Bathtime giggles

No one can make Fuller laugh quite like his big sister Eleanor. One of his favorite things is bathtime with his big sister. As you can see, she greatly entertains him!

A bath full of Kryptonite

I found this idea from a friend, who found it on Pinterest, of course :-) Georgia and Baxter each received a glowstick in their Christmas stockings, and as a special treat, the night after Christmas they got to take a bath in the dark with their glowsticks. They had so much fun, and could have played until the water was cold as ice! The glowsticks turned the bathwater a greenish color, so we joked that it was Kryptonite. 

Date taken: December 26, 2011

Bathtime for Eleanor

Date taken: January 7, 2011

Sibling bathtime

Bathtime for the kiddos

I should have known better...

than to try to kill two birds with one stone at bathtime! Two nights ago, I gave Baxter a bath in a baby bathtub that I put in the regular bath tub. After his bath, I bathed Georgia in the tub like normal. Tonight I wanted to put Georgia down quickly, but I still wanted to give them both baths. I have a little bath sling-thing that goes directly into the regular tub (or a kitchen sink) that I used with Georgia when we traveled. I thought: "I'll run one bath tub of water, put Baxter in the bath 'thing' long enough to bathe him, and then give G a bath in the same water." I thought I was being efficient, saving water and time.

And then Baxter pooped in the tub.

Thankfully, I am not overly grossed about by baby poo, but I still had to empty the tub, clean the tub and the baby sling/seat and run another tub of water for the kids' baths. Baxter didn't get the cool seat the second time--I just held him in the water long enough to wipe him down. He didn't enjoy that much. But needless to say, I used more water and time than originally planned. But the good news is, my tub is now clean for our weekend visitors!

Monkey see, monkey do...

She may hate me later....

but it is just too cute right now!

Georgia at Ten Months

It seems like just yesterday that I was writing the post titled "Georgia at Nine Months"...actually, it was only two weeks ago, because I waited until her 9 month check up to post:-) Every time I do a monthly rundown, I talk about how fast she is growing and how quickly time flies, so I will not go over that again.

Let's talk about what Georgia is doing:
1). She is crawling everywhere, and as fast as she can! Georgia can quickly exhaust me by her movement through the apartment.
2). She is talking--a LOT!!!--though not often using words we can understand. She does say Mama and Dada and "Uh-Oh" very clearly, but seldom on command. We have noticed her associating MAMA with me and DADA with Nathan more oftne. One morning a few days ago, she reached her hands towards me, giggled and said "Ooh, Mommy!" That was fun. The "Uh-Oh" game is one of her favorites: she drops an item on the floor and says "Uh-Oh" and waits for Mommy or Daddy to pick it up.
3). She climbs the stairs at record speed, and once or twice has thought about trying to go down them.
4). She pulls up on anything and everything--the side of the bathtub, the couch, the laundry basket, her daddy! For just a few seconds tonight she was standing upright without holding onto anything. I don't think she even realized she did it.
5). She can hold her sippy cup and tilt it up to drink now. She had been able to hold it for a while, but not tilt it up to get her drink, which would just frustrate her. Georgia frequently reaches for the spoon when I try to feed her, so the attempts at self feeding are not far away!

In other news, this is the first full week of classes for Nathan. Today was SEBTS' first chapel service and convocation(listen to Dr. Akin's sermon here.). Nathan marched with faculty for the first time ever! I took pictures of the processional, but they didn't turn out too well. Instead, a picture of Nathan hobnobbing with other faculty while waiting for the march over to the chapel will have to suffice. Have I mentioned how excited we are that Nathan is on faculty here at SEBTS? We are truly blessed!

Back to Georgia---Here are some fun pictures!


I was feeding her green beans, and they ended up all over her face and in her hair! She still doesn't like them too much!

More adventures in eating : This is how Georgia chews a Cheerio: with her mouth wide open!

G wants to stand and pull up on everything. Tonight she was tickled beyond belief at being able to pull up on the tub and watch as we filled her baby bathtub with water. Now if I could just keep her from trying to stand while she is IN the bathtub....

Compare Georgia's size now with a similar picture from several months ago.

This is Georgia right before she goes to bed--isn't she beautiful?

Who knew toothbrushing could be so much fun? Georgia loves her toothbrush; I brush her teeth with it and then let her chew on it some.

Bath toys are made for chewing

Taken just moments ago:

Who Needs the Gerber Baby?

When you have Georgia Baby!

"Nearly naked" baby pictures

Georgia might hate us one day for these pictures, but you have to admit she is adorable! This week she upgraded from the sponge bath she hated to a "real" bath tub, which she is still evaluating...