So we went to the playground on Sunday, well my in-laws took them on Sunday, I took them Monday and Tuesday and on Wednesday after Eloise’s 1 year appointment Dan and I took them to the big playground where they played for about an hour. We didn’t go out Thursday because I was tired after getting up at 5:30am and we didn’t go today because it was raining. They both really like the nicer weather though so we can go out at least a few time a week to play at the playground and run around.

Anyways I took a ton of pictures. Shocking I know. There were a ton of good ones as well. So I am going to split them into a couple of separate posts. Here is a preview of some of the pictures to come.

Here are some picture’s from Nonnie and PomPom’s lake house when we were there in February. First is Desmond riding on his ride toy. Then we have Eloise standing, taking a step from behind and playing with Nonnie!

When we were in Atlanta in February I met up with a friend from a message board one day. We decided to meet at the Atlanta Aquarium. I really like the Aquarium and Desmond enjoys it too since there is a lot to do and see there. We met up with my friend and her daughter who is the same age as Desmond. Eloise spent some time in the stroller, but I quickly moved her to my front since it was easier then pushing the stroller. She enjoyed looking at the fishes and Desmond and his friend enjoyed running around, looking at the fishes and playing. We all had a great time. Since I don’t have permission to post my friend’s daughter’s pictures (I haven’t asked her), here are some of the pictures of just Desmond at the Aquarium. I kind of forgot to get any pictures of Eloise, oops!

Desmond loves to paint. I admit he doesn’t get to paint as often as he would like because I hate cleaning up the mess. He does get to paint fairly frequently though. Here he is using his finger paints in January. He quite likes getting his hands covered in paint and then complaining till I clean it off for him and then doing it again.

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One night in January when we had black beans Eloise got rather messy. Okay any night or time we have black beans Eloise gets rather messy, but still. So Desmond being a loving big brother tried to wipe her off with a burp cloth and then a wet wipe. Unfortunately it didn’t work there was just too much of a mess. It was so cute watching him trying to clean up Eloise.

And here is Eloise after Desmond’s help to clean her up. She got a bath a minute or two later.

So Dan and I like to game. Both board games and video games. We have an Xbox360, a Wii and 3 DSs (one for me, one for Dan and one for Desmond). Plus we have computers that play games as well. Desmond and Eloise have a computer in the corner for them, though it is more Desmond’s at the moment then Eloise’s since he can control it a bit more.

Anyways, both my children are apparently following their parent’s footsteps. Eloise likes trying to get Desmond’s DS and play with it, though she can’t play any games yet she just likes playing with the case.

Desmond on the other hand is quite happy to play his games on his DS. He has about 3 he can play by himself at this point in time.

He also loves playing on the Xbox360. He looks so much like a teenager in these next two pictures, sitting on the bean bag playing the Xbox.

We got a bunch of boxes from IKEA to put toys in. Desmond and Eloise both feel they are a great place for them to sit as well. Here are some pictures of the two of them playing in the blue boxes. We have red boxes as well, but they seem to like the blue ones better for playing in.

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I finally got around to finishing editing a bunch of pictures last night. So I have a bunch of pictures from both January and February to post. I figure I’ll do a couple of posts for the next few days. There are various sets of pictures so I will actually do separate posts rather then just one huge photo dump. Check my new posts to see some cute pictures.

So I’m sharing this picture of him from the end of December. It just seems to fit.

So on my ivillage 2009 March Wild Thing board, I signed up to do a day in the life post months ago. This week it is finally Eloise’s turn. I forgot to take pictures on Friday though and weekends are nothing like normal weekdays so I didn’t want to do the pictures then documenting Eloise’s day. Yesterday I took a bunch of pictures to show off Eloise’s day, I obviously didn’t get pictures of everything, but it is a pretty complete look at her basic day. So here is a day in the life of Eloise

I sleep in the big bed with Mommy, Daddy sometimes sleeps here to, but he sleeps with my big brother Desmond a lot too. Desmond comes into my bed in the mornings after Daddy leaves and nurses and then gets Mommy up, sometimes he gets Mommy up too, but today I’m sleeping in!

Well I was sleeping in, but I woke up early, just not as early as my Mommy and brother. Mommy, I don’t look the best in the mornings, no pictures please.

Ahh there is my brother giving me a good morning hug, I like good morning hugs and my big brother.

Now I am much more awake, we can go downstairs now Mommy.

After my morning nursing and diaper change Mommy puts me down and gives me some of my favorite food, pretzels. I like to eat them while I’m cruising around the train table.

After I finished my pretzels Desmond wanted to listen to his favorite song, the Ghostbusters theme song, I like dancing to music, it is fun.

I woke up way to early though, so I am ready for a midmorning nap around 10:30, I’ve been cutting down to one nap a day, but today I really need two. So I nurse and fall asleep on Mommy and the Boppy. Mommy is so comfortable. I get to nap till my brother has a potty accident and needs Mommy’s help, so I only get to nap for 30 minutes, but I feel much better after it.

Now it is time to play again. Mommy is working on starting lunch.

Mommy takes me into the kitchen with her to finish making lunch, since I am crying, I explore the kitchen while she cooks, she doesn’t get any pictures though because she is busy making 3 different lunches. I get my lunch which is yummy. I got pasta, leftover fish (salmon stuffed with a crab and shrimp mixture) and mixed veggies, plus a straw cup full of water. I really like it, I love my fish it is so yummy.

After lunch is playtime again, I am playing in the tent with my brother, he has turned it on its side, which is even more fun.

Now it is time for my main nap. Mommy doesn’t have a picture of me from yesterday, but here is a slightly older one. I sleep in the carrier so Mommy can deal with Desmond as well, since I won’t sleep solo. I love sleeping on my Mommy, I take a nice long 2 1/2 hour nap.

Now my brother asks Mommy about taking a bath so we all go upstairs and Mommy runs the bath and puts me in. Desmond decides he would rather brush his teeth for 30 minutes so I get a nice long bath to play in while he brushes his teeth. Finally Mommy decides he’s brushed his teeth long enough, since he says no to the bath now, she takes me out and we go to the bedroom to get diapers on.

Desmond likes to pose in pictures, you can see his favorite toothbrush in this picture, with me.

Now we snuggle on the bed, Mommy decided to put on a Backyardigans Episode for my brother because he is grumpy, so she figures he needs some downtime. I play in the bed and snuggle up with everyone, I like snuggling and playing. I stood by myself in the bed too, but my Mommy didn’t get my picture, I am good about not letting her get pictures of me standing with no support, I keep thwarting Mommy’s attempts to get that picture.

After the Backyardigans episode is done, we come back downstairs, and a couple of minutes later Daddy gets home! I love my Daddy. Daddy is co-opted by my brother, he wants to play on the PBS kids website, I come along and play with them too. I like my Daddy.

Dinner is done after we finish playing on the website and I get to eat some. We did tuna casserole tonight, I like fish and pasta so it works well for me. It is yummy, my brother doesn’t eat a lot though.

After dinner it is time to play again. Daddy is playing Desmond’s favorite Xbox360 game, Ghostbusters, I decide that bouncing on the pillow is fun. So that is what I do.

After Daddy finishes playing for my brother we all get ready and head into the car, Mommy and Daddy have a couple of things to get at Target. Desmond and I fall asleep in the car so Mommy sits in the car with us. Daddy gets back and we drive some to get home. Once we get home, Daddy puts Desmond in bed and then puts me up on his back where I continue to sleep. I love snuggling.

When Mommy and Daddy decide to go to bed I move into the bed and nurse a bit before continuing to sleep all night long, with a couple of breaks to nurse, I love being right next to my Mommy, it makes it easy to nurse when I need to at night.

That’s my day I hope you enjoyed it. I left out some of my nursings and other things, but in general I get to play most days, with my brother, it is fun. I love my brother and Mommy and Daddy.