Erik Reading to Elaina

Erik loves Lainey. He was reading her a book here. What a good big brother!

Family Time

We have been busy here with the Chens. Mike and Sonja got into town on Thursday -- Sandy, Miin, and Irene got here Saturday and will be here until Thursday. So -- not much time for blogging. Here are a few photos to hold you over...

Erik loves Uncle Mike. When I asked Erik if he had fun at the wedding this weekend (Sonja's sister Hanna got married) he said happily, "Have fun with Uncle Mike!!"

Uncle Mike and Auntie Sonja giving Lainey a bath -- practicing for their baby boy who is expected to arrive in early December.

Sonja's sister Hanna got married yesterday. It was a perfect day for a wedding. The setting was beautiful -- right on the ocean. We had a fun time and were happy to be included.

Erik loved the dog at wedding -- he was very gentle with her.Erik usually naps from 1 pm - 3 pm or so. He kind of skipped his nap on the day of the wedding. He fell asleep before we got out of the driveway. He only slept for 30 minutes though -- he was tired last night.

Quite a Day

This cute little dude spent his entire day whining! This would annoy me on a good day but I am extra tired today (up 4 times last night instead of once like usual) so it was really driving me crazy. Good thing he is so cute!

Here is an example of how the day went.....

Scene: Changing diaper before nap

Me: (action) pull off jeans
Erik: NO MOMMY! My jeans!!
Me: (action) Ignore. Take off wet diaper.
Erik: My diaper! Diaper on!
Me: (action) Ignore. Clench teeth. Wipe bottom.
Erik: No mommy my penis!
Me: Chuckle under my breath. Put on new diaper.
Erik: No Mommy diaper off! Diaper Off!
(action) Writhe around frantically trying to get away from me.
Me: (action) Wrestle the diaper and pants onto my 27 pound son. Phew. Task is over.

Sound like fun?

This sweet baby was happy and content all day which helped my demeanor. Have you ever seen a cuter little baby girl? I don't think I have.

Erik managed to end the day on a better note after spending sometime with his friends at the park. However, it took him about 30 minutes to get off the park bench. When we got to the park he refused to get out of the car saying, " No mommy. All done James! All done Sean! More car!" Not sure why he didn't want to play but I needed to see my friends so off we went. He did enjoy himself and then was a much happier (more cooperative) little boy the rest of the day.

Aren't these two sweet? Lainey loves her brother a lot! Erik enjoys her too and is generally sweet and gentle with her. (Although he did stick the hand sanitizer container in her mouth this afternoon. I caught him just in time. Thankfully he announced, "Clean Lainey" prior to squirting it in her mouth.) I was only two feet away from him when he did this -- just distracted while making dinner.