Cool as a Carrot

Original, organic or old-fashioned?

Sebastian, 6 months

Whatever you call it, we call it ingenious! A cool carrot feels good on the gums!

And the Emmy goes to...

Coco Parr! We have conjectured that our baby girl is a bit of a drama queen since birth. The doctor who checked her at the hospital called her a little 'diva' and nearly 3 years later, our pediatrician still calls her 'drama.' Her flair for the dramatic is becoming less obscure as she gets older. Like most toddlers, she gets hooked on a movie and we watch it over and over and over for what seems like months. The film fave of the moment is The Little Mermaid. I thought she practically had it memorized and tonight this suspicion was confirmed. She was throwing around some stuffed animals and Donald told her to stop and pick them up. She turned around and in her best Aerial impression said, "I'm not a child!" (If you're not a Little Mermaid buff, Aerial says that very phrase to her father when he is scolding her for going to the surface.) You should also know that I sometimes find her brushing her hair with a fork (Aerial does this in the movie too) and trying to kiss me like Prince Eric kisses Aerial. She now uses words like beautiful and wonderful too. It's hilarious really but does make me wonder...do we have the next Susan Lucci in our family? As she watches movies and "acts" out right along with the characters I can almost hear the words: And the Emmy goes to Coco Parr!

This is Coco dodging her own photographic paparazzi, me! She's already got the celebrity hand-in-the-camera pose mastered. (Yes, she's in the dryer.)

First Tooth

It must be true what they say about second children growing up faster than you want. My baby already has his first tooth!!

You can't quite see it in this picture but it's there. He's only 5 1/2 months and already sprouting his pretty pearly whites. It's a bottom tooth and the one beside is following quickly. No wonder my poor baby didn't nap well yesterday?!?!

Better late than never...

Orange Beach 2009

Better late than never but I am finally getting around to posting our vacation pics. I have been a bad blogger. It's only been a month since the serene week but somehow the mellow beach feeling is already gone! Are vacations ever really long enough?

We opted for the ultimate family friendly beach vacation this year. No cooking and lots of family time is all I need to constitute a vacation. Grammy and Namps went with us too and I'm not sure Coco would have had as much fun if they weren't there! :) She LOVED waking up to find them just down the hall. While it wasn't a new vacation destination, it was a vacation full of firsts: Sebastian's first beach trip & sink bath, mine & Donald's first parasailing adventure, our first dolphin cruise and Coco's first experience with a road-side potty break.

The aforementioned first sink bath. Grammy LOVES bathing babies!

Daddy & Coco: I'm not sure who liked playing in the sand more.

I knew Coco would have to wear a life jacket on the boat but just wasn't sure how that would go. She doesn't like coats of any kind and likes being confined even less. Thankfully, the peer pressure of another little boy her age wearing his vest was all it took to make her think it must be the thing to do.

Mommy and her cool dude.

I'm not sure what I love most about this picture: the look or the legs?

Napping on the beach: how soon should I tell them that this is as good as it gets?

Grammy & Namps