Fishing Pole

A few Sunday's ago I took Frankie to Sam's with me to pick up a few things we needed.  He is obsessed with "The Amazing Spiderman" and he saw a fishing pole and he really wanted it.  He put it in the cart and when he wasn't looking I put it back.  Mainly because Trey has been talking for a little while about taking him to pick out a fishing pole and I didn't want to take that away from him.  He didn't say anything else about it so I figured he forgot.  Once we got home he changed into his new outfit he picked out at Sam's and said "I want to show daddy my new fishing pole."  He looked so heart broken when I told him I didn't buy it.  I was so sad, and I knew that I had to make it up to him.  A few days later I went and bought that Spiderman fishing pole and surprised him with it! :)

Colton's really didn't understand the cover your eyes part.

So happy

Sweet father/son moment

They caught a big fish. :)

Best part is that it lights up! :)

We can't wait to head to the lake to try it out!!

Colton- 19/20 Months

Whelp folks this should not surprise anyone but I am a whole month late on this post.  Time has just been getting away from me and to be honest I have been really tired and really really lazy!  Today Colton is 21 months old!! Holy cow he will be TWO in 3 short months! :/

Not much has changed from your 17/18 month post.  You still love to do anything and everything that Frankie does.  You can pretty much keep up with him to.  You guys fight over toys, you hit and push each other but I am sure that will only get worse as you get older.  You guys are the best of friends though.  Frankie can usually cheer you up when you are feeling down.  Frankie always tries to comfort you if you are upset and I am away (usually using the potty).  You still strongly dislike the word "no" and will most of the time throw yourself down on the floor and have a full blown temper tantrum.  I usually walk away when you are having these tantrums and you usually get up and follow me to whatever room I go to and throw yourself back down and continue your tantrum. We have recently started telling you to go to timeout and you know exactly where the "timeout" spot is and you go there and sit in it.  I guess that is one good thing that your big brother has taught you. :)  Your cheeks are still the cutest I have ever seen.  I keep telling you that you are my beautiful boy but I should probably stop that soon so you don't get a complex. ;)  But you are truly the most handsome toddler I have every seen (of course I am not parcel or anything)!

• You had Flu A and double ear infections in February but it only kept you down 2 days and you seemed to be pretty much back to your happy self.  Then you also had a double ear infection in late March.  The first meds didn't work so we had to go back to the doctor and they gave you a different antibiotic which seemed to fix the problem.  You went in for you ear re-check today and they looked clear!  Praise the Lord!  Tubes will be in our future if you get another ear infection. :/
• You are starting to not mind the doctor so much.  Which is sad because we have been there so much but it make the visit much easier.  Plus you get a sucker and a sticker when you are done, why wouldn't you like it! 
• You have developed some new dance moves over the month and you will even shake your booty when we ask you to.
• You run fast, you climb on everything and you can even jump a little.
• You are talking up a storm.  You say tons of words: Mommy, Daddy, Nene, Papa, Mimi, Chachy, I want down, off, socks, thank you, bye, love you, please, sissy, Frankie, bath, Colton, ball, outside, poop poop, eyes, nose, eat, drink, no, baby, and papi (his paci).  I am sure there are more but that is all I can think of right now.  You will also repeat anything when asked.  You are a talking machine.  I can pretty much understand every word that you say and I can usually figure out what you are wanting.
• You love any kind of ball.  You kick them, roll them, throw them and even bounce them.  I think basket ball is your favorite sport so far. You love to watch it live and on TV.
• You can follow simple instructions and nod for say yes or no when we ask you questions.
• You are taking 1 nap a day and sleep through the night almost every night.  We usually put you down around 7:45 or 8 pm and you sleep till 6:15-7 am.  You are still "head banging" but I guess whatever helps you sleep at night. :)
• You love to eat pancakes for breakfast and can usually eat 2 and then you want something to eat as soon as you get to Mrs. Erica's.  She says that you usually eat a good lunch but you never show me your lunch eating skills on the weekend.  You love any kind of snack but haven't really eaten dinner for the past couple of months.  You sometimes eat your fruit and a few bites of meat and then you want down.  Some of your favorites are strawberry nutrigrain bars, pop tarts, pancakes and fruit cups.  We did recently switch to a booster chair instead of you highchair and you seem to really like it.  I like it because you can no longer stand up like you use to in your highchair.
• You have lots of teeth now but they are still hard for me to count.  I don't dare stick my finger in there.
• You are wearing a size 4 diaper and 24 month shirts and 18 months (some 24 month) pants.
• At your doctor appointment today (21 Months) you were 24 lbs 8 oz and 34 1/2 inches long.

Baby boy you are growing up to fast, but we are having a blast watching you learn!!  Please stay my sweet boy forever!!  Love you to the moon and back!

(Picture were taken 2 weeks late)

Yep pretty much over it.

  

Hello Kitty...Brynn is Three!!

What a blast we had yesterday at Brynn's birthday party.  It took Frankie a little time to get warmed up but once he did he had so much fun!  Colton loved it because there were balls everywhere.  Her party was at Fitness Plus, in the gym area.  There we all kinds of fun activities to do and the kids could just run around and play!

Hello Kitty!!  We also had yummy pizza & fruit for lunch!

Whitney made these!  She is AMAZING!!

Birthday girl.

Yes there is a kid inside that and they they were pushing her really fast!  Haha!

I was so proud of Frankie, he did really well climbing the rock wall.

Happy birthday sweet Brynn, thank you for inviting us to your party!  We had so much fun!  So much fun that Frankie wants his "Amazing Spiderman" birthday party there!!  See you in a few month Fitness Plus gym!! :)

Discovery Playhouse

A few weekends ago we had a play date with Kelly, Camden & Paxton.  It was so much fun!  The kids don't really play with other kids much yet but it was still fun to watch all of them running around.

Paxton and Colton playing.

Watching foam balls fly tubs.

Sweet Camden was the only one that would let me take his picture.

Frankie has been big into playing store lately so this was really fun for him!

Yep even with the jacket on his was soaked when we left.

Thanks Kelly, Camden & Paxton for meeting us there!  We had a blast!  I feel like every time we go we have more fun! :) My babies are growing up to fast.

Snow Day

Oh man this post has been a long time coming.  Seems like some months I do really well with keeping things updated and other I just don't.  Lately in my free time I have been working on completing our 2013 family photo book.  That baby should arrive in the mail middle of next week!! :) Woot!  I am not going to do that to myself in 2014.  The 2014 photo book is up to date as week speak.  I decided this year when I uploaded pictures to the computer I would just load in the photo book.  Seems to really be working so far, plus I love the fact that I know I won't be behind!!

Moving on....In the middle of February we got another lovely snow storm.  My super kind boss closed the office and gave us all the day off!!  It was really fun spending the whole day with the kids.  Honestly we didn't even do much.  We played in our pjs most of the day, did a few fun learning activities that I found on Pinterest and took a really long bath.  Both boys really love bath time and this time I let them get all the bath tub crayons out (usually I only let them have one each)!  Needless to say they loved it!! :)  Frankie has been asking to go outside all day but seeing that is was only 21 degrees out, I kept saying no.  After bath he still really wanted to go out, I caved and told him we would go out when their hair was dry.  So when their hair was dry we bundled up in our snow suit and went outside!!  We has a BLAST, neither one of them wanted to come in!

We did lots of sledding and threw a ton of snowballs!!  It was the perfect snow day!!  We wrapped up the day with hot chocolate and iPhone time!!