Things have been very busy here as usual. Before I get into the most exciting news of the week, I wanted to post some pictures just to keep track of things that have been happening.
Denise, Pam, and I went to a wine and canvas event last Saturday. I had no idea what I was getting in to when Pam let us know about a girl's trip that was using a local Groupon. I am absolutely terrible with anything involving painting, but figured it would be fun to go hang out with Denise and Pam, and it was at a winery with free tastings, so why not! I am so glad I went and would definitely go back. First, the winery we went to was Cedar Creek Winery in Martinsville. The place is so cute, and I definitely want to go back. The wine was all delicious and very reasonably priced (10-14 dollars per bottle for most of what they had). Pam and I split a bottle of a strawberry flavored wine, and a pomegranate wine while painting. The class was a lot of fun, but surprisingly more stressful then I thought! The artist we were following obviously knew how to paint, and I think didn't realize how little most of us understood in the class. But it was three hours of fun with friends, and I now have a strange painting that I am actually very proud of that does not go with any other decor in my house. But I don't care, this thing is going on a wall somewhere!
Here are a couple other photos that were on my camera from our outside fun this past week with Sam and Ally. I have found that it is easier to get photos of Ally these days since she smiles at the camera and will hold still just a bit longer then Sam. Sam is going through a phase where as soon as he sees the camera or my phone, he'll look away. He is definitely getting in to the stage of wanting to show his independence...
Sam got his first really serious injury this week. He keeps messing with the cat first of all. And normal cats run away. And of our two, Lilo always moves out of his reach, because she is smart. Stitch however, stands his ground. It's like he likes Sam when Sam will play with him, but then will get annoyed that Sam doesn't know how to stop playing when Stitch has reached his limit. We have taught him how to be gentle, and try to keep Sam away from the cat, or put him in time out when he is rough with the cat, but we just can't get to him quick enough all the time. So, he pulled Stitch's tail a little bit too hard, and stitch scratched him and bit him. Of course it was right next to his eye. Yes, Sam deserved it, but Stitch gets in trouble for this as well. So we get him all cleaned up, and Sam goes in time out for messing with the cat. Things seem to be going better. Until it was bedtime. I needed to nurse Ally before bed and Sam was sitting in the rocker. So Paul and I said, go look at the airplane flying outside so he'd be happy about switching me seats. Well, he went to go look out the window, and the best view is on the bed in Ally's room. He completely lost his balance in the small space between the bed and the window, and slipped. He smacked right over his already scratched up face. It's opened up one of the marks to bleed and now he has two huge bruises.
We kept him up for about 45 minutes to make sure everything was okay. And kept an ice pack on his eye when we could. But he seemed to want to eat his boo boo pack more then anything else... I know this is only the first of probably many more black eyes, but I still feel terrible about it!
Ally learned something new this week. She is now clapping! My mom taught her to clap while she watched her on Thursday, and now whenever she is crawling around, she'll stop to look at you and then start clapping. It is so cute, and she is just so proud of herself. We have to get it on video soon. She is also only interested in things that aren't hers. She wants all of Sam's cars. Loves the play food (which technically is hers, but she isn't really old enough for everything in there to be child safe), and also wants to get the cats tail. Stitch of course goes and lays right next to her and we have to keep moving him to a different spot because there is no way we can let him near Ally with how he reacts to Sam some days. She has graduated to getting her baths in the sink, and she is loving sitting up and splashing around. Sam is also learning his numbers and the alphabet at a crazy fast speed. It's so amazing how much babies learn, and how much they can take in and process every day. He repeats his numbers and the alphabet after us and typically knows what comes next. By far the cutest thing to hear him say is the 'w' letter. He clearly can name all the other letters, but that 'w' just throws him every time. It seriously comes out in like Chinese!
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