Whatever it is I think I see, becomes bacon to me

I think Lily is most definately a true bacon lover. One of the pieces of candy the doctor gave her on Friday was a mini packet of Twizzlers, which she'd never had before. She looked at it in the car and said, "This candy looks like...BACON!"
You know, it kind of does.

The stitches are out!

Friday afternoon I took Lily to the pediatrician's office to have her stitches removed. I talked to her about it a lot beforehand, always emphasizing that it wasn't going to be anything like when they put them in, it wouldn't hurt, there wouldn't be any "spicy medicine" (her term for anything that stings her skin), etc. We got her up on the table and the doctor took out one of the 7 stitches with no problem. Then, when she tried to take out another, Lily started to panic and scream. So we took a break, then tried again. No dice. Tried having her sit on my lap. Nope. Tried sitting on my lap while eating a Tootsie Pop with the promise of more candy when the stitches were all out. Nope. Put her back on the table with 3 nurses restraining her. The doctor got one more stitch out but then reopened the wound a little bit because Lily was kicking and screaming and fighting so much. So they brought out the big guns: a board with an almost life-vest type thing on it that velcroed her in tightly, plus 3 nurses and me holding her down. The receptionists were holding Tom at this point so he wouldn't get in the path of Lily's kicks. Finally, the doctor was able to remove the last of the stitches. We were all totally stressed out by the end of the ordeal! But minutes later, Lily was picking out stickers and deciding which piece of candy to eat first, and she was fine.
I hope she never, ever has to get stitches again.

First trip to the ER!

Well, we made it 3 years and 3 months of parenthood before this milestone. Yesterday, Lily was at a birthday party at the Hands-On Museum with Matt and Tom while I was at work. She fell off a stool and managed to gash her chin open. Since it was bleeding profusely, Matt took the kids to the ER alone. I got his message that they were heading there when I finished work, and was glad there wasn't a home UM game, so it didn't take too long to get over to the hospital. Lily ended up needed 7 stitches in her chin. They had to put her in a kiddie straight jacket and wrap her body in a sheet like a burrito to restrain her. That, and 3 adults sitting on her kept her still enough to get the job done. The blood, wound, and watching a needle sew up my baby girl didn't bother me too much. But when she started SCREAMING "LET GO OF ME! I WANT TO SEE MY DADDY!" repeatedly as though she were being held down and stabbed with red hot pokers, I lost it. Tom woke up from napping in my arms and started crying too. Then, 5 minutes after they were done, Lily was halfway through a popsicle and back to her normal self. She's going to have a scar, and she'll look like Franken-Princess in her Halloween costume, but I guess you can't expect to make it through life without any battle scars, right?

So much drool

After weeks of copious drooling and other various and sundry signs of teething, Tom officially has 3 little tooth nubs. There's one more on the way, too. We don't have any pictures of his tiny teeth yet because any time you go near his mouth, Tom clamps down on the closest loose appendage or object in his path.
He's also getting very strong at sitting up and is really into exploring everything he can get his chubby little mitts on. Lily is already proving her torture-driven big sister status by plucking toys away from him and throwing them across the room for no apparant reason. Tom has learned to cry and baby-complain in protest. Things'll get interesting when he becomes mobile...

This one's for you, Shay

I just thought you'd enjoy knowing that Lily knows the term "goose grease." HA! I'm so proud.

Bee sting bites

So a few days ago, I thought Tom was getting 2 teeth at once. Turns out he's actually getting 4 teeth right now. He was pretty crabby about it last night, but even his crabby mood is still pretty sweet. He also started biting me a lot this weekend while I was nursing him. It feels like getting stung by a bee...not a pleasant area for a bee sting! I don't know how much longer I'll last with this whole nursing business. There are just way too many teeth coming at me at once!

Rock Stars

 
I think it might be Tom on bass and Lily on drums. She's also been working on her singing lately...she loves to sing along to everything from "The Lion King." That "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" song sounds much better when she sings it! 

Me and My Babies

 
Matt went out of town for work recently, and the kids and I didn't see much of him for about 5 days. Since then, Lily has been quite that Mama's girl. Last night, we were eating dinner together, and she said "Mommy, I'm having the best time! Let's clink" and we clinked out glasses together in a toast of happiness. She's the sweetest. Well, except when she's saying things like "Mommy, you need to be nicer."
 

Most tolerant baby ever!

 
Tom cackles with laughter at Lily all the time. He even enjoys taking baths with her, even when she splashes water in his eyes, or puts a wet washcloth over his entire face. 

Goodbye summer...

 
I love this picture of Lily from when we were in the U.P. in July. She's the cutest hula girl to ever walk the shores of Lake Huron! She loves her hula bathing suit and even wore it for 2 days straight a few weeks ago when we last had warm enough weather. Imagine her cruising down the block on her bicycle wearing this outfit. Unfortunately, I didn't have the camera handy that day. 

chompers

On Tuesday, I noticed that Tom was getting his first tooth on the bottom. Then on Wednesday, I was changing his diaper and he was smiling and laughing because he loves to be naked. As he smiled, I saw that he was getting a tooth on the top, too! They're both just breaking the surface right now. It's funny because the bottom tooth is on the right side and the top tooth is on the left side, so when they come in, he's totally going to look like a jack-o-lantern. Too bad I already have a lion Halloween costume for him, because he'd make a perfect pumpkin!

You will be a bass player

This video shows my first attempt at imposing my own musical aspirations on Tom. His slap bass skills are definitely coming along nicely.