Milestones

We have had a few milestones at our house over the last few weeks.

Milestone #1

Mason has had a wiggly bottom tooth for probably six months. It started out just the tiniest bit wiggly and over time got more and more until finally he couldn’t stand it another minute. First he asked me to pull it out. I didn’t realize until he asked me how grossed out I get by loose teeth. And really it’s the pulling the tooth out that I couldn’t handle. So I said no. He then proceeded to ask Grandma Jackie, and she also said no. Finally when Kasey got home he was the brave one and pulled it right out. Mason was SOOO excited to loose his first tooth! He made sure to put it in a plastic baggie and under his pillow for the tooth fairy (who by the way came through with two dollars)!

Milestone #2

Navi has pigtails!!! It’s so cute when I do her hair. She just sits up on my bathroom counter and plays with whatever she can get her little hands on, but doesn’t mind me combing, curling, and tugging. I figure the more we do it the more she will be used to it!

Milestone #3

Daxon is now officially in a big boy bed! He really could have stayed in his crib. He never climbed out or gave us any problems. In fact he loved his crib. He would go to bed around 9:30 and sleep in until at least 10:00 am, sometimes 11:00. It was wonderful. Which is why I was reluctant to change him to a big boy bed. But it was time. He loved his crib so much that it was very very hard for him to sleep anywhere else. And not to mention he was just plain growing out of it. Once we made the change he did great! We had a couple of days getting used to the adjustment and he would come out of his room 5 or 6 times before falling asleep. He has now been in his bed for a few weeks and does fabulous!

Easter Weekend

On Saturday we headed to my parents house for their annual Easter egg hunt. Since Daxon’s birthday was the day before, we also did a little birthday celebrating as well. He was loving the attention and of coarse super excited for “the happy birthday song”!

My sister in law Anna is expecting her first baby in July and was getting plenty of practice in with Navi and little Chase. Doesn’t she just look like a natural?

After lunch and birthday cake the Easter Bunny stopped by and the kids got to go outside for the hunt. Navi found her basket and didn’t move once she found the treats inside . . . . she takes after me I guess!

I had to try for a family shot (Kasey was working). This is as successful as it got!

 

On Easter morning we had an Easter egg hunt outside. The boys (Griff imparticular) requested that the Easter Bunny hide the eggs a little harder than last year. There were no complaints so I guess he delivered! The rest of the day was spent relaxing and napping before we headed over to Grandma Cheryl's house for yet another hunt and some delicious food.

Here’s Navs in her Easter duds in Cheryl's front yard

All in all it was a great Easter … we are officially Eastered and sugared out!

Daxon is THREE!!!

This little guy turned three last week!

He chose a toaster strudel and hot chocolate for breakfast. Yum.

He spent the morning anticipating his party.

He sat in the barstool and eyed his dino cake.

He begged to do the dishes … so of coarse I let him!

Finally he got ready and we went to check Mason out of school and headed to the swimming pool.

And after swimming (no “deep water” for him) he chose a chicken nugget happy meal with “frite” chocolate milk for lunch.

After an afternoon nap the party began!

He chose Broccoli Cheese Soup for dinner.

He opened his presents and of coarse got spoiled rotten.

Then it was time for cake!

He requested a dino cake … so a dino cake he got.

He had been asking me all day when we could sing the happy birthday song.

So we sang. And then sang again when big brother Griff blew the candles out before Dax had a chance to even think about it.

Notice the matching shirts. Not only were my boys wearing them but their buddies showed up in them as well. You would think their moms were best friends or something!

Little miss of coarse had to wear her party dress.

Much fun was had with a new bubble machine from mom and dad.

I love Dax in the background. EATING the bubbles. YUM.

And of coarse my little funny man … “mom look, I’m pooping bubbles”

 

This was a little after party gift from Mom and Dad.

What little boy doesn’t need a fish tank in his room?

            I think it was a successful day!

               

Newest Nephew

My sister Julie had her little guy last week so on Sunday Mason and I went up to visit them.  After a couple days they settled on the name Chase Justin Baumgartner. He is such a cute, sweet baby. He has lots of dark hair and the most perfect little features. It was so fun snuggling a little new born again! Julie was pretty much super woman and had him naturally. Not by her plans, but between him coming quite fast and the nurses taking their dear sweet time . . . natural it was! I get a little anxious with even the thought of a natural delivery. Good thing I am done and won’t ever have to do that!

 

 

Mason and Ty got to catch up and have a little cousin bonding time while I had baby time. Although I do have to day that Mason was very intrigued by Chase and kept telling me that he was the cutest baby he had ever seen. These two play so well together and hopefully Mason was a good distraction for Ty!

 

Our last couple weeks …

have seemed really busy, but looking back through my pictures I’m not quite sure what we have been doing. I guess that’s life with 4 kiddos!

 

These two are such buddies. Navi gets multiple kisses and loves every day from Griff. Probably more than I do. He just can’t get enough of her!

 

Griff got to dress up as his favorite fairy tale character for preschool. When I asked him what he wanted to be, he had nothing. I’m not sure he even knows of any. Unless you consider Spiderman, Batman, or any Star Wars character to be from a fairy tale! So we went with Prince Charming. He was okay with it as long as he got to have a sword!

 

My little sister Lauren was in a Rodeo close to our house so we went to watch. She does break away roping and it’s not very often that we get to watch her. The boys were super excited to go and loved every minute of it. While we were watching, Griff started coughing and sneezing. We thought his allergies were just acting up but not more than a few minutes later, he was having a rough time breathing. I guess since it was an indoor arena it was too much for him. We didn’t want his asthma getting out of control so we left as soon as Lauren roped. Poor little guy. I can’t even imagine the feeling of asthma. But he’s a trooper and rarely complains.

Here’s the kids with Laurens fiancé DJ.

 

And here’s the kids having a movie night. They love to do this. They spread all of the blankets out and each have their own little spot. I thought it was so cute that Navi was sitting there like one of the big kids enjoying her popcorn!