4 Years and 2 Kids Later!

We had a lot to celebrate this past week! We kicked off the week by throwing my mom a surprise party Wednesday night to celebrate her completing all of her cancer treatments. Whoo Hoo! We are so proud of you mom and so happy that you can put this all behind you now! You are a real champ and amazed all of us with your strength and positive attitude!

We got her pretty good, despite our several slip ups! I think Becca’s was the best! We still don’t know whether I told her wrong or if she was just having a preggo/mommy moment, but Becca was convinced it was Tuesday, not Wednesday, and showed up at my mom’s house the night before, ready to party! My mom (of course) answered the door and despite the extreme awkwardness and eye signals between her and Kim, Becca was able to shimmy her way out of that one, making my mom believe they were just on a walk in the neighborhood (party dresses on!) and just wanted to stop by and say hi! We love you Becca! This is SO something I would do! So even after all that, we still completely surprised her and had a great night toasting to her success!

The sparkling cider was a huge hit for Grayson and Molly! They kept smacking their lips and couldn’t get enough of the yummy drink. Here they are making a toast!

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The next day was Blaine’s & my 4th anniversary. It’s hard to believe it’s already been four years, and yet, with two kiddos, a psycho dog and a whole lot of life and craziness in between, it sure feels like it’s been a lot longer! My parents came to our house Friday evening so that Blaine and I could have a real date night. We did some wine tasting at the Wine Cellar, then met Wendy and Gordon for dinner at Julieanna’s. We then all went out for drinks (yes, way past our bed time!) at the Top of the Kress and enjoyed some live music and dancing….ok, Wendy and I danced while the boys talked farming! It was a very fun and well-needed night!

After hitting up another birthday party on Saturday, we started getting ready for our Easter the following day. We hosted breakfast here Sunday morning for my family and had a little egg hunt for Grayson. We then went to Buddy and Susan’s that afternoon for more eating and another egg hunt.

Dying some eggs the night before.

Grayson loves this hat in the picture above. My brother got it for him and he calls it his “coyote hat!” He got a kick out of putting his pirate hat on Colbie the other day!

“Arrgh!”

Blaine’s Uncle Leonard was down from Phoenix for the last couple of days, so we had him over last night for a nice visit, where he got to meet Colbie for the first time.

I guess that’s it for now. Colbie continues to grow and amaze us everyday. She has been squealing a lot lately and I swear she’s going to be crawling soon! She already scoots herself around pretty well and rolls all over the place! I’ve been meaning to get the Jolly Jumper out, as she’s at an age where I think she’d really enjoy that. God, it’s just going by so fast already

Headed to Jump Up today with Becca and Molly Mac! Hope everyone has a Happy Friday tomorrow and a great weekend!

Four Month Check Up!

Colbie’s four month check up was last week and she is a healthy, happy, thriving little girl! She weighed in at 14 lb. 11 oz and 26 inches long and lots of brains, of course! She is apparently in the 95th percentile in length and average in weight. This surprises me when you look at her chubby little thighs and cheeks! I had some cute pictures from the last week that I wanted to share.

Holding sister’s hand while watching a movie! He is such a sweet big brother (when he wants to be!!)

As you can see, Grayson is still VERY attached to his “lovies!.” In fact, I have learned how to make them now and have made him several so that we always have a clean one for him to have (since one or two are usually always in the wash!)

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If only having two little ones was always this easy! Grayson was playing with my IPod and Colbie was happily watching the Desperate Housewives during this picture! No fighting, no whining, no crying! Trust me, these moments are few and far between!

Uncle Dale and DeeDee came over for a visit last week. Playing “camp out” in Grayson’s tent.

DeeDee and her Great Granddaughter!

I bought the boys matching Superman t-shirts. Super cheesy….I know, but Grayson loved it!

We had a nice relaxing weekend here! Spent more time in the pool and took Grayson to see the movie, Rio, which he LOVED! Colbie and I had to leave before the movie even started, as she was NOT in the mood! We’ve taken her to a couple movies with Grayson, but that was when she was teeny tiny and slept all the time. I think it will be a while now before we can start going again as a family again.

Anyhow, long day and tomorrow’s Monday Gotta get some rest. Hope everyone has a great week!

Rollin' rollin' rollin'!

As the title suggests, we have quite the little gymnast on our hands! Colbie is now rolling all over the place (literally!), from both her tummy to back and back to tummy very easily and is already scooting herself around on her belly. No more leaving her on the couch or even in a bouncer without making sure she completely strapped in! I don't remember Grayson being this mobile this early. Maybe it's something about the second child....she just wants to catch up to her big bro! Or maybe I do have a little Mary Lou Retton on my hands! Regardless, Colbie has really transformed out of that tiny fragile infant stage and into the cute chubby baby stage overnight....at least that's what it feels like. Not only is she a little tumble weed, but she is a little chatty catty when you talk to her, she reaches for and plays with her toys (which consists of sucking on them!), and laughs and smiles all the time! Her sleep patterns unfortunately are still very inconsistent. Some nights, I only have to wake up once, but others I may be up three times with her. And as far as her naps go, she still seems to be more of a cat napper instead of taking 2-3 good long naps like Grayson did. Maybe this has to do with being the second child too. While a schedule would be nice, it really seems next to impossible right now! I guess I'm just learning to be a lot more flexible with the second child. Anyhow, enough rambling. Wanted to share a bunch of pictures from the past few weeks. I wish I could keep up with this blog more often, but finding a 1/2 hour here or there without interruption so that I can write about our crazy life is also a next to impossible task! I used to at least have Grayson's nap time, which I would sometimes use to keep up with this, but getting my little munchkins to nap at the same time is just not happening, so I am pretty much being demanded at all times these days. Last weekend, we heated up our pool and had my parents over for dinner. It was Colbie's first experience in the pool. While she loves her baths, she wasn't too excited about the water and only lasted about 10 minutes. Hopefully she warms up to it though, because summer is coming and I know we'll be spending a lot of time in the pool, especially since Grayson is a little fish!

Playing baseball with Grammy!

We also had the Goodwin and McIntier clans over on Sunday for some carne tacos and to take advantage of this beautiful weather. Molly was all tuckered out when it was time for her to go home and decided she'd rather just crash in Grayson's bed instead of going home for a nap! Grayson and his "older woman" Rebecca having a lunch date! Carter was all smiles with his new girlfriend! Becca, Colbie and Miss Maisy or Miss Maggie! Fair was also last week. Below is a picture taken from the Ferris wheel!

The weekend before last, Ryan had invited us out to the YPG museum. Grayson had a blast climbing on the tanks, checking out the missiles, and playing "bang bang" with his uncle Ryan! I think this last one just speaks for itself! If he's not "banging" something, he's usually in Mommy's closet trying on shoes! I know... two total extremes. That's just the way he rolls! Hope everyone has a happy Friday and GOOD LUCK to Michaela on her incredible 50 mile run this weekend! We will all be cheering you on!