Kid Updates

So I have not done an update on the kids in a while so I thought I would do one now. Click here for the one last January!

Lauren - 4 years and 7 months

• Loves school and can't wait for Kindergarten in August!


• Wears a size 4 or 5T in clothes because 4T is too short


• Weighs about 37 pounds


• Wears a size 10.5 or 11 shoe


• Can count up to 30 or 40 (I can't remember)


• Knows how to write all her letters and can spell anything if you just tell her what letters.


• Knows how to spell/write her name.


• Loves to sing all type of songs and knows more words than I do!


• Loves to help Colton with anything (even when he doesn't ask for her help).


• Doesn't really like to nap anymore...but will still sleep when we make her have 'quiet time' in her room.


• Loves being the older sister and getting to do things that Colton doesn't get to do yet. Most of the time we have to do these secretly...so Lauren thinks that's the coolest thing ever and will whisper things to me about it (with a huge smile on her face) so Colton doesn't hear!


• Asks "what are we doing today" everyday! When I say "go to school" she follows it up with "what about after school" when I tell her we are going to come home and play she says "NO I want to go somewhere!" Apparently our house is boring now. :-)


• Loves to put on lip gloss!


• I think one of her favorite activities outside of the house is to go to the movie theater.


• Goes to bed around 8 or 8:30 and sleeps until 6:30 ish.


• Is already having the "this person said they don't like me" at school issues! Really people...she is 4?!?!?! This scares me for what my future holds.


• Still attends Dance one night a week although we have been on a 2 week break for Christmas.


• Can do big puzzles all by herself now and loves to show them off afterwards.


• Is excited about baby #3 and just says "I hope it's a girl because I already have a brother"

Colton - 2 years and 2 months

• 'Mr Personality' is what I like to call him now. I think December was his shining month! That kid just made a 180 switch and boom...he laughs, talks, sings, etc all the time now!


• Wears 24 month stuff because the 2T is too long


• Weighs about 28 pounds


• Wears a size 6.5 wide shoe


• Wears a size 5 diaper


• Has 11 teeth (see below)


• Loves to be goofy!


• Gets silly when he is tired (which is what I used to do) so he just laughs at random things when he is tired (then of course the crying follows if it's too late afterwards).


• Has learned to sing songs like ABC's and Jesus Loves Me.


• Can count to 10 with a 13 and 14 afterward


• TALKS constantly now!


• Goes pee pee on the potty every once in a while now at home and most of the time at school (I have been lazy about it with him so I have not started potty training yet...but will before baby #3 arrives).


• Is finally getting more teeth! His 11th tooth (bottom right beside his bottom middle) broke through this week and I think 12, 13 and 14 are about to come in as well.


• Is going through a Shrek phase now like Lauren did when she was 2. He can't get enough Shrek!


• Loves trains now along with cars. Thank goodness I was thinking we were going to be limited to car toys forever!


• Loves to push a car though the house and then make a sliding stop.


• If he doesn't want to wear something he will say "that too big".


• If he doesn't want to play with something he will say "that broken".


• Is a momma's boy right now which I love!


• Crys when he gets his feeling hurt or gets in trouble like "mom are you mad at me?"


• Knows there is a baby in my belly but is confused because he can't see it yet.
  

We love these kiddos more than they will ever know and feel so blessed to have them in our lives! Happy Tuesday folks!

Colton's Teeth

About 2 weeks before Colton turned 10 months old he got his first two teeth! This is later than Lauren as she got her first teeth at 7 months...but they finally came through and he is doing great. I think the top two are starting to come in now too as he is starting to wake up at night again...but I had to capture some photos of his baby teeth. :-) BTW, he is biting on my finger...I'm not forcing him to show his teeth (well ok...maybe a little...but I wanted to get a picture LOL!). He is now almost 11 months old and these are the first pictures I've shot of his teeth so I had to post them.

10 months old!

I cannot believe that 10 months ago today I was sitting at my desk at work thinking about my dr. appointment later that afternoon and wondering when I would see my baby boy for the first time, not knowing that I would meet this precious baby boy just a few hours later! Colton turns 10 months old today! What's going on in Colton's life you ask???

• Crawling very fast on all 4's now...we set him down and 2 seconds later he is across the room!
• Pulling up on EVERYTHING...living room table, bathtub (which scares me), Lauren's bed, pack n play, crib, etc...you get the idea!
• Teething! - Your first 2 teeth are coming in on the bottom gum...finally!
• Eating - We have yet to find something you won't eat!
• Sleeping - Before your teeth starting to break through you were starting to sleep through the night (8:30-5:30 or 6 am)...but because your teeth are bothering you, you have been getting up for the past week...but I think you will be back to your good sleep schedule soon!

Funny Stories I want to remember:

Story #1 - At 9 months old we started having you sleep in your crib all night. The first two nights I fed you and put you down in your crib asleep but when I put you down you woke up. You cried for about 5 minutes and then thought "ok I give up" and went to sleep. Ever since then it's funny to watch you. You just cry for about 10 seconds and then lay down. Last night you cried for 10 seconds and then laid down...then your dad and I would watch you on the monitor and talk about what you were doing because you would sit up and find a paci...lay down and then sit back up. We kept saying "I'm so tired" when you would lay down and then follow that up with "nope, I'm not tired..I'm awake!" when you would sit up...then 2 seconds later you were back down, etc...it was just funny to watch you and hear your daddy commentate your moves. :-)

Story #2 - Our normal nightly routine is for me to take you into your room and nurse you in the rocking chair and then put you in bed still somewhat awake and you put yourself to sleep after about 10 seconds of "hey why are you not rocking me anymore". The second and I mean second we sit in the chair and you hear my bra click you take your paci out of your mouth and throw it down like "YES dinner!" LOL

We love you baby boy!!!!

8, 9, 10, 11...

So many teeth..so little time! Lauren is now 16 months old and has been fussy on and off the past few weeks...sleeping good for a few nights and then not sleeping good for a few nights...and I thought she might be teething. I looked into her mouth last week (or the week before...time flies these days!) and she was getting in her 8th (upper molar) and 9th (lower front side) teeth at the same time! Well last night I noticed two more! She is now getting in her 10th (lower molar just below the 8th tooth) and 11th (upper molar on the other side of her mouth) teeth at the same time! Poor baby! When she this happens she goes through stages of not eating like she normally does or not drinking all of her milk, etc...at first I thought "my baby is not getting enough food" but then after it happened a few times I realized it's just what babies do when they get teeth! I got some photos of her new pearly whites but have not had time to take the photos off the camera, so when I can I'll upload the photos so you can see her new teeth!Have a great week!**********************************************************Well, I finally had some time to take the photos off the camera...so here they are!