tuesdays are back

my first tuesday babysitting for the dynamic duo
didn't go as planned.
for one thing, the mama was home!
poor kris was sick, on antibiotics
and unable to go to work
so i headed over anyways to help out
in hopes that she could relax
{which after much coaxing, she finally did}

i'm excited to begin our new tuesday routine
you long time readers may remember
that last year i had willy on tuesdays
our weekly date
to get some cuddle time
or laughing time
or (rarely) some cranky time
for just an hour or so between when kris has to leave for work
and when matt gets home

this year we plan to do the same thing
after talking with kris,
i put willy back on my calendar in outlook
and then much to my horror realized
my appointment with WCL each tuesday
was listed incorrectly!
miss AGL needs her name in there as well
sorry babe.
i certainly didn't mean to forget you
old habits die hard.

it was a bit hectic but we managed to take some photos
willy just kept saying
"take picture of aila!"
here she is :)
in her cute pjs
grasping onto her crab rattle
which she can hold by herself now

and master williard wanted pictures of his truck
did my best
but he kept moving
and the light was horrible...
so he and the truck were mostly a blur




tried our old-school self-portrait shot
since there was no truck involved
my counterpart was less than thrilled
but hey, i stink at taking the camera out lately
so better this than no pictures at all :)
they can't all be perfect, auntie jen.


although this photo might be
darn near perfect
sweet, serious, gorgeous
soulful.
beautiful.
aila babe.
noodle.
chickipoo!

what else is going on with these kiddos these days?

let's see...

• willy talks up a storm!!! full sentences and lots of them. one of my favorites of his new sentences is "make aila laugh" the last word he says as if he's from Southie (or London) its more like "laaaaf." precious.
• he's starting to heed his mom and dad's instruction that he's to call me "Auntie Jen" not just "Jen" (it doesn't bother me much, but I'm not about to get him in trouble)... so I usually wait until he says "Auntie Jen" to respond to him... which means that usually our conversations start with "Jen! Jen! Jen! {pause} AUNTIE Jen!"
• he knows my car is blue, that grandpa drives a toyota and daddy drives a honda and mama drives a honda. he gets most excited to tell you about his day if that includes "went for a ride in daddy's truck!"
• he loves his Make Way For Duckling book, but is only interested in the pages where the Policeman is featured, especially the page where he's running.

miss aila

• loves to find a way to get things as messy as possible- finding any possible way to get things out of her diaper (where they don't belong).
• she laughs to beat the bands, full on belly laughs especially when willy laughs and plays with her.
• she can stand up, leaning on the couch, for a few seconds at a time.
• she can hold things in her hand and keep herself occupied that way
• she is just the sweetest girl you could ever want to hang out with.

next tuesday we'll try for the babysitting thing again.

maybe this was a good transition for me. auntie jen has never had the 2 of them together on my own. but we'll do ok :)