Boys are growing up so fast

My baby is getting so big. I cannot believe he is already almost 8 months old. Crazy how time flys. He has grown into such a little cutie with a big personality. When he is mad you know he is mad. His schrill could break glass. He loves crawling all over to get toys..smiles at everything and anything...not afraid of strangers....loves being held....hates being left alone.

Easton especially loves on his brother..not only giving him hugs and kisses but also tackling him to the ground and trying to play with him. We constantly have to remind him to be gentle with him since he is just a little guy. One of these days Ace is going to grow up to be bigger than Easton and he'll get his chance then to beat up on him for a change.

We have such cute little boys. Who would of thought we'd produce such amazing little guys with such lovable personalitys. Love them to death!

I-cubs game

First I-Cubs game for us as a family. My work was kind enough to schedule a work outing..they gave us free tickets and 10 dollars in cubby dollars. The weather was perfect. Jesse decided to invite his co-worker as well. We ended up sitting in Interstate Batteries seats instead of with my work. Seats were better. Ace lasted as long as he could. Easton loved playing in the fountains. Around 8:00 Ace started falling apart and just crying...of course it was his bedtime so he was extremely tired and didn't get a nap after daycare. We ended up leaving the game early since he was so fussy. Overall it was a pretty good night and the weather was beautiful

Easton - Potty Training/Trained

I can not believe it...Easton is finally ready to be potty trained. We haven't been really working with him on the whole potty training. Just asking him now and then if he wants to use the big boy potty. Sometimes he says yes and sometimes he says no....we don't push the issue. I keep telling him though that when he turns 3 that diapers will be going away...i'm not sure if he understands that but he'll say it back to me when i ask him what happens when he turns 3.

Friday morning....August 2nd....i had the day off to go garage saling. I woke Easton up and all of a sudden he wanted to be a big boy and wear big boy underwear and go in the big boy potty. From this morning on we have not looked back. He has done exceptionally well. No accidents at daycare other than one poopy pants. Does not pee at naptime...always goes when Vicky tells him...He has done so well at home as well. We do have to ask him if he needs to go..he hasn't quite gotten down him knowing when he needs to go. He has had a couple of accidents at home but that is just because he's playing to hard outside and forgets to go. He'll go on the driveway and immediately tell us that he peed on the driveway and that he's dirty. He did have an accident when we were just about ready to get in the car for church. He had pooped his pants..thankfully he hadn't done it in the nursery. Other than that...he is doing so well. I am so thankful that this process hasn't been all that hard. He even goes poopy in the potty now with out telling us. He's becoming such a big boy. One time he did try and stand up like daddy and got pee EVERYWHERE..even on the walls....and his cousins have now taught him that it's ok to pee outside in the grass...too funny....I can finally say....our little guy is potty trained....he's now ready for preschool since you have to be potty trained before you go off to school. So proud of him :) He does love his treats though every time he goes :)

Back up Daycare Provider

Finally found a great back up day care provider referred to us by Vicky..our current daycare provider. Vicky took one of her vacation days and I didn't want to take vacation nor did Jesse so we decided to call Angie and ask her if she could watch the boys. I dropped the boys off in the morning..they were a little skiddish at first but warmed right up when they seen all the toys. Angie texted me through out the day to let me know how they were doing. They were great she stated. Makes a momma proud knowing her boys are being well behaved for strangers. I had to leave Easton's car seat due to Angie transporting to and from school. Everything worked out great. The boys loved it there and they both were really good for her. I was kind of nervous about Ace but he did awesome. Easton didn't even want to leave when i came to pick him up. I literally had to carry him out crying..poor guy...he had a lot of fun with his new friends and new toys. At least now i have a reliable back up daycare provider who i can trust and who the boys have a good time with.

Lowered Crib

Finally lowered Ace's crib tonight. He has begun learning how to pull himself up in his bed. I could forsee an accident waiting to happen. The little pickle will just stand there and give you the biggest smile ever when you walk into the room. I figured it was coming soon....just reminds me that my little baby is growing up and soon he'll be walking. Wish time would slow down a bit so I can enjoy him as a baby that much longer.

Friends Get Together

Had the girls and their families over for some pictures. Sara and Katie have been wanting me to take pictures of their little girls. I was super excited since i'm so used to taking pictures of little boys. Girls would be some what of a change for me. They provided dinner while I took their pictures. Some of them turned out super cute. Sara even brought balloons over so we could get some with Emma for her birthday invitation. It definitely is harder to take pictures of older babies since they want to crawl everywhere. We did get some good ones and had fun. Matt and Ashley were in town so they stopped by as well as did Ben and Johan and Julie. It was good having a little get together and the weather was perfect for a night outside doing a bonfire. After everyone left...Ben and Jesse and I stayed outside for a little while. After I went to bed they decided to go up to the neighbors and have a good time with them..too good of a time i'd say since they didn't get back home till after 3. Apparently they make moonshine up there....Jesse said never again..lol...

Iowa State Fair 2013

Iowa State fair is finally here. Seems like everyone waits for this time of year. Honestly i do not think there is anything special about the fair. Don't get me wrong..i love going for the foods on a stick. This year I didn't even get to have my usual corn dog. I opted for the Gyro instead. Me and the boys only attended the fair once this year. We always come the night before the tracter pull since Jesse takes the day off for the tractor pull. This year he decided against staying in the camper. We met Johan and Julie there as well as Katie, Luke and the girls. Ended up just walking around for a bit...seeing the animals...getting our cookies like we do every year and then hanging out at the camper for a while. Jesse this year did take Easton on the Sky line that goes across the fair grounds. He loved that. The weather this year for the fair was amazing. Coolest year yet since i've been. Most years it's so unbearably hot that you don't want to walk around for hours...this year was amazing...it was almost too cool for Ace. He could of had pants and a light jacket with the breeze. Overall the fair was the fair...same o'l same o'l....

Ace - 7 Months

Ace 7 Months

Ace 7-8 months. August 11-September 11

          1.) 8/11 - Ace is crawling...taking a couple of steps at a time
          2.) 8/13 - family outing to the Iowa State Fair
          3.) 8/17 - Friends came over for pictures/dinner/bonfire/get together
          4.) 8/18-7/20 - Ace starting to wake up during the night. Not sure if it's his teeth or not but no signs of them yet
          5.) 8/18 - lowered crib since Ace can now pull himself up when he's in the crib
          6.) 8/21 - boys visited back up daycare - Angie - Ace did awesome and so did Easton. Easton didn't want to leave - had to literally carry him out
          7.) 8/25 Ace started to growl at things - cutest thing
          8.) 8/27 Ace tried puffs for the first time and yogurt bites - loved them
          9.) 8/29 First I cubs game of the summer - both boys did great
        10.) 8/31 Ace fussy all day long - nothing consoled him
        11.) 9/02 Ace fussy again all day - slept most of the day away.
        12.) 9/03 Family walk around the neighborhood. Ace loved being in the wagon while Easton pulled.
13.) 9/6 Grandma Brenda down to watch the boys. Boys did so well for Grandma. Ace pulling himself up in his crib
14.) 9/7 Boys first drive in movie. Jesse took us to see Airplanes and Despicable 2. Boys did great and Easton loved it. He found a friend and joined them in the bed of their truck since they had a blow up bed and snacks. He did accidentally go poop in his underwear and had a bloody nose..poor guy...we ended up leaving during the middle of the second movie. Johan and Julie even joined us
15.) 9/8 Altoona United Methodist church festival. Easton had a good time doing the inflatables and the slide
16.) 9/9 Ace had a rather rough day at daycare and Easton had a rough night. He was sent to bed early. Not looking forward to these terrible two stages
17.) 9/10 Mindy's house for a play date and making home made pizza

Sleeping Patterns: wakes up in the middle of the night starving. Have started giving him cereal before bed which seems to satisfy him till morning
Feeding Schedule: loves table foods. Gets mad if he sees someone eating and he's not getting any. Not liking his formula as much. Loves yogurt bites, cheetos and mum mums
Sounds and Motions: smacking his lips, blowing bubbles
likes: greek yogurt, bananas, balls, pulling himself up on the gate
dislikes: not getting to eat people food,Easton tackling him
toys: balloons, matchbox cars, pushing Easton's lighting mcqueen and Mator and big trucks
learning: continueing to pull self up, trying to take steps with lion

Blanks Park Zoo and Splash park

Since the weather was so nice and Jesse had plans on brewing beer all day...the boys and I headed out to meet Steph R and Abram at the zoo. We haven't been to the zoo this year yet and Easton was so excited to see all the animals. Couldn't of asked for a better day/weather. It wasn't too awefully hot or cold..perfect. Both Abram and Easton did so well and had a ton of fun. Ace even did really well just being in the stroller for a couple of hours. Easton was able to feed the parakeets and ride a camel. Normally i wouldn't pay to ride the camel just because it's 5 dollars a person for only seconds on the camel but i decided to cave and give in. We actually ran into my sister's family and Bens parents. They were in town for the weekend so they took the whole family to the zoo. Easton was super excited to see them. He wanted to go with them the whole time but I told him that he gets to see Grady and Jace all the time..never Abram. After we seen the whole zoo we decided to take the boys to the splash pad. We first went home to Stephs house for a while so the boys could take some naps. Only her little guy was able to take a nap. Both my boys slept in the car on the way over to Stephs but then wouldn't go back to sleep when we got there. After about an hour Abram woke up and we headed to the splash pad. It was perfect. Not too many people were there and it was just enough for Easton to play in. Abram you can tell will definitely be a water baby/boy...he loved the water. Ace wasn't too sure...he's just not into the cold water yet. It ended up being a long day and we didn't get home till after 4. Overall the boys and i had a great time spending the day with Steph and Abram. Tonight....Julie and Johan came over for dinner. Easton loves getting to hang out with Johan..he's always asking to go and see him

Ace's first cold

Poor Ace developed his very first cold today. Several of the kids at daycare have been having runny noses and coughing so of course little Ace would caught the same thing. poor guy just isn't doing well at daycare or sleeping well with being sick. Hopefully he gets over it pretty quick and back to normal.

Henningson Reunion

Henningson family reunion is today. It is always the first Sunday in August. We try and make it back every year just so we can see people who we haven't seen i a while. Normally Jason and his family come as well but this year decided against making the trip. Easton usually has a lot of fun playing with his cousins but this year he really didn't know anyone so it took him quite a bit of time to warm up to running around with all the little kids. We got to Denison around noon and headed over to the renunion. We didn't stay too long. Was able to see Grandma and Grandpa Henningson and see Grandma Brenda and Aunt Paige. It's been a while since everyone has seen Ace..he definitely has grown since the last time we were in town. After the reunion we headed over to Amy's dads house to pick some fresh farm grown vegetables from the garden. We got sweet corn, green peppers, onions and cucumbers. Fresh grown vegetables are always way better than store boughten. Since we took Easton's 9 month pictures at the state park there in Denison I wanted to head back over there to get some pictures of Ace on the same bridge. I actually was able to get a couple good ones of both the boys together. Easton would do anything for a piece of candy....including taking pictures. Crazy boy. After pictures we had a good time playing in the water with Grandma Brenda and Aunt Paige and Tyler. Easton had a great time splashing grandma and paige. Ace didn't think the water was all that great....probably because it was too cold. Since it was getting late and we still wanted to stop and see Tom and Marla...we said our goodbyes and headed over to their house for dinner and some chatting. We didn't leave Denison until after 7. Thankfully Ace slept the whole way and Easton watched movies the whole way home. Ended up being a great day. The weather was perfect :)