Quote of the week

We're in the beginning stages of potty training at our house. Zekers will do absolutely anything to get out of nap time, and this time he threw an 'I gotta go poo poo' out there, knowing full well that I would let him go, hence pushing back nap time a little more. He actually went big potty for the 2nd time ever (I told you he's desperate to get out of naps). After I did some celebratory dancing and singing I asked if he was finished. He answered, "I got a lot of turds in the butt."

The Gimp is Back

Well, I guess it's that time of year again. It's been about 12 months since the last major accident, so he was living on borrowed time; Abraham broke his foot this weekend. He was playing ultimate frisbee and was attempting an ESPN 'nuh-nuh-nuh. nuh-nuh nuh!' play and it all went wrong. So now Momma is taking care of 3 babies for the next few weeks, as he was instructed to keep his weight off of his foot. We went ahead and purchased crutches--odds are he will be needing them again sometime in the future...

Quote of the Week

I told Zeke to look at a little squirrel in the yard sitting on his bottom eating. I said, "Look, he's eating something," to which Zeke replied, "He's eating an acorn." Duh.

Five years: The Bluegrass Anniversary

A few weeks ago Abe and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. Congratulations to us! We (...or was it all me?) decided to celebrate our anniversary every year in a different country. It has worked out for us so far: married in Jamaica, 1st year Canada, 2nd year Mexico, 3rd year England, 4th year Puerto Rico. Somebody threw a wrench in our plan this year. I don't want to name names but she's a couple months old and nursing. [insert combination cough/mumble 'Daisy!' here.] So we took a trip to visit Sister and Co. in Louisville.
This was Ezekiel's first plane trip that he realized what what going on. He was pretty pumped that we got to ride on a bus and then an airplane. That's the way we roll.

Zeke was loving having 3 constant playmates around 24-7. He didn't care that he was the youngest of the boys, but they all got a little tired of him messing their stuff up. And to be fair, he broke Nathan's squish ball and Nick's watergun and probably something of Alex's we haven't discovered yet. And Abe broke a plate, which Nick informed him he "was going to tell his Daddy when he got home!"




I can't say that Daisy was as excited to see the boys as Zekers was.


We went to the Speed Museum in Louisville, went swimming, and we spent a beautiful cool day at Huber Farm in Indiana. The kids did all kinds of fun stuff, as you can see from the pics.







Oh, and Nick was helping Zeke potty train whilst we were there.

I love me some summer sun!

Daisy's first month

Make a Smilebox photobook

Crisis diverted

Everything was going great in the Daniels' household for the first 2 weeks. Adding a second baby was child's play. Of course my Mom and nieces were here for the first week and then Abe took his paternity leave the 2nd week. On Daisy's 15th day it all hit the fan. Things were going like a well oiled machine until Zeke cut his finger. I was feeding Daisy at the time of injury; I pulled away from her and rushed Zeke to the sink. I was fairly certain that the cut was minuscule, but it kept bleeding profusely and wouldn't stop. At the same time Daisy was crying profusely and wouldn't stop. I brought Zeke to the bed on my lap, and whilst applying pressure to the wounded digit I grabbed Daisy with one arm and manhandled her into the football hold. Finally Daisy stopped eating and crying long enough for me to assess the finger situation. After about 30 minutes the bleeding stopped; the cut wasn't even .5 cm long. We got it bandaged and eventually everyone got to bed (eventually meaning a couple hours late). Like I said, this 2 kid thing is child's play...