preschool (!!)

 My baby went to her first day of preschool yesterday...

I am so proud of her!

She had a blast and is ready to go back on Wednesday. :)

really, Mom? enough with the pictures.

Walking in, she was beyond excited....she kept tripping over her feet because it was like they wouldn't move fast enough ;)

at this point, she was ready to go play...I was definitely on her nerves :)

Nick took Mason with him to the field to ride in some tractors :), so I had the morning to myself. I got all of my cleaning and some laundry done. Go me :)

I was sick to my stomach thinking about my baby girl being in school. Where did the last 3 1/2 years go?!

I know Mason and I are going to have some great one on one time MWF form 8ish to 3ish (thankfully, she doesn't have to be there right at 8am and I can pick her up sooner if I need!) when she is at school...but she has been my constant companion for the last 3+ years! It's so wierd when she is gone for the day...

We are so proud of you, baby girl! We love you so much! :)

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19 months

Little man in 19 months this week! We had his 18 month check up last week :)

weight: 23.2 lbs

height: 34 inches

He is our little peanut.

He is pretty much awesome.

Likes:

cars, trucks, tractors...anything with wheels.

basketballs, footballs, soccerballs...

playing in the sprinkler/pool

running around like a mad man

playing with sis

riding bikes outside

reading books...the same ones...over and over and over....and over again...

green John Deere blanky....goes with him EVERYWHERE

Elmo

he LOVES CARS the movie...freaks out everytime we turn it on, or if he sees some CARS merchandise...

he also likes Toy Story :)

haircuts at the local barber with Dad (as long as Dad holds him while getting said haircut)

the kid can also shake-a-tail-feather

Dislikes:

sis when she takes it one too far (she plays a little too rough...)

having anything taken away from him

not getting his way (what a bummer when that happens)
flying...especially flights longer than an hour...

time-outs...he HATES them

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pouter

Most of the time, he's pretty laid back.

But someone is realizing he has an opinon...

 ...and he'll let you know when he's not liking something.

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ocean love

Mason's first ocean experience was a little more than a year ago...

He looked like this...

This time around was alot different :)

The kid was all over it.

He was running around, hollering and flipping out in general...

The fact that the water was ice-cold was no problem...

He was T.I.C.K.E.D. when I had to drag him away to go get cleaned up to head home.

I wish I had gotten a picture of it.

He was head to toe soaking wet....sand EVERYWHERE....and screaming furiously at me and yelling "no no!".....in his little 17 month old voice.

hehe...

I'm so glad my kids love the ocean. On the other hand...they have NO FEAR and it was a little stressful because had I not yelled "STOP!" a gazillion times and ran to grab little hands/arms...they would have kept running until their little heads were under the water. Not cool.

The coast rocks. The kids had a ball. We are definitely going back soon. :)

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mason at play

I was playing with Mason before naps and realized I don't have many videos of just him, so I busted out the camera.
Addy was watching Spongebob {she snuck her paci...she only gets it at bedtime, but if she finds one laying around, she tries to get away with it, little bugger}. I loathe that show. We were at Costco earlier and both kids were flipping out. I caved and told Adelyn if she behaved and left her brother alone (*sigh*), she could watch Spongebob on Netflix. She was great the rest of the time. I'm not embarassed. Don't judge me ;)
Anyway..he LOVES to push around the red firetruck. Uncle Alan and Aunt Steph gave it to him for Christmas. It's remote controlled....but he likes to push it around. Everywhere. And set things on top of it. He's weird. ;)
So here ya go, grandparents :)

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swim lessons::take one

Adelyn had her first swim lesson this weekend...

...this is her "oh boy" face.

We had toyed with the idea for a few years, but never found a class at a good time, or it was way too pricey.

I didn't know how well she would do....the girl has some serious ants in her pants....

of course, my child is the only one not sitting still...oh well...as Nick put it the other day... we are glad she's got spirit...we just need to help her learn how to control it :) and use it properly! :) ha...

I took a few videos for the grandparents' viewing pleasure :)

Let's just say, I'm thankful her teacher is super patient and doesn't miss a beat.

Hopefully by the time she hits preschool this fall, her attention span will improve a bit ;)

*sigh*

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scooter and play

Adelyn got a Radioflyer scooter last week with her Christmas gift from Papa Ray :) She looooves it.
We are out there pretty much everday and she goes up and down the sidewalk and up into the neighbor's drive.
 I can't believe my baby girl can use a scooter!
Yes, I am watching Mason while I'm videoing this :) he did almost make it to the street at one point...but he listens pretty well for the most part (thankfully!) :)

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happy valentine's day!

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adelyn's 3rd {official} bday party

I love birthdays. I love making a big deal out of birthdays.

Now that we got that out of the way....

We had Adelyn's official birthday party the Saturday after we got home from the great midwest (January 7, I think?)  ;)

I originally had "grand" schemes of a rainbow themed party because Adelyn has been into Rainbow Brite and rainbows. Everything arched and/or colorful is a rainbow.

I realized, though, that I had given myself one day between us getting back (late at night) and having the party. So I scratched grand ideas and went store-bought and easy...and a facebook invite ;)

 Booyah.

{thank you, Costco and Target)

The only thing "home made" at the entire thing was the cake...and it was not made from scratch.

So there.

;)

...without further ado...

Um, balloons are the greatest decor for a party EVER. They also make great party favors ;) along with silly straws. The kids had a blast with them....and they are just plain fun.

Adelyn wanted to "show" the table...

So we have the greatest friends and neighbors. They have a snow machine...and were gracious enough to bring it over for some fun in the sun in the snow ;)

It was really snow, though...more like teeny tiny bubbles...think laundry machine or dishwasher overflowing. So fun. I mean come on, people, it's bubbles!

The kids LOVED it.

{if you're wondering where Mason is...he was sleeping nearly the entire time...when he was up, he was a grouch. He was getting over roseola (boo) and we think he's working on his molars...}

I think at this point {below photo}, the blowers and gone out and the bubbles were just spilling out :)

These girls cracked me up. Adelyn loved having them over! She LOVES them...

Testing the cake before candles :)

Of course she had a meltdown right before we sang "happy birthday"...couldn't even tell you what about now...

:)

Mason chilled with Jeremy :)

The girls opened gifts...

...of course a {friendly} balloon fight also ensued...

We had so much fun having everyone over. We have been so blessed to have met and made great friends.

:)

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happy birthday, adelyn!

My baby girl is 3 today!

Happy Birthday, sweet girl.

We love you!

xoxo

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13-ish month stats

Clearly I have failed miserably at keeping up with Mason's physical development ;)

We had his "12 month" check up today...although he is closer to 14 months at this point!

Okay, so here we go:

Weight: 21.5lbs (25%-ile)

Height: 31 inches (60 %-ile)

So brief update on little man. We think he's getting his molars..and he's just getting over roseolla (yes, he did wake up sick the night before we were travelling back to Cali...that's just the way it goes).

 :)

He's been walking for about 3 1/2 weeks now...he started trying right before we left for MN and mastered it out there.

He's still as happy and laid back as ever (EXCEPT when he's sick...then he is a definite daddy's boy).

He gets super annoyed if you get in his way of something he wants.

He doesn't get so bothered by Adelyn anymore when she randomly tackles him--which is often (it does, however, drive me crazy).

I could go on about how awesome our son is ;) but I'm pretty sure this is getting long enough.

He's great. We love him.

:)

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first birthday party: yeehaw!

I cannot believe my baby is one!

We had a little party for him on Saturday and it was a blast :)

My sis in law designed the awesome invites for me. Check out more of her fun stuff here.

For decorations, I went pretty easy. I made a banners of scrapbook paper and natural twine.

I didn't get a picture, but I had blue and white paper chains in the kitchen and living room too :)

The table cloth is fabric I got from Hobby Lobby with a 40% off coupon.

The cake is from Costco (so good).

I made rice krispy treats and "eggs and bacon" from this recipe I found on pinterest.

The little hay bale I found at Michael's and the sign is from Hobby Lobby last year.

The little barn is actually a John Deere piggy bank :)

Have to represent! ;)

 I made cowboy boot and cowboy hat sugar cookies as favors.

It's hard to see, but the little sign says "hats off to you for celebrating with us!"

Thank you, dear friends, for celebrating with us! We had so much fun and are so thankful for you :)

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