Gymboree

Since I haven't posted pictures of Gymboree in a along time I thought I'd share some cute pictures from today.

Mommy got an iPhone 4s

I'm so excited! Jason surprised me and ordered me the new iPhone! He even arranged for our very tech savvy friend Manny to come over and set it all up for me on Friday night. I'm so lucky! What I'm most excited about is that now I have a phone with a camera on it so I can take pictures of the kids on the go!

Btw- this blog post is on the go too. Here are pictures I took of the kiddos this AM!

Lily's First Oatmeal

Lily had her first oatmeal the other morning and I had to take some pictures and videos of her.  While I was taking pictures and googling at her, Thomas starting talking to me and wanting attention as well.  Once I started taking pictures of him, he was hammin' it up!  Here are pictures of my little munchies! 

after my 1st oatmeal

with my empty bowl

The little ham!

Lunch with Cousins!

Monday we went to Aunt Patty's house and had lunch and a play date with our cousins Mia and Frankie!  The kids had a great time and Aunt Patty whipped them up a 6 course lunch.  Yay for COUSINS :)

This is what happens...

when your toddler gets a hold of your camera times 28 pictures!  Oh and 5 videos.  Hilarious!

Thomas' BDay at School

Last Thursday we went to Thomas' school to celebrate his birthday with his classmates.  Daddy joined us and we sang "Happy Birthday" and ate cookies decorated with the first letter of each kid's name.  The kids loved the cookies as they were easier for them to eat than cupcakes or cakes and thankfully there wasn't icing all over everyone's clothes.

We LOVED watching the kids sit at the table, put on their party hats, get comfy in their little chairs and eat their cookies so patiently.  After they were finished Mrs. B put on the bubble machine and they danced to music in the bubbles.  It was adorable to see all of these little 2 year olds interact.  

We are celebrating Thomas' 2nd Birthday this Sunday, October 16th - his actual Birthday.  Stay tuned...

Notice Thomas not wanting his hat on!

Thomas and Daddy

Our Family

Thomas picking the sprinkles off of his cookie

A blurry close up of Thomas' Birthday shirt

Tea Babies turn 2!

We have a group of friends that we hang with that we call the Tea Babies.  We call them this because we all met at the Mother's Tea lactation class for babies 0-8 weeks near the hospital that assists mothers with newborn and breastfeeding education.  Ever since these little munchkins were days and weeks old we have gotten together at parks, music class and a big party each year to celebrate their turning another year.  This year they turned 2!  We can all hardly believe it and now there are even 4 babies within 10 days of each other.  Maybe we will call them the Tea Babies round 2 :)

We all brought a dish to share and we "rented" Mr.Richard for a private concert.  Thank to Nikki and her family for having us all at their house for an awesome 2nd Birthday party!!

Lily and Daddy enjoying the show

Mr. Richard playing his songs for the kids

Dancing to the airplane song

Billy getting his groove on

Chloe being shy

Thomas playing with trucks instead of listening to the music

Finally clapping to the music

He found the strawberry guitar and went at it!

The CAKE!

rollin rollin rollin

Baby Lily's rollin!  From back to belly that is!  She did it for the first time the other day, around 4.5 months old.  She's been doing it a few times a day so I'm happy since she doesn't care to be on her belly. She can roll from her belly to her back, and did it around 8 weeks, but hates being on her belly so she doesn't get much practice.  Here are some shots of me trying to get her in action but I wasn't successful :)

She's sleeping through the night!!!

I am supppper excited to announce that little Miss Lily is now sleeping through the night and not having to be swaddled.  It's been about a week now where she's been sleeping from 7:30pm till anywhere between 6-8am.  I think the no swaddling was key for her because she was able to find her thumb.  Now I'm not entirely happy about the thumb thing because I know it will be a bear to break in the future, but for now I'm thankful.

It is soooo nice to get more than 4-6 hours in a row even though my body is still used to waking anywhere between 1-4 so I usually find myself staring at the ceiling for a bit.  I will take that though over getting up once and twice a night for the past 4.5 months.  With sleep I can do anything!!!!  Keep up the good work little mamma :)

So in celebration of her sleeping through the night I took a few pictures of her napping the other day and I also took a video that I will post as soon as I get a chance.  They are a little dark because I didn't want the flash to wake her up.

Bath time with Babies!

Thomas and Lily are now taking baths at the same time!  It is one of mine and the kids favorite times of the day.  As soon as I ask Thomas if he wants to take a bath, he runs into our bathroom and tries to climb into the tub.  Lily on the other hand, as soon as she hears the tub water running gets all giddy.  I fill up her bath tub, put her in and she starts kicking away.  Thomas splashes around and Lily loves to watch him.  It's the sweetest thing watching them interact with one another!