BABBYBALL

Dillon loves balls. His use of the word has evolved from Ball, to BBall, to Babbyball. He's trying so hard to say basketball. It's really cute how emphatic he is. He's destined to be a sporty kid!

This week - dancing, sleeping, popsicles and cavities (gasp!)

We've had a fun full week. As we anticipate our trip to the shore, we are trying to fit in some fun things here at home. Monday we went to the library for a small play called "Once Upon a Time." There were 2 actors doing Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk. It was really amusing as they changed wardrobes - with the man playing the stepsisters, etc. Bridget quite enjoyed it. Then on Tuesday (after our haircuts) we went to see The Big Bang Boom Band (again at the library). They were great! A rock-n-roll band for kids. Bridget had a blast jumping and dancing around. Dillon was a bit apprehensive at first, but quickly warmed up and was jumping around too. He even tried to go up on stage and join the band. This morning Bridget woke up with muscle pains in her legs - maybe we don't get enough exercise!
Both kids had dentist appts this morning. It was Dillon's first checkup, and as expected the Dentist would like to see the pacifier outta here. Me too - so we're going to work on that. This was Bridget's 3rd checkup. I was sad to find out that she has 3 (possibly 4) cavities. I'm distraught over this - what are we doing wrong?! She brushes and then we brush her teeth. Ok, we need to floss more regularly, but her juice is always watered down, she doesn't eat that many sweets, and she has a healthy diet. I'm wondering if it's the vitamins she takes b/c she likes to suck on them. No more sucking on vitamins in this house! Since we'll be going away for an extended time, we are going tomorrow for Bridget to have at least 1 of them filled. They are in the molars - 3 between teeth and one on the surface. So, they need to be filled since she'll have those teeth longest. They use nitrous oxide - hopefully Bridget will do alright with that. If Bridget is doing alright and they have time they'll do more than one -otherwise we'll wait until we get back to do the rest. The dentist said we have caught them early. Bridget doesn't really know what's coming tomorrow - but I'm already feeling stressed about it. I'll let you know how it goes.

Maybe we ate lunch too late? He fell asleep, so I tipped back the high chair and there he stayed for an hour. :)

Our favorite summer treat.

hmmm...popsicles. He took the popsicle I was going to share with him and ate it himself!

Care to kiss my red red lips?

Haircuts

Hi all!! We trimmed Bridget and Dillon's hair on Tuesday. It took the entire morning to bathe and trim hair. Doing Dillon's was like trying to trim a monkey's hair...he was walking around the bathroom as I tried to snip little bits here and there. At least he's little enough you can't tell if I've messed up majorly or not. I just took a bit from his bangs, around his ears and the back of his neck.
Bridget's was a bit more involved. She really wanted her hair cut to her shoulders. I wasn't so sure about going that short...so we went a little bit longer than shoulder. She was very patient as I trimmed, retrimmed, second-guessed and re-checked. I really was afraid of not getting it even. In the end I think it looks pretty good. She's happy with her new 'fling-about' hair. However, she has informed me that she wants her hair down to her feet. So, from now on (unless she changes her mind) we'll just be doing little trims.

Valedictorian!!

June 5th was graduation day at East Carteret High School. Our nephew Josh was a senior this year and graduated on Friday. He was valedictorian!! We knew he was up near the top of his class, but were happy and surprised by our great he really did! We're so proud of him. We had a great weekend visit with the family. Bridget and Dillon loved playing with their cousins. We went to the NC Aquarium on Friday with Dick, Ann and Jake. What a fun place! We saw a lot of neat sea life. We had a picnic near Fort Macon and walked on the beach afterward. Friday night was the big graduation night. Josh did really well on his farewell speech. Dillon and I had to leave the gym after that - it was too much for him....but we did see the important parts! Saturday we had a cookout at Sharon's house (she is Karen's twin sister - and Karen is Jon's mother - Jon is my brother-in-law --- Tammy's husband). We swam in the pool and enjoyed everyone's company. Josh tried to teach Bridget how to play chess - she was very serious about it, and had lots of questions for him. We came home on Sunday after spending a relaxing day playing hair dresser and eating some yummy seafood.
Josh is off to UNC-Chapel Hill next year and we couldn't be prouder.

Bridget can swing!!!

Bridget has figured out how to swing!! She is so proud of herself and we are of her!! We went to the Lewisville park to practice with Maythi, Reilly and Reese. We had a yummy picnic and played. It was a pretty warm day so everybody's cheeks were quite rosy.

Dillon is 18 months!!

Dillon turned 18 months on June 1st!!! WHAT??!! I can't believe my baby is really not a baby anymore - he's a toddler. He's a toddler who loves to run, jump (yup, jumping is a new favorite talent), talk (he's definitely getting more understandable), and cuddle. At his checkup he was 27lbs 10oz (73%), and 33 3/4 inches tall (86%), and the Dr joked that we weren't feeding him enough. LOL! He was quite impressed with our little man.
Sibling rivalry has begun - as both Bridget and Dillon compete to get my attention. It's a challenge for me b/c I haven't completely figured out how to give them both my attention at the same time - hmmm...maybe I could clone myself.
For the most part we have a lot of fun playing, giggling and loving each other.

Below are a few pics from a sidewalk painting adventure we had last week. Dillon sat in the paint getting it all over himself, then Bridget painted herself and Dillon thought that looked like fun, so he got in on that. Thank goodness for washable paints!

Visit from Tony, Teresa and Will

We had a visit from Tony, Teresa and Will on May 30th. We haven't seen them since the fall, so it was nice to catch up! Bridget loves playing with her "big brother."

Bridget drew a picture for Will on his (very belated) birthday present. It was a princess. Bridget's drawings have come a long way - now she is so detailed. I have loved watching the progression of her talent! (notice the hair bow in the princess's hair. She is holding a magic rose that turned her into a princess when she licked it - don't ask me why it was when she licked it....lol)