5 months old!

Today. We can't believe it. Time has truly flown by. Cian continues to be the perfect baby. Always so happy and easy going. And he LOVES his older brother. Brycen just merely glances his way or gives him a smile, Cian goes crazy. Completely lights up. Both boys have the best laugh.

Remember the highwaters? At his 4 month appointment he was 27 inches tall (that's 7 inches in 4 months). He went from 50%tile for length at his 2 month appointent to 97%tile at his 4 month. His head continues to be around 85%tile and his weight around 30th. Tall and lean like his Mom (someone else's comment :)) with Daddy's head shape and size.

With all that growing, no wonder he has always been a great sleeper!

Happiness through the Winter

Homemade fruit pizza--oh my goodness, enough said.

Weekly FHE. Most recently, on the Creation.

Chore-doers.
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Smiles in wonderful inventions.
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Aerobics at the church. They sit (on me at times) and play. Not necessarily a work out for me, but hey--it gets us out of the house.

Playgroup to the Firestation.

Brycen told the firefighter that he was scared of firemen so in hopes to make him un-scared, Mommy got the lovely task to put on the fireman outfit (thank you Brycen...). Brycen continued to not be a fan and was way more concerned that I was going to leave my shoes behind and run away with the scary boots.

He sure enjoyed the firetruck though.

Cian's idea of keeping an eye on either Mommy or Clifford at all times.
 

Matching Christmas pajamas all year--The only way I may ever get my twins (which is totally fine...).

LOVE for Daddy.

Men in the kitchen....messy business, for sure.
 

Mommy Parlor.

Brycen requested his hair to be cut and happily watched Clifford while I cut it. He even let me use the razor.

Spring has arrived though, as well as a whole different kind of happiness. I'll save that for the next post.

2 going on big.

Daddy opens front door upon returning from work. Brycen, "DADDY! How was work? I missed you! You ready to play with me?" A milli-second later. Daddy still has coat, shoes, and backpack on.  Brycen, "Are you going to play with me or not?

"Mommy, I kept my diaper happy last night". He is fully day potty trained and has been since August but we weren't going to even attempt to conquer the night until Cian is older. I don't need any 3am potty breaks.  BUT he has woken up with a dry diaper for at least a week straight now...maybe longer. I can't remember the last time it was "sad". All without any work on our part. Love when this stuff happens.

Mommy: "Brycen, do you want an apple?"
Brycen: "Um...Sure!"
Mommy: "Brycen, do you want to help me clean the cat box?"
Brycen: "Um...Sure!"
Mommy: "Brycen, do you need to go potty?"
Brycen: "Um...Sure!"
Mommy: "Brycen, is your hair red?"
Brycen: "Um...Sure!"
Mommy: "Brycen, did you eat all your sandwich?"
Brycen: "Um...Sure!"
Half eaten sandwich on table. He LOVES the word sure. And thinks it's the answer for everything.

Mommy: "Brycen, did you wash your hands?"
Brycen: "Um...sure!"
Mommy: "That's a yes or no question". In this case, sure almost always means no.

Mommy comes downstairs fully dressed for church.
Brycen: "Cool shoes, Mom!"

Mommy: "Brycen look what I made you!" Shows him his owl sandwich and grape tree. Pictures to come later.
Brycen: "Wow! Amazing!"

Brycen mumbles something.
Mommy: "What?"
Brycen: Mumbles louder and then adds, "If you don't listen to me next time, you are going to time out!"

His vocabulary is getting quite impressive and he is using new words every day. Including the words and phrases: "Interesting" "Good girl! (to Mommy)" and the question, "Doesn't that sound exciting?"

It brings much laughter into the house and definitely makes us become more aware of the things we say since we hear an echo from our two year old not long after.

And then when what he says doesn't make sense, it's just plain cute.

He was trailing behind at a recent trip at Wal-mart and I turned around to find this. The hat and bottle (we later bought the bottle) didn't belong to us. What a character.
 

Studying His Eyelids

I came out of the kitchen to find this....


.....and he said he wasn't tired.

Highwaters!

4 months old in 6 month old clothes and he still looks like this (in a number of outfits):

People are always commenting how long he is. It makes me very curious to find out where he falls onto the chart at his appointment this Friday. Any guesses?

Twins

Daddy was gone ALL day today...still is. So by dinner, things got interesting.

2 cute kids. 1 mommy. All hungry. So hungry, the food didn't make it to the table. "One bite for you. One bite for you. One bite for me". The one difference between twins and what I got: one of them CAN actually feed himself but likes to make sure I'm not playing favorites by just helping Cian. NO worries though, after two bites, Brycen took the spoon into his own hands and feed himself. Apparently he was hungry. Too hungry to wait two turns for his next bite.

LOVE this picture of Cian. Shows his cute toes and all. Now, getting two kids to sit still for a picture...maybe, one day.  

Spot Remover

So I have got to share this. Got this from a friend who found it on Pinterest. Pinterest. Wonderful in itself.

Here we go:

2 parts Hydrogen Peroxide
1 part Blue Liquid Dawn Soap

Mix together and put over stain. Sprinkle Baking Soda on. Scrub with an old toothbrush or whatever you have. Brycen has loved helping me. Let it sit! I leave it for an hour or more...really whenever I think about it again. When I come back, the spot is almost always gone. If it isn't, I simply re-apply. I have not had a stain that hasn't come out. I then throw it in the washer with all the other clothes.

I think the peroxide and soap mixture works best when made fresh so I just make it as I need it.

Works miracles! I have been getting stains out of baby clothes that Brycen put in there almost 3 years ago. Before trying this, I was about to throw out two onesies that Cian had explosions in last week...and now they seriously look brand new. I am still amazed and have never been so excited to hear the Dryer buzzer go off for CLEAN clothes! Bryce has been hearing my excitement all week. :) And I have loved packing away "brand new" clothes that Cian has grown out of...for any other boys we may have.

I LOVE easy wonderful things. I just couldn't keep it to myself. Happy cleaning!

...And I am kicking myself for not taking before and after pictures. Seriously so excited for this. haha!