Weekend Wrap Up

We had a busy/fun weekend...and of course it went too fast.

Friday the in-laws came over for pizza. After dinner I went out to meet up with friends for a 30th b-day party. It was F.U.N. I could have stayed longer...but I was a good girl and came home early since Ry was home with the babies :)

Saturday I met up for lunch with one of my bestest girls, Heather, whom I hadn't seen in way too long. 2 babies each and living 1+ hour apart...that will have and effect on your time together. It was great to catch up and we decided that we need to do it more often!

I tool B to the movies Sat. afternoon. We saw Puss and Boots...free family film festival, YAY. But it was still $14.50 after the popcorn and pop at the concession stand...who can go to the movies and NOT have snacks though?! Not Blake (or his mama :))!

After the movies I took B and Liv to go visit my mama, because my dad was away for the night!

Sun a.m. B and I went to church..he was a chatterbox...

Went to the in-laws for dinner....

All in all BUSY, fun weekend that flew right on by...

Easter Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Easter. I am late in posting them...and have a few more that I will post soon!! I feel like I am late in everything right now! I am running and running and just can't quite catch up! Hopefully things will slow down a bit soon and we can get back into our regular routine!

Blake and cousin Addy hunting for eggs!!

Olivia and her Great-grandpa Tom (Ryan's grandpa)
and again...

Blake LOVES to be outside!

He is a little too brave this year....wandering farther and farther away.

And no hesitation to ehad out on the dock...

Last summer he was hesitant to walk out there by himself...not anymore. We are going to have to keep close tabs on him this year!

Being a little daredevil.

My boys...love them!

Not the paparazzi!!

I follow this boy around all day with the camera...and never get a good shot of him! He is too quick...and does NOT like to get his picture taken! I hope that he grows out of this phase....beacuse I sure do like to take pictures :)

I have NO good pictures of Olivis and Blake together...none....and she is almost 4 months old!! These are some of the last pictures with him with his long hair. We got it cute today! I will get some "after" pictures (if I can catch him)! I DO love those curls...but they had to go. They will be back in no time. His hair grows like crazy. This was his 4th haircut so far! AND....he is sleeping in his bed like a champ! He is so proud of himself for getting in and out by himself :)

We start swimming lessins tonight, so I am excited about that. He doesnt really get it, but I think that it will all come back to him when we get to the pool!

I’m actually glad that it is Monday….

This weekend was not the best weekend that we have ever had…and that is an understatement. I was SO looking forward to it…but that is probably why we were jinxed! Friday night we just ordered pizza, watched a movie, and hung out. That was the best part of the weekend. Things went downhill from there. Saturday started out just fine. Ryan and I had plans to go out with friends. I was SO looking forward to a night out. We had the kids all packed up and ready to go. We were on the road to Ryan’s parents to drop the babies off for the night. They were excited to get the kids…and had been looking forward to it. Half way there I hear a little coughing/gagging going on in the back seat. I turned around JUST in time to see poor Blake get sick ALL OVER. I have no clue how the kid had that much in his tummy…SO, we turned around and headed home. He was sick ALL night and into the next afternoon. I feel like all I did was follow him around with a towel and do laundry for 24+ hours. NOT a pretty sight. He actually still isn’t 100%, so he stayed home with my mom today. That made him happy :). He got SO sick and it came out of nowhere…poor kiddo.

My sick little one...

I kept sweet Olivia in a separate room the whole time and (knock on wood) she has been just fine so far.

My little angel...

Sunday afternoon it started snowing…..blizzard like conditions. On April 3rd. UGH….just what we didn’t want to see!

I opened the basement door in the afternoon to head down to the freezer to find….a flooded basement. Just to put the icing on top of our awesome weekend. What a pain! SO, Ryan and I spent the remainder of the day drying out and sorting out the basement. Apparently we need a new sump pump! Hopefully that is fixed before Friday.

This all makes leaving for vacation on Friday look THAT MUCH BETTER!!

**The spacing on here is killing me...I give up!!

We've got a sleeper!!

Well...I think (hope) that it is safe to say that we have a sleeper!! Blake has ALWAYS been a good sleeper...and now he is in his big-boy bed. It has been three nights.

Night 1 = NOT so good.

Night 2 = still not good..but better.

Night 3 = SUCCESS!!

We put him down at 8, he got out of bed at about 8:45, we said, No, back to bed. Then we didn't hear from (or see) him until 7:30 when he woke and came out all by himself! I am so proud of him. I hope that I am not jinxing this situation by blogging about it already!!

Dont mind ALL of the stuff in his room...what a mess!

What a big boy!

When did my baby turn into a big boy?!

It seems like Blake is REALLY growing up lately. In the past month or so he has really turned into a “big boy.” I think that he is on a growth spurt. He is still a skinny boy….but he has outgrown most of his 18mo. clothing and is in 24 mo. and some 2T’s! It’s about time…since he is 27 months old :)

He is starting to eat more and more. I rememebr not long agao when I was so concerned b/c he never wanted to eat....now he s doing a great job and has a very big appitite!

His vocabulary is also exploding. He talks all of the time. He is using full sentences now, which is awesome. There are still times when we have no idea what he is saying…and that is very frustrating for him. He is starting to talk on the phone to my mom and sister…which is fun. He used to just listen.

He loves to sing and dance while he is watching TV. I just love to watch him interact as he is watching Diego, Dora, Mickey Mouse Club House, etc. He talks right back to the TV and acts everything out.

He is very into hats right now. Always wants to be wearing one (or more). He also thinks that he is very cool when he wears his sunglasses!! He didn’t even want to take them off during church this past weekend.

He is starting to get very concerned with his “sissy.” The other day we were at the in-laws and we were packing up to come home. Ryan carried Blake out to the car first and he was SO worried that we were leaving Olivia there. He screamed “SISSY, SISSY, SISSY…..no, no, no” Until she was safely secured in the back seat with him….then he was so excited to have her there. I LOVE it.

Sunday night was his first night in his toddler bed (well…actually for the second time). He didn’t do so great….but last night was better….I know that it will be a process, but hopefully the transition doesn’t last long. He looks so big sleeping in there!

His “teachers” at “school” say that he is doing very good. He is always happy, compassionate, and a good listener. We still have issues getting out the door in the morning and into daycare. They assure me that once I leave he is as happy as can be. I look forward to the day when he doesn’t get mad/anxious when I leave him!

He is such a sweet, loving boy and I just can’t get enough of him!

Cuteness

Just a little cuteness for the day....Liv looking stylish in her baby beanie! She has has this one since we was born...but is just now fitting into it! Luckily (or not really at all) for us, we just got another massive snowstorm...so it looks like she will get plenty of use out of her winter duds before we can enjoy the spring/summer ones!!

I feel like I haven't posted many pics of Blake on here lately...but in my defense he is HARD to photograph right now. He will not sit still...or smile...or look at me when I have the camera in my hand for that matter!! Olivia is a much better subject since she cannot run away right now. I will try to get some pictures of both of them this weekend! We do not have any major plans, and I am SO glad!

Snow day!!

Yes, you heard that right…we had a snow day….yesterday, March 23rd….4th day of Spring….snow day! All of our snow had melted and we had a brief taste of spring, and then bam, winter is back in full force! The snow started to fall at about 3:00pm on Tuesday and never stopped until about 3:00 pm on Wednesday. I was *hoping* for a snow day…but did not think that I would actually get one. The university has already had 3 this year, which is way more than usual. They hardly ever call for a snow day since most students live on campus. When I woke up with Olivia at 4am to feed her I check, just in case. No such luck. All of the local schools were cancelled, but not CMU. We went back to bed. When I woke up again at 6:30 I thought that I would check again on the slight chance that they had since made the call…SCORE! No work! I was so excited that I couldn’t go back to sleep :)….I felt like a kid on Christmas.


This is our front yard yesterday...you could see the grass on Tuesday afternoon...now this again!
It was SO nice to have a day off without a sick kid…or tons of plans. We stayed in our jammies all day and never left the house. I let Blake rock this awesome bed head. All day long. :)

And I got this done....not that you need to see it....but this is just 4 of the 6 loads of laundry (mostly Ryan's...b/c he changes 3 times per day) that I did. It builds up so fast...but it was nice to get it all done in one day!

Welcome to Spring-time in Michigan!

Our Little Lucky Charm!

This is a bit late...but I just uploaded pictures of Olivia from St. Pattys day. This is the same outfit that Blake wore 2 years ago. I guess we got 2 days wear out of it instead of just 1 :)

Just had to add a bow for Livi to make it a wee bit girly :) She didn't get to go anywhere to celebrate in her St. Patty's day outfit....but she looked cute relaxing at home!!