Weekend in Phoenix

Last Wednesday I busted out this toy for Colin.  Liam showed him all the buttons and they played together.

This sweet boy thought it was pretty cool.

Liam showing Colin all the gadgets from a different angle.

Thursday Liam was wanting to eat breakfast on his own time.  He asked me to make him some pancakes.  I told him he had to sit with his brother while I popped them in the microwave.  He's waving to Colin here.

I LOVE these boys!

We spent some time at the park on Thursday too.  

Friday Colin fell asleep holding his feet.

The boys played together.

Liam was singing his ABC's over and over and here is what I got.  It's pretty funny :)

Friday Liam really wanted to eat lunch in his room.  So I told him we'd have a picnic in his room.  Daddy even came home for lunch to join in on the event.  We all had PB and J sandwiches (except Colin, he enjoyed some mushy baby food) on a blanket in his room.  He seemed to enjoy it :)

Liam did a little reading in the Parenting magazine before bed.

Saturday these boys woke up very happy and cuddled with mom and dad :)

After Liam's swim lessons Saturday we drove to Phoenix.  Jenna was having a BBQ Birthday party and we figured it was a good weekend to go visit some friends.

Liam had a blast with Gavin.

They played cars.

Colin and Molly had tummy time together.  Liam stopped in to say Hi to them.

Colin and Norah hung out with each other too. Colin is three weeks older than Norah.

Liam was a happy little guy and decided he wanted to give his little bro some loving too :)

We had a wonderful time at the BBQ but I failed to get any pictures of the adults, so I apologize.

Sunday morning we went over to Geoff and Beth's so the kiddos could play some more.

These two stood at the door watching Joan and Geoff unload some bricks .  Silly boys.  They had a great time together.

Afterwards we met up with the O'Neils!  They recently moved from NY to AZ.  We had a lovely lunch at Oregano's and we finally got to meet their little one, Connor.  I failed to take any pictures. I will definitely have to get some on our next visit!   We made a few pit stops on our way home and the boys were wiped out but such great sports throughout the trip!

1st Tooth!

Colin popped his first tooth this afternoon!!  One of the front bottom teeth has finally shown up!  The other one looks like it is very close too.  Colin has been gnawing on anything and everything he can get his hands on today, including my chin.  I even tried to pull away and he would grab my face and go back to my chin, Ha.  Silly little guy :)  

  (This photo was taken at San Diego Zoo)

I will soon attempt a picture of his little tooth :)

7 Months Old!

WHAT!?!?  My sweet baby Colin turned seven months old on Sunday! I feel like I just did his six-month post.  Colin is just the sweetest little guy and always so happy.  He is 28 and a quarter inches and 20.2lbs!  He is moving around quite a bit and if he sees something he wants he will get to it.  He rolls back and forth and then will turn himself in circles.  He hasn't really attempted crawl or even army crawl but he definitely gets around.  Colin is still enjoying eating and is getting 3 jars of baby food a day, since we just started adding lunch this weekend.  He currently wears 12-18 month outfits, I can get him in some of his 9 month outfits but that won't last much longer.  He still has no teeth but his bottom front teeth are getting very close.  He continues to be very vocal and still thinks his big brother is much cooler to watch and play with than the rest of us.  He really seems to be enjoying bath time a ton lately, maybe because he gets to sit up like a big guy.  The minute we take him out he is instantly not happy with us.  Colin is always very content and just smiles at us.  He has a really patient, calm personality unless he is hungry, then he can go zero to sixty.  Bedtime has become so easy, we read, sing, feed, and then lay him down and he usually goes right to bed.  He still gets up 1-3 times a night  but he did sleep through the night on Saturday!  He is perfectly able to roll back and forth but he actually slept on his stomach for the first time Sunday night.  He also had a foot out of the railing of the crib, so I adjusted him just a little :)

Colin takes two naps a day.  He usually goes down about 30-40 minutes after Liam in the afternoon.  It is nice because it allows for some one on one time with momma and dadda on weekends.

I think he enjoys his time with us

His hair is becoming much thicker so it is not nearly as crazy anymore and it makes me kind of sad that his crazy hair days are almost over.

Sweet little man

Here he is watching his brother.

I love this little guy

He LOVES his toes.

Happy guy

More toe time :)

Great at sitting up

Loves playing with his toys and eating them ;)

Colin is just the sweetest and we love him.

Play Set

As I mentioned before, we ordered a play set for the kiddos and it has ARRIVED!  I went and picked it up last Wednesday with Grandpa Snay and had it put together in before Liam woke up from his nap.  He was pretty pumped about it.

He was mainly excited about driving.

I convinced him to go down the slide for me.

This sweet boy hung out in the shade with momma :)

Liam asked to come in not to long after testing out the new play set.  I thought it was pretty odd but figured it was just too warm outside for him and he isn't used to it.  Well, about an hour later Liam started running a mild temperature.  It went away by the evening time and he seemed fine.  Then on Thursday he woke up from his nap with a fever again.  It faded a little and then he wanted to play outside with Aunt Sadie in the pool.  The boys had fun with their Aunt.

After a while Liam started shivering and running a fever again.  So we got him out of the pool and let him lay around in a blanket.  I had already decided to have Liam see someone Friday in case he was coming down with strep like his daddy.  I called Thursday but couldn't get him in.  Here are the boys enjoying their bath Thursday night.  They do have fun together

Friday I couldn't get Liam into either of the pediatricians in town.  So we went to urgent care.  The doc didn't see any specific sign of strep but said he had a sinus issue going on and his lymph-nodes were swollen.  So he gave him an antibiotic.  Saturday Liam woke up feeling fine and helped make pancakes with daddy for our traditional pancake Saturday.

We attempted swim lessons but apparently they were cancelled for spring break yet NO one informed me.  two out of the three kids showed up.  I was not too happy about that, especially since Liam was fairly excited to go swimming.  Liam woke up from his nap crying and with a fever again!  ARRR!  We gave him some Tylenol and let him lounge, eat a Popsicle, and Doritos since that is what he wanted.  Once the fever broke he was running around like normal but it came back that evening and he woke up on fire about 3 am and did not sleep all that great.  His fever has been gone since Saturday morning but he slept horribly Sunday night.  He has no other symptoms, I am hoping it is just due to exhaustion and tonight is going to go much better!

Next up Sweet Colin is 7 Months old!

Unplanned Trip to Disneyland

Chris wasn't feeling up to par the whole weekend but he was making it through.  The plan was to head back home on Monday but Sunday night Chris was on FIRE!  He was not sleeping well and kept me up worrying abouy whether or not we should take him to an urgent care.  So I was up from about 2-4:30 in the morning trying to figure out what we should do, looking up urgent cares, and of course feeding sweet Colin.  Eventually I got to sleep and when I woke up called G&G Casson to see if they could watch the boys while I ran Chris to urgent care.  They had plans for Disneyland and I felt terrible ruining their morning but really did not want to take the boys to an urgent care.  They were GREAT and came to the rescue.  

Once we got Chris to the doc it was clear that he had Strep Throat, which was awesome.  Chris had already suspected, but his throat didn't hurt nearly as badly as the last time he had strep.  So he got a prescription for an antibiotic.  We decided to stay one more night so he could get the antibiotic in him and we could get some rest before driving home.  We figured I could take the boys and Chris could rest in the hotel room.  We had talked on the way back from urgent care about possibly going to Disneyland since G&G Casson already were planning on going.  Once we mentioned it to Grandma she was SO excited!!  Disneyland is her absolute favorite place.  We checked into the hotel and off we went.  Chris came for about two hours and then went back to hotel.  He wanted to see the boys' reaction for their first trip.

Here is Colin entering Disneyland, sound asleep!

Momma and Liam

Colin woke up and got a picture with his 1st visit button

Liam was pretty excited and was being gregarious with his Grandpa and Daddy.

Daddy and Colin on the train

Liam and Grandma

Colin and Grandma in Toon Town

Trying to lift the heavy weights

Colin's Turn

We stood in line to meet Mickey.  It was the only character the boys met that day but it was perfect because it is the main one they are familiar with, and Liam happily gave Mickey a high-five and a thumbs-up.  

After meeting Mickey we ate lunch and Chris went back to the hotel.  Grandpa left to meet Uncle Michael at the front entrance and Grandma, the boys, and I went to Fantasy Land.  Liam and Grandma rode the carousel and Colin and I sat back and watched.  As we were sitting there I noticed a not so pleasant smell from Colin.  I picked him up and he had poop all over his outfit!  I had an extra one but it was long sleeved and it was entirely way too hot for that!  Grandma helped me get him stripped and clean.  I left Liam with G&G Casson and Michael and they went on the Storybook ride while Colin the diaper baby and I headed to Toon Town to find a onesie.  When I got in the store, I immediately asked a worker where the onesies were.  She asked if it was an emergency, I said well kind of we had a poop explosion, ha.  She took me to the onesies and I found one, she ripped the tag off and said it was on her, and that is why they are there!  WHAT?! Never in a million years did I expect that from Disneyland!  Here is our cute boy in his new onesie.

Later Uncle Michael, Liam, and I went on the Dumbo ride.  Liam was so tired.

We convinced him to hop in the stroller and we would get some ice cream.  I was secretly hoping he would fall asleep while we wandered but he spotted an ice cream stand and was quick to point out that he was suppose to get some.  So this sweet tired boy got some ice cream.

We hit one last ride and let Liam drive a car at Autopia.  He thought it was pretty cool.

After that we decided to take off but got caught by the parade chaos.  The plan was to hit a store grab a couple souvenirs, and leave.  Instead we watched a little of the parade and then went into a store.  Liam got a light-up car, Colin got a stuffed Mickey Mouse, and they both got some soft Disney character bath toys and shirts from G&G Casson.  It was a great first trip but the next time we go I will be better prepared and hopefully Chris will be healthy! HA! 

Beach

Sunday morning we woke up and got ourselves ready for the day. Colin was getting a little fussy because it was his nap time so I asked Liam to sing to him while I finished getting ready.  I caught the tail end before Liam ran away.

We ran to a couple of stores like Target and Babies-R-Us since those are luxuries anymore :(

Colin sat up in the shopping cart for the first time!

We went and checked out Michael and Noel's new house which was super cute and the bathroom was amazing!  We hung out there most of the afternoon and I failed to get ANY pictures.  Later in the evening we took a trip over to Balboa Island and the beach.  Liam saw the Ferris Wheel and insisted on riding it.  Grandpa and I joined in on the fun.  He had a blast and enjoyed pointing out the boats on the water when we were up high.  He eventually got bored and wanted to be done.

This sweet little peanut enjoyed his time in the stroller being able to see everything!

Liam tried out the arcade 

Eventually we made our way over to the beach and LOVED it!  Liam had fun throwing sand (which was not encouraged) and running around in it.

He was a happy little dude

Chris took a flying leap

This little angel baby LOVED the sand.

He enjoyed feeling it mainly with his right hand and scooping it up but never once attempted to put it in his mouth!

Our view

Checking out the big sand pile Grandpa made.  He really wanted to get his hands on it!

We attempted some family photos.  

Daddy and his boys

This one would have been GREAT if Colin was only looking up :(

We had a great time running around in our bare feet.

We finished up and all went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner.  The boys were exhausted and Colin slept on the bench seat while in between Chris and me while we ate.  Liam was so pooped that after dinner he wanted to lay down too.