nash {13 months}

Measurements: 
25lbs & not sure in length
You are wearing 18 month PJ's, 12-18 month and some 18-24 month/2T hand me down shirts, 18 month pants.  You are in size 4 diapers and size 3 shoes when you keep them on.  

Sleeping: 
I don't really want to type this for fear I might screw things up, but we had a great month of sleep.  FINALLY!!!! As always you go down super easy for all naps and bedtimes.  You go to bed at 7pm on the dot and this month you have pretty consistently woken up at 6:30am.  Still earlier than I would like but it's better than in the 5am hour.  If you wake up closer to 6am, I have been able to nurse you and put you back in your bed for another hour which has been nice.  Sadly no matter what time you wake up, you wake up a grump…….crying until we come get you.  There is no playing in your crib happy over here.  Just crying.  It's funny that for such a happy baby, you wake up so grumpy.  Naptime is usually 2.5 hrs after you wake up in the morning, so most days its around 9:30.  This most you typically napped for about 1.5.  Afternoon nap is always at 2pm because that's when Pearson's rest time is.  You sleep about 1.5-2hrs in the afternoon.  Afternoon naps are almost always longer.  It's funny how your sleep continues to change each month even at a year old.  Pearson was always soooooo consistent so this is so different for me!

Eating:
I am still nursing you first thing in the morning, before afternoon nap and at bedtime.  I tried to drop your nap time nursing but you just aren't ready.  You started drinking whole milk, but you still aren't crazy about it, which is why I don't think you are ready to drop the nap time nursing.  I definitely throw away more milk than you drink.  You eat three meals a day and have a couple snacks throughout the day.  Your favorite snack is oyster crackers and your favorite food is any kind of fruit and pasta. There have been a few times this month where you have pushed almost all your food away and just skipped meals and I'm pretty sure it's because you are teething.  I can't see any teeth yet, but I really think one is coming.   We still haven't found a thing that you don't like.

New Tricks/Activities/Accomplishments: 
You are cruising and crawling all over the place but still not standing on your own or walking.  You are making great strides though (pun intended).  You are doing great with your walker and you like to walk with us holding both hands.  You are just still really wobbly and don't have any balance.  You wave bye-bye all the time. You can "give us 5". You LOVE to dance and are so cute when you do it!

Words:

Da-De (Daddy) Surprisingly you say DaDe instead of Dada and you definitely know it's Daddy! 

Hiiiiii & Bye-Bye (when you wave), Bubu and Mama (but you don't always know it's Bubba and Mama)

Teeth:

5 (3 top/2 bottom) The right top one still hasn't come in yet, but with so many days that you have pushed away food, I keep thinking it is.  Who knows?  

Likes:
Doors, toilets, cabinets, getting into anything you aren't supposed to, playing ball, rolling cars, pressing the printer button, open mouth kissesPraise Baby videos, your remote toy in the car, being tickled, being held upside down, when we pick you up from the nursery!

Dislikes:
Diaper changes and having to get diaper cream put on, getting lotioned up after bath time, when I put you down after holding you, when we pull you away from the printer, when we pull you out of the bathroom.

Other Random Facts:

• If we say "Gimme kisses", you lean in with an open mouth.  
• You love to "bulldoze" into brother.  It drives him crazy but you think it's so funny.  
• You have such a dramatic cry.  If we are in another room we can never tell if it's a actual hurt cry or feelings hurt cry.  
• You LOVE playing ball. You can actually play catch really.  You rear your arm back and have a really accurate throw.  
• You are absolutely obsessed with the toilets.  We have to keep the doors and potties closed or you are in it.  You discovered how to open up the potty this month so we can't ever leave the door open.  
• You are way more into things than Pearson ever was.  You love to get into anything you aren't supposed to. 
• You love to climb on and both your brother.  It's like you know it bothers him!! I see wrestling matches starting in our near future.  
• You love to look at yourself in your mirror in the car.  You also like to make lots of noise with your hands and mouth while in the car.  
• Your socks and shoes never stay on in the car.

Here is Pearson at 13 months and Nash at 13 months.

 Look how you have changed……

meal planning monday

Monday: Lasagna Soup & French Bread

Tuesday: Pork Tacos, Guacamole & Black Beans

Wednesday: Small Group @ Chick-fil-A

Thursday: Mississippi Roast, Carrots, Potatoes & French Bread

Friday: Wal-Mart Pizza Meal Deal & Ceasar Salad

Saturday Breakfast: Sausage & Cream Cheese Twirls

Saturday Lunch: Tortilla Soup

Saturday Dinner: Spicy Sausage Pasta, Roasted Green Beans & Garlic Knots

Sunday Lunch: Barbecue Sandwiches & Chips

Sunday Dinner: Leftover Soup or Pasta

snow ice-cream

It's another snowy day here in Dallas!!! 

We did the playing in the snow and building a snowman thing last week 

so today we decided to make snow ice-cream!!

It's so easy and super yummy!! You'll only need 3 ingredients other than the snow.

4 cups snow

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup heavy cream

Mix the sugar, vanilla, and heavy cream in a bowl. (You can also use half and half or milk if you don't have cream on hand.) Put the bowl in the freezer while you go outside to collect the snow. Get 4 heaping cups of fresh snow. Mix the snow with all the other ingredients. 

Enjoy!!

start your engines….

This past Sunday I had such a fun evening taking Pearson to a Mommy & Little Guy event at my parent's church.  They hosted a Daddy/Daughter Tea for all the preschool girls around Valentine's Day so this was the big event for all the little boys.  It was so fun to spend a little one on one time with my favorite little 3 year old guy.  

The theme of the evening was "Start Your Engines".  All the decor and actives were perfect for my car loving dude.  They had a cute little Photo Booth set up when we first came in.  I haven't gotten our picture we took yet, so I'll have to post it later.  

We started off the evening by getting a tattoo.  He was excited about getting a tattoo, but his eyes were on the bounce house that we were going to do later.  

 He was so proud.  I think that this was his first tattoo.  

 Our next stop was decorating our wooden car to race at the track.  Again, his eyes were still on the bounce house.

 They had to coolest race track set up for the little cars all the boys colored.  Pearson was only patient enough to do it once, because he was ready to bounce!!

Pearson spent the majority of the evening going up and down the bounce house slide.  I didn't mind one bit because I ran into a few old high school friends and enjoyed chatting with them while our boys burnt off some energy!!

 The only way I got Pearson to come off the slide was to offer him a cookie and popcorn…..two of his favorite things!!

 Yum! Yum!!

 What a fun night with just me a my little guy!!

meal planning monday

Monday: Papa John's Pizza

Tuesday: Matt: Work Thing Me & Boys: Out w/ my Parents

Wednesday: Leftover Pork Tacos

Thursday: Grilled Chicken Club Sandwiches & Tator Tots

Friday: Parent's Night Out

Saturday Breakfast: Homemade Donuts

Saturday Lunch: Out to Eat

Saturday Dinner: Grilled Pork Chops, Swiss Potatoes, & Veggies

Sunday Lunch: Leftover Chicken and Dumplings

Sunday Dinner: Sweet & Spicy Meatballs, Leftover Potatoes, & Green Beans

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

We aren't huge Valentine's Day celebrators, but I do like to get the boys a little something.  I like it to be practical so this year I got them some matching PJ's!  Matt and I just get each other cards and I always request to not cook dinner!! He doesn't have to take me out anywhere fancy, I'm happy with take out or even fast food.  I just don't want to have to fight a crowd!!

Valentine's slipped up on me this year and I didn't get around to having my Mom make them shirts.  I dug up a hand me down shirt from Carson for Pearson and put Nash is red to match.  I just love these two sweet boys so much!!

My Dad was out of town for Valentine's Day so my Mom decided to have a little Valentine's Party for the big grandkids. Nash will have to wait a few years before he gets invited!!  The first thing she had planned for them was to hop on the hearts to the party.  Pearson called it "hot chalk".  He thought it was hop scotch!

Lolly had the table all set up for a super fun party.  Pearson was so excited!!

While Pearson was at the party, Matt and I (and our little third wheel) slipped away for an early dinner. 

We went to Frankie's right down the street from our house.  We walked right in with no wait, but when we left there was a ton of people waiting.  Going to dinner at 5pm on Valentine's Day was the smart thing to do!!

Our little third wheel was quite the ham at dinner time.  He was flirting with everyone around us.  He was for us as long as we kept the goldfish coming!!  

Thanks Lolly for planning such a fun party for the big cousins! I know they all had a blast!!

it's snowtime!!

I was hesitant to tell Pearson about the snow last night because it was such a letdown on Wednesday.  But this morning when I saw on the radar that it was already snowing in Fort Worth, I knew it was really coming to Dallas!!  I told Pearson to be on the lookout for snow and he was!!  He sat by our window most of the morning waiting for the snow and then for the majority of the morning just watching it come down.  

I stepped outside to make sure nothing was slippery and there was a good amount of snow to play in before we all headed out.  

I wanted to get a cute picture of the boys together, but Pearson would not sit down next Nash! Nash couldn't really move because I had so many layers on him.  He was like a giant marshmallow.  

We pulled the wagon out and this was the best picture I could get.  Pearson was just itching to get out in the snow!!

He was so excited to be out in the snow, but he didn't really want to do anything.  He didn't want to make snowballs or footprints or even a snow angel.  I think the idea of playing in the snow was a whole lot more fun than actually playing in the snow.  He was sooooooo cold!!

Nash just chilled in the wagon while I played with Pearson for a bit.  He wouldn't crack a smile.  

So serious and not impressed. 

My chunky monkey that loves to eat finally realized that he could eat the snow.  Snow was sticking to his socks (that he was wearing as mittens) so he started eating it!! 

 I was laughing so hard at Nash.  He is always on the move but he literally wouldn't budge.  Or smile.

Big brother came over for a few hugs and to try to make him laugh but it didn't work.  

It actually did quite the opposite.  Nash done done D.O.N.E done.  

Pearson and I threw a few snowballs and then we all headed inside to warm up.  

It probably took us about 20 minutes for us to get all bundled up to go outside and I think we only lasted out in the snow for about 10 minutes!!

do you wanna build a snowman?

When Matt got home from work, we got all bundled up again so we could build a snowman!!

We quickly realized that the snow was still really soft and it wasn't going to be possible to make a real snowman, so we went for more of a snow blob instead of a snowman!!

Pearson was proud of his little snow blob though!!

We snapped a few pictures of each other and then it was time to head back inside.  It was COLD!!!!!

 We definitely aren't made for this cold weather.  Nash was totally unimpressed and Pearson lost interest really quick.  His hand were cold and he was hungry.  That's all he could think about.  

I love the snow when I'm dressed for in in Colorado or New Mexico while skiing but in Texas it's just not as fun.  However, I'm thankful for an occasion snowy day to make these fun memories with my sweet boys!!