My Babes~ Summer Wrap Up

Well as summer is winding down I guess I will try and do some kind of a wrap up for the entire summer! Three words some to my mind…BUSY, FUN, and HOT!!! It was such a busy summer that I have not written any blogs and am now trying to catch up…but there was just no time! Every weekend I felt like we had something or somewhere to be! We had lots of play dates with friends, went to the MOA a few times and went on rides, went to the Rice County Fair and went on more rides, went to Chicago, went to Star Lake, played outside on the deck, went to the park…the list goes on!! And the weather seemed like it was just HOT, hot , hot most days!! Which I guess looking back didn’t really stop us to much except some days when it was safe to stay in doors Anyways…I guess I will just say a few things about both my babes and what they were up to this summer!

My every growing toddler…Brady!!! He went through quite a few phases this summer. He officially became potty trained, loved the cartoon Calliou, went through a ‘Lady and the Tramp’ movie phase which then turned into ‘The Little Mermaid’…he loves King Triton and Ariel! Below is a pic of him pretending to be King Triton! lol!! He is still a picky eater but recently has started loving red grapes and now eats bananas! Still won’t touch a vegetable except corn for us He knows all his ABC’s, can count to 10 and knows almost all his colors. He likes to sleep with a soft blanket dog and a junky plastic penguin (that he won at a festival) ha ha! He can carry on a conversation, although some words he needs Mom or Dad to translate for others! He likes to blame stuff on his little sister and often says, “Not me! That’s Rylee!” ha ha! Another one of his favorites is, “I wasn’t doin’ that!” You just can’t help but laugh at him sometimes…although we try not to! He is still my ever so sweet boy and loves to give hugs and kisses and tells me often how much he loves me It is something I could never get sick of hearing! He does shower his sister with kisses and most of the time he is nice to her…but he does try to give her some cheap shots here and there! But to sum up Brady’s summer…he loved swimming in the pool/lakes this summer, loved blowing bubbles, and loved going on the carousel at the mall or any fair that had it! It is by far his favorite ride! Oh…and he also loves getting pony rides and got to go on 3 of them this summer!!

My sweet baby Ry Ry!! This was a busy summer for her as well! She started crawling in the spring and this summer has now started walking! She took her first steps Aug. 1st (a few days after she turned 1) and has been picking up the pace every since! She is still not a great sleeper but we are working on that!! She loves her bathes and loves her bottles….bottles are another habit we are trying to break:/ She has 7 teeth (1 molar) and gets super crabby when her teeth break through…but what kid doesn’t!? She loves cottage cheese, green beans, yogurt, and spaghetti with meat balls! I am praying she isn’t going to be as picky as Brady is about food…time will tell though! She hates wearing shoes and has spent most of her summer barefoot! She hates having a pony tail but will keep it in if I tell her enough times to “Leave it alone!” ha ha! She says, “dat” for what’s that. She also says, “Jesus,” “Mama,” “Kisses,” “Duck,” and “Dada.” Grandma is trying really hard for her to say her name! She loves swinging at the park and cries when you make her get off the swing. She can go up stairs but has a hard time coming down them. She likes to turn the light switches on and off and likes to pull plugs out of the wall She will put anything in her mouth…I like to call her Dyson, like the vacuum. She doesn't have a lovey or has never liked a pacifer and sleeps in her crib without any blankets or any stuffed animals. She is definitely a 1 year old you can NOT take your eyes off of!! But to sum up her summer she also loved swimming in the lakes/pools, loves seeing animals out and about (especially the horses at the fair), loves trying to climb on things and still loves to be held by her Mama

dance party in the kitchen

hiding from Mom under the kitchen table

story time in Rylee’s cribairplane ride from Dad

Brady’s favorite ride…and baby girl’s to!

Rylee’s first pair of tennis shoes. Little puma’s She hates wearing them though

Fun on the deck! Loves splashing in the pool

At the Fire Muster in Burnsville

Silly boy wanted to “pretend” he is Rylee

Playdate at the park ~Scarlette, Brady, Lilly, Rylee, Chas and KennyThe 3 future heartthrobs!

My Baby Girl turns the big 1 :)

Well it's official! My little Ry Ry is the big 1:)! I know I say this in almost every post but I just can't believe how fast time goes!!:( It seems like with 2 kids time goes double time and that in a way makes me really sad!!:( I don't want to wake up in 18 years and look around and have both my babies off at college and then try and remember them as babies and it is such a distant memory I can't:( So I guess that is one reason I do the blog and post the pictures so I can have a keep sake when I am old and gray! ha ha!

Anyways...Rylee had her 1 yr check up and my little peanut is even more so now! She weighed 19 lbs 5 oz (19% tile...which she dropped from her 9 mth check up) and height 30.5" (88% tile...which she also dropped in). The Dr. didn't' seem to concerned but I am. I feel like she eats a lot for her size and I just don't know why she isn't packing on the lbs!! ha ha! I guess we will just keep doing what we are doing until the Dr. seems concerned:) She handled her shots alright and was in pretty good spirits the rest of the day. The Dr. did however find that she had an ear infection:( Which is her 2nd one in 2 months!! He gave us a 50% chance that she will have to get tubes by November since Brady had to. I just pray this is her last ear infection for a long, long time because I do NOT want to go through that again!:( The operation wasn't so bad it was just all the Dr. visits before that and always having a crabby baby because their ears hurt!!

Brady’s First Dental Visit

Obviously since I am a dental hygienist I was going to have Brady see me for his 1st dental visit!! I tried to prep him before he came into see me and told him ahead of time that “Mommy is going to brush your teeth, but we are going to do it where Mommy works!” He seemed OK with the idea but when the time came we didn’t get a whole lot accomplished!:/ I got him in the chair and showed him all the tools, but as far as the cleaning goes…nada! So I guess I will just wait until he turns 3 and then try again! But until then we will keep brushing, brushing, brushing…and of coarse flossing!!

A Fun Filled Weekend~

Well we had a totally packed jammed Saturday filled with fun, fun, fun!!! We started the morning out at the Children’s Science Museum and had a brunch with Curious George! Brady is in the Curious George phase and loves the cartoon so we thought he would LOVE seeing George! But we thought wrong! lol! He was not to sure about him and wouldn’t even get his picture taken with him if I wasn’t holding him! Rylee on the other hand, Loved George and gave him a big ol’ kiss!!! Here are some pics of the brunch!

Then we made our way down to Faribault where we took the kids to the Rice County Fair! It was the first time either kid has been to a fair and we thought it was better to start out small then have our first fair experience be the State Fair! It was a fun time but it was so HOT!!!! Like so hot I had sweat pouring down my shirt!! Yuck! But the kids were both troopers and we went on rides, went through the barns (where Rylee did get snipped in the finger by a little horse…not good but it didn’t hurt her, just scared her), got some yummy fair food and then called it a day!