Huston - June 2013

Huston, as I sat down to write your monthly blog I couldn't help but realize you WILL BE FOUR IN TWO MONTHS!  You are getting so tall and thin and your vocabulary amazes me daily.  You got a pair of size 11 shoes the other day.  You moved to a booster seat.  You mastered the "big slide" at Play Kitsap.  You had real conversations with your Great Grandparents when they visited.  It's all too much for me....but it's also very fun to see this "big boy" you are becoming.

Play Kitsap

Dinner with Great Grandpa Dave

Walking with Great Grandpa Dave

You are a quirky big boy though.  You hate to wear shoes, if we make you then they will be off the minute you get in the car....even for a 5 minute trip.  When we pick you up from Child Watch at the Y or MOPS you have talked them into letting you take them off.  You have hoarder tendencies.  Example:  A TMNT insert with examples of other toys available for purchase are NOT trash, they part of your toy.  And if we throw them away, you will find them.  Unless we sneak them out to the big trash outside when you are sleeping.  And then you will ask me where they went in repeat mode.  You know at a glance how many angry birds or cars or blocks you have and can tell us which one is missing.  I'm thinking Vegas may be in our future when you are of age......

You have reached the age to where you bring me rocks and sticks and weeds as presents.    Me kissing an "owie" in the exact spot it was injured is a instant cure for pain.  You are obsessed with caterpillars, worms and butterflies, but are terrified of "horrible creepy bugs".  You also found out that if you step on a caterpillar "jelly" comes out and gets on your shoe and that is "so gross".  And you hunt monsters.  And go "adventuring".

 

Monster Hunter

Although you are still very much a momma's boy, you go into hyper drive when dad gets home from work.  You attack when we walks through the door and worm our yway into his lap or back or legs every chance you get.  And if he is holding your baby brother all bets are off and you will get between them.

One of your absolute favorite things to do is to dance for an audience.  You want to FaceTime Auntie Katie and Auntie Dawn Dawn daily to show them your new "moves".  Your routine typically consists of a combination of breakdance, ninja, thai chi (your words) with a little stripper in there.  I have no idea where you come up with them but it is definitely unique!

Disney has a new show "Henry Hugglemonster" and you lovvvvvve it.  When you are way too wired up I can put you in front of a show or two to get you to relax.  It is one of the few shows that doesn't wind you up more.  You are still all about your TMNTs, angry birds and Wreck it Ralph.

You have a love/hate relationship with your little brother.  You went a week calling him "that baby".  Mostly you call him "Yolan".  You love to make him laugh and get excited when he crawls or pulls up, but you also love to steal his food and play so rough that you knock him over.

I still get a kick out of your Hustonisms and never know what you are going to say next.

It's never just trash, it's "trash garbage".
"I can't know how" (your cop-out)
"That doesn't sound like a good deal." (when I ask you to do something)
"No catcalls." (when naked)

Dad taught you the phrase "Want some cheese with that whine?"  Your take is "You want some cheeeese with that little wine?"

You love to say grace before (and multiple times during) our meals and will not let us forget.  There is nothing cuter than seeing an almost 4 year old say, "Praise God, Hallelujah!"

You are such an amazing boy and we have so much fun. I think with Nolan being mobile now you
are getting ready to have a new playmate and things are going to start getting crazy around here!

Heart of Glass

My boys surprised me with something on my bucket list for Mother's Day....a Glass Blowing class!  This is something I have wanted to do for quite awhile and I had the best time.  What was even better was that the place was kid friendly and let everyone come along and watch.

Huston helping pick out the style

Huston helping chose colors

My color scheme (the multicolored sprinkles at the bottom were H's addition

Heating up the glass

Shaping

Picked up colors

Shaping

Adding in the design

Blowing

Happy Mother's Day to me!

Best Mother's Day ever

Side

Side

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Bottom

It was an amazing experience and a perfect day.  Afterwards since we were in the "big city" (Tacoma) we went and ate at Chipotle, bought me some new shirts and spent some time with my boys.  Doug gets big Daddy points for A) remembering I wanted to do it and setting it all up and B) making the day perfect.

Being a momma is a wonderful thing daily but I sure had a nice day celebrating it!

Nolan - 7 months

Nolan what a joy you are!  You are the happiest baby ever.  Hands down.  The only time you are fussy is if we try to clean your nose, you have been sitting in poop for awhile or you get bored in the car.  And you recover from all of those things very quickly once we take care of them.  When you got your six month shots you cried out and were laughing again by the time the nurse got the band-aid's on.  At that same appointment the doctor asked me if you'd been feeling ok.  She kept listening to your lungs and checking your ears and said, "I can't not treat this, he's got an infection."  We had no clue you were sick, you had not been fussy at all.  So, you got your first antibiotics for ten days.  This of course didn't help with the whole poop situation, but you handled it all like a champ.

In the last month you have had so many changes....changes I'm not ready for.  You went from scooting to army crawl to up on all fours crawl in a matter of days and are now fully mobile.  You got two more teeth, totaling three and more are bulging.  You are eating anything and everything we give you (applesauce, baby yogurt, rice cereal, peaches, sweet potatoes, watermelon, mum-mums, puffs, graham crackers and little bites of anything else we'll let you taste).  You slap your hands up and down.  And you are finding your voice by babbling and squealing.  You say something pretty close to da-da and I swear you say thank you when I hand you something.  Probably not, but it sure sounds like it.

You got to go to your first A's baseball game when they came to Seattle to play the Mariners.  This is a huge first in our family and you did Daddy proud.  You decked out in your A's gear and squealed and had a blast.  The ball girls were even flirting with you.

Now that you can move around, you are playing with lots of toys but your favorites right now are your red block, Huston's foam swords, a musical mariachi and a bath hungry caterpillar that makes a great teething toy.

One of my favorite things is watching you and your brother in the backseat.  You strain so hard to see what he's doing.  And when he looks at you smile this adorable smile and you two will laugh.  If you get bored back there he will sing to you or and you a toy and that's all it takes.  You love your big brother and are always aware where he is.

Did I mention your adorable smile?  Everyone does.  And you do this little half smirk smile that gives me a hint of the type of boy you are going to grow into.  Your hair is growing in and you are getting long and lean.  People are saying you look like my side of the family and your Papa Lowery.  And my oh my, are you ticklish!  I do it often because it causes the most incredible laugh.

Daddy, Huston and I love you so much and this past 7 months has flown by.  I can't even express how much you have completed our family and can't wait to see what the next month brings!