day 68

did i mention that audrey's baptism was scheduled for sunday? oh yeah. i finally get it together enough to baptise a child BEFORE she is walking and am thwarted by a virus. so we had to reschedule for february. since audrey slept all day, we decided to take olivia on an adventure...

to the mall. we were going to see santa, but the line was 3095823069834059 people long and she was PERFECTLY content to just wave to him and blow a kiss. so, instead we went on the carousel and she took a little train ride.

pretty great sunday after all.

day 67

audrey had the stomach bug over the weekend. GAH. it was... not pleasant. HOWEVA:

she is recovering nicely. not SLEEPING, but recovering. SIGH.

day 66

they are yin and yang. one is ENTHRALLED by her big sister. the other? notsomuch.

day 65

it's getting christmasy UP IN HERE!

day 64

i didn't realize my LAST picture was a highchair picture, too, but HEY. REAL LIFE OVER HERE...

FOOD!

day 63

yeah, i sit in the highchair now, WHAT!?

day 62

the little chef preparing to make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies!

day 61

i think we have a little lover of the limelight on our hands...

(photos by barbara dupuis photography)

day 60

ok, i'm a few days behind again, but i'll catch up. with this:

i went upstairs to get coffee and this is what i returned to. the two-year-old half naked in a bumbo. typical saturday morning here.

day 59

we spent a LOT of the day wednesday cleaning up this mess. this is only one teeny part of it. sigh.

day 58

"i not tired. i not read books. i need YOGURT RAAAAAISINS."

(this is our usual post-tubby discussion. look at the pout. FAKE!)

day 57

17lbs 12oz of NOM. she won't be six months old for two more days. i'm going to have to free her from the infant carrier soon. NOOOOOOOO!

day 56

first happy meal. age two years, four months. thank you, freak snowstorm. i give up.

day 55

at our comfy (teeny) hotel room in norwich. it was VERY difficult to get these two knuckleheads to nap, so i had to resort to signs:

it sort of half worked. ish.

day 54

instead of trick or treating, we spent halloween at west farms mall. super festive. olivia is WAY excited about giant mickey. i swear.

day 53

getting gas was a bit of a nightmare... this is the millionth station we went to (in a 50 mile radius) and the line. OMG the line. as we were getting up to the pump, the guy said 30 more minutes and he'd be running out. SIGH.

day 52

this is what we came home to...

there are more, but you get the idea. the fence, the shed, the playscape... and no electricity, water or heat.

day 51

so. yeah. the snow started and we realized we were going to lose power. trees were falling everywhere so we made a preemptive strike and headed to our friends down the street for safety.

they had cool toys. unfortunately, they also lost power. it was a chilly night, but fun anyway!

day 50

yikes. i've been offline for a bit but that's because of ANOTHER giant storm that left us powerless for days. but i'll get to that.

day 50. the calm before the storm...

we ran out before the snow started to get pumpkins (and an apple. ahem.) for halloween. look at us. NO IDEA what we're in for. none.

day 49

somebody's turning TEN YEARS OLD next week!!!

i'll give you one guess what he's asked for from his auntie. :)

day 48

somebody finally got a rug in her room (brrr it's getting chilly!) and i think she likes it!

day 47

doing some pre-read before deciding on what to put on her christmas wish list this year... i'm thinking "entire little people collection" might be on there.

day 46

sorry it's so blurry! this little bug won't sit still for anything. ANYWAY! guess who tried sweet potatoes? and LOOOOOVED them?! she could not get enough.

don't front. you know you love the 99 cent bib.

day 45

YAY, FRIDAY!!!

day 44

these are olivia's favorite socks ever. EVER.

day 43

where my shelltops at, ma?

day 42

a couple of pics from our trip to the farm w/ olivia's bestie...

day 41

happy hannoweeeeeen!

day 40

exhausted from ROLLING OVER FOR THE FIRST TIME EVA!!! woot! just under five months old! you beat your big sister by like a YEAR on this milestone (lazy bones livie). GO AUDREY!

not to be outdone by her little sister, miss livie decided that she would go PEE PEES ON THE POTTY!

well played, big sister.

day 39

makin friends at robb's farm...(with the pig. tyler and evelyn were already her friends).

day 38

it is FINALLY starting to feel like fall around here (for three seconds, then i'm sure it'll blizzard and i'll be whining for spring), so we took the opportunity to make homemade pancakes!

and yes, i have no backsplash. what the hell were these people thinking when they designed this kitchen? and more importantly, how have i lived here three years and NOT PUT ONE IN YET?

day 37

get in mah belly!
believe it or not, audrey used to fit into that sleeper. FOUR POINT FIVE (and 9 pounds) SHORT MONTHS AGO.

day 36

fun at the park!
see also: we wear this dress a LOT.

day 35: double the pics!

somebody is ALL OVER the pumpkin patch this year!

psst...

hey, i'm here, too!

also: yes, it was 85 freaking degrees. wth, end of september!?!?

day 34

sidenote: she has no shirt on because 1) she cannot stand to have a messy shirt and 2) she refuses to wear a bib and 3) i have bigger fish to fry.

olivia has started really getting into pretend play and it's ADORABLE. in this picture she's having a blueberry party. the blueberries are having a party. and dancing. the hot dog dance, of course.

day 33

awwwwwww yeah....

try to ignore my basement. oh how i wish we had a finished basement, but that's a post for a different day. our new treadmill has ARRIVED.

day 32

sleepy twins

day 31

ok, i missed ten entire days, but i'm not going to give up! it is no coincidence that the last post was on my first day back to work. omg. crazytown. i will add the ten missing pics to a bonus post to be named later, but for now we shall soldier on and have i got a GOOD one for today...

AHHHHH! this is their daycare photo. we could pick this photo apart all day long: lame fake flowers, awful fake background (it looks like they're sitting on cookie monster), outfits don't match, olivia's hair(!?!??!?!), but none of that matters... LOOK AT MY SMILING GIRLS!!!

this bad boy's going in a frame. tout suite.

day 21

audrey's first day of school. that 15 year old standing next to her is olivia. OMFG.

day 20

dude, wouldn't you want to be IN the wagon? happy labor day!!!