Eating Cereal!

So I tried my first bit of cereal today. I don't know what quite to think of it. Here is how it all went down:

1) I tried to help my mom out some. I didn't want it to get all over the place...so I made sure to put my bib over my face, that way I wouldn't need a bath later.

2. Oh..that spoony-thing has the mush on it.
It is supposed to go in my mouth...hmm. Interesting.

3. Oh what sweet sustenance. I think I could make this work!

Who do you be?

Am I really related to him?

Playing with Daddy

Cory and Bethany love to play a lot. :) Cory discovered that Bethany likes to dance in front of the mirror. We discovered very shortly after she was born, that she was a vain little thing...always looking in the mirror. But little did we know we had our own Ginger Rogers here!

My Very Own Chair!

Now that I can hold my head up better, I can sit down like any other human baby!

Playing Around

Cory and I have been doing a great job at not working so much after school. We are spending more time with Bethany. Some work things are just going to have to wait. Here Bethany is sitting on my belly. She thought it was hilarious. She squealed really loud and had a gigantic smile across her face the whole time (that is until the camera came out...she gets a deer in headlights look when a camera is around lately!).

Tantalizing Tummy Time

Look at what I can do! I can lift my head up while I am playing on my tummy. This lil' play mat is great. It has a wonderful mirror that I love staring it. It is pretty amazing to always find a gorgeous baby smiling back at me while I stare into the mirror!

I also like playing on my back so I can check out what is going on around me better.
Someone has to keep an eye on my parents...you know how crazy those 2 kids can be!

First Day of School!

Just chillin' and waiting for the folks to finally get ready for work.

Man they take a long time to get out the door!

Here we are all ready to go for the first day of school! I can't believe we start school so early. I remember back in the day when school started the day after labor day. Cory and I will both be teaching at the same school this year. So that is pretty exciting. Cory is teaching 7th grade Comm. Arts and I will be teaching 7th grade science. We are on different teams, of course; but it is really nice to be in the same building. Too bad Bethany can't be in the same building as us. Now, that would be something!

"Talking" to Daddy!

Bethany has become quite the conversationalist!
She is always finding something intelligent and interesting to talk about with us!

1st Day at the Sitters!

I had my first day at the sitter's today. All went well. Although, I do believe it was a little hard on my mommy to leave me all day long. I think she is going to miss our cuddle times and cooing times we like to have. Perhaps, she will assign less homework in order to be able to spend more time with me in the evenings!

Busy Bees!

Sorry it has been a week since we last posted. Life is finally picking back up!

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the Milles family headed to our school to set up our classrooms. Bethany did a great job at the school. She took naps and was a good girl while awake. Our classrooms are basically set up and ready to go. We have a few little things still to do.

Thursday was our 4th anniversary. The day started by us working on our classrooms. Then we celebrated by having "Two-fers" at Texas Roadhouse. It was yummy. To end our celebrations we had a romantic evening of cleaning bathrooms, doing laundry, washing dishes and bathing babies!

This weekend was pretty uneventful until our air conditioner decided to die on us. Some wire did something or another that resulted in a melting of a wire and disabling of the unit. We had the a/c guy come out Monday and fix it for us. Now it is running beautifully!

Tuesday was Bethany's 2 month birthday! We celebrated this occasion by giving her 4 shots at the doctor's office. She got 2 shots in each thigh, poor kid! All her measurements were taken. Here are her latest stats: 10 lbs 8 oz and 22 3/4 inches!

Here are some pictures for the last week:

Learning to play with some toys.

We always enjoy our lil' goo's beautiful smile.

On our way to our doctor appointment.

All sweet and innocent!

Harry Potter and the Neglected Baby

So I got sucked into Harry Potter 7 over the weekend. I had to carefully explain to Bethany that while Mommy loves her, Mommy also loves Harry Potter, and in all fairness, Harry Potter was here first. She learned to be quiet while I read about his adventures and tried to figure out what the Horocruxes were and how he was going to dispose of them. Cory thought Harry should have taken Kreacher and thrown the One Horocrux to Rule them All into Mount Doom, much like Lord of the Rings. I am glad that Rowling didn't think it was wise to copy Tolken's ideas!

Happy Birthday Cory!

Sunday was Cory's Birthday! He turned 29 years old. As you can see, there was a theme for the birthday celebration...Simpsons! Cory got tons of great stuff. The best gift probably was the opening of the Simpson's Movie this weekend. He ended up seeing it at a Sneak Preview (for free!) last Thursday! Isn't he a lucky duck! He got the tickets for being quoted in Friday's Post Dispatch in the Biggest Fan Simpson Article. See below:

Here are is a sample of the pictures that Cory took and submitted to the Post. They published the first one. Please know that we don't keep the Simpson's room this cluttered. Cory dragged all of the Simpson's merchandise out of their proper places and placed them all on the dresser and bed to really emphasize the enormity of his collection! I was dumbfounded he had so much stuff!

All Wiped Out!

We had a busy weekend this past weekend. Bethany went on her first picnic this weekend with the Milles family to celebrate our cousin's graduation from the 8th grade! We then went to the mall for super sales at JC Penny's. I was able to buy a bunch of clothes for work for only $50, my reciept said if I paid full price I saved $230! We then went to my folk's house to visit some relatives who were in from out of town. As soon as we got home, Bethany was out! We were proud of our lil' stinker though, she sleep Saturday night all the way until 5 am! That was a record! She slept until 5 that past two nights as well. We are feeling very blessed! That is when we have to get up for when work starts!

Fussy-McFusserton

This is a picture of our lil' fussy butt. She usually gets pretty fussy most evenings for an hour (or heaven forbid--2 hours). The last three days Bethany was with her grandma and was drinking more formula than usual, since we had training for work. After having her drinking more formula we noticed that her diapers weren't coming out all peaches -n-creme. We called the doctor and set up an appointment.

We have learned that what we saw in the diaper was, in deed, blood. So, our lil' fussy butt is allergic to milk. What does this mean, you ask? Well, it means a couple of things. Instead of the normal "cheap" formula, we will have to get her the more expensive formula. It's the most expensive formula on the shelf, about 2.5x's that of normal-people formula. Also, it means I will continue nursing for as long as I can. This means that I need to eliminate all dairy out of my diet...cheese included! What is a life without cheese, I wonder. My original plan was to nurse until the commencement of school, but we will continue as long as she needs. I will just need to find a place and some time to pump at work.

We are hoping that with the elimination of milk in her diet completely, her diapers will return to normal. Also, we are hoping that will cause her bouts of fussiness to become a distant memory!

So, that is the latest and greatest news on our lil' pumpkin. Oh, yeah! She was weighed in at 10 lbs exactly yesterday! That's up 1 lbs from 2 weeks ago! Good for her!

Tennis Anyone???

Here is one of my two tennis outfits. I don't have a tennis racket yet, my friend Travis is working on that for me. But I think he has a while before I need one. I am still working on my hand-eye-coordination.

This week, Mommy and Daddy have meetings on Monday-Wednesday. So, I have been spending more time away from them. They have told me that they'd rather be with me than in any silly ol' meetings! But soon school will start and I will spend a lot more time away from them. How sad!

Famous!

I love just looking around and staring off into space.

Oh No! I soiled myself how embarrassing!

As my shirt says, autographs will be availabe after Kindergarten!

To All Other Babies Out There:

To all other babies, I am sorry. I, hands down, take the crown for the world's cutest baby. Look at these shots that our friend Abbie took of me. The are phenomenal, if I do say so myself. This was Abbie's first photo shoot and she is awesome! Of course, she had a fantastic client to work with.


Abbie is not only talented as a photographer, but she is smart enough to post them online with the ordering service. So you can look at her gallery and buy some if you wish...or just window shop!

I just picked a couple to post on this website, for the whole shebang go to this website: http://www.abbiebrownphoto.com/dropproof/bethany/

The past word is our last name. Hopefully, if you are reading this blog you are well aware of our last name.

My Girls' Day Out!

Today is full of a bunch of firsts!

This is my first hat! I didn't know what to think about it at first. But I have really enjoyed wearing it all day long. A huge smile came across my face as soon as Mommy put it on.

I had another first today! I had my first Girls' Day Out. Mom and I with our friend Jenny went out today. I enjoyed shopping a bunch. It's fun to look for clothes. Mommy wore me around in her little snuggly thing around her chest. It was great spending my parents' money!!!

All worn out!

After a long day Thursday, Mom and I are all worn out and a sleep on the couch.
We tried to stay up to watch t.v. but that didn't work out for us too well.

Reading Daddy's Book!

Mommy started reading Daddy's book to me while he was away. He just finished his third edit. There aren't too many mistakes to correct this time around. Plus, we love the changes he made. I am just grateful I don't understand the words Mommy is saying or I am sure I'd have nightmares!