Fun with Dad :)

Weston is showing more and more personality all the time. He is laughing all the time and loves to be in the air or anywhere high, for that matter! We had to take pictures because he was making the funniest faces and of course he is always bursting at the seams with smiles! We love to just chew on his tubby little cheeks all day! He is our little ray of sunshine :)

Happy Birthday to ME!

Today is my birthday! Yay! To celebrate we went out to lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe. It's such a fun place and the food is so great! We especially love the atmosphere because it's really fast paced and fun. Emmet loves to bob his head to the music and it's just loud enough that it drowns out our kids tantrums, so we never have to feel embarrassed for being the loudest ones there...no one can even hear them! I think Emmet had the most fun on our outing though. He spent the whole lunch coloring (and eating the crayons!), munching on good food, and FLIRTING! There were two girls behind us having lunch that he stared at the entire time (blank expression) and then there was this super cute little girl (about Emmet's age). These two waved and "talked" back and forth the whole meal. So cute. Weston, as always, was just happy to be there. Thank goodness for that sweet little guy!
Afterwards we were going to go take in the sites but the little ones were too tired. But we did get Emmet a super cute Hard Rock Cafe shirt! Later the boys all made me a really sweet heart cake, got me a couple of lipglosses (they know me so well!) and made my birthday complete! Thanks boys for making my day so special! I love you all!

My sweet mother-in-law got me this pretty necklace and earrings! I love them and was so excited to finally wear them (kind of hard to see)!

Smile!

I can't get Emmet to look at the camera to save my life! He was pretty engrossed in his coloring.


Weston was so happy to be in the shade and out of the hot 95 degree weather! We were all sweating!

The party. Em and Wes weren't too excited for the cake. Poor kids were ready for bed...

My family sent me this really cute Barbie birthday card and attatched was this cut-out crown. I wore this just for you guys!

My BEAUTIFUL cake from "Designs by Ryan."

I had a great day...so great that I may wear my crown to bed! Long live the "Sparkle Queen!"

4 months old....already!?

This little guy is pretty excited about being 4 months old (today). Actually, he is pretty excited for just about anything! Weston is still such a sweet baby, although he is demanding more and more attention! He must be learning that if he wants to be noticed he has to speak up. He learned that from his older brother, I'm sure. Me and Ryan are having a lot of fun with this whole parenting thing. The catch phrases are really fun to say. I don't know how many times I've heard Ryan say: "Emmet, your grounded!" and today I told Emmet to "be a good example to his younger brother"...haha! But, back to Weston :)
Wes is getting so good with his toys. His coordination is improving everyday. He's ALMOST rolling over and he can even get up on his knees! He's discovered both his hands and feet and constantly tries to pull them off! Those things really frustrate him! The last few nights he has gone 6 or 7 hours without a feeding (I know I just jinxed myself) and is still an early riser...ugh. I've gotten him to get up at about 6:30 now instead of 5, atleast. So I'm slowly making progress there! If I could just get him to take a nap longer than 30 minutes! Emmet has some part in that! All in all things are going great with Wes. He's getting more and more personality all the time! He has shots this next week and I'm really curious to see how much this guy weighs...he is a tank!

Wes loves to sit up. This bumbo is his favorite! I'm so glad we brought it with us! Thanks for getting it for us mom, it's a life saver!

Dad and Weston getting some snuggles in before bedtime.

My sweet 4 month old :)

Emmet's "Lemonade" stand

Tonight Emmet was playing with his boxes like usual, winding down for the night. He always stacks things and tries balancing his balls on anything and everything, but it looked like something entirely different to me! Haha!

"Welcome, to my stand!"

"Business sure is slow today..."

"I'll wait just a little bit longer and see if anyone shows up."

"Look at all this great stuff I have to sell...surely someone will be interested!"

"Maybe, if I rearrange a few things..."

"This is looking better already!"

"PERFECT!"

"Tomorrow will be better :) Thanks for stopping by!"

Weston's adorable laugh

Wes is laughing all the time now, it is SO cute. I'm starting to think he may be our wild child because at only 3, almost 4 months he is loving being in the air. It must be that tickle you get in your gut when you free fall. Ryan does this with him everyday, it makes us laugh so hard. I love the older your kids get the more their personality shows. It's such a fun experience watching your kids grow.

Finger lickin' good!

Poor Emmet is cutting all his molars at once and is having a really tough time :( So, I thought maybe some nice COLD chocolate pudding would lift his spirits and maybe feel good on those red bulging gums (and I do mean BULGING...ouch!). Plus, I don't think I've ever mentioned that I think Emmet is becoming a chocoholic! He is making his mother proud :) As you can see he is THOROUGHLY enjoying his tasty treat! No need to thank me son. There's plenty more where that came from :)

Did I mention I'm also trying to teach him to use utensils??? Yeah, he didn't touch the spoon once...but I can see how this would be way more fun!


I think these smiles are the most hilarious thing ever. He was laughing so hard he couldn't even keep his eyes open! He reminded me of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland with that cheesy grin. Who knew you had so many teeth!


If Emmet could talk he'd be saying "Let's do that again, mom!"

Tummy time!

Weston is getting so strong! When we first started tummy time he would just give up, lay his head down, and suck on his fingers. Look at him now! He's also starting to try and sit up when he's laying back in his bouncer and has found his little feet...he is still having a hard time getting at them though! He can make it to his calf and then he holds on for dear life! I can't believe he's almost 4 months old. Just a couple more and he'll be sitting up! It's so funny how day to day time seems to stand still and you think they'll never grow up, then all the sudden they are reaching big milestones and time is really flying! So sad, but fun and exciting.

I love those big cheeks :)

...and I still can't get over those pretty blue eyes...