Current Happenings

What's going on with our family right now?  Let's explore the little men's lives.  

Mace is getting into everything.  He's 10 months old now and can army crawl at a frantic pace.  He's pulling up on whatever he can grab and loves climbing onto the stairs to follow his brothers.  Peek-a-boo and patty cake are among his absolute favorites currently.  He lights up now when Daddy comes home just like the older boys.  It's so fun to see.  In the last month he's had a few sicknesses and has stopped sleeping through the night.  He's getting up 2-4 times during the evening which I'm hoping ends soon.  He's now sleeping worse than he ever did as a new little baby.  

Cade is entering the terrible twos.  The last few weeks have been a little rocky with Cade.  He has started throwing some fits and is getting familiar with time out.  He loves his brothers and is always copying everything Drew does.  Drew has been taking advantage of this lately trying to get Cade to do naughty things to get him in trouble.  When Mace is upset, Cade is right there bringing him a blanket trying to comfort him.  He's so sweet.  We are entering the third month of speech therapy for Cade.  He still does not have many words but he's started making improvement.  

Drew continues to amaze us with his wit, strength, energy and smarts.  Today I had him helping me on a project outside doing some plantings.  He was not listening to what I wanted him to do to help with the project and was doing what he thought should be done.  Then he informed me that four year olds should just be able to do whatever they want.  (Sigh)  Drew currently is working on reading, spelling, adding and subtracting.  He is a very bright little boy but you really have to work on catching that small window when he wants to focus on learning.  He loves being outside playing in the water or digging in the yard.  If Mitch is outside working on a project you will find Drew nearby.  He loves being involved in everything.  

Welcome Back

Lately I have had a few times when I needed information about the boys when they were younger.  So, I've looked to this blog to see if I had written about it.  Being on here looking at all the stories we wrote about the kids made me sad that I haven't written more.  We have been so crazy busy that we never even talked about Mace's birth and he's 10 months old now.  Poor neglected third child.  I'm really going to try and be on here more often and keep up with the happenings of our life so I have something to look back on after they grow up and aren't my little boys anymore.

Into the Wild

A few days ago I was in the living room and heard Drew bounding down the stairs. He had previously been in the bathroom so I looked up the stairs to make sure he had his pants pulled up and wasn't going to fall. (Yes, pulling our pants up is a constant issue at our house!!) When I saw him he was completely naked and had the biggest smile on his face. Then he shouted out that he was ready to go live in the wild. Poor kid wants so badly to live outside with the animals.

Bedroom Mix Up

We had to move Cade out of his room to get ready for the baby. The plan has always been for Drew & Cade to share a room, but as the date approached it became a somewhat scary idea for us. Cade has always been an awesome sleeper. He goes to bed every night without any noise at all and sleeps all night through. It has been this way since he was about 6 weeks old. Drew on the other hand seems to get worse at sleeping every month. Bedtime has been an ordeal every night and has been very frustrating for us no matter what we try. So, thinking about putting Cade in with Drew has made us slightly panicked that our good little sleeper would be ruined.

Realizing that we had six weeks until the baby would be joining us, we made the leap over the weekend and moved Cade. It has been nothing but shocking really. The first night, Drew told Mitch how happy that he was to have Cade in his room because he likes to have people around him. We've known that he's always wanted us to stay in his room at night or sit where he could see us but didn't want to fall into that trap so we've left him on his own which has caused the long bedtime battles. Now with Cade in his room, we hardly hear a peep out of him and he only comes out if he has to go potty most nights. We do sometimes hear lots of giggling and jabbering and Cade can't even talk yet. I can't imagine what it will be like when they get older and can fully communicate with each other. Hopefully this is a sign that we will actually get some down time soon. I can't imagine having time to relax or accomplish something before I have to go to bed. Just in time I guess for another baby to join the mix and start keeping me up.

Vacation

We just got back from a week of relaxing on the beach in Florida. It was such a great time. We flew which was a first for both boys and they did awesome. We were a little nervous about it but everyone around us on both flights commented upon landing how well they had done.

We spent all but one day enjoying the beach. Drew loved jumping into the water and acting like a crazy three year old boy. I think he probably could have stayed out in the water for hours every day if we could have. Poor Cade wasn't as fond of the beach. He would fall or get pushed and end up with his face covered in sand. He would also get mad at the water when it would come up too far and disturb his play area.

We took a day and went to a nearby zoo. It was so hot there but we still had fun. The boys seemed to enjoy getting to look at the different animals and luckily they had lots of shaded areas to help you avoid the heat. The zoo definitely wasn't as good as the Omaha zoo but it was still a good time.

Mitch was also able to talk me into going to Disney for a day. I really had not planned at all to do that since our kids are so small and it was 90 degrees. I didn't cave until 11 that morning when we were leaving the beach. We ended up being there from 3:30 until 12:30 which made it nice to miss a lot of the heat and crowds. The boys had a really good time even with staying up until after midnight. It'll be fun to go back when Cade is older.

You can follow this link to see pictures of our fun week.

Happy Birthday Mitch

Happy birthday Mitch. Enjoy your final year of being in your twenties!!!

Cade is 4 Months Old

Cade is now four months old. It's amazing how fast time is going by with him. He's already such a big boy. I'm sorry that I don't have a picture to go with this post to be able to show you my chunky little man. We have about a million pictures to get off the camera and Mitch always takes it with him so he can take pictures at the house on his way home.

At Cade's 4 month check last week he was 16 lbs 10 oz and 26" long, both in the 80th percentile. He's gotten so big recently. A few weeks ago I noticed he was outgrowing his 6 month clothes so I got out the 9 month and they were pretty snug. It's crazy that he pretty much skipped right into the 12 month size and he is only 4 months.

He is still the best little baby. He's so happy all the time and sleeps like an angel. At night he'll sleep 12 hours and even nap good during the day. He usually has a smile on his face. He's really enjoying talking to and playing with all his little animal friends on his play mat now. He's almost rolling over but hasn't quite finished it yet. He loves his brother and is fascinated by everything he does. Drew can always get a smile out of Cade no matter whether he's trying or not.

Last week, Cade started eating cereal which he LOVES and can't quite seem to get enough of. It's so funny watching him learn how to swallow food. After just a couple times, he started opening his mouth wide to get a bite and grabbing the spoon to help shove it into his mouth. He's so funny. Due to his sensitive little tummy, we're going to have to take the food thing slow and watch him closely for sensitivities/allergies. I'm so excited to be able to make my baby food again. I really enjoyed doing that for Drew and am looking forward to doing it for Cade. I just need to get all my stuff out of storage so I can have all my supplies.

Hopefully I'll have pictures soon. My plans for tonight just got canceled so maybe I'll be able to go thru all the pics we have. Wish me luck!!

Cool New Apron

Super talented Aunt Kristen made this apron for Drew and we LOVE it. He loves to wear it around the house and help me cook dinner. It is so cute. Thanks Kristen.

May Pictures

I've posted some pictures from May so you can catch up on our little guys. Cade is growing like crazy. The last few weeks I think he grew a ton....he wouldn't stop eating. As soon as he finished a bottle, it was like he was starving again. He's really getting good with holding his head and upper body up during his tummy time and getting noticeable stronger every day. He has really started trying to stand and push off with his legs. Smiles are now constantly pasted across his face which is the best thing ever. Nothing is better than a happy baby. He's especially happy first thing in the morning. I love getting him out of bed and being greeted by the biggest smiles ever. He's also trying to laugh and "talk". I just love this stage right now. Especially since he also sleeps so good. Right now he's sleeping 10 hours at night which is awesome. His napping during the days isn't quite as great but I'll take the night sleep over naps any day.

Drew is also doing really well. He has finally decided that potty training isn't so bad. I stopped using pull ups for the most part to see if that would help. He never cared when he pottied in them so I thought we would see how he did in real underwear. He's only had a couple accidents this week which I'm really pleased with. I'm hoping we're well on our way to being fully potty trained. That would be so great. Now if I could just figure out how to get him to tell me he has to go. He's only done that a couple times and I've tried to reinforce it with "bonus" M&Ms. If he keeps doing good on the toilet he's going to be fat from all the M&Ms. Oh well, at least I won't have to buy any more diapers or pull ups. :)

Recent Happenings

The last couple months have been full for us. Of course we have the addition of our new little man, Cade. He is the best baby ever. We hardly even notice there's a baby living with us because he's so good. He's an awesome sleeper and is so laid back. It's such a nice relaxing change of pace after having our crazy little Drew.

Work on our house has begun. So far we have basement walls and a basement floor. It's so exciting to actually have it started after thinking about it for so long. It doesn't quite seem real that we will have a house to move in to. I cannot wait to get all of our stuff out of storage.

We also just took a Munson family vacation - check out our pics. Last week was spent in Texas after both Heath and Shantel celebrated their college graduations. We had so much fun playing on the beach by day and playing cards or games at night. It was a good week of relaxation and family time. We spent five days in the van driving and were definitely ready to be home Saturday night but luckily the boys did awesome traveling.