32 Weeks!

And another week has flown by! I am starting to get a little anxious and wanting to prepare everything but at the same time I have no idea what we are having so it makes it difficult.  There has been a small part of me that wants to know but I wouldn't change our decision to wait one bit!  This little guy or gal has been having some crazy dance parties lately.  The jabs I get literally shock me sometimes.  When I wear my lead at work, he or she clearly doesn't appreciate the extra weight/restriction and will start trying to "kick" it off I decided.

Baby Casson #3 is approx 3.75lbs and 16.7 inches long. About the size of a large jicama.

In case you are like me here is what a jicama looks like

I have ordered a couple things recently in preparations. One being a carseat canopy.  We never had one with the boys and always just used a blanket but I had a free coupon so we took advantage. It is the blue, yellow, and gray thing.  I love it! I also decided to get a new nursing cover.  1. Because I am not sure where my other ones are and 2. I had another free coupon, ha! 

8 more weeks til we meet this little guy or gal!  We are taking a trip to Phoenix in a couple weeks and I am very excited to enter a Babies R Us and grab a few more needed/wanted items :)

My Boys

I need to write down a few funny things the boys have said lately.  Let's start with this sweet boy.

1. Last week Grandma Snay came over to help me with the boys while Chris was at a softball game.  Liam really wanted to play tag.  She of course obliged but Liam could play tag for hours.  She eventually was taking a little break and playing with Colin.  Liam asked if she'd like to play tag again and grandma said something along the lines of being tired and Liam said "It's called exercise" We all got a good laugh out of that one! Sadie was also over and played tag too.  Here is a little video.

2. One night Liam hit me and had to go to his room for time out.  We had a talk about not hitting.  During the conversation he told me "You hurt my heart mama"  I think he felt bad and sad that I was upset with him.  Anyway, he was also being a little stubborn and refusing to apologize, he did eventually but not sincerely.  Later that night after showers and right before he needed to brush his teeth he came up to me and said sorry and meant it.  I then told him "I'm sorry I cracked your heart" (the way he has worded it before).  He sweetly looked at me and said "You didn't crack my heart, you made it stay together"  Then we gave each other a hug :)

3. The other night Chris was saying how he needed a hair cut and Liam said "I just do this and then it works better"  He was basically using his arm to push his hair up out of his face so he could see, Ha!  It was decided that they needed haircuts and that is just what we did Saturday!

4. Last Friday I came home from work and decided we should have a family movie night.  Chris went to pick up dinner and I gave the boys an early shower because they were filthy from being outside.  When they were drying off I told them about my idea to have a movie night and Liam screamed and said yes with excitement and Colin quickly followed suit. As I got their pajamas on Liam looked at me with a full on smile and said "This is the best time in mine life"

These pictures of both boys are from the park last week.

Love this kid

Colin's little personality is continuing to shine through lately.  He has definitely started to throw tantrums here and there way earlier than Liam ever did but I think it's because he has an example who has shown him how to throw fits.  He has also been exploding with new words since we had his tubes placed.  It is hard to say if it is because of the tubes because he seemed to start saying more just before the tubes.  Maybe they have helped a little though by allowing him to hear better.  Who knows!?  Anyway, it is just fun hearing him try to say all sorts of new things.

1. The other night we were at G&G Casson's and I can't remember what Chris was doing but Colin looked up at him and said "Don't do that!" in an angry baby voice. It was the cutest and we all got a good laugh.

2. Tonight the boys got out of the shower and the occasional tradition is they get to jump on our bed for a few minutes of playtime before bed.  Chris was wrestling with Colin and Colin decided he wanted the bed to himself and he gave Chris a nudge and said "Get off" Haha!  He said it very sweetly and was thrilled when dad got off the bed and he had the whole bed to jump on.

3. The boys were walking back into the garage from getting the mail and Liam was being silly and said "booty butt" and then Colin said "Booooty butt"  Oh these boys!

Love this kid too!

Now here are a bunch of videos I previously failed to upload.

Musicians

Tickle time

While daddy was on his camping trip the boys and I came out and enjoyed the rainy morning.  Here they are doing a rain dance.

Fun with daddy

More fun

Leapers at the park the other night

Liam is still really into Rescue Bots and Colin is too.  They run around with their bots and transform them or crash them.  They also do a lot of pretend play.  Liam has also made it VERY clear that he wants a transformer birthday.

I love these boys more than anything!  Somedays I just watch them in amazement that Chris and I made these two awesome little people and soon we will have one more.  When they are playing together and do or say something, I just look over and Chris and smile because they bring such joy to our lives even on the most stressful days.

Keepers of the Wild

Last Thursday Hayley was in town with her sweet little gals.  Her mom had come across an ad in the paper about this place called Keepers of the Wild in Hackberry, AZ.  So since all her nieces and nephews started school that day and her family was tied up, we took the kids to the animal park.

We weren't sure what to expect but overall it was a good experience, although

the place wasn't much to look at from the outside and the cost was a little steep for about an hour of entertainment.

It was hot even though we arrived at about 9:30 in the morning.  We started by checking out the white tiger, which is one of my favorite animals.

Liam showing Colin and Isla the tiger.

This huge ostrich walked next to Colin on our path.

Soon enough Isla and Liam decided they wanted to pull over and check him out.

This place had a lot of tigers (probably 10), coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, alpacas, and a few others.  The walk is along a dirt trail but they are trying to make it nice and so there are some shady spots to sit down. The boys enjoyed this bench for a minute.

One of the workers gave Liam and Isla an Ostrich feather they thought was pretty cool.  Here they are looking at some little monkeys.  Liam even made some monkey sounds and they started talking back to him.  He thought it was awesome.

Still checking out the monkeys while Liam is telling Hayley a story.

They had a couple turtles and they were the fastest moving turtles I have ever seen!

This little gal was worn out but enjoyed waving her feather around.

This picture doesn't do it justice but this was one creepy looking monkey.  His eyes were red.

The kids were pooped after a while and we had seen all the animals.  They each picked a little baby animal from the gift store and of course had to climb on this fire truck before we left.

It was a good little morning trip and gave us something to do but I'm not sure we'd go again.  You never know though ;)  I was a little worried the boys would fall asleep on the way home and I wouldn't get to nap, too, but luckily they did not. 

This kid was being one goofy guy on the way home.

He was pretending to sleep on his little tiger with this huge smile on his face.  Liam originally was actually trying to sleep but Colin was being goofy enough to keep him awake.

 Once we were back in town we went to Subway and ate lunch with daddy.  It was a good little morning adventure and boy did it wear me out.  The heat plus pushing the stroller exhausted me!

31 Weeks

Yup, another week has already flown by!  I have been in nesting mode a little and cannot handle clutter.  I even cleaned up at work today and people may be shocked when they come in on Monday, ha!  Then I was telling Chris that we should have a fun family night and we sat down with boys and started watching a movie.  Soon enough, I was sorting papers at the desk and reorganizing our files.  This little guy or gal has still been super active and evening still is a magical time but 4 am also seems to be a great time for a dance party in my belly the last few nights.

Baby Casson #3 is 16 inches long and weighs approx 3.3lbs, about the size of a coconut.

Tricks and Tubes

These boys were so cute in their matching PJs on Sunday night.

Liam was all about me taking a picture of him running fast.

Then of course he needed to do some jumping

Then the boys both showed us some cool tricks

Liam is really into attempting handstands lately.

We eventually got the boys calmed down and to bed, amazingly!

Monday morning was Colin's appointment to have tubes placed in his ears.  He's had so many ear infections and appointments where we would check his ears just in case and he has fluid in them.  It took three months before we could get into see an ENT but once we did it was decided that tubes may be best for him.

I woke him up and got him to the car immediately hoping he wouldn't think about his hunger or thirst.  We checked in at 7:15 and Colin and George each got a wrist a band.

Looking cute in his little hospital gown

He wasn't too sure about the socks

Around 8:15 Colin was getting hungry and really wanted Goldfish.  The anesthesiologist gave him a mask to play with that they would use for his procedure and he wanted me to put the Goldfish in the mask.  So to distract him we did circles in the wagon to keep his mind off food.  He was good but still asked about goldfish.

Two hungry boys watching Mickey Mouse.

Finally about 8:45 they took Colin back.  He immediately knew something was going on but the doc and the nurse were great and wheeled him back in the wagon as Chris and I disappeared behind a wall.  The procedure took about 10 minutes, which was just enough time for us to grab Colin some food for when he was finished.  They let me go back right away and Colin was struggling.  I could hear him crying before I even got to him the anesthesiologist was doing his best to cuddle and comfort my sweet boy but he really wanted his momma.  He was still a little confused with me and would cuddle and then cry and pull away. (Although maybe it was his way of letting me know he was mad at me for leaving him with strangers).  He was especially not to happy with the pulse-oximeter attached to his toe.  I gave him some water and he calmed down a little.  Once they moved us to another phase of recovery, daddy was able to come back and fed him some yogurt and he was able to watch cartoons.  He was much happier.  

Here we are watching some cartoons.

He was on the verge of falling asleep right when they let us get him dressed to come home.

He was a champ and did so well.  I only had one little breakdown right after we got him dressed in his hospital gown.  Luckily no one saw but Chris.  It really is the most nerve-wracking scenario to put your trust into people you don't know while they perform a procedure and gas your baby.  I don't care if it's only 10 minutes and a minor procedure.  Once we got home all he wanted to do was watch George and he ate a really good lunch.  It took a little bit to get him down for a nap but once I did he slept for about 3 1/2 hours!  He was worn out!  I am just so thankful that the day went smoothly and am really hopeful these tubes help prevent some frequent ear infections and help my baby feel better.

Colin's Big Boy Bed

Last Sunday we decided to take down the crib and move Colin into the toddler bed.  Grandpa and Chris hard at work.

Colin seemed perfectly fine taking the crib down and even offered his assistance.

He then laid down and did a little reading on the nicely vacuumed carpet where the bed was going to go.

Happy little guy

Once the bed was set up and ready Colin just laid down, read a book, and played with toys.  He had no desire to get up out of his bed

Sweet boy

More reading

He went down pretty easily the first night and stayed asleep until morning.  I, of course, had to sneak in and take a picture.

He has done really well going to bed at night and not getting up out of his bed at all.  Naps have always been more difficult and are still tough.  He stays in his bed but cries or leans over his bed and grabs books or toys to play with.  

Yesterday was one of those days where Colin would NOT fall asleep.  I was exhausted and really was hoping for a nap myself.  It was one of those afternoons where you have lost all patience with your precious child.  I went in and told Colin to close his eyes and go to sleep.  He immediately looked at me and started crying because he was also exhausted yet could not fall asleep.  I scooped him up and started rocking him but at the same time was still so frustrated.  He sweetly wrapped his little arms around my waist the best he could and laid his precious head on my chest and fell asleep.  It turned into one of the best parenting moments and I will forever have it captured in my memory.  The other cool moment was as I was rocking him and he was sound asleep but I was just soaking in every second, the little bean growing inside me started kicking me like crazy right where Colin was laying. Ha.  Clearly his little brother or sister was feeling a little squashed. Anyway, it was one of those moments as a parent that started out being absolutely exhausting and frustrating and turned into an amazing moment with my sweet boy.

My boys have been getting along pretty well lately and it is so neat to see them play and interact together.  Here are some pictures from earlier this week.

Eating lunch together.  They kept making silly faces at each other and then would take a bite of their food.

Sweetly watching Curious George together.

One night Colin climbed in the laundry basket and Liam asked Colin if he could climb in with him. Ha.

Colin was perfectly happy to have him join

LOVE these boys

10 More Weeks!

Holy cow 30 weeks already!  I seriously can't believe how fast it is going.  I still have so many things I would love to get done but can't seem to find the time.  I guess when you are chasing 2 boys and working it makes things a little more difficult but worth every moment.

Baby Casson # 3 is approx. 15.7 inches long and weighs almost 3 lbs!!

Colin posed with me. We showed our bellies off together.

And of course he showed me where the baby is hiding.  This might be one of my favorite pictures of us.

Last weekend, my mom, Sadie, and I went to Bullhead for some shopping.  I of course made them go to JoAnn's in hopes of finding some baby girl material.  Luckily we found some I liked, these sweet little turtles.

And then we added in the other fabric.  Now I just really need to get sewing :)