Dinosaurs!

One of my favorite Christmas presents for James was tickets to see "Walking with Dinosaurs", an arena spectacular with moving dinosaurs.  James absolutely LOVES dinosaurs right now and is extremely knowledgeable about them so he loved it.  And Mommy loved the one-on-one time with my biggest boy!  

Aren't we the cutest!?!?!?  Love his glasses!  :-)

The arena but I don't see any dinosaurs there.  :-(

And a tired little man after the show!  :-)  9 days playing at the cabin right before and a birthday party that morning may have contributed to the tiredness too!  :-)  

I'm getting in trouble!!! :-)

Well, it appears that it has been A LONG TIME since I've posted... We've been super busy!  Keeping up with 3 walkers is a whole new story!  :-)  Here is some of the fun we had in January... 

Jonathan maxed out his infant car seat so he got to move to the big boy car seat!  That means a trip to the Fire Department for us to get new seats and everything secured into the car.  And a little fun helping the fire fighter empty the tank on one of the engines!  The boys loved it!!!  

James and Mommy sending Daddy silly pictures one night when he had to work late.  As you can see, my boys like to sleep without a shirt like their Daddy!  :-)  

Poor little Jack had a nasty cough that Mommy didn't like the sound of which meant a little trip to urgent care one Sunday night.  He checked out just fine other than a low oxygen level, not good!  So a breathing treatment later and he was sounding better and had a higher oxygen level.  He thought the "super hero" mask was pretty cool at first (but later changed his mind).  

A nebulizer was Jack's special prize from urgent care... He did great with a few breathing treatments at home though you can see that he wasn't a huge fan!  So proud of how nicely he sat there for them though.  A few breathing treatments later and he was back to his normal self!  

Someone is getting big!!!  And learning to get into everything!!!  Still as cute as a button though!!! 

We packed up the "baby" stuff this month to share with new babies on their way.  Mommy is super excited to get some big stuff out of the house (a swing, exersaucer, jumperoo, 2 bouncy seats, and lots of toys!) but Jonathan decided he was going to go with the toys!  

My little monkey!  And a pretty darn cute one at that!  :-)

Oh look, another cute one!!!  Man I sure do have a lot of cute little men around here!  I must be one very lucky Mommy!  :-)

There were 3 in the crib and the little one said...

Get me out of here!!!  

This was Josh's effort at trying to convince me that Jonathan's hair was too long and he needed a haircut.  I finally gave in for a little trim in exchange for a trip to Maine this summer (and next!)  I think I got the better deal!!!  :-)  

Lots more cute pictures and stories to share but must find this house under the piles of paper, toys, clothes, dishes, etc sometime tonight, or this week, or this month, sometime!!!  :-)  

Happy First Birthday Jonathan!!!

I can't believe my little man is already a year old!  Where did the last year go?  Jonathan is such a little cutie pie and really enjoying playing with his brothers more and more each day (not sure if his brothers feel the same about Jonathan coming over to take their toys!)  I love the relationship that Jonathan has with his brothers... James is such a wonderful big brother... he does a wonderful job of holding Jonathan's hands and walking backwards so Jonathan can walk practice his walking.  (This is especially useful in public restrooms when Mommy wants to go potty with 2 hands!)  James also excels in picking Jonathan up to "relocate" him when taking above mentioned toys!  Jack loves his little brother too but I think he may have been a bigger fan of "Jonathan the cute little stationary baby" as opposed to this "growing kid who is coming to take my toys Jonathan"!  Regardless, it's wonderful to see the relationships grow!

Jonathan is tipping the scales around 20 lbs now!  And has finally graduated into 12 month clothes!  (Perfect timing in regards to seasons since his brothers were in 12 months clothes in December also - at 8 months of age!)  I am quite enjoying Jonathan being on the smaller end so I can enjoy having a little one for a little longer!

Jonathan is a crawling and cruising master!  He can cruise around a table or couch in no time flat!  His favorite place to cruise lately has been from chair to chair under the table.  And his favorite place, hands down, to crawl is right up the stairs in no time flat!  He must get some alert if the gate at the bottom of the stairs gets left open because he can get there in 2 seconds flat!  Last weekend Josh and I both realized at the same time that he was on the stairs, Josh was downstairs and I was upstairs.  Jonathan does a great job crawling up the stairs but will occasionally stop to sit and will lose his balance backwards because the step isn't wide enough.  It was hilarious to watch Josh and I dive up and down the stairs without trying to make a sound (as to not shock Jonathan into sitting up and falling backwards).  We both lept to catch Jonathan who sat there looking at us like complete crazies!!!  Jonathan has even started taking a few steps on his own.  It's only been 3-4 steps twice in the past few days but still a start!  I may have another walker in the next month - yikes!!!!

Jonathan doesn't have many words yet but he is getting the hang of signing. He does a great wave, clap, all done, and more.  He also loves to mimic sounds but the spontaneous words are still on their way.  That being said, he understands EVERYTHING we say!  (And is usually the first one to the table for any meal! I guess I should add that, even though Jonathan is on the smaller side, that boy can EAT!!!  And out eats Jack for most meals!)

It's amazing to see how much Jonathan has changed in the past year and crazy to think about how much he will change in the next year.  Now it's just about enjoying every moment!!!   (before having another 2 year old!)

Announcement, announcement....

Upon last weigh in, Jonathan has officially doubled his percentage on the growth chart... He has gone from the 6th percentile to the 12th percentile!  Jonathan weighed in at a whopping 19lbs 7oz last week at the pediatrician's!  He loves his food!  (Although I found out today that he doesn't eat for Reesha even though he eats like crazy for me!  And Jack eats well for Reesha but barely takes a bite with me.  Crazy kiddos!!!)

I'm waiting for Christmas...

Bedtime was so sweet tonight... Jack asked if he could join James and I for story time in James' room and James graciously said yes.  I loved snuggling up with James and Jack and reading a fun dinosaur book.  At lights out time, Jack asked if he could sleep in James' room too.  (Note: This has never been successful because all the boys want to do it talk, giggle, and play but we keep trying!)  I loved snuggling up on the ground with both my wonderful big boys and we started talking about what we were going to ask Santa for!  Jack suddenly sat up and leaned against the dresser, when I asked him to lie down, he said, "I'm waiting for Christmas!"  It was so darn cute that he was just going to sit there and wait for Christmas!!!!  :-)  And then it was so sweet that James asked me what I was going to ask Santa for.  When I told him that I would love my bathroom finished, the boys spent a few minutes laughing hysterically that I couldn't ask for a bathroom for Christmas!!!!  :-)  Love these little sweeties!!!

Glass vs. Plexiglass

Let me set the scene a little... Reesha had just left and the boys and I were going to make a "quick" trip to Costco.  (Nothing with all three boys is quick and no trip to Costco is quick but we'll pretend!)  Jack (who is still fully in diapers) decided that he was going to run into the potty and go before James and I.  As he's sitting on the potty, Captain decides to bark incessantly at the front door.  I finally realize that Reesha must be back for something (turns out she forgot her phone on the counter) so I quickly run to let Reesha in.  As I head back to the potty, I hear Jack yelling that he went pee-pee in the potty!!!  We all got so excited and started dancing around and celebrating for Jack!!!!  The celebrations got so exciting that James accidentally knocked a picture off the wall resulting in a broken frame and broken glass on the floor (and LOTS of bare feet!)  Thank goodness Reesha had come back so she could corral the kiddos as I got everything cleaned up!  And this is why my friend of 3 boys has changed all the glass in frames to plexiglass!  :-)  

"Mommy, where you pants?"

Super quick... I was getting ready for a friend's wedding on Saturday night with Gaga and Jack.  I put on a short black dress and Jack stops watching his TV show to ask me, "Mommy, where you pants?"  I tried to explain that I was wearing a dress and that you don't wear pants with a dress but he kept asking where my pants were!  Two thoughts... I need to wear more dresses so my boys know what a dress is!  Or maybe my dress was a little on the short side and Jack thought it looked like a shirt!  Let's go with the first one!  :-)