115 + 11 Weeks

It has been rather a busy week - Carmen had a play date in the park with her friend Hannah.  The two of them are so cute together, and as exhausting as going to the park is with Carmen and Arley, it is totally worth it to see Carmen and Hannah running around giggling.  That was last Friday.  Then on Saturday we had a good swimming lesson, and Carmen only jumped into the pool unattended twice :)  Then on Saturday night I was lifting Carmen off the couch by her hands, and she was messing around and was being a limp noodle, when I felt a crack and she started crying about her arm.  She eventually stopped crying but wouldn't move it.  She went to bed and slept all night, but woke up in the morning crying and still not moving her arm.  Mum met me at the hospital and we spent all morning there waiting for the doctor to come to set her pulled elbow back into place.  She just cracked it back into place, and Carmen was perfectly fine afterwards, and I will never pick her up by her arms again!  On Wednesday we went to Lions Park in Burill for the morning (another exhausting but worthwhile trip to a park).  On Thursday it was Carmen's Dida's birthday, so we went over after school so that Carmen could stuff her face with cake and corn chips.  Arley has had a few rough days.  At 11 weeks, he is supposed to be going through another "wonder week" milestone, and so this fussiness was expected.  He was back to normal today though.  Except for a bad case of cradle-cap, he is pretty much a dream baby!

Here are some videos from this past week.  The first one is rather long, but it does show how Carmen knows her whole alphabet already!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLW5SlgJek8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rQL-ipiHqU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSQCov9fMIM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMiHepavJb4