"Mommy, the fishy got out!"

These 5 words from James took me by shock today!!!  Let's set the scene... we had just gotten home from washing the dog and going to Trader Joe's.  James wanted a snack so I poured him a small bowl of pirate's booty and had him sit at the table with his snack.  Then Jack and I headed off to his room to change Jack's diaper.  (Now that I think about this, I rarely ever change Jack's diaper in his room.  I usually grab a diaper and change it on the floor in the family room.  I guess I know why now!)  Just as I finished the diaper change, James walks into the room and says, "Mommy, the fishy got out!"  (My first thought... You have to be kidding me!  The joys of motherhood!)  I walked out to find the fishy laying motionless in the middle of the table.  I was not about to touch him with my fingers so I grabbed some spoons to pick him up but he started wiggling all around when I touched him.  I grabbed the fish net to pick him up and put him back in the bowl.  After cleaning up the water on the table and wet newspapers, I asked James how the fishy got out.  He let me know that the fishy had a little help!  I reminded him that the fishy needs to stay in his water and could die if he got out of the water again.  We then headed off to the bathroom for a good cleaning of James's hands since James said he tried to put the fishy back himself!  

As Gaga, reminded me... A very similar story occurred about 20 years ago but that fishy didn't have the same lucky fate unfortunately!  

Big Boy Bath TIme

Jack has become a little challenging to manage in the baby bath tub the last few days because he keeps trying to roll out so I convinced Josh to let Jack bathe in the big boy bath with James tonight.  I had a little talk with James before bath time about sharing the tub and his toys with his little brother and James did great (other than constantly wanting to pour water over Jack's head!)  Here are some cute pictures of my darling little boys in their first bath together!!!

James is getting a cup of water ready to pour over Jack's head.  Luckily, we were able to convince James to use a smaller cup most of the time or pour the water on the back of his head so very little went over Jack's face.  

I love how Jack is looking at James in this picture.  It's amazing to see how much Jack looks up to James!!!  I absolutely LOVE it!!!

Here's the big boy in his first big boy bath!  Daddy still had to keep a hand on him the whole time of course but Jack still did a great job!

Mum-mums!

My big boy is starting to eat mum-mums!  They are basically super soft rice cakes that just melt in your mouth.  Jack loves them and Mommy loves them because they entertain Jack in the high chair while I make dinner and they keep Jack's fingers off James's food while in the wagon.  Which brings me to the wagon... I decided to try James and Jack in the wagon to the park today.  They were so darn cute!!!  Jack did a great job sitting up (thankfully he got a little help from the seat belt) and James did a great job sharing his wagon with his little brother.  

Ashlyn's 2nd Birthday Party

Saturday was a wonderful day... Josh had to go to work so, after getting up and ready for the day, James, Jack, and I headed to Josh's work to visit for an hour or so.  We then headed over to Wacky Tacky (an awesome, cool, totally fun indoor play ground) for Ashlyn's 2nd birthday party.  Here are some fun pictures from the party....

 James and Colleen waiting for Isa at the bottom of the slide.

 James LOVED this slide!!!

 James jumping around and playing at the bottom of the slide!

 Kimber and Charlie going down the slide.  The mommies and daddies got to play with the little ones too!

 I thought this picture of Colleen taking a picture of Joey in the ball pit was so cute!

 Going down the big slides!!!  Camdyn is on the red slide, Isa on the yellow, and James on the green.

My favorite part of Wacky Tacky was all the mommies helping each other out.  A few mommies would watch the infants while the other mommies went and played with the toddlers.  It was just so wonderful to see all the mommies helping each other out and working together.  I have the best Mommies group!!!

I lied, maybe this was my favorite part of Wacky Tacky... Two sleeping boys in the car!!!!  After a fun morning at Wacky Tacky, we jumped in the car and headed up to Murphy's to meet up with Gaga and Papa at the Grape Stomp in Murphy's.  (Side note: this is now my 4th straight year that I have gone to the Grape Stomp and my 4th straight year that I can't have any wine there because I have either been pregnant or nursing every time!)  Maybe someday I can drink there!!!

 So sweet!!!

Such a little doll!  Unfortunately, this little guy woke up and screamed the last 15 minutes or so!  But we all made it safe and sound in one piece.

After some fun watching the grape stomping, we headed up to Arnold for a yummy dinner, some good company, an enjoyable walk the next morning, and then back home on Sunday afternoon.  A short but fun trip to the mountains!

Getting home on Sunday looked something like this...
I pulled into the garage.  Josh opened the door to come say hi.  I got out of the car and said, "Don't forget to get both of them.  I then walked into the house and was asleep in bed before the boys made it in the house I think!"

Happy Half Birthday Jack!!!!

Last week was Jack's half birthday!!!  Mommy and James made a half birthday cake for Jack and James got to invite some friends over since Jack is too little to eat his own cake yet!  Julie, Micah, and Katelyn came over to help us sing to Jack and eat some yummy cake!  

 Look at that delicious cake!!!  Mommy even had a "0" candle to put on the cake (compliments of Josh's "30" th birthday that never happened due to hand, foot, and mouth!

 Vroom-vroom!!!!  Watch out world, here I come!!!  Jack has loved blowing bubbles lately!  So cute but so hard to teach James not to spit while blowing bubbles with Jack!

 My sweet boys hanging out on the chair together.  It is so cute to see them interacting more and more every day!  I am absolutely loving it!!!  Today at the park, Jack and I were chasing James around the play ground and they were both loving it!  Which means Mommy was too!!!

Hi cutie ba-tooties!!!!!

The morning of Jack's half birthday was spent learning how to make sugar cookies from Kimber.  I actually made lots of delicious cookies and am so excited to make lots and lots more for the holidays.  After sharing some with Dawn this week, Dawn asked me to teach her how to make them.  The best way to solidify learning is to teach yourself, right!?!?  Hopefully I can remember everything that Kimber taught me and make more delicious cookies with Dawn next week!

Monday Fun with Miche and Cool Doug

Last Monday James had a dentist appointment in Roseville which went GREAT!!!  Michelle and Douglas were going to meet us there to hang out with Jack during the appointment but we got there a little early and they got there a little late and Jack was being great in the carrier so we just met up with them after the appointment.  James was a WONDERFUL little boy and did a great job of letting the dentist look at his teeth!  I must say that I was quite impressed!  He got a glowing review from the dentist!  My favorite thing she said was that all his baby teeth are in!!!!!!!  No more teething from James (until the adult teeth of course!)  Just in time for Jack to start teething!  Bummer!  We also found out that James excels in plaque production so we have to be extra good at scrubbing his front teeth!  All in all, a great check-up and we are due back in 6 months. 

After the dentist, we all had a little Target adventure!  I was lucky enough to push an empty double stroller the entire time because Uncle Doug carried Jack and Auntie Miche and James hung out.  No complaining from this Mama!  

After Target, we headed over to Auntie Miche's house for some much needed naps!!!  And some yummy lunch and play time too of course!  Here are a few cute pictures from the day...

 Jack got very interested in this book at you can see.  I just love this picture because it looks like he is actually reading the book!

 Uncle Doug (renamed Cool Doug by James) and Jack did some hanging out!  What an awesome Uncle!

 Uncle Doug was even sweet enough to share his bed with James for nap time.  As James told me after his nap, he made Uncle Doug's shoes "silly"!  Sorry for the messed up shoes brother!

 Some much needed nap time for Mommy and Jack.  (Unfortunately this was "just pretend" as James would say but I wish it was real!)

 I think this picture is so cute!  "Okay boys, I think I have her fooled and she's asleep!  Let's make a run for it!!!"

My sweet precious little boy!!!!

I think the best part of the day was sneaking off for some errands ALONE while Miche and Doug stayed with the little guys!  Thanks sis and bro!!!!  I owe you!!!!

Snuggle Time

I just had to capture this shot of all my boys snuggling!!!  Aren't they the cutest?!?!?!?!