sleeping baby

It's after 7:00 and Colin is still in bed.  Actually this will be the first morning that he has woken up in his own crib.  We have spent the last 7 months sleeping together.  Partly because he woke up to nurse so often and it was easier to have him right there, and partly because I loved having him right there.  So, this morning I miss them.  Of course I did see him twice in the middle of night (but TWICE).  Better than those nights 1-2 months ago where he woke up every 45 minutes-2 hours.  Yes, its been an exhausting 7 months.  And I think we are finally on the path to mom sleeping through the night again.

I remember laying in bed cuddling next to him when he was a couple days old and thinking, its going to sad to have him one day sleep through the night.  If I didn't need sleep, I would hold him all night.  Still would.  7 months later.  I love watching him grow up.  I just want to hold onto the babyness though.  Despite the demands, our time with Colin as a baby will always be too short for this mom.  Love this 7 month, smily, chubby, can't quite crawl, funny face eater, face grabber, gotta touch everything, age!

love smiles

The favorite parts of my day are when these two boys are smiling at the same time!  

Katy and Paul

A fun weekend was had celebrating Katy and Paul's wedding!  Road trip to Madison, hotel pool, fruit loops for breakfast, fancy cupcakes at the reception, late nights, Evan showing off on the dance floor (including during their first dance)! 

4 months

Sweet 4 month old!  Colin still wakes up 2-6 times a night, but at least he is a happy baby!  He grabs for things, puts things in his mouth, loves to be naked, and can be calmed to "where is thumbkin?" when the usual tricks don't work. 

Evan is 4

 

This kid has been so excited for his birthday (ever since Christmas).  He kept thinking of presents he wanted and plans for a party.  Of course we got him what he wanted - mom got him a recycler (and just to be different than his other recycler... a LEGO one), dad got him a train that plugs in to charge, and Colin got him a stuffed Elmo.  His favorite surprise was a Care Bear from Grandma and Grandpa Steeno.  He actually cuddled that the first night instead of Froggy!  He had all his good friends over for dinner and cupcakes.  He had got a little excited at the party store and had a hard time narrowing the plate selection down to three (Elmo, Curious George, and Tinker Bell).  The kids at the party loved running with the balloons and jumping off the couch into a "pool".

 

 

 Part of Evan's 4 year old world:

 

-loves "jumping on the dad" and wrestling and climbing and sitting on his dad's head as Tony tried to find him

- collects his dirty clothes in a bin in his room and brings them to the washer by dump truck or wheelbarrow

-starting chewing gum a couple weeks ago... a quick little story... the first day of gum chewing brought tears.  We were at a restaurant in GR when he started crying and said "don't look at me".  I knew that he must have swallowed his gum and was scared and embarassed because all he knew about gum was that you weren't supposed to swallow it.

- Berenstain Bears, Care Bears, Elmo, Clifford...

- PB&J and grapes for lunch

- snowplowing (shoveling)

- "did the dryer beep twice?", cause that means he stops what he is doing and goes to "let the clothes air out"

- wants to save everything... receipts, boxes, bags

- loves building things out of cushions - fire trucks, trains, mail trucks, ice cream trucks, UPS trucks, garbage trucks... and 2 level forts with dad's help

- coloring pages from the internet... the first day he discovered we could print coloring pages of anything he wanted was quite the exciting day... he kept running to the printer and getting the newest one he picked out, and once I happen to add an extra to his selection and he runs back and in his most excited voice, "There's a Harold (from Thomas) one too!"

 

 

 

snuggle snuggle

There is never enough time for snuggling with a sleeping baby.  Enjoying these moments... 

downtown winter adventure

 

 

We had a fun winter adventure downtown today!  As part of the Winter Comedy Festival, downtown TC was filled with winter fun!  The biggest excitement was the ferris wheel.  I never thought I would want to go on a ferris wheel on a 22 degree day, especially with a baby and 3 year old.  And Evan can be a little hesitant with new things, and this did look a little scary... high and fast.  But we waited in line for 20 minutes to try it.  And we all loved it!  Well, I mostly loved it because Evan was thrilled.  It's so fun to see him try something new, and laugh, and really enjoy it! 

Then, he had to tubing run!  And loved that too!  Over and over!  And again he amazed me by not being scared and by wanting to wait line by himself.  I just looked in awe at him standing in line, then climbing in the tube and sliding down by himself.  Love those precious moments where I see him growing up.  Not that I'm wishing he grows up fast, but it is amazing to watch the changes and share more and more of life's adventures with him!  And Colin just got to watch it all in the Baby Bjorn.