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:

NanaB, pigtails, and monkey socks

Here are some photos of CJ and NanaB (right before Corey took her to the airport on Sunday), the pigtails I put in CJ's hair before Toddler Time at the library, and the monkey socks NanaB left for CJ to play with after it became clear that CJ had developed a serious affinity for them. One of her pigtails is looking wonky in the last few photos because at some point CJ decided she wanted to pull it out. Luckily, I was able to distract her with lunch before major damage was done to my masterpiece. The last photo is of the aftermath of the pigtails. She looks like Bozo the Clown.

Chillin' out with NanaB

Corey's mom came to visit for the weekend and Charlie Jo rose to the occasion by showing off all her best tricks and talking up a storm.

A friend of NanaB's sent this adorable hat and mittens because the brand was "Charlotte and Friends". CJ spent all weekend putting them on (actually, demanding we put them on her) and taking them off. Over and over and over and over. She didn't quite understand where the thumbs went though.



CJ showed NanaB her mad ice cream cone eating skills. She only dropped it once!



We went to the Nashville Library to check out the children's room and found this sweet little puppet stage. NanaB had to contend with a nosy 4-year-old boy who kept trying to steal her puppet, but she managed to put on a little show for CJ.



NanaB and CJ read some books.



And then CJ discovered the stacks. She could have sat there pulling books off the shelves and "reading" them for hours.



Finally, we were able to pull her away so we could meet Corey for lunch at a cool restaurant called "Past Perfect".



CJ's favorite activity of the weekend was playing with the new water toy NanaB brought her. It's sort of a big inflatable ball to which you hook up a hose. It squirts water out of a few places and amuses CJ to no end. She loved to fill up little bowls and then dump the water on herself or try to feed it to Connie the dog. At one point, she discovered she could open her mouth and drink straight from the streams of water.



The lawn got a good watering (in a concentrated area!) and CJ was soaked from head to toe. We couldn't believe how long the water ball held her interest. On two separate days we were out playing with it for over an hour.



Thanks for coming NanaB! Come back again soon and bring Granddad too!!