two new videos

two new videos - Gage learns her last name in the first one. You have to listen closely in the beginning though. The second one is catches Ber and Gage playing. Rich gave his exam today - summer begins soon!

Ber working on head control...

Matching shirts

This was all Gage... Daddy had left his biking gear out where she could grab it.

More fun in NH...
A video of Gage enjoying time with the Davidson duo (Deke and Cora are Gage's godmother's two sweet toddlers). She had her first sleep over party with them the previous night. The other video is the following night in NH. After watching Ber having his bath in the sink - she wanted hers there too. Our little (still so close to being in the 0 percentile for size) two year old is growing up quickly. Her brother seems to be sprouting too. He's more of our little giant though and we're taking bets on when he'll overtake his sister. Gage and Ber seem to have their own secret language these days. She'll lie next to him and grin and smile and gibber and he grins right back.

We are looking forward to summer days in a couple of weeks and our trip to see family in North Carolina in less than a month!

Big girl pants

Gage had a nearly dry week in Dora the Explorer underpants. She seems to love the new change and seems so much older so suddenly. My favorite potty story came today though when Gage sat for the first time on a real toilet at the YMCA after swim lessons. She sat on it backwards (the hints you can find on the internet!) and put her hands down in front of her to hold on just as she noticed her reflection in the water... she couldn't have been happier. "ME in potty!!" was all she could say. I can only imagine what the people outside the stall were thinking. She is becoming quite the conversationalist lately and the things that come out of her mouth keep both of us giggling. Rich asked her last night what a polar bear eats and she said with certainty, "cheese." Since then he has taught her to say something all of his Bowdoin friends would appreciate...
"Gage what do polar bears eat?"
"cheese"
"yes, but what else?"
"moo cows"
"what color cows"
"pupple" (purple)
Nice Rich. :)
The little man has also made some big changes this week. Big grins greet us now each morning. His dimples are awesome. (I'm biased but they make me melt everytime he smiles). He has been going to bed at Gage's bedtime all week and other than me waking him up at 11 to feed, he only gets me up once during the night. We moved him to his own crib and this positive change in his sleeping habits happened immediately. There is now peace and quite in our house after 7:30! Tonight's peace and quiet followed Gage and Ber's first bath together. Gage couldn't have been happier. Ber seemed a bit more skeptical but had a few grins to share.

Gage at Cannon on the Tuckerbrook chair! A happy and busy spring break in NH. After a few trips to Cannon with Daddy that ended in tears but no skiing, Gage found her love of the slopes when Mommy took charge! It was a fantastic break and we enjoyed sunshine and warm temps along with fantastic snow. Life with Ber has been wonderful thus far and although we're a bit short on sleep, we've been loving visiting with grandparents and friends.

FAMILY :)

Some of the photos from Ber's first week and our trip to New Hampshire. He's feeding and sleeping pretty well and Gage has taken to her little brother (whom she refers to as "roar.") Rich has been a busy Daddy and has spent some quality time with his little girl between library trips, playground trips, and a morning open gym in Littleton. The pace of this spring break is slow but slow - good. :)

he's here!!!

Ber Bishop Calhoun arrived two days ago on March 4th at 4:34 in the morning. We are home and in love. Gage seems to think he's pretty neat but won't call him anything but "roar." We went to the drugstore this morning and I asked her if Ber was in the car. She said "noooooooooo, Roar home." She spent the last two days with Gran and Grandaddy and loved it. If asked where mommy and daddy were she replied, "momma, daeeey dockers" (mommy, daddy, at he doctors). The photo was snapped of Rich this morning. After he sat down with Ber, Gage brought him all of her other babies to be held. :)

Just a funny little story...
Gage has a little wooden shape puzzle that she likes. Under the square puzzle piece is a picture of a present. She really likes presents (perhaps something to do with Christmas, her birthday and my birthday!) But, today she pretended to pick the present up and brought it over to us. She lifted up my shirt and patted her pretend present on to my belly. "For baby" she said. :) I think she's ready!