Park Fun

I have been pretty bad at taking pictures and blogging lately.  January is just a blah month for me and I never seem to have it together.  I also have been thinking a lot about the fact that we really have moved.  For a while, I felt like I was on vacation and now that the holidays are over, I realize it is a reality.  I am having a hard time adjusting and feel guilty on a daily basis for moving my kids from a place with so much culture and activities.   We are still keeping busy, but it's just not quite the same, the good thing has been having our family closer. Anyway, this sweet little man is probably going to pop some teeth here in the near future.  He chews on EVERYTHING!

He's been getting tired of laying on his play mat so we tried setting him up in the bumbo and letting him play with his toys

Tuesday when Liam woke up from his nap, Colin and I were chilling on the couch.  He came out of his room and said "Boo" with a big smile, then cuddled with Colin and me. He even rested his head on Colin. It was the cutest!

We finally had a semi nice day on Thursday.  Thank goodness!  All that freezing cold weather was making me crazy!  When Liam woke up from his nap we went to the park.  Apparently, when you turn five months old mom lets you swing :)

Liam climbed in and out of the tunnels and had a blast.

We hung out for about 30 minutes but the wind started to pick up and made it feel a little colder.  Liam didn't care at all he was enjoying himself.  He sported his new sunglasses the whole time and doesn't complain of the sun being to bright anymore.

Going down the slide.

I was holding Colin and Liam came up to me and said "momma, baby in swing?"  He wanted me to put Colin in the swing so he could push him.  It was the best moment ever. I love when Liam shows interest in Colin, which he has done a lot lately.

Big bro pushing little bro

Here is a little video.

Colin didn't seem to mind one bit.  He turned five months old on Thursday and I will try and get his five-month post done tomorrow!

Bowling

The other day Liam was playing with his bro before we left the house.  He was trying to get Colin to hold his toy and kept telling him "hold this"  It was so cute and he was very pleased when Colin took the toy.

The other night Liam was dancing around the living room and Uncle Matt and Chris started busting up laughing, apparently Liam decided to take a bow once he finished his dance.  I completely missed it! I was so bummed.  Chris asked him where he learned that and he turned to him and said very proudly "Super Why".  He is such a cute guy!

Thursday night this was my entertainment for the evening.  Matt's dog LOVES to chase his own tail.  The video doesn't quite do it justice.  He literally will flip himself over trying to get his own tail.  It is hilarious!

Friday morning we started out sitting around like this....

...in our pajamas wondering what to do.  Then Matt and I came up with the idea of bowling.  I wasn't sure how Liam would do but when we arrived he was VERY excited about all the balls he saw.  They gave us the lightest bowling ball they had for him and off we went.

Here he is annoyed that I am taking a picture.  He really wanted to go grab a ball.

Colin chilled in his car seat while we all got our bowling shoes on.

Liam rolling the bowling ball down the lane.  We had the bumpers put up for him and Uncle Matt had to assist his ball a little to make sure it would make it all the way to the end.

Watching his ball go towards the pins

He really liked carrying his own ball.  

Liam set the buzzer off once for stepping over the line and he was a little confused by it.  I think he felt he should be able to walk where he wanted.  

Here is a little video of his bowling experience.  He only lasted 5 frames, but I thought that was pretty good!

Uncle Matt and I took turns holding Colin.  He was the star of the show when a couple of elderly folks showed up to play.  They thought he was super cute.  I have to say I agree with them ;)

Liam's first bowling score

Once we got home I got Liam down for a nap and Colin and I laid down in the bed to take a nap too.  When Colin woke up he was all smiles

Then Liam woke up and came to cuddle with us.

Eventually it turned into lazy/relaxation time with a little Curious George.

Dad even arrived home to join in on the cuddle time/George fest. It made for a lovely afternoon with our boys.

Saturday evening Aunt Sadie came over to play with Liam for a little bit at his request.  While she was here, Liam was doing his own thing so Sadie thought she would hold Colin.  I said it would probably be fine since he was not paying attention.  The minute Matt went to hand Colin to Sadie, Liam turned around and said "No Baby!"  He it very possessive of his Aunt Sadie and wants her all to himself even if he is not actively playing with her.

This weekend it has been freezing, literally! Today we woke up and our pipes were frozen!  No shower, sink, or water to do laundry.  So we all headed over to Grandma Snay's to take showers and do some laundry.  Once we got Liam down for a nap, Aunt Sadie hung out with him at our house and Colin stayed with Grandma so we could go buy some pipe insulation.  Hopefully, it will do the trick and the pipes won't be frozen in the morning!  I also can't wait for this little cold spell to make its exit! 

Road to Recovery?

Here is my sweet angel baby being so happy even though his lungs still sounded awful the other day and he couldn't breath.

Liam has still complained about the sun being too bright so he wore my sunglasses this time. 

Wednesday Liam had boot camp, and it was a nice day so they were able to go outside and run.  He did really well this particular day with no breakdowns and participated in pretty much everything.  Some days he refuses to participate the way he is suppose to and would much rather do his own thing, but Wednesday was AWESOME!

This boy had a crazy hair day with one little curl sticking straight up.

Thursday we went and watched Aunt Sadie's basketball game.  It's always an interesting form of entertainment and I don't mean the actual basketball playing itself.

Liam watched from the top of the bleachers, he had more fun going up and down them.

To follow up on my last post, Liam was pretty sick Monday morning but no fever just more tired and lazy than normal and he kept coming up to me and saying "hold you", meaning hold him.  I of course didn't have a problem with that at all.  My sweet boy has never been much of a cuddler so when he gives me the opportunity to hang out with him I take it!  He still has a little cough and runny nose but overall is much better.

Sweet Colin on the other hand had his four-month old appointment on Thursday.  Yes, it is very late because no one could get us in when we moved here.  Anyway,  it was treated more like a follow up from last week's appointment.  Colin still sounded awful and I had cut back on the albuterol treatments because he developed this nasty dry cough and would start coughing and it would last anywhere from 2-5 minutes before he could catch a break.  When we got to office they weighed him and he lost ONE pound in a week!  That had me pretty worried just from the start.  He has been eating, not as long but more frequently. When the doc came in she listened to him, I told her about the cough, and she decided to give him some saline inhalation to help loosen the mucus/snot so it can come up and out.  She also prescribed him an antibiotic since he developed some lovely green snot.  She is currently not too concerned with weight but we go back on Monday to have him checked out again.  When we got home I gave him a saline treatment and my poor baby coughed for a good 20-25 minutes and mucous and snot just drained from him!  I felt horrible especially since I kept using the nose sucker to make sure it was all coming out.  He was miserable but still smiled sweetly at me once it was all over.  He seems to be getting better and I really hope Monday goes much smoother and he gains some weight back!

Colin has also struggled with bedtime for a while now.  And even more so since we moved.  About four nights a week he screams himself to sleep and then wakes up about 20-30 minutes after we put him down screaming some more.  Chris and I don't know why he does this but has no problem during the day.  It is super frustrating.  I meant to discuss with the doc on Thursday but his breathing was more important at the time.  Anyone else had their kiddo scream at bedtime? If so I would love to hear about it and take any advice.

Sick Babies

Thursday, sweet Colin started to not feel so great.  He had a cough and a low-grade fever.  Here is my sweet boy sleeping in my arms.

By Friday morning he sounded pretty bad and I didn't want to attempt to get through the weekend without seeing a doc.  Even as miserable as my little man is, he is still smiling and happy for the most part.

The doc examined him and said he has bronchiolitis.  He received a breathing treatment in the office and it helped so we have been doing them at home.  They are definitely helping him out.

Friday night Liam decided to teach his daddy the names of the three choo-choo trains on his milk cup.  He wanted his daddy to get it wrong so he could tell him the correct one. He is a super cute guy.

Saturday morning this little one started his swim lessons.  He keeps telling us that the sun is too bright and closes his eyes and covers his face.  Daddy convinced him to wear his sunglasses.  Liam has some we just can't seem to locate them.  He thought he was pretty cool.

Liam loved his swim lessons!  There was no real instruction given was but maybe it will be better next weekend?  The instructor, which was a substitute, actually, and said there are only two kids in the class so it may end early.  I thought that sounded ridiculous because there is plenty to do with two two-year-old kids for a half hour in a pool.

Anyway, Liam LOVED swimming and that makes going completely worth it.  

Today, Colin stood with a little assistance from momma :)

This chunky peanut took a steamy shower today after his breathing treatment to help him out a little more with his breathing.

His daddy combed his hair up into a fluffy mohawk.  He's a cute little fella.

Liam and daddy played this game today.

Liam has been saying his age, but instead of two years he says "two months old', then when we tell him he is two years old he tells us "no, two months old" Ha!  Chris was leaving for the grocery store today and I said bye "thanks honey"  then Liam looked to his dad and said "thanks honey" and closed the front door.  He is our little parrot lately and it cracks me up!  

Liam woke up from his nap looking like this...

...rosy cheeks and a low grade temp.  My poor boys.  Liam is in good spirits just a little more clingy than normal.  I guess we will wait and see what tonight brings.  I am hoping both of them feel wonderful tomorrow   

Funny Guy

Liam was all about his brother yesterday!  I LOVED it as a mom.  I gave Liam his breakfast, placed Colin on the floor in his bumbo, and ran to the restroom.  Then I heard Liam laughing and wasn't sure what was going on in the kitchen.  My first thought was he's dropping his pancakes on his brother.  Turns out he was just making funny faces/sounds at Colin and Colin was all smiles at him.  I placed Colin on the table and he did it some more.

After breakfast Liam was still very interested in Colin.  He was talking to him on his playmat, tickling his feet, and then he wanted to hold him.  So I told him to get in the chair and he could.  Liam happily jumped up in the chair, but then Colin grabbed Liam's shirt and he didn't like that too much.  So he tried to escape and I caught this picture.

Colin was a pretty happy fellow even if his brother tried to push him off ;)

Even though Liam decided he didn't want to hold Colin anymore he still laid next to him and played.

Tummy time

My boys

Colin was pretty fussy and hard to get to sleep yesterday but that is probably because he has come down with a nasty little cough and a slight fever today.  My poor little guy.  Anyway he did fall asleep for about 10 minutes and he only wanted to bury his face in his elephant, apparently it comforted him.

While Colin was asleep for his brief moment I finally tried to get Liam dressed and half way through Colin woke up and was fussing.  Liam was so cute and kept saying over and over "Don't worry brofer" It was awesome.

Later in the afternoon, we dropped Colin off at G&G Casson's while I took Liam to sign up for swim lessons and then over to Boot camp.  When we were getting back in the car Liam looked over at the other seat where Colin normally is and said "Momma, lost baby?"  I started busting up!  I said, "remember we dropped Colin off at G&G's" and he goes "Oooh" It was hilarious!  He also calls his Uncle Matt "Uncle Mack", Ha!

Today Colin has been pretty miserable and his cough is slightly worse than it was this morning.  He's also had a very mild temperature so he's gotten some tylenol to help him out a little.  It seems to be working.  When we put the boys to bed, we always have Liam tell Colin good night and tonight he gave Colin a hug and said "lub you"  It made my heart so happy!

The Week in Review

After Christmas I had to go through Liam's room and make room for new toys.  This is what it started out looking like, can you find Colin (he's only coincidentally dressed like Waldo)?

After the room reorganization I had to take down all the Christmas decorations, too.  It was a busy couple of days!  Friday night we gathered at Chuck and Debbie's house for Natalie's birthday.  Liam enjoyed playing with his cousins Izzy and Brooke

Colin and Nathan hung out with their Great Great Aunt Kay (she will be 94)

There was some Mario Cart competition at the Snay household Saturday evening

Father-son bonding on Sunday.  I love Colin's face

Later that evening we met up at the Cassons' with the Jacobs for dinner and to allow the kiddos to play one last time before they move to OKC.

Neeliam

Liam and Paige

Cason played on the iPad

Liam decided to sing Happy Birthday to people to the tune of Where is Thumbkin.  Then he would carry the coasters as the birthday cake! Ha! Silly boy

Paige enjoyed holding Colin

I attempted to get one last picture of all the kiddos but this was the best I got.  

New Year's Eve we were low-key and ate at my parents house, made margaritas with my new margarita maker from my awesome husband, and came home by 7:15 to put the boys to bed.  We are such party animals!  On New Year's Day we got together at Mike and Trudi's as one last gathering with the Jacobs.  We will miss them but know they are doing an awesome thing for their family and we will be seeing them in April :)