Cute pictures of the kids

Andy sick

Oh man. It is so hard to know what to do with a little guy when they are sick. Doctor, daycare, staying home from work, going out?, urgent care?, a prescription with one pill that we crushed up in food that he spit out, brother having a bad cold too and not happy about eating supper, a lot of crying because I can't help both kids at once, over an hour drive anywhere we go because of broken roads and traffic, trying to remain positive....






And just because the other videos are sad...a happy video from 2 weeks ago:

Broncos Game vs. Ravens

Andy learns to count to 3

They told me that is what they focused on at preschool this week. I didn't think he could do that, but then I started trying it with him.

Andy 15 months Jay 3

Not a detailed post, but I have only been posting pictures lately and I want to remember this stuff too...

Andy says: Mama Dada All Duuh (all done) Moorrr (more) nana (banana) neee (cheese) baba (bottle) duu, duu, duu (duck, duck, duck (and then he just runs fast on goose) buhh buhh (bubbles) aaay (Jay) Uhhk uhhk (truck) Roar (anytime he sees a dinosaur, lion, bear, or sometimes puppies) Eats everything, but really likes chicken and bananas (not together). He throws food when he is not excited about eating. He would eat a banana a day if he could and sometimes he does. Loves his blankie, but we lost one so now he loves his hippo too. Sleeps 1 1/2 to 2 hours sometime after 11am. One nap per day. Has cried most days when dropped of at daycare, but it is very normal for that age...and he does the same thing when I leave to go to the grocery store. He loves giving and getting hugs way more than Jay ever did.

Jay says: He really has great language skills and has great conversations with us. He also points to EVERY train and yells "TRAIN" until we acknowledge that we see it. It is so fun to hear him discover new things. Today we saw a "hot balloon" which I corrected to a "hot air balloon" and he talked about how Thomas the train saw one. Yesterday he took the paper towel roll along as a "telescope" which he learned from watching the one Daniel Tiger episode we have on his leap pad. There are a few things that we have tried correcting and it isn't sticking, but when he says these words I still smile because I love that he is still a little kid and he says everything else so well. Canola bars (granola bars) Grils (girls) golf horse (golf course) strawbies (strawberries) "Mom do you like beer?" "Is that drink for dults?" "I'm getting big so now I like (certain foods)" "I wanna watch a daddy video then a Jay video then a daddy video then a Jay video..." (usually talking about a football clip from NFL.com and a youtube clip of Thomas the Train. Jay eats "very little" (which was yesterday's report from preschool). He has always been a super picky eater, but this week we have made him eat chicken, potatoes, carrots, chicken quesadillas and other foods that he would normally leave on his plate. His favorite foods are anything with sugar, and crackers or cheese-its. He eats fruit very well too. He is enjoying games lately. He has been at Amazing Athletes the last few weeks and has done awesome learning sports. I taught him "Red light, Green light" last night and it was a huge hit! Maybe I'll get a chance to add more tomorrow night:)

A Few Videos from August so far...

I found this awesome list of things to do over the summer, and I realized Jay and I had done a lot of them. It inspired me to do a few more before I go back to work next week:

First, we hadn't done a science experiment...so I settled on Diet Coke and mentos. Then of course there was the clean-up. We're all pretty excited about the new Planes movie coming out: Did you hear Andy say "crop hopper"? And, something I'm excited about...but it is also going to make things interesting... Andy learned to say "more" :) He typically doesn't always need more of what he wants.

Andy's room is GREEN

We decided to paint Andy's room kind of a lime green because It would look awesome, and because the room I had when we were dating was that color and we both liked it. The shade we went with isn't super bright, but it still looks great. It matches the theme I have from his nursery (Music nursery). It actually looks more yellowish in the pictures, but once you are in the room it looks a lot more green. We bought him a dresser....Yippee! I was getting sick of putting all his clothes in little baskets underneath the changing table. The black contrasts with the green wall very well. Some of the sayings I found on Pintrest and framed are looking great in the space. We plan on getting him a big boy bed with a black headboard to match the colors of the room, but he isn't quite ready for that yet. He also has a shelf on the bookshelf with a "Very Hungry Caterpillar" Theme, and he loves to pull off those toys and play with them. Here is the link to his old "music nursery" Here are some pictures of what we have so far... What do you think?