This week in pics

It was a very rough week at our house. Everyone had a horrible stomach virus except Andy. Thank goodness he was spared because I couldn't get out of bed for a couple days. It was by far the worst stomach bug I have ever had. So glad we are all on the mend now. Thankfully C didn't have it as bad as A&E and they didn't have it as rough as I did. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Random shots

I rarely reach for the camera with such a busy little guy but I snap tons of pics on my phone. I thought I would start sharing some pics I take with my phone.

It's hard to get much done with monster baby on the loose

C checking out the playground behind our house

C reading a book while mommy works out at the gym

Wearing C at the Riverwalk

Children's Museum

We had a family fun day on Sunday and went to the Children's Museum downtown. We got a great deal with a Groupon. Why don't they have groupons for parking yet? :p

The kids had a blast - big and small! After the first area, I took C to the area for little kids while Andy took A&E upstairs and downstairs. He can't be trusted with the camera so I don't have pics of them doing those activities. :) Afterward we went for dinner at the Riverwalk.

Happy 10 months, C!

I cannot believe I just typed that out. I am in denial that we are in double digit months. I am in denial that my baby will be 1 in a couple months. My big babies will be 7 in a few more months. I would love time to just freeze right now. These ages are wonderful and I'm not finished with them yet.

C is our wild man. He and E together are even wilder. He is monster baby and Destructo baby. He has everyone wrapped around his little finger. If you tell him no, he smiles and says "na na na" then does it anyway. He is irresistible. We are in the middle of sleep training and it is rough. He has been held or rocked to sleep so if he wakes up at night, he expects that to fall back to sleep. So now we are working on him falling asleep on his own. It sucks.

C is a crawling machine. He loves to walk behind his push toy, a turned over laundry basket, or the ottoman that rolls. His favorite toys are things he shouldn't play with most of the time. He loves books and turning the pages himself. His favorite kid toy is a little people bus and little people superheroes. He likes to knock things down. No block tower survives his watch. His favorite things to do are climb the stairs, try to chew on dry erase markers, and try to play with electrical outlets. He wears me out every day. He loves the elephant song app on the iphone and will watch it over and over.

He just has the two bottom teeth but he may be working on the top teeth now. He says mama and dada. He will look at Avery or Evan if we say their name. He waves hi and sometimes bye.

I couldn't narrow the pics down today. He was in a great mood for our little "photo shoot"

Mommy is so hilarious
taking a break for planks

Fun in the Sun!

Before the US was sucked into the Polar Vortex, we had a couple really nice days. Hopefully that weather is back because I don't handle the cold very well. C got to enjoy his first time crawling around outside and exploring. It was nice because in the past either the grass was too tall or the fire ants were bad. This was perfect.



Meanwhile the big boys were playing football (of course)

While A was playing with a friend then took a snack break