Sibling Rivalry

It has taken quite some time for Kyle and Chloe (our dog) to become friendly with one another. The first few months after bringing Kyle home, Chloe was very depressed and moped around..she was so sad!! She was used to all the attention and then boom...her whole little world changed. Chloe has gradually been warming up to Kyle and now they "play" with each other a little. Kyle loves to feed Chloe, so this has certainly helped the friendship.

On the flip side, Kyle has always been infatuated with Chloe. He thinks she is silly and extremely funny...he really does love his "big sister". Within the past several months Kyle has become much more gentle with Chloe and actually pets her in an appropriate manner. Before, Kyle was very agressive with Chloe, which of course bothered her.

Below is a picture taken last summer. As you can see, it's no wonder Chloe wasn't a big fan of Kyle. Just for the record, no one was injured during this picture! The second picture was taken this weekend...how sweet!

Summer 2007

Kyle harrassing Chloe

May 2008

I Love Chloe!

Fifth Anniversary

We had a very nice anniversary and a wonderful evening.

Our morning began with Kyle greeting us in our bedroom to tell us Happy Anniversary! Honestly, we both loved it and thought it was so sweet! John gave me a diamond pendant for our anniversary (yes, it has baguettes). It is absolutely beautiful! Wood is the traditional gift for a 5th Anniversary, but wood just doesn't seem very romantic so we passed on any wood gifts. During the day, we did the usual Saturday type outings and played outside. After taking 93 pictures (yes you read that correctly...93) of Kyle playing we headed inside to prepare for our much anticipated evening out...sans My Little Munchkin. It was a very good feeling to get all "jazzed" up, since I'm always dressed in my "Mommy" attire.

Actually, our anniversary began Friday evening when John brought home a dozen red roses for me. What a great surprise and perfect way to start off the weekend! Who doesn't love roses??

We celebrated at Dominic's Restaurant on The Hill in St. Louis. The restaurant is very elegant and the food was absolutely amazing. We hadn't eaten during the day to be absolutely sure we were hungry and we sure made up for it at dinner. We started with calamari and shrimp cocktail for an appetizer, enjoyed spinach salads, John ordered Veal Osso Buco with Risotto, I ordered Veal alla Crema with Artichokes., and we finished dinner with Bananna's Flambeau for two. Everything was just so and perfect! Hopefully, we will go back again one day for another special occasion.

Of course, I have to include a few photos from the evening. Thanks for looking!

Outside of Dominic's

John before leaving home. Before Heading in Dominic's

After dinner, we went to The Millenium Hotel in downtown St. Louis for a cocktail. The view from the hotel is beautiful and overlooks the St. Louis Arch. A few years ago we went to a restaurant in the hotel for Valentine's Day called The Top Of The Riverfront. The restaurant turns 360 degrees and it is amazing to view the city from all different angles.

We had such a wonderful evening together. We were a bit concerned leaving Kyle with his babystitter since he is now escaping from his crib, but thankfully he was well behaved while she was here. John and I were looking forward to Kyle greeting us again this morning, but he decided to stay put this morning.

Back to the regular routine today. Hope everyone is enjoying the day!

Five Years Ago Today

Five years ago today I married my husband John. Our wedding was very small, but perfect! We were married in New Orleans, LA. at the French Quarter Chateau LeMoyne Hotel in the courtyard.

I definitley consider John my best friend, as well as a wonderful husband and father. He is the only person that truely, completely understands me. We have had many fond memories over the last five years, as well as many hard times. We have proven to each other that we can make it through anything. I look forward to many happy years in the future.

Below, is a small glimpse of "our day". The picture of the hotel and the overview picture of the courtyard wasn't taken on our actual wedding day. I just added these pictures to show, since the setting is so beautiful.

Chateau LeMoyne Hotel where we were married.

Overview Picture of the Courtyard

John and Lindsey - May 17, 2003

With Our Parents

We have an exciting anniversary date planned for this evening. We are really looking forward to celebrating! I know I will be back tomorrow with a recap from our actual anniversary!

The Time Has Come

HAPPY FRIDAY!

My Little Munchkin caught me by surprise this morning!

As I was getting ready this morning, Kyle was in the process of waking up. He decided to make a liar out of me since my post a couple of days ago about wanting to sleep in on school days! LOL. He does well having alone time after waking up...he plays, laughs, and entertains himself quite well. After showering and blow drying my hair he would have had enough and it would be time to rescue him from his crib.

Not this morning...I'm in the process of drying my hair and turn to see Kyle running to greet me. I was shocked...Yes, he climbed out of his crib! He had this sense of great accomplishment and such a big smile on his face. I was caught off guard, but honestly I can't believe it took him this long to figure out how to crawl out of his crib. As much as he likes to climb, I was expecting this much sooner! I so wish I could have been a fly on the wall to catch the action on video or at least have gotten a picture or two.

Well, our next step??? That is yet to be determined. I always said once he climbs out of the crib I was going to try a crib tent. Well, at this stage of the game, he probably is too big for the tent and would figure out in a heartbeat how to take it apart. Kyle is a great problem solver, once he does something once or twice he has it mastered and will repeat it continuously. I assume if this keeps happening a "big boy bed" will be in the near future.

On one hand this is an exciting "milestone", but on the flip side it may be a bit stressful. We will see how he does tonight at bedtime. It should be an interesting weekend around our house.

If anyone has any helpful hints or words of advice please let me know! I will keep everyone posted on how things progress.

Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!

UPDATE: 8:20P.M. Kyle climbed out of his crib again. We heard a loud thud and as we were heading upstairs we heard the door to his room opening. My main fear is that he will hurt himself, so we put some pillows on the floor around his crib. I'm afraid this will make it easier for him to get out, but for the time being it gives me a little bit of comfort. I will be researching crib rails on the internet tonight. If we think we may need to special order rails for his crib we will be headed to Treasure Rooms in the morning. (Treasure Rooms is where we purchased his crib.) Wish us luck. Hopefully I won't be back with another update this evening. I'm mainly updating just to keep a record for the future. Good night.

Clarification

I just wanted to clarify any miscommunication from my Toddler Intuition post. After reading the blog, a few people were under the impression we are moving, which isn't the case. I have edited the paragraph, but know a few people already read the post and may not reread it.

Things I type make perfect sense to me, but not always to everyone else. I may need to hire an editor for my blog...anyone want the job?

Snug As A Bug

I thought these were the cutest pictures of My Little Munchkin. He looks so darn adorable and comfortable all snuggled with his Thomas pillow and blanket. Unfortunately, he doesn't stay like this throughout the night. He doesn't really sleep with any pillows, blankets, etc., but they are there in case he wants them. He must not take after me because I'm a high maintenance sleeper. There's still plenty of time for him to change his mind in this department. At this stage of the game, I should just be thankful he still takes a nap and sleeps through the night.

Kyle may not be a high maintenance sleeper, but he certainly makes up for it in other areas...as you can tell from previous posts. These are all the special things that make Kyle, My Little Munchkin.

Question For All The Bloggers

I am still fairly new at this whole blogging thing...it's only been about two months since I started My Little Munchkin blog. I love blogging and wish I began a long long time ago. It sure is addicting! I am using this as a little scrapbook and journal of sorts and have created a binder for all my posts.

I visit many different blogs each and everyday and notice "blog rolls" listed. I wouldn't mind starting this on my blog, but have no idea where to begin the process. Can you just randomly add blogs you like to read to your site or do you have to get permission from the blog author? What is the blogging "etiquette" in this situation? How do you attract so many readers and obtain your blog friends?

If you are reading my blog and have your own blog please leave me a comment. If you would like to be added to my future blog roll just let me know as well. Even if you read my blog and don't have one, please leave a comment. I love comments!! Any and all are welcome! Thanks.

Am I completely lame for writing this post?