Home Depot Kids Day

Last Saturday we had a lot of plans.  We started the morning by heading to Home Depot for the monthly kids' project.  It was bird-houses and the boys were more than happy to get started.

Liam wanted nothing more than to hammer.

Colin gave it a shot too but eventually went and played in the cart.

Then it was time to paint and boy did that get messy.  They seemed to enjoy it quite a bit and it definitely appealed to Colin much more than hammering.

Hard at work.

Painting boys

Chris and I basically let them go and as long as they weren't painting anything else but the bird house, ha!  At one point I went to get the boys some more paint and there was a girl with both her parents and the mom was "helping" her paint.  Basically, painting it for her and got upset at her when she accidently got paint on the side her mom was painting.  The poor girl was only about six years old, too.

Colin really liked to mix all the paint together, which made it difficult for Liam who was trying to paint each side of his house a certain color.

After Home Depot we went and watched Cason play soccer.  He has quite the fan club and Colin was super excited to see him when he was done.  He went running over to him with a big smile--not that this picture shows it.

When we got home I set up my new scarecrow and Colin thought he was pretty awesome. 

My big plans for Saturday were to clean out our room and shampoo the carpets to make room for Baby #3.  During naps Chris and I worked hard to clean out drawers and do some reorganizing.  Later G&G Casson were going to take the boys out while we finished shampooing carpets, but all of a sudden our kitchen sink clogged.  So we ended up having Grandpa and Uncle Chuck helping unclog it.  Chuck also took a little spill in the process of getting off our roof, which was terrifying but once I realized he was okay I started busting up laughing.  Anyway, things calmed down and G&G were kind enough to let the boys spend the night so Chris and I could finish shampooing. Here is my hubby hard at work.

We had the shampooer for 24 hours so we ran it to my mom's house the next morning and did her living and dining area, then we picked up the boys, and went to Jess and Brandi's.  The big boys wanted to play some basketball, the kids had fun playing, and Brandi helped me cut some more quilt squares.  Then Neely introduced Liam to his first video game and we shampooed the Jacobs' playroom.

This one is from Sunday night and G&G Snay's.  Liam sure enjoys playing with Aunt Sadie and his cousin Macy.

Random one of Liam LOVING his new glow in the dark skeleton PJ's

Tuesday night the boys and I opened up a Halloween box and pulled a few things out.  Colin enjoyed the bat costume.

Tuesday it was rainy and the boys and I enjoyed the smell of this candle and picked out a few mini pumpkins at the store.  I sure hope it cools down soon!  I am ready for a fall season.  I may just have to move back to Virginia to ever see that again though, *sigh*

36 Weeks!

Seriously, didn't I just do my weekly post?  We have four weeks left to cook this little baby.  I had my appointment on Tuesday and everything continues to look great.  I did ask about the baby being breech since two weeks ago he or she was, but this little bambino has turned the appropriate way!  This past weekend Chris and I shampooed all the carpets, cleared out some dresser drawers, and shifted furniture to make room for the crib.  Now we just have to actually set it up :)

Baby Casson #3 is almost 6lbs and approximately 18.5 inches long.  About the size of a head of lettuce.

Don't mind the Pajama pants but I had already made myself comfy prior to the picture.

Labor Day Weekend and Babymoon

First of all, here is a cute picture of these boys eating lunch with their Rescue Bots.

Over Labor Day weekend we began our trip to Phoenix Friday afternoon.  Our first stop was Toys-R-Us.  I had promised Liam we would go to a toy store and he could pick one toy.  Both boys were happy to go pick out a toy but Colin picked out a faulty Toothless dragon and was super upset so we had to quickly turn around, return the dragon, and find something else.  He loved his second purchase.  We eventually made our way to our "resort".  Chris and I actually turned around thinking it was an apartment complex but realized it must have been an apartment complex converted to a resort at least the best they could.  The nice thing was we had a one bedroom apartment to spend the weekend in.  That meant plenty of room for the boys to play and a separate room so Chris and I didn't have to go to bed at 8PM every night.  The boys even slept together and did GREAT! It was the first time we have ever put them together to sleep.  I know the picture is ridiculously blurry but I think it is super sweet.

Saturday was a busy day.  First we met up with my friend Roxy and we got to meet her sweet baby Orian. The boys enjoyed checking him out too.

Then we did some swimming in the pool.

Colin enjoyed his "boat" and stayed in it the whole time.  He just asked me to fill it with water.  He was actually pretty tired and did a lot of relaxing in his boat.

He did lay down and close his eyes a lot but here he knew daddy was taking a picture so he had a little grin.

Liam has found new freedom in the water if he wears a life jacket.  It is actually really nice.  He enjoys swimming a lot more and Chris and I enjoy being able to allow him to swim and play and just be in a safe range with him as opposed to holding on to him the whole time.  He had a great time jumping in the water, having daddy throw him in the air, and just swimming around.

Flying high

More relaxing

Under water pictures.

Liam wanted to pull Colin and told me "This is my first rescue"  Colin was more than happy to have his brother pull him around.

They were so sweet together.

Then I rescued Liam

The boys took three hour long naps after swimming and slept so well.  While they napped Chris and I did a little shopping and G&G Casson kept an eye on them.  Then we met up with friends for dinner.  I brought our camera but failed to take pictures because the memory card was not in it! Oops!  Anyway Chris got a few of the kiddos.

The boys bonding over the IPad

Molly smooching on Colin

Colin sweetly checking out Molly after the kiss.

Kiddos sharing food.

Liam, Colin, and Norah

Sunday the big boys went golfing.  The kids were going to come play in the pool with us, unfortunately poor Patrick was sick so they opted out but Norah still joined the fun.  These two had a good time.

This boy swam around with Grandma and did some more jumping

Colin was pretty pooped from his adventures in swimming and took a super long nap again.  

Mollie and I went shopping while the boys were sleeping and did a lot of baby stuff and trip to Bath & Body Works an got some sweet fall soaps and candles :)  That night we all went to Oregano's for dinner and then to Barnes and Noble and let the boys pick out a couple of books.  Afterwards G&G took the boys back to resort and Chris and I went to a movie and had a little us time.  It was nice.  Monday we took the boys swimming one last time and then met Megan for some lunch.  We made one last stop at a HomeGoods hoping to find my pumpkin bread mix.  (We tried three others and only found one that had two packages).  I scored big time and snagged four bags!  The trip was complete!  We had a lovely time and it was relaxing and I had so much fun swimming with my boys.  It was a nice trip before the baby arrives :)

5 More Weeks!

Yup, five more weeks! I am still completely not ready for the arrival of this little one and I am really hoping to get some rearranging and carpet shampooing done this weekend.  I am starting to feel the need to organize and clean everything but still have zero energy to do it, ha!  Brandi was the sweetest today and came over to hang out and help me cut squares for the quilt.  She even took some home with her!  I finished cutting all the ones I had tonight so hopefully both the boy and girl quilt will come together soon!

This past weekend we did quite a bit of shopping for our little bean.  Chris and I picked out another little boy and little girl outfit and Grandma Casson and I hit up Babies-R-Us.  I think we are close to ready in the necessities department but I should probably pick up some diapers ;)

This little bean is approx 18 inches long and weighs 5.25lbs. About the size of a honeydew melon!

Family/Maternity Photos!

As usual the fabulous Johanna at A Sophisticated View did not disappoint at our session in the mountains.  She gave us our disc this weekend while we were visiting in Phoenix and I am in love!

My sweet babies

The hubby and me

Love Colin's little face in this one

This one is definitely one of my favorites.

Baby belly with Chris' hand and mine

I never thought I would show my actual belly but I did and I really like this one too :)

Tickling our boys

Love my family.

33.5 Weeks of baby belly.

Liam was a super champ and did awesome taking pictures.

He's one handsome little dude.

Colin blowing kisses

and my other handsome little guy

Thanks again Andrew and Johanna.  I love having you guys capture our lives!