Wednesday, November 10, 2010

my baby boy

Earlier today, I got to spend some one on one time with my baby boy. I think he enjoyed it as much as I did. We met Daddy for breakfast, went to the park, ran a couple of errands, and came home a played a bit before picking up L from preschool. Oh, one of the errands we went on was going through the car wash. Baby P does NOT like the car wash and will scream...unless I reach back and hold his hand. Then, all is good. How sweet is that? 

How is he 2 already?! Baby P turned 2 in September (which I still want to and will do a post about). Why is it that time goes by faster the older and busier you are?

He is just something else! What is a word or two to describe that little boy? Passionate, stubborn...When he's happy, he's oh so happy. But when he's upset, watch out! I describe him as wanting things his way, yesterday. And I don't know if it's having 2 older brothers, but man he is clever and will fight to get his way! That personality may get him in trouble some now, but will take him far in life.

Here are some things I want to remember Baby P doing at this age:

-puts his hands together and really close to his face when we pray
-in a stinkin' cute way, says "okay!" with kind of a southern twang
-sometimes when I explain something to him, he says "oh"...like he totally   gets it
-on Halloween, he would say "tik tee" (trick or treat) and "ly on" (light on) to help identify which houses to go up to
-he is very sweet with his baby cousin E
-does this thing were he slides down the stairs on his belly super fast
-loves books and will sit and flip through them
-enjoys coloring...all over himself, as well as on paper
-likes Sesame Street a lot
-"mis mou" = mickey mouse
-gives sweet kisses (when he wants)
-enjoys jumping in the trampoline with his brothers
-LOVES to swing "up high", I mean we're talking as high as the swing will take him!
-makes the cutest truck sounds
-could eat just "nas" (snacks all day), and will sometimes get mad if I say we're going to eat a meal, i.e. "lunch"...so I just call it a snack
-When he wanted to wander about at the restaurant at breakfast this morning, he was easily distracted when we told him there were bunny rabbits and dogs outside (we were sitting near a window).

I'm sure there is more about this Baby Boy I could add and just don't remember right now.



DSC_4006-2



Man, I love him so...the one that made me a mom to 3 boys...sweet, precious boys.  


Monday, November 8, 2010

swim lessons

This summer, our 2 older boys enjoyed taking swim lessons. A friend of mine was kind enough to allow us to join her and her 2 boys at their neighborhood pool for the lessons. Their teacher was super sweet and they did great with her! C and L did well and became a lot more comfortable with being in the water and going under water. Our C man even learned to independently swim a few feet!

swim lessons


swim lessons



Thursday, November 4, 2010

more summer fun...

...and few words.

The boys and I joined our friends for peach picking at this orchard in Fredericksburg.

peach picking

Peach Picking-7/2010

Peach Picking-7/2010

We also visited our local museum to see a really cool dinosaur exhibit. 

dinosaurs at Witte

dinosaurs at Witte



dinosaurs at Witte


So, we asked the kiddos what a dinosaur sounds like. This next two pictures crack me up! They are so cute!

dinosaurs at Witte


dinosaurs at Witte


The dinosaur exhibit turned out to be a lot of fun. The dinosaurs moved and made noise so I wasn't sure if the boys would be a little scared. C was excited from the start and loved it. When we first got there, L wasn't too sure about it and said he wanted to leave. He ended up loving it also! And P, well he would scream at me to get him as close as we could to the dinosaurs. This lady walked by and said to me, "Awww, he (referring to P) is probably scared." I said, "Nope! He is insisting on getting really close the them!"

It's fun going back and remembering what a nice summer we had. I'm so glad, especially since C is in kinder now.



Tuesday, November 2, 2010

4th of July

So I'm a bit behind with my blogging. Nonetheless, I'm determined to catch up with summer blogging...even though it's November. I'd love to turn this blog into a book and want to have our summer fun be a part of it!

For 4th of July my brother and his lovely wife were kind enough to invite family over to their house...even though they had just had their baby girl days before...like 5 days before. Anyhoo, they cooked and everything for us. I brought over dessert.

4th of July
Aaack! We need a new table or to sand and stain this one.
(It's been so long since I started this post that we actually did get a new table. Yay!)

We were at my brother's for a little while, then pretty suddenly our C man starting feeling sick and had a fever. Sadly, we left the festivities. C slept it off and was feeling okay within a few hours.

We missed out on doing fireworks, but did bring home some sparklers for L and P to enjoy.


4th of July

L does this thing where he puts his hands in front of his face when he's unsure about something or embarrassed. It's so cute!

4th of July

P wasn't too sure about things and stood back to watch.

4th of July

In August we went back and finished our 4th of July celebration, specifically fireworks! C loved it! We had to really watch him. He tried to light a firework all by himself at one point! L enjoyed it somewhat, but was not a fan of the noise and eventually went inside to watch a movie. And P enjoyed watching and even held a sparkler.

Fireworks at Tio's

Fireworks at Tio's

Fireworks at Tio's

Here are some other pictures of the boys loving on their cousin. They are so sweet with her!!!

Cousins

And one of pretty Baby E...

Fireworks at Tio's

She already looks so different and is just as cute as ever! (More pictures of her coming soon.)
Before the fireworks, the boys enjoyed running off their crazy boy energy outside.  

Fireworks at Tio's

Fireworks at Tio's

Love good times with family!!!