Wow. During lunch today Ethan cried out, "look at that bug!!" Over Dominic's left shoulder on the screen was a pretty darn big grasshopper. I mean, I know they say things are bigger in Texas, but now everyone can see for themselves that they aren't lying. This bad boy had at least a 6 inch wing span.
Thank you Grandma & Papa Colorado for Carmine's new bed! We slapped on the boys' old bedding and it looks gorgeous!
For the past two weekends Brad has been working diligently in the garage making room for the guestroom furniture so we could fit Carmine's crib in his new guestroom/nursery. Now the big question is, when will he start sleeping in it? Until he starts sleeping through the night I'm not near ready for the 2AM trek upstairs... so until he gives us more nights with more sleep, the crib will ber used for his short-lived, few and far between naps.
Today Carmine started reaching for things that interest him. It was so sweet looking at the determined look on his face.
It's hard to believe that it's already going by so fast.
Monsters Shmonsters! Cookie Monster got the first giggle out of Carmine... Or was it Uncle Daryl's funny face?? Who knows. The point is everyone loves to hear a baby laugh so watch the video and smile.
Good times. Guess you had to be there!
Ethan turned 7 last week. We had an Indiana Jones party at the park. It was a sweltering 100 that day. The first day of the year for 3 digits. I was so thankful to the parents that actually brought their kids. It's a good thing that Ethan's friends were a bit more resilant than their parents in these situations. We had to freeze the cupcakes before the party that way they would last until we sang Happy Birthday (last year his cake melted in the sun after only 5 minutes).
On Ethan's birthday Grandma Jean came over so we could all go out to eat at the restaraunt of Ethan's choice (CiCi's all you can eat pizza buffet) and cake and ice cream (or rainbow sherbert).
One of Ethan's favorite gifts were these Mario Kart toys that Daddy found on the internet. Half of them are missing wheels and heads now, but, boy were they fun for the next day or two!!
Ethan no longer has to wait in the wings and watch over his brother's shoulder as he played his DS. He FINALLY has one of his own. I don't think we heard a peep out of the boys for 2 days after this photo.
And today it's 96 degrees and humid as hell.
As most of you know by now, Carmine was born on May 13, at 6:38 pm, weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. The boys are adjusting perfectly to the new addition and mommy and daddy are once again getting used to broken sleep and sore backs. He's sleeping through the night except to eat (we didn't get that lucky!) and his awake times are during the day. What else can you ask for from a newborn?
Dominic is taking on the roll of the protective big brother already when yesterday he told me sweetly "If anyone tried to hurt Carmine, he thinks he would want punch their face."
Dominic had his 8th birthday party at Kids Kastle in Highland Village this past Saturday. Besides the humidity, and the fact that the pavillion we rented was double booked, everything went great! We ended up finding other picnic tables close to the playground area with a tree or two for shade.
Sunday morning, his actual birthday, he got to decide what we ate for breakfast which of course was donuts and sausage rolls. Nobody complained too much about that. I guess good taste runs in the family! After breakfast we decided to let him open his presents. Traditionally this is an after dinner event, but since he was getting a DS from mom and dad we knew he would want all day to play with it. When time came to open our present he was not surprised at all with what he received. I guess that can happen when you've been asking for the same thing since Halloween.
On Saturday Ethan decided he wanted to help Daddy with the blower. Even Mommy doesn't like to use the blower because it's pretty heavy, and vibrates like crazy! But Ethan was determined. He would pick it up, blow, put it down and shake his hands out, pick it up, blow, put it down and shake his hands out. All the while there was a gleam in Daddy's eye... finally lawn help...
His tooth had been loose forever!! The last few days Brad wrestled with Ethan to let him pull it, but there's just something about that first tooth that they get so freaked out over.
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