18 months!

Good grief how time flies!  Davis is 18 months, and a few days, and moving and groovin!  Here are his updates:

1.  He is wearing a 24mth or 2T and size 6 shoe
2.  He weighs 26 lbs 12 oz (75%-90%) and is 33" (75%)
3.  Davis naps once a day for about 2 hours.
4.  He can say: Ro (rock, to rock in a chair), Du (Duke), Dada, Moma, Baba (banana), bape (grape), bla (that's as close as I can get to spelling his noise for water), ma (more), dada (different than Dad and is All done), dodu (doughnut), doodie (cookie), bees (please), tan too (thank you), ba (for a nutrigrain bar), waff (waffle), Hi, Bye
5.  He is walking, running, climbing everywhere!  If a door is open he wants to be outside.
6.  Since his 15 month checkup he has had ear tubes put in and hasn't had any more ear infections!
7.  He still has a dairy sensitivity, sadly.

FIrst kisses and overnight underwear

Let's see, it's been what seems to have been a year but probably 3 months since I last wrote.  A lot has happened.  Let's start with Davis' first kiss.  It happened at VBS.  Her name is Greta Mae Masterson and they were in the same class.  I went to pick Davis up the first day after teaching Jackson's class and Davis' teacher, Caroline, informed me that Greta Mae and Davis were snuggle buddies.  Apparently they had found each other towards the end of the day and snuggled up when they were both getting tired.  Cute, I know.  Things got serious towards the end of the week.  I went to pick Davis up and Caroline was laughing and starts telling me that Davis was lying on the floor minding his own business when Greta Mae came and sat beside him and procedes to plant one on him!  I'm talking mouth to mouth!  Now keep in mind at this age most babies don't kiss with their mouths closed, so it was a sweet, wet baby kiss.  He is cute, so I don't blame her.  Greta Mae's mom, Kristy, and I have laughed and said we would both be ok with this couple!

Second, Jackson is on his 3rd, yes 3rd night of wearing underwear at night with no accidents!!  I thought potty training would never end!  We finally got poop down, or out...whatever.  Once that was tackled he took the night by himself!  He his growing up right before my eyes!  I guess I should be sad, but nothing in me is sad about this part being over.  Good bye diapers! (At least for Jackson)

Third, as Jackson is nearing 4 he is really getting to the funny age.  I was sitting on the couch last week eating lunch while the boys were supposed to be napping.  Then this happened:
Jackson opened his door, in a whisper "What are you eating?"
me (whisper), "tomatoes"
Jackson, looking very confused (whisper), "WHY are you EATING a VEGETABLE?!"
me, after laughing, (whisper) "Because they're good."
Jackson, looking like I just blew his mind, (whisper), "But WHY are you EATING a VEGETABLE?!"
me, realizing there's no way to win this, "You'll understand later, go back to bed"
 

A Star In The Making

Last night was Jackson's debut on stage and my debut as that mom who will fight anyone to get a good video of the said stage debut.  I thought I was going to have to roundhouse kick a camera this man set up right in front of us on a tripod right at eye level.  Instead, I thought I wouldn't embarrass Jackson this early in life so I moved to the back and decided to stand with our non-tripod camera.

Luckily Jackson was totally unaware of the parent battle that almost happened.  As the classes started to file in the chapel all the kids stared out at the parents.  I so remembered that feeling of trying to find my mom in the crowd and here I was on the other side.  After a minute Jackson locked eyes with Drew "Daddy!" followed by many waves.  Because I moved to the back he didn't see me immediately, but he did eventually when everyone else sat down and I was still standing.  I fully realize it was just a preschool performance and they were just singing a few songs and doing a few motions but it was such a new feeling being in the audience.  I was trying to do everything I could to get his attention just to wave at him so he would know I was there and we were clapping so loud in between songs. 
 
After the show was over we went the stage to pick him up and as soon as he saw us he jumped in my arms, he was so proud of himself and we were too.  His school had a dinner for us so that we could visit with other parents and the kids could play more.  It was such a fun night.  I can not wait for more nights like that!

Jackson loves his teachers, Ms. Kijuana and Ms. Tanya!

The bunny

Our neighborhood had an Easter party last weekend and it was so fun!  They had an Easter egg hunt, a petting zoo, a magician and good snacks.  I think the funniest part about it was how much Davis liked the Easter bunny!  Davis is usually very leary around new people and even some friends, but he had his eyes set on this bunny.  Before we knew it Davis had a new friend! 

 Jackson, on the other hand was still a little nervous about a 6' tall bunny.

Davis also had his first East egg hunt.  It was more of a egg pick up, but he got the hang of it pretty fast!

Jackson had his own egg hunt with 3-4 year olds!

15 months

I know I'm a couple of days late on this, but here it is.  Davis was 15 months this last Friday and time just keeps flying by.  Davis' fun facts for this check up are:

1.  He weighs 25 lbs (75-90%) and is 31.5" (75%).
2.  Davis is wearing a 18-24 mth size clothes.
3.  He can say "Mama", "Da", "Dada", "Duu" (Duke)", "Ba" (banana or balloon) and "Hi"
4.  Davis is quite the flirt with the ladies.  When we are out to eat anywhere he'll find a girl, throw is hand up and say "Hiiii" with the most southern accent you've ever heard.  It's going to hurt in about 13 years.
5.  I thought he had given up his morning nap, but it only lasted about a week.  So, he still takes 2 naps.  One about 11-12:30 and a second about 3-4:15.

He just follows Duke and Jackson around wherever they go, unless he's hungry then it's all about momma.

Coming to grips

I fully understand that this may be the longest post I have ever done, but I'm coming to grips with the fact that I can't keep up the once a week posts so the posts I do have will just have to make up for lost time.  This is what happens when you have 2 little ones and it's Spring!  So here are some highlights and let's face it, I love a good picture.

We have really been enjoying the warmer weather and living close to the Silver Comet trail.  Some of us are enjoying it more than others.

Drew got his 2nd kidney stone and after 13 days he's finally clear!  Luckily our friends Leslie and James Robert came to the rescue to watch the boys so we could go to the ER.

I've enjoyed many trips to the Botanical Gardens with the boys and they love it!

Mimi had her first trip to the Aquarium and got up close and personal with the penguins.

The boys love having picnics at their little table!  And we can just hose everything, and everybody, off after!

Davis is walking up a storm and loving life!

Jackson loves helping in the kitchen.  He's figured out how to help Dad make homemade pasta!  That's mine and Davis' favorite!

I know...I know

I told myself when I started this blog that I would try to do one about once a week and here I am 1 month after my last post.  What can I say?  Life has gotten busy and I don't want to stop to write things down, I would rather just keep playing and pass out at the end of the day.  I guess we're all kids at heart.  I do need to at lest catch up on a few things.

First of all...

We celebrated Duke's 7th birthday.

Second...

There was yet another snow storm that we had to go sledding in the laundry basket.  Luckily, Drew stayed home for this one.

We were actually snowed in the neighborhood for 3 days.  We all got a little crazy at the end.

And then all of a sudden it warmed up and we were all happy!

Davis has apparently been dreaming about walking because Friday he woke up from his nap and just took off.  Today I think we counted about 17 steps before he sat down.  He jumped from 2 or 3 every once in a while to 6,7 and 8 like it was nothing!  And he so proud himself!

Jackson is getting to the age where he is saying things that are hilarious.  The other day he was not obeying something Drew had asked him to do.  This went on and on and finally it was time for it to get serious.  Drew took him up to his room and explained to him why he was going to get a spanking.  As soon as Drew pulled his britches down Jackson said "Uh oh, this isn't good.".  Drew couldn't hold it in and didn't go through with it he was laughing so hard. 

Another story - One night I was eating dinner with the boys and as usual I was bargaining with Jackson about how many more bites he should take.  When I told him he had to take 3 more bites he looked at me, furrowed his brow and said "Woah, woah, woah".  It was so funny!  Two, maybe but 3?  That's just asking too much lady!

Yet another funny story - All 3 of us were playing in the backyard when I heard the mailman.  I told Jackson we should go check the mail, so we headed up to the mailbox.  I started to pull the mail out and there was a larger padded envelope.  Jackson looked so happy and said "A present for you Momma!  A surprise!"  I knew what it was, but I played along "Yeah Jackson!".  Then came "It must be Lulu Lemon!".  Wait, what?!  Ok, I do like Lulu Lemon but I promise I'm not that bad!  All I could think was we had recently been in the store so it must have been on his mind.  Sadly it was not Lulu Lemon, but it was pretty funny.