Double Single Trouble

Megan is making up for "lost crawling time" (and taking advantage of me not being as diligent of a baby-proofer as I should be).

Yesterday I didn't realize I had left the lazy susan door open. Megan started pulling things off the lower shelf, and that included a bottle of Worcestershire sauce. By the time I found her, the bottle had been spilled and she had proceeded to crawl through, and sit in, the puddle.

It was a STINKY and STICKY mess!





This morning while I was blow drying my hair Megan found my scriptures that had fallen out of my night stand. Let's just say that pages 6-39 of Genesis no longer look like they used to.



Here's my attempt at putting the pages back in order. (Sigh!)



And while we're on the subject of paper, does anyone know where a Paperholics Anonymous meeting is being held? Megan is SERIOUSLY attracted to any type of paper and will make short work of it.

Double Trouble

Emily and Megan "on the loose."











"Double Trouble" becomes "Triple Trouble" (Interpretation: "Look! Someone else is getting attention! I'd better go get my share of it!)





The aftermath



After the aftermath (a few hours later)



And then at the end of the day Mommy steps in, puts everything away, and the whole process begins ALL over again the next day. (Sigh!)
(Tyler is a good helper at cleaning up. It's just that sometimes I don't get around to the cleanup stage until late at night.)

And She's Off...

Megan has moved past the "I'm going to try and stand on my head and move" stage. She has become a full-fledged crawler in the past couple weeks.



Whenever she wants to change directions she drops down on her tummy and spins.

Déjà vu

Tyler 2009 / Emily 2011



Tyler 2009 / Megan, Tyler, Emily 2011


Tyler 2009 / Megan 2011


Emily (Jan.) 2011 / Megan (Apr.) 2011

Hairy Scary

Megan's hair is getting so long that I have to put it in a "pony tail" on the top of her head to keep it out of her eyes. (Darrell swore that our girls were NEVER going to be "space babies" "calling to outer space with their antennas on the top of their heads." Well, she won't leave a barette in her hair, so we're in to space babies at our house.)



Anyway, Megan is pretty good at "removing" her ponytail holder when she slides her hair on the floor--which makes for some pretty good mohawks!

Frustration

Last weekend Megan was SO frustrated because she could not figure out how to crawl. She just couldn't seem to understand that she had to move her hands forward to go anywhere. So, she kept pushing up on her hands with her bum in the air. Sometimes she'd just stay that way, but other times she would try to slide along on her head. When she'd had enough she just squealed in frustration.

Here she is in one of her "less frustrated" moments.

A Wonderful Weekend (Times 2)

This past weekend Darrell and Tyler had the chance to go visit Darrell's parents, so the girls and I took the opportunity to go visit my parents. A great time was had by all, just miles apart in 2 different states.

(Thanks to Darrell's mom, Carol, for these pictures.)

Carol and Tyler had a great time eating breakfast each morning while Daddy and Grandpa slept in.



Tyler taking the newspaper to Grandpa.



Tyler was right at home with...(what else)...cars.



Celebrating Darrell's birthday.



Checking out the drummers at the Farmer's Market. (Tyler would prefer to push the stroller than ride in it.)



Tyler was a little timid to be around the animals at the petting zoo.



Riding the train.



Visiting Aunt Brenda, Uncle Steve and the "girl cousins."



Tyler was so sad to leave. He had such a great time with Grandma and Grandpa.





Meanwhile, the girls and I had our own "adventures."

We have been trying to get our long-term food storage. Well, between my parents, my sister and I, we had 200 lbs. of powdered milk that needed to be canned in #10 cans so that it will last a long, long time. (Cuz we hope we don't HAVE to use it for a long, long time. Hee! Hee!) So we set up a borrowed canner in the garage and went to work. It really wasn't that bad--just a little powdery and sticky.





The rest of the weekend we had a great time hanging out with cousins and watching General Conference.

Daniel, Laura, Grandpa and Emily



Olivia, Laura, Aubrey and Emily



Nathaniel, Jonathan and Emily



Jonathan and Megan



My grandpa and uncle came up on Sunday.
John, Grandpa and Megan.



As with all fun times, the time went by WAY too fast. Before we knew it, it was time to head home. The girls didn't feel very well part of the weekend. Here is my dad with 2 sick girls and their bottles right before we headed home.



(Upon final observation, it appears not many pictures got taken of "the women folk." Hmm.)