St. George- Hot Tubin It Up

The kids had a blast in the hot tub... so nice to have one right on the patio of our condo!

Lunch With The Dudley Girls

We got together with all the Dudley girls and kids at the church for a fun little lunch while the Virginia Dudley's were in town. The kids had a good time running around playing, and we all had fun catching up!

The whole gang; minus Kate & her boys, and 1 of Bekah's boys.

 

Maddie & Great Grandma Dudley

Chloe & Sofia pushing their babies around.

Maddie with Kate's boys... aren't they adorable?!

I think we wore Sam out. I set him on the bed while I unloaded my sleeping girls from the car and put them in their beds...

That was fun, let's do it again, girls! :)

Mommy & Maddie Date

Maddie and I went on a date on Monday to get pedicures.  

 The nice lady ended up painting Maddie's fingers and toes and even added some cute little polka dots!

Maddie loved her nails! 

It was so nice spending one-on-one time with Maddie!

Chloe's New Obsession

Besides picking her nose... that one is annoying. She doesn't even pick it, she just walks around with her finger up her nose, constantly!!! She also still has her baby obsession (she even changes her baby's diaper with a wipey and all)!

But her newest obsession is sitting on her potty chair. She used to be freaked out about it so we are excited that she likes it now, but really, she wants to sit on it constantly! Naked! 

I think it really is more of a naked obsession then a potty obsession. She loves to be naked and knows I won't let her be unless she's in the bath or on the potty. She's a silly girl! 

She hasn't ever actually gone potty while sitting on the chair, and I'm not pushing it at all! She'd like to wear big girl panties like Maddie, but I know what will happen so we haven't done that either. Maybe once she actually pees in it, I'll give in to a few of her "wants"! 

Mike and I keep joking that maybe Chloe will be potty trained before she can talk! Although, it's not really a joke, it really is a great possibility!

Cutest little naked bum trying to take off before mom gets a diaper on her!

*I should note: We don't normally keep potty chairs in the kitchen! Chloe just thinks it's fun to carry this thing around. I let her sit there because I was in the middle of making dinner and have to keep her in my site while she's naked! 

Sam-Role

Someone called Sam "Samuel" a while back and Maddie corrected them because 'that is NOT his name'! I had to explain to her that Samuel is his "real" or "full" name, just like her name is Madeline, but we call her Maddie for short. She understood. But when we said Samuel, she thought we were saying "Sam-role". So Samrole it is!! (And "rolls" he is growing!)

More pictures of my little Sammy Rockstar, because, well, do we need a reason? Just because he's so darn cute!!! 

My little monkey is always full of smiles! Mike and I had a hard time paying attention during Sunday School at church on Sunday, not because the lesson wasn't a great one, but because Sam was a bit of a distraction! He is really cooing now and even gives us some giggles! I love it!!! It's so fun to watch his little personality grow!

Sam is very ticklish already. He'll almost always smile if you touch his nose or wipe his mouth. And he'll usually close his eyes and totally relax if you rub your fingers through his hair!

He's starting to be a little more easy going, now that he's starting to feel better.  He still has some rough moments, but for the most part, he's a happy babe! He loves to snuggle, or just sit and hang out, watching whatever is going on around him. 

Sam still doesn't enjoy tummy time, but he learned this new trick the other day to get off his tummy... up on all fours (well, sort of anyway!) 

Monster Child

Proof that my sweet, innocent little baby is turning into a monster! Where did I go wrong? It was not that long ago I was saying what a good little girl Chloe is. So easy going, happy all the time, just the sweetest little thing ever! What happened? If somebody finds my sweet little Chloe, please bring her back and replace her for this monster!!! ;)

The reason I was even videoing (is that even a word???), is because Chloe was being so sweet with Sam. She leaned in and kissed him, but he had slobber all over his mouth so she took his burp cloth and cleaned him up. They were both giggling, it was the cutest thing ever!!! Obviously I missed that "cute" moment. Watch in the video, if Maddie even gets close to Chloe, she screams. Then she proceeded to hit Maddie on the head with Sam's toy. Watch her face after she does it, she thinks it's funny! Chloe is turning into a monster! Sometimes the "monster" makes me laugh, but I have to hold back the laughter in front of her. I swear she walks around sometimes thinking of how she can be naughty. It's one thing to the next. This girl is B.U.S.Y. Maybe it's the age?? I hope this "phase" doesn't last long! I've already had enough!


On another note, we were looking back at old blog posts yesterday and it made me a bit sad. I miss Maddie as a 1 and 2 year old. She said and did the funniest things. She was hilarious!!! Watching this video of Maddie talking (about the same age Chloe is now) also made me sad that Chloe still doesn't talk. Kids this age say the funniest things and all I get is whine, whine, whine all day long! It seems like she's getting worse. She is saying less words then she was before. They're reevaluating her at her 2 year check-up in August. Maybe she will need speech therapy after all. Speaking of "whine, whine, whine"... I'm done whining now! :)

Chalk

We are finally starting to get some Spring weather here, but not much! The weather is a bit bi-polar lately. We get a really nice day or two, then a storm with rain/snow/hail. We've had quite a few days of warm weather, but it's SO windy outside, I don't want to go out and play! 

 Anyway, we took advantage of the weather and colored with chalk outside! Thanks to Aunt Monique and "Seattle Grandma" (as Maddie calls her), who gave the girls a package of chalk to play with so they each had their own! 

 It started to get pretty windy on this day, so we didn't stay out long, but the girls had fun anyway!

Sam- 3 Months

I know every mom says this, but I really can't believe it's been 3 months since I gave birth to this adorable little boy of mine!!  Time really goes by way too fast!

Sam is such a sweet baby, full of smiles. Although I won't sugar-coat it either, he is my hardest baby yet! Still a good baby, but we have rough moments. We're still trying to work some things out with the doctors... I'll spare you the details! :)

Thankfully, those rough moments happen during the day. And although both my girls slept through the night by 6 weeks, Sam is almost there. He does his last feeding anywhere between 7-8pm and won't eat again until around 6am. Which would be really nice if he could just figure out how to put his pacifier back in his mouth, or learn to sleep without it. We've had a couple nights the past week or two that he's done great and hasn't woken up at all. It was  wonderful!!!

Sammy is the sweatiest baby. Anybody else ever dealt with this? My girls never were like Sam is. He always has the sweatiest hands and feet, which then collect fuzz and start to stink! Seriously the weirdest thing! He gets lots of baths, and I am constantly cleaning his hands and toes out with a baby wipe. Thankfully, Sam loves his baths!!!

Although Sam still sleeps for most of the day, he is starting to have longer stretches of being awake. He's starting to grab onto and play with toys. Sam is also startled pretty easily and does not like hearing the girls' loud, high-pitched squeals while he's eating! 

Chloe is still completely obsessed with her brother, and babies in general. She is always right by him and makes sure he has his pacifier. This is not always a good thing when Sam is sleeping. Sam doesn't get much tummy time (he only likes it for a couple minutes anyway) or floor time, as I'm sure you can imagine why. I can never leave Sam on the floor or on the couch... Chloe will completely smother him with kisses and loves! Sam got his first "goose-egg" on his forehead the other night from Chloe leaning in for a kiss and she slipped! Poor baby!!!

We just love our little Sammy! I love dressing him up in blue, I love having a boy in the house, I love cuddling with him, I love this sweet baby boy!!!

Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday after naps we had a little Easter egg hunt for the girls.  Since we experienced our first WHITE Easter, we just hid the eggs inside in the family room. There are only so many places to hide eggs in the family room where 2 little girls would be able to find them, and reach them! 

When it comes to finding things, it just isn't one of Maddie's strengths. It's actually a pretty big weakness. I swear sometimes she acts like she's blind! Chloe, on the other hand, is pretty darn good at finding things! I was very impressed at how well she could find those eggs. She kept up with Maddie pretty darn good. Chloe almost found as many eggs as Maddie, and we didn't help either one of them.  Chloe even gave a few of her pink eggs to Maddie because she heard Maddie say she wanted the pink ones. It was pretty darn cute!

Oh, and Sam just slept through the whole thing! Maybe next year he'll get into it a little more... or at least stay awake for it! :)