into a pony tail!  Her eyes are the prettiest gray/green/blue and she has eyelashes for days.  She's super tall wearing mostly 3T pants.  And she is totally into her brother cooing "baby" first thing every morning but then over him in about two minutes and off coloring in her Hello Kitty drawing book or trying to swing in his Mamaroo.

Barrett is also changing daily.  He's awake more and more each day.  He eats like a pig!  He's up to six ounces some feedings now which is more than Landry ever drank from a bottle even at 18 months.  His nights are so so.  Sometimes he goes four hours between feedings, other times two-and-a-half or three hours.

I have no clue who he looks like.  I don't think either of us, really.  His hair, which is a light brown just like Landry's at that age, is slowly growing in and it does look like it has a bit of curl.  His eyes are really blue, but who knows if that will change over time.

He has the sweetest personality.  He hardly ever cries.  He just loves to stare at your face and make the cutest chirp sounds like a little bird.  He already loves Cristina, our nanny, and she is over the moon about him.  We are all so in love with the little guy.

Last week for Valentine's Day we decided to stay in with the babies.  I cooked for Michael and we caught up over French 75's.  It was a simple night, just how we like it after a long work week.  Over the weekend we hung out with the kids, had family and friends over (my ex-business partner Morgan visited and we found out she's pregnant!), and soaked up the 75-degree weather.

Michael and I are both so busy at work right now that we're really enjoying laying low at home on the weekends.  I guess this is what married life with kids is all about!  Wouldn't trade it for the world.