Sassy

Oh all the words we have to describe Lola. She's sassy. She's busy. She's naughty. She's, well, Lola. She hits (Teague), she screams, she demands, she's just Lola - Lola or Taz (as in the Tazmanian Devil). She's a tornado as she goes through a room. If you take your eyes off of her for ONE second she will take everything that IS NOT a toy and throw it in the garbage or the toilet. And valuable, adult things - like remote controls, cameras, camera/cell phone/mp3 chargers. Last week I could hear her while I was upstairs and she was in the basement yelling, "MAMA, WHOA! MAMAMAMAMAMA! WWWWWHHHHHOOOAAAA"" (over and over) and when I got downstairs she had pulled the Christmas tree over on herself and was standing there pointing at it saying "Whoa Mama". And yet she is such a schmoozer. She KNOWS when you have reached your limit and then she will just reach out her arms and with the sweetest little baby voice and say "MAMA?" and want to be picked up to give you a hug and kiss. Oh Lord.

Even when you strap her into her high chair, she can still get out of it and onto the counter.

But man, she is cute!

And then there's Teague. Sweet Baby Teague. Ok, he has his moments - but man, what different personalities these two little people have! He has been home for the past two days with an ear infection and high fever - this is the first time he has been sick in over a year, so I think he has done well. Ryan said to me last night "See, breastfeeding did pay off with health benefits". I don't think that was what the "experts" had in mind when they state that infants will have a higher immunity when they are breastfed. Oh well. He seems to be rounding the corner, so hopefully back to daycare for both tomorrow (if one is sick, nobody goes to daycare - those are the rules of daycare). It's been a little hard to say the least - I am realizing that being home with both kids is WAY more work than being at my job all day (doesn't mean I don't miss my time at home though)!

Such sweet and innocent looking kids!

My parents came over for a couple of hours on Sunday to do some baking with the kids. Teague was interested only for about 10 minutes and then it was off to other things. He was starting to come down with his sickness then so I am sure that was part of it.