Quilon can roll over!!! He has been trying for some time now but on Monday he finally did it. The first couple of time it took him quit a long time to do it. He would get on his side then just lay there for a little bit (like 3 minutes) then he would roll the rest of the way over. It was a big work out for him and he needed to rest half way through. Now he is rolling with ease, at least from his belly to his back. Q can almost roll from his back onto his belly. I am guessing in the next couple of days now. He is also getting on all fours every now and then to. He will be taking off on me soon. Not only is Quilon on the move he is getting two teeth in. He will soon be able to protect himself from his brother and move away from him!
Ike is my little GQ man. I bought him this little sweater vest the other day at Target, on clearance of course. The next day I was going through Ike's hat and mittens and found all these matching things for winter. I had forgotten all about this matching set, scarf, hat and gloves. And it goes so perfectly with his new sweater vest!!
Cookies
Ike with the help of his great daddy got to make some cookies. Ike had a blast and made the biggest mess ever. After all his hard work that he put into his cookies he didn't even care to eat any! All he cared about was being able to use cookie cutters. He is just to funny and cute!
Didn't I learn from the 1st one!!!
For Thanksgiving we went to Seth's parents house to have dinner as a family. Gerry, Rosetta, Tim, Noelle, Lily, Seth, Ike, Quilon, and I were all there. With all of us around the table there was not really any room for Quilon to sit us (at home he does sit in a high chair so we can eat as a family). Gerry suggested that we just put Quilon in his car seat and set him on the bench next to the table. I said sure that might work, however he kicks lots now so he will more than likely fall off. Mind you the bench that he sat on also had a super thick cushion on it so Quilons car seat was not sitting stable in the first place. What was I thinking??? Did I forget what had happened to Ike when he was about the same age. (Ike was sitting in his bouncy seat on top of the kitchen table and kicked his way off the table.) Sure enough I look over and here Quilon is squirming his little way out of the seat and onto the floor. I freaked!! At least this time I was not frozen when I saw my child falling to the floor. But I was still not able to catch him and the poor little man hit his head/eye on the back of Gerry's chair. I felt so bad for the guy. Did I not learn anything from the first child I did this to. Hopefully if there ever is a third that I will NEVER put them anywhere high up to where they can fall off onto the floor!
Other than the excitement of Quilon falling we had a lovely Thanksgiving Dinner.
You can see his little markings above his right eye.....poor guy!
Tuesday, November 18
Decorations
Christmas has come to our house!!! We started to decorate last weekend and I am so excited about it. I know that it may seem a tad bit early for some of you, which it is even for me, however I forgot to decorate for fall so I am just skipping over to what comes next.....CHRISTMAS!!!
I think that I really love decorating for Christmas because it used to be a huge thing for my family. At that time I hated it. And that's because my dad would go crazy with the lights every where. My poor sister and I had to spend what seemed like hours putting out the huge colored bulbs all over our yard with my dads help. On the trees, on the bushes, the little fence, the house and even off the stinking flag pole. I mean come on! No wonder why people would cut our lights....we were over the top (and not in a good way either). After the outside was done up we would start on our tree. I am not really sure if we had a real one or a fake one but we had colored bubbling lights on it. Every year we decorated the tree as a family. It was always loaded with the homemade Christmas ornaments and then the silk ribbon balls. And Mr. and Mrs. Clause sat below our tree. Oh how pretty it was, at least when I didn't know better.
Now that I have my own family, decorating for Christmas is such a joy. And this year it has been really great. Ike is able to help out a lot more than he was last year, and he loves it. Ike thinks that he is making Christmas when he decorates. He even gets his very own tree put up in his room. He is very proud of that tree. He is so sweet and cute.....to bad its not all the time :)
I think that I really love decorating for Christmas because it used to be a huge thing for my family. At that time I hated it. And that's because my dad would go crazy with the lights every where. My poor sister and I had to spend what seemed like hours putting out the huge colored bulbs all over our yard with my dads help. On the trees, on the bushes, the little fence, the house and even off the stinking flag pole. I mean come on! No wonder why people would cut our lights....we were over the top (and not in a good way either). After the outside was done up we would start on our tree. I am not really sure if we had a real one or a fake one but we had colored bubbling lights on it. Every year we decorated the tree as a family. It was always loaded with the homemade Christmas ornaments and then the silk ribbon balls. And Mr. and Mrs. Clause sat below our tree. Oh how pretty it was, at least when I didn't know better.
Now that I have my own family, decorating for Christmas is such a joy. And this year it has been really great. Ike is able to help out a lot more than he was last year, and he loves it. Ike thinks that he is making Christmas when he decorates. He even gets his very own tree put up in his room. He is very proud of that tree. He is so sweet and cute.....to bad its not all the time :)
Saturday, November 15
Random babbles
So all this week Seth and I have had the opportunity to spend every evening together. That is very rare for us since Seth usually works till 8:00pm every night. It has been so great to have him there in the evening to help me cook dinner and to help me with the boys. We were even able to have friends over for dinner one night and it not be just me! It was sooo great. Ike has also loved having his daddy around in the evenings to play with him and put him to bed. Ike loves having his daddy read him some books then put him to bed and pat his back. Then mommy gets to come up and sing songs with him (daddy doesn't do well with that part!) We all can't wait for the time we can be home almost every night together as a family. Hopefully soon, or at least when his coworker retires and Seth gets those hours!
Last night I worked the Switchboard of the hospital all by myself......AHHH! I was so nervous but I just prayed that God would help me thru it. And He sure did. It seemed that whenever I was getting sleepy He would send a person my way to chat with me so I would stay awake. I made sure to bring lots of different things to do; a book, magazines, Sudoku. It is rather quiet during the nights at the hospital. Or at least for me anyways, the ER is always loaded with drunks on the weekends. That does bring some entertainment at times.
I have been feeling kind of blah lately. I'm not really sure why. Maybe the weather maybe just because I have been thinking to much or maybe because I miss my best friend. Things have changed so much for us. I think that the biggest change for us is our friends or lack there of. We do have a few really true friends but the rest I can't say that about. It is ever so true that having kids will change EVERYTHING!! Understand I am ever so blessed to have my kids and would not change my situation for anything but things are hard at times. However lately I am feeling ignored and forgotten by those that claimed to be genuine friends. And yes I know that its not always fun to hang out with a family, but I am able (and need) to leave them at times for friendships. Maybe that isn't understood I dont' know. Then again maybe its not because we had kids that changed everything maybe there is something else going on that I am unaware of. Oh how I wish I knew. I am very thankful for the friends I do have, but I am greatly missing that close friend relationship I once had. Maybe I am just missing my sister, my best friend.
Last night I worked the Switchboard of the hospital all by myself......AHHH! I was so nervous but I just prayed that God would help me thru it. And He sure did. It seemed that whenever I was getting sleepy He would send a person my way to chat with me so I would stay awake. I made sure to bring lots of different things to do; a book, magazines, Sudoku. It is rather quiet during the nights at the hospital. Or at least for me anyways, the ER is always loaded with drunks on the weekends. That does bring some entertainment at times.
I have been feeling kind of blah lately. I'm not really sure why. Maybe the weather maybe just because I have been thinking to much or maybe because I miss my best friend. Things have changed so much for us. I think that the biggest change for us is our friends or lack there of. We do have a few really true friends but the rest I can't say that about. It is ever so true that having kids will change EVERYTHING!! Understand I am ever so blessed to have my kids and would not change my situation for anything but things are hard at times. However lately I am feeling ignored and forgotten by those that claimed to be genuine friends. And yes I know that its not always fun to hang out with a family, but I am able (and need) to leave them at times for friendships. Maybe that isn't understood I dont' know. Then again maybe its not because we had kids that changed everything maybe there is something else going on that I am unaware of. Oh how I wish I knew. I am very thankful for the friends I do have, but I am greatly missing that close friend relationship I once had. Maybe I am just missing my sister, my best friend.
Monday, November 10
The Visitors and the COLD!
For Ike's birthday we had some visitors for the weekend. It was so great to have them all there. There was a total of 8 adults and 2 kids at our home that weekend. CRAZY!! My sister Melissa, her hubby to be Bobby, Jill and Adam all came from Michigan. They may not have enjoyed the cold that also joined us here in Minnesota for there stay but they all enjoyed my little family. However it did get cold fast here so I don't blame them for not liking it. I don't like the cold much either. Jill had the hardest time coping with the cold. Almost the whole time she was here, either out and about or in the house, she was wearing her coat. Little did she know that when she got back home to Michigan that it was going to be cold and snowy there. HA!
Here we all are surviving the cold on Garvin Heights for a picture
Me, Seth, Ike, Bobby, Mel, Quilon, Jill and Bobby
Me, Seth, Ike, Bobby, Mel, Quilon, Jill and Bobby
Two coats on and a baby in her lap.......Jill's way of trying to stay warm
Saturday, November 8
Ike turned 3!!!
Can you believe that Ike is 3 years old now!!! WOW time flies by. Last night we had a birthday party. Auntie Mel, Uncle Bobby, Jill (Ike's girlfriend), and Adam (Jill's husband) all came from Michigan to celebrate with us. Lots of other friends came to the party too. It was really nice. Ike was so excited and had a good time. I still have a hard time believing that I am a mother of a 3 year old let alone a mother of two. I don't now what I would do if Ike weren't in our lives. He is such a blessing to us. He is so sweet and cute and makes us laugh so much. Oh the joys of my lil Ikers.
It was a Cars themed party
Ikes favorite movie
It was a Cars themed partyIkes favorite movie
Tuesday, November 4
Crazieness and Pictures
So Sorry it has been FOREVER since I have blogged life has just been crazy busy.
For those of you that responded to my last blog of the picture of the boys Quilon was on the top and Ike was on the bottom. Good guess to some of you!
I have been working/training like mad lately for my part time job at the hospital. This is my last week thank goodness. So hopefully things will calm down some. We had doctors visits this week and Quilon is above the 95th percentile for his age. Which is really not a big surprise to us. He is our little beast!
We also had Trick-or-Treating last week. Ike got way to much candy but both the boys had a good time. We always drive to all our different friends houses and show them off, which they all enjoy or so I hope that they do, but no more of that. With the two now it is way to much work. Next year we are just going around the block and calling it quits.
We are getting ready for Ike's 3rd birthday party on Friday. Can you beleive that I have a three year old already?!?!? I can't at times. Life is going by so fast and that is why I am ready for the crazieness to end! Maybe then things will slow down. I doubt it though.
For those of you that responded to my last blog of the picture of the boys Quilon was on the top and Ike was on the bottom. Good guess to some of you!
I have been working/training like mad lately for my part time job at the hospital. This is my last week thank goodness. So hopefully things will calm down some. We had doctors visits this week and Quilon is above the 95th percentile for his age. Which is really not a big surprise to us. He is our little beast!
We also had Trick-or-Treating last week. Ike got way to much candy but both the boys had a good time. We always drive to all our different friends houses and show them off, which they all enjoy or so I hope that they do, but no more of that. With the two now it is way to much work. Next year we are just going around the block and calling it quits.
We are getting ready for Ike's 3rd birthday party on Friday. Can you beleive that I have a three year old already?!?!? I can't at times. Life is going by so fast and that is why I am ready for the crazieness to end! Maybe then things will slow down. I doubt it though.
Here are some newer pictures........
My Lil Stinkers
My Bright Blue Eyed Man
Shaving w/daddy
Enjoying the last few beautiful days outside
Ike got a little confussed as to what the sled is really for.
Playing in the leaves together
Flying Baby
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