A Very Merry Birthday

My birthday was a couple weeks ago and it was such a fun day. Greg took off work which was wonderful. We went to breakfast at Buffalo Grill, one of our favorites. We ate a ton of yummy food and so did the girls. Colton slept the whole time, as he usually does when we are out and about.

After breakfast we headed across the street to Second Baptist to see the train display. It was amazing! I had no idea they had such a big set up. The girls really liked it and they had a scavenger hunt where the kids had to find certain things in the display. Colton slept through this too.

We headed back home and then I left to do some Christmas shopping...alone! Woo hoo! It is amazing how quickly you can get in and out of a store by yourself.

Later that evening we went to Celebration (the Christmas show) at our Church and my parents came with us. Lainey went in childcare but Cambry watched it with us this year. The show was fantastic and Cambry loved it too. She asked a bunch of questions and couldn't wait for Mary and Joseph to come out. We thought Colton would sleep through the whole thing but he was actually awake for most of it. Thankfully he didn't cry at all. He is such a sweet baby.

I am thankful for another birthday!

A Day In the Life : 12/15/2015

I documented my day last week although I am just now getting around to posting it. This was an exceptionally busy day!

12:05am Colton and I go to sleep. This is unusually late for him. I went to dinner with friends so I guess he missed me and wanted to hang out and make up for lost time.

3:00am Colton wakes up and eats.

4:45am Cambry comes in and says she needs to snuggle. Also unusual for her to wake up in the middle of the night. I am too tired to snuggle but thankfully Greg is getting up and takes her back to bed.

6:45am Colton eats and wakes for the day.

7:00am Cambry is up. She comes in my room saying there is a problem in her room. Problem = her covers are messed up.

7:20am Lainey is up. She loves to give Colton kisses. Usually on the mouth or eyeball.

7:45am Colton is back asleep and we sit down for breakfast. Cambry eats a bowl of oatmeal, 2 sausages, and applesauce. Breakfast seems to be her biggest meal of the day. Lainey eats oatmeal, 1 sausage, and most of a banana. I eat some of all of the above.

We scramble to get ready for school as usual. Colton is up now and dressed looking cute as always. After a brief emergency we find twilight sparkle and the shoes that Lainey had already taken off.

8:50am We head out the door to drop Cambry off at preschool. On nice days we walk since it is only 3 blocks away. And because we live in Texas that means it is nice most of December. We usually walk with 2 friends from the neighborhood that we intersect on the way. Colton rides in the Bjorn and the girls in the double stroller.

9:15am We are back home. I nurse Colton, he has a blowout, so I throw in a load of laundry, get a snack for Lainey and I, clean the dishes from breakfast, do a little "damage control" around the house, and prepare for our outing.

10:15am  We leave to run errands. I found out yesterday that Cambry's school is doing a gift exchange so I need to buy something and I need to go to Carters as well. Lainey falls asleep on the way. Colton was also asleep so I kept him in his car seat in the stroller and let Lainey be on foot. We went in a small toy store which was crowded and hard to maneuver the stroller and Lainey wanted EVERYTHING.  There were tears. But we pressed on and walked down to Carters where Lainey again wanted complete freedom and there were more tears. But we got what we needed!

11:30am We arrive back home, eat lunch, and I clean up kitchen.

1:15pm We are back home again after picking up Cambry from school. Lainey goes down for nap, while Cambry watches some tv and plays. Colton gives sweet baby smiles that melt my heart.

2:40pm We head to the doctor appointment for Colton's 2 month check up. Taking 3 kids to appointments is always interesting. I had to wake Lainey up from her nap to make it on time so she started out cranky and things did not exactly go uphill.

4:20pm We leave the doctor's office and head over to speech therapy. It doesn't start until 5pm but it is an awkward amount of time and not worth it to go home. Besides it would take approximately 30 minutes to unload and reload everyone into their car seats. Cambry fell asleep on the 7 minute drive between the doctor and therapy. It's like our family is narcoleptic in cars.

When Lainey starts her therapy we walk across the parking lot into Kroger. We pick up the cupcakes that we will take to school for Cambry's birthday the next day.

5:45pm We are back home from therapy and Daddy gets home soon after. Yay! We sit down for dinner and Colton gets some daddy time. Then the girls play and Greg gives them baths.

7:30pm We do our Advent devotional with the girls then kiss them and tuck them in bed.

I finish up a blog for HMB, shower, get things ready for the next day, relax, and go to sleep...until Colton is ready to be fed!

Cambry 4 years

Our sweet girl is 4 years old! This is such a fun age. I love seeing how her mind works and all the things she is learning. Our conversations amaze me. She cracks me up with the things she says and the big words she uses sometimes. Cambry talks all day long, especially when Daddy gets home. She will say "1 2 3 Listen to me!" (like her teacher says) when Greg and I talk to each other.

She wakes up around 7am and comes crawling into bed if I am still sleeping. She goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:00. She goes to school Tues/Wed/Thur from 9am-1pm.

Since school started she has been learning to write letters and likes to practice writing her name and other words. Cambry seems to really enjoy school and gets along great with all her classmates. All the kids are so sweet and I love to see them interacting. When I drop her off or pick her up it is so sweet to hear the other kids saying "Hi Cambry!" or "Bye Cambry!".

She has a wonderful imagination and could spend all day inside playing with her little people and doll house dolls making up adventures for them. She likes for Greg or I to play too but has very specific rules about which dolls can do what and where they can be placed, etc. She also likes crafts or anything that involves coloring, stickers, painting, or jewels.

She is very opinionated about clothes. She prefers dresses over anything else and has a few favorite dresses that she likes to wear over and over again. She doesn't really like to wear bows anymore, but does like me to braid her hair.

Cambry is a sweet big sister and helper. She often tells Colton how cute and adorable he is. And she is sweet to Lainey and likes to be silly with her and help her with things. She likes to help when I sweep and likes to wipe the table. She will occasionally ask "Is there anything I can do to help you?".

Here are the same questions we asked Cambry last year...

Favorite color: Purple and pink

Favorite food: Peanut butter sandwich

Favorite movie: Frozen, and Strawberry Shortcake (tv show)

Favorite thing to do with Daddy: Play dollhouse

Favorite thing to do with Mommy: Play beauty salon (I am the beauty salon owner and her dollhouse people are the customers)

Favorite thing to do with Lainey: Play with her

Favorite thing to do with Colton: Give him hugs and kisses

Favorite toy: Dollhouse

Favorite store: Kroger

What do you want to do when you grow up: Help wash dishes

Favorite Disney Princess: Anna and Elsa

Favorite animal: Elephant

Happy 4th Birthday Cambry Paige! We love you so much!

Boy Clothes

I can't believe I am saying this but I am really loving boy clothes. I didn't know they could be so much fun and so adorable. I guess I am also partial to the little boy who is wearing them too...

Greg really wishes he had a shirt exactly like this. And yes that dark spot is pee that leaked up out of his diaper. I had to get a picture of the cuteness before I changed him.

How cute is this gown?? Please note there are elbow patches.

And another sweet gown. He has had blowouts in this one twice. Thank you oxyclean for saving the day.

More cuteness.

And finally his Christmas outfit from Gigi. I need to get some good use out of this so Colton debuted it at church last weekend. Plaid + suspenders + bow tie + corduroy = perfection.

My 2 handsome boys!

Colton's Newborn Photos

Greg and I took some newborns photos of Colton when he was 5 days old. Wow, is time flying. And at the same time I feel like he has been in our family so long. I love these precious pictures of our little guy.