Sleeping in Weird Places

First of all, I would like to own up to the fact that any weird sleeping habits my children display definitely come from me. I can fall asleep anytime, anywhere. For realz. I am minutes away from REM cycle at any given time. Cambry does not take official naps anymore (and hasn't for a while), so in the afternoons she can easily fall asleep if she is in a sleep inducing situation such as a moving car, or a shopping cart apparently. See exhibit A below.

I will not say which parent it was that so rudely piled groceries on her. But, #itwasn'tme. 

Another sleeping Kroger trip is pictured in Exhibit B below. Also, please note a 2 year old hand dangerously reaching for eggs. That was a close one.

Then, in Exhibit C, we have bathroom floor sleeping. I'm not entirely sure how this even happened but let's just say Greg was in charge.

Exhibit D is another grocery store nap. This was back in December. Colton was asleep too but he always sleeps in the carrier.

This one is not a weird sleeping place but I wanted to include it because it is just so cute. Lainey Reese.

And one more of my baby boy in his favorite (and my favorite) sleeping spot, my arms.

The Great Outdoors

We have had the best weather in February! Usually it is one of my least favorite months, (no offense, Feb) but I have really enjoyed it this year.

A couple of weekends ago we went to Buffalo Bayou Park. It was really neat with all the trails and beautiful views of downtown. I really wish we could paddle the kayaks down the bayou but what are we gonna do with our 3 littles? File that under the category of WhyDidn'tWeDoThatBeforeWeHadKids.

We took our time exploring with Cambry and Colton in the stroller and Lainey in the backpack carrier. We packed a lunch and enjoyed a family picnic.

Last weekend Greg took Cambry camping. This was their 3rd Daddy-Daughter camping trip. They went to Huntsville State park with several other daddies and kids. I am so glad that he does this with her. She absolutely loves it. Maybe in the fall Lainey can join too. Right now she is just a little too wild/dangerous/freespirit/hippie for camping. And I really can't imagine her laying down and just going to sleep in a tent. She would probably be doing tripods and trying to wrestle and squirm all over the place. Oh Lainey bear.

They arrived Friday afternoon and stayed until lunch time on Saturday. They ate hot dogs and roasted s'mores and I even got a video of Evie telling hilarious campfire stories. 

I really love that Cambry wears skirts and dresses to go camping.

I snagged this one from Lindsay's instagram. Apparently we are the only parents who haven't bought their child a scooter? I guess we missed that memo. Oh well. Cambry likes her trike and claims she doesn't want a scooter. 

 Everyone took turns with the kayaks. Looks like they were a hit!

Everyone had a great time and hopefully the next trip in a couple months will be just as fun.

Random Tidbits of the Week

M o n d a y

I stay in my pajamas until around 2pm when I switch to yoga pants so that can count as getting dressed for the day.

Feeling inspired by my yoga pants, I put on kids yoga (Frozen themed!) from YouTube and Cambry does all the poses.

In the evening Lainey is super fussy and continues to cry while I put her in her high chair for dinner. While fussing she puts her hands together in prayer. I say "oh you want to pray? You can pray for your attitude." Cambry immediately volunteers, "I'll pray for my sister's attitude! Dear God, please help my sister's attitude...".

T u e s d a y

As soon as everyone wakes up the morning rush to get ready for school drop off and Divine Design begins. Yay for Divine Design!

It's a beautiful day. Lainey likes to lay down in the grass. What a hippie.

W e d n e s d a y

Colton has his 4 month check. Things look good. Poor little buddy has to get shots. Apparently shots make him fussy and uncomfortable because that night he wakes up approximately 73 times. Then he smiles at me in the morning like What mom? Aren't you happy to see me?

T h u r s d a y

Need groceries. Especially bananas. Always bananas. We go through 3-4 per day and often more because I can't stop making muffins. Current favorites are blender banana oatmeal muffins and skinny double chocolate banana muffins.

Little ones play while Cambry is at school. I'm sorry about this Colton.

F r i d a y

I take the little ones to the park to meet my friend Joan. Lainey loves to live on the wild side and looks for any dangerous playground ledge she can go off of. Now kids are asleep and I am thinking about going to sleep too!

Colton 4 Months

Little buddy you are 4 months old! I can't get enough of you. I love getting to know you more each day. Part of me wishes the baby stage could last forever. All I have to do is talk to you and your huge smile lights up your whole face. I love you bunches little boy.

Size: You weigh 16 lbs.1oz (62%), you are 26.5 in. (94%), and your head is 89%. You wear 3-6 or 6 month clothes and size 2 diaper. You have the best baby legs.

Eat: You eat every 2-3 hours during the day and usually twice at night. Sometimes more. We need to work on this.

Sleep: Things haven't been the best lately. You go down around 7:30 and sometimes will go until 2am but other times you wake before midnight. Then it seems to be every couple hours after the initial waking. And then from 4am onward you usually wake up even more. It's hard to say exactly...the nights are a blur. But that's ok you are totally worth it and you will sleep through the night eventually. We are experimenting with keeping your arms out of the swaddle since you have now learned to roll from back to tummy. 

Likes/Dislikes: You like being held, being in motion (car or stroller or bjorn), baths, people talking to you, sucking on your hands and now you are beginning to put toys in your mouth when you are able to grab them.

Skills: You started laughing a couple weeks ago and it is adorable. You also make some funny sounds especially when you seem bored or a little unhappy and you voice it loudly but it's not a cry. You also just learned to roll over from back to tummy. You are getting more interested in objects and try to bring them to your mouth. 

You are a sweet and adorable baby and I am so glad you are ours!

Valentine's Day Festivities

Happy Valentine's Day! I tried to get a cute picture of all 3 kids but no one was cooperating. So we did a girls and a boy picture and sent them to the grandparents and aunts and uncles. I love these little cuties.

I love looking back on past Valentine's pictures although I don't like how fast they are growing!!

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Cambry's school had a Valentine's party and exchange on Thursday. Each kid brought a decorated box or bag for their valentines cards. Cambry loved decorating her box with hearts and jewels and was very proud of the final product.

I decorated heart cookies to give to her classmates and she picked out Frozen valentine cards to stick on them.

On Friday evening our church had their quarterly parents night out from 6-10 pm. When we pulled up in the parking lot at 5:57 pm and saw plenty of other parents already unloading their minivans, Greg pointed out that we can't make it to Sunday church on time but we can certainly get to PNO early hahaha.

We went to Houston Escape Room with several other other couples from youth. It was a lot of fun! It was very challenging but we escaped with 37 seconds left! Then we headed over to Black Walnut for dessert and coffee before picking up the kids.

Cambry was wired as usual after PNO. She was dancing and cracking up and being so silly. Lainey was joining in too. It was quite entertaining.

We did a big valentine's breakfast on Saturday morning instead of Sunday. I made homemade donuts with pink glaze.

We ran a few errands Saturday and mostly hung around the house. Sunday we went to church and did more of the same. It was a fun and relaxing weekend.