cuddle bug

Charlie is my serious kid and has been that way since birth. Always independent and only needs to cuddle with us if there is a major boo-boo...I love that God makes each kiddo different and their own person! I love that I am getting to experience a different baby..each is great and wonderful, but I enjoy that Easton is so far his own person and not a duplicate of Charlie...which, lets be honest..it would be a bit difficult to create a repeat since they come from different mama's, but you get my point!!

I love that this time around I make a point to let Easton cuddle and not be the sleep nazi I was the first time around and insist that he be in his bed to sleep..I did not want Charlie to only be able to sleep in someones arms..not worry that is not a problem! The problem is that he can ONLY sleep in a bed!! We made some changes and Easton is put to be in different places all the time..one of them being my arms! right after his bedtime bottle..can you tell he is milk drunk!

Cant get enough of that smile!!

Amber was kind enough to stand over Easton and just wait for him to smile..luckily she did not have to wait long!! I cant get enough of this smile..when Charlie was a baby we had to WORK for every smile and we had to work hard for them...he was such a serious baby! Not Easton, you walk into his room after a nap or talk to him after he eats and is all smiles!! I love that he finally feels good enough to smile!!

Bath time

My boys get baths almost every night..some nights they desperately need it, some nights I desperately need it. It our wind down time, fun play time and sometimes, the only really good alone time I get with the boys. There are less pictures this time around with Easton..I try to take pictures because I get caught up in "keeping everything even" with the boys...but it's just not happening. With Charlie, I was home alone with him and basically just sat and stared at him and had a camera in my hands for the first year. With Easton...sit, whats that??? But bath time, it's usually just me and him..so I seem to get a lot of photos at bath time..at least when he grows up he will know we kept him clean!! Only a grandparent could love all these photos..cause all 10 look pretty much look the same, but since changing to EleCare..he is changing soooo much. Now that he is actually absorbing his food, he is gaining weight and changing like crazy. There have been days where he looks visibly different from one day to the next and I love it!! He looks healthy to me and not quite like a skinny old man!! I will get up soon some photos that Amber took last night..we finally got him smiling like crazy and its the greatest thing ever!!

Momma's boy

I love this photo editing!!..I feel the need to actually say.."no, that is not really on his skin..it's all computer generated...I'm not that bad!""

Potty training

So, I do not have the energy needed to type out how I feel about potty training...but it was not something I ever intended to do with a 1 month old...but Charlie asked when Easton was 2 weeks old and I managed to hold him off until Easton was a month old. Charlie is sleeping through the night and naps without accidents and we can go all day without accidents..as long as we are not playing with all the cousins on my side..with them, he just cannot help but have an accident. So, any tips for being accident free while playing with friends would be great!

This below was all him..we were outside with him, but clearly not watching him well enough! I looked over and caught him peeing right into Papa's pond!! This may have been the first time I ever saw him stand and pee...hey, at least he did not have a accident!!

Muscle Shirt

So, Easton has been getting gifts since he was born and Charlie still has a hard time wrapping his brain around that..he may or may not have asked a visitor when they came where his gift was..I could have died!!! So, last Sunday at church Easton got a gift and Charlie insisted it was his! We let him open it and it was a 0-3 mo onesie..and Charlie persisted to tell us it was his shirt and then insisted we put it on him..by no means did it actually snap, but I tucked it and I was surprised that it looked liked it did. Charlie has been in 3T for about 6 months now and I assumed that the 0-3 mo shirt would go all Hulk on me..guess not!! This was at the end of the pictures..inevitably the finger come out and I hear "no more pictures mommy..your frustrating me"..for real???? I thought I had at least 10 more years till that happened!!

Check out those muscles!

love that mischievous smile!

Heart murmer..check

Even though my boys come from different mama's, they wanted to keep things similar for me and make sure things flowed well from one boy to the next..what one did..so has the other!! I took this picture of Easton so I could stick a matching one of Charlie up next to it....but for the life of me I cannot find that picture of Charlie!! The Cardiology visit went well and unlike Charlie we don't even have to go back..she said he had an innocent murmer!!

If I thought Charlie had us to the Dr a lot..I was surprised to find that Easton has had us there even more..I think today may be our 7th or 8th Dr visit..up today..swollen lymph nodes..will the fun ever end!!!

boys

So, for my moms mothers day I made this cool picture thing that I saw at Canton..it was one of those , "I can do that" and I totally could, it just only saved me $3!! But, the ones I made after that were much cheaper..just had to get the initial stuff!! So, I get it made and then the sister-in-law...who shall remain nameless... suggest filling it with new group shots of all 9 and updated family shots of the kids....this would be my mom's perfect mothers day gift..but nine kids???? Well, it went better then I thought it would. Take note, I did not say that it went great or even good..but, we got the job done!! Here are the ones of my boys ..btw..after the formula change and since he is now 6 weeks..Easton has been smiling like crazy..I just need to get it on camera now!

Mothers Day photos

So, some of these..only a grandmother could love!!!
This was how most turned out..one or two kids were not looking..or just looked rough!

What can I say..there were ducks behind us..my child thought they were more interesting!

still not looking!!

So, we sat them down and they start complaining that "ouch, this hurts". We check the ground and there are no stickers. Someone may have told the kids to suck it up and not to complain..it was just Amber and I there and it wasn't me, but whoever said it shall remain nameless... Amber checked the ground again..no stickers. Someone tossed out a "hush and be quiet and stop whining" and then proceeded to kick off her shoes to start snapping some photos..and proceeded to step in the "not stickers, but dang they hurt things"...I thinks they kids may have enjoyed her pain a little to much!!