Totally Psycho

Cade cracks me up daily. He woke up from his nap yesterday while I was on the computer... I walked in the living room and found him like this. He is so hilarious.

Updates

Well, I haven't blogged in forever, so lots has been going on. My last post was that Marin was sleeping through the night -- well, that's not true any more. I just don't have babies that sleep through the night. It's genetic, I guess. She's doing a heck of a lot better than Cade ever did, though. So it's livable. She's sleep through a handful of nights, but nothing regular or predictable. DARN IT.

Marin went to the doctor today for her regular 4-month checkup. She's doing fantastically. She's right at 14 pounds (50 percentile); 25.5 inches (75 percentile) and 16.5" head circumference (75 percentile). Pretty good. She also is rolling around like a beast now. When I put her down on the floor, I never know where I'm going to end up finding her in five minutes. Well, that may be a bit of an exaggeration, but she does like to roll over a lot. And she's starting laughing, which is darn adorable. You would think a little girl would laugh all high-pitched and cute... well, her's is more like a throaty, manly laugh. Very butch.

We took the family down to New Braunfels/San Antonio with David's parents. It was a ball. Cade LOVED Sea World and hasn't stopped talking about Shamu and the dolphins since. He says he saw the "Shamu show." And we got him a souvenier T-shirt (but it's so big that he just sleeps in it at this point.) But we did lots of swimming in the pool with Cade and he is ADDICTED to swimming. He even will let you let go of him in the water (of course, he has floaties on) and he'll kick and paddle to the edge all by himself. He is so proud when he does it. He is just cracking me up lately. He is so funny and adorable. Of course, I'm bias. But he really is. Marin has LOTS to live up to in the adorable department -- not sure she'll get there, but she'll try real hard. She's just so different.

Hard that you can have two kids from the same parents and they can be so different. Cade was always an extremely high-maintenance baby and continues to be a high-maintenance toddler. Not at all a bad kid, he actually is very very very well behaved (I'd like to take some of the credit), but he's very high-maintenance. He likes to constantly have your attention and you constantly have to play with him, color with him, go outside with him, tell him what EVERYTHING is and what EVERYTHING says, etc. My mom says he's just like me in that regard -- just totally CONSTANT 24/7. He never ever stops talking. Ever.

And then there's Marin who is such an easier baby. She only cries when she needs something (like all babies should) instead of just for kicks. She sleeps well, she's happy most of the time, she watches things... and is altogether easy (a total breeze compared to Cade at that age.) Who knows what she'll be like when she gets older? Of course, I appreciate her laid-backness, but sometimes, I'm like, "Come on, girl! Show me some spunk, some fire already!" Perhaps I should just enjoy the passiveness. I'm just ready to get to know her. I'm anxious to meet Marin as she will be as a person... does that make sense?

Okay -- I've blogged long enough and shared more than enough. Thanks for reading and check back for pictures soon. Our computer is broken and I don't have the software on this one to put pics on ... so stay tuned!

Marin wins the contest.

Ladies and gentlemen, for the last two nights, Marin has slept all through the night w/o waking up. And I'm not talking just sleeping for an extended time between feedings. She has gone to bed at 9 and gotten up the next morning at 8. That is better than Cade, folks.

So, let's just be honest. I love her more now. :)

I had always heard rumors that babies existed that sleep through the night at 3 or 4 months old, but I never believed it. At least never believed it would actually happen to me. That I would be so lucky to get one.

Also, some new pictures taken in the last week or so. Marin is doing great and Cade is getting so darn verbal, he's starting to teach me words. You'll notice how much fun I'm having getting Marin all dressed up in the morning. She's looking super cute and Cade's still in a p.j. shirt and a diaper that's about 2 pee sessions overdue. Ha!

Marin Photoshoot

Poor Marin. I made her pose for me today to get some pictures of her. I don't take near as many pictures of her as I did Cade when he was little. I think that's pretty normal, though. But I captured some cute ones of her this morning hanging out in her Boppy.

Cade is at my in-laws house for A WEEK!!! Woh! He was so excited to go and I know he's having a great time in Hot Springs, Arkansas!

4th of July Festivities

We had such a fun 4th of July this year!!

In the morning, we went to my Aunt Marilyn's house and hung out with family. We had awesome hot dogs and the most amazing home made ice cream ever! It was fun to let the all the kids play together and (of course) pose for the annual picture on the outside bench! You can see it below.

And then that evening, we went and partied hard with our church group. It has been such a blessing to have such a strong 20s and 30s class. The people are just amazing and actually want to have fun together. The guys all go mountain biking and get together and play HALO and dodge ball (which is wierd, but they love it). The girls go see movies and hang out, too. God has truly answered our prayers of finding a strong group of friends at church. What a blessing! So... we had fun swimming and grilling and hanging out for the 4th.

You can see some of our swimming fun on You Tube. HA!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRirxMYgB7M

Honda Gas Mileage

P.S. The car gets approx. 28 MPG average -- maybe a little more hwy and a little less city. But that's about what I get per tank.

Selling the Car

Yo people. I realize there are a whopping 2 people that even look at my blog, but I thought I'd throw it out there in case I get a few non-normal visitors. Anyway, we're selling our 2000 Honda Accord. It's an amazing car, but it has 2 doors and our growing family just requires 4 doors. I am tired of crawling into the back seat to do the kid-shuffle. It's totally souped up w/ leather interior, the V6 engine, woodgrain interior. It's got 92K miles and is totally perfect. I've gotten every major service checkpoint done at a Honda dealership. Seriously, it's an amazing car that someone will be lucky to get. We're asking $8,800 for it, which is below the Kelly Blue Book price for this trim package.

Let me know if you know of anyone who might be interested or if you are interested in saving gas and owning a safe, reliable Honda car.