First Tent!

We put up our first tent!  Oh boy was it a hit!

Well, Adella had more fun trying to take it down

But this kid

He's ready for camping!

Stand in the place where you live

So Charlie has been doing this whole standing thing for a few weeks now - but it's hard to get on camera because when he sees the camera he goes for it.     But finally I captured it!

If you notice there is nothing around him, he can get to a standing position straight off the ground with no help!

When all else fails

Turn that toy upside down.  BAM.  New toy.

Happy Kids!

The thing I want more than anything is happy babies!  I cherish the times when they are happy, even better when they are happy at the same time!

Lately, there have been lots and lots of smiles to be had by these two!

Sunday Fun Version 10.21.12

Sunday was actually not so fun for Charlie.  He didn't take his usual nap during sacrament meeting.  He's really never done that before.  Adella hasn't taken one in months, so that's normal, but usually we get a few minutes at least for Charlie.

Then he was SUPER crabby during the last hour.  Adam said he still refused to nap and was just so cranky.   When we got home I got them their lunch and I looked in his mouth, and what do I see?   TEETH!  The kid had a tooth that had already broke the surface and another on the way!    He had been so so so good the last week, that the idea of him teething had never even occurred to me.  But there it was!  He didn't really want to eat much of his lunch and would drink his bottle and then get upset again after a few sips.  He has had a couple of rough bouts the last few days, but overall has been extremely happy.  I'll take it!

I tried and tried and tried to get a picture, but he would hardly open his mouth to let us look, let alone long enough to get a pic!  Every time we tried he would just stick out his tongue!

And Adella wouldn't hold still for a good picture, so this is just about the best I could get!

NEON SPLASH DASH!

Last Saturday I ran my first post baby 5k!  For me this was actually a huge deal - I couldn't run at all during my pregnancy and only in the last month have actually felt like I could run more than half a mile without being in serious pain for the rest of the day.  I still hurt, but its bearable.

Up until race day the most I had run was 2 miles, so my goal was really to get to about 2.5 miles.   Well, there were no mile markers and I couldn't bring my watch in for fear of it getting ruined, so I just ended up running the whole thing! WOOT!!

These girls are from my ward and it was so fun that we all got to run!  We all had rough pregnancy and have miracle babies - their's more so than mine, but we all really needed a girls night and what better way than to run and glow!   Woohoo for the Glow Girlz!

The race was really fun, it was at night so it was DARK!  But along the way they sprayed you with neon 'paint'.  I don't really know what it was made of but it washed off really quite easily, no scrubbing so not exactly paint.  It was really fun to be glowing by the end!  Their were lots of people that turned out for the race, which was the VERY first one that had been done.  There were so many people in fact that our 'wave' of people didn't get out of the start gate till half an hour into the race.   I was amazed at all the kids too, they definitely made it a family friendly event.  I was also surprised by the number of people who only walked it, not that there is anything wrong with that, I was just expecting to be passed by tons and tons of people!  

I think I would for sure do this one again because it was really fun, next year it's actually supposed to be in Phoenix (it was in Chandler this year) and I'm hoping it will be closer and not next to a stinky pond which was the only real drawback!

Guilty of resisting 'a rest'

Last week was rough with a R.O.U.G.H!    We normally have a fairly solid nap routine around here which includes a morning and afternoon nap.  Sometimes these naps aren't as long as I would like, but usually they are pretty regular.  Every now and then Adella will refuse her morning nap - and by refuse I mean SCREAMING.  Sometimes she will cry herself to sleep after a few minutes, but I can tell when she just isn't going to give in.   Luckily this generally only happens a couple times a week and then we move on with normal life.  However, recently she went for nearly TWO WEEKS of resisting her morning nap (she took one on Monday finally HURRAY!).   Not only that, but often she wouldn't take her afternoon nap at the same time as Charlie - she would finally get so tired I could put her down late, but then she would wake up almost even more grumpy then before.   If we went out running errands, she would fall asleep because she was so tired, or if we went on walks.  While that's great and all, it doesn't help me to be able to do the things I need to - I mean, at some point I DO HAVE TO wash bottles, EAT something myself, clean LAUNDRY etc.

Even on the days when she would nap at the same time as Charlie she would sleep no longer than 40 minutes at a time.   Ugh.  It was awful.   Luckily at the same time Charlie became a super super napper.   He stopped constantly spitting his pacifier out and once it was in his mouth he never fussed (he only uses it for naps - Adella refuses it though she really likes to play with his if she can get her hands on it!.  His naps were almost always over an hour, and in the afternoon was usually closer to 2 hours.   We were able to easily transition him to his crib for naps during this time too.

So here she is, being her silly self while Mom tries to entertain her until Charlie wakes up.

She may look happy, but that's only because I'm entertaining her.  Also she eventually would get super grumpy because she was just so darn tired.   It was awful.   I don't know why she was having such a rough time napping, but I'm hoping we have got that little episode out of the way!   

Sunday Fun Version 10.14.2012

 Charlie and Adella pretty much force me to be up and ready for church early.   In fact if I am not at church 15 minutes early Adam has been known to call just to make sure everything is going OK!   So on this particular Sunday we headed outside for a little fun before church.  The weather was gorgeous and new clothes were being sported so we just had to get out!

This one picture sums up these guys personalities perfectly!  

High chair!

Officially in high chairs now!  We had to move out of the other seats because our little Houdini's figured out to climb out (even with the tray on).    

We got lucky and found matching wood high chairs on craigslist (less than $50 for both!).  One was pretty beat up - Adam completely stripped it, sanded it and re-stained it and it looks great now!     

I'm a magician

I'm constantly amazed by what makes my babies happy.   For some reason toys are WAY more exciting when they are stacked on top of something else.   Toys on the floor?  Meh.   Toys on a box - MAGIC!!

Crazy visitors

Last week we had some fun visitors!  Ann and Fonree brought their kids over to play and swim.   Well, we were pretty sure they wouldn't swim but we cleaned the pool anyway.   But wouldn't you know despite the fact that it was maybe 80 degrees (that's pretty darn cool in AZ) they still got in!   And not only that, they got in TWICE!  Before and after lunch.  Crazy, crazy kids!