Baby Talk etc.

Here is how the conversation went:

Mom when you get a baby in your tummy can I help make him?

Um, no sweetie.  Daddy will help make the baby.  You and the girl you marry can make your own baby!  That girl would be lucky to make a baby with you.

Who do you want me to marry?

I want you to marry someone who you love.

I love Granny Goose.  I want to marry Granny Goose

Granny Goose loves you too, but she is already married to Boo Daddy.  You might find someone to marry that you don't even know yet!

I just want to marry Granny Goose.

She is special I know.  Maybe you can find someone who is just as good a player as Granny Goose.

Can Mary Tighe and I get married?

Goo Goo Snotty among other friends

Archer and David were playing hard this morning when I was with a very coughy Mary Tighe, trying to get her to relax her cough long enough to get her to sleep.  Archer became Goo Goo Snotty, long lost college friend of David who was reuniting with him after many years. Steez and Goostz are also worth mentioning.  They are the dishwashers in our family.  I love his imagination.

Grabby Hands

Archer says Mary Tighe has grabby hands.  She does.  We are at the stage where everything and anything has to go into her mouth.  She grabs Archer's hair.  She grabs Archer's scissors.  She grabs my hair.  She grabs paper, she loves to grab paper and just stuff it in her mouth or suck on it until it turns to mush.  Mary Tighe can also be the grabby hands monster and tear apart puzzles, rip apart books or magazines and try to crawl over Archer, much to his delight.  I hope he keeps up this tolerant behavior of his sister's antics.

Best Friend Train and The Wonder Pants

The neighborhood is nice this time of year.  We are trying to walk more especially since we get to go to the beach and I have to get into a bikini next month.  Archer is working on his walking stamina.  We like to sing and talk and play when we walk.  One of his newest games is the best friend train.  I get to be his best friend train and follow him all around the sidewalk.  Sometimes we get to hold wheels when get tired. It's fun.  Just a good memory and phrase that he uses.

Archer is also enjoying the Wonder Pets show.  Except he calls it the Wonder Pants.  Just a byproduct of potty training I suppose.

Archer's favorite construction wonder pants are in the picture above.

Minnie Tighe Getting Bigger

Archer sporadically tells me that "Minnie Tighe" is not getting bigger.  I have tried to explain to him that yes, she is getting bigger and getting bigger really fast.  She was born at around 6 pounds 8 ounces, but has been gaining speed in terms of weight gain since August 31st.  At her 2 and 1/2 month doctor's appointment she weighed 12 pounds 13 ounces.  Over Thanksgiving when Archer and I got strep throat Mary Tighe had to be weighed too.  She weighed 13 pounds 4 ounces.  Will the child ever stop gaining weight?  Don't get me wrong, I love her fat rolls on her legs, arms and chest, but sometimes it's hard to get the lint out of them without really digging.

"Why is my hair wet Daddy?"

So I had Minnie Tighe on August 31st.  I had Archer at the end on April 24th .  I have learned it is better to have a child in the spring then at the end of the summer because of the following reasons:

1. you don't have to deal with the accoutrements of cold weather
2. you can take nice stroller rides in the spring (you can take nice rides in the fall too, but with less clothes)
3. the pool is an activity that can always be counted on
4. potty training outside
5. runny noses and coughs

Archer has had 2 colds so far and I don't want him to have anymore because that translates into 2 colds for Minnie Tighe.  According to the Washington Pediatrics and my wonderful mother in law/ pediatrician there are only so many things you can do for a cold.  Here is what I have done for a cold, some recommended, some not:

1. get grumpy and paranoid - shouldn't I be more relaxed about my second child?
2. get the humidify going and have both of the children in same room at night to share the wonders of a wet room.
3. give periodic and unwanted saline drops in the nose and then suck them out with the electric sucker outer.
3. wake up in the middle of the night to help the 2 month old breathe better in a steam shower
4. watch for the number of breaths in one minute to see how strenuous the breathing is in the 2 month old
5. stop sleeping for fear that the 2 month old needs to go to the emergency room - Shouldn't I be more relaxed with the second child?

I will have to relax and deal with the repercussions of a cold, which I no doubt will.  The humor in all this is when Archer awoke from spending a night in the "steam room", which is the room where the humidifier is, he probably noticed the water droplets on the wall, on the windows, on his clothes and on his hair.  He asked his daddy why his hair was wet.  The logical answer is that he is living at night in the jungle during the wet season.

Hide and Seek

Archer loves to play hide and seek.  He loves to play it with his daddy in the bed with a comforter, he loves to play it at the Monastery with his friends Olivia and Emery, he loves to play it in the stroller with his mom, and he loves to play it in the house with whoever is around.  The best thing about playing hide and seek with Archer is that he will help you out if you are stuck.  If David and I are looking for Archer (after we count to 10 of course) we play for awhile and look in the obvious places -  in a tree, on top of the roof, or on the moon - then Archer will pop up and say "I'm in the bathroom" or "That's not grass, that's my head!", or "look under the blanket!".  He is so helpful.  I love my boy.