Cracks Me Up

Teething

This beautiful, lovable, fun-loving child is teething. Four molars are cutting in. He may also have a touch of a head cold...a gift from his Daddy. As a result, his mood is a bit unpredictable this weekend. I've taken to calling him lobster boy half of the time as he will randomly come up to me to bite or pinch for reasons that escape me most of the time. When told no, he then leans in to give me a kiss by way of making amends. However, the lean in to kiss move is extraordinarly similar to the lean in to bite move so its an exercise in trust to accept the kiss. It works out about 75% of the time though...the other 25% of the time is maddening.

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Indian Summer

Yesterday was one of those days that felt like a gift. The sun was shining and felt warm on our skin but it was cool in the shade, the trees danced in the breeze showing off their fall colors, birds were chirping, the squirrels were working at a frenzied pace, and we were all in the same place at the same time enjoying the sights and sounds together.

The boy fell asleep within minutes of our gathering in the car to find some lunch so we grabbed lunch to go and ate in the car at a nearby forested hiking park while he snoozed away in his carseat. When he awoke, rested and ready for action, we headed out on the paved trail...at toddler speed. We tasted (ugh) and crunched leaves, commented on barking dogs, said "bye" to strangers, stopped and listened to the birds tweet, watched the creek water roll by, and occasionally walked a few paces. There was even time to sit in the long grass and pull out fistfuls to throw into the wind and roll a ball between family members before heading back home.

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Plum tuckered

Wow am I tired tonight. The combination from stress from Connor being sick, sleeping on his floor..or spare room bed with him kicking and flailing about all night, and then last night staying up until 2 am working on a 750 piece jigsaw puzzle are starting to catch up to me (I know..I know..the puzzle was just dumb, but seriously I can't stop once I sit down and start working on it, it's a problem, and now I have done all the fun stuff and all that is left is a bunch of black sky)

Things have started to get back to normal though (yay!). Connor started feeling a lot better at almost exactly 24 hours after the antibiotic shot (which by the way...NEVER volunteer your children to receive unless absolutely necessary, that's one brutal shot with an enormous needle to the buttox area..my Connor is very brave with needles and cried, screamed, and walked like he was wearing a splint on his leg the rest of the day). I really felt that after that shot, he deserved to feel better far before the 24 hour mark..but sadly no, however he seems to be over the hump now. His glands are still really swollen, and eating/drinking is still somewhat challenging, but no more fevers, or throwing up..so I am very grateful. It was so good to see him out of his pajamas today, freshly bathed..wanting to play, and irritating his brother. He actually begged me to let him go to his final swim lesson today, which I of course rejected, but it was great he felt that good anyway.

Eric's brother Uncle Edmund was passing through town..so we also got to spend some time with him. I made Aunt Betty's famous lemon cake to celebrate Edmund's recently passed Bday, and he took Connor up to Target while Ethan and I were at swim so that he could let Connor pick something out for his. I love watching Edmund interact with the boys. He of course comes to see us too, but he is really all about the boys. Ethan loves how rough Edmund will play with him, and Connor will only attempt to play that way for a short period..so it was nice that he took Connor off by himself to get to relate one on one with Connor too. He is really excited to get to spend more time with them in CA..and I just feel blessed to have such good family on both sides who truly love my boys. Connor actually thanked me at bedtime for all that his Dad and I do "to make his life special"...my sweet boy. He is resting soundly, and now so will I!

Swimming fun.......

Isaac has been doing better and better in the water this summer which really excites me. Last year he was petrified of the water and swimming is a must in the AZ heat. We went over to the Overson's house 2 nights ago and this video is of Zeke and Daddy playing. Craig was probably sore the next day because Isaac made him do this about 100 times, but it was fun to watch. =)

Here's a pic of my boys before all the excitement..... Isaac always has to wear a matching "tamp top" when Daddy wears one. He really is a mini Craig!

Coordination.....

Today we went to Busy Bodies (one of my favorite places) and they had all kinds of new toys to play with. They try and have a different theme every month and they rotate the equipment so that the kids (and parents) don't get bored. This month must be coordination because they had out balance beams and different things along those lines. Isaac got on the balance beam the very first time and walked from one end to the next... I was shocked. He then got on a higher one, that was also thicker, and did the same thing. I was so proud... I even had a mom come up to me and ask if he was in gymnastics because he did so well?? =) Gotta love those moments! He also caught the ball for the very first time.... on purpose anyways. He has caught it before if we throw it in his arms and it happens to stick.... but this was an intentional, close hands and cup right as the ball is in your hands, kinda catch! He did it 3 times in a row.....

Fireworks

This is way after the fact, but I haven't blogged in a while and was looking thru my camera and saw pics from the 4th of July that I wanted to share. We had a great time. We went to Anthem on the 3rd to try and beat some of the crowds, which we're not sure if actually worked out or not?? Isaac's buddy Mason (and fam) came and the boys played as we passed the time until the fireworks.