The boys lately

We have been super busy lately with lots of traveling so not much time to update the blog and i've been awful about taking my camera anywhere but here are some pictures/videos of the boys lately from my phone.

Wyatt singing.  I wish i could have recorded him watching this video because it was so funny.  Everytime he heard himself sing the toucan song he died laughing.  Must be an inside joke lol.

Gavin had to get in on the fun :)

Anatomy Scan and Gender Reveal

I am officially 20 weeks (halfway yay!) and my belly has definitely popped out :). We had our anatomy scan last week and so far everything looks great with the baby. She wasn’t able to get a good measurement of the stomach so we will get another one at our next visit but they said not to worry the baby just hadn’t eaten enough yet for good measurements.

We were also able to find out the gender and able to share the news with the boys and my family. We decided that it would be fun to make cupcakes and revel the gender inside with colored icing and let Gavin take the first bite. He was so funny because usually he just digs into desserts but I think all the attention made him nervous and then he kept thinking the rainbow chips were the color so he wasn’t biting in much. Finally Jess just broke the cupcake to reveal the news.

It's a boy!!!!!

The boys are very excited to be getting a little brother in August :).  We can't wait to see if he will look like Gavin or Wyatt.

Easter Activites

Here’s some of our pictures showing what we’ve  been up to lately.  Lots of fun Easter activities including coloring eggs, egg hunt at my work, Easter gifts and an Easter egg hunt at my parent’s.  We’ve also had fun enjoying a few of the really nice days lately by enjoying dinner at the park and going on walks/bike rides.  Really hoping this nice weather is here to stay!!

Singing Machine

Lately Wyatt has turned into a singing machine.  I think his new Elmo Songs movie has really peaked his interest in singing songs but every day on the way to and from school he wants to sing songs.  He has lots of songs but some of his favorites are Twinkle Twinkle, ABC’s and Elmo’s song which he usually sings for all the sesame street characters.  I need to try and get him on film singing but was able to capture some sneaky filming of him from his monitor (see below).  Lately he’s been lying in bed at night sometimes for up to 30 minutes just singing away. 

http://youtu.be/y4k0P5Lwy74

Dentist

Gavin had his second visit to the Dentist today and he did amazing! Such a big boy! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but he did great. Still wanted me to come back with him which I expected but he sat in the dentist chair for the first time and actually got his teeth cleaned and flossed with all the tools. The dentist and hygienist were amazing and made him feel so comfortable and we got a great report on his teeth. He got to pick out a special prize at the end and a new toothbrush and then I took him for a special treat before heading to school for being so brave.

On a side note ever since Wyatt heard me tell Gavin over the weekend that he was going to the dentist he has been obsessed with wanting to go to the dentist. To the point where he was even throwing a fit because he wanted to put his shoes on and go immediately. I tried to explain to him what the dentist means but it doesn’t seem like he got it. I would love to know what he thinks ‘going to the dentist’ means as it is a huge struggle right now to get him to brush his teeth. We basically have to hold him down and force him to let us do it while he screams, so no fun for any of us. So I know he does not really want to go to the dentist but this kid is adamant. He event woke up at 5:30 yesterday morning asking about going to the dentist and it was the first thing he said again this morning lol. I thought about bringing him along with Gavin so he could see what the trip was all about but decided against it because I wasn’t sure how Gavin would handle it and thought it might be a little tough dealing with him and Wyatt.

Crazy Night

So we had somewhat of a traumatic first last night. Gavin was acting pretty tired last night when he got home from school and just wanted to lay down which is pretty rare for this kid. His nose was pretty runny and right before bed he felt really warm so we gave him a little motrin hoping he wasn’t coming down with anything. He woke up around 10:30 kind of crying a little bit with some coughs and I could tell on the monitor that he kept wiping his nose so Ryan went in with some Kleenexes and a glass of water to hopefully settle him back down. The next thing I hear is a frantic Nicole so I come running down the hall and see the poor boy covered in blood everywhere. Apparently he had got a bloody nose and it was honestly the worst I had ever seen. This poor kid was still half asleep as Ryan and I are freaking out trying to determine what to do with him while blood is gushing out of both his nostrils. Finally we picked him up and took him to our bathroom so we didn’t wake up Wyatt. We ended up calling the on-call nurse because his nose just would not stop and it was really freaking us out that it was just gushing out of both sides for about 15 minutes. I think when it comes to your kids you always panic and don’t want to underestimate anything. Luckily we finally got it to slow down and got some good tips from the nurse if it was to happen again. We didn’t want to put him back to bed until it had stopped completely which was around midnight poor guy! Ryan ended up sleeping in his room for a couple of hours just to make sure it didn’t happen again since the nurse said it would possibly happen several more times. Thank goodness it didn’t because the next step would be to hold his nose closed for 10 minutes straight and if that didn’t work and it kept happening to bring him in. I think we’re both hoping that that never happens again but at least if it does we know what to do at this point and thankfully Wyatt slept through the entire ordeal.


Although speaking of Wyatt, he decided that Gavin couldn’t get all the attention last night and decided to wake up around 3am shouting for Diego from his room. After a couple minutes of not calming down I decided to go in there because I was afraid he would wake Gavin up. Usually he’s really good if he wakes up and gets upset you can go in there and get him settled back down pretty quickly but lately he’s been really fighting bedtime and there was just no reasoning with this two year old. He kept requesting Diego which he is recently obsessed with. It’s pretty hard to make a 2 year old understand that he can’t watch Diego at 3 am in the morning. I tried everything to lull him back to sleep: singing a song, playing music, cuddling with his blanket, rocking and everything I tried he just said no signing, no music, no blanket, no rocking.. he’s become quite demanding these days. Finally I resorted to bribery because I was out of options and really wanted to get back to bed. I told him that if he went to bed he could have a special treat in the morning hoping that he would forget all about it. Well that worked and he reach right for bed and thankfully we didn’t hear a peep out of him until a little before 6 but of course the first thing out of his mouth this morning was treat. I guess there’s no fooling this kid!

Here's to hoping tonight has a little less drama :).

Happy Feet

This post is a little late as Gavin has already finished his session of soccer but better late then never J.  We tried soccer with Gavin last year about this time through the YMCA and it was kind of a diaster.  It was very un-organized, lots of standing around which Gavin did not have the patience for and by the time we got around to the games he was totally over it and it became a battle just to get him to go. 

We told ourselves that it was going to be awhile before we tried another sport but then I got an e-mail about a Happy Feet league starting up in January and asked Gavin if he wanted to play soccer again and he seemed really excited so we decided to give it a try.  If you are wanting your kids to try soccer Happy Feet is definitely the route to go.  We had such a great experience and Gavin had such a good time. 

It’s a smaller group of kids and the coaches are trained specifically to work with kids.  They make all the drills into games so it’s fun and the kids are constantly moving the entire time.  Although Gavin was never very aggressive he had a lot of fun running around after the ball and did almost score a goal once. 

 I think it also helped that a couple of his friends from school were on one of the teams so he enjoyed getting to see them as well.  Overall it was a really good experience and we will definitely be signing him up again.