Hulk Baby!

Eerie similarity...

Don't ya think?

As 'Rissa gets more and more independent, she is insisting on feeding herself, which is fine for finger foods.  Not so great with baby food.   

She is taking really well to her sippy cup and pretty much wants to eat whatever the family is eating.  She had some pancakes for breakfast and some chicken fried rice for dinner.  I do love the independence, I just wish it was not so messy!

P.S.  If you click on her hulk-face pic and enlarge it, you can see both of her little teeth coming in.

P.P.S.  Happy Birthday Auntie Barbara!

Goofy Makes Giggles

There is no greater joy than laughter filling the walls of my home!

These are my favorite moments of Mommyhood.

She thinks her brother is so funny, all the time.

In position...

On your mark.....Get set... 

She is up and set, but not really going yet.  I like to call this stage the craw-fall. She is soooooo close to crawling. I need to savor ever last moment we have. Right now she will roll across the floor in the blink of an eye, but crawling is on it's way. Currently she will reach forward when sitting and get into crawling position, however she ends up on her tummy when trying to make that first move.

She is so pleased with herself :)

Number of the day

If our life were a Sesame Street episode, today would be brought to you by the number.....

Today's date is 2/22

2- the number of kids in our household

2- the number of new teeth that have appeared this week

2- the number of times we have been to the doctor to get Marissa's 6 month shots

2- the number of times we have not been able to get Marissa's 6 month shots

2- the number of ears that she currently has infected

BOO......but what can ya do?  The doc said "this is your last freebie", meaning that the next infection will involve us looking at eustacian tube placement for her.  Especially with her big brother's history.  So here we go again.

Mohawks, Bubbles and Bears - OH MY!

Because every kid needs the mohawk-in-the-bathtub pictures!

But seriously, isn't he cute with his mohawk (which he calls ho-cawk)?

Well, I may be a little biased, but I think he is even cute without it!

And this one- Mohawk or bear, she can work it!



Working on Penmanship

WARNING:  Not fully paying attention to the child you are holding in your lap as you are blogging may result in this:

Marissa vs. the pen = No Mom of the Year award at the Yancy household!

1st tooth

There once was a girl named Marissa

She was such a sweet little sista'...

She fussed and she drooled

She bit and she chewed

'till finally a tooth did appear....

Now the toothless grin is no longer here.

Tonight I realized her bottom left tooth has broke the gumline! 
(You have to enlarge the pic to see her small white speck)