Right Paci, Wrong Kid

Confession

Dylan is 3 Months Old!

What a happy baby! Dylan seems to smile more each day.  He’s a funny little guy… he likes warm wipes, hot bottles, his lamb swing, going to bed at 9 (and waking up at 7!!!), getting a bath, watching Polly, sucking his hands, going for walks in the stroller and being held as much as possible. 

He’s learning how to hold his head up and is starting to spend some time in the bumbo chair to practice sitting.  He usually has 4-5 bottles a day, about 26-29 ounces total.  His eyes are still a very strange color – kind of a combination of dark blue/grey with some hints of brown.  They are definitely not brown yet (I thought by 3 months they would have changed) so I’m really interested to see how they turn out.  He’s starting to fight naps, I think because he just likes being around everyone so much.  So long as he keeps sleeping through the night I think we can handle that!

Dylan seems to have Sean’s forehead and nose but different lips, eyes and eyebrows.  John and I have a unique ability to produce offspring that look nothing like us.  It’s only in the smallest details that you can see some hints of us in our boys.  For example, I think Dylan might have my eyebrows and ears, and Sean has John’s eyebrows and ears.  Oh and Sean seems to have my hair.  But that’s it.  Seriously.  Find anything else on either one of them that looks like me or John and I’ll send you a prize.  For real.  But I digress…

Happy 3 months Dylan!! We love you very much.

Sean’s 1st Haircut

There has certainly been a debate amongst our families as to when we should cut Sean’s hair.  Some think we should have cut it months ago, other think we should let it grow long for a while because he won’t always be able to do that as he gets older (clearly these people don’t know much about the Justin Bieber ‘do  and his strong following of tween boys).  As for me, I’ve been on the fence about it.  It’s taken two years - TWO LONG YEARS – to even get this much hair on Sean’s head. I wasn’t about to cut it at the first signs of a little shag.  But over the past few weeks the hair he does have has starting getting in his eyes when he wears his hat & bike helmet so I figured it’s time to bite the bullet (read: mommy better race to the salon before she changes her mind).

So, Sean and I went to a really cool kids salon (yes, they have kids salons now. crazy right?) called Pigtails & Crewcuts where Sean got to sit in a red airplane and watch cartoons while Ms. Megan trimmed his hair.  Of course I was the crazy mom that took way too many pictures but I guess they’re used to that.  Sean was a real trooper – he let her spray his hair, cut it and then blow dry without any fussing.  He was just happy he was in an airplane and his cape had penguins on it!  I got the ‘First Haircut Package’ which included a picture and a lock of his hair to keep in his baby book.  I seriously had to hold back the tears halfway through – it’s just absolutely amazing how fast the time goes and how quickly you realize they are growing up.  Oftentimes I get so caught up in the day to day that it’s easy to lose sight of how precious this time is and how fleeting these years are.

So, after all of these sentimental thoughts and me almost doing an ‘ugly cry’ in the kids salon, it was time to go.  Well, that’s what I thought.  My little handsome, wonderful and perfect toddler had found the train set and was absolutely not going to leave.  So I finally had to pick him up which made him scream bloody murder while everyone was looking at me with that sad I’m-glad-it’s-not-me face as I drug him out kicking and screaming.  Not to stop there, Sean then decided to throw himself down in the middle of the parking lot and move into full scale temper tantrum madness.  I had to peel him off the concrete, get him in the car and try bribing him with lunch, which of course didn’t work and sent him into hyperventilation mode.  Awesome.  Finally, a tantalizing offer of getting gas and a car wash seemed to cure the temper tantrum.  Ah, the little things.  Afterwards we went and got lunch (grilled cheese, applesauce, teddy grahams and milk) and were on our way home for a loooong nap.  I think mommy might follow suit ;)

{what a handsome little guy}

Surprise Visit

Grandaddy was working close to Charlotte earlier this week and stopped by Wednesday night for a quick surprise visit (sporting a very chic goatee, I might add!).

{do you see Polly in the 1st picture above? if that isn’t a love stare I don’t know what is….}

And of course Grandaddy brought Sean some donuts (fresh from Krispy Kreme… does it get any better?).  Life is good.

Uh-oh

Dylan’s First Video Montage

How exciting! I finally have enough video clips and pictures for Dylan’s first official video montage.  At first I was going to try and keep this sweet and sentimental but after getting everything together, you realize that Dylan has so many funny faces and is so loud all the time that it’s hard not to just laugh (with him of course).  What a ham!

2 years & 2 months

Those were the well-child doctor appointments we had this morning. Holy shizzzoly.  Time flies.

But the boys did really well, got lots of shots but good bills of health.  Here are their stats:

Sean:

• Height – 35 inches (75th percentile)
• Weight – 28 pounds (50th percentile)

Dylan:

• Height – 22.5 inches (25 – 50th percentile)
• Weight – 12 pounds 8 ounces (50 – 75th percentile)

After the doctor, we went across the street to get some pizza.

Holy pizza Batman! Look at the size of those things!!  We’re happy to announce that Dylan and Sean both polished off their respective pieces.  Here’s to making their way up to the 90th percentile in weight.  wink wink.

A Fast 2 Years

It’s amazing how time seems to go faster every day.  When we reflect on the past two years and all of the blessings we’ve been given it’s truly is amazing.  It’s not always easy but it’s always worth it.  We sure are proud of our little boy and love him with all of our hearts.

Sean is 2! Is That Mickey Mouse?

The best part of the day was when Mickey Mouse himself showed up to wish Sean a Happy Birthday and do the Hot Dog dance with him!!

Sean is 2! Let’s Celebrate

Sean was thrilled as his friends started showing up….

And of course, everyone seemed to have the most fun with Sean’s cardboard box that he’s built over several weeks with Emmi (it’s a wonder we spend any money at all on toys when they have so much fun in a box)…

Sean got lots of awesome presents (many we had to open after the 2 and under crowd left for their naps (so they could rest up just in case they wanted to get up in the middle of the night)…..

Sean is 2! Let Them Eat Cake

We had cake (my first rite of passage into making homemade birthday cakes) & ice cream and sang Happy Birthday…

Sean is 2! Everyone Head to Charlotte

Sean turned 2 this past weekend.  Where did the time go? 

Sean was lucky enough to have his grandparents and Aunt Michelle come to visit for the weekend to celebrate.  We had a small party with Sean’s “baby friends” (you know, the 2 and under crowd) to celebrate.  He was so excited that they came – he talked about them all week leading up to his party and kept reminding us that he had to wait for them to come.  Sounded something like:

:: “Sean – do you know who’s coming this weekend?” ::

:: “Friends!  Birthday.  Cake.  Wait.  Two. “ ::

 

Everyone was busy with a job as soon as they got here (remember our theory of a B&B…. make the guests work for that bed and let them go home more tired than when they got here!), making food, decorating, watching babies, getting presents…. notice how Dylan was kind enough to pitch in and wash some dishes…