Afternoon Fun

Since we have enjoyed such gorgeous weather it's hard to NOT live outside. We spent the morning at the zoo (see below), and after naps we headed back outside. Addie is so content outdoors. She'll lay and roll and play forever. She's also getting very strong. It's so funny to see her start to move around when she's so tiny. She's the littlest one in the church nursery, but boy is she fiesty.

Mason's been getting into some trouble with trying to pick up his sister. He'll also lay on her and roll her over and over and over again. It's kind of hard to explain to him that this is not okay, especially when Addie laughs at him. However, she got her revenge today. Mason came over to lay on her blanket this afternoon and she rolled over to her side and started attacking him. She laughed and laughed. Mason thought it was funny too. He kept saying, "Mama, Addison get me." (sorry the picture is so dark).

I love that they love each other.

Zoo Day

Today was in the 80's (yep, Lynne...we experienced some FL weather). Right after the kids got up we headed to the zoo. This ended up being the most brilliant idea I've had all week because after we were done around noon, we passed all the chaos of cars and people just arriving.

Mason had a great time. Addie, well she just likes the front carrier so she was happy. She actually checked out some of the animals too. It was funny to see her expressions. I really pondered about what her little brain was thinking...

Here's Mason at the 'let's contract some exotic disease' petting zoo. He loved it of course, but we sure did hit up the hand santizer afterward!!!! He was super excited about the goats because my mom bought him a few of the early readers "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?". In one of the books, it says "Mountain Goat, Mountain Goat what do you see?". So when he saw the goat it was only natural that he asked it what he saw. So here's Mason asking the goat...


As a teacher I learned that there is very little I can control. As a parent, that lesson has only been magnified! So, here's me smiling at the camera and my children doing whatever they wanted.

Mason took a little tumbled down a ramp and scraped his knee. His boo-boo was quite the fascination at random moments. So here's Mason showing me his boo-boo for the hundredth time.

Mason with 'his' elephant.

Time to go...

My mom was smart and brought a sucker to lure him away.

He was so tuckered out that we didn't even pull out of the parking lot before he fell asleep. Same with little Addie.

He Likes Toes...

We had such a great weekend together as a family. It doesn't hurt that it was absolutely beautiful outside. Most of our time was spent outdoors...just the way I like it!

It's hard to believe that little Addie will be 5 months old. Time went by fast with Mason, but it is flying with Addie. It seems like she was just my little teeny weeny yesterday. She's still small, but doing BIG things!

Mason and Addie are still the best of buds and we pray it will stay that way! She's really entertained by him. As soon as she gets a glimpse of her brother she lights up. I love the picture below because of their contrasting hair, but yet they look alike.
Here's my big man rock climbing at the park. He did it all by himself without Steven or me showing him what to do. He is learning things so fast. We have been working on ABC's and counting. Just yesterday he shocked all of us by counting all the way to 16 without making a mistake. I didn't even think he paid attention when we count things...I thought wrong!

Now for the title of the post. Mason is a little interested in toes. It cracks me up because he'll smell toes and then say "shoo-wee" and fan his nose. Quite the little comedian!

Addie Update

We had Addie's echogram this week and the results came back normal. She did so well during the testing. I didn't realize that she would have to lay still the entire test which lasted 20 minutes. I thought we'd be there all day in order for the technician to look over all the chambers of her heart. However, Addie just laid there watching the monitor. We were in and out. I was so proud of my little lady.

Catching Up

Overwhelmed...tired...not enough hours in the day...

Those are just a few reasons why we haven't blogged lately. Since Addie just turned 4 months last weekend, I figured I'd better post something or my favorite Puerto Ricans (love you all) might start calling!

Addie is a whopping 11 lbs 10 oz. She hasn't even doubled her birth weight yet. I asked the dr. if we should be concerned with her size (she is tiny). He asked if I had met her mother. So I guess Addison gets the skinny part from me (or at least she did before I had 2 kids). He did however detect a heart murmur. We go to the hospital on Tuesday to have an ecogram (???) on her heart. We aren't concerned. My ob/gyn did an ultrasound every appointment. If she had a hole in her heart, he would have caught it early on. We believe this is something she will grow out of very soon, as most babies do.

Now on to her accomplishments. She is a master raspberry blower. She is a major ham. When she's ready for you to come get her from her crib, she'll cry. However, when she sees you she smiles this gigantic smile. PRECIOUS. She's also rolling over a lot. Makes it pretty hard to keep her on a blanket while she's playing.

Mason is doing quite well. We're taking a break from potty training. He'll go on the potty, but it's getting him to tell you he has to go that's the problem. At this point, he may not make it to kindergarten because he'll probably still poop in his pants. Seriously, the kid can have a gigantic load in his diaper and not even skip a beat. He doesn't care. He would rather play.
I'm thinking of sending him to a potty training boot camp!

Below is one of my favorite pictures of Mason and Steven. They look more and more alike everyday. I love it!

Addie at 4 months.

Even though she is tiny, she's stil grown so much!

Puke

Well, I have now entered a whole new realm of 'motherhood'. Today I experience the inevitable...I was puked on. Mase woke up this morning a little whiny, so I picked him up and that's all it took...projectile...on my clothes...already dressed for work...did I mention we had fried chicken for dinner? I know, disgusting.

Since Mase had the case of the vomits, he stayed home with Daddy. He's doing better. He had some toast for dinner (which never came back up), and loves the Gatorade! One thing about my Little Man though is he never acts sick. Prime example, he was playing with his trucks, puked, said "ew", and then back to playing.

I went ahead and took Addie to the sitter today because Mason can't keep his hands off of her. You should have seen him when I brought her home. He went straight for her to give her a kiss. Sad. He didn't understand why he couldn't. I've already told sister to get ready for the day he feels better. All of those kisses he's having to hold back are just going to build up to one big 'love fest'.

In hindsight, I should have taken Steven to the sitter because he now has the same as Mason. I tell ya people, it is not easy taking care of a sick little boy, a newborn, and a sick husband. I'll be looking for my Wife/Mommy of the Year Award once this passes.

In other news, Addie now rolls over both ways. She amazes me so much. She's such a little thing, but boy does she know how to scoot around. Now that she can roll, she's all over the place.

Super Daddy, Glad I Don't have Twins, and Rolling Over

Sorry for the random pictures and stories all compiled into one, but being back at work makes for one CRAZY life!!!

Steven was home with the kids last Friday, and he got one more bonus kiddo. Lindsay had a job interview and brought Little Linc over for some playtime. I was quite impresses with my hubby. Not just any man could take care of three kids; two of which are 3 months old! He did a great job, but I do believe his words when I got home were, "I could NEVER do that again!" Oh well, at least he can say he's done it once. Below is the picture of how he handled them all...thank goodness for bouncy chairs...

We were also very blessed to be able to have our Butterball Nephew over for the weekend. He and Addie are just two weeks apart and he outweights her by 4lbs. I guess I'd rather him be the larger of the two. Something about having a monster sized girl just doesn't say...cutie pie :) We had a great time with the babies, but let me say I am so glad I don't have twins! WHEW...I don't know how Steven's parents survived them. The pic below shows a little tummy time. You can see Mase thought he needed some tummy time too. He's always has to be were the babies are.
Now for Addie's lastest achievement. She rolled over! Two mornings in a row I've found her on her back (she sleeps on her stomach). Since I never actually saw her roll over, I didn't count it. Well today when I put she and Linc on their tummies, she rolled over. So, now it counts...I saw it!