Baseballs and Bows

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

My Little Pumpkins!

We made a trip to the pumpkin patch this weekend to pick out our pumpkins!

Everybody had to stop and pose with the huge pumpkins before we made our way back to the smaller ones!

More to come on that later!

Monday, October 10, 2011

I made this with the kids last week. I painted the canvas black (I could have just purchased a black canvas - but the white ones were on sale, and the paint was so cheap - no reason to spend extra money), and then painted their feet white. Then we "stamped" them on the canvas to make ghosts! Excuse my writing. I write with a ruler for everything, and I couldn't do it here. Next time I think I'll buy stickers to paint over. And since I bought a multi-pack set, I think we'll probably make turkeys for Thanksgiving and reindeer or a Christmas tree for Christmas!

When I took our fall decorations down last week, the boxes included old Halloween costumes. I had to try Wyatt's baby Yoda costume on Hudson. We haven't decided what he'll be for his first Halloween yet!

Here is Hudson waiting for Wyatt's haircut to be finished last week. Out of control cow licks!

I am in the process of making this balloon wreath for Hudson's first birthday party. Since his colors will be green and brown with oranges and yellows, I figured this would be perfect! It looks super cute, and it's pretty "fall-ish," so it might just stay up longer!

I had to take a picture of Hudson's 11 month sticker to send to Brian. All my boys love trains! Even Hudson now crawls to the back door when someone shouts "train!" More and more lots are being sold in our neighborhood, and I know eventually we won't be able to see the train anymore. My kids will be so sad. Brian keeps saying he's going to build an observatory on top of the house, or sell ours to build a house that backs up to the tracks. I hope he's joking.

On Saturday night we left the big kids with Brian's parents while we ran a few last minute errands for our pictures on Sunday morning. We took Hudson with us, and he had a blast (and so did Brian). He is getting so big, and his new trick is to turn himself around in the cart while we're shopping. I have a cart cover, but I brought it inside to wash it, and I always forget it!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Friday and Saturday

On Friday night Wyatt had a t-ball game that was a make up for one of the (many) rained out games this season. He had a couple of "big hits," as he would say! His teacher told Brian last week that according to Wyatt, he is "really good at soccer, really good at baseball, and a really big hitter." As she said, we have no problem with his confidence levels!

This little guy had a great time, as usual. Of course, he sometimes needs a little snack to make it through the game!

On Saturday Wyatt had another game. He played first base, right field, and he pitched. He cracked me up when he was in right field because he backed up first base on every play! He did a really great job!

We spent the day on Saturday hanging out at home, and then went to a party in court! The kids had a blast running around the court, and we got to hang out with the grown ups :). After a few games of corn hole for Brian and some chit chatting for me (and Reese grabbing cup cakes by the fist full), we left and went to Brian's parents house to visit with the cousins.

The boys had fun roasting marshmallows, and the girls had a lot of fun running around the backyard. Of course, as usual with Wyatt, he probably ate too much and ran around too much, because he got sick after we got home last night. Fortunately he woke up feeling much better today!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Hudson is 11 Months Old!

Seriously?!? 11 months old?! How is it possible that this little cutie is only one month away from being a year old?!

Here is what Hudson has been up to this month:

He is 22 pounds and some change. He feels a lot heavier than that though!
He wears a size 4 diaper.
He wears his 12 month sleepers and mostly 9 month and 12 month clothes.
He has now completely transitioned to cow's milk. He hasn't breast fed in about two weeks, and I was mixing pumped milk with his organic milk for about a week - and then I just started giving him his big boy milk - and he loves it! He eats everything we eat, with the exception of choking hazards (popcorn, anything too big) and peanut butter!
He is getting to be a better sleeper. We have been struggling some with nap times (or length of naps). He sleeps at night from whatever time I put him down (usually 7:30 or 8ish, but earlier if he hasn't napped), until about 6:30. We had a rough week or two after school started getting transitioned to a new schedule. He still needs a cat nap in the mornings, but getting a little sleep in the car usually tides him over until the afternoon. If we aren't out and about I put him down around 9:00 and he sleeps for about a half hour.
He says Uh oh, Mama, Dada, touchdown, hi, Baba, Pop Pop, and bye. He signs "all done" and waves hi and bye. In addition to creeping, he has also discovered the kitchen cabinets. Fortunately everything in the kitchen is baby proof - except for two small cabinets. Those two seem to be his favorites! Ha!
He has 6 teeth! The four in the front up top and the bottom two. I think more are cutting on the bottom right now. His teeth are huge!
He went back for his second hair cut yesterday. After 7 months of dealing with cradle cap, I'm just happy that he has a normal hair line now :)!
He is still sleeping in his sleep sacks. In fact, I went and bought bigger ones, because he just loves them so much. And they help him sleep. And when your 4 year old wakes up at 5:30 every morning you want the others to sleep like angels!
He is definitely all over the place now. Some if his favorite spots to sneak off to include the bathroom (where I have caught him with his hand in the toilet - disgusting!), my bedroom, the playroom, and under the kitchen table. The doors to my room and the bathroom stay closed, but boy oh boy can this little guy cause a path of destruction in the playroom.
He got his first black eye this month - I initially thought it was because of a mishap involving my sunglasses, but I'm pretty sure he hit his eye on the corner of the baseboards by the playroom. There is always more baby proofing to be done!
He is walking all over the place with his push toy. Reese is actually really, really great at helping him maneuver his way around the house, and he loves to get in his walking practice!

His birthday party is scheduled and the invitations are going out tomorrow! I am so excited for his first birthday party, and I can't believe that he about to turn 1!

Reese's First Soccer Game

So, I'm a bad Mommy. I use this blog primarily to document Wyatt, Reese and Hudson's lives - and I really slacked on sharing about Reese's first soccer game!

Her first game was the on September 19th. Well, actually it was on the 12th, but that's a whole different story (I'm really hoping that somewhere out there is a completely organized children's rec league, but I haven't found it yet). Reese is on the Dragons, and by some small miracle, she was given number 2, "just like Wyatt and Derek Jeter!"

I love that all the other kids are sitting down, but Reesie is standing there with her hands on her hips. So her lately. She is just full of attitude at times, and I don't even know what to do with her now (and I know her teenage years are sure to cause me some grief)!

A team of girls! There's one boy on the team.

She has had three games since this one, and I think this might be the one and only time she touched the ball (or really was even on the same section of the field as the ball)! She and Wyatt are total opposites. She generally just kind of wanders around the field. She likes to run and she also kind of just stares off into space sometimes. She's not even that fond of actually going out on the field. She's had a few meltdowns.

One area that Reesie is really great at is grasping the fact that soccer is a team sport. She always says that she wants to be a good team player, and she loves handing out high fives at the end of games. It's those kinds of things that warm my heart and make me really happy that she's playing (even if she shouts that she just wants to go home)!

She might be better suited to be a cheerleader - seriously, look at that pose!

Don't let the big smile fool you - she was excited because the end of a game means that she gets a snack!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Winner! And Fall TV

Congratulations Heidi! She won the thermal tote giveaway! I'll contact you for all the info I need to get it shipped to you!

If you're still interested in ordering a thermal tote, or even hosting a Thirty-One party let me know! The Fall is the best time to host a Thirty-One Party - so many people are looking for gifts, things to keep organized for the holidays, and even cute bags for their Holiday traveling! And if you host a party, you can get so many things for half price or even free - and you don't even have to have the party at your house! You can host a catalog party too!

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So, every Fall it dawns on me (and Brian) that we watch entirely too much TV. I was going to say that we record something every night of the week, but that would be a lie. Because I just checked, and we apparently don't record anything on Tuesday nights!

I'm probably guilty of watching the "most" TV because I have it on while I do chores during nap time - which is usually when I watch whatever Bravo show I recorded the night before. This would also be how I discovered Dance Moms and Top Chef: Just Desserts. I don't even think I could defend Dance Moms if I wanted to, but I will say that Top Chef is amazing. I'm seriously in awe of what those people create!

We weren't going to watch any new shows this year - except The X Factor because I love Simon! I'm still not sure how I feel about the show in general, but I'll keep watching - because of Simon obviously, and also because a local music group made it to the next round and two of the singers worked for Brian at the water park!

Brian is watching Terra Nova, and I'll admit that I did watch the first episode - but that show is soooo not me. I'm not into futuristic/pre-historic fiction with a sprinkling of dino animation.

Because of my love of everything Friday Night Lights related, we are recording American Horror Story on Wednesday. I don't know if Tami Taylor can keep me watching it, but I guess we'll see! I've also recorded Hart of Dixie (because Jason Street is on there, and I'm desperately searching for a show as good as The Gilmore Girls), but I haven't watched it yet. I'm hoping it's good!

Of course we still have The Amazing Race, Survivor, Law & Order SVU (which, honestly I only half pay attention to - I probably could have stopped watching this show the day I became a parent), Modern Family and Grey's Anatomy to watch. Oh, and the entire sixth and seventh seasons of Rescue Me. Our DVR "lost" season six and they released the last two seasons together so now we can finally finish the show!

For tonight though, we'll be watching Game 4 of the ALDS between the Yankees and Tigers. We're down 2-1, so I'm trying not to get antsy or worried about the fact that AJ Burnett is pitching tonight. I suppose my 6:30 cup of coffee is probably not going to help calm my nerves!

So, what shows do you just love?

Monday, October 3, 2011

Weekly iPurge!

Don't forget to enter my Thirty-One Giveaway - I just realized that it said Monday, October 4th, and the 4th is tomorrow - so it will end tomorrow instead! Has anyone else been having trouble with blogger comments lately? I've been having trouble commenting on some blogs, and I've had some people say they were having trouble leaving comments here!

Anyway, today I'm purging my iPhone and sharing it's randomness with you!

It rained and rained and rained last week, and we took a trip to Target to get out of the house. Wyatt and Reese love the Halloween stuff, so they took turns trying on masks. Wyatt is such a different kid than he was two years ago when we had to dress him up in a costume that basically looked like a normal little boy and had to divert him from every kid in a mask!

Brian and I stick with the "traditional" anniversary presents, and this year's was wood. I bought this print for a wood frame and it finally came last week (an idea from Pinterest) - with all the wrong dates! Fortunately the company was super easy to work with and they're replacing it - but I had to take this picture to prove that I actually got the wrong one!

These were my anniversary gifts :). I love, love, LOVE my Pandora charm bracelet. Brian got me three new charms for our anniversary - from left to right - a ring bearer's pillow with rings, a wooden charm, and Hudson's birth stone. I love all my charms, but the wooden one might be my favorite!

We went on a date night on Saturday night and we had to take a side trip to the baseball fields to see if we'd left Reese's glove behind - when we were on our way to the restaurant (read: sports bar), there was another double rainbow (there was another set last week). We could actually see the complete rainbow arching over a school - we didn't go look for a pot of gold though, we would have missed the baseball game!