I realize I haven't posted in a couple days.  Thursday we were gone most of the day...the girls and I went to my parent's house and hung out with my dad and my nephew for half the day then later in the evening Brandon, Jordan, Amélie, Bogart and I all went for a walk to the park where we played for a while.  Yesterday and today I've been a lazy, crabby lady who has had no motivation to do much of anything.  The house is getting messier by the day and it's adding to my crankiness but I still can't seem to find the motivation to change it.

My baby must be going through a major growth spurt because she is eating MUCH more often than usual and can hardly stay awake long enough to actually eat.  It's really wearing on me.  She eats for about an hour and then an hour later she is wanting to eat again and as far as overnight goes,  she used to be able to go 7 or 8 hours between feedings but the past couple nights it's been more like 4 or 5 so I'm majorly lacking on sleep (which adds to the crankiness).  I feel like I'm barely getting any time to spend with Jordan or do housework or knit or take pictures and blog or sleep!  I've not been the most fun person to be around lately.

Anyway, enough complaining, I suppose.

I came around the corner the other day and found that Bogart had fallen in between the couch cushions.  He was stuck!

Sorry to post all the negativity.  Hopefully I'll be back on track tomorrow.

rolling over

So I thought Amélie rolling over was just a fluke thing that I happened to catch on camera but during tummy time this morning she did it again...and again...and again.  She tucks her little arm under and pushes with the other arm and swings her legs with enough force to flip herself over.  It's clear by watching her do it that she knows exactly what she is doing.  Way to go Amélie!!

breakfast

Breakfast at the Scherrer house this morning.  

I was in the kitchen making Pioneer Woman's Prune Cake when I look over and see Jordan's bite size Frosted Mini Wheats standing at attention.  

It's simple things like this that happen every day that make me so thankful for my new blogging goal because it reminds me to capture these things instead of chuckling then going about my day and forgetting them by the next.

BIG news for Amélie!

I had Amélie laying on the floor doing some tummy time and was snapping away taking pictures of her when next thing I know she flips over from her tummy to her back!  Holy moly, I'm shocked!

This was right as she was about to roll, see her arm tucked under and the other one pushing?  Wow-ee!

sweetie pies

This has been the normal state of Jordan's hair during the winter.  And I love how Amélie is looking right at the camera.

Partial smile from both girls.

Whenever I ask Jordan to take her shoes off and put them by the back door she always puts them directly in front of the door.  It makes me smile every time.

Elmo-size

Jordan wanted Elmo to lay in the chair instead of Amélie but when I asked if they could share she gladly said "Ya."  And they shared the chair, side by side.

These pictures were taken after breakfast yesterday morning...all before 8:00 am

I loved the way she laid down in a stiff, straight line.  

sleeping like a baby

How sweet is she?

I get such a kick out of it when babies sleep with their arms up in the air!

burnt to a crisp

I make burgers every Thursday for dinner and each week Brandon asks if I toasted the buns the way restaurants do and every week I tell him that I did not.  This week he took Bogart on a walk while I was preparing dinner and I decided to surprise him by toasting the buns so I turned on the broiler and stuck the buttered buns in then went to cutting the tomatoes.  I'm sure you all know where this is headed.  One thing lead to the next and while I was in the other room changing a diaper I suddenly remembered about the buns.  When I opened the oven door a burst of smoke came out in my face and our house instantly became stuffy and stinky and cold.  Cold because we had to open the front door to air the house out.

  We'll see if I attempt to toast buns next week...