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I have taken to a hand written journal. Well, I HAD taken to a handwritten journal. Now its a sticky with notes of what to remember to journal about. I'm hoping to update both more frequently.

The rundown :) : Dylan is definitely pee trained. Poo and night training have yet to be conquered. It really didn't take him long at all.
Jackson still is not actually crawling. He sure does manage to get around though. I'm wondering if he will be like aunt Jessi, and go straight to walking. We'll see.
I have started a cloth diaper making/selling business. Between that, taking care of the boys and working, life is crazy. It's a lot of fun though. I have mainly been doing fleece soakers because I keep using up all my bamboo for Jackson. And I never get as much out of the yardage as I would hope. I ordered some tshirts to make embellished tees to go with the soakers. I hope people love them! Link-> Bubbylicious Creations

Good night!
Heather

Week 3: Late

Maybe you guys will let me cheat :)

Not a lot has been going on here. We had to hide the cars DVD... and traded it for Madagascar. That's ok with me! Plus the way Dylan says it is hilarious. We got Madagascar 2 today and I haven't gotten to watch the whole thing yet, but it's pretty funny. Cars has since made it back into his DVD basket, but he has only asked for it once. Whew!

We got Dylan some new fish for his tank. The others were big and didn't do much. Now he has a bunch of "little tiny fellas" and they are "so tiny and cute"

Tonight I said, I love you baby, and he said "Me love you too mommy baby."

Jackson was doing GREAT on soy. Until he got extremely backed up. I won't go into detail but it was hard on all of us. I think we took care of it and are adding an ounce of apple prune juice to each bottle. *fingers crossed kids!* This poor little guy deserves a break.

I left him upstairs on a blanket and when I came back up from switching the laundry, he was wrapped up in it. Not his head, but he was trying to eat it so much that he rolled himself multiple times. All I could do was laugh and take a picture. He was not impressed. He's gotten a late start but he's doing well and our next project to conquer is sitting!

damn.

I failed the challenge.

Nothing like waiting for the last 45 minutes!

Well, I have 45 minutes left in week two..

We have been having a lot of fun around here. That's the reason this has been taking me so long!

Wednesday Mom took Jackson for the day and Dylan and I had a blast! We played outside on the snow. Yes I said on not in. It was packed and had a thin layer of ice, so I could run on it and not sink in. Dylan just kinda ran around with me. He was so cute all bundled up in his gear.
We came inside and were going to meet Karen and Jayden at the mall. So I went to shower and he refused to take his gear off. I got out and went to check on him. He was half sitting half laying on the floor watching tv looking a little distressed. I asked him what was wrong. "I can't get up." LOL! It wasn't as bad as Christmas Story, but close.
So we FINALLY are ready and he doesn't want his coat on. I asked him if he was going to come with mommy-"I *think* so" :)
He wants to put money in the train at the mall. I told him we had to go tell Jayden so he could come watch it with us. What does he do? He yells across the mall "Jayden we're gonna start the train!"

I came home from work the other night and the tv is very quite. Dylan comes running to the top of the stairs and whispers, "I'm being quiet"

He started answering his own questions with "I don't know"

Jackson has been doing great. Thursday we started weaning him from Alimentum to soy and he is doing so good! He only throws up about once a day now! Woo hoo! We are hoping this will be the answer and we can start weaning him off Prevacid soon! Yay!

Oh, Dylan also became an artist this week! Lets see if I can figure out how to post pics...
A puppy


A rocket ship on the bottom, another one in the works on the top. the scribbles will be it blasting off (his words)


People


Do you see it?!?!?

Here we go, Week #1

A few online friends and I are doing a blog challenge. Every week, we post about what has been going on, and what is to come in the week ahead. I think it's a pretty good idea. I laugh my bottom off most days, but getting time to come downstairs and post about it is another story.

Now to rack my brain to remember all the funnies :)

The other day, Dylan and I were coloring in the living room, Jackson was sleeping and the ice machine dumped the ice into the bin in the freezer. Dylan gasped, looked up at me and said "refriderader POOPED mommy!!" And started laughing hysterically.

Somewhere along the line, he started saying "sure can!" He asks for a banana, I ask if I can have a bite. "Sure can" Then I peel it, take a bite, give it to him and he says "tank fu mommy." Awww...

Yesterday, he was chasing Hannah around, squealing and screaming the whole time. He did this for AT LEAST 45 minutes. It was so cute.

He also watched Bob the Builder for the first time in a long time yesterday. Later he was running around screaming "can we fix it? YEAH!!" over and over again. He gets SO excited about things. It's so cute.

Jackson is doing pretty good. We tried to start the wean process, off of Alimentum, to regular formula... big mistake. I only did it for 3 bottles, put 1 oz Similac in with 5 oz Alimentum, but he didn't take it well. He is still not back to being himself yet. It has been a little over a week and they say it can take up to 2 weeks for the milk proteins to get out of his little body. So I guess we will see how he is next week and may need to see Dr. D at the U again. Although we have an appt with Dr. T in a couple weeks for his 6 month check. I'll just have to see how it goes.

Yesterday, Dylan was down for a nap, so Jackson ad I were playing. (Since the boys quit napping at the same time...thanks guys!) I don't know that I have heard him laugh so hard. Everything I did was funny. I sat him on my shoulders and he grabbed my hair and thought it was so hilarious. I sat him on the couch and laid my head in his lap! SO funny! Then I was facing him and when he put his hand on my face, I pretended to take a bite. Chomp! He could barely handle it!

I know there were a couple more, but I'll have to come back with them!

A few days of Funny

A couple days ago, I was watching my cousin's girls. The 6 year old brought snacks and juice boxes for her and Dylan to share. He started drinking his apple juice box and said "mmmm, mmm, BE-licious!" :)

Today they were watching tv and there was an alien in the story. She said "Ewwwww, disgusting!!!" He ran around screaming "EWWWW, becusing!" over and over again :)

Dylan got one of those circular chairs, with Lightning McQueen on it. Jackson loves it. He was sitting in there smiling for about 15 min today!

I had to go to get a cavity filled a couple days ago. Dylan wanted to go to the dentist too. Poor guy. So I spoke with them and when I go back in July, he can come too. We'll see how he feels about it then.

Oh goodness

We were sitting on the couch tonight, I was feeding Jackson and Dylan was coloring next to me.

He draws a big ovalish thing, puts is finger to his cheek with marker under his chin and say "hmmmm, what's missing?.... Oh YES! A tail!" and draws a little squiggle on the bottom of one side of the "oval" Seriously, this kid freaking amazes me!

He was trying to tell me something in the car the other day, and I couldn't understand him, so I turned the radio down. He yelled "Turn the radio up mommy!" Well, then. Sorry.

Speaking of sorry, he apologizes a lot. He'll bump me and say, "Op, Sorry mommy!"

And of course, bath time brings a new Lemonade phrase.."One Lemonade, coming right up!"

I know he's just repeating what he hears but he is so funny when he pretends or uses it in the correct context.

My all time favorite... "me love you Mommy!"

Jackson's a daddy's boy. I guess that's ok... it is just amazing watching them laugh together though. :)

I don't know why..

...Bath time is so fun! Maybe it's because it's just Dylan and I and he has my undivided attention.
Tonight we were playing with his "shovels" and there is one with holes it it like a shower. So I hold it up, and he holds another under it, tonight he was saying "it's a rainy Saturday" (only it was sintaday). It cracks me up when he uses the days of the weeks. A couple weeks ago, (and I don't remember what we were going to do) he kept saying "no, do it Sunday" We kept telling him it WAS Sunday... ah, well.
I was changing Jackson's diaper, and Dylan was on the bed coloring. All of a sudden he said " I love Hawaii BECAUUUUSE.." and then mumbled something I couldn't figure out. He said because!! It was so funny.
Back to Jackson and diapers. He was in such a good mood today, every time I changed him, He would laugh and smile. He would roll around on his changing table and talk. It was so cute and he was so happy, I would put his laundry away or his diapers, or whatever and let him lay there, having a grand old time, but he peed...about three times each time he was up there. Oops :)

Fun Weekend

This weekend we went to Ames for our last Christmas of the season.

We played games and ate alot! Dylan ran around impressing everyone with how awesome he is :)

Jackson did really well too. Both boys were extremely tired and didn't get to bed til late, but they did great under the circumstances.

Dylan was so tired, we came home and were watching wonder Pets and he fell asleep leaning on my arm. I had a hard time deciding if 630 was too early for bed, or if I should wake him. He went to bed just fine, but woke up a couple of times. He was so tired when I was rocking him, he could barely say "me love you too mommy" but he did :)

After Jackson got a substantial nap on the way home, he was laughing and giggling. I put him in the Jumperoo for awhile. He still is learning what it does, but he was really interested in the animals. I realized tonight his head is as big as his torso. He has a hard time holding it up for long periods of time, but he's getting better. Plus, he like to eat the seat cover. :)

Oh another thing from Dylan's bath last time, he was splashing like crazy, and the bubbles were gone, but you know, the white soapy layer on the water, after it gets all mixed up, it was swirling around and he yells, " LOOK mommy! The Milky Way!" I'm telling you, tv is making that kid a genius!

More bath time Lemonade

"Pour a cup of Lemonade!" :)

Then he mixes his bathwater around saying he's making Lemonade.


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Go Hawkeyes!

Today, the Hawks played in the Outback Bowl. Dylan and Jackson went to Grandma's to stay and we went out with some friends to watch the game. Hawks won 31-10! Yep, Mama Smiled!

Didn't get to see much of the boys today :( They got up and we left, then Grandma didn't give them up until 730. We had a ton of fun watching the game and Mama got a 3 hour nap!
Dylan did talk to me on the phone and he was so cute. He was using his sweet high pitched voice, saying "Hi Mommy!" You know,like the voice you would use if you were talking to a baby.
Then I went to pick him up and he was so excited to see me! I was surprised, usually he is all about Grandma and Jessi. Mom said he said to her, "Mommy and Daddy come get us"

Jackie was his happy little self tonight. I am so glad he is doing better and is getting such a cute little personality. We just got to hang out on the couch after Dylan went to bed talking and laughing. Then I wrapped him up, gave him is bottle and he was out. So out he was sleeping with his mouth hanging open. :)