He does his best thinking in the tub.

Ian's professional opinion of the NFC North division. Yes, he's saying "suck". Don't judge.

3 months old!

Sean is 3 months old today!

At 3 months old Sean is "talking" to us with cute little coos, smiling ALL the time, pushing up on his elbows when on his belly, rolling from belly to back, nursing every 3 hours, putting himself to sleep when he's put down drowsy, just started sucking his thumb, really enjoying kicking around in the tub, supporting his weight when he "stands" and holds our hands, reaching and grabbing toys hanging in front of his face, and really noticing the world and people all around him!

Sean is a much better sleep at this age than Ian was. He sleeps through the night about 5 out of the 7 nights of the week and on the other 2 or so he'll wake up at 4:45ish to eat and then goes back to sleep till 8ish.

According to the baby scale at work, Sean is just over 14 pounds, so he's put on almost 6 pounds since birth! He's wearing some 3-6 month clothing and some 6-9 month clothing. I'm not sure what diaper size he's in because he hasn't worn a disposable in over a month, but he's outgrown his size small Fuzzi Bunz diapers and is fitting into most of Ian's one-size pocket diapers.

Our little stinker is still refusing a bottle. Not just refusing to drink from it, but all out screaming, crying, pitching an absolute fit, refusing. It's quite frustrating, but we'll keep working on it.

A visit from far away friends!

We were lucky enough to get to spend time with our friends, Andrew and Kelsey, yesterday. They are in town from San Diego for a wedding and to continue planning their own wedding! Ian warmed up to them so quickly, which for him is pretty rare. He's usually quite shy around new people. He was showing them his truck and all his toys within minutes of them arriving! Kelsey kept him laughing by chasing him all around the house and Ian even asked Andrew for "hugs". It was very sweet. They met Sean for the first time and Sean loved smiling at them!

Thanks for taking time to come down and see us! We look forward to June 12th next year and Ian can't wait to be your ringbearer!

Mow Mow

Doing what the boy loves the most, and perhaps Dad loves the least...mowing. Gotta do watcha gotta do though.

Tubby Time!

There's no part of the night than Ian enjoys more than tubby time! Charles gives him a bath everynight but tonight he was wearing Sean in the Moby wrap so I took a turn, and took pictures, of course!

What I wouldn't do for beautiful eyelashes this long and full!

And the tantrum that ensues when it's time to get out!

I forgot...

...how much easier it is to take pictures of a baby rather than a toddler! So if you think I'm neglecting taking pictures of Ian, I'm not. Sean's pictures turn out like this:

while Ian's pictures turn out like this:

Another conversation with Ian...

Me: Ian, what happened?

Ian: Bubbles

Me: Where are the bubbles?

Ian: Mouth

Me: Then what happened?

Ian: *gags*

This conversation took place while Ian was in the tub having vomit washed off himself.

STTN!!!

I feel pretty confident to tell you all now (without jinxing it!) that Sean has been sleeping through the night for over a week now!!! Ahh... sleeeeeeeep!!!!!!

Little House on the Prairie

Backstory: We move into a house, figure that we need a lawnmower and low and behold, Charles' dad says, hey I have a mower that's never been used, you can have it. Awesome. So we get said mower and Charles does his lawn maintenance. You should also know that Ian LOVES mowers and mowing and anything that resembles a lawnmower. He could watch someone mow their lawn for hours. Since Ian loves it so much, Charles puts Ian in the Ergo and wears him on his back when he mows the lawn. This is probably Ian's favorite thing ever.

Two or three weeks ago, Charles is getting all ready to mow the lawn. I get Ian in his grubby clothes, put a hat on him and bring him out to Charles. I strap him on his back and assume their on their way. 5 minutes later Charles comes in with gas all over his hands. Excellent. Without getting into all the details, it turns out our mower was recalled a few years ago and the part that caused the recall broke on our mower. So we have to order that part.

Current story: Here we are, two or three weeks later and we have the longest lawn in the neighborhood. Every night when I'm putting Ian to bed we talk about what he wants to do the next day. Every night for weeks now, this has been our conversation:

Me: Ian, what do you want to do tomorrow?

Ian: Mow mow, fix.

Me: Yes baby, I know we need to fix the mower. Then you can mow with Daddy.

Ian: Back?

Me: Yes, you can ride on his back.

Ian: Hat?

Me: Yes, you can wear your hat.

What a funny dude. I love his little conversations and I can't wait till he's speaking in full sentances! The great news is that we got the call that the part came in today! Charles will pick it up tomorrow and he'll be mowing on Saturday!

I'm one lucky mama!!

How gorgeous are these two boys, seriously?!

Packer Training Camp 2009

On Saturday, August 1st, we made our annual trip up to Green Bay to watch Packer Training Camp! It was the first day of training camp this year AND it was the dedication of the new Ray Nitschke practice field. The drive up was quite eventful with a 2 month old and a 21 month old. After having to stop because Sean was crying, I ended up sitting between the boys in the backseat. We drove up the Sentra to save on gas so let's just say it was a tiny bit cramped. It was a good 3 hour drive and as we were finally getting off on our exit I said to Ian, "Ian, we're finally here in Green Bay to see the..." and he replied with, "TRACTORS!". Ahh yes. We drove 3 hours to see tractors. Right.

There were SO many people at the new practice field. We later read in the paper that there was an estimated 2100 people there for the ceremony and to watch practice! The weather held out and the rain stayed away. It was fairly warm, almost 80, but there was a good breeze. Ian managed to sit in the stands for about an hour to watch pratice before he was done with it. I took the boys walking around the stadium area so Charles could watch a bit more. We ended up leaving practice early and headed to the Lambeau Atrium. We got each of the boys something at the Packer Pro Shop and we got a Lambeau Field ornament for our Christmas tree.

Ian was nappig in the stroller so we headed up to Curly's Pub for lunch. It was cool to watch the players all get into their cars after practice to drive out of the lot. Those are some NICE cars!! Ian woke up and enjoyed the view, then of course tried to mob his brother, as usual!

The drive home was a nightmare. Sean was screaming, Charles was ill, I was stressed to the max. We somehow made it home in one piece. It was definitely worth it though and we'll do it again next year!