Quinn at 4 months

Our big boy is 4 months old. I was prompt with the picture taking, but not so prompt with the blogging. So, you can bet he's put on at least 6 rolls per leg since these pics were taken!! :)

Hmmm..... lets see what I should say about him at 4 months.....

He smiles so easily and it usually makes his eyes squint!

He rarely fusses, but every now and then he will just flip a switch and FREAK OUT. It doesn't happen often and boy and I'm glad. Its loud and fierce! Other than that, he's pretty much happy.

Just like his big brother, he loves the bouncy seat and is very happy sitting in it. The last couple of weeks, he's discovered the toys that hang down from the bar on it and will try to reach out and touch them. He talks to the giraffe a lot.

He talks a lot. Sweet coos and lots of squeals!

He is fantastic at night. Sleeps at least 9 hours with no trouble. He isn't the night owl his big bro was. He sleeps best when fed and put down around 9:30.

He is still in the bassinet by my bed. I thought I'd put him in his room when he wasn't getting up at night anymore, but I don't want to. I like having him by me. Maybe by the time he goes to Kindergarten I'll move him to his own room.

He's in and out of being a good napper. The schedule thing is awesome when it works, but lately he's not been taking naps as well. We're hoping that gets better and in the mean time I'm trying to go with it.

He goes to sleep on his own. I sometimes rock him (for me) but he is fine to be put down awake. That's nice.

He wants so so so so so so so bad to suck his 2 fingers, but he can't quite figure it out. He's found his thumb a couple of times. Still not too good with the thumby so I've pretty much resigned to the fact that he will be a finger sucker. Now I'm just ready for him to figure it out so he can make him self happy with it!

My hands don't even come CLOSE to fitting around his thighs.

He eats during the day about every 3 1/2 hrs. So far he will still take a bottle so I can pump and give it to him in a bottle if I need to.

He has one of those hemangioma birth mark red things on his nose. It looks like a scratch so at least 3 million people have asked if he scratched himself. I sometimes just say yes because I don't want them to feel weird. I thought it was a scratch at first too. It didn't show up til about 2 months. My camera treats it like a red eye and tries to black it out.

His well check got canceled, so we'll have to wait for his stats.

His hair is still falling out, but its also coming back in. Whatev.

I love him!

He's cute.

"duh....what?"

...and things start heading down hill....
pouty lip...and..
GONE!!! Lost it. Totally.
I am now officially a mom that says "he's growing too fast" (klp's situation didn't really lend itself to me feeling like anything was happening too fast). We thank GOD for Quinn Spencer Phillips!

Easter Pics

Confession: This is the first time we've really done anything with Kanyon for Easter and while he still doesn't really get it, it was fun to give it a shot for the first time.

Here he is minutes after he woke up ready for his first hunt.

He scooted outside and just stared into space (he's not a morning person remember?)
With LOTS of assistance from Dad, he casually noticed the egg right in front of him.
He DID get the idea of putting them in his basket!
I hid the token "egg on the car tire" and then all he wanted to do was get in the car and "drive" it.
Standing up big and tall with his eggs.
My two handsome devils
In between was a series of pictures of klp having a "problem" you can see the tear stained eyes left over from that "problem". qsp is pretty much not phased by any of it.
This is the only picture I have of me and the 2 boys!! HAHA!!
Easter has been a day of first several times for us. Easter '07 was the first time Kory and I went to church after the twins were born. Memorable and emotional. Easter '08 funny thing...I don't really remember it. I think we might've been at eating camp. No wonder I blocked it out. That was a rough time. Easter '09 klp's first day in the church nursery!! He's had lots of fun since then with his friends at church! Easter 2010????

Quinn wears his first pair of Chucks!!!

Kasey brought these to us in the hospital and I couldn't wait for him to wear them. They are so amazingly cute!! Thanks Kasey.

The Easter Bunny brought klp a basket with a few little goodies in it.

Our friends and the boys' "adopted grandparents" gave the boys these ears. How funny is this pic??!!

" I'll get you back for this."
and once again just for fun...Quinn the Eater Bunny

Better Late than Never...

Well, I didn't send out very many birth announcements because by the time I got them printed, it was super late. But I did want to share it because its AMAZING. Obviously its amazing because of the sweet boy but it is also amazing because of the DESIGN!!! My great friend Sharon has a business called Redbud Designs and she's AWESOME! She does announcements, invitations, Tshirts, blog headers, web pages, stationary, etc. She's so creative, unique, fun, and prompt. She did this thing in no time flat!!! Head on over to www.redbuddesigns.blogspot.com and check out her stuff. Next time you need ANYTHING like this done make her your first stop. You will be so happy!! If you like giving your business to hardworking, patient, awesome mothers, loyal, Godly, all around incredible people, Sharon is the gal for you!!! Thanks Sharon!

Announcing.....................

Recent Pics

Well, now that klp has decided to eat (Cheetos and Goldfish) there is a whole new world out there to explore. And a lot for his mom to learn. We were out of town a couple of weekends ago, so we had a friend feed Ollie. We put the dog food by the back door so he didn't have to go to the garage to get it. So, I say that to defend myself since we don't usually have dog food in the house it wasn't on my radar. Ok??!?!! Ok. Here is the story. I was on the phone with my mom and Kanyon was playing so good over by the back door. I can't see him because the couch is in the way, but he plays back there a lot and looks at Ollie or whatever. Well, when I got off the phone and walked over there, there was something all over his mouth, in his mouth and he held up this:

Yep dog food. He was eating it. I don't know how much he ate, but I guess it wasn't that bad. You can see Ollie through the window in his dog house. He was probably getting angry watching klp eat his food!
Quinn adds at least a roll a day. We are loving it. He's a happy boy and an easy smile! Here is mom laughing at his chubbyness and getting a smile from the q boy!!
This paper from a package we got in the mail was the BEST toy for eating! klp loved it!
Of course we've been enjoying March Maddness around here. Kanyon assuming his TV watching position. Very close to the TV, sock off, sock in mouth.
I love kissing qsp on the cheeks because it makes his face squish. Kory took this one night when I couldn't stop kissing him. That happens a lot.
I can't remember if I have posted this little set of pictures or not. This was spontaneous and I just happened to snap a few pics:

I was so proud because klp was kissing his feet. I try to get him to touch his feet...its the safest place for everyone!

And a little kiss to end the encounter
This was taken several weeks ago. We don't really have these moments anymore. In the last week or 2 klp has decided that he doesn't like having a little brother after all. He has been VERY rough with him and has said "bye bye" to him MANY MANY MANY times. The other day I was feeding qsp and klp wanted in my lap too. I pulled him up in my lap and then he proceeded to try and push qsp out and said "bye bye". I'm sure the tender moments will return, but for now, we keep a close eye on big brother!! haha!!

Cousins Weekend

At the beginning of March, my whole family goes to the State Basketball Tournament in Austin. We've gone every year since Jr. High. BUT the family has grown and with all the children, the moms don't get to go. My mom still goes, its fun for her to get to hang out with the guys (plus she likes the frozen yogurt at the Frank Erwin Center). SOOO while our husbands were away, us gals thought we might as well wrangle our children all in the same place. Me and Doodle loaded up and headed to Paris. Rachel came a day later (she'd been in Brazil)so we got to all play and have lots of fun together. I was completely worn out after the weekend, but we had a blast.

Landry LOVES this wig and it cracks me up so much.

Avery LOVES Quinn. She's decided that SHE wants to call him Baby Quim. She got to hold him some and loved it. Does he look GIGANTIC or what???!!!
How sweet is that look on Avery's face??!! Landry was interested in holding, but I think they're too close to the same size!! HaHa! Actually, qsp's physique is very similar to Landry's. Even the neck roll. She's getting to be a big girl now though and is losing her chubs.
Kanyon had a BLAST playing with his cousins! Can you tell!??!!!
So what if he scoots his diaper down....he's got cousins to keep up with!
We played over at Clay and Mo's one afternoon and the kids painted a little (this was Kanyon and Caden's first time with the brush)
Very serious artist.
We also spent a lot of time at my parents' house (even though they were there) so that everyone could all nap in one place and have their own rooms. These 2 continue to be big big buddies.
Oops this is out of order. This was the afternoon we played at Mo's. The kids played in the water with sticks. Don't worry. We were holding all of them...no one was going to fall in!
Kanyon and Caden have become best of friends/cousins since they moved here in August. BUT they just recently have decided that they really REALLY love each other. This weekend if they got within 10 feet of each other they kissed! It was so funny!!
chillin' and talkin' about life
one more kiss before Caden gets out of the swing!
Kanyon is getting stronger and stronger! He is a pretty good little walker when he's got someone to hold on to.
Same boys, different swing.
Landry, Nolan, klp, and Caden having fun. Avery and Roselyn were off being big somewhere!
Thankfully, Kanyon still has kisses left for the other people he loves.
I'm tellin' ya. They are 2 peas in a pod.
I love this sweet boy. (remind me of that in 30 min. when he's not sleeping and he's throwing fits every 5 minutes.)
Me, Doodle, Mo, and Rachel had a blast with each other and with our kids, even though they outnumbered us BIG TIME!!!

Kanyon's First Day of School

We finally got a new computer so I can actually function without waiting 20 min. for every single move of my mouse to happen. Hopefully I can get caught up with blogging. I feel like the most "in demand" post would be the first day of school, so here it is.

It was fine. We all survived! Thankfully, Kory stayed home from work to help until we picked Kanyon up, so that was wonderful! We took a few pictures before we left the house:

Here is klp heading out ready to conquer the new world ahead!!!

Gazing out into the sunrise contemplating his future

A picture with his mommy (don't judge the morningness)

oh great, now my words are underlined and I have no idea how to stop that. BAD new computer!! I won't let it slow me down though.

Here is his teacher Ms. Paulette. We started meetings with her and the rest of the "team" of therapists, principals, etc. back in October so we feel like we know her already.

Pic with parents...he wasn't sad, he was just being shy for the camera. qsp was there, but he was in his carrier on the floor. Check it out, the underlining stopped. I didn't even do anything!
He never cried, we sat him down on the ground and he took off to go play. That is what we expected. He's never minded leaving us. I'm so glad because walking out of there with him crying would've been pretty hard. I'm sure you want to ask...did I cry? No. But, that's kinda how I roll. I just don't think about what I'm really doing so as to avoid emotion. Its not my best quality. Plus I had to go to the front office to give some things to them and I didn't want to be all teary eyed while I was in there. Kory stayed with me so that he could be there to pick him up and help me get settled back at home and I'm so glad. When we picked him up and put him in the car, he started SCREAMING! The teacher said he did good, but was for sure getting tired. By the sounds of his screaming, I'd say so!!! He was just absolutely wiped out! We had planned on taking a pic out in front of the school sign, but that wasn't going to happen. The worst news was that I had to take him in and try to feed him!! UGGHH!! But we got him calmed down (Kory played with him outside while I got everything ready) and he ate OK and was asleep within 25 seconds of sitting in my lap to drink his milk. He slept for 3 hours!

All I could think about was "How will I do this when Kory isn't here" but the next day he was much better. Each day he was more than ready for his nap, but he could at least function! The thing I hate most about it is that i have to wake qsp up to put him in the car. UGHH!! I mean seriously, it takes 10 min. round trip I just hate waking him up and messing up his nap. Oh well.

Kanyon has done great with the earlier bed time and really has been Ok in the mornings. We get him up early enough that he has time to play a little before he has to eat (torture) and so we're not running around like crazy all stressed out. Hopefully I can keep this up. As for me and q and our 2 hours while he's gone. Well, hopefully qsp finishes his morning nap and lets me do some things around the house, then he eats and its about time to go pick klp up! It goes quick!

I would give anything to be able to watch klp in action. I know he's loving it! A new thing that is good is that now I have a reason to look forward to Mondays. We don't have school! I let him sleep til 8 when there is no school. :) We're on the whole "school night" "not school night" thing now and it makes the "not school nights" more fun (even though we try to put him to bed at the same time).

So tomorrow we will begin week 2 of this school thing. We are hoping all continues to go well.

Happy Easter