Fire Safety Month

After a great day at school,  I decided that FireSamantha should conduct a safety inspection, so I brought my deputy along.  Black bear is super good at sniffing out safety violations.

This here puzzle is a definite violation.  Can you believe all these pieces just lying on the floor?  Someone really needs to put them together.  FireSamantha to the rescue!

Mommy can't get enough of camera, even when I'm in the bathroom. She has no boundaries!

I think I remember this super baby pose from when I was a baby.  Super Chrissy!  She's finally taking a nap.  She sure is a lousy napper!

I think she must have been watching MTv and saw Madonna's Vogue video. 

Wake up, Chrissy!

Here I am in full on Dora watching garb.

Wowsers, presents for Chrissy and me?  I should get a new little sister more often.  This is super great!

A cute puppy for me to feed with a bottle. Now I have something special to do while Mommy feeds Chrissy.

Chrissy was so excited she plum wore herself out.

Oh, Samantha stars! I've never seen so many Dora things.  Puzzles galore- score!

I have so many, that I'll share with Chrissy.

She was unimpressed with my sharing.

Hmm, maybe I better wake her up so she knows I'm sharing.  And this super cute blankie is hers.  Wake up, Chrissy!

Ah, Daddy with his girls.  This is the life!

Mommy wanted a Daddy and little daughter shot.  Chrissy was a little bored with the camera but Daddy smiled like a champ.

Sunday Is Super Fun Day!

So, I'm totally still against sleeping through the night.  Mommy was lulled into thinking I'd be a great sleeper since Samantha was and is.  I mean, really?  We're not the same kid and she really needs to stop comparing the two of us.  Sure she's a better sleeper, but I am a champion nurser. I think it's a toss up, if you ask me!

Daddy came downstairs and found us sleeping, which is a rarity.  My bed?  A bouncer. I never felt a connection to the bassinett and am not yet a fan of my crib.  But, I'm diggin' my bouncer because I love sleeping semi-upright.  This position is so super comfortable that I even sleep in 45 minute stretches.  A minor miracle these nights!

So, after we all woke up and talked about what fun things to do inside today since it's so stinkin' cold outside.  Samantha voted for a family trip to the mall.  Turns out that when only one kid can talk, that said kid gets their way a whole lot.  I think I'm gonna start practicing my vocal skills. This is bupkis. I have a lot to say, but I just plain don't know how.  Not that I don't want to go to the mall, mind you.  But, there are lots of things I want to do the rest of the day that no one even seems to take into consideration.

So, off to the mall we go.  Samantha insisted wearing her sunglasses. I'm pretty sure it was a cool factor thing rather than a sun safety thing, but I really like the glasses so I approve!

Wanna see these spectacles up close?  Here ya go!

I'm uber polite. Not only do I not give people the middle finger, I actually hide it so there's no confusion. Wanna know what Mommy's shirt says?  "Warning!  Don't squeeze lemon juice in paper cuts." She has quite a sense of humor. Wanna know something even funnier?  She received this shirt as a present from Grandma Burt.  Yeppers, this post just about sums up my life as a Krempa-Burt!

Does your home have a fussing chair?  Ours does!  Samantha is allowed to fuss all she wants, but she needs to do so in her fussing chair. How much time does she spend there?  I can't really tell time yet, but I've heard Mommy telling people on the phone that it's Samantha's most favorite pastime.

Another favorite Samantha activity?  Cars!

My favorite these days?  Praying for milk and sleep.

Daddy planned a super special Samantha outing just for daughters named Samantha.  Yeppers, a special activity just for me and not for Chrissy.  Score!

We drove super far to go to the Super Pet Expo.  We bought our tickets and headed straight inside to pet every animal we could see.  We got inside and realized we were totally hosed.  There were only a few animals.  Bummer!  How did we rescue the day?  We headed over to Old McDonalds for french fries.  All in all, houston, we have a winner!

Mommy has a firm rule that Samantha and I get a bath every three days whether she can smell us from ten feet away or not.  So, upstairs we went after dinner.  Samantha loves water play.  Here she is pretending she's a waddle waddle hop.  That's penguin in Chrissy speak.

I think Samantha is carefully distributing the bubbles between her two buckets.

Samantha is such a big girl, she knows how to wash up all by herself.  I'm totally in awe.  I can't even sit up by myself.

Wash that belly! With such a big belly, I'm guessin' she's gonna need more soap.

I totally called that one!

Wowsers, she sure cleans up super nice.  I sure hope I'm that cute when I get older!

Look at those pretty curls.  My hair is straight as can be.

I sure can't wait until I'm older and we can have sisters bath time.  Splash city, here we come!

Ole' Timer

So, I'm a week and a half now and feel like I've been on this earth forever.  In reality, I've only been home a solid week. But, we've settled into a routine.

First, Samantha holds me as I clench up in terror that she's going to play dolly with me again.  Samantha is of course unfazed by this silly session.

What is she doing to me?  The itsy-bitsy spider, of course!

Then Mommy rescues me and moves me to my car seat for a peaceful slumber.

Mommy's all big on 'Daddy time'.  Daddy was on board, but I just wanted to head back to my car seat for another cat nap.

Eh, I'll take the activity map if it means that all ya' all will give me my alone time. Come on now, I'm a Burt.  Burts LOVE their alone time!  Can you tell I'm sucking on my fingers?  I'm totally not a Nuk girl, which is something that Samantha can't wrap her mind around.  I much prefer just munching on my fingers.

I think Mommy calls this the 'robot' move. Yes, this is really how she dances.  I'm a thinkin' that I'm totally hosed when it comes to me being a graceful dancer.

The Robot in action.

The Overdressed Vs The Underdressed

Mommy got me up this morning and read me the riot act to be totally silent because Daddy was in the family room sleeping on the couch.

Daddy picked me up from school and I went downstairs to find Mommy and Chrissy.  Mommy was working, yeah the crazy lady only took five days maternity leave!  Chrissy was sleeping in her bouncer and was so super cute that I couldn't resist bending over and giving her a semi-gentle kiss on the forehead.

What would a post be without a quick snapshot of the little one on her activity map.  Being an infant is boring.

I much prefer the spontaneity and freedom of toddlerworld.  It's a planet I've wholeheartedly embraced.  Thankfully, Emily is firmly in my world.  She came over for pizza and I was super stoked.

Thankfully, toddlerworld is a place that Elmo likes, too.

After Emily and I got our ballerina on, we ran around the house non-stop and I even had to break out the monkey mittens when my fingers wandered into unmentionable places on my face. After Emily went home to sleep in her bed, Mommy and Chrissy headed to the kitchen for bath time.  I think they're trying the technique of getting her all relaxed in hopes of her realizing it's nighttime and that means sleep time.  You see, she totally has her days and nights all messed up.  That's something that never happened to me.  Champion Sleeper Samantha, 1.  Champion Non-Sleeper Christina, 0.

I know you can't really tell, but she's screaming her heart out.

Whatever.  She doesn't have nearly as much hair as I did as an infant.  Why is Mommy wasting her time washing Chrissy's 'hair'?

Ah, Chrissy's signature 'put your dukes up' pose.

I think their strategy might have worked.  Guess who totally zonked out after bath time?

Underage Drinking

Think I'm in Orlando, Florida visiting marine life? No, silly. I'm not really at Sea World. I'm in my living room!  Thankfully, Aunt Nancy, Uncle Scott and Cousin Alex hooked big sister Samantha up with this amazing activity play mat and Mommy kept it around for her cuter second daughter.  Oh, wait am I forgetting my modesty?  Sure am!  Samantha is my big sister and I love her and all, but she's been the center of attention for way too long and I'm here to stay, sista!

Ohhhh- Wally the Whale, I love you!

What is this strange butterfly thing staring at me? 

Grrr.  The dreaded tummy torture time.  Where is Daddy?  Save me, Daddy!

No, Daddy.  Save me.  This isn't time for an up close and personal shot. 

Phew, thankfully I'm so super cute that Mommy finally took pity on me and transferred me to my beloved bouncer for a peacefully slumber.

I dreamt of living in a place where tummy time was banned. And when I woke up, I found out that no such place exists when Mommy plopped me back on my tummy.  I tried to swim off the map with no luck. Please come visit me and bring a river raft. 

What did Samantha do to help save me?  Absolutely NOTHING.  Boy, are we gonna have a few conversations as soon as I can speak in complete sentences.  She just sat there, totally engrossed in her card game and Dora on the television.

I'm totally milk drunk. Can you tell?  No walkin' in a straight line for me!