The One about Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and an update

We had a pretty good Thanksgiving this year. Most the family came over. We cooked, ate lots of yummy food, played cards, and just hung out. It was so nice to have most of the family here and together. My mom stayed over that night so that we could go Black Friday shopping. We didn't have much planned but every year they have super good deals on baby clothes at the expensive shops in the mall. So we get awesome clothes for super cheap. So we headed out to the mall at midnight because the sales start earlier and earlier every year....
Holy cow THIS

was the mob at Victoria's Secret....
IWe walked in and it literally sounded like a war was going on, the mall was SO loud. We walked up to the balcony to overlook what was going on and girls were running and screaming to get to VS.... AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. They have the same sale every year and they only other "deal" they were offering was a "free" tote bag with a $65 purchase so it wasn't really free. These girls were nuts. I told Berto I didn't want to go anywhere near VS this year for fear I would be trampled and killed. No joke.

We got the best deals at Carter's and The Children's Place. Half off the whole store and since we were "doorbusters" we got an extra 20% off everything. So 60% off everything we bought. These kids are set with clothes for the rest of winter probably.
We also put up the Christmas tree and realized portions of the tree were out. SO disappointing. But we bought this tool that supposed to fix your lights without going through them individually and it did fix a couple branches but I think the tree is about the bite the dust so it may be its last year. Even though some of the branches are out once we put the ornaments and tree filler in you can't even tell. Kind of glad we didn't have to buy a new tree this year.
I also put out the rest of the Christmas decorations. So we are quite festive here.

We are almost completely ready for Christmas. Almost done with shopping (about half way done)

As far as my update....
MISS K is walking!! Like completely independent. I mean she still wobbles of course. The "Frankie" walk is what we like to call it but the milestone has been hit. She is walking BEFORE is has any teeth, uses a sippy cup, or holds her bottle upright.)
She will only hold her bottle if she's laying flat, I've tried all kinds of sippy cups and she wants nothing to do with them , and those teeth.... they are there but have no plans of making an appearance anytime soon.
Also Kinsey is back with us. AND we are glad to have her. We hope she'll be happier here with us than with my other sibling.
Matty is doing so well in school. He is talking more and more.
That's all for now.
Here's some pics of Miss K. (I still love Matty but he is being so stubborn lately about photos so I haven't gotten any good ones)

LOVE the dress

We have no idea how this happened but it made us all laugh!

The One Wishing Everyone a....

HaPpY ThAnKsGiViNg!!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

We are having Thanksgiving at our house this year.

I am so Excited to have my family over and eat yummy food.

Matthew is starting to talk more and more. This preschool

is really really helping him and I am so happy about it!

He has so much fun everyday and he comes home with the

cutest little crafts and projects. I think I am enjoying it more than him

And lets be honest its nice to get a break from him. :)

Miss Kourtney is growing everyday.

I can't believe she is almost a year old. Its starting to hit me that she

is my last baby and she's almost not a baby anymore. :(

She's almost walking. 8 steps is the most by herself so far.

She's waving and babbling more.

She is happy as always.

We already did pictures with Santa to avoid the crazy Christmas rush.

They turned out cute. Of course Kourtney wouldn't smile but at

least they aren't crying right?

Anyway, that's all for now.

The One About the Costume Disaster

So remember my last post? The one where I was all excited about Matty's costume? The Jake one? Let me tell you I HATE HATE HATE costumes!
Okay, so I saw that Jake costume probably about a month ago and was super excited about it. Well we went to the Disney Store the Friday before Halloween. BIG mistake. HUGE.
I couldn't find any Jake costumes at all so I went to the cashier and asked about them and she tells me that the Jake costumes were sold out company wide, internet and everything. WHAT!?
She then continues to tell me that they have something similar that might work. I follow her to a section of clothing. She pulls out a pajama set of Jake's outfit. And she's half laughing when she does this.

I'm sorry but if I used this as a costume I just think that's ghetto. Like I didn't even try to put something to together for my kid... It just pissed me off that she made a joke out of it.

So first, I'm super pissed that they are out of the costume. Second, now I'm livid that the cashier is basically making a joke about it by showing me a pair of pajamas. Seriously, I was ready to punch this lady. And Third, I just made a trip to the Disney store WITH my 3 year old that expects a toy everytime we go there and it was a colossal. waste. of. time.
So at the end of this trip to the mall we have accomplished

• getting Kourtney her onesie costume
• Paying for valet parking for nothing
• sending Matthew into a fit of hysteria
• I'm flying off the handle I'm so mad
• and still no costume for Matty

Ya this was the absolute worst mall trip of all time. EVER.

My mom then was kind enough to take Matthew home with her so Berto and I could go all over town looking for a costume for Matty (and so I didn't kill him)

We went to Wal Mart and bought a pirate costume that I was NOT happy with but I didn't want to leave it and then find nothing else and have that be gone too.

We went to Party City next, found a Captain America costume that I was okay with. Went to the stupid table to request it from the back and guess what? They are freaking out of that costume. (THEN WHY THE HECK DOES YOUR WALL SAY YOU HAVE IT!?)

Left Party City, headed over to a place by the mall. (At this point I'm pretty sure I had steam coming from my ears I was so mad about all this crap we are going through for a stupid costume)

I found a Peter Pan costume there that I settled on. I actually was pretty excited about it. Then Berto, poor Berto opened his mouth.....

"$35 for this. Feel it. It feels like its cheap."

OMG

Are you serious right now? At this point we are going on almost 2 hours of searching for a costume and I finally am happy with one and then he crushed it.

I was so done at that point.

Tears people.

Tears over a STUPID costume.

And this my friends is why I HATE Halloween costumes.

Did I mention I hate them?

So in the end we kept the pirate costume we found at Wal Mart and he was pretty stinking cute in it. And now I kick myself for going through all of that when I had this pirate costume in my car pretty much since right after the mall fiasco.

Other than that disaster, Halloween was really fun. Matty made all kinds of Halloween crafts and activities at school which were super cute. He also got to participate in the parade at school where he got candy. Berto's job was having a little "spookfest" for the families so we went to that and Matty got more candy. Berto got off early and we went to dinner and then we took the kids trick or treating. Matty got a load a candy. He really enjoyed it this year. After every house he would say "more candy." Haha it was funny.

His Spider hat. I just about died when I picked him up from school and he was wearing it. SO dang cute!

Miss Kourtney was so good. She kept her ears on all night and just hung out. I think she enjoyed being in the stroller while we walked around.

That was our Halloween.
Enjoy some pics.
(And mom this is why I was procrastinating this post.... It's a novel. Sorry)

The cutest Pirate!

The cutest Minnie Mouse!

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And just because.......

Berto got me this necklace and I love it!

And Grandma, this one is for you! We all think Miss K looks like you in this picture. I think its because of the print on her dress. You have a couple outfits just like that. :)
We love you!!!

I'm a happy 10 month old! 10 months people!!!!

The One About Halloween and Things

Halloween is just around the corner. I'm SO excited for this year since Matty is old enough to really enjoy it.
I thought I had posted about our trip to the Pumpkin Patch but I can't find anything so if I did you get to hear about it again.

A few weeks ago we took Matty to a family farm out by my Grandma's house while we were visiting. He got to ride the cow train and pick a pumpkin and he hasn't stopped talking about it since. About once a day we hear something about the cow train. The kid is obsessed.

We had a ton of fun and need to go do one here in AZ. Maybe we'll hit up Schnepf Farms before the season is over.
We already picked out Matty's costume for Halloween. He's going to be Jake from "Jake and the Neverland Pirates." We just have to go buy it. Naturally the Disney Store is the only place that has it. AND he can wear it to school on Halloween! He's gonna be so stinking cute!

Matty has been in pre-school for a week now. He loves it. His Teacher always tells me that he is so good. Although the last couple days of the week he had a hard time going and Mrs. Barclay told me he was missing me. Made me feel special :)
He is improving already. He is willing to say more words when you ask him to and we are so proud!

Kourtney is as crazy as ever. I haven't done a full update on her in awhile.
She has been sleeping through the night for about a month now. (It's so great!)
She is cruising around the furniture
Let's go while standing and stands by herself for a few seconds.
Mimics faces that you make at her
Started eating big people food like bread, whole peas, turkey,cheese, french fries, rice, and beans
Is content playing by herself
Loves to play with Matthew (He can be too rough at times though)
Rarely needs a binky (complete opposite of Matthew)
Loves to be held
Babbles. She says da da da, ba ba ba. I'm am desperately trying to get her to say mama but nothing.
She shakes her head no everytime I try to feed her. Little stinker.
I bet she walks before one year
I'm still not sure what she's going to be for Halloween but the Disney Store has some super cute baby costumes too.

Berto has been back for almost 2 weeks. It is SO great. Life is better with him around.
We have just been relaxing and trying to get into a normal routine since life has NOT been normal for us for like 6 months.

I've just been doing the usual. Working on my cross stitch (Its getting there)
I also made my own Halloween wreath. It's super cute and now I want to make one for Christmas too. I am SUPER excited Christmas is almost upon us!!!!

Well I have to chase a baby girl and put a certain little boy to bed. Til next time!

The one about the big 9 month old and a family rant

9 MONTHS!!!!

We had our 9 Month Appointment today.
Miss Fatty Cakes is 17.12 lbs in the 25-50%
And her height is 27 1/2 inches in the 50%

She pretty average. Almost under the scale for weight but do you see the rolls??? How can she NOT be above average??
Either way, she's totally healthy and super happy.
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I met Matty's teacher, Mrs. Barclay, this past Monday. Seriously, THE nicest lady ever. He starts pre-school on Monday!! He is going to have SO much fun. The teacher told me they keep the kids completely busy and occupied the entire 2 1/2 hours they are there so he will probably pass out when he gets home!!
I could NOT be more excited about that. He goes Mon-Thurs from 7:45-10:15. He will receive speech therapy in the classroom 120 minutes a week. I bet he starts talking really quickly. Once he has the tools he needs and the teachings he needs he'll take off.
I'm sure there will be lots of pictures on Monday.
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Berto comes home tomorrow night! PERMANENTLY!!!
Our 6 month nightmare is finally going to be over. My kids will have their daddy, I will have my hubby, and I might get a little of my sanity back!!!
No more single mom feeling. I seriously don't know how people do it. These past 6 months have been the worst!
SO glad he gets to come home!


*WARNING*
I'm telling you now that the next part of this post is NOT happy and its not nice in any way. So if you don't want to be brought down then don't read any further.

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FAMILY RANT

Okay, here's the thing....
This "so called" family I am a part of sucks.
Plain and simple.

I don't really care what people think about me so if someone reads this and gets offended too bad, so sad. Most the people I'm angry with deserve it.

I have 4 siblings.
Two I NEVER talk to.
One of those two I haven't spoken to in almost two years because we have severe differences in our opinions.
The other one I can't stand the spouse. Like at all. Tolerate is about all I can do.
The other two I am still close to.
My sister, who is still close to said siblings, ends up telling me everything they don't like or don't agree with about our parents, my family, my parenting. You name it, they have an opinion.

So here it is.
I don't give a flying crap if you don't like MY lifestyle. It's mine, not yours.
I don't care if you don't like my parenting. They are MY kids, not yours and guess what? At least they are clean, and listen, and behave. That's more than I can say about some people.
I don't care if you think I have "lost God." You don't know me at all obviously.
I don't care if you think I agree with mom too much, she WILL always be MY mom.
I don't care if you bought a house, a car, a pony, a flying elephant, whatever. Brag to someone else who does care.

So,
CRY ME A RIVER
BUILD A BRIDGE
AND GET THE HECK OVER IT!

I'm done.
I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I have 2 siblings and my parents. That's all I really care about because they care about me. I'm angry. We were not brought up this way and I'm appalled to say that two of you are even part  of this family. You sure don't act like it.
If you feel guilty then you probably are. Maybe you should do something about it. ACT like you have a family instead of pretending you're a part of one.
Okay there it is. Now you know.
The End.

A late night Post

Actually it's morning...
I can't sleep. What else is new?
I'm here at my Grandma's house, my last night here, and I'm sitting up on my air mattress doing my blog at 12:16AM.
Yep, it's called insomnia people. AND IT SUCKS!

We had a pretty relaxing week here in California. Just hung out at Grandma's mostly. I worked a bunch on my cross stitch which is actually coming along! Matty ran around and annoyed everyone like he does and Miss K is a pro at pulling herself up to stand on everything!!
Baby girl is growing up too fast!

Today Yesterday, we went to Underwood Family Farm out in Moorpark. It's near Camarillo where my Grandma Lois lived before she passed away. We have driven past that farm for the past 20 years maybe more and NEVER went in so we did. Matty saw a little cow train as we were passing it so we turned around so he could take a ride. He LOVED it. He also got to pick out his first pumpkin from the pumpkin patch which was so adorable.

I have a meeting with Matty's teacher at the preschool coming up this Monday and K's 9 month doctors appointment on Wednesday so I'll be posting again soon for updates on my little fatty cake and my stinky boy.

Til next time.

Riding the cow train

His first pumpkin!

Jelly Bean

THE cutest little girl you'll ever see!!

Preschool

Mr. Matthew had his speech evaluation this past Wednesday. Turns out he has a problem moving his tongue the way he needs to in order to pronounce words correctly. Normal 3 year olds should have a vocabulary list between 300-500 and Matty has about 150. So I was told he is definitely behind in his speech. Both the teacher and speech therapist told me he is above average in everything else and he is so polite and well behaved. They just loved him. So we were told he qualified for their preschool program which mean he gets the help he needs and its free! We don't have to pay for preschool!! That is some of the best news! (Other than Matty getting the help he needs)

I'm supposed to be contacted by someone at the school to set up his program and meet his teacher. From the paperwork I've read he's supposed to go 4 days a week for 2 and a half hours. I hope I'm right because that will be so great not only for him, but for me too. He'll get the interaction and help he needs and I'll get a 2 and a half hour break from him 4 days a week! Anyone who is a stay home mom I'm sure can sympathize with me in saying I need a break from my child. 

Kourtney is a doll. She just started clapping which is of course the cutest thing ever!!

I really wish I could upload videos because she seriously is so cute. 

She has been pulling herself up more often on the water bottle cases but then she gets stuck and can't figure out how to get down. 

She LOVES balls. Thinks they are just the funniest things in the world. 

I put her in the bath tub with Matthew the other night because I was being lazy and didn't want to do her separately and she LOVED it. Loved to splash and play with Matthew's toys. So Kourtney and Matthew have been bathing together because its easier and they love it. 

Hoping to go to California next week to see Grandma and Berto one more time before Berto moves home! Seriously can't wait to have him back! We are almost done. Only about 3 weeks left!!!!!

Well that's it. Til something else happens!

BATH TIME!!

"MOMMY! PLEASE pick me up!!"

She got caught getting into things she's not supposed to and she just laughed at me! Stinker!

Updates....

I've been slacking again on this poor blog. Life gets in the way... ALL the time!

Nothing much has changes in our household. Berto is still traveling back and forth for work. We only have about a month left of that though and I can't wait for him to be home PERMANENTLY!

So in order to keep from rambling on about a million different things, I'm just going to update on each individual person in the family. Love it or hate it, that's whats happening. :)

Berto:

Like I mentioned before, he is still traveling back and forth from AZ to CA. Cant wait for that to be over with. Life is SO much better when he's around. He's just working like crazy. Nothing much new with him.

Me:

I'm going crazy with a 3 year old that is so desperate for attention he'll do anything (good or bad) to get it. I also have an 8 month who is getting into everything and growing like a weed! These 2 keep me so busy all the time. I have been working non-stop on that cross stitch adventure I started way back in like November. It's coming along ever so slowly. I recently broke my needle AND my hoop so I had to buy a new hoop online just so I could get a good quality one and I had to find another needle. Apparently I have super strength to break both in one day. That's all for me.

Matthew:

Matty probably has the most going on in his little life right now. He just went for a speech evaluation and we were told they would like to have him come back for a one on one evaluation with the speech therapist. (We already knew this was going to happen since he doesn't pronounce his words correctly) But, also while there he failed their vision test. They wouldn't continue to schedule the one on one until we took him to see an eye doctor. We took him and turns out he has an astigmatism which he needs glasses for. So my 3 year old has glasses now. Poor kid didn't have a chance between me and Berto. He goes back for his eval September 12. We are hoping he gets into this program not only so he gets the help he needs but also so he gets some social interaction with kids his own age. HE NEEDS IT SO BADLY!

My dad was also here for the past week and he took Matty fishing. We all went but Matty was the only one to catch a fish which was pretty exciting. It down poured on us for the first 45 minutes which was a little uncomfortable but once the rain let up it was pretty fun.

Kourtney:

Miss K just turned 8 months!! I know I've said it a billion times but I seriously can't believe how fast this year is going. Kourtney is 8 months old people!!
She is sitting by herself and goes into a sitting position from crawling. She eats like a pig. LOVES Vegetables. She is sleeping so much better in her crib. She wears 12 month clothing!! LOVES empty water bottles and anything that crinkles. I'm pretty sure she'll start pulling herself up any day now. We are still waiting for her to hold her own bottle, Lazy little girl. She will hold Matty's sippy cup when she gets a hold of it but she refuses to hold her own bottle. Life would be so much easier if she would. Last time I weighed her she was 17 lbs. This baby girl is chunky!! She still has no hair so no cute bows or anything. She's growing up so fast.

So that's it. We are boring.
I am looking forward to something every month that's left of the year.
October, Berto comes home
November, THANKSGIVING
December, CHRISTMAS!!!!!
I can't wait!

Til next time.

A little girls room....

I have FINALLY finished Kourtney's room!
It's taken me almost 3 months to gather everything but its done.
We have a purple safari room. It has different animal print. I seriously love it. I secretly wish it was my room. No joke.

Couldn't have done it without help from my Grandma so thank you Grandma! :)

K seems to love having all the extra space in her crib. She sleeps better for the most part. I think she may be cold at night which causes her to wake up more often. I got her some warmer pjs so hopefully that will help.

I'm just happy its done and its one more thing off my check list of things that NEED to get done.

Here are some pictures...

Til next time :)

A little update: a birthday, Legoland, etc...

My last post was a smidge depressing...

I'm happy to say that I now KNOW I did the right thing for my sweet Bobbi. I miss her everyday but I realize now just how much she was suffering. I feel a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders now that I don't have to worry about Bobbi.

Moving on...

My birthday was last week.

I am now 25. Boo.

We didn't do much. My mom watched the kiddos and Berto took me to dinner and did a little shopping. He bought me a new computer!! SO excited about it! It's so wonderful to have a computer that works the way its supposed to!

We went to Bj's Brewery for dinner which was so yummy as always and then got caught in the monsoon on the way home. (THAT made my whole day! I LOVE rain!)

It was a pretty fantastic birthday. The best one I've had in a long time.... Probably since my 21st at Disneyland.  :)

My birthday was Friday and then Saturday we left for California. Berto came the whole week of my birthday to visit and we followed him back to California for a week to visit. It was SO nice to spend a whole 2 weeks with the hubby! We haven't spent that much time together since April before we moved back to AZ. I really hate our situation and can't wait for it to be over and have my hubby back FULL time!

On the bright side we get to see my Grandma more often. :)

Matthew has been acting out lately. Hitting the terrible twos a little late maybe? I don't know but my mom and I were talking and thought it would be a good idea for me and Berto to take Matty out and do something with just him. Give him ALL the attention. So we decided to take him to Legoland. We had never been and thought he would really like it. So Tuesday we drove down to Fallbrook, CA and stayed in a hotel overnight and went to Legoland Wednesday. Matty LOVED the hotel. He really enjoyed jumping between our bed and the pull out bed. (He doesn't get to jump on the bed at home so it was a real treat!)

Legoland was fun. Matty really liked it. But the best part are the water rides and we didn't know that, so we wore regular clothes when we really should have worn swimsuits. Our tickets came with a 2nd day free and we are going back in August to see Berto so we're going to take Matty again and wear swimsuits! It'll be a lot more fun.

Baby girl is growing like a weed!

She is officially crawling all over the place and getting into things. 

She is the cutest little girl. SO happy all the time.

My mom found some baby pictures of me and it turns out Miss K is my mini me. No joke.

Check. it. out.

Me on the left and Miss K on the right..... Creepy. Just kidding. But the poor kid got my hair.... I hope it grows faster than mine does.....

And as always I LOVE how funny this kid is when he sleeps. The left he was dead alseep but would not let go of the tablet. Then about 20 minutes later we were listening to music and the song Tonight by Fun came on and he LOVES that song he woke up just enough to sing with it, gave this hilarious face, and went straight back to sleep when the song was over.

OH and now that Matty is completely potty trained we were concerned how he would do on a long car ride. We put a pull up on him just in case but he didn't need it! Made it all the way to California, throughout all of Legoland, and all the way home to AZ without one accident! He's a pro! So proud of my Big boy!!!

So thats it. Nothing exciting is going on. Just back home and hopefully going to be able to relax a little. 

Til next time :)

In Memory of my sweet Bobbi

It's been a sad couple of weeks...
We had to put my sweet cat Bobbi to sleep. She was too sick and suffering. I just couldn't do anything for her.

I went to California about 3 weeks ago and Bobbi was fine. But when I got back I noticed she had lost a ton of weight and wasn't eating. I was worried but thought I would wait and see if maybe she just had a little bug or something. Well, she wasn't eating at all or drinking and then I noticed her urine was brown. So I took her to the vet this past Tuesday, Matty's birthday, and the doctor said without a urine sample or blood work she wouldn't be able to tell me what was wrong. Blood work is WAY too expensive and we tried urine but she didn't have any in her bladder. (Maybe because she hadn't drank anything... duh)
The doctor gave her an injection that would help her if she had a UTI or it would do nothing if she had something else. But she needed urine to be sure. So she sent me home with a syringe and told me to try and get some when she went.
It took a couple days but I finally got some urine and it was still brown so I took it straight to the vet. I have been preparing myself for bad news for a couple weeks but no matter how hard you prepare you never truly are.
My mom happened to ask how much it would be to put her to sleep if there was no chance of helping her and it was surprisingly affordable. (This was a major concern for me, that I would need to put her down and wouldn't be able to afford to)
After we left we waited, and waited, and waited. ALL day long.

I finally got the call from the vet that Bobbi's urine showed she definitely had a UTI but unfortunately she also had really high amounts of bilirubin. This isn't normal for cats at all. Not even a small amount is normal and she apparently had a lot. The doctor said with the amount of bilirubin she was sure there was something wrong with Bobbi's liver. It could be anything from just an infection from her not eating to liver disease to liver cancer. There was no way to tell without blood work. AND even with blood work there is no guarantee that she is treatable or curable.

After speaking with the doctor and my mom and Berto we all came to the conclusion that it was time to let Bobbi go. We all knew she was suffering. She didn't eat, she barely drank, she couldn't always make it to the litter box, she couldn't jump on anything anymore, and when she got up she was so slow and it just looked like she was hurting.

As much as I know it was the right thing to do I find myself wondering if I did the right thing. She was my oldest baby. She would have been 8 years old on July 26. She has been with me through EVERY major event in my life.
Junior and Senior year of high school, prom, my first apartment, getting married, Matthew, Kourtney, moving to California and back.... EVERYTHING.
It hard to imagine my life without her. We've had other pets but she was MY first pet. So it's harder to let go. I know she's just a cat but she was SO important to me.

Call me crazy, I don't really care but I am having her cremated and I am keeping her ashes. She will always be with me.
I found an urn I really like. It's a cat sleeping in a basket and I'm having it engraved to say:
Bobbi
07/26/04-07/09/12
If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever.

The saying is so true. I loved my sweet Bobbi so much and if that was enough it would have saved her.

The day I got Bobbi

August 2004

I miss my kitty and I always will.

We had a lot of really great years together.

I love you Bobbi :)

3 Years, 6 Months

No joke people.
My baby boy has gone from this sweet newborn baby

to a big 3 year old!! I can't believe how time flies! He just turned 3 this past Tuesday. He is so independent. He always want to do everything hinself. He learns everything so fast, it always amazes me how fast he picks things up.
We started potty training just last week and he's already a pro. Wearing big boy underwear out of the house without accidents. He tells us he has to go pee and we take him. Simple as that. I can't believe just how easy it has been. I'm kind of glad we waited a little longer because I think he picked it up easier. He was so ready.
The next big hurdle is getting him to speak more clearly. He knows what he wants and what he wants you to know and do but he has a hard time actually putting it into actual words.We're working on it.
He LOVES all things super heros. Spiderman, Batman, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, and etc...
He also loves Pirates. He prefers Captain Hook and the Crocodile from Peter Pan over the good guys. I think its hilarious. :) OH and he does the funniest face when he tries to mimic the Crocodile because his eyes go up and down as he ticks like a clock. Matty tries to do the same thing. SO funny!
He loves the carousel at the mall and the Disney Store.(It sucks the only Disney store is at Chandler Mall though) He always asks to go there every time we go to the mall.
He LOVES to swim. Hopefully he'll be brave enough soon to swim without the water wings...
We seriously love this little boy and are so happy to have him in our lives!!

He's Spiderman, Captain America, AND Luke Skywalker!!

Miss Kourtney is officially 6 months old!!!

She is the sweetest, happiest baby ever! She is almost crawling.

She getting up on all fours and rocks back and forth. 

She kind of flings herself forward and then gets back up to move

across the room. BUT, she gets across the room. I had  to take 

her day crib bassinet out and move her to the bottom of the day 

crib because she would get up on all fours and start rocking

and I was afraid she was going to rock herself right over the edge.

We finally got Baby K's crib bedding so she'll be moving to her 

own room soon. 

I'm seriously so in love. :)

Purple and animal print. SO excited for when her room is finished!

Kourtney is learning so fast! Not only is she almost crawling, she's also almost sitting!

It's crazy!! It's all happening so fast! She still doesn't want to eat solid food. So she's 

killing us with the formula being so expensive but she's happy! She's getting so chunky!

I just love her cheeks and her fat thighs. We have a doctors appointment in a couple 
weeks so we'll find out how much both kiddos weigh and how tall they are. I'm kind of excited! We are having Matthew's party on Saturday. Nothing big, just the family this year. I'll update about his party. Hopefully I'll remember to take pictures!
Anywho.... It's really late and I'm tired so here are some pics from the 4th of July and Kourtney's first carousel ride. I have other pics from Matthew's birthday I need to upload. Maybe when I do his birthday party post...