Leo 9 months old

So in sticking with tradition I am behind in posting Leo's 9 month pictures. He will be 10 months old next week! He is a happy little boy and keeps us on our toes. I mean the kid does.not.stop.moving!! I love how excited he gets when he sees Quinn and I love how she has to run into his room in the morning when he wakes up to greet him. 

He has started to sleep a little better so we are now only getting up once a night and then again around 6. He goes back to bed after his 6am feeding so on days I don't work I can get a little more sleep but on work days I am wore out. 

The other day Dave was playing peek-a-boo with him by hiding behind Q's chair that Leo was standing on (he always climbs up and stands on her chair). Dave would dip down and then pop back up and yell "boo." Leo was laughing so hard, it melted my heart. Then Leo started dipping down in the chair and popping back up and then laughing. It was so fun to see him watch Dave and then imitate his behavior. 

I thought that Leo was saying "mom" a few weeks ago because every time he saw me he would say "ma ma". I now have realized that is his word for food/eat/nurse. When he wakes up from his nap he immediately starts going "ma ma ma" and before you give him food in his highchair he says "ma ma." I sign "more" to him before I give him additional food so I don't know if that is what he is trying to do or not. I do know that when he says "ma" you better feed that boy or he gets hangry real quick ( I don't know where he gets that from!). 

Speaking of eating, he eats! He started eating chicken nuggets the other day at lunch because I made them for Quinn and he threw a fit until I gave him one. I tried to give him pieces and he yelled "ma ma ma" until I just have him the nugget, then he nibbled at it with his 8 teeth (6 fully in and 2 more poking through.)

I thought for fun I would add some 9 month pictures of Quinn to compare them.

 

 

 

Leo is good, life is good. 

Silly Kids

The other day I was trying to make dinner and Quinn was still napping. The kids rarely nap at the same time so I don't get much time by myself these days. Leo was awake and I needed him to be occupied so I could get dinner going. He is super busy right now and is into everything. He crawls for the stairs then the wine bottles then the dog bowls... it is nonstop! If you put him in a confined space other than his highchair he cries. So I thought I would let him feed himself and I could cook. What ended up happening was he made a mess, I took pictures and laughed and then had a huge mess to clean up. So I'm not really sure it accomplished what I wanted but I got some really cute pictures and he had fun! 

 

At some point he decided the spoon wasn't working out for him anymore so he just started scooping with his hand. He loves yogurt just like Quinn did. Dave, Quinn and Leo all love Greek blueberry yogurt. We eat a lot of that at our house these days. I am the only one who is not obsessed. 

He is laughing in the picture I promise. When he laughs he throws his head back and cracks up. 

 Quinn is as sweet as ever lately. She likes to wear anything of mine she can get ahold of and this day it was my glasses. She also loves to try on my shoes while I am getting ready and likes to tell me what shoes I need to wear that day. Her current favorites are cheetah print flats with bows.

Quinn loves eating fruit and would eat only that and yogurt if I let her... and some days when I am tired she does. Her new thing is climbing onto the counter and just hanging out. I love how she always wants Lucky Charms cereal but only to eat the marshmallows. 

eating is good, life is good 

Busy Weekend

This past weekend we were so busy. I feel like with the Holidays coming up and us traveling it is going to be crazy from now until who knows when! On Friday I had a Pampered Chef party with some friends, it was a lot of fun and I was able to buy some new goodies for my kitchen. 

On Saturday we got our family pictures taken at the same place we did last year. It is called Wheeler Farms and it is in Salt Lake City. I love the setting and the weather was perfect! Utah really is a beautiful place! 

Quinn was being a little rascal and it took all of our energy to get her to cooperate (and a little bribery). There was one point where we needed her to sit on a wooden box next to Leo. For about 10 minutes we did everything but stand on our heads to get her to sit for 1 second so we could snap a picture of them in the same general area of each other. Leo on the other hand sat on this little wooden box the entire time and did not move. He wasn't really interested in smiling for pictures so we might have a lot of serious pictures of him. Our photographer here is amazing and she was super patient with our little stinker! We have seen 2 pictures so far and they are absolutely amazing. I can't wait to see the rest. I am keeping my fingers crossed for ONE picture where both kids are looking at the camera at the same time. 

After the pictures we went to the Disney store as promised and Quinn got to pick out a toy. She loves Tinkerbell right now so it was no surprise when she picked a Pirate Fairy toy. We grabbed lunch down at City Creek and then Dave went to hang out with some of his friends. It was a very busy but great day. 

On Veterean's day we went down with some friends to a new children's museum that opened south of Salt Lake. It was really a neat place and they kids loved it. 

The best part was this fun water table that Leo could actually sit in and play with the water. He loves to splash in the bathtub so he was one happy boy. He got a little wet but it was worth it. 

They had a huge indoor place ground with a "sloth hold" timer. Quinn was pretty good at it and she held on for a long time. She loved the big slide and the rope bridges. I was wore out after carrying her over the bridges! Going to the museum was a lot of work for the grown ups. There was a cute children's "town" with fun areas for the kids. Quinn loved the dance theater part and her and daddy had fun following the video. She was passed out in the car in less than 5 minutes. It was a great place and we are already planning to take cousin Nolan when he comes to visit in January. 

 

We finished the day with Leo's first haircut. It had grown into a pretty sweet mullet so we thought it was time to cut it. I didn't realize how long it was until she took the clippers to it and the hair started falling off his little head. He did great and just sat still the whole time. He looked like such a big boy after it was done. The whole time we were there Quinn kept saying "I not get my hair cut. It's too long. Leo get his hair cut." 

weekends are good, life is good 

Halloween Fun

This year has been my favorite Halloween so far. Quinn loves Halloween and all the decorations. Anytime we saw decorations or pumpkins she would yell "Halloween!" My mom sent a book for Quinn called "A Halloween Scare in Ohio" and Quinn wants to read it every night (still....). In the book are several witches with brooms so Quinn needed a broom. I finally got a broom and thought she was going to be a witch. She also had an Ariel costume so she had 2 choices for dressing up. The day of Halloween we went to Dave's work to do a trick or treating in the Medgroup and Quinn threw a huge fit because she did not want to be a witch or Ariel... instead Minnie Mouse! Luckily she had a dress from my Aunt Vicki so we were on our way to get some candy.

She did great at Dave's work but was a little apprehensive about adults in costume. We practiced saying "trick or treat" and "thank you" on the car ride there (she is the daughter of an SLP...) and she did great! I can't believe how big she is getting. 

Leo was a dinosaur and the cutest dinosaur I have ever seen (Quinn thought he was a dragon....). When he crawled he had a little tail that wagged. 

After Dave got home from work we had a quick dinner and then headed out to trick or treat. We thought Quinn would just want to do our street and then pass out candy but instead we ended up being out almost the whole time. Quinn loved it so much! 

After a few houses she told me to stay at the street with daddy and that she would do this house by herself!?!! (What? She is too big.) Then she learned we only go up to the houses that have the light on. If the house had a light on she said "yes, yes, yes. Let's go here" and if there was no light she said "no, they said no candy." 

Leo rode on Daddy's shoulders the entire time. He was such a good boy. 

Quinn equally loved passing out candy and enjoyed the last 30 minutes of trick or treat giving other kids candy. She said "here come more kids" and would tell them "you have to say trick or treat!" 

Leo is pretty fast and gets into everything. I turned around for one second and next thing I know he has a sucker and a tootsie roll! Quinn was not really happy about sharing her candy with "the dragon." I love how his face changes in these pictures and he enjoys the sucker. 

The next day I found Leo inside the blocks trash can and after I pulled him out I found some left over yogurt melts and candy! 

Halloween was great and now I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas! We are going to have so much fun with these little people! 

Kids are good, life is good.