Sleep over and dress up

Our nieces didn't have a sitter for a few days so they got to come spend a few days with us and Lyla had her first official sleepover! And overall, it went great! ;)  Lyla was BEYOND excited that her cousins were coming over!

We got each of the kids a blow up pool this summer - this one and then a larger one for Lyla. We got Cohen's all ready for our sleep over because I couldn't find the air compressor thing to blow up the big one. And I barely had enough air to blow up Cohen's!

 

 

 He likes it! And now - anytime it's up and out he crawls right over to it and dunks his head in! Ha!

 We had a busy day on Thursday. We had Cohen's 9 month appointment, then went to lunch at McDonalds (I can't believe I actually ate there) and then we were off to get our nails done! The girls said they loved it but they were SO serious about the whole thing! 

The girls in the back. They were super excited to sit back there!

 

 And this girl was just EXCITED that Abi and "afery" were with her!

 

So after the appointment we headed to the hair school and got manicures. Lyla picked red, Abi I think was pink with sparkles(?), and Avery got blue, I think!

 This guys just hung out! ;)

 

 

 The big hit of the whole 2 days they were here, was this tunnel. They chased Piper through it, read books in it, watched TV in it and of course fought over it.

 

 And this guy just went with the flow and followed the girls everywhere!

 Prior to laying down for the night, Lyla through a huge fit because she wanted to have a sleepover. She didn't quite understand you actually have to sleep at a sleepover! She could have stayed up til 2 am if we let her! Night owl!

 Sisters!

 Dress up occurred often! Lyla just forgot the clothes part!

 Ly loves her cousins!

 More fighting occurred over who could hold Cohen!

We also colored, watched the movie Hop, ate popcorn, read a million books, played outside and they helped me cook! I told Sean I could definitely have 4 kids. Sean told me his head would spin off if we had 4 kids! Ha! :) None the less, we loved getting to have our nieces over and I know Lyla enjoyed the time.

Love you girls!

My girls - and boy

 I just love these kiddos and LOVE being an aunt! Since I first became their aunt, I've always called them my girls! We got to have our first sleep over and Lyla was in high heaven. While they were back we took some pictures in rompers that their grandma had gotten them!

 My sweet nieces - This little girl is a spitfire and Lyla looks up to her! She loves with Abi and "Afery" come over!

 This girl was my first niece and made me an aunt for the first time!  She's getting so big and so mature and I just love her!

 And this girl has my heart forever! I love her!

 Abi loves Cohen and enjoyed "babysitting" him while they were here!

Lately

Apparently, I took a little blog break! Most days I thought about blogging, but for some reason, never did! Lots going on lately! We have been busy swimming most nights, working on the house, and just staying busy! We are finally heading to the lake for the first time this weekend and I'm so ready! 

 Lets see...here is a little project I did the other day! I've been looking for canisters for my kitchen for a little while. I got some vinyl to add and I love! Cheap and easy!

I have been trying to do quite a few DIY stuff for the house and slowly, but surely things are coming along! We just finished putting laminate down in my office area, which I'll blog soon! That's the biggest project, next to painting, that we have down so far.

 This guy is getting big and is close to turning 10 months! He's finally starting to self feed more, but is picky! He will eat puffs now without a problem and will chomp down on a whole banana. But if you cut up a banana for him, he refuses to pick them up! He also gags on most foods we try that aren't purees!

 This little girl is becoming a sass! I'm not quite sure where she gets it from! However, she can still be sweet as can be! She says her mommy is her favorite and I just love that! :) She loves the water and every day after nap asks to go to the pool!  Sean is training for a few triathlons so we've been going to the pool quite a bit!

 So hard to believe she will be 3 soon! We are having a "You are my sunshine" party and I'm excited to start planning!

 Pointing - his new little thing he does! He's a screamer and we hear "eh" a lot!

 And he loves balls, balls and more balls.

 He has also started walking with things. Plus, I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but right after our trip he started true crawling. And now, he's just the quickest little thing! My baby is getting big! :(

Cohen :: 9 months ::

 Happy 9 months, sweet boy! You bring so much happiness to our family!!

 

 - You weigh 15 lbs 2 oz. You are our little peanut! This puts you in the less than negative 2% on the charts.

- You are 26 1/2 inches tall which also puts you in the less than negative 2% on the charts.

-Your head is 44 .1 and you are in the 25 % on the charts.

 

 - You have 4 teeth now. You did have 2 others that had popped through a while ago but they've since disappeared. We don't put our hands in your mouth as you love to bite! 

- You now take formula and are doing good on  it. You take 8 oz every 4 hours. 

- You are not a fan of food. I gave you jarred food for the first time and you were ok with it. But the homemade stuff isn't pureed enough for you and so you are not a fan! You definitely don't like certain textures.

- You love all fruits, yogurt, sweet potatoes, and squash!

 - You are not much of a self feeder. You can do it, but you prefer to be fed by someone else!

- You are not a fan of your sippy cup yet. But you are getting a little better at it!

 - You sleep 11 hours at night, normally from 8:30 - 7:30 or so. 

- You take 1 small nap in the morning, about 1-2 hours in the afternoon and sometimes a small one in the evenings.  

- You don't love sleep and love to know what is going on. You have a hard time falling asleep anywhere but your crib.

 - You are officially crawling on your hands and knees and also like to crawl on your hands and feet! We call it your bear crawl! You also love to walk holding on to our hands.

- You are pulling up on everything and have been for a while. Nothing is safe with you now! You also can get back down to the floor gracefully too.

- You are cruising the furniture a little, but not often.

 - You can be a daredevil and are not scared to try much.  You have plenty of bruises to prove so!

- You still aren't babbling sounds yet and so you'll be getting your hearing checked out soon just to be on the safe side.

- You love to dance. You'll bop up and down whenever we tell you to dance or if music is on.

  - You are in a size 2 diaper.

- You are in size 3-6 month shirts/onesies and size 3 month shorts. Newborn shorts actually fit you the best and you can't crawl out of those!

- You are wearing size 2 shoes! 

 - You love attention and love to be talked to! Love to play peek a boo and pat a cake.

- You are majorly into pulling hair, especially your sisters!

- You are not shy at all and will go to anyone!

 - You wave hi and bye and love to give drooly kisses!

- You will give high fives.

- You snore!! 

 - You can clap but in your own weird sort of way.

- You love any time of ball! If we lay toys out in front of your, you will always go to the ball first!

- You are a screamer! You'll scream for no reason at all or if you want to try and get our attention!

 We love you sweet boy!!

Happy 9 months! We LOVE you soooo much!

Mr. Max

 It's really hard to believe it's been a year. A year since we last said our goodbyes. 

This little boy made his parents, parents for the first time.

This little boy made me a first time aunt to a nephew. 

This little boy made his grandparents either first time grandparents or grandparents to their first grandson.

Missed but never forgotten!

We love you, Max!

Past due visit!

2 weeks ago my friend Ashley came through town for FHSU graduation and she met us at Jalisco's for dinner! She had not met Cohen yet and we last saw her when Lyla was around 18 months! So, a long time ago and a visit was way past due. She looked stinkn' amazing and it was so great seeing her! Love you, Ash!! :)

Mother's Day 2012

 One thing I need to get better about is blogging because I can't not remember much about Mother's day. The longer it takes to blog, the more I forget! Ha!

We went out to eat for Mother's day the day before! We went to Gella's since we had not been there in a while and I heart their food! 

Oh my little diva! ;) I love her so!

 

 I heart this little boy but he is going to be a handful!

 

 I love these babes!

 Lyla had gotten into the lotion and got to much on her hands and so she thought it would be a great idea to wipe them on the door! Sean told me to take a picture because someday, we will miss those little hand prints!

 I got this printable off a blog I read and I love having it on our sofa table! Sean and I have wrote corny little messages to each other! ;)

 My in laws sent these beautiful flowers to me! ;)

 Mother's day morning we headed off to church!

After church we grabbed lunch and then headed out to the in laws to hang out with them for a little bit as it had been a while since we had seen them!  

And that was Mother's day 2012! ;)