Scrub and dub dub...

After a long Christmas Day full of fun, excitement, eating and running around, it was time to wind down. I put Moo in the tub to play and scrub-up for the night. After her bath, we usually brush her teeth. Tonight she wanted to do it herself. So, she sat IN the sink and brushed her teeth. Brush...well, mainly just suck on the toothbrush but she got an "A" for effort.

Since you never really know just how well a two-year-old brushes their teeth, and since Santa fed her more sweets than necessary, I decided to brush them too. Moo was convinced she did a great job. In order to allow me to brush her teeth, I had to have a tickle match with her! Moo's teeth are officially clean!

And during all of this, Davis was peacefully dreaming of Santa....

Merry Christmas!!

Well, after a six month lapse in my blog, I am just going to start from here rather than try to catch up on six months worth! However, I promise to be diligent about it from here on out.

Merry Christmas from The Arthur's! It was such a fun day and a day that we really looked forward to since Macie was so excited about it. It was a also a neat day since we celebrated it as a complete family of four.

We took the kids to see Santa last week. Jim and I expected one of the kids to be melting, but to our surprise, it was just the opposite. Davis was so amazed by Santa's beard that he would stare at it and giggle. Meanwhile, Jim and I were jumping around like maniacs trying to get his attention. Macie was staring at us with the "what the heck are you two clowns doing" expression. And that was that. :)

Christmas morning was awesome. We put the gifts out the night before after the kids went to sleep. When Macie woke up she was just staring at the tree.

Then she started pulling all the gifts out and piling them up. I started shopping for her a few months ago, and I guess I got a little carried away. :) Spoiled Moo! Once Jim's mom and sister arrived, the festivities began!

Even little Davis was excited about presents!! He was crawling all over them. Literally!

Macie received some great presents including the Leap Frog Tag Junior and three books, singing Tyrone and Pablo characters from the Backyardigans, coloring books, stickers, playdough, a vacuum cleaner and cleaning cart, books, bath toys, a play computer (aka. pooter) and many other things, which have escaped me at the moment! Davis was happy with his little teething toys and clothes.

Mommy also made out very well. Santa brought me a very cute necklace with our kids names engraved. I love it! I also got a Pottery Barn gift card, which is nice since we are about to order a few pieces for our house in the next few weeks.

Once the gifts were opened, Macie and Davis played and played for the rest of the day. We even had a hard time getting Macie to eat because she would not stay still long enough. However, both kids took great naps and even went to bed early! That is what Santa does to little kids! He wears them out!! :)

Night night

Before Macie's bedtime tonight, Jim put Davis in Macie's crib to see what her reaction would be. Now, truth be told, Macie LOVES her brother. She kisses him constantly and now we are having to explain to her that she cannot just hold him whenever she wants to. She tries to grab him like he is her stuffed animal. Ha!

Macie loved having her "braa boo" in the crib with her. She gave him many kisses...

She was even holding his hand and letting him snuggle with her lovey.

I lost the Moo...

Macie walks into the kitchen and a short while later I think she is being awfully quiet. Usually when she is quiet, she is up to no good. So, I go in to see what she has gotten into. I don't see her anywhere. I panic. Then I hear her say "bye bye" .... guess where she was???

Yep, she is so tiny that she can fit INSIDE of our smallest cabinet...

And the little stinker stole her brother's paci. She loves that damn thing.

Rock Star

Daddy bought Macie purple polka dot sunglasses and she wears them like a rock star. She loves 'em! She even put them on first thing in the morning with her pj's. And when she needs to take them off, she puts them on top of her head like adults do. Hilarious!

House of Moo

We got our yard fenced in this week. It's great. We also bought a little slide and a house for Macie to play in. She LOVES being outside and it was difficult to chase her around outside with Davis. Now I can leave him in the bouncy seat by the back door while I am outside with her. It's basically "Moo jail".

This is the "House of Moo" - she loves it. She opens and closes the door, which, in 'Moo-ese' sound like opie and shlose.

Mommy and Moo is the House of Moo. Once I got in, she would not allow me to get out.

At least we were in the shade during this 90-degree day!

Gotta make Macie drink her wa-waaa when its so hot out...

She was just a hot mess. Sweaty and red, but it doesn't really phase her. She is like her momma. She doesn't mind the heat to much.

Lovin' on the babes...

Here are just some random shots of mommy and daddy lovin' on the kids...

Deana and Davis all snuggled up!

It won't be long before we are really good at holding two babes at once! :)

Jim and his little man...

Homecoming...

Homecoming!!! Here I am putting my little boy in the car. Crazy. I waited so long for this moment - can't believe it's already here!

Home sweet home...

Macie...so excited to see her little brother again!

She even had a "Big Sister" pin on. So cute. I think I will save it forever!

Daddy and Macie hanging out with little Davis...

Moo meets her little brother...

Moo LOVES her little brother. Since she can't exactly say "brother" she calls him "braa-boo" - it's super cute. She gives him more kisses than anyone else...all day long.

Here is Moo on her way to the hospital room with Nonna and Pappy...

Her first kiss for braa-booo. I should take many pictures of her kissing him since I am sure one day they will have major sibling rivalry!

The Arthur FAMILY OF FOUR!

Moo isn't exactly ready to give up her old stuff to Braa-boo. She still wants her car seat...

and her bouncy seat...

I was really worried about the transition from one baby to two. I was especially worried about how Macie would handle it. She has been great...a little more clingy than she was before...but that just means that we get extra love from her! :)

Davis Kenneth Arthur!

First things first, our card reader fell into Moo hands so that is why I have not updated the blog. I have been unable to get the pictures from the card to my computer. I finally bought a new card reader yesterday....so here goes!

Davis is here! Oddly enough, my water broke AGAIN. Since the odds are only 1 in 10, and my water broke with Macie, I did not think it would happen again. It was a fairly normal Tuesday afternoon and we were all outside playing. I was taking Macie in to prepare her dinner and GUSH...

After taking a shower, eating dinner, putting Moo to sleep and packing my bag...we finally got to the hopsital at around 8:30pm. They induced me at around 10:30pm and I received my epidural shortly after. My labor progressed pretty quickly and after only five minutes of pushing, Davis was in my arms. He was born at 3:32am on April 29, 2009. A day I will never forget!

He is the sweetest little man....just see for yourself...

Little man holding onto daddy's hand

Mommy and her little man! I was so happy to finally meet him!

Mommy, Daddy and Davis. :)

Night night...

Our furniture is FINALLY here!! FIVE weeks late...but I guess it's better late than never, right? I worked on his room most of today to start getting it ready. Here is the crib.....

Poor Macie. She is wondering "what is up with this extra crib in the house". She looks at me like "Mommy, I only need one crib, okay?" - but it was awfully cute when she walked in the room, saw the crib and said "night night". Never a dull moment these days....

The baby swing makes a comeback...

The swing has been packed up since Macie was about 8 months old. So, we decided to take it out and put it back together today so that Macie would get used to seeing it in the house and not think it was her new toy. Yeah, that didn't go so well....

The swing comes out...

Macie spots it and decided to check it out...we think she is just going to look at it and push it from side to side. So we walk out of the room to finish hanging some pictures in Davis' room.

We come back...this is what we find. The Moo has climbed into the swing and is swaying herself from side to side, having the time of her life. No worries. The swing goes up to 25 pounds and Macie is just under 23 pounds.

I am guessing that she is not ready to give up the swing to her little brother. Every time I tried to take her out of it, she said "NO!" - she is already torturing the little man and he isn't even here yet!

I am 39 weeks pregnant today. Due in exactly one week (May 1st). I went to the doctor and I am 3cm dialated, up from 2cm last week. They stripped my membranes today, which could help start labor ....or could not. If it works, it usually works within 24 to 48 hours...so we'll see.

I will keep you all posted! :)