Charlotte's new career

To assist Corey is running a college football guessing game (I'm sure he'll laugh at me for that description, but it's a little different than a football pool because there's no monetary stakes), Charlotte has been enlisted to make weekly picks. The goal of this game is to pick an "underdog" (as determined by those people who set the odds for Vegas or something) to upset a "favorite" by winning that game. To make a long story short, Charlotte will be making her own picks to see if she can do any better than the other participants (who use logic, research, and gut feelings to make their picks).

Corey put the names of all of the colleges designated for this week as underdogs on little slips of paper and scattered them on the floor for Charlotte to peruse.



After careful consideration, Charlotte handed her selection to her daddy.



She apparently picked Western Kentucky, who is expected to lose to the University of Tennessee by 29.5 points. In order for Charlotte to get any points, Western Kentucky will have to beat the UT football powerhouse. I'm crossing my fingers for little CJ, but somehow I don't think she's going to get her pick this week. I could be wrong though...

More of Peter -- and timely this time!

Had another ultrasound with Peter this morning (I'm having a lot of them because they were concerned about the size of his kidneys, but it turns out the fears might have been for nothing!) and got this sweet profile shot.



I'm 25 weeks along, feeling good, and happy that all of my vitals and Peter's vitals look great! Charlie Jo and Corey came along to this appointment, and CJ told the ultrasound tech all about everything under the sun. It was pretty funny, actually. Oh, the doctor did say Peter is breech right now, but it's early enough that he could still turn. I'm not going to worry about it too much. My goal is to get a healthy baby, no matter how he comes out!

So old!

Doesn't Charlie Jo look so mature in this photo? (Click on it to make it bigger.) We were out with Joslyne and Zozo letting the dogs cavort in a neighborhood pond. The girls thought the crazy dogs were hilarious.

This season's must-have accessory.

Connie is modeling this season's must-have accessory - one half of a grilled cheese sandwich.

And she'll have fun fun fun 'til her Daddy takes the Mustang away...

Corey was trying to find something in the back of his car tonight. While he was digging through his briefcase, Charlotte shoved past him and climbed up into the driver's seat. She made her little "vroom vroom" noises and pretended to take the car out for a spin.



Drinking and driving at so young an age? Scandalous!



Then she found the change Corey keeps for parking meters. She snatched up a few quarters and scrambled out. I guess she got what she came for.

A glimpse into the future...

...when CJ and Zozo are sharing a cell at the nearby women's correctional facility?





Or make their living as cage dancers? Or are finally recognized as escaped monkeys from the zoo and put back where they belong?

Peter finally gets some love

Okay, I FINALLY scanned in the ultrasound photos I got of Peter a few weeks ago. I have been so lazy with him compared to the prenatal attention I showed his older sister. Sorry kid. Anyway, this first one is of Little PJ's profile (a shot I never got with Charlie Jo). Does he have my nose yet? Let's hope not...



This second one is just of his legs all stretched out straight (his feet are on the left and his little bum is on the far right -- the rest of the body was off screen). The ultrasound tech and I thought it was cute.

24 weeks

I am now 24 weeks pregnant and PJ is kicking up a storm! He's supposed to be about a foot long and weigh just over a pound. I'm feeling pretty good but am still tired. Thank goodness Charlie Jo has started taking longer naps in the afternoon -- usually an hour and a half, and sometimes as long as two hours! I might as well enjoy napping while she naps now. How often will it be that both baby PJ and Charlie Jo are asleep at the same time?

Charlie Jo has a baby brother doll that we have named "Peter", but sometimes we're not so sure she's getting the point. Yesterday, I caught her "talking" on the phone (as she loves to pretend to do), only she was using the baby brother doll as the phone. Oh my...

Cutie pie

Auntie Ernie sent Charlie Jo Jo this super cute dress. I caught her in the middle of some sort of ornery mission, which explains the sheepishly guilty look on her face.

Sandy Sunday

How better to spend a lazy Sunday than playing in the sand at the park? CJ and Zozo tore than place up!

A night at the winery (whinery?)

The past weekend's weather was so cool and dry that we couldn't help but take the opportunity to actually spend some time outside. We introduced Joslyne, Demetri and Zoey to Arrington Vineyards, where a jazz trio was playing Saturday evening.

How many lucky kids get to play in front of that great scenery?



We ate on the fringes, so all we could hear was the thump thump thump of the electric bass. Afterward, we made our way up the hill to get a little closer.



Charlie Jo was a dance machine.



Go CJ, go CJ!



The girls were way too interested in the fountain on the patio. Once CJ started splashing all the people sitting around it, fountain time was over. That's when CJ decided if she couldn't have any Arrington wine, she was going to produce some whine of her own.



The building with the tasting rooms looked beautiful. Maybe someday when I'm FINALLY not pregnant or nursing, I can actually drink some of the wine again!!

The tradition continues

Last time Joslyne and I got Zozo and Charlotte together to expose them to high culture (aka a viewing of "Bring It On: All or Nothing"), the girls ended up in goofy outfits. This time, we had a lunch date to introduce Z & CJ to the "Project Runway" season premiere.

Since we fed them spaghetti-ohs in front of the TV, we had to move the rug and strip the girls down to diapers to avoid any marinara-related incidents.




Joslyne and I enjoyed a super-healthy Steak 'n' Shake lunch.



After they ate, both girls needed diaper changes. CJ found her monkey socks in her room and wanted to model them for Zozo. So that Zozo wouldn't feel left out, I grabbed a pair of my socks with kitties on them for her to wear. Zozo was NOT such a fan of the kitty socks, but while I was taking a photo of her before she ripped them off, CJ ran in front of the camera and started posing in her monkey socks. Witness the resulting fashion tragedies: