32 Years

This weekend was fairly busy.  The weather has been so nice that we played at the park Saturday morning with the boys.  They had fun.

Colin showing of his hanging skills (he did hang even though in this picture his feet our touching)

This boy went across the monkey bars

We tried to get the boys down for naps early because they had Minuet's superhero birthday to attend.  G&G Casson came and stayed with Colin while he finished his nap so he showed up fashionably late to the party.  He was in rare form Saturday morning.  It was the worst we have ever seen him.  Seriously out of character for him.  He had multiple breakdowns before noon so we felt he should sleep as long as he could.

Liam didn't want to wear his superhero costume at first but once we arrived and he saw all the other kiddos (particularly Cason as Spiderman) he was perfectly happy to put it on.

The birthday party was at the gym where the boys do bootcamp and Anna kept them moving.

There was a scavenger hunt which threw some of the younger kiddos off a little because they expected to keep the toys and knick-knacks they were scavenging.  There were a couple of breakdowns.

The boys had a great time and I think Minuet had a great birthday.  My attempts at getting a picture of her turned out blurred but she was a cute little batgirl.

Chris and I had talked about getting the boys a tee so they could learn to hit.  We bought it on Friday and Liam has been LOVING it.  It has also caused some fights since Colin doesn't quite understand turn-taking yet but we'll get there. Here is Liam in action.

Here are a couple videos for your enjoyment

Colin's turn

and a hit!

Sunday was Chris' 32nd Birthday.  The boys and I gave him his gifts that morning and then Colin and I went and bought him a Chorizo burrito for breakfast.  Once we were all up and around we took the boys to the park again.  They ran in the grass with daddy and here they are playing ring around the rosies. 

and they did some running

Later that night we went to G&G Casson's for a birthday dinner. Liam was more than excited to let daddy see the spiderman icecream cake he picked out.

and we sang

Colin pretty much blew out the candles before we finished the song, ha!

I think overall he had a great birthday except that I didn't give him the baby he was hoping for.  Apparently, this little mister or miss doesn't want to share a birthday :)

Date Night

A couple quick things before I forget.  

1. Colin likes to ask questions lately and when you answer him he will say "oh" and the "otay"  It is pretty much the cutest sweetest thing the way he says it.

2. Monday night the baby was moving around a lot!  I had Liam feel my tummy and he looked at me with some excitement and said "Do you think the baby will pop out tonight?"  I laughed and said you never know. (Obviously it did not happen)

3. Colin was also able to feel the baby move.  He sweetly said "baby movin?"  Then he would lift up my shirt trying to see the baby and not understanding why he could not visually see a baby.  It was awesome.

The other night we were out front water the flowers and came across a gross (in my opinion) caterpillar.  Colin was quite interested in him and introduced himself by saying "I Colin Scott Casson" ha!

Here is the beast.  Chris put it in the tree so I didn't have to look at it anymore, ha!

On Tuesday the boys and I had a fun filled day. First they played superheroes.

Ironman with some cool shades

and little Thor

They had so much fun playing together.

Later I gave Liam some options of things to do.  One of the items on the list was going to McDonald's to eat lunch and play in the play area.  He was very excited.  On the way there Liam kept saying we were going to "Old McDonalds"  It was super cute.

Colin going down the slide.

Liam being a monkey.

The best part about McDonald's was seeing how well Liam and Colin got along.  Colin gets a little nervous climbing in some of these big play areas and gets upset if he can't find his way out.  Liam did such an awesome job helping Colin and having Colin follow him so he felt safe.  Which was great because I really didn't feel like climbing into the play area at 9 months pregnant!

Liam has had some emotional moments lately where I have felt like he needed to spend some more one on one time with me.  I think he senses things are changing and gets tired of always doing things with Colin.  For example at bedtime we all read together in Liam's room and this week Liam had made it clear that he wanted to read alone in his room and asked me to read.  He wasn't upset about it but just wanted his alone time.  I talked to Chris later that night and said I thought maybe that was why he was acting out a little more.  He's had a few complete breakdowns lately and it can be the tiniest thing that can set him off.  So on Tuesday after dinner I told him we were going to go on a date just me and him if he wanted to.  At first he didn't quite understand when I said date but when I said it would be just us he was pretty excited to go.

Me and my sweet boy

I surprised him by taking him to Baskin Robbins.  He was pumped when he realized that was where we were going. He got to sample some ice cream and then he picked the birthday cake flavored kind.

Like I said he was excited.

We had a great time and he even danced to some of the music that was playing.  We talked about school and I let him know that if he ever felt like he needed to spend time with just mom or dad to let us know. After we finished our ice cream we picked out a spiderman ice cream cake for Chris' birthday and of course grabbed some to go for Colin and daddy.  When we got home he was so cute because he immediately went to tell Chris about how we picked out a cake for him but stopped himself and said "Wait I can't tell you, it's a surprise."  Ha!  I never said it had to be a surprise but that is how he wanted it and he kept it that way until today when his daddy got to see the cake he picked out.  I think we will have to start implementing monthly date nights with our boys.  He really is a sweet, loving boy and I hope he realizes that Chris and I will always be here for him.  

40 weeks

Alas, my due date has come and gone and I am still very pregnant.  I had my appointment today and I am still not dilated at all.  I was going to have the doc strip my membranes but neither of the docs that I semi-trust will be around this weekend and I was nervous about the on-call doc for the weekend so now I'm hoping that I do not go into labor until at least Monday.  I have another appointment on Monday and will go from there.  I guess Baby Casson #3 is just comfy cozy.

Liam sticking his belly out with me.

Then the boys wanted to make silly faces

Goofy boys

Baby Casson #3 is approx 20 inches long and 7.5lbs.  About the size of a small pumpkin.

I am not really in a big hurry for this baby to come.  I am done working and now just playing the waiting game.  I also never said whether I thought we were having a boy or a girl.  I actually have no feeling either way.  All my pregnancies have been so different.  I will say that everyone I know that is pregnant or recently had a baby have had girls.  I feel like it is the year of girls.  I only know of two people that are having boys.  I also have a fear that it could be a girl purely because I struggled so much finding girl quilt material and the boy one came so easily.  Lastly, the beginning of this pregnancy was stressful with the amnio and everyone says girls are more dramatic ;)  These are my few reasons I think it may be a girl.

I feel like it could be a boy because I know boys.  I feel like I do well and relate better to boys, probably because it is all I know right now.  I am naturally drawn to the little boys section of any store I enter.  Either way I can't wait to meet this little baby and love on them!

Weekend Fun

This was Colin on Thursday enjoying his first Honeycrisp apple of the year.

Friday we had the kids over and did a little cupcake decorating.  Cason, Paige, and Colin jumped right up.  Colin mainly wanted to just eat his.

Liam and Neely eventually joined the fun.

Neely carefully putting sprinkles on her cupcake.

After I let Colin eat his cupcake he went and played with Reed for a few minutes.

Then they all played outside and enjoyed themselves for the most part.

Saturday was the kids Home Depot workshop but this weekend it was also a safety workshop.  There was a firetruck, the humane society brought animals, raffles, face painting, and the kids also got to plant a flower. Colin on the firetruck.

The project for the day was an ambulance car. 

Liam with his ambulance

After Home Depot we went to the park, took naps, went to Reed's birthday party, and eventually the boys did a little relaxing in Grandma Snay's backyard. 

After Saturday I was BEAT.  My feet have never hurt so bad and I did decide I am done being pregnant that very night.  I basically cried myself to sleep thanks to my feet.  SO on Sunday it made perfect sense to ask Liam what he wanted to do for the day and naturally I suggest the Hualapai Mt. Park and lunch at the lodge.  He was game and was even the first one ready.  I survived and wore my compression stocking and basically sat in a chair while the boys ran around.  G&G Casson, Grandma Snay, and Aunt Sadie joined us.  Colin was SUPER excited when he saw Aunt Sadie get out of the car and immediately told her to "watch this" as he made silly faces at her.

Liam going down the slide.

Climbing the fence.

Sweet boy

Sadie attempting monkey bars.

Colin had so much fun making his daddy go down the slide with him multiple times,

Grandpa and Liam playing pretend.  They drove places and had lots of adventures I just can't remember it all.

The boys had a blast and it was LOVELY up in the mountains.  Later in the evening we played outside.  I was sitting and propping my feet and Colin came and played puppy dogs and made silly faces at me.  He was so happy.

Cute guy.

Silly face.

Liam and Daddy played baseball for a while and he continues to do an awesome job at hitting.  He also makes me clap everytime he hits the ball.  It's pretty funny.  He will just look over and say "Clap momma"  We had a good weekend together and who knows maybe this weekend we will become a family of 5?

Boy or Girl?

I am curious to see what everyone's guesses maybe on Baby Casson #3 so if you can comment below that would be awesome!

Now then the quilts are DONE!!!  Brandi did an amazing job as usual and I can't wait for our boy or girl to use it!

Girl and boy quilt

Boy quilt (front)

Back

Girl quilt (front)

back.

I was just telling Chris that I am getting pretty anxious to meet our new baby boy or girl.  The quilts being complete have made it real to me that very soon we will have a new member to our family!  Don't forget to put guesses below :)

39 Weeks!

It hard to believe how soon this little mister or misses will be making their debut!  I had my appointment yesterday and I am not dilated/effaced at all which is completely fine.  I am just really hoping he or she will come before they want to try and induce.  I really think my body can just hold a baby forever, ha!  I am getting really excited/anxious to find out whether this sweet baby growing inside of me is a boy or a girl.  We are completely ready and just finished washing the car seat last night.  Now we just need to install it in the car.  I still think this baby has been the most active in the womb and hasn't really shown any signs of slowing down.  The most active times seem to be 8-10Pm and 4-5Am.  I guess I will be pulling all nighters once this little one is born.

Baby Casson #3 is approx 20 inches and a bit over 7 lbs.  About the size of a mini watermelon.

A Few More Things

This video is from a couple of weeks ago.  I was getting ready in my room and I could hear the boys busting up laughing together.  I peeked my head out and saw this...

It was the coolest moment to see these brothers enjoying playing together.  The letter V for Vulture was by far the funniest thing to the both of them,

Tuesday the little baby in my belly woke me up about 4:30 in the morning.  I could NOT fall back asleep--it was one serious dance party--and then I was starving, so naturally I came out to the dining room, ate some pumpkin bread, and worked on some Halloween party invitations.  Needless to say I was pretty much dead to the world a few hours later.  I attempted a shower to wake up but it failed me so the boys and I had a movie morning.  We watched Aladdin and Liam LOVED it.  I was laying on the couch and he was at me feet.  Once the genie started cracking jokes right and left Liam was giggling so much.  I caught this short video before he noticed.  It was neat to see him enjoy the movie so much.

Colin relaxed on me like this for awhile

Once the movie was over I decided I should really get the boys out of the house.  We had a lunch date at Chili's.  The boys were so good and we had a good time together.  Liam wanted some broccoli and while he was eating it he told me "My mouth is like a tree trimmer" ha!

They didn't eat too well overall but did eat plenty of broccoli.  Then they insisted on sitting on the bench outside before we left. 

Tonight the boys and I came home from G&G Casson's and I propped the door to let G&G in because they came over to help get the boys down for bed.  When I opened the door Liam said he wanted to "see Snoopy"  then I heard him say "Hey Snoopy, are you Snoopying around?"  I immediately figured Grandpa C. or Chris had said that before because it sounded like one of their jokes [due to its hilarity -wcc]. I found out later he came up with it all on his OWN.  I guess we are raising another Casson with bad jokes, ha!

And lastly, Colin said "Chris" the other night.  It actually came out as "kiss"  It was so cute and he just smiled as he said it knowing that he was calling his daddy something other than dada.  He can also say his name now.  He struggles a little with Colin but Casson comes out at clear as day :)