Truly funny things

I'm listening to Beca sing in the bathroom while Daddy dries her hair.  She alternates some random words to the tunes of Pink's "So What" and the Kinks/Van Halen's "Girl, You Really Got Me Going".  Both are songs from "Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel" so they are actually either songs by "the boys" ("Alavin, simon, and Theodore" is how she says their names) or "the girls" ("Brittany (pronounced fully), Janette, and Eleanor (who she called "the fat one" the other day, not intending to be mean in her mind but just providing a description - i asked her not to say that again).  Thanks to Nici for providing that soundtrack.  It has provided hours of entertainment for Beca - and for us.  She corrects us with "I can sing it how I want" whenever we try to help with the lyrics.  oh well.
Meredith just laughs at everything, except the dog.  She's not a fan of Zoe getting too close to her.  But Zoe tried to make up for it last night.  When Meredith was squawking in her crib, Zoe got up before any of the rest of us could from downstairs and bolted up the steps and sat outside Meredith's door like 'Don't worry folks!  I'll take care of it!"  wonder dog she is not...  Meredith ended up finding her fingers and sucking very loudly.  Zoe ended up coming downstairs very satisfied that her trip to sit in the hallway ended in the desired "no more screaming from baby".
We were discussing Beca's upcoming field trip to the pumpkin patch/corn maze/farm on Friday and there was a note from her teacher that my volunteer status had been cleared.  I told her I should be able to go but I have to ask my boss.  She said “well, Mom, all you have to do is go in and tell your boss that I have a field trip and you’re going to leave but you’ll be back in just a sec.”  I relayed the story and he said "of course".  She's deliciously charming, even from a distance...
So then my mom was telling us this story after taking Beca to ballet/Chick-fil-a on Monday nights (it's their new thing):

"[Beca} said “do you two know about my surprise vacation?” I said, well your mommy said it was a surprise. She asked if we were going and we told her we were watching Meredith. She said, “well, you need to be very, very careful with my baby sister… and don’t wash off the kisses. I kiss her on the forehead and sometimes on her nose, so be very careful and don’t wash off my kisses.” She also mentioned something about us taking good care of her…"

Meredith would be quite content if we would put her to bed at 5pm, feed her at 10pm, again at 5am and not wake her up until closer to 10am and then let her be awake until 5pm with lots of feedings during the day.  Sorry kid, that's not going to work.
Speaking of work, I'm making it.  The lessening of sleep (because I enjoyed going back to bed and sleeping in until 8:30/9 am while Meredith slept) is a little difficult but I get a good 6 hours usually.  the worst part is the allergies/cold/weather change mess of the fall that always gets my system a little shocked.  This too shall pass.  In the meantime, I'm sure Beca will sing me a little bit of her version of Katie Perry's "Hot 'n' Cold" as sung by "the girls" and I'll just laugh the rest off.

Meredith and everyone else in September

 Yup - more pictures.  i'm on a roll.

Beca drew a family picture of us on the white board

Meredith, Mommy, and Aunt Traci

Beca is ready for her ride on the tag-a-long with Pop-pop

Um, Daddy?  Why is that in your mouth?

This is a much better place for my pacifier.  And to take a nap.

Rebecca drew a picture of herself holding Meredith - soooo sweet!!

Best napping spot ever

Oma gets the best smiles and biggest giggles

Bea's new Halloween tee might be too accurate.

Melissa Rose and Meredith Grace (or "Merdiss" as Melissa says) - she had to hold her right away and did not want to give her up for a while.  Until Kate and Beca got to where they sounded like it was just too much fun!

Kate finally decided she should hold the baby too!

Pictures from September - just Meredith

There's a lot more pictures from September - here's the ones of just Meredith:

Sleeping next in a wedge that Daddy made with pillows and Beca's blanket - thankfully. she's willing to share.

A favorite sleeping spot for a while - Beca's flower bean bag that she got her first Christmas.

Stephanie made this - its one of my favorite outfits on Meredith and I'm going to be sad when its too small/too cold.

Beca helped pick this outfit in early summer - and even told me the day I took the picture that we decided not to get the matching hat because it was just too expensive (it cost more than the outfit).

Meredith's "friends" - she especially likes to watch the monkey.  When she was really tiny, she liked the parrot more.

Happy girl!

Monkey dress!

tummy time - she looks at the words more than the pictures.

she likes the happy face that's on the star - probably because it lights up too.

2 months old!

caught her mid-chatter!

laughing at Oma

laughing at Oma and Pop-pop

2 months - for good comparison to the 1 month picture in August.

yeah, I'm that good...

blanket by my Robin, and the best kind of shoes - they can't come off!

Never would have been able to get a bow in Beca's wisps...  Meredith's hair even curls in the back already!

Pictures from August

I have taken pictures, just not posted them.  Finally got everything offloaded from the camera.  Here's the few from the end of August, right around 1 month old: