Saturday, December 9, 2017
Snow Day
It's not very often we all spend the day at home, not making it out of our pjs, but a snowy day seemed the perfect reason to do so. We watched Christmas movies, made a snow globe (thanks Target dollar spot) and had fun out in the snow! After having a day like this, I think we may need to do them more often.
Hayley Ann Mae: Ten Months
Here we are at ten months, getting closer and closer to 12 months, a whole year! It's hard to believe how fast this year with Hayley has flown by. Our girl is starting to develop such a personality and I can't get enough of it. She is so happy, and loves to dance, and attack her brothers. She lets out the loudest roar when wrestling with Chase and Asher, she is quite the fierce little girl. She has become a mama's girl and my heart can hardly take it. Going in to get her in the morning when she wakes is one of the highlights of my day; to be greated with the biggest smile, I can only hope that never changes lol.
Stats: there is no check for 10 months but I'd say she's around 21lbs.
Sleep: And just like that we are back to waking up every night for a couple of hours. It seems that when she is cutting teeth, this is what happens.
Social: This girl loves to be in the middle of all the action. If there is another baby or young child around she gravitates towards them. She loves to play with Amelia and Laurel. I've been wanting to get her to storytime at the library but it just hasn't happened yet.
Diet: If there is food in sight, Hayley will eat it. There is nothing she wont eat. As soon as her tray is empty she shrieks for more.
Favorites: Mummy, Daddy, Chase, Asher, Cisco looooves music and being sung to, enjoys bath time, giving kisses, emptying Cisco's food and water bowl, playing in the refrigerator.
Stats: there is no check for 10 months but I'd say she's around 21lbs.
Sleep: And just like that we are back to waking up every night for a couple of hours. It seems that when she is cutting teeth, this is what happens.
Social: This girl loves to be in the middle of all the action. If there is another baby or young child around she gravitates towards them. She loves to play with Amelia and Laurel. I've been wanting to get her to storytime at the library but it just hasn't happened yet.
Diet: If there is food in sight, Hayley will eat it. There is nothing she wont eat. As soon as her tray is empty she shrieks for more.
Skills/Milestones: Still not walking, but she is starting to stand unassisted. Clapping hands and waving hi.
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Asher James: Three Years
Asher was sooo excited to turn three. I think in his mind that number made him a big kid, he is constantly reminding us that he is now big.
With Chase being gone every morning, and with Asher being in school I feel like we are starting to see Asher develop his own interests and way of navigating though life, though he still wants to do everything Chase does. That said, he spends a fair amount of time away from me now and that has been a bit of a challenge for him. But we give extra cuddles, and Daddy laying with him until he falls asleep to help with that.
We all know Asher is a sparkplug and goes a mile a minute but having Hayley around has softened him a little. He adores his sister like non other and takes every opportunity to kiss and love on her that he can get.
I just love watching our now middle child grow, he loves to put a smile on your face, is sensitive to others and loves hard.
Stats: He is 33lbs 4oz (68%) and is 40 inches tall (535).
Sleep: The biggest change is that he now sleeps in his big boy bed. As I figured, he is the child to get out of bed a million times before staying in bed and falling asleep. He goes down to bed the same time as Chase around 7:30pm and will wakes around 7:30am. If we are out and about for the day he will take a snooze in the car.
Social: Asher is now in school two mornings a week and is doing really well. He was comfortable with going there because of dropping Chase off for the past two years. He has already made a few friends there and I love hearing him tell me about his day. We did sign him up for soccer and swim also and he was a little shy at first but has gained a lot of confidence in both.
Diet: Having two boys that never stop eating is hard work. I'm always preparing food it seems. If Asher could eat chicken nuggets, grapes and yogurt for every meal, he would. I'm a mean Mum though and make him step out of his comfort zone.
Favorites: Mummy, Daddy, Chase, Hayley, grandparents, Lightning McQueen, Minions, sports, Hot Wheel cars, dressing up, music.
With Chase being gone every morning, and with Asher being in school I feel like we are starting to see Asher develop his own interests and way of navigating though life, though he still wants to do everything Chase does. That said, he spends a fair amount of time away from me now and that has been a bit of a challenge for him. But we give extra cuddles, and Daddy laying with him until he falls asleep to help with that.
We all know Asher is a sparkplug and goes a mile a minute but having Hayley around has softened him a little. He adores his sister like non other and takes every opportunity to kiss and love on her that he can get.
I just love watching our now middle child grow, he loves to put a smile on your face, is sensitive to others and loves hard.
Stats: He is 33lbs 4oz (68%) and is 40 inches tall (535).
Sleep: The biggest change is that he now sleeps in his big boy bed. As I figured, he is the child to get out of bed a million times before staying in bed and falling asleep. He goes down to bed the same time as Chase around 7:30pm and will wakes around 7:30am. If we are out and about for the day he will take a snooze in the car.
Social: Asher is now in school two mornings a week and is doing really well. He was comfortable with going there because of dropping Chase off for the past two years. He has already made a few friends there and I love hearing him tell me about his day. We did sign him up for soccer and swim also and he was a little shy at first but has gained a lot of confidence in both.
Diet: Having two boys that never stop eating is hard work. I'm always preparing food it seems. If Asher could eat chicken nuggets, grapes and yogurt for every meal, he would. I'm a mean Mum though and make him step out of his comfort zone.
Skills/Milestones: He has learnt so much so fast, which I think it's because he is fearless and will give anything a shot. He is completely potty trained and has been since the beginning of the summer. He can ride a bike with the best of them. Coloring and drawing has become one of his favorite things to do and can draw people really well. He is currently working on writing letters.
Chase Patrick: Five Years
Five, how did we get here so fast? We are long past the toddler and even little boy days to just a boy. While I am so proud of the kind-hearted, thoughtful, inquisitive boy he has become, it is a little sad to see how fast it has all gone by.
He is such a joy to be around. He really is my helper when James is around and is the best role model to his siblings. He can calm Asher when he is upset and knows how to handle Hayley with the perfect amount of gentleness.
He loves to learn and asks me a million questions each and every day, and I love that about him. One of my favorite times of day is when I go in to say goodnight. It's basically our only time we have just the two of us and so we will lay there and chit chat about his day; he telling my stories about his friends at school, me answering his questions of the day and of course plenty of snuggles. He will always be my baby after all.
Stats: While he is still only in the 2% for his weight we have finally crossed the 30lb mark and he now weighs 31 lbs 4oz. He is 41inches tall which puts him in the 15%. We did have bloodwork ran to make sure there isn't a reason behind his slow weight gain, but everything came back normal, and so we attribute it to him taking after James when he was a kid.
Sleep: With being in school 5 mornings a week Chase is usually in bed by 7:30am and wakes up around 7am. Every once in a while he will come in to us in the night and climb into our bed, otherwise we dont hear a peep out of him all night.
Social: Chase's confidence has just soared overnight and it makes me so happy to see him so sure of himself. He walks right into school without looking back, and he loves to go. He has become louder and more daring on the soccer field, as well as in swim class. He is quite often the one convincing Asher that it's ok to go do those things. He has such a great group of friends surrounding him and I love hearing their conversations, though I could do without the ones involving poop and farts.
Diet: The kid never stops eating, like ever. By the end of the day we have eaten every type of food in the house. He still eats a variety of food and will usually try anything you put in front of him. The two things he isn't a huge fan of is potatoes and yogurt.
Skills/Milestones: His reading and writing are coming along so well. He is doing addition and subtraction.
Favorites: Mummy, Daddy, Asher, Hayley, grandparents, Cisco, puppy dog (and stuffed animals in general), Lightening McQueen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, riding his bike, Hot Wheels, space.
He is such a joy to be around. He really is my helper when James is around and is the best role model to his siblings. He can calm Asher when he is upset and knows how to handle Hayley with the perfect amount of gentleness.
He loves to learn and asks me a million questions each and every day, and I love that about him. One of my favorite times of day is when I go in to say goodnight. It's basically our only time we have just the two of us and so we will lay there and chit chat about his day; he telling my stories about his friends at school, me answering his questions of the day and of course plenty of snuggles. He will always be my baby after all.
Stats: While he is still only in the 2% for his weight we have finally crossed the 30lb mark and he now weighs 31 lbs 4oz. He is 41inches tall which puts him in the 15%. We did have bloodwork ran to make sure there isn't a reason behind his slow weight gain, but everything came back normal, and so we attribute it to him taking after James when he was a kid.
Sleep: With being in school 5 mornings a week Chase is usually in bed by 7:30am and wakes up around 7am. Every once in a while he will come in to us in the night and climb into our bed, otherwise we dont hear a peep out of him all night.
Social: Chase's confidence has just soared overnight and it makes me so happy to see him so sure of himself. He walks right into school without looking back, and he loves to go. He has become louder and more daring on the soccer field, as well as in swim class. He is quite often the one convincing Asher that it's ok to go do those things. He has such a great group of friends surrounding him and I love hearing their conversations, though I could do without the ones involving poop and farts.
Diet: The kid never stops eating, like ever. By the end of the day we have eaten every type of food in the house. He still eats a variety of food and will usually try anything you put in front of him. The two things he isn't a huge fan of is potatoes and yogurt.
Skills/Milestones: His reading and writing are coming along so well. He is doing addition and subtraction.
Favorites: Mummy, Daddy, Asher, Hayley, grandparents, Cisco, puppy dog (and stuffed animals in general), Lightening McQueen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, riding his bike, Hot Wheels, space.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Hayley Ann Mae: Nine Months
Nine months in and this little girl is not slowing down any. She loves to stand whenever she gets the chance, whether it be looking out the back door or up to the play kitchen. She wants to be a big girl, much to my disappointment. She is still the happiest baby I've ever known, except for when she sees the car, then she pulls out this fake cry/scream and arches are back so you can't get her in the carseat. Umm I thought 9 months was too young for that kind of behavior, apparently I'm wrong.
Our girl just is pure joy and I still kiss her cheeks every single moment I get, every single day.
Stats: weighs 20lbs 4oz (84th percentile) and 27 inches long.
Sleep: She's back to being our fantastic little sleeper, whew! We put her down around 7:30pm and wakes around 7:30am. If we are home, she takes 2 naps but most days we are out and about in the mornings and so will take one long afternoon nap.
Social: She is constantly surrounded by Chase and Asher's friends and looooves watching them. She gets so excited when they are running around and going crazy. Lately if she is excited she bounces up and down, flapping her arms around and it us the cutest thing ever. She has started getting some separation anxiety when we leave her in child watch.
Diet: I love when they start eating whatever we are. She will down quesadillas with the boys for lunch, share a soup with me, loves any kind of pasta and is still nuts for yogurt and bananas. She has fully mastered the sippy cup so will have one with her lunch and dinner, though she find it hilarious to spit it out.
Favorites: Mummy, Daddy, Chase, Asher, Cisco looooves music and being sung to, enjoys bath time, giving kisses.
Our girl just is pure joy and I still kiss her cheeks every single moment I get, every single day.
Sleep: She's back to being our fantastic little sleeper, whew! We put her down around 7:30pm and wakes around 7:30am. If we are home, she takes 2 naps but most days we are out and about in the mornings and so will take one long afternoon nap.
Social: She is constantly surrounded by Chase and Asher's friends and looooves watching them. She gets so excited when they are running around and going crazy. Lately if she is excited she bounces up and down, flapping her arms around and it us the cutest thing ever. She has started getting some separation anxiety when we leave her in child watch.
Diet: I love when they start eating whatever we are. She will down quesadillas with the boys for lunch, share a soup with me, loves any kind of pasta and is still nuts for yogurt and bananas. She has fully mastered the sippy cup so will have one with her lunch and dinner, though she find it hilarious to spit it out.
Skills/Milestones: Our girl just wants to move and would stand all day if she could. She loves to stand up next to the play kitchen and chew on the pretend food. One of her other favorite spots is the back door looking out to the yard, she will stand just watching the world go by. Climbing is another favorite of hers, whether it be the stairs, toys or people. One new thing this past month is if she is standing and there is music playing she will start bobbing around. I can't even handle it!!!
Friday, October 20, 2017
THREE
Just, as Chase had his special day, Asher did too. He looks up to his big brother so much that he decided he wanted his birthday celebrations to be just like Chase. We spent the morning at Sky Zone, bouncing around and the foam block pit was his favorite part. On the way home he requested "we go to eat at the dinner place where we watch the airplanes." I love spending time with just him, getting to hear his own thoughts on things. We had a great time watching the planes take off and land while we ate, even better was seeing the excitement on his little face!!! Every birthday needs cake of course, and Asher loves his cake.
To round out all of the birthday celebrations we had Asher's birthday dinner at Buffalo Wild Things, like I said he really looks up to Chase. Here's to 3 Asher!!
To round out all of the birthday celebrations we had Asher's birthday dinner at Buffalo Wild Things, like I said he really looks up to Chase. Here's to 3 Asher!!
Thursday, October 19, 2017
FIVE
Though the boys have a joint birthday party with their friends and our family, we like to do something a little special for each of them on their own birthdays, because birthday!!
With Chase being in school every morning this year, our one on one time is next to never, which I'm not going to lie, that makes me a little sad. So, on his birthday, with Asher in school and Hayley in the care of Mom Mom and Pop Berry, I let Chase play hooky from school and he got to pick what the two of us would do. He picked a trip to Skyzone. We had the.best.time. THE BEST TIME!! It was so so nice to enjoy uninterrupted time with him. We bounced, and jumped into foam pits, and jumped some more. We also enjoyed some ice cream before heading home to the others. The festivities went on throughout the day with lunch at McDonalds and ending the day with cake.
The day of his birthday, he had soccer practice so we went out for his birthday dinner the following day. Again, he got to pick his choice of restaurant and so we ate at Buffalo Wild Wings. Now, lets be clear he did not choose it for the food, but rather the video games he gets to play while there.
We had such a fun time celebrating our FIVE year old!!!
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
First Day of School 2017-2018
So we are now just over a full month into school now and both the boys are really enjoying it. Sure, we have some mornings where they don't want to get up, but once they are at school and see their friends, they leave me in the dust.
This is Chase's third year at his preschool. He is repeating Pre-K (as he missed the cutoff for Kindergarten by a couple of weeks), in addition he is also in the Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten enrichment class. I was curious to see how he would handle being in school 5 mornings a week, and I can safely say it hasn't. He hasn't said it's too much, or been extra tired. That makes me happy and proves to me that we made the right decision to send him those 5 days.
He was so excited on his first day to see all of his buddies and he loves his teachers Miss Donna & Miss Talitha. It is crazy what a difference a year makes, this year on his first day, he ran into the class, hung up his backpack and got to playing, not an ounce of hesitation in him. It just makes me so proud to see him mature the way he has.
Asher was sooo excited to have Chase's school, finally, be his school too!! His first day was very different from Chase's first first day of preschool. Obviously for the past 2 years Asher has been with me to drop off and pick up Chase and so he has come to know Miss Donna, Miss Talitha and the classroom. It also helped that he knew Chase would be at school while he was, and his friend Noah is in his class. All of that made for an extremely pleasant first day drop off. He loves having a backpack and wears it even when he isn't going to school lol.
While he enjoys class, the first few weeks he would tell his teachers, "I do my artwork at home, not in school." While it's hilarious he came out with that, we had a few words and he is now participating in that area;)
It's crazy to think I have 2 out of my 3 kids in preschool! Even though I thoroughly enjoy dropping them both off and having some one of one time with Hayley twice a week, I am just as eager to get back to school and hear about how their days went. What they had for snack is always a big discussion on the way home, as well as who they played with and what story they read. I just love these 2 boys to pieces and all the ways in that they are growing up.
This is Chase's third year at his preschool. He is repeating Pre-K (as he missed the cutoff for Kindergarten by a couple of weeks), in addition he is also in the Tuesday/Thursday Kindergarten enrichment class. I was curious to see how he would handle being in school 5 mornings a week, and I can safely say it hasn't. He hasn't said it's too much, or been extra tired. That makes me happy and proves to me that we made the right decision to send him those 5 days.
He was so excited on his first day to see all of his buddies and he loves his teachers Miss Donna & Miss Talitha. It is crazy what a difference a year makes, this year on his first day, he ran into the class, hung up his backpack and got to playing, not an ounce of hesitation in him. It just makes me so proud to see him mature the way he has.
Asher was sooo excited to have Chase's school, finally, be his school too!! His first day was very different from Chase's first first day of preschool. Obviously for the past 2 years Asher has been with me to drop off and pick up Chase and so he has come to know Miss Donna, Miss Talitha and the classroom. It also helped that he knew Chase would be at school while he was, and his friend Noah is in his class. All of that made for an extremely pleasant first day drop off. He loves having a backpack and wears it even when he isn't going to school lol.
While he enjoys class, the first few weeks he would tell his teachers, "I do my artwork at home, not in school." While it's hilarious he came out with that, we had a few words and he is now participating in that area;)
It's crazy to think I have 2 out of my 3 kids in preschool! Even though I thoroughly enjoy dropping them both off and having some one of one time with Hayley twice a week, I am just as eager to get back to school and hear about how their days went. What they had for snack is always a big discussion on the way home, as well as who they played with and what story they read. I just love these 2 boys to pieces and all the ways in that they are growing up.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Radiator Springs Birthday
For birthday party 3 & 5 for Asher and Chase, there was no choice more obvious than a Lightning McQueen party, seeing he has taken over the playroom and at least 2 travel in the car with us wherever we go.
We decided to turn the backyard into Radiator Springs with tattoos at Ramone's Body Shop of Art, food at Flo's Cafe and races at the raceway. The boys so badly wanted a pinata so I found of course a Lightning McQueen one, and we introduced an English game to the party called 'pass the parcel.' Of course the big hit were the cardboard box race cars, made to look just like a few of the characters, that Jen made. They had so much fun racing on the race track. The cars are now also conveniently the boys Halloween costumes!! Of course no party is completely without cake and cake pops!!
The boys had the best time celebrating with their friends and our family. I'm really not sure how I'm going to top any future birthday party for them after this...
We decided to turn the backyard into Radiator Springs with tattoos at Ramone's Body Shop of Art, food at Flo's Cafe and races at the raceway. The boys so badly wanted a pinata so I found of course a Lightning McQueen one, and we introduced an English game to the party called 'pass the parcel.' Of course the big hit were the cardboard box race cars, made to look just like a few of the characters, that Jen made. They had so much fun racing on the race track. The cars are now also conveniently the boys Halloween costumes!! Of course no party is completely without cake and cake pops!!
The boys had the best time celebrating with their friends and our family. I'm really not sure how I'm going to top any future birthday party for them after this...
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