Camping

We went on a ward campout this last weekend and it was SO much fun! (I kinda wish it had been longer). I was a little nervous about how it would all go, but our kids like being outside so much it was a blast. They loved it. Lucy liked being with all the kids and just being outside. Cole thought it was great. Him and the outdoors is like PB&J. They just go together. At 10 when we decided it was time for them to go to sleep they were still wired! It took quite a while for them to calm down enough to sleep. Our tent was a 2 man tent but just a tad too small for the four of us. Cole didn't mind, he slept great! Lucy didn't mind either, she thought it was so fun that we were all there together. But Devin and I didn't get a whole lot of sleep, with Lucy flailing and crawling all over us all night.  It was so much fun, we are going to try it again before he heads back to school.

"Chubbalubbs" and "Munchkin"

The MUNCHKIN

~Lucy is now 24 1/2 lbs ("she's in the 45% for he age that's the highest she's ever been!!" Quote from the doctor, haha).  She's 31 inches tall. She's kinda petite, but that's fine, she's a girl. And her personality more than makes up for any thing she may be lacking physically.
~She loves to be outside. If we could play at the park all day she would be in heaven.
 ~Jumping on the tramp is a must everyday --several times a day. The other day she got on with the sprinkler under it and had a blast! She was on with a couple of boys who were older and bigger and she took it like a champ. Unfortunately she's been hyperextending (we think) her knee lately, so we might need to limit or stop the jumping for a while...
 ~She still loves swinging and picking berries from the garden afterwards.
 ~She enjoys our walks in the morning and lately has taken up walking more than riding in the stroller (while this is great and fun, I now need to find a different form of exercise because our walks no longer do it ;( ).
 ~Lucy LOVES LOVES LOVES animals. Of every kind (well okay, not bugs, she just steps on them or pushes them to go another way). She has recently discovered spiderwebs and isn't quite sure what to think of them yet.

~She is still obsessed with her babies. Tries to feed them, the come to the park with us, they get baths, go shopping (upstairs).

~Oh yeah, and when we really go shopping she has to have her purse, and her crown :) Yes, she wears a crown everywhere. (There was a Relief Society lesson a few weeks back about being children of God and we all got these little sparkly crowns.) Lucy loves it and takes it everywhere with her. 

~Lucy talks all the time, and learns new things everyday.
~She likes to read but has a hard time reading more than one book at a time...probably my fault, i don't make the time to sit an read a lot anymore...
~We are working on potty training...it is a work in progress :) enough said.
~Lucy enjoys playing with other kids, mostly babies or kids older than her. She has a really hard time (sharing, etc.) with children her age. Probably because they are a lot like her and she can't get her way all the time :) Haha, it's funny. But it's really  good for her to play with other kids because she's learning how to share and be nice.

Watching 'dunder' and 'nightning' with aunts and cousins

~She is such a little girl. She loves any and all things cute. If the thinks its cute or sees her aunts wearing cute things she wants to do it too!

Our CHUBBALUBBS:

~He is four months old, crazy.
~He can role from his stomach to his back--doesn't do it all the time but sometimes.
~Loves good food...bread, watermelon, grapes. Doesn't like baby cereal or applesauce.
~Laughs now. especially when tickling or playing games with him.
~He is ticklish on his feet, ribs, stomach...
~Watches Lucy all of the time. Thinks she's pretty funny too!
~He loves jumping on the tramp as well. If he is fussy and we don't want him to sleep quite yet, we can take him to the tramp and he'll calm right down. Outside does the same thing pretty much. If he is just fussing and crying and we can't get him to calm down, we take him outside--works like a charm.

--Okay, so I know that his eyes look huge in all of these pictures, it's just because of the flash!! His eyes do look normal most of the time :) 

~He sleeps great. He will sleep from 8 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. with one to two feedings (for the most part--we still have our random nights where he wakes up every two hours, but that's only once a week or so). Sometimes he sleeps better than Lucy.
~He is doing great with his shots. His legs don't seem sensitive or swollen and he has been happy as ever.
~He weighs 14 lbs 11 oz. He is 24 inches long.

~I'm pretty sure he knows when Lucy is supposed to wake up. Almost every afternoon when Lucy has been asleep for an hour or so Cole will start yelling. He's not really mad, or upset but he'll just yell and yell, and if we're not in our apartment he yells louder (I might be imagining that, but it seems like he does) . Then as soon as he hears Lucy he stops. In retrospect its funny, but in the moment, I really don't enjoy it.

We are so blessed to have these two little ones in our lives. I love them to death!!

We've got a talker!

So this video is four and a half minutes long....but it's worth it!! Cole loves to 'talk' to us. Sometimes he tries so hard to talk that nothing comes out! I love his smiles and how interested he is in sounds. There is a part in here where I think he is trying to laugh. That is the first time I've ever seen him do that! Anyways,  he just woke up and is eating his hand, I should probably go. 

I hope you enjoy it!

Recent Happenings

It's been warm (actually hot! FINALLY) around here so we filled up the little kiddy pool and have been enjoying the fun weather! We swim, play in the sand, swing, go to the park, and go on daily walks. It has been WONDERFUL! Here are some pictures of what has been going on...

Cole is getting CHUNKY! So cute :)

Lucy's favorite movie is Bolt...here is her playing with her 'blankie' while watching.

This is how I found her...I have a love/hate relationship with this item...I'm not quite sure when we'll wean her from it but it will need to happen within the next year, probably.

I had a birthday, shout hooray! Haha, Devin got me a chocolate cake from Costco (I LOVE THESE CAKES!!!) mmmm....there is a reason I only get to have them once a year :D Lucy loved the cake, and smashed her hand in it before it was ever cut! 

The final product :)

We now have a red haired boy!! I think we wash more color out every time he gets a bath. And the sun exposure apparently turns it red?! Awesome, he is absolutely adorable! ;)

Lucy and I painted our toenails and fingernails one day! That was lots of fun!

Lucy likes to dress herself now :) or at least pick out her clothes. She pulled this hat out of her drawer, climbed up on her bed so she could reach this coat off of her dresser and proceeded to get ready to go 'atside'... ... don't worry we didn't go out with all this get-up on. But I thought it was super cute how she put her hat on (she did it this way repeatedly)

Getting tan in the sun! Swimming is so fun, I can't wait to go to a big pool and let Lucy try out her floatie from last year....

This is how Cole usually spends our swimming time...napping in the shade or just playing on his mat. He loves this thing!

Lucy coming to show me something

When her diaper fills up with water she looks like an ant...with a big abdomen. It is hilarious! I tried to get a picture but failed....this pic doesn't do it justice. I'll have to get a video one of these days and post it. 

Kisses from Cole. Man I love this kid!!!!

Sharing is Caring

Lucy LOVES Cole. She makes sure we know where he is at all times. She always has to tell everyone about him. She loves giving him hugs and kisses (sometimes more than he likes to get!). She loves to hold him on her lap. Even when he starts to get fussy, she'll just ask for the pacifier and burpcloth, or ask for a blanket. She's not phased by him being upset and feels that she is just as capable as we are at calming him down. It's really funny, I thought she wouldn't want him when he got fussy, but she proved me wrong.
He definitely loves her just as much. He loves to watch Lucy run around and play. He gives her BIG smiles when she comes to talk to him. He will complain and give her an earful if she gets too rough or loves on him too much. But for the most part they are becoming good friends!

I propped Cole up on this pillow so he could see what was going on...Lucy had to give her dolls pillows to rest on too!

Look at that smile! He must think there's something good on that spoon!

Lucy just recently became interested in stuffed toys..

But now she really likes them!

Whatever Lucy  does she feels Cole needs to be doing it too!

"What do I do with this?"

Love this face! Classic Cole expression :)

 I'm so happy that they get to grow up so close in age! These two are such blessings in my life, they teach me so much...I only hope I can teach them as much.  I am so grateful Heavenly Father has entrusted them in our care. We couldn't have asked for anything better!