Cheap(ish) to a Good Home....

Clayton has always had trouble relaxing and falling asleep. Our new tactic is to just ignore him if he gets out of bed and he usually just cries and runs back to bed (he can't stand not having the attention apparently). I can just picture what he was thinking this night, "I'll show them.... I'll climb up on my shelf, get my chore chart down and use the marker all over myself".
The kicker: he wakes up and says "Oh no, Mom you made a BIG mess" (hmmm wonder where he heard that one). So, I say again....cheap to a good home :)!

Just kidding of coarse. If we sent him away, what would we laugh about?
Oh, and is leg still looks like this. Guess Dry erase doesn't come off legs or sheets.

The Great Escape!

This picture is just an 'thigh update'... yep, this girl doesn't miss a meal. In fact, she is at the point that I can't feed her without 2 spoons and a really wet washclothe close by!

Laney has been so laid back that we didn't think that she was very interested in crawling. She could roll to anything she wanted and then spent the rest of her day blowing raspberries. So this video is what Chris call the 'kick-start'... she kicks her legs in hopes of getting somewhere, and fast!

This was about a week ago when I walked into the room to find Laney on all fours. It's funny what developes overnight with these little ones. She is on her way to the Great Escape (or as we call it, our back yard). Do you hear that temper? She gets mad when she doesn't get what she wants :)!

VICTORY!!!

It's a month of milestones!!! Laney cut her first tooth and is doing really well at feeding herself. This is a picture of a mouth full of puffs.

That's right! No diapers. We started potty training Clayton the week after spring break and it has been surprisingly successful. Once we convinced him that monsters don't live in underwear, we can't get him out of them.
He keeps reminding me that he doesn't wear diapers anymore and that I'm not supposed to pee on the carpet (or outside aparently). He even egg hunted in the classic Buzz undies.

A picture..just because she is turning into a cutie. She is rolling everywhere and thinking about getting on her hands and knees but I think the hair bows weigh her down :)!

This is what every mom wants to see, sibling love. I don't know what happened before or after this picture but this one is picture perfect!

Happy Easter!

We spent Friday night with the Easter Bunny (who just happened to be Chris) at our ward's social. I think this is the only picture we've ever gotten with Clayton on a 'character's' lap. I think it had to do with the fact that he stood there and watched Chris put the outfit on.....

He even got a smooch! The problem came Sunday morning when Clayton would pick up an egg, we would say "that Easter Bunny is so nice for bringing you eggs", and Clayton would say "Daddy's the Easter Bunny". Ooops....

I love Children's Place

I have to dress them alike while I still can!

Spring Break!

I'm running a little behind (literally... this week has been full of potty training and behinds-more to come on that subject!) BUT here are some pictures from Spring Break in Navarre Florida with our good friends, the Allemans. I am sure going to miss Chris getting the school holidays off when he 'grows up' and out of dental school :)!

Porter tells the best stories. Every age can enjoy them! Check out those had motions!

Who knew...the sun shines in MARCH and you do need some sunscreen!

Rollin' On Up!

There's nothing super exciting going on around the Loftin house (which is usually a good thing) so I decided to post about Laney's new trick...ROLLING! From the looks of this picture, she's ecstatic about it too. Clayton has been "helping" her roll over. I was wondering how she got from one end of the room to the opposite....

It takes her a little while but she finally does it at the end of this video.

Our Vacation...

One huge THANK YOU to Lolli for coming and watching Clayton and Laney while Chris and I headed to Washington DC for a dental conference. We did a little (very little) conferencing and a whole lotta Washington DC'ing. It was awesome. I love Washington via going to school at SVU but I loved more that Chris could NOT stay in his skin he was so excited!

This was the whole reason OU sent Chris (and me) out the Washington DC.... the poster presentation!

As exciting as the dental posters were, I decided to roam the conference center (which took up over 2 city blocks and was 2 buildings). I stumbled on the Biggest Loser casting call. Being a BIG fan, I couldn't resist the photo opt.

Oh, poor Lolli...no sleep for 3 nights. I, on the other hand, realized that I haven't had a full nights sleep in 3 years, until this vacation. Bliss!

Seriously, Chris couldn't part from this city map...He couldn't find the captial building :)!