Brotherly Love

Apparently I caught up with my blogging but have now fallen behind again. Oh well, we've been having too much fun around here. Let's start with a couple of funny things Liam has said lately.

1. A few weeks ago when Liam woke up he came sprinting down the hallway to use the restroom.  Colin and Chris were already playing in Colin's room.  Liam stopped in his tracks and said  "Oh, I was going potty, I didn't mean to scare you."  It was hilarious

2. On Super Bowl Sunday Megan, Patrick, and Madelyn came by to visit for a little bit.  Patrick and Liam were playing outside and when they came in Liam stopped and looked and Madelyn then looked at Megan and said "I like your baby." It was the cutest.

Now then this little fella is so funny in the mornings.  He wakes up starving in the morning and always makes sure someone follows him to the kitchen to grab him a banana.  He is also doing super well with using utensils.

Liam LOVES to make cookies.  He asks me about every couples weeks if we can make cookies.  He enjoys pouring in the ingredients and especially getting his hands in the dough.  The hard part is Colin wants to help now too so he pulls up a chair and I have to try and keep both of them on task.

Colin was pretty quick and sneaked in a bite of cookie dough

Liam did too

These boys really love each other lately and have a LOT of fun playing together which is pretty awesome.

Colin is a squatter.  He is always found in a squatting position.  I tried to catch a picture but he sat on this truck instead.

Liam decided he needed a rest from all the playing we were doing

These boys got to eat lunch together in the room the other day and had so much fun.  I was in the kitchen and could hear them giggling.

Colin thought something was hilarious

I really love that they enjoy hanging with each other for the most part

The other night they both crawled up in Liam's bed and we did their bedtime reading together which was pretty cool.

They also like to watch Curious George together. Liam made sure he was perfectly comfy

Friday night these boys were super cuddly with mama.  I loved every minute.  We watched a quick show and then all went to dinner.  It was a great evening.

I love these boys :)

January Wrap Up

This last week was awesome.  The weather was fantastic and there was NO wind.  The boys and I soaked up these wonderful days with a little water table fun.

Colin still LOVES it.

Eventually they both were pretty wet so they stripped their shirts

Colin's laugh is the best!

And some more

The boys LOVE to wrestle with their daddy lately and have SO much fun.

Colin has been working on his stand in the hand performance

He thinks it is pretty cool

More wrestling

I love this one :) Such happiness on all of their faces!

Colin has been really into pretend play lately, here he is talking on his play phone a couple weeks ago.

Sunday Funday

Last Sunday we took the boys to the park since it was pretty awesome outside.

Colin really enjoys the swing.  He immediately walked over and wanted in.  I personally love pushing my little peanut in the swing.

Liam had a blast.  He ran around and did a lot of pretend playing.  He usually likes to pretend the playground is a house and wants us to come knock on the door.  He also pretends to fish off the side of the playground. He's a good guy :)

We brought Liam's bike so he could ride around at the park.  He's beginning to get the hang of it.

When we left the park we went to Chili's to eat with my family.

Me, Liam, Grandma, Chris, and Colin

Mom, Matt, Sadie, Dad, Colin, Uncle Don, Me, Grandma, Aunt Sharon, Chris, and Liam

Matt, Grandma, and Emily

After Chili's we came home and got the boys down for their naps. When Liam woke up he was all about cuddling with his momma and I soaked up every minute.

Sunday night we went to dinner with G&G Casson.  Originally we were going to try out the new Hualapai Mt. Cafe but it wasn't really kid friendly so we went up the mountain to the Hualapai Mt Resort Restaurant.  On our way up we saw some deer and then we ran into a whole bunch of elk. 

The boys thought it was pretty cool.  I couldn't really get a picture of Colin but I sort of got one of Liam checking out the elk.

This little gal was basically ready to jump in the car with us.  It was pretty neat to get so close but also kind of scary that these elk are so used to people they don't spook.

I know this picture is a little blurry but the boys looked so cute sitting together.  There were not many people at the restaurant so the boys didn't have to be completely strapped down.   It was a nice evening out.

Grandpa's Birthday

Last Friday was Grandpa Casson's Birthday.  Mollie had a little gathering at their house.

The boys with Grandpa right before singing Happy Birthday.

Liam smiled in this one, but of course Colin and Grandpa weren't looking

The boys

Liam was most excited to help blow out birthday candles.

Colin always cracks me up around Uncle Chuck, he usually just stares at him like he is just ridiculous but on this night he let him hold him and Colin thought it was hilarious.

Ronnie wanted to check out our new car so the kids went to show him.  He came back with this picture of Brooke and Liam

Saturday my Grandma, Aunt, and Uncle were in town so we had plans to watch a couple of Sadie's basketball games and then everyone was going to come to our house for some Chili Verde.

Colin pulled up a chair to help Grandma with the Verde.

After Sadie's game Emily had her first chance ever at touching a basketball hoop rim, but for some reason wouldn't let Matt throw her up into the air.

Grandma Casson stayed with the boys so they could nap and we could go to Sadie's game.

Once they woke up and everyone arrived the boys felt the need to sit in the big boy chairs with their TV trays.

New Ride

On Saturday Chris and I spent the WHOLE day in Lake Havasu City attempting to by a new family car.  We had gone a few weeks ago to look at the 2013 Toyota Highlander and also wanted to see the 2014 because they were redesigned and supposed to be just a bit bigger but there were none on the lot.  They let us know when the 2014 came in and so we went to check it out.  I was pretty convinced we'd just get the 2013 because we could get it a lot cheaper but the redesign was significant enough to make a considerable difference in adding interior space.  After checking out both models we realized it would be difficult to fit anything (like a stroller, for example) in the cargo space with the third row of seats up.  So after lots of haggling and being completely annoyed with the car salesman we got (sufficiently close to) our price.  (I'm so glad we have no plans to buy a new car anytime soon.  I hate the games)  They indicated their complete lack of interest by declining give us any significant for my Isuzu as a trade-in, so Chris drove the Rodeo home and I got to drive the new car home.

Sunday morning we decided to take a drive so the boys could test it out.

Chris was excited and he loves all the little gadgets it comes with.

Liam was pumped and told us more than once that "this is a cool car"

I'm just happy I don't have to bend over and kill my back to put the kids in the car anymore.  Here is the only picture I took of our new car.  We park it in the garage and I keep forgetting to take a picture when it is not two feet away from me. So here's what I got.

I did find a fancy photo of our car on Toyota's website.

The other good news is we put a price on the Isuzu parked it on an empty lot on Stockton Hill and posted it on Craigslist for about a total of three hours and we had four people call about it and had it sold by 2:30 PM!  So Toyota can take that! HA!

On a side note, we had the Jacobs over for dinner.  These two little guys were having a staring contest with each other and it was CUTE!

Quick Catch Up

Over the last couple of weeks we have had a few play dates with the Jacobs.  The kids seem to do really well together except sometimes Liam gets a little too excited that the kids are all over and he ends up in a timeout at some point during the playtime after getting too rough.

I love how much the kids LOVE sand.

Liam and I made some cookies the other day.  He LOVES to make cookies, especially when he gets to get his hands in the dough.  While we were mixing the batter Colin decided he needed to help too.  He pushed the chair over to the counter and climbed right up.  He was mostly excited to have utensils to chew on though ;) 

Colin and daddy did a little reading recently

We had another play date. Colin enjoys sitting in people's laps, especially his brother's but Liam is not a fan and can only handle it for a brief moment.  Well, Colin decided to test his luck with Cason and he didn't seem to mind.

Last Friday night (Jan 10th) we ate dinner with G&G and when we got in the car Liam expressed his desire to stay the night with his grandparents.  We decided to let him so we packed up his overnight bag and he waited at the window for them to pick him up.

He was SO excited!  We waited up thinking we might get a phone call but he stuck the whole night through and had a great time.

Colin has been into eating apples.  If you open the fridge he will grab one if it is in sight.  He sat in his daddy's chair watching a show and eating his apple. He was perfectly content.

The boys had races last weekend too.

They also rode together

I love them

Liam has been into playing catch in the evenings lately.  Basically, we get Colin to bed and then play with Liam for another 5-10 minutes.  He gets crazy.  The other night after we had been playing a while he decided to pretend he was a dog and he grabbed his ball and took a rest. Ha!  He's a silly guy.

One night while daddy was at his basketball game, we were playing ball and he came up to me gave me a hug and told me "You're the best girl ever, you win the prize"  It melted my heart.  I love playing with my little guy. 

The boys found out how cool it is to be swung in a blanket by their daddy.  They started arguing over who's turn it is, mainly Colin since he doesn't understand yet, and then Liam would get upset that he was hogging his turn.  Anyway mom got involved and both boys laid on the blanket while mom and dad swung them.  They thought it was the greatest thing on earth!

Colin has really gotten into pretend play.  It has happened way earlier than Liam but I think that is because he sees his brother.  One of his favorite things is pretending to be a dog.  He will have his stuffed Biscuit dog and crawl around barking and it is hilarious.  He even put Biscuits mouth to his straw cup as if to pretend Biscuit was drinking from it.  He also pretends to eat the play food from the kitchen when his big brother makes him something.  And he likes to talk on the phone :)

After nap show together.  They really do love each other.