Saturday, April 25, 2009

Birthday Round 3

I know, I know...I haven't updated my blog. But that is because Maddox's birthday overwhelmed me. We had 3 parties for him and a bazillion pictures. So finally, with Grandma Barb in town to help babysit, I will try and catch up. 

Maddox's big party was at Pump it Up with all his school friends. We did a combined birthday party with another boy, since they had the same birthday. Tons of fun. 2 huge room filled will lots of these bouncy house/slide things. 




Griffin trying to keep up with the big kids. I didn't post the picture of him getting stuck here and me rescuing him, but I did. He couldn't quite get himself over this wall. 


The birthday boys




The party room where we had some gigantic cupcakes and opened presents. Total chaos with 2 excited boys and 18 kids trying to hand them presents. But they loved it.



Birthday Round 2

Round 2 was celebrated at home on his actually birthday with just us. Maddox picked French Toast for breakfast and Subway for dinner. Actually, he calls it "Subway Eat Fresh". 



Subway dinner with cheetos and chocolate milk, yum yum.


Thanks Aunt Maggie for the SpongeBob Color Explosion. Great present!

And of course, he was allowed to play his Wii for as long as he wanted. Here, he is playing some Mario Kart, but also spent the day playing Lego Star Wars that Uncle Seth gave him for his birthday. This was a real treat, since the Wii is only played on special days.

Birthday Round 1




Birthday dinner at Grandma Mary's house. Delicious dinner followed by some chocolate cake and presents.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

My Bumblebee



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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Happy 1/2 Birthday, Baby

Yup, Reese is already 6 months. I know...it goes by so fast. Waaaaay too fast. She had her big weigh in last week and tipped the scales at 19 1/2 pounds! Still off the charts for weight. But I was suprised, I thought for sure she'd be over 20. Judging by the size of my right bicep and my lower back pain. The nurse was very pc, and politely said she is "greater than 95%". Uh hum, yeah, she's a big girl. Go ahead and say it. And she's in the 75% for height and head. She was a trooper for her shots, and Maddox being the sensitive boy he is, tried to talk the doctor out of giving Reese her vaccinations. And then when the time came, he turned his head and dramatically stated he couldn't watch. Griffin was just happy that he had a lollipop, and wasn't the one on the table with his pants down. 


Reese can roll from her back to her tummy. She's also a pro at getting to her toys. For a baby who can't crawl yet, she seems to find a way. She swings those hips back and forth and kind of works her way across her blanket. I'm sure it won't be long before she's on the move. Time for me to pull out those outlet covers and find a new home for the little legos. Ahhh, baby proofing. Seems like we just unbabyproofed everything. Wait, we did.
And Reese has two teeth. See them, I tried to get a nice close-up shot with out drool.



And this is my favorite picture. I'm so lucky to have this little girl. She is the best and I love her tons. I love her chubbiness and all her many rolls. I love how big her eyes get when she is thinking and I love to make her laugh. She is such a happy girl and I couldn't imagine our family with out her. Happy 1/2 birthday Reesie!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Jumperoo

Reese LOVES the jumper. And she can really get going in that thing. Out of all her "stations", this is by far her favorite. And you know, she probably gets a little workout for her legs while she's at it. Just a little toning maybe. (Not that she needs it or anything.) Heck, they should make these for adults. I would jump away while watching 2 hours of American Idol. That could add up to some serious calorie burning!





Too bad it doesn't do anything for those cheeks!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Griff just bein' Griff

All day long, I hear Maddox yell in his frustrated, whiny voice..."GRIFF! No Griff. Griff stop."
And that is because Griffin is the button pusher/troublemaker of the family. The two boys are complete opposite. Maddox is very particular, likes things a certain way, has a hard time coloring outside the lines so to say. Griffin is messy, crazy and loves to do things the wrong way. These pictures are just one example of their all day antics. Griffin walked out of the bathroom wearing his pants on his head, continued down the hall and then proceeded to try and get Maddox's attention. Of course, Maddox immediately grabbed the pants and said "No Griff. Pants don't belong on heads." (Very Maddox). And then Griffin yells "Hey, Stop that" displaying the pouty lips. (Very Griffin).  And so the cycle starts and continues all day.     Brothers.