toddler bed time!

we had a little of this going on...



and a lot of jumping and hitting his chin on the rail when I put him down at night. so I decided to just convert the bed even though I had vowed to keep him in his crib until he was 3! He's been in since July 4th. We kept things pretty simple and still shut the door and it's seemed to have worked out so far. he stays in his bed when we put him down and in the morning, he gets out pretty much just to get books and stuff. We find him like this in the morning...



this boy loves his blankets and stuffed animals!

The Lakey Reel

conversation tonight with Lake:
(Lake pretending to fly and make whooshing sounds) "Lake, are you Superman? No. I'm a grandpire. A grandpire? What's that? Me."

Um, ok. maybe it's a mix between and grandpa and a vampire that flies? I'm thinking he heard the word vampire somewhere :)

We are now on our THIRD black eye. He fell climbing on the playground.


My little green-amber eyed boy! He definitely has Jeff's eye color.


what I like to call, The Lakey Reel! He's at least at the age where he'll let me take his picture again. Now, it's getting him to smile normal and not silly.

the teeth saga continued...

or maybe I should say it has come to an end? we've gone back and forth on whether to get partial teeth for the two Lake had to have extracted. Anyway, after some convincing from the dentist, she strongly recommended doing it for a few reasons. One in particular, kids may develop many habits during this part of their life including tongue thrust, which in itself could impact when his teeth do come and basically once they develop a habit, it's really hard to untrain the tongue. In other words, when you have a hole in your mouth for such a long period, you are likely to encounter some issues because of it. So, he has teeth!

Here's this sweet smile, and a few brotherly love pics as well! He's pretty handsome either way. I'm actually kind of missing the no teeth! But I guess I have it to look forward to in about 3 years!

backblogged...get it?

I've been quite a poor blogger lately...too busy. enjoy many backlogged posts below!

yum...and sweet

sewing, crafting, and more

I have quite a pile of stuff I've done that I want to post (so I can refer back if I ever want to do again) but I'm going to use pinterest for that. I love this site. great way to keep things in one place that you want to make, do, decorate, etc. I have bookmarks all over the place and can't ever find what I had bookmarked! come share with me!

I finally figured out how I wanted to keep the boys' stuff...art, hospital bands, etc. I covered albums in burlap and stenciled their names...I love them! it only took me 4 years to decide on something.

welcoming our new nephew...

introducing Cameron (Kevin's son)...about 3 months late...







look at this little love! I was lucky enough to take his newborn pictures (just 4 days old) and then snapped a few on Father's day (2 months) weekend when we got to see him again.

a little change

so, we changed preschools. long story, but our super convenient, used to be great preschool, well, isn't anymore. different owners, etc. anyway, we've been at the new school for a little over a month now and settling in. It's definitely better for the boys, just not as convenient for me. with Lake about to be in real pre-school in August, it became increasing important that we had a stable school environment. I guess it starts this early huh?

below are some pictures at the sprayground Maddox's last week of the old school.

Maddox @ 2!!

Maddox's check-up went great. He's saying many more words, but still not talking like crazy. He calls Lake either "Gake" or "Lakey". He LOVES puppies and "shoo shoo's" and "gunkeys" (monkeys) and "elphies" (elephants). though puppies only if they don't walk towards him. He has to approach them and then he's ok. otherwise, he climbs up me like a tree.

Stats
Height: 33.5 in
Weight: 26lbs
Head: 19 7/8ths

He and Lake are the best of friends. They can be LOUD...I say LOUD, when they get going. Nothing like screaming at the top of their lungs on the way to preschool and laughing about it...when mommy is barely awake...and not a morning person in the first place.




birthday party at school

a zoo visit for the birthday


the birthday shirt


look at those little fingers...he couldn't resist


he would do this all day I think