September Milestones

CAPRI

Our little Capri is growing WAY too fast.  She is now five months old and has started rolling over, eating solids and playing in her exersaucer.  She also loves eating her toes and hanging out in the bumbo while chewing on Sophie the giraffe.  She is perfect in every way and a true joy in our lives.  We call her “sunshine” because she brightens our day.  I wish I could freeze her in time and keep her this age.  I love it!

 

HOLDEN 

Holden is finally potty trained.  Hallelujah!!!!!  I seriously thought it would never happen.  We have been potty training off and on for 9 months and I have been SO frustrated.  But, we decided to give it another try so he could be potty trained for preschool.  I used the 3daypottytraining.com  method and it worked!  It was a huge commitment and we went potty about 60 times in 3 days, but it worked and gave him more control so we weren’t having a power struggle.  Yay! 

Holden also has been venturing out and trying new foods.  He is VERY picky and has a very limited menu.  So, we have been thrilled that he has added cutie oranges and turkey pesto sandwiches on wheat bread as a regular on his menu.  And tonight he even ate pumpkin pie – shocker!

 

TAYA

Taya learned how to ride a bike without training wheels.  She finally tried when we bribed her with a prize and she learned within 20 minutes!  She also started Girl Scouts, which has been so exciting for her.  She loves it and gets giddy for every meeting.

  

DAWSON

Dawson bought himself a pogo stick and learned how to jump pretty quick.  He is amazing – stairs, no hands and 1,300 jumps in a row without falling.  This kid has balance!

Dawson conquering stairs on the pogo stick.

To Infinity and Beyond!

Holden’s current love is Buzz Lightyear.  Except he can’t say Buzz, so he calls him “yond” (as in Beyond).  Too cute.  He flies him around the house, shoots his laser and sleeps with him.  Holden pretends to be Mr. Lightyear by standing up in his booster seat and saying “Yond” with his arms in the air - meaning “to infinity and beyond” and then he will shoot you with his pretend lasers.  I love it.  Can you guess what costume this little guy will be sporting for Halloween?

We love you Holden – you are so cute and bring a smile to our face every day.  We wish we could freeze you in time!

Birthday Boys

Two years ago today, Holden was born on Jason’s birthday.  Now they have the joy of sharing the same birthday – which I have a feeling will mostly be focused around Holden…

The day started with a waffle breakfast and lots of practice saying “TWO”.

Then a tasty lunch…so good he licked his plate clean!

Then onto a simple family dinner…Holden was SO excited about his CARS plate.

Holden is totally into Cars right now.  He watches the movie (or at least a part of it) almost every day.  He makes cars sounds and LOVES Lightening McQueen.  He loves chasing his new car my parents got him.

  

Holden’s other love is Toy Story…especially Buzz.  He calls him “Beyond” (Short for “To Infinity and Beyond!”).  He loves his new Toy Story toys.

 

Jason had the pleasure of choosing the food for their birthday dinner since Holden is not old enough to care.  So, he got to indulge in Steak and Salmon with his favorite German Chocolate frosting on a dark chocolate cake.

The boys topped off the evening with one of their favorite pastimes – jumping on the trampoline.

Some fun things about Holden at Age 2:

• He loves music.  We have “party breakfasts” (my kids named it that) where we blast some fun music and eat breakfast then dance around the family room.  Holden loves it and dances around and then says “more, more” when the music ends.
• He is a great jumper!  He jumps all the time.
• He will do almost anything for a Jolly Rancher.  He doesn’t say many words – but “jovy vanchvr” is one of them.
• He has gone #1 and #2 on the potty on multiple occasions, but doesn’t seem interested in getting serious about it.  I think I need to buy some Cars undies :)
• He doesn’t talk much – a few words and a lot of grunts.  But, he makes it very clear what he wants.  One thing he wants on a regular basis is vitamins – you know those gummy kids kind.  He loves them and thinks they are candy.  He pushes me (literally stands behind me and pushes me or pulls my arm) to the pantry multiple times a day and says “vimin”.  I am sure if you tested his nutrient levels you would have no idea what a picky eater he is.
• On that note – he is a very picky eater.  He eats bread, tortillas, cheese, milk, yogurt, carrots and almost any fruit…and that is it!  We are working on it…UGH.
• He loves to play Star Wars with the swords and says “Ya, Ya” while he swings his sword at Dawson.
• He feeds his cars meals with him and gives them hugs and kisses.  He also loves his FurReal Panda and gives him lots of hugs and kisses also.  He calls him “Pan”.

I absolutely LOVE the stage Holden is in right now.  He is still cuddly and gives great hugs and kisses.  It is so fun watching him develop and learn new things and find things he loves that are special to him.  And when he calls me“MaMa” my heart melts a little every time.  He is just old enough to be fun and just young enough to still be our baby.  I don’t want this phase to end – I want it to drag out for much longer so I can soak up every yummy moment of it…

The Annoying Orange

Have you seen this video – The Annoying Orange?  Check it out here.  My kids, especially my boys, can’t get enough.  You can hear a lot in our house lately “Hey Apple”.  I think it is quite annoying, but I guess that’s the point.

 

A Day in Your Shoes...

Holden with two of his favorite things - Lightening McQueen and Big Shoes.  He loves trying on everyone else's shoes.  These were our neighbor, Kyle's, skater shoes.  He is our first child to wear flip flops so young.  He got so much practice wearing everyone else's big flip flops, we finally bought him his own.

It’s coming off!

Last year we started an annual tradition of shaving Dawson’s hair on the last day of school.  This year Dawson and his buddy Kyle decided they wanted it shaved the day before so they could show off their summer look.   Jason decided Holden was old enough to get it on the action.  He had a buzzed head at Holden’s age and wanted to see what our little baby would look like.

 

He started out laughing thinking it tickled, then hated it once hair got on his face and in his mouth.  After his bath, he looked in the mirror, grabbed his head and laughed!

The boys rockin’ out with short lived Mohawks!

Those are some good lookin’ boys!  They are excited to stay cool during the hot summer!  Dawson can’t stop rubbing his head – he loves it.

My Blondies :)

All tuckered out

Holden fell asleep mid chewing of a carrot. The funniest part is that he would wake up, take another bite and then fall right back asleep again. I tried talking to him and he JUMPED...and then fell back asleep. Too cute! I guess that is what skipping a nap and a busy day will do for you!

 

Cousins…

My kids LOVE staying with Adam and Katie when we visit Utah.

Going to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo....How about You, You, You?

A great day with Taya's preschool at the Folson Zoo.

The hunt is on!

Aunt Jesi and Grandma took Taya and Holden to her preschool Easter Egg Hunt.

    

Taya LOVES her teachers Ms. Danai and Ms. Jill

 

They had a great time hunting for eggs.

Taya promised me she was going to sit on the Easter Bunny’s lap this year.  Every year she is too scared…but she told me she was brave enough this year.  And she delivered on her promise.  Holden even got in on the action.  Dawson tried telling Taya the Easter Bunny was not real and she insisted he most certainly was…she sat on his lap!

 

Now…time to play!