Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Party Time!

Since Noah’s birthday fell on Sunday this year, we decided we would let him celebrate on Friday with his friend’s at school. Brad and I took cupcakes and everyone LOVED it!

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They had just woken up from nap…hence the crazy hair and sleepy eyes!

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Then on Saturday, we had Noah’s big birthday party at the Tumblebus Station! It was perfect. And big enough for all of our family and friends!

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I love the picture below of Noah and his bff Greyson!

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Baby brother slept through the ENTIRE party, so he missed out on the family picture!

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Mommy and Daddy LOVE you sweet boy! Happy 4th birthday!!

Monday, February 10, 2014

Noah’s annual birthday interview

My sweet boy turned FOUR yesterday! We had a super busy weekend celebrating his birth and I will post pictures tomorrow! But for today, his annual birthday interview! I started this tradition when Noah started talking! I love looking back at his answers!

1. What is your favorite color? blue, orange, purple and pink

2. What is your favorite toy? a helicopter dinosaur, Mac and Lightning

3. What is your favorite fruit? bananas

4. What is your favorite tv show? Sheriff Callie

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Nuffin’

6. What is your favorite outfit? Santa jammies

7. What is your favorite game? playing cars

8. What is your favorite snack? cereal bars

9. What is your favorite animal? a cow

10. What is your favorite song? Sheriff Callie (the theme song)

11. What is your favorite book? Sheriff Callie (at this point, as he was watching Sheriff Callie, he told me he could no longer answer my questions because he HAD TO WATCH SHERIFF CALLIE!!!)

12. Who is your best friend? Greyson

13. What is your favorite cereal? Lucky Charms

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? play in my backyard

15. What is your favorite drink? juice box

16. What is your favorite holiday? trick or treat because I like seeing pumpkins and getting stuff

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? my new puppy (a stuffed dog his MiMi got him)

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? chicken nuggets (he isn’t joking!)

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? cupcakes and juice

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? be bigger and a bad guy so I can help everyone find things they lost

Friday, February 7, 2014

Cason-Two months!

Like sands through the hourglass…. Smile

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Here is what little C has been up to this month:

-We went to the doctor for his 2 month check up last week. He weighs 10 lb 12 oz, is 22 1/2 inches long and his head circumference is 15 1/4 inches. He’s in the 10%ile for weight and 25%ile for height! Little squirt! He also had to get FIVE shots!

-Nicknames: C, moo moo or just moo, peanut, muffin or muffie , Noah calls him ‘little guy’

-He is still in size 1 diapers and we still favor Pampers Swaddlers.

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-He can no longer fit in his newborn size clothing! We are in 0-3 month right now and he can wear some 3 month clothes, too!

-He started smiling REAL smiles this month! He will always smile if you practice saying “ooooo’s” with him. I’ve heard him laugh out loud twice, once at his play mat and once at me! Melt me! He has the sweetest, gummiest grin ever.

-He is SO GASSY. We switched him from Enfamil Newborn to Enfamil Gentlease last month and that helped for a while, but lately it doesn’t seem to be helping as much. I asked his doctor if we should switch him to the super expensive colic formula and she said no because he isn’t spitting up that much. She suggested we give him Gerber’s colic soothe drops (a probiotic) once a day. That helps some. We’ve also recently started putting gripe water in his bottles and that seems to be helping a LOT!

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-He started school this month! Monday actually. His teacher sends me texts and pictures pretty much every day and I LOVE her for it! The first few days were tough on him because of his gas and I guess his teachers still needed to get to know him (meaning he is ROTTEN and wants to be held all the time!), but since we started the gripe water today, his teacher said he’s been fabulous! He also went in the church nursery for the first time.

-He eats 3-4 oz every 2-3 hours and will sometimes go 4 hours at night. We are praying for longer sleep stretches!

-His hair is still brown, but it started falling out and now is growing back a little lighter brown. And I think it’s safe to say that his eyes are turning brown too! I love looking into my boys’ eyes and seeing their Daddy! It’s my favorite.

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-Likes: taking a bath, playing on his play mat, sitting up in the Bumbo but only for a few minutes, watching tv with his brother, snuggling, sneaking into Mommy and Daddy’s bed at night…, saying oooo’s, being worn in a wrap on Mommy

-Dislikes: getting OUT of the bath, being alone, being covered up, not getting a bottle in his mouth the exact second he decides he’s hungry Winking smile

-Noah loves him HARD! More than I ever expected. He has yet to show an ounce of jealousy and I couldn’t be prouder of big brother. He loves holding Cason, kissing him, laying beside him and talking to him.

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I do miss the newborn days when he was so little, but I am also excited that he’s growing and getting a little more stable and squishy!

Mommy loves you, Cason!

Here are a few candids from this month…

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