Highlights of the Past Month

Turns out it's not quite as easy to get things done when you don't stay home all day.  Last week I started back at my little workout group thingy in the mornings, and that (combined with Phil being gone for two weeks) has made life seem much busier!  Here are the highlights of what we've been up to this month...

One of the biggest developments... THIS IS NO MORE!

Emmett's pacifier, that is.  I know, I know, we were awful parents to let it go for this long but hey... we're doing the best we can!  It was actually really painless to get rid of... much easier than we thought it would be.  He was down to only one pacifier for a while because he kept losing his other one.  Then one night he woke up and told us he couldn't find his (only) pacifier in his bed and we had no choice just to have him sleep without it because we honestly didn't know where it was.  Phil had to snuggle with him in his bed for a little bit that night to get him to fall back asleep, but he eventually did and slept the rest of the night!  Then the next day for naps and bedtime he asked about his pacifier once and we just explained that it was lost and we didn't know where it was and he was okay with it!  No sleeping issues at all.  We were amazed, since we were totally prepared to have to be up all night with him at least that first night.  I guess he was just ready.  

Oh, but then the next day Jackson was looking for a toy under the bed and he came out with two pacifiers in his hand and started yelling, "Emmett!  Emmett!! Look what I found!"  LUCKILY, I happened to be in the room at the time (and E was not) and was able to scoop them up and throw them away before Emmett saw.  Phew!

And then another development... we have finalized plans for our house!!  This whole process is moving soooooooooo slloooooooowwwwwllllyyy and is very frustrating at times, but we will hopefully close on our loan next week and maybe break ground by the end of the month.  Hopefully?!?  Pretty please?!?

Phil, J, and E went to J's t-ball game the other night and E brought home some flowers for me from the field.  This is an important thing because none of my boys have done something really sweet like that for me before.  I know they were technically weeds, but still!

Did I ever mention that J is playing t-ball this year?  The first practice started out rough (some tears, super shyness, some "I-don't-like-t-ball-I-don't-want-to-play"), but we had a good talk with him and after he got over the initial nerves of a new experience things have been good ever since.

Davis is sort-of taking a bottle... not a bottle of formula like we would like (he hates it), but we're working on it.  He'll take a bottle of breast milk pretty well.  Things are just so hectic in the evenings when Phil is home that it's hard to make time for him to give D a bottle.

The boys are growing up SO FAST.  J was taking a nap the other day and I had to snap this pic because he looked so sweet and SO grown up.

He still loves his blankies and his "Leo"...

Poor Phil is DYING for a boat, but we have to get this house built first.  We went to a boat show the other weekend on a gorgeous day.

Before we left Phil decided to run back and get a brochure from a dealer so I stayed in the car with the boys and we watched Curious George.  Reid was talking up a storm and being so cute.  And he was majorly sweaty in these pics, which was what I was trying to capture, but you can't really tell.  He's growing up so fast, too.

Reid has been obsessed with smoothies lately.  I hear, "Make smoo-ty Mama!" at least once a day.  He drinks out of a big boy cup, but then ends up wearing half of it.  But he just loves it.  That bandage next to his eye is a story for the next blog post...

Emmett made a tower of playdough one morning and was very proud. And he filled four of his freight cars with bits of playdough and was very happy about that, too...

We've been going to the beach whenever we can on the weekends.  The sand is like a babysitter for the boys.  They play for hours without fighting or whining at us.  And sitting there in the warm sun with the waves crashing really is like therapy for me.  It's awesome.  Kind of a circus act getting everyone cleaned up afterward, but totally worth it.

Reid got the oven mits (which are really gross and need to be replaced... waiting til we get in the new house) out of the drawer the other day and was using them as driving gloves...

And, again, the big boys have seemed to grow and mature so much already this year.  I can't believe how big they're getting.

This one, too, who is two months today!  He's growing so much... which he should be, since he's still eating every two hours during the day and every three at night.  But he's also starting to give us some good smiles.  :)

Check out that GUT!  :)