Weekly Blogdate

It's that time again, time to dump all the pictures from the past week. 

 This boy loves food. 

 Our bedroom is getting a little makeover. Daddy mounted the TV on the wall with some of the towns finest helping hands.

 Ellie lays outside of Brecken's room like this often because they are pretty good pals.

 The first weekend in March we went to Mommycon in Chicago.  It is a big gathering for mom's with all kinds of vendors (cloth diapers, organic foods, natural baby products) and seminars.  Chesney and Mackston hung out with me and Daddy took Brecken to a lego store and sports store. 

 

 

 We had so much fun and Chesney even asked if we could go back next year.  Why yes we can Chesney, yes we can!

 

 Chesney has this secret little talent of painting faces.  She loves to paint our faces and her own.  She painted her face the other day and included a heart on her chest.

 What is this thing and what do you do with it?

 Got it mom!

 Spring weather means lots of outside play and walks.

 

 

 

 

And it also means golf which makes one little boy and his daddy very happy.

 

 

 Tuesdays we have swimming lessons.  Brecken's class is first and then I swim with Mackston.  We never get pictures of the two of us swimming, but one day last week, Brecken used my phone to snap a few (hundred) pictures.

 

 Just checking out the neighborhood.

 My mail delivery guy.

 Someone had a snack outside, can you tell.

 

Mackston will eat pretty much everything.  In fact, he ate a hamburger last week.  Yup, just took that thing down.

   It's Easter season in the lunch box department.

 Easter decorations are so much fun to play with.

 The kids begged me to take them to Fazoli's one night when dad was working late.  And when dad got home, I told him the kids had eaten already, but I would make the two of us something.  But he had a better idea.  Pizza and a TV show for the two of us.  That was a special treat.

 Someone is too big for his britches.

 Mackston's walker needed a little tune-up I guess.

 It's Girl Scout cookie time. 

 

 The taste tester says they are delicious.

 Waffles in the morning.

 We went to Grandpa and Grandma's new house over the weekend.  Daddy, Uncle Jeremy and Grandpa put up some cabinets.  The kids decorated and destroyed all the boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 Brecken found Chesney's roller skates and somehow they turned into this. Now he plays house hockey in roller skates.  Seriously, boys problems.  Boys are a whole different ball game.

So much more to see when you can stand.

Mackston {41 Weeks Old}

We have a very busy boy on our hands.  He has this crawling thing down and refuses to stay in one spot let alone one room.  He loves to go for the dog's food/water dishes.  And when he gets the chance, he pulls himself up on anything and everything he can find.

But this busy boy is also loves to snuggle and is so and lovable. Happy 41 weeks baby.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Chesney and Daddy went to the Daddy Daughter dance on Friday.  She was so excited to spend some special time with her Daddy.

 

 My sweet little poser was ready to dance.

Apparently they had so much fun that the only pictures they could take were blurry.  A lot of Chesney's school friends were at the dance. A cute story from the night: Chuck and Chesney were walking into the dance and a few 3rd grade girls from Chesney's school walked by.  They looked at Chesney and said "Hi Chesney".  Chesney looks at them and says "Hi girls".  Chuck said the way this conversation went down sounded like a scene from The Real Housewives.

 And lastly, the portrait they had taken at the dance.  Such amazing memories for these two. 

Mackston {40 Weeks Old}

At 40 weeks old Mackston is crawling, pulling himself to a stand and saying dada.  This boy is growing too fast.

Happy 40 weeks Mackston!

Mackston {9 Months Old}

Mackston is nine months old and has turned into one busy boy.  

Here is what you have been up to over the past month:

 Hanging out with your puppy.

Valentine's Day fun.

 Trying out a new hairdo.

Getting caught in a sticky situation.

Helping with laundry. 

 Learned to crawl.

 

Figured out how to pull yourself to a stand.

Your 9 month stats:

• Weight:  19 pounds 14 ounces (54%)
• Length: 28.5 inches (57%)

• Clothes: You are wearing 6-12 month clothes and 9 and 12 month pjs.
• Shoes: You don't wear shoes, just the occasional slippers.
• Diapers: You wear cloth diapers day and night. 
• Food: Mommy milk, water and pretty much any food we eat. You are a great eater.  You love fish and most meats. 
• Development: You have an awkward crawl where you lift one leg sometimes and then do a few normal crawl movements (February 27).  You can move from sitting to laying to crawling to sitting. You can pull yourself to a stand (February 29).
• Words: Dada (February 20)
• Teeth: Mackston has 4 teeth.  His 3rd tooth, the right upper central incisor, came in on February 18. His fourth tooth, his left upper central incisor came in on February 27.
• Sleep:  You go to bed around 7:30 or 8 pm and sleep until I wake you up to take Chesney to school or sometimes get up at 6:30ish.  You usually take one 2 hour nap daily and then a cat nap.
• What I love about you: You smile nearly all the time.  And you love to giggle out loud, especially at Chesney and Brecken.  You are such a sweet little boy.

 

 Such a happy and busy boy!

 Happy 9 months Mackston!  We love you so much!!!