Dax's birthday weekend

Easton was super excited since Papa Chuck and Grandma Janelle were coming into town to help celebrate Dax's 1st birthday. It ended up being a nice weekend and we got to do a lot of hanging out with the grandparents. Ace even climbed the entire basement states for the first time...time to put up the baby gates I guess. Jesse was out of town for Mike and Jesse's wedding so we basically hung out at Steph and Ben's house most of the weekend. The weather was nice so we were able to go to the park and play outside. Dax had a really good 1st birthday...didn't know what to think about the cake but eventually he started digging his little fingers in it. Great weekend spent with family.

Early Mornings

Ace for some reason has been waking up really early these last couple of mornings. 5:30am comes really early even though my alarm goes off 10 minutes after he wakes up. Normally I would just let him cry but when I do that he tends to wake Easton up and well..that's not a good thing. I have caved and have started giving him a bottle where he'll eat and then go back to sleep. I don't like to get into that habit but if it makes him happy and gets him to go back to sleep...well it's worth it then. He's normally been really good about sleeping in unless he's not feeling good. I guess I can not complain when it comes to our boys sleeping all night long and sleeping in in the mornings

Iowa vs Iowa State

Today was the big game. Iowa vs Iowa state football. We dressed both of the boys in Hawkeye gear...Easton right now is loving everything Hawkeye..it's all he wants to wear these days. I did mohawks to both of the boys hair..it was really cute. The kids had a great time playing with all their friends at Glen and Sara's house. It was a fun get together. Only downfall is that Easton ended up getting sick during the night. Threw up twice actually . First time he's actually thrown up. Felt so bad for the little guy...he had no clue what was happening. Luckily we were able to stay home all day and let him rest and get better before daycare the next morning

Ace - 8 Months

Church Festival

Church festival today...bouncy houses, lunch, face painting, dunk tank and arts and crafts. Boys had a lot of fun. Was pretty warm outside. The sun definitely made the bouncy slide really warm. Ace definitely was not fond of it. Easton had a pretty good time and he even got to play at the dunk tank.

Drive in Theater

I enjoy doing things as a family. Tonight Jesse suggested at the last minute to go down to Newton to the drive in theater. I was all up for it. The weather was perfect and they were showing Planes and Despicable Me 2. Perfect movies for Easton. Jesse and I haven't been to the drive in since I was pregnant with Easton. Crazy how that's already been 3 years. Johan and Julie decided to take in the festivities with us. Johan drove his truck so we were able to sit in the bed of his truck and watch the movie. Easton even made new friends right beside us. Another family brought their 3 year old little boy and 15 month old little girl. They had the perfect set up...a blow up matress in the back of their pickup...equipped with snacks and everything. Easton loved it and actually sat with them for half of the first movie. After a while he was kind of getting a little bored so we had him sit back with us since he was up and moving around. The only draw back to the movie night is that Easton accidentally pooped his pants and he got a bloody nose somehow...not sure where the bloody nose came from...thankfully i had extra underwear and pants for him. Jesse just through his soiled underwear in the bean field..lol...

The night was perfect and both boys were great. Ace wasn't even fussy and actually did go to sleep while we were in the middle of the second movie. We didn't stay for the entire second movie just because it was getting late. Overall the night was fun and we'll definitely have to do it again next summer.

Grandma Brenda in Town

I orginally had taken Thursday and Friday off since Vicky was on vacation due to her daughter getting married. Instead of taking the time off i did ask Angie if she could watch the boys. She was able to but then come to find out that Brenda's hours were cut back at work. I'd rather have the boys spend time with their grandma then with another provider. We asked Brenda to come down to watch the boys Thursday and Friday. The boys had a blast. The weather was a little warm but that didn't keep them from playing outside and having fun. It's such a great feeling knowing your babies are in the safest hands possible other than your own. I was so thankful that they got to spend these two days with their Grandma Brenda. I did end up leaving early Friday so Brenda could get on the road sooner since i know how she doesn't like driving in city traffic. Easton was sad to see her go. Love how he loves his grandparents

Ace and his fussyness

Poor little Ace has just not been having the best days at daycare. He's like a roller coaster. One day will be perfect and then the next day a complete cry fest. Just saddens me when Vicky tells me he's been crying all day. Most of the time he'll cry himself to sleep if he's being super fussy with her. Just hate the fact that he has to be constantly put to bed if he's having a bad day. I know what it's like when he's super fussy and I too put him to bed and he'll fuss himself to sleep. Just wish we knew if he was in pain or getting teeth. I'm tired of always blaming his fussyness on his teeth. He so far hasn't had any pop through nor does it look like any is to pop through. Guess this faze shall too pass but it's so hard to find out that he's been so fussy all day long. Poor guy.....