Tuesday, April 29, 2008

lock your sons up

Meredith knows how to kiss (and hug). I'm going to regret thinking this is cute when she's a teenager. She was feeling particularly amorous one night and I got these great pictures.


She gets all serious and still while she slowly leans in.




Then she keeps her lips open with her tongue hanging out just a bit.



And finally she slowly presses her lips to her victim (this time it was daddy).



This is her kissing face with the open mouth and tongue hanging out.

And finally, the classic 'I'm so cute' obligatory picture.

Friday, April 25, 2008

i'm a cyber mom

It all started when I was planning my wedding. I found a really cool online community that was full of brides planning their weddings. Not only was it a plethora of fascinating information, it was also a place I would go to entertain myself by following the lives and times of all my newfound cyber friends.

Well, after you got married, the site automatically pushed you over to another site where all the 'marrieds' would hang out and chat. Stemming from the 'marrieds' community, there was a pregnancy community. After pregnancy came the babies community. I visit on a daily basis and it's full of mothers from around the country. I have become friends with a lot of these moms even though I've never met them or even talked to them in person - up until a few weeks ago.
I found one mom that is my age and she lives in Burnsville and we met up for lunch a few weeks back. She has a little girl named Erin (she's a doll!) who is about 3.5 months older than Meredith. I've attached a couple pictures of the girls during our lunch date (ironically, I ran into Jenny and Dick Berquam during lunch that day but that's a whole different story!). It was a lot of fun and a big milestone for me. My first cyber hookup! I can't wait for another playdate.

I've learned pretty much everything one could ever want to know about pregnancy/babies/baby products/parenting from my cyber friends. That statement sounds a little scary but I think I'm a better mom because of it. My knowledge is never ending.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

first trip to the zoo

These pictures were from a few weeks ago when Meredith went to the zoo with Grandma, Jennifer, & the Bairds. I think she had a good time but didn't quite 'get' that you go to the zoo to look at animals. I can't wait to take her there this summer!







Chillin' with Janis


I love my second cuz!


Looking like a tourist with Jennifer and Mary Jo.


Chillin' with Grandma now.


Thanks for taking me to the zoo Grandma. It was lots of fun!


Thursday, April 10, 2008

it only gets worse

This is what I deal with now when taking pictures of Meredith. I know, I know ~ it only gets worse.

Mom, what's this I see?!?


Is this a new, expensive toy you bought for me?


Mom, I wanna play with it.


I'm cute enough to be a troublemaker.

Monday, April 7, 2008

big girl carseat

We officially have transitioned Meredith from her infant car seat to her big girl car seat. And it certainly is a big girl car seat. Having the infant seat has been wonderful over the winter months as to avoid having to bundle her up but it sure gets heavy. Carrying around a 9 pound carrier along with a 20 pound baby gets pretty old after a while. We've moved on to high chairs at restaurants and shopping carts at stores.


Now, I don't have any pictures of her in the car seat but I do have some pictures taken that day from our trip to the mall.