Huston - February 2015

Huston, you are such a little character.  Your personality is forming and you are a cute mix of sweet and ornery.  You are starting to learn to push your boundaries, but then feel bad about it later and will crawl in bed with me later and tell me you thought about it and are sorry.  You also have a unique blend of confident and self-conscious.  You amaze me at how social you are but then will get nervous over something so much tinier.  I think you are like me and do not like to be in the spotlight at all.  Every now and again you will get scared to go to bed alone and are so glad to be sharing a room with little brother now.  If I make a big deal about Nolan staying in his bed all night, you have a good excuse.  “Mommy I was just coming in to ask a question and must have fallen asleep.”  Don’t worry, I don’t mind too much…I like the cuddles while you are willing to give them.

You are really becoming a big help with your little brother and are starting to enjoy playing with him.  There have even been a few times when you have gotten mad at me for disciplining him.  You do still pick on him at times, but he’s learning to hold his own.  So then it turns to a wrestling match.

You are learning so much at school and I’m always amazed when you tell me how to spell something, add numbers or tell time.  But you don’t like having to focus that much and we’ve had to work on it.  You really think recess should happen for the majority of the day, and work just part of it.  You always say things are “boring” or not “fun”.

Fashion is not your best friend.  You have an interesting way of putting an outfit together and I pick my battles.  You hate wearing jeans and long pants.  But if you have to wear long ones, they can only be “soft”.  You like knee length socks but they have to be pushed down just right.  Every shirt is an “itchy” shirt.  It’s a constant battle.

And to you family is everything.  You adore your cousins with all of your heart and will constantly point them out.  It’s not Gavin.  It’s your COUSIN Gavin.  Garrett is just a friend, not a COUSIN.

You asked to sign up for basketball and the first practice and game you loved.  Now you are a having a hard time finishing the season.  Guess we needed more on the commitment talk.  But you are sticking with it and I am so proud of you for that.  And I’m secretly hoping you will still fall in love with it.

Buddy, I missed posting about your holidays so the highlight reel is below:

Thanksgiving

 Christmas

New Years Eve

Valentines Day

I love you so much and every day you surprise me with how smart and funny you are.  You are growing into a nice little boy and I’m so proud of you.  Love you bunches!

Nolan - February 2015

Nolan, you’ve grown up so much since my last post!  You are talking so much and just kind of do your own thing...you seem like no baby is left you are just a toddler now.  You have moved to a toddler bed and the crib is gone.  You are sitting on the potty, but still not quite ready to try it out.  You are attempting to dress yourself and you navigate your Kindle like a pro.

One of my favorite, favorite things is you will sit by me on the couch or cuddle me in bed and about every 15 minutes or so you will pat me and say “Hi momma”.  You love to give kisses and they usually come in twos.

You are very good with your please and thank yous and will get on to Huston and I if we don’t do the same.  You are also starting to notice your surroundings when we drive and if we pass Rib Crib, Sirloin Stockade or one of your schools we hear “Pigggggg”, “Cowwwwww” and “Schooooo”.  The minute we get close to our turn to our house you scream “HOME!”

You love bath time and brushing your teeth…which is a good thing sine you also LOVE eating.

One of your very favorite things to do is to fake being asleep.  You will pretend to be out and if we don’t notice right away you will make a little squeak so we will look.  Then promptly go back to “sleep”.  You think it is absolutely hilarious when we try to wake you up.

Buddy I missed posting all of the major holidays so I’ll post the highlight below:

Thanksgiving

Christmas

New Years Eve

Valentines Day

I love you more every day and am so lucky to be your momma.  There are days I just can’t handle the cuteness and can’t wait to see what you will do next.  You are a very sweet, caring, smart little boy…with just enough stinker in you to make you fun.  Love you baby boy.

 

My Superheroes

Halloween was a blast this year.  We had gorgeous weather and I had two little superheroes to protect me!  

Huston we started off a week early by double dating with Heather and Gavin to the Mummy and Me dance.  There wasn’t much dancing, but there was lots of running up and down the halls and chasing balloons.

Then on Halloween day, I got to go to both of your school parties.  Momma is lucky to have a job where I am able to take off work and enjoy these moments with you!  First stop was Huston’s kindergarten class.  We had some spooky snacks and then made a bat as the craft.  

Then we moved to Nolan’s daycare party where we had even more snacks and games.  

Next stop was the karate party at H’s after school program.  You both got to wear your costumes (Iron Man and Batman) and do karate tricks.  Everyone was great about showing Nolan what to do and you both had a blast.

Then we went to a trunk or treat with a bouncy house and hayride.  It was lots of fun and Nolan you even trick or treated like you’d done it a million times.   You were very polite and said “thank you” to each person.  Then looked at them all sweet and said “more”.

It was a fun, but exhausting night.  When we got home Iron Man went to bed and Batman passed out candy until we ran out.

Love you boys!

Nolan - November 2014

Nolan,

You are TWO!  How this happened so quickly I have no idea.  You were my chubby baby and now you are this skinny little toddler that never quits moving.  As much as I enjoy watching you grow, I miss my widdle biddy baby.  Lucky for me you are a huge cuddler and give me lots of loving.  You will sit right by me on the couch and put your little arm around my neck and hug me every 15 minutes or so and look at me and say “momm-mma”.  You have really started talking and can repeat almost anything we say.

At your 2 year old well baby you weighed in at 28.2 lbs (52%) and are 33.25 inches tall (26%).  You got one shot and gave the nurse a dirty look and pointed at her and said "you poked."  The whole drive home you said “doctor poked, doctor poked” in a sad little voice.  

You also have the most adorable curls.

You love to wrestle your big brother, jump, free fall off any high surface and your new thing is making sound effects for it all.  We went to the park earlier this week and you climbed up the huge slide (going the wrong way) and then slid down it.  No big deal.  You are fearless and I’m just waiting for the first ER trip….I know it’s happening soon.

Now that you are a little older, you are obsessed with farm animals, mostly cows.  Only you can’t just say cow…it’s “Papa cow”.  You love your Papa.  You got a barn and animal set for your birthday and will play with it for hours.  You love doing animal sounds too and it just might be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen when you do a mouse.

The TV has also caught your eye and you discovered Handy Manny.  This was also Huston’s favorite at two, so you were handed down Manny and his tools.  You go around the house repairing things and are glued to the show when it’s on.

It is fun watching your sweet little personality turn to a little bit of crazy.  You are starting to tease, stand up for yourself with “brubber” and try to make people laugh.  I just love you so much and always hope you know what you mean to me.  There isn’t a day that my heart doesn’t well up at something sweet you’ve done or something that makes me proud.  I love you baby boy.