Sleepy Heads!

Ok I love how kids can fall asleep in the most random positions and places. Noah is my "early bird" baby! No matter what time I put him to bed the night before he gets up super early the next morning. I'm lucky if he sleeps in until 6am! Seriously.

A couple months ago Noah decided he was going to get up for the day at 4AM! No joke, he did this everyday for almost a month. He really has a set of lungs too, so I can't just let him cry himself back to sleep! Once he's made his mind up that he's awake there is NO putting him back to sleep. So... during this time period I would finally give up, let him come out of his room, and put Baby Einstein on for him. For a few weeks it worked! He'd be entertained by it for about an hour and then would come looking for me in my bedroom. So, at least I got to go back to bed for a little nap.

Now he just wakes up around 5 or 5:30am so Ron and I take turns getting him. (Ron's turn to get up with Noah seems to be more frequent than mine?!!?! Thank you Ronnie!)

Mason has ALWAYS liked sleeping in bed with Ron and I. It started when he was really little. He wouldn't sleep in the bassinet very good. So occasionally I'd let him fall asleep in bed with us. Initially I'd wake up worried that I would accidentally roll onto him or something. But of course I never did. Then when he started sleeping in a crib if he ever woke up and we couldn't get him back to sleep we'd just bring him to bed with us.

Now Mason sleeps in his own bed. Most mornings Ron and I wake up to find Mason in bed with us. (Keep in mind he ALWAYS starts out in his own bed). We wake up having NO recollection of him crawling into bed with us or anything during the night. At night just before bedtime he usually tries to coax us by saying "I want to sleep in Mommy and Daddy's bed." It's really hard to say no when he asks so nice but I know it's best for him to learn to sleep in his own bed. I just don't know what we are going to do about him sneaking in at night. I honestly NEVER hear him come in! Crazy how kids can be quiet and sneaky when they want to!

"That's Disgusting!"

Yes, this is edible. And Yes it actually tastes really good. I've been trying to figure out how to get more raw fruits and veggies in my diet and this has helped. I've had this yummy smoothy everyday this week.

Ingredients:

1/2 c. strawberries (or more)

1 banana

1/4 c. milk

1 c. of raw baby spinach

1 c. crushed ice

1 T. sugar (optional - SERIOUSLY I forget to put sugar in half the time and it still tastes great!)

According to Mason "That's disgusting!" I told him it's really yummy and he should try it. He replies, "No, that's DISGUSTING for Mason!"

Farm Animal FUN!

Last weekend my sister Maryann invited us to her a rodeo her ward puts on annually. My boys of course loved the animals and being outside.

"MOO" (Maybe this is his "moo" dance!)

Ok... FYI this little chick did survive Mason's death grip! :)


Patiently WAITING their turn to ride the horses...
(They are looking at the horses in this picture. We had to wait in line for like 25 mins. I was SHOCKED at how good my boys were!)

Mason absolutely loved riding on a horse while Noah on the other hand didn't really know what to think.

This is totally MASON! Pure joy to be on a horse!

Noah LOVES riding his rocking horse but apparently a real horse is a different story! He was like this the whole time on the horse. Not upset or happy just... "processing".

Thank you Maryann for helping out and for inviting us!

Grocery Store Fiasco!

Well, today was quite the grocery shopping experience. I'd gotten all my produce and began to make my rounds through the aisles. Noah is in the shopping cart and Mason next to me. I was down the Rice aisle grabbing the SAME box of rice I always get (I WASN'T distracted), I throw it in the cart, look up and... Mason is gone! I'm not too alarmed because he does wander a little but still I rush my cart to the end of the aisle. He's Not to be seen anywhere!! I am still trying to remain calm as I look down the next few aisles. I can't find him! I walk around aimlessly for about 7-10mins. with NO sign of Mason. At this point I'm crying and decide to go to customer service. Where they announce a "CODE ADAM" and ask me for a description of what he's wearing. I'm crying so much I can barely describe it. Luckily, I remembered everything he was wearing.

So I'm waiting at customer service feeling stupid and useless and I ask the lady if I can go keep looking for him. A WalMart employee accompanies me to help. We didn't get very far before I see some nice lady walking with Mason, who by the way is smiling and carrying a feather duster! He wasn't worried or upset one bit! The nice lady said she was looking at the Toilet Paper when he popped his head up from behind the boxes of TP and was dusting the area! (The TP aisle was like 8 rows down from where I had been by the rice!)

I am really grateful that I found him and that he wasn't traumatized ONE bit! Me on the other hand... I was totally embarrassed, felt like a bad mom, and kept picturing him being kidnapped or running out of WalMart into the parking lot.

"My Ear Hurts!"

My friend Lindsey is a SAINT! Mason had been coughing on and off through out the week but no fever or any other symptoms! So, we decided Friday morning to go ahead and take the boys to Lindsey's so I could go to work. I didn't hear from Lindsay all day long so I assumed the boys were both doing good. I got off a little earlier than normal and went to pick my boys up around 1pm. Lindsey explained that Noah was fine but Mason had been complaining that his right ear hurt for the last hour or so. At one point Lindsey found Mason with Colter's breathing machine (turned on) holding it over his right ear!!! I wish I had a picture of that one! :) I felt so bad! Lindsey is so sweet to watch and take care of my kiddos!

When we got home that day he hung out all afternoon until his Dr. appointment. He sat on the couch holding his ear and whining occasionally. I kept asking him if there was anything I could get him. Finally an offering of stickers was accepted. I got him some stickers out and he then proceeded to place the stickers over his hurt ear. It's so funny that he felt like that would help. Later that day the Doctor confirmed that he did have a pretty bad ear infection. Thank goodness for antibiotics!

And NO I didn't put soap or oil in his ear (he wouldn't let me put the oil in).