Swim Lessons!

While Missy was home from school on Monday I was able to call and get her all set up to start swim lessons on Tuesday morning!  (I asked about the Tuesday morning and Saturday morning class...there was only 1 other kid in the Tuesday class and 1 slot open in the Saturday...um...Tuesday it is, pretty much private lessons for the price of group lessons!)  Well needless to say this girl was SO excited!!  She decided she had to wear her swimsuit Monday afternoon so she could "practice wearing it again."  She's a nut!!

Oh yeah!  Feeling ALLL better!

Tuesday morning she could hardly wait to go!  I was going to swim with Landon, while she had lessons, but then decided we would just watch this time :)

...yup, I kept this guy locked and loaded! :)

It was just one other little girl in Reagan's class and she was so sweet.  The mom was so fun to chat with and she had a little boy too, about year younger than Landon though!  Needless to say swim lessons were a hit!

She jumped off the side, went right under, and was a little surprised, but did so great!

Landon took a great nap that afternoon, so R and I had a little "school" time.  We worked on numbers and then she wanted to practice her name...I think she did pretty good! :)

Sick Weekend...

Last Friday Rdidn't have school because it was conference day!  A sweet dad from R's class as able to help watch my kiddos during my conference and I watched his daughter during his...it worked out great.  I kind of snuck out of the room where the kiddos were playing and I was pretty sure I heard my LTK not too happy about that...poor man.  Reagan's conference was GREAT!  I was literaly crying, I'm such a basketcase, because I was so proud of what her teachers were telling me.  There are certainly days that I feel like I must be the worst mom because of the way she's acting, but the conference helped to hear that maybe I'm doing a little something right!  When we were finished chatting I went in to get my kiddos and Landon was just lying on Reagan's lap...it was pretty pitiful.  I felt so sorry for him, but so thankful he had his sister there.  I thought that was odd, for him just to lay there, but just figured he was sad that I had left him...

After giving R a HUGE hug and telling her how proud we were of her, I told her we could go to Target and pick out a little treat.  She found a Barbie Princess dress up dress (on clearance!) and some Dora "lipstick."  She was SO excited!!

L was thrilled to be at Target again!!

We came home, had lunch, which L didn't eat a lot of, which is a little unusual for him, but he did have a lot of snacks that morning so I figured he just wasn't that hungry.  I got him ready for his nap, kissed his forehead and I thought it felt a little warm, but he was acting totally normal downstairs so figured he was warm from running and wearing his fleece outfit.  At 2:00, less than an hour later he woke up crying...I thought, awesome nap buddy!  I was hoping I could rock him back to sleep, but he just wanted to be cuddled.  At this point R was screaming in her room..a great "rest" for her as well...you know it's going to be a good afternoon when...By about 2:30 L just started crying...I didn't know why.  It was just such a pitiful little cry.  You know how you know your kid's cries?  It was one I didn't know...I thought maybe his tush was hurting because he did have a bit of diaper rash.  I was going to put him in the bath, but then took his temperature...102.7!!  Poor thing!  I started shaking...of course because I don't handle sickness well at all...I was shaking trying to call Keith, he didn't answer.  I was going to take L's tempature again, he was still crying, and that's when he THREW UP EVERYWHERE!!! All over his carpet...awesome.  Now I was PANICKED!!  I was sure he had the flu.  I was still trying to call Keith...I did call the doctor and made him the next appointment they had, which was at 4.  FINALLY I talked to Keith around 3 and asked him to PLEASE come home.  (I know, I'm such a baby...I was just so scared and sooo convinced it was the flu.  Then couldn't stop thinking about R getting it next...my thoughts were not helping me stay calm at all.)  SOO I managed to get L changed, I was still covered in throw up, his carpet was still covered...I put him on our bed to watch a Mickey and he sat still.  You know he's sick when he'll sit for a show.  ANYWAY...I was able to get him to drink a little water and take some medicine and by the time Keith got home he was feeling SO much better.  Keith took L to the doctor, I cleaned the carpet (and myself up) and thankfully he tested negative for the flu.  He came home and started running around like a crazy man and didn't stop eating all night :)  For that I was SOOO thankful!!

Yup, I just threw up a couple hours ago Mom, but I'm fine now.  Like my high heels?

The model herself!  Bless her heart...she wanted to help me so badly while I was friecking out about Landon.  She said, "mommy, I'll go get my Doc kit and give Landy a check up.  I'll have a diagnosis!"  LOL...thank you Doc McStuffins!

Friday night Landon slept great, but guess who was up early not feeling well??  Reagan.  She had a fever of almost 102 on Saturday morning.  I thought...here we go!  However, she really seemed to feel okay and with medicine she was fine.  Keith had plans to go to a friend's house to watch the State and Syracuse games, which was fine because both kids were acting pretty normal.  Well, L woke up early from his nap so I rocked him and he fell back asleep.  I heard something at his door, stood up, and R was sitting outside the door with her blanket...she "wanted" me.  So she laid down on the floor at my feet and eventually fell asleep.  Landon in my arms, R at my feet...it was so funny.  By 4:30 my arm was literally about to fall off.  Thankfully Landon woke up and I took him downstairs to snuggle with Daddy, who had gotten home a little earlier.  Reagan came downstairs and slept for another hour on the sofa while Keith and Landon played outside.  Fresh air can be the best medicine and it was like 75* out, so that helps :)  Saturday was a cuddle day, but everyone seemed to be doing much better by that night!

Setting up her "bed" :)

Bless him...I loved all of my snuggles with this cutie!

By Sunday Landon was fever free and Reagan just had a very slight temperature, so they had LOTS of outside time.  They had a blast...oh and I was outta here ;)

SOOO excited to wear her pineapple dress and flipflops!  She is such a little summer girl :)

I kept Reags home from school on Monday, but they were both all better by then.  Thankfully it seemed like a quick little bug. It's NO fun when your kiddos are sick...I'm so glad they are back to being the crazy kids that they are!

First Trip to the Dentist!

Today was a big day for Reagan...she had her FIRST trip to the dentist!!!  We have been talking about it for awhile, but we've been waiting for Keith's dental insurance to kick in as of January 1.  Reagan had no idea what to expect other than the dentist would look at her teeth and brush them...she did GREAT!!



They have an option for the kids to sit in a special room on their mom's lap to do the exam, but Reagan seemed calm enough and brave enough to sit on her own, plus I had Landon in his stroller, so we just went for the chair.  She only got scared a couple times, but the hygenist was THE SWEETEST.  She explained EVERYTHING to Reagan and was SO kind.  I kept telling her over and over "thank you for being so sweet." 

checking out the hygenist's computer screen

A little scared, can you tell?!  For added effect just picture Landon sitting in his stroller at the foot of her chair screaming "alllllll dum me me...alllll dum" :)  (me me is mommy these days)  R was a total trooper and I sat next to her and held her hands the whole time...I was SO proud of her!!

The dentist said her teeth looked awesome and that her spacing is great...he said she MIGHT need braces, but all the spaces are a good thing, leaving plenty of room for the big teeth to come in! 

She loved getting her bag of goodies, a new toothbrush, toothpaste, princess stickers, and her two prizes were a bouncy ball and a little blue bird in a plastic bottle thing...she loved it.

So proud of my big girl and yet another "first" is checked off of this girl's list!

Crackin' me up!

These sweet babies that I have been blessed with are a handful, keep me moving ALL day, and are exhausting, BUT they are SOOO sweet, SOOO hilarious, and have been totally CRACKING me up lately!


This kid is a total nut...he's hilarious!

LOVE this!  He has been pretty obsessed with vacuuming and Reagan's old rain boots lately...I have to run by Target tomorrow and just might have to see if they have a boy-ish pair on sale :)

Landon was wanting to play with the dollhouse and felt as though the best way to get to it was THROUGH the car!  Whatever...

Then there's this girl...

This is not promted...This is simply "Reaggie, Mommy wants to take your picture"

She is such a nut!!  She has been pushing EVERY button I have lately, which I'm going to go ahead and blame on 3 1/2 and PRAY that this is "just a phase," but man is she too funny.  I wish I remembered more of what she said and I wish I wrote more of it down, but I'm usually chasing a certain little 17 month old around and catching him from flying off of a piece of furniture ;)

The best (probably only) picture I have of the 2 of them recently!

This past weekend was pretty low key...L and Keith had a boy's day on Saturday running a few errands and going to the park while R and I went to Panera for lunch and ran a few errands.  She is not quite at the age where she can hang for as long as I needed her to, but we got the major stuff done!

Sunday afternoon I decided we needed a cake for dessert after dinner...obviously :)  Of course what cake means is yummy icing!  Reagan requested purple icing, so purple it was.  They both made sure none of the icing went to waste!

Those eyes...could EAT him!!

Monday while sister was at school Landon was, again, cracking me up...

We played outside for awhile and he just pushed the car around for about 25 minutes...I could NOT stop laughing at him!  He was sweating by the time we went inside for lunch, and it was not a warm day.

diaper box = must sit on and push around house!

Then this happened....look closely at his shoes!!

I seriously could not catch my breath I was laughing so hard...he was walking around in those high heels like he was born with them on his feet.  Pushing the baby stroller and everything...it was too funny.  After about while I called Keith to let him know his son had been walking around in high heels for the last 15 minutes and he was like "and why are you telling me this!??!"  ha!

They sure are sweet, sure are FUN, sure are busy, and I LOVE them BOTH to PIECES!!!

17 Months

Yesterday my sweet little Landon man turned 17 months old.  Reagan wanted to celebrate his half birthday so badly, I told her next month :)

Landon continues to be such a busy man.  He is VERY independent these days and wants to do everything himself, this is a good and bad thing!  He THINKS he can do the stairs pretty much himself, he wants to feed himself (even with a spoon, which he hasn't totally mastered the fact that you can't flip the spoon around with food on it yet!), brush his teeth himself...do it all :)  He gets VERY upset when you don't let him do what he wants and has gotten REALLY good at stomping his feet.  I had to tell him yesterday his tush was going to be sitting in time out soon if he didn't stop stompin' at his momma ;)

He is really wanting to talk more and more these days!  He makes syllable sounds like crazy and is always babbling.  No real new words that I can think of, but he is loving to "moo" like a cow :)  I'll have to video it, it's hilarious!

Landon is loving playing with all of his new cars, trucks, and trains from Christmas!  It's so cute and fun (and different) to watch my little boy enjoy his "boy" toys!  He LOVES Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins...they are his FAVORITE tv shows right now.  He doesn't really have interest in watching the whole thing, but loves the songs and to dance to them.  He is still loving to read books, usually upside down, but hey reading is reading right?!  He is also still pushing anything and everything around, chairs, bins, R's baby strollers, whatever...wheels or not, it doesn't matter!

He really is such a good boy, just a busy one!  He is REALLY understanding us and I know he knows almost all of what we say to him.  He LOVES trying to repeat words his sister says to him, which thankfully are all nice words.

Landon is just getting so big and is such a momma's boy, which I LOVE!  He is my little snuggle buddy and loves to be snuggled and held right when it's time to make dinner :)  I love waking up to "ma-ma, maaa-maaaaa" every morning, it really is the best alarm clock around!

We just love watching him grow and learn!  He is such a sweetheart and I just love this boy to pieces!!

And just for good measure...here is sister today before we ventured out to get Bailey food and to the doctor.  Just wanted to follow up on Landon's cough, that is now at 6 1/2 weeks running.  Lungs sound good...doctor suggested a chest x-ray, but with our insurance that is 100% out of pocket for us...sooo thankfully we're going to give one more antibiotic a try and hopefully that will wipe this out!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2013!!  Don't be too jealous of our overly exciting New Year's night ;)  Keith had to head back to work on Monday, so the kiddos and I ran a couple errands and played at home.  BOTH kids napped and I sat on my duff and got soaked into a 24 marathon that I happened to come across on TV.  I sure do miss me some Jack Bauer :)  Keith brought home some yummy steaks for dinner, and even cooked, which was such a treat!  We had a nice dinner, kiddos took baths, went to bed, and Keith fell asleep in the chair about 15 minutes later...drink in hand!  SOOO Elle and I had a New Year's date, we Facetimed for a long time, which was great!  Keith woke up in time to watch the ball drop and then we went to bed :)

Wishing everyone a safe, happy, and healthy 2013!!

We have always taken down our Christmas decorations on New Year's Day, but said this year we were just going to wait until this coming weekend to do it.  WELL, for some reason after breakfast on NYD I decided I was motivated and just wanted to get it done...sooo I commisioned my helpers and within a couple hours it was back to our normal, boring, house :)