Fun Times

Updates from the entire last month (oops). From earliest to latest. We took Easton in for his 15month check this week and he is doing wonderfully. He weighed in at 20lbs 4oz which puts him in the whopping 3rd percentile. He is holding strong in the 76% for height, so still tall and skinny :) He is walking everywhere and starting to talk more and more (which is good, cause the frustration is mounting on communication difficulties).

Cole is doing great and seems to be excelling at school now that he got a new teacher (and kept her for a few months). He was convinced Santa was not going to bring him anything "because I've been naughty" until the 23rd!! Not sure who told him that but it sure stuck :( He got all sorts of new trains and had a blast playing with the families and our friends.

Chris is still working on our main floor bathroom sink (after some difficulties in getting it out of the mold), but we are excited to get it finished.

Now for some pictures...

The first of our friends to have a BOY!! Baby Kayson :)

Helping Daddy with the sinks

Playing in the snow at the cabin

Reading with G-Pa Doug

I think he was worn out from all the present-opening

Volcano eruptions

Gingerbread Train (Cole and Daddy did the decorating)

Plowing the driveway with G-Pa

Mommy as a lounge chair :)

 

 

Vacation

As you may know, Chris and I had a wonderful vacation to North Carolina this past week. We spent 5 days with Gina and Mark, which was a feat in itself since they are both in residency!! That said, before I could even get the pictures off the camera, Gina managed to update on her own blog. So I am simply going to link to her blog for a synopsis of the week. She is a better writer than me anyway :)

P.S. Easton started walking!!! Another post to come with video (I hope soon).

Cute Moment

The boys are finally getting big enough to start playing together. This morning Cole wanted to push Easton on the firetruck, it was the cutest thing(and I was quite proud that I managed to catch it on video). E is still recovering from his lovely virus, so he looks a little dazed but you get the idea :)


P.S. I was told the videos aren't always working when they come via email so you might actually have to visit the blog link to see it.

Weak Mommy Moment

You can't win them all...but at least Cole had a good time!!

Yes, that's my basement!!

October (in a nutshell)

I seem to have fallen off the wagon again with posts. Guess it's been a busy month (or it makes a nice excuse).

We had intentions of getting to several Halloween activities, but it turns out that just wasn't in the cards. The boys were train engineers and Chris and Nancy made them a life size Thomas the Train for us to use when trick-or-treating.

We tried to get to the Henry Doorly Spooktacular with Jess, Justin, Cady, & Zach but it was really busy so we ended up going to play at the park in costumes instead. I think the kids had just as much fun, and we got some really cute pictures. Oh, and we failed miserably at trying to get a picture of all four kids together.

Then we made it to Lincoln for the Boo at the Zoo with G-Ma Pat and Aunt Nancy earlier this week. It was great fun and the start of the MASSIVE amount of candy we now have in our house.

Next came trick-or-treating at school on Friday. I went with Cole's class trick or treating at City Hall (across the street) and then we tried to get a picture of 9 three-year-olds at once with their teacher Miss Rose (who is now gone on maternity leave). It was a good try...again.

Then, last but not least, came the real Halloween. We went back to our neighborhood in Papillion with our neighbors. Jess, Cady, and Zach also came to join in on the fun. Cole was hesitant for the first few houses, but then did really well from house to house. Easton did not go trick-or-treating (that story next), so don't wonder why we don't have any pictures of him.

Now for the Easton story. Friday he came home from school with a fever and it has continued ALL weekend long. It has ranged from 99-104.5 and we have gone through almost an entire bottle of Motrin AND Tylenol. I took him to the Dr this afternoon and they said it is simply a virus and has been lasting about a week. He has basically been sleeping on our laps all weekend. For last night he stayed with G-Ma and G-Pa while we took Cole trick-or-treating. We are hoping he is on the mend as this afternoon he managed to be under 99 for more than 2 hours!!

In other news, Chris installed his latest countertops Sat morning. They turned out really nice and he is very relieved to have that project finished. However, we did have to send him to urgent care Sat afternoon as his foot was VERY swollen and he could hardly wiggle his toes. They took some pictures and said it was just very badly bruised.

My poor sick and injured Sat night :(

Haircuts

I finally got daring enough to cut the boys hair myself. It turned out alright I think. Above was before and below pics are after. Thoughts??

Lucy's Moving

Seeing as their hasn't been much of an update on the Lucy situation, time to fill you in. She is moving tonight to her new home. She is going to live with Allison and Chris (and Terapin and Ouigi). They don't have any kids running around their house so we are confident this should make her feel more comfortable. Plus, there will be other kitties to cuddle with! She will have her own room for a few weeks just to get adjusted and then can start to roam free in her new home.

Here's to hoping for a smooth transition!!

P.S. HUGE THANKS TO CHRIS AND ALLISON!!!!!!!!

Easton's Stats...

Took E in for his one year check up today and he looks great. She said just keep on keeping on and we go back at 15 months :)
He weighed in at 19lbs 1.5oz (4%), is 30.75" (78%) tall, and 68% for head. So, he is still tall and skinny...only taller and skinnier than last time.

Easton's First Birthday

Though difficult for me to believe, E turned 1 last friday!!! We had family in town and a wonderful party to help celebrate over the weekend. As for being one, it doesn't seem to have phased him much. He is not yet walking, just pulling up on things and he talks constantly (though not really in understandable words). He has a handful of words, his favorite of which is "DaDa" (of course). Will post again after we go in for his well baby check tomorrow with his height and weight. But for now, some pictures from the past few weeks...

 Jason and Katelyn came to visit

 Yes, I got daring with the cakes again. They turned out pretty good :)

 I am working on getting a video up of this, but am struggling with the computer on that one :(

 This was at Devon's 3rd Birthday party. They had a ball driving around!!

 River City Roundup...baby chicks.

 And baby pigs (Cole wouldn't touch them).

 Actually STANDING on the combine harvester!!

 Hangin' with Kristy.

P.S. I gave up on the video, sorry. Will try again some other time :(

Hot Air Balloon Show

We found out about an annual hot air balloon show last week that we will be attending annually from here on out. It was really cool to see and the boys had a blast. It is held at an apple orchard so you sit between the orchard and a corn field. They have a band that plays all afternoon and food galore. Who could ask for anything more than hot air balloons, funnel cakes, and kettle corn?? The balloons set up and take off together. Then they come back and set up again and have a "glow." It was a lot of fun and quite the sight to see. (I can't seem to put my hands on the big camera this morning, so more pictures to come later).

In other news, Chris is getting ready to pour his next countertop later this week...more details of that to come as well.

Oh, and Husker volleyball season has begun...sorry in advance if the updates are a little delayed. As Chris says, I have become a "part-time wife" for the next couple months :)

Easton's Standing!!!

Easton seems to have figured out how to stay upright on two feet for almost a minute (though haven't caught that one on video yet)!! And, don't mind Cole's plane flying through :)

We have been recovering from a week of Chris being out of town as well as getting a few things done around the house. Chris took the tree down in the front yard that was plagued by the pine tree disease of late, and started stripping wallpaper from the mud room and the main floor bathroom.

We did manage to squeeze in a visit to the Lincoln Childrens Zoo with G-Ma Pat over the weekend. It's a great place to take pre-schoolers as everything is smaller and designed for their size. Cole went on his first pony ride, fed the goats, and hatched out of an egg (in true Montessori style)  :)

Spending Time at Home

This is E's new humidifier for his room. It is supposed to be an elephant and the steam comes out his snout, but the boys discovered if they took the top off it just poured over the sides and was fun to play with.

Where did it go?? :)

Umm...no caption needed. Be sure and note Cole is still wearing his Christmas PJ's :)

Air Show 2010

The annual Offutt Air Show was this weekend...among several other activites (see the previous post). We went with G-Ma & G-Pa P. again and it was really nice. There was a bit of a breeze which helped with the 90 degree weather and someone was looking out for E's naptime in scheduling all the jets for later in the afternoon (when we were already gone). Cole was covered in hives (we are still not sure what from), so we didn't stay as long as expected...but still had a nice time. He was also very afraid the planes were going to take off while we were walking through them.
Just about the time G-Ma and I had him convinced that they were all taking naps and would not be going anywhere, G-Pa added "maybe" to that sentence and we had to start over (thanks G-Pa!!). Then he told Cole that if he pushed any of the buttons the planes would take off with us on them, and I think we only walked through one other after that.

 Who doesn't love picnic lunch at the air show!! Yes, E has some of Cole's pizza in his hand...and yes, he ate the whole piece :)

After lunch, we headed back to G-Ma & G-Pa's house for naps. Then took the truck out to watch the Thunderbirds do their show from the top of a hill in Bellevue. Not sure if Cole enjoyed playing in the tailgate or watching the planes better :) I KNOW E enjoyed the back of the truck the best. AND I managed to get some really cute pictures.

And G-Ma was wonderful at getting a couple pictures with ME in them!!!! We really have to get better at that :)

Finally convinced E to wear the hat that matched his overalls. It was a really cute outfit that I am sure he will never wear again :)

The jets were pretty loud flying right above us...I think the phrase was "you might be a redneck..."