Self Incrimination

Autumn: “I did what you didn’t tell me to do”
Dad: “What?”
Autumn: “What you didn’t tell me to do!”
Dad: (confused) “What?”
Autumn walks into her bedroom and points to the closet door “What you didn’t tell me to do”
It then became clear she was referring to the Strawberry Shortcake poster that she had asked me several weeks ago to put on her door. I had refused to let her do so.
About a week after that, while I was at work she asked her mother. Jill gave her some tape and sent her off to hang it herself.
Apparently not until this morning did it occur to her to make it clear to me that she had “done what i didn’t tell her to”
I said “You mean you did what I told you not to do”
Autmn: “Yes!”

Autumn-Isms:

“mommy, I love you so much, I’m never going to let us be apart!”

Milk Burns

During breakfast Autumn stares intently at the milk jug for a while and declares:
“It says, Cow Milk”
Me: “It says Byrne Dairy 2% Milk”
Autumn: (looking confused for a moment) “Milk doesn’t burn!”
Me: “That’s just the name of the farm where the cows live. A dairy is a farm where Milk Cows live”
Autumn: “oh”

Birth Announcements (from the Malone Telegram)

Here are the birth announcements for the two little monsters! :)

Autumn’s 3 Year Check Up:

Autumn had her 3 year check up on January 16th. Everything checked out great and she also had to get her yearly flu shot at the same time. This time I held her in my arms and distracted her with watching Henry eat while they gave her the shot. It worked much better then previous vaccines. I don’t think there is any way we would have been able to hold her down on the table to give her the shot. If she had seen the needle coming towards her, it would have never happened. She is very strong and even stronger willed. Her fear of doctors continues and she spent most of the time crying at her check up. She is now 27th% for height, 14% for weight, and 18% for BMI. She’s still little but growing!!

Henry Update:

Henry is now almost 4 weeks old. He is drinking about 3.5 ounces at feeding and giving us about 3 hours of sleep at a time at night. During the day he is a great boy and very easy to keep calm. He wakes up, gets his diaper changed, eats, and hangs out for a few minutes before falling back asleep. When he’s awake he loves to look at everything. If autumn is around he loves to watch her play and is fascinated when the TV is on.

During the evening, he isn’t such a great boy. Between 6 and 9 Henry is pretty fussy. He is full of gas and he cries a lot during these hours. Nothing seems to make him happy. Since he’s already angry we give him his baths during this time. He doesn’t like them much since he hates being naked and cold. He pretty much cries the whole time during his baths.

Henry’s skin is still very clear. So far we have escaped the skin rashes and eczema that plague newborns. His hair hasn’t started falling out yet and I’m hoping his won’t. It’s just so cute and fuzzy I would hate for him to lose it. I love snuggling in the downy softness

Henry was 6 pounds 2 ounces at his 3 day check up after being born. When we returned for his 1.5 week weight check they were hoping he would weigh at least 6 pounds 13 ounces. Our chunky little man weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces on January 16th. I guess all his late night snacks are paying off!

Autumn-Isms

Me: Autumn take a bite of your food!
Autumn: Mommy, if you tell me to take a bite of my food I’ll just screw around and won’t eat


Me: Autumn, I’m sick of this lying crap you’ve been doing lately
Autumn: Mommy, lion crap is in Madagascar!


While making cookies and dinner I stated that we were out of an item and I needed to put it on my shopping list. Autumn declared “don’t fear mommy, there’s more upstairs!” She already knows the value of my stockpile pantry!!