Paige "cooking"

10 Things Paige Can Do That We Wish She Couldn't...

1. Unscrew the toothpaste cap (or any screw cap, for that matter).
2. Take her shoes off.
3. Open the door/screen door to get outside.
4. Turn on the music for Rylie's swing.
5. Point the tv remote at the tv to change the channel/settings.
6. Lock her car door with her toes.
7. Change the time on Dave's alarm clock.
8. Turn on the water in the bathtub.
9. Take off her pants.
10. Reach items on the countertops.

Paige reading to Rylie

Busy Weekend

Our events from the weekend: Friday, May 6th - We had the home inspection for our new house that we bought.

Saturday, May 7th - Paige turned 2!! We had Gavin and Owen over for dinner and cake and opened a few presents.

Sunday, May 8th - Mother's Day & Paige's birthday party with the whole family. Paige is officially spoiled with all the presents that she got and she now has more possessions than her parents.

Welcome Rylie!

Here's how Friday, April 22nd went: We started out the day as a family of three. Had a nice breakfast (Frosted Mini Wheats), and then we were off to the hospital! They started me on pitocin right when I got there, but luckily a small enough dose that it only started the types of contractions that aren't painful. I was able to be up and wander around the room for a while, but I convinced enough people that I'm scared of pain, so they gave me an epidural around 3:30 pm. After that they really cranked up the drugs and by around 7, we were ready to push...BUT, the midwife was delivering another baby, so we had to wait (don't worry, I felt nothing, good epidural). She finally got there around 7:50, got set up and...

...at 7:59 pm, Rylie Mae Lynch was born (a side note, that is the exact time, to the minute, that big sister Paige was born)!! She apparently understands how impatient her parents are and decided to make things easy on her momma (3 minutes of pushing). Our little Earth Day bundle weighed in at 7 lbs 13 oz and was 20 inches long.

Paige's New Pastime

Paige's favorite thing about living at Grandad's house is the rocking horse. She seriously wants to stay on this thing for hours...

Do I need to back up a little?? Yes, we are living at Pop's house in Leesburg as we house hunt. We rented out our townhouse and really want a place of our own, but just need to find the right house. We're settling in nicely, but it's all a little confusing right now because Andrew has informed me that I'm not allowed to call the room that Dave and I are currently sleeping in "our" room (as it is his old room). And if I say, "my room," I'm apparently referring to the room that Paige is currently sleeping in (my old bedroom), so I need to call the place we sleep either "Andrew's room," or "the room that currently houses our clothes." Our house hunt will pick up quite a bit when Dave returns from Afghanistan on Sunday. That's right, Afghanistan. He had to go over for two weeks to play in Excel over there (as far as I know that is what he does). Paige says over and over, "Daddy at urk, daddy at urk," I'm sure she'll be happy to have him home again in a few days.

Super Bowl "party"

We decided to have a Super Bowl party at home this year, and the guest list included Dave, Molly & Paige. So, obviously, we made tons of food. Dave made wings (hot and honey barbeque) and Paige and I made pigs in a blanket:



We all ate until we felt sick and actually craved a piece of broccoli, then Paige went to bed, Dave watched the game, and I cleaned our house (realtor coming the next day to take pictures to list it to rent). The only thing better than that meal was when we had it the following day as left-overs! Don't worry, we're back to eating normal meals again...