Going Topless

With the kids going to bed when the house is near 90 degrees, this is little relief. It took the older ones two hours to fall asleep tonight, when normally it takes 5 minutes. I'm looking forward to the cooler weather!

6 Months!

Sheesh I love this boy. Look at that face...I AM SO LUCKY! He is truly a happy baby. He does have his issues with sleeping (he hates to) but we're working on it. He loves baby food. He loves his siblings and he loves his mommy. He loves his daddy too, just not in the middle of the night! He had his 6 month check up today and he is a BIG BOY! 18 lbs (75th) and 28.5 inches (90th). They actually measured his head 3 times!! Apparently he had a huge growth spurt from his 4 months! I'm hoping as he gets older he'll start sleeping better. The nights are hard for me. He wakes up and won't go back unless I give him a bottle. Even after that, he has a hard time settling down. His Dr said I should let him cry himself back to sleep, but we've tried that and he always wakes Reese and then she won't go back to bed. Hopefully once we have our own place (in the next couple months) it will be better. He's rolling all over the place and today he even lifted his knees up and he scooted to get something he wanted. My other kids were like 9 months when they started doing that. Time to baby proof!! Oh and his two bottom teeth broke through yesterday! That may be another reason why he is sleeping so terrible. If you click on the picture you might be able to see them!

To see the others at 6 months you can go here :)

This looks familiar...

Maddox, 5 months 3 weeks.

Reese, 8 months 2 weeks. (the couch is not squishing her, I promise)

Flashy

My camera has this red light that comes on before the flash goes off (maybe for red eye?). Maddox will be huge smiling and then I start to take a picture and he sees the red light. These are the faces he made, all taken back to back. I didn't realize how funny they were until I uploaded them tonight. Silly faces or not, he's still pretty cute.

Buzz Buzz

I knew this day was coming. Derek has been trying to talk me into it since May and I have told him I didn't want to. Apparently he won. This morning, I woke up to a nicely shaved Mason. Not that I don't like his head shaved, but I LOVE his long hair. Another gripe that I have is that his hair always has that grown out look when I get his pictures taken around his birthday in September. Oh well, I will admit that it is a lot easier to maintain!

This afternoon, Mason tripped and smacked his face on the hardwood floor. Of course there was blood and I panicked to see if he still has all his teeth. They were all there. I could see the cut under his lip and he refused to put ice on it so I sent him to lay on his bed with a cold rag. I went down 5 minutes later and he was sound asleep, at 5pm. He woke up at 7pm with a nice fat lip. He liked the idea of ice cream for dinner. Who would complain about that?

Also, I've had this same conversation with Reese today, probably about 15 times.

Reese: "Meesey haircut?"
Me: "Yes, Mason got his haircut"
Reese: "Oh, Reesie get a haircut?"
Me: "No, Reesie is going to have long hair. Do you want a haircut?"
Reese: "No, Meesey haircut"

No joke, every time she looks at him, she comes up to me asks me the same thing.

Yoving it.

Sweet Baby Reese has been talking in sentences for a few months now. I seriously laugh every time she says something because it is super cute. Here are a few of her favorite things to say:

"What are you doing in here mommy?"

"Where Meesey go?" (Mason)

"I want a shower too"

And my favorite new phrase is : "I yove (love) _______ now"

These are some of the things she loves now...

"I yove reading scriptures now"

"I yove the Yankees now"

"I yove the Mariners now"

I hope I can capture them all on video!

T-ball...again.

Mason is on another t-ball team, the second one this season. Good thing he loves it!!

As much as he loves it, he said he'd rather hit "pitched balls". Apparently he already thinks he's to good for the T.

Telling it how it is...

Don't you just love what kids say? I do, some of the times.

Me: "Mommy needs to clean up this place!"

Mason: "Ok, I will just sit here and watch you."

Seriously, that is exactly how it is. I have tried so many times to get them to help me around the house. Especially with their toys. The only way I can get them to help is to say I have a treat for them afterwards. Then they run around cleaning up their toys as fast as they can. During that time, my mind is racing thinking of a "treat" to give them. And string cheese doesn't cut it. I've tried that before.

Cravings

I'm having a lot of cravings lately. I'm sure it's because I've been dieting for almost 2 months now and I'm going through withdrawals. The most disgusting craving I have right now are these, preferably from 7-11.

No wonder I'm overweight.

(No, I did not give into this craving. Someday I will, but not when I still have 28 pounds to go)

Happy Fourth!

It really was a good day. Considering I didn't have Derek (baseball tournament in Yakima), I think it went well. I did have a lot of help from the rest of my great family. We went to the Bothell Parade and let me tell you, it was HOT! At least for us it was hot, 85 degrees. I know that sounds like heaven to some of my family! Anyway, Reese was pretty miserable the whole time. She was super tired and then got sunscreen in her eyes. It was pretty sad to see her swollen eyes, but she cheered up after her nap. We had a BBQ at my parents house with our whole family. We celebrated my nephew Jack's birthday (which was the 3rd) and the kids cooled off by playing in the little pool and slip and slide. I was so exhausted by the end of the day but I truly think it was worth it. I do these things for the kids!!!

Aren't they the cutest brothers?!? I think so!

Reesie doesn't really get it yet, but I'm taking away her binky. She is more addicted to them now then she was 6 months ago. I wish I would have done it then.

We aren't really a firework family. We buy the fireworks that stay on the ground and that is about it. I'm actually really glad. What a waste of money. You might as well have lit the two twenty dollar bills I used to buy them. And did there seem to be more fireworks in your neighborhood then last year? It seemed like it at my house. It was literally non stop from about 7 to well after midnight (plus most of the day too). Thankfully my kids were so tired it didn't even faze them!

Has it really been a month?

Wow..I am so lame! I guess there hasn't been a lot on my mind. Just busy with the kids and trying to lose this massive amount of weight! I suppose I'll start blogging again, it might get my mind off things.