And So It Begins...

Mobility.

Chase army crawled from the living room to the play room (which included a little step down) yesterday while we were eating dinner. Just give him a few weeks and he will be crawling all over the house getting into everything. I'm not sure if I'm quite ready for chasing after another little one! HAHA!

Grant and Food

While Grant was eating breakfast this morning I overheard him singing a Wiggles song that is to the tune of "Are You Sleeping". He was singing "I love eating, i love eating, all day long, all day long...". It was so cute to hear him sing, but then it made me think about his eating habits. When he wakes in the morning the first thing he wants is his chocolate milk and breakfast which is either pancakes (without syrup) or cereal. Then he wants to snack ALL morning. Then by 11:00 he is begging for a peanut butter sandwich. Now let me tell you this little boy LOVES his peanut butter sandwiches! If he is served something other than a peanut butter sandwich for lunch he will be very upset. He would eat a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if we let him. Then after nap he wants to snack more, but I usually don't allow him to have much because we know dinner will be served soon and I want him to be good and hungry for dinner. You see, he refuses to eat ANY kind of meat or vegetable...absolutely refuses! We offer them to him every night, but after more than a year of doing this he still refuses. So my thought is if he is REALLY hungry at dinner then maybe he will want to eat his meat and veggies. But as of yet, this strategy has not yet worked. He definitely does not take after his Daddy when it come to eating meat and potatoes. We joke that he will be a fruititarian (is that even a word?) for the rest of his life. I hope that one day he will put a piece of meat or a veggie in his mouth and think "oh this is actually really good". I mean I really cannot imagine him being sixteen years old and refusing to eat a hamburger or a hot dog!

I'm Back!

I'm back! I haven't been able to find the time or energy to blog the past few months. So to catch you all up I will start with Chase. He is now 7 months! He just got his first couple of teeth...bring on the steak! He was not a happy camper a few days before he got them, but now he's much better! He also had tubes put in his ears in mid December. He had pretty much been sick since he was 2 months old, constant ear aches, snot, and cough. He's been much better since he got the tubes and I'm hoping it stays that way. Since he has not been feeling well it has really affected his sleep. He would wake up at 4:30 am and not go back to sleep. Then he changed his wake time to 5:30 am which is better than 4:30 am, but not great. This past week he's been sleeping until 6:00-6:30 am...finally! I hope he keeps this up. We might be able to move him into Grant's room if he can consistently sleep until 6:30 in the morning. I would love to have our room back!

This past Tuesday we spent the day in Orlando and had a blast together. Luke has been off of work since the 23rd. I have LOVED having him home. It has been so nice to just stay around here and not have plans to go and do. So anyways, while we were in Orlando we took the kids to Chucke Cheese. They had so much fun. We also made a stop at IKEA. I think we were there for 3 hours. That place is huge! I could seriously get lost in there. Our last stop was down town disney, or pretend disney as Camryn refers to it. We told the kids we were going to eat ice cream for dinner there and Camryn was so giddy! She couldn't even believe that we were going to allow this. We told her not to tell her grandmothers, but she did anyways! So we got our ice cream from Ghiradeli's and had to eat it outside in the freezing cold weather because there were no seats inside. Ha ha! We also got some hot chocolate to warm ourselves up. And oh, that was some good hot chocolate too! After we ate our "dinner" we walked around and there were these guys playing music and we let the kids dance around to the music. I think it was the most fun they had all day! Here's a couple of videos of their fun.




Grant got a little girl to dance with him...so cute!

3 Months

Our number 3 is 3 months today! Chase just gets cuter everyday. He is a pretty great baby too. He sleeps through the night most nights and really only fusses when he is hungry or tired. Camryn came home from school last week with a cold and passed it on to Chase so he hasn't been himself the past few days. He has a hard time getting comfy. Last night we moved him from his crib to his bouncy chair to help him with the coughing and it seemed to work. He started on some meds last night so hopfully the poor little fellow will feel better soon.

Camryn is still enjoying school. Her teacher tells me all the time that she is a hard worker and a good helper which I'm super thankful for. She's come a long way from when she was 2 and in Mrs. Hewitt's preschool class. I got asked to come and "discipline" her at least twice a week! The other day I sent her 2 caprisuns in her lunchbox because I wasn't sure if 1 would be enough (I normally send a thermos). That afternoon when I picked her up from school she said "Mommy, you gave me 2 sunburns!" HAHA!

As for Grant, well, he's just Grant. Never a dull moment with this kid. His days are spent obsessing about the Wiggles, getting into stuff he shouldn't, and taking his clothes off and sometimes his diaper too. I love being the mommy to these 3 kids! God has blessed me way more than I deserve. It is a lot of work, but I enjoy every minute of it...well, almost every minute of it!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday. She is 51 today and looks more like 31! I love you Mom. Thanks for being a great example to me of a godly mom and wife. I am truly blessed to call you my mom!

School

Camryn is officially a Kindergartner! So far she loves school and can't wait to go everyday. She is still having a hard time saying goodbye in the morning, but I'm sure she will get past it soon or I at least I hope she will. She doesn't full on cry she just tugs at our clothes and doesn't want to let go when we hug her goodbye. She had her first bit of homework this weekend and she was so excited about it. Since when did having homework become exciting?! I guess it makes her feel all grown-up to say she has homework. It was an all-about-me sheet that we had to fill out plus she had to bring a few things with her to school that represented her. One of the questions was if you had a million dollars what would you do with it and her answer was "share". Isn't that sweet?! I didn't even tell her to say that! Another one of the questions was what to do you like least about school. She thought and thought and finally said "well I like everything about school so I guess coming home." Well, thanks a lot Camryn!! HAHA!! I'm glad she likes school that much! I think her favorite part of the day is the special classes they get to do like, art, PE, music, etc. She really loves PE and the teacher who she calls "coach". She told us a couple of days ago that everybody calls him "Coach Fields" because he likes being outside. I don't think she understands that his last name is really "Fields"! Funny kid! She starts dance class tonight. She will be learning tap, jazz, and ballet. I hope she does well because if you've been around her for very long you know she is super clumsy. Maybe this will help her be a little more graceful! We shall see!

Happy Birthday Grant!

Our sweet Grant turned 2 on August 4th! Where has the time gone? I can't believe how big he is getting. He is talking more and more everyday. Yesterday he found a bag of clothes that a friend had given to us for him and he pulled out a shirt and put it on all by my himself. He ran into the kitchen where I was doing the dishes and yelled "Mama, Mama, coo shirt!! Coo shirt!" He thought his new shirt was pretty cool! So to celebrate his birthday we had a small party for him at Rotary park in Suntree which is on the Indian River. It was hot, but the breeze was really nice under the pavilion. Camryn and Grant had a blast playing in the water. Once Grant opened his gifts, he was done with the water and had a blast playing with all his new toys. He is obsessed with the Wiggles and that is not an exaggeration. That's pretty much all he talks about. So for his birthday, and thanks to his grandparents, he got everything Wiggles that Toys R Us sells! Here are some pictures of his special day.