Our Trip to Weatherford!

Last week the boys and I spent the week at my parent's house. My brother and his family came down for the weekend and we had a great time letting our kiddos play. My Mimi was also at my Mom's so I enjoyed spending precious time with her as well. Here are some pictures of our week in Weatherford:

Collin with his Aunt Lauren

Aunt Lauren and the cousins playing...

Carter and Katelyn being sweet

Uncle Blake reading the boys stories before bed!

Great Mimi with her great grandbabies

Collin and Katelyn

Mommy and Collin

(I love this pic)

Carter pretending that the tinker toys are tools and his undie's are his tool belt....

this kept my parents and I laughing all night

What have we been up to this month?

My parents came to town last weekend.........

Collin and Mimi

Mimi and Papa

Nana and Collin

Grandpa and his boys...

this picture makes me laugh, look at Collin's face

Collin, 5 months old

He is getting so big, we have moved up to size 3 diapers, a bigger paci, and 12 month clothes!

This is the conversation we had,

Carter: "Mommy, I'm a workin man"

Me: "you are?"

Carter:  "Mommy, your not a workin man!"

He has the cutest bottom ever!

Doing laundry with Mom!

Movie Night!

Last weekend we took Carter to his first movie. We went to see Toy Story in 3D. Carter had never been to the movie theatre before so we weren't sure how he would do. He loved it!

On our way to Carter's first movie!

(And yes, that is a tire gage in his hand, just like Daddy!)

He was so excited to be going to the "Movie Feeder".

(that is how he pronounces theatre)

Handing his ticket to the movie girl, what a big boy!

He love the big bag of popcorn that goes along with seeing a movie! We were waiting for the movie to start and he kept yelling, as if we aren't sitting right beside him, "Daddy, where's Woody?"

This is during intermission between the the two movies. You can see that his popcorn is half way gone. It was so cute, Chris and I had to help hold his seat down because he wasn't heavy enough to keep it from folding up. Oh, and by the way, he watched the whole thing a tad bit blurry because he refused to wear the 3D glasses. It was lots of fun, and we look forward to going to the movie feeder again soon.

Friends

The boys are doing great. They are both growing like crazy. 

Look at that smile.... priceless!

My sweet boys!

Always so Happy!

Cheese! 

(Don't you just want to squeeze him?)

When I found out I was pregnant with Collin I felt like I was jumping on the band wagon. I had several friends who were pregnant at the same time. My childhood best friend, Kristina, had her little boy three weeks before Collin.

Rivers and Collin

Rivers, Carter, Collin

Out of my group of girlfriends from church four or us were all pregnant at the same time. So we now have four babies all within 6 months of each other. Collin is the only boy so he will have a great selection of girls to choose from. The youngest baby, Rebecca, was born just a week and a half ago. The other night was our first oppurtunity to have all the babies together.

Addison, Brooke, Collin, Rebecca

(What a ladies man!)

In order from oldest to youngest. 

My friend Lesley had her little girl Brooke just 7 weeks before I had Collin. I have already planned an arranged marriage between the two of them. ;) So I always love to get pictures of them together. Here is how it played out........

Collin checking pretty Brooke out....

Brooke leaning in to go for the steal......

(She is thinking that paci looks pretty good!)

Collin-"What just happened here?"

Brooke- "What?, I don't have anything in my hands!"

Collin- "Did she really just steal my paci?"

Brooke- "Give me a break, my Mommy doesn't give me one of these things!" (LOL)

Cupcake- "Anything for you, sweet thang!"

"Not my child Monday!"

Did you almost die of embarrassment when your child pulled their own pants down at the library? Want to scream bloody murder when your toddler took a pair of scissors to the dog's fur? Feel like a terrible mother when your kid said a four-letter-word at a back to school event? Well don't! Mothers aren't perfect and neither are children. Let's 'fess up today because it's Not my child! Monday!

Sound liberating? Then let's get going!

 It was certainly was not my child who while sitting in my lap at the pediatricians office decided to give me an anatomy lesson.  He did not say "Mommy you have boobs?" as a I quickly brushed his hand away and tried to continue my conversation. And it wasn't my child who continued to tell me about "boobs" and "bras" during the entire visit. Thankfully our pediatrician is a woman so I wasn't too mortified.

And it was not my child who broke the R.O. spout while trying to use it as a drinking fountain.

Nor was it my child who climbed on the kitchen counter, got the faucet sprayer and began to water the artificial flowers on the bar. When asked what he was doing he did not say "I'm helping Nana water the flowers."

My child would never be the one to break the ceramic dog bowl at our Pastor's house. 

It wasn't my child who used the meat thermometer as if it was a hammer until he shattered glass all over the kitchen. Not my child.

Nor did my child color on the t.v. screen with his markers, he did not color on the kitchen counter with a permanent marker, and break ANOTHER picture frame.

After putting him down for a nap it was not my child who got up to dig for some treasure in the closet. Where he did not find his Nana's hat box and his toddler size vacuum. He did not think it was a good idea to shove the vacuum handle through the hatbox resulting in them both needing to find a new home in the dumpster. No, not my child.

And today while I was nursing Collin it was surely not my child who climbed onto the kitchen cabinets (he does not seem to do this often) to eat as many hershey kisses as he could before I caught him.

Today while he was supposed to be taking a potty break it was not my child who flushed an entire box of wipes down the toilet. (thankfully they were the flushable ones). 

Destructive, No, Not my child!

Collin 4 Months Old

Collin had his 4 month well child check this morning. He weighed in at 16 pounds 12 ounces (80%), 25 1/4 inches long (60%), and his head measured 17 inches (75%). Wow, what a fatty! I love it. Dr. R said that he looked perfect and healthy. She watched him use his hands and grip some toys to observe his hand functions. She said that between 6 and 9 months we would begin occupational therapy to help with his fine motor skills. I think this will be good for Collin and myself. It always helps when you feel like you are being proactive. I don't doubt for a minute that he will be able to do everything his friends do, it just might be his own way or take a little more work.

Collin is cutting teeth all over the place. So far two have broken the skin but we can see a couple more close behind. So I tried giving him a biter biscuit to chew on while I cooked dinner the other night. He thought it was great, as you can see in the picture . In the top picture he had just finished dinner. I have decided to make my own baby food. This was our first go at any food other than cereal. So butternut squash it was. And he loved it. I tried avocados the other night, but that didn't go over so well.