Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Happy Easter!!

We had a great Easter this past Sunday with Grandma GG and the fam. The kids did an Easter Egg hunt, and played outside. It actually got pretty and I didn't bring any sunblock, so I had to take Cameron in. His poor little legs got a little sunburnt.

Q was very excited to see the Easter Bunny had came. 


They wanted nothing to do with a pic, but at least gave me
this. 






After Easter - we headed home for a little more play outside. Quentin is getting so good at riding his bike. He may be ready for no training wheels, but, I'm not. so I won't be pushing it any.


Other pics from the last couple days:

My banana Monsters: They both ate an entire banana. And, they were big banana's.




Kite Flying: The neighbor kids were out flying their kites, and Quentin really wanted to fly one too. One of the boys even offered Quentin to let him fly his kite, but Quentin only wanted his own. So, we dug one out that he'd gotten for Easter last year. Of course, once Jeremy got it all put together, he just wanted to watch Daddy fly it.



These 2.. I don't know what I'm going to do with them. They love feeding each other. Quentin finished eating his cookie and asked Cameron for a bite of his.. Cameron ended up feeding Quentin more than half of his.


Grandma Nancy bought the boys Crayola bath markers. They are a little tricky in that you have to press hard for them to work. But, they cleaned off the tub easy and the kids had fun drawing.


Last Wednesday, the new grocery store in town opened. It's not just a grocery store, it's a diner/cafe, butcher, bakery and pretty much everything else. It even has a drive thru, you can call ahead your order. Nancy took Q on opening day, and they had lunch. Friday morning, when I took Q to pre-school, he said he was going to ask Grandpa if they could eat lunch there. Well, it doesn't take much arm twisting for my dad to try a new place. So, of course, they went there for lunch.




The store is pretty nice and has everything one would need. Q and I did have to stop one morning and get applesauce for Cameron's Easter party at daycare. It was super convenient, as it's right across the street from daycare. Q was excited to get to use the little cart.



Update on the boys:

Cameron is 20 months old now, and pacifier free!!! He had been going without it at daycare, even for naps, so we decided to take it away for bedtime as well. The first night was hell. He cried for over an hour. He was so mad at me, if I went into his room, he'd throw himself down in the crib and try to run from me. He wanted nothing to do with me. Finally, Jeremy was able to rock him to sleep. Night 2, was a little better. He shaved a half hour off his crying time, and finally gave up and fell asleep on his own. Tonight was amazing!!. We read a book, rocked a little, and I put him in his crib awake. He just layed there, watched his mobile, and feel asleep within 10 minutes. No crying, no nothing. So, now the task is to find all pacifiers in the house and hide them. He always put them in weird places. So far, I found one in the freezer and one in the drawer in the bathroom, where bath toys are. I know there are probably 3 or 4 under his crib.


Cameron continues to LOVE food. He out eats Quentin most nights and sometimes will even eat what Quentin doesn't. If he were overweight, I might start to worry. He still only has about 6 teeth..the top and bottom front ones, and then about 2 or 3 on one side of his mouth. He has NO teeth on the other side. It's so weird! I did some research on it, and late teethers have no order to their teeth, like normal teethers do. So, I'm not too worried about it at this point. We take Q to the dentist in June, and will tag Cam along to have a quick look as well.

He talks non-stop at home and in the car. He doesn't say many words, but says lots of sentences. His favorite one is, "I want a bite," or "I want a nack (snack)" He also says "yeah" a lot and rarely says "no." For the longest time, I wasn't sure he knew "no," which was weird since thats usually one of the first words kids learn.

Quentin is too smart for his own good - It's hard to believe he'll be 4 in just over 2 months. He loves pre-school, and will go to pre-school at the elementary school here in town next fall. It will be interesting to see if he likes it as well. I'll miss his current teacher. I really like her, and she's so good with the kids. Plus, she takes lots of pictures and has a shutterfly site to share them with us.

Q loves to be outside. He's getting really good at making baskets and dribbling. And, he's really good at hitting a ball without using a T. He actually bats left handed, but does everything else right handed. And, he actually makes contact with the ball 75% of the time. Like his mommy, he likes the high ones. :) He's signed up for Tot t-ball and will start that in June.

His vocabulary continues to amaze us. He often tells Cameron that he can't understand him, and the other day, he tried to convince me that he needed to sit in Cameron's car seat because it was more comfortable.

Baby #3 is doing great. The HB was in the 140's at my last doctor appointment. I'm 35 weeks tomorrow, so will go to the doctor next week, and then start weekly appointments after that.

In other news - I'm sure most of you know, Dianna is also pregnant. I think she's 19 weeks? And had her anatomy ultrasound - she's pretty stoked and found out Tuesday that she's having a boy. It will be fun to have a little cousin for #3 so close in age.



Monday, April 14, 2014

Finally!!! Updated!


I realize it's been a month, but I have an excuse this time. I was sick for nearly 2 weeks with the worse sinus infection possible. It was awful! On top of that, when I did try to update the blog, I ran in to a snag. Ever since I got a new phone, I realized the operating system on my mac is no longer supported. Which means, I can't update itunes, or iphoto.. which then means, uploading pics from my phone is no longer an option. I now have to email pics to myself, and download them, then import to my library.. it's a big pain in the butt, but I finally got that all done, so am here to finally update. 

A few weeks ago, we met Stella and Carrie at the downtown library to make a craft.. It was a lion on one side of the plate, and a sheep on the other. It was cute. Afterwards, we ventured through the kids area to read and play.  






This past Friday night the Y had their Easter thing. Q and I went and met the Easter Bunny, did an egg hunt and shot a few baskets with Julian and KaVono. Quentin was in heaven to get to play with his cousins. I was a little surprised he wasn't afraid of the Easter Bunny. He hesitated at first, but was fine. After we left, he said he thought the Easter Bunny was a costume, because it had shoes on. :) 



Not at all scared! 



Saturday morning, we headed to Lowes to make a recycling truck. I love that these hardware stores have kids stuff. Q loves it. 

All ready to get started! 


Cameron had fun banging the hammer. 

TADA! it's a really cute truck. 
After naps that afternoon, we headed to Stella's birthday party. Q didn't want to leave. Queen Elsa showed up and read the kids a story. Poor Stella was terrified of Queen Elsa. I felt so bad for her. Quentin wouldn't tell her his name, but would talk to her. She didn't even phase Cameron. 




Quentin is still wearing his party hat as much as he can. I did have to tell him, he couldn't wear it to pre-school this morning. 

We hung around the house the rest of the afternoon. It was 85 degrees, so being inside wasn't an option. 


Both boys LOVED being outside and so did I. Of course, Sunday, it rained the entire day, and it wasn't even warm enough to go jump and play in the puddles either. 

Other pictures from the last few weeks.... 




I think I look stressed - and it's because these boys are
getting HEAVY!!!

















This is how you poop, when you don't want
to leave your plate of food. 




We have some persistent birds. Jeremy has cleaned out the grill 3 times now.. and came home today to find more twigs. This is actually mild compared to some of the other times. And, it amazes me how quickly they can collect this stuff. He just cleaned it out on Saturday. 


Baby update: 45 days to go.. Jeremy got the orange stripe painted on the navy, and I love it. I still need to get some pictures made and hoping to get that done yet, this weekend. So, will post pics when it's all done.  I'm feeling pretty good, despite the 2 week sinus infection. I'm counting down the days.. but, not because I'm miserable.. because I have a lot of stuff I want to get done. None of it is MUST get done stuff though. And, the count down to be work free for a few weeks is always a bonus too. :) although 3 kids at home, I may go back to work after 2 days. ha! 

Of course we have a busy Easter weekend planned, so be watching for another update soon.