Silly and Sweet

This sweet, silly, funny, strong-willed, imaginative and all-around awesome little girl is growing up before my very eyes. It makes me sad. Happy-sad, I like to say. She has not had the easiest transition to life back in G-ville (sans 24-hour audience). We have had some rough days lately, but on the whole, this girl is pretty fabulous.

She comes up with some hilarious stories and songs, too. Sometimes her songs include insights into her rationale for disobeying. (I always love these.) Susannah is great at taking care of Coleman. If he accidentally (insert a bit of sarcasm here) picks up one of her toys, she gently replaces it with something she thinks he will enjoy more. Most of the time, she really is pretty sweet about it and she helps watch out for things that are too small for him. She is such a helper, and boy, can she make her brother laugh!

Here are just a few faces she uses to get him a-gigglin'.

My baby is turning into a little girl! She is growing so quickly! In fact, her long body is almost as long as her crib, so this weekend she is getting a big girl bed. The bedding arrived this week and she was thrilled with it. "Oh good! There is a lot of pink and I love those flowers!" she said. See, doesn't that just sound like a big girl? I imagine there will be some tears when we tuck her into her big girl bed for the first time. But, knowing Susannah, there won't be time for too many tears before she launches into her list of bedtime demands- singing Adelweiss, swaying, one more drink of water, one more chance to potty, putting Baby Hal's clothes back on, etc.

Creeper

This Crawler...

is creeping up on you! Peek-a-boo!!!

He's fast too! And, he thinks it's hilarious!

Watch out, sis!

Did we miss a month?

Hi! We are back!

How in the world did an entire month just fly by? We just returned from our big trip to Oklahoma and I am sure preparing for our journey kept me from updating the old blog! Traveling alone with 2 kiddos is, ummmm, interesting. The amount of items packed is simply ridiculous, and nothing can prepare you for what actually might happen (like having your 2 your old throw up 4 times on the first leg of your trip)!!! However, we survived and Susannah was an awesome little flower girl in sweet Kristin's wedding. While we were busy planning, packing and puking, little Coleman got his first 2 teeth and started crawling! We also have had ear infections galore and are trying to avoid the dreaded G-ville stomach virus (pray for us! ).

Here is the big boy in full-crawling mode!

Meanwhile, girlfriend is still big on books.

She takes them very seriously.

Slithering

This precious boy-

is on the move!

Where did all that time go?

He is the sweetest thing, and we are seeing some serious determination from him as he goes after Susannah's toys, markers, babies, etc. While she doesn't appreciate his sudden fascination with Baby Hal, she is constantly cheering for him and encouraging him. In fact, yesterday I said, "Okay everybody, it's breakfast time!" And, she promptly responded, "C'mon Coleman, slither in here!" Such a funny girl and an appropriate verb! He is a slitherer! Life as we know it has really changed.

Sweet Coleman, don't grow up too fast!

Party People

Last Saturday the Dunbars ventured out to 3- count them- 3 birthday parties. Conveniently, Brayden turned 1, Catherine turned 2 and Elizabeth turned 3! I have officially learned the "less is more" lesson when it comes to birthday parties. On Saturday night, Susannah was running wild and crazy laps in our house. My guess it is the 3 pieces of cake, 2 cookies, and huge serving of ice cream. What do you think? Could that be it? By the 3rd party, we had our stuff together enough to snap a few pics.

Here is the party queen before cake #3.

Decorating cupcakes before the big ice cream treat!

The birthday girl is Sweet Elizabeth. She is wearing the pale pink dress and that's her mama, Miss Laura, talking to all the munchkins. Susannah has been friends with these little girls since she was born! I cannot believe they are turning 3 already!!!!

Coleman was a trooper. He even napped in the arms of another party-goer! Sweet boy!

Sweet Friends on a Sugar High!

Little Buddies

While Susannah is busy playing with Joseph, David and Coleman are getting to know each other. They just sit around in the rainforest smiling and staring at each other. Sweet little buddies!

Bath Buddies

We finally got rid of the baby bathtub here in the Dunbar house! Yea!!! I really hate that thing. Now that Coleman has been sitting up for awhile, I figured this transition was way overdue. These two LOVE playing with each other and splashing (gently).

After some coaxing, Susannah even shared her precious boats with her brother.

This picture gives you a great shot of Coleman's awesome physique!

Little man is on the mend, and we are all ready to be healthy around here! Thanks for checking on us!