The man can cook

So, after crepes with strawberries and coffee in BED this morning, this is what my dinner looked like. Is there any question about why I'm having trouble losing the last 5 pounds of baby weight? Good gosh. The man can COOK.

Standing up, spitting up, rolling over

Here's Elsie doing one of her favorite things lately - standing up. Of course, she also tends to spit up a bit, which she did just before I took this picture - on her papa. And the other morning she rolled over as if she'd been doing it for weeks - from front to back. I thought maybe it was a fluke so I put her back and watched. She did it again. And again. She's a pro now. She only goes in one direction.

Yes?

It just looked like that's what they were saying in this picture. Things are finally back to normal around here. After a bout of getting up every couple of hours, sometimes every hour, Elsie is once again back to being a normal baby. She's up usually twice a night now. This is doable. Elliot, on the other hand, is not hip to staying in his own bed lately. Last night he cried for about 45 minutes until finally giving up and letting me cover him up and go back to sleep again. This was from about 12:45-1:30am. The kid can persevere. Then at nap time today he finally did what I've been fearing for about 6 months. He climbed up and OUT of the crib, only to fall on his HEAD, hitting a wicker basket and the corner of a book. He looks like he got into a fight. It was pretty bad. I kept checking his pupils after that. I'm hoping that maybe it scared him enough that he won't do it again soon. That'll probably last about 3 days. We'll see. A big bed is not something I'm excited about. I'm sure it includes a lock on the outside of the door and a whole lot of screaming. But that's for another post. For now, both kids are sleeping and there's a glass of wine waiting downstairs. And a cute husband.

Christmas candy

I got this big sucker for Christmas. It's almost as big as my head. I've never had this much candy before, and I love it almost as much as choc meh (chocolate milk).

I got a new dress

And St. Louis is having some crazy nice weather - it's 73 degrees currently and sunny. So this may be the only chance I get to wear it. So here it is. Do you like it?

Who, me? 5 months already?

Yup. Yesterday our little Elsie turned 5 months. Happy Birthday, Elsie!