Monday, February 18, 2013

Catching Up Again!

On Monday I was trying to come up with something to do with Liam while Colin was napping but he was not interested in coloring. painting, etc.  Finally I asked if he would like to make cookies.  His face lit up and so that is just what we did.
He really enjoyed mixing the dough.  He didn't even want me to help.
After all our cookie baking Liam attempted the potty again.  No success but when I asked if he wanted to wear big boy undies, he did.  It only lasted about five minutes, though.
Tuesday Colin woke up with some crazy hair!  It completely reminded me of the baby from the movie Willow

just not as curly and full.
We had a play date with Riley and Payton Tuesday morning also.  Liam was very excited to have friends come over.
This little guy is way into trying to eat his toes lately.  It is super cute because he has a harder time getting to them with his little belly in the way.  He grunts as he tries to get them.
He's a cute little fella
Here's a little video
Wednesday morning I had just let Liam down from eating breakfast and he started saying "Look mama, look", I looked over and he was laying next to his little brother with a big grin on his face.  It was awesome!
On Valentine's Day, Liam was restless and really wanted to go "bye-bye".  So we loaded up and went to a little cupcake place.  Liam picked out a few mini cupcakes and then we delivered them to the Grandma Snay, Grandma Casson, and Grandpa Casson at their work.  Liam was so happy about it and was very patient.  I told him he had to wait to eat his cupcake until we finished our deliveries.  He was perfectly satisfied about it. Once we finished our deliveries we went to Sonic so we could bring daddy lunch.  I let Liam eat his cupcake in the car while we waited for our food.  He was thrilled!
As usual he licked the frosting off first.
Friday the Lewis Clan stopped by on their way to Vegas.  The boys had fun playing with each other.  Liam kept trying to drag Gavin places and they enjoyed playing with cars and choo choos.  
Couple of good guys
This was the only picture we got of little Miss Molly.  She is super cute.  Liam actually took this picture.
Saturday we went to Vegas to get Colin's six-month photos done.  I can't believe he is already six months old! but more on that later :)  We did a lot of running around and this little guy was getting antsy in his car seat in the stroller so I let him try out Liam's seat.  He was pretty excited to see other things other than his mom or dad.
I have been jotting down a bunch of little funny things Liam has said or done lately so here it goes....
1. Somedays he will come up and pat me on the back so sweetly.  I occasionally pat his back when getting him tucked in for a nap.
2. When Liam was about 8 months old we were visiting AZ and went to dinner one night.  It was taking awhile to get our food, check, etc.  Liam was getting a little fussy/tired so I was pacing and singing to him trying to get him to sleep.  I ended up making up a song for him that I have sang to him since then.  He recently learned it very well and sings it back to me.  It makes my heart so happy!
3. The other morning Colin was being very happy and very vocal during breakfast, apparently Liam was not in the mood for it and he kept looking over at him and saying "Stop whittle brofer".  It made me laugh.
4. Liam likes to come up and say "Oh mama" in a sweet voice and then I say "Oh Liam" and he usually gives me a hug or tells me "No, Oh, mama" Meaning he wants me to say Oh mama instead of Oh Liam.  He is silly.
5.  The other morning I was coming back into living room after putting Colin down for morning nap and Liam was watching George.  I came in and patted him on the head and said, "Are you watching George?"  He looked at me annoyed and said, "I'm watching George, Stop"  Apparently I disrupted his program.
6. Liam likes a show on Netflix called Fireman Sam.  Which I am sure you guessed a show about a fireman who helps people.  A couple nights ago I let Liam sit on the kitchen counter while I was preparing dinner.  I lit the stove and Liam looked up immediately and said "Fire Sam, Help!"  I about died laughing and had to tell him it was okay and that momma had it under control. Ha!
7. At breakfast Liam was talking to me and he said "Jackson's a good guy" referring to his buddy in Virginia, then he said "Jackson lives far away"  Poor guy, he misses his buddy :(
8. Liam has been coming up to me when I am doing just about anything and says "Watcha doin' momma?" It cracks me up!  He has also been giving lots of thumbs up to any type of approval.  It is hilarious.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Inner-Tubing

Sunday we decided to go up to the Hualapai Mountains and inner-tube.  When we first arrived there were about eight or ten elk roaming around.
Checking us out to see what we are up too.
Heading back up the mountain since we disturbed them.
Liam didn't sleep well and woke up extra early so he fell asleep on our fifteen minute drive! HA!  I woke him up and bundled him up so he could go play in the snow.  He was perfectly happy about it.
Liam and Grandpa heading to the hill.
Liam LOVED inner-tubing.  Here he is going down for the first time with daddy.
Colin fell asleep on the drive up also, so he kept him bundled up in the car seat so he could get some much needed rest.
Liam and daddy, check out that smile :)
Grandma and Liam
Aunt Sadie
Chris and I went down together
Chris thought he would go down a different little slope that had a bigger drop but as you can see he lost the inner-tube and came tumbling down
Playing in the snow
Colin woke up and was in a great mood!
Grandpa heading down.
Chris had some snow stuck to his eyelash
Family photo!
Colin enjoyed hanging with momma
He's a sweet little guy
Eventually, we all realized we were cold and wet so we decided to head home and get warm.  Grandma and Liam made a pit stop to make a snow angel.
Here is Liam's
We had a blast and hopefully we'll get to do it again next time it snows.
When we got home Liam wanted to hold Colin.
It lasted for just a brief second but at least I got a couple pictures!

Monday, February 11, 2013

Last Week

The weather was great last week, so we did our best to get out as much as we could.  I even set up this contraption for Colin on Tuesday.  He LOVES it way more than Liam ever did.

Eventually we had to come in for lunch and naps. 
Colin looking cute.
Liam decided he needed to test it out too, HA
Wednesday the boys played together
Liam played hide-n-seek
Then he chilled and watched Curious George
Colin cracked me up during his morning nap and how he had his hand resting on his face. 
After naps we went to the park.  On Wednesdays there are a bunch of moms/kiddos that meet up at 10.  It is great and Liam loves to play with the other kids.  He did such an amazing job getting along and was even handing other kids toys to play with. 
While the boys were down for their afternoon naps. I finished making my first ever feeding cover!  I even washed it and it didn't fall apart! YAY!  
When Liam woke up we had our after nap cuddle session.  This is one of my favorite times of the day and it only lasts anywhere from 5-15 minutes, but I cherish every minute.
Colin got a bath Thursday evening while Aunt Sadie was over and she gave him a new hair-do.
Friday this boy got to try bananas.  He was pretty happy about it.  Although some of his facial expressions would have said otherwise.
Saturday morning we woke up to this outside...

SNOW!!  When I got up I took Liam out front to eat some snow.
He thought it was pretty cool and later took it upon himself to open the front door and go get it by himself.  
Liam can easily escape the front door unless we dead bolt it and even then he is getting pretty good and trying to get that undone.  We may need to get a little chain lock for up high.  On our way to swim lessons I got this shot of our desert snow.
Saturday afternoon Chris and I went to Lake Havasu for Sadie's basketball tournament.  Lets just say junior high girls basketball is not that exciting but we did get to go to Chipolte and Hobby Lobby so it was all worth it!