Happy Easter!

I just can't seem to get blog posts up timely these days.  I blame work - having a job is really starting to get in the way of my personal life!

We had a great Easter.  It was Christina's first.  I think Dominic kind of remembered last year. I'll let the pictures (and my not-so-witty captions) tell the story.

It starts a few days before Easter.  Steffi had the brilliant idea to get some pics of this cute baby in her Easter basket:

And here is one of Dominic on Holy Thursday. He was supposed to wear Easter attire to school.  His face looks weird here.

 Finally, Easter morning:

Canon designed my camera so that the flash is exactly where Marcos wants his hand to be.  Silly Canon.

Christina got a xylophone. Both kids like it.

In addition to a truck, whoopee cushion, chocolate bunny and sandals, Dominic got peeps!

Dominic helped Christie look through her basket.  She got a doll and a froggy washcloth/glove.

See a cute little grubby hand offering me a peep?  I didn't even ask.  What a great guy.

Eating our peeps.

She likes her doll.

We had some friends and family come over in the afternoon.  To be specific: Steffi, Austin, Erin, the Weiss', and Sean.   Marcos made sliders (as in mini hamburgers) and ham.  After Dominic's nap, we discovered that the Easter bunny left some eggs scattered around the backyard.  Good thing we had a boy who was willing to go collect them.

New sandals came in handy.

M&Ms!!

Thank you Steffi for taking some cute family pics!

Dominic got one of Tia Weiss' cupcakes after dinner.  It had a peep on grass (green coconut) with some eggs (Reese's pieces). So cute!

Christina had two poor naps earlier in the day.  Thanks goodness for the swing for that last afternoon nap!

I had difficulty selecting which pink dress she should wear for Easter, but she dutifully soiled the first half way through the day and got to wear both.

Hope all my readers had a great Easter too!  Coming next: bluebonnets!

What's that clear stuff?

Christina is allowed to have water now that she passed the 4 month mark.  We offered her some the other day, and it's almost like she refused to acknowledge there was a bottle in her mouth.  Somehow she didn't even have to suck to know it was a waste of effort.  Dominic's first taste of water was not very different.

I'm including this next picture to show poor Dominic who has been plagued with allergies since about the beginning of the month. It really stinks that we kind of just have to wait it out to see what is getting to him. Oak and mold have been high, so it could be one or both of those.  He is taking a daily allergy medication but his face still looks pretty bad most the time.  Luckily, it usually doesn't seem to bother him.  

We walked to our neighborhood park last weekend to fly the helicopter Dominic and Marcos got from Santa.  It could not maintain signal between the helicopter and remote because of the sun - and there wasn't much that day.  It's disappointing the thing can only be flown indoors.  

Sadly, his face looks even worse now

Dominic enjoyed climbing this tree that reminded me of the "magic tree" I grew up with

The weather has started to warm up around here. The highs were in the low 80s last week but this next week is showing 70s.  It's actually kind of perfect.  Christina got to wear one of many cute summer outfits in her collection. 

Steffi snapped this shot of me and the kids the other night as we read Christie her bedtime book.  She is swaddled from the chest down just for warmth.

The rest of these pictures were taken today.

Christie looking very thrilled to have a police SUV barreling across her chest

It continued its course after overcoming the baby-sized mountain in its path

And there's an update on how potty training is going, in case you were wondering

Pretty girl doing some tummy time

The Command Center

Some of you may remember this contraption from Dominic's infancy.  Christina has graduated to use of the Baby Einstein Musical Motion Activity Jumper.  I dubbed this thing the Command Center because it contains all the gadgets a baby needs to run his or her household, and even teaches a few Spanish and French words along the way.

(First time) Where did you put me, Mom!?!

This must be cool if big brother wants up.

Wow, lights and music!

(Feet not touching ground on lowest setting. Little Shrimp.)

Now, how did he do that?

Oh. Thank you, big brother.

Dominic so kindly filled the toy tray for her too.

What else could a gal need?

It was just a little too much the next night before bed.  But it made a good lounge chair.

Christina at 4 Months

Christina is four months old!!!  At 12lbs 13oz, she is kind of in between 3M and 6M sizes and wearing both.  She is starting to swat/grasp at objects and even appears to be showing an interest when we eat and drink.  She is very interested in her surroundings, and especially enjoys watching her rambunctious brother.  She usually only wakes to eat one time at night.  She takes at least two naps in her crib each day, some of which are actually decent (defined by me as longer than 45 minutes).  Some parts of her hair seem long, but I think she has less overall than she did at birth, and quite a bald spot on the back in the usual spot.  Her eyes have not turned brown yet, but I can't remember when Dominic's changed.  She likes to lock her knees and stand when being held.  She still enjoys watching ceiling fans.  She drinks about 5-6 ounces in a feeding and eats about 5 times per day.

Sad Baby

I came across this video on my phone the other day. It was taken early last April. It's just so weird to watch this little boy who looks a lot like Dominic but communicates kind of like a caveman.

He sure was a cute little caveman.