Birds of a Feather....

Britton is Railey's new idol....



I just wish we had gotten a picture of Railey and Kenley...they LOVED each other too!

Say Cheese!

I finally got a picture of Sara Mays smiling....



And yes Mom, I took off the hospital bracelet right after this picture....

Hospital Visit

Today we went to Eggleston Children's Hospital for Maysie to get a hip ultrasound. The doctor said that she had an increased chance of having a displaced hip since Railey had it as a baby. Thankfully, her hips are PERFECT!

I was pretty laidback about the possibility of the hip issue which probably has something to do with Railey being completely at ease in the horrible looking brace she wore for three months.

Today was a big day at the Chanon household. This morning started bright and early with Railey screaming my name through the monitor. After ten minutes of waking up (6:00 a.m. Is REALLY early for me) I went downstairs to find that her diaper had barely leaked onto her bed. She overreacted a bit but I put my foot down and decided that I am finally going to enter into the final stages of potty training. Nothing but laziness has kept me from doing this over the past nine months but I will maintain that the pregnancy and new baby is why I waited so long...next task is to take pacifiers away at night...but I digress.

The early morning wake up call motivated me to decide that there are no more pull ups during nap time. First day...success!!!

The second thing that happened today was that Railey got Squirt, a beta fish. Apparently her other three pets just weren't cutting it so I am glad that this fish will finally make her life complete. Poor deprived Railey.

When we went to Petco to get the dogs groomed Railey saved the day. The big turtle was attacking the small turtles and Railey told someone who took the big turtle to the back of the store. She said that she felt like the Wonder Pets saving the day....too cute.

On a more serious note, tomorrow we take Sara Mays to the hospital to get an xray to see if she has DDH like Railey. She is showing no signs so far after an exam by her pediatrician but they suggested she get it checked out because her chances of having it are increased because her big sis had it.

Let the Milestones Begin....

It's official...Maysie is growing up before my eyes. Yesterday, we reached two major milestones.

Maysie has been smiling for some time now but yesterday, for the first time, I think she actually smiled at me. To say the least I was excited about this but I wasn't surprised since she is almost six weeks.

But then, I left her on the ottoman to do some "tummy time" and when I came back she was on her back. I couldn't believe it...two days shy of six weeks old and she rolled over?!? I put her on her tummy again, this time she wasn't very happy with me but rolled over one more time.

Why do I have a feeling she is going to be running by the time she is ten months old?

Here Fishy Fishy

We spent the past 4 days at the lake...I spent most of the time inside (my pregnancy hormones are still kickin and I can't stand the heat) while Paul and Railey played in the lake.

Around 2:00 today my spunky child came through the back door and announced that she had a surprise. She came up to me with her fists clenched and smiling from ear to ear. I waited patiently thinking it was going to be her typical, a flower she picked for mommy, a roly poly, a toy that someone had given her. Nope. Not even close.

She opened her hand and she was holding a fish. A DEAD FISH.

I jumped back and blurted the first thing that came to mind. "Railey, that fish is dead!" She replied with, "But mommy, her makes me so happy...I love her!" With that, she took a cup, put her fish in it, filled it with water and watched her float to the top.



Now I know that Railey has no concept of death yet but I can't help but think that this was her way of guilting me into another pet. Needless to say, I am going to the pet store tomorrow so two new fish will be waiting for her when she gets home from the lake on Tuesday.

So Many Visitors, SO Much Love

The past two weeks we have had so many visitors come over to meet Maysie. Unfortunately, Mommy is a little bit overwhelmed and only managed to get pictures of a few of them. Sweet Hayden is such a trooper. Maysie projectile vomited ALL over her arm but she decided to hold her one more time to get a picture