February 25, 2013

Last week or so!

Here are few "everyday" pictures from the last week and weekend!
The weather was beautiful on Saturday! It was 72 degrees! The kids and I had a great time playing outside while Dustin cut down the dead leaves off of his banana plants!
 Mallory has had a bigger interest in her hair lately. She has been asking me to put it up like Mommy's! Poor girl! Her hair is so cute and curly! Unfortunately, it does not grow long and down. It only seems to bigger...fluffier! It is soo cute on her though! We have been doing tiny puffs on top! She loves it! Maybe by the time she goes to kindergarten, it will be long! Maybe..
 We ate at a new restaurant. Casa De Tamale. It was amazing! The best guac I have ever had!
 Daddy holding both his cute kids! Fresh out of the bath in their jams! So cute!
Mallory is trying to tell Colt to turn and smile for the picture! She is hilarious!
Colt is blinded by my flash every time! Hence the face!
 Snuggle time!
We love to read books and pray in Mallory's room before she goes to sleep!
Love when Mals wakes up in the morning and comes into my room to snuggle until Colty wakes up!
 She sure does love him!
Colty loves the activity center! He is so good about playing in it for little bit at a time! I am able to fix Mallory and I something to eat or get dressed! He loves to go for walks too! Yay!
We also went to the $3 movies with both kids! Ha. Crazy, I know! They did amazing though!
I was dying to get out of the house and both grandparents were busy so we just took the kids! We saw Wreck it Ralph! Mals sat nicely the whole time eating her popcorn kids meal and Colt slept the first hour and I may or may not have just nursed right there in the back row for the last part of the movie to keep him quiet! Ha! It was fine though! He didn't make a sound! Yay! I got a picture of Mals and Dust at the movie but my flash wasn't on so its too dark! I'll try and fix it!

February 20, 2013

5 months old!

Colty Colt is 5 months old today!!! Time sure does fly around here!
Colton is such a fun, cute smiley and happy baby! (You wouldn't know it by the pictures I take because the flash blinds him every time! I'm gonna take the next picture outside in the light!)
He does not have an official physical this month with Dr Jones so I weighed him myself! This boy is a chunky 16.5 pounds! (With his clothes on)
Some of Colton's LOVES/Likes are:
*Tummy time! He likes to be on his tummy! I put him on his back and he instantly rolls over to his stomach! Silly boy!
*Eating! Colt loves to eat real food! Some of his favorite foods are apples, pears, carrots, mixed berry, banana/apple/cherry and pineapple!
*Bumbo. Colt does great sitting in the bumbo. I think he likes how he can see everyone better
*Activity Center. Colt does sooo good in the activity play thing! He likes to look all the different toys and try to eat them!
*His Hands! Colt loves to eat his hands and any toy he can get a hold of! He is a drooling machine! We have to constantly keep bibs on him for this reason!
Some of Colton's Dislikes:
*The car seat! Poor guy! No matter what I do, he screams in his carseat! I made sure he was sitting in the correct position so hes not too far up or laying too low. I make sure the straps are not too tight on his shoulders. Still angry! I try to sit back there when Dustin drives, give him toys, try the pacifier, and shake the seat gently! Still angry! Therefore, we do not travel longer than 15 minutes because I  he might die!
*The pacifier! So apparently some kids just don't like the pacifier! I'm over it...kinda! He would be so much easier to soothe if he would take it!
*Bath Time! Oh goodness! Who doesn't love a nice warm bath to relax before bed?! Apparently, my child! I tried putting him in the tub without water first, no good. I tried getting in the big tub with him, still angry! I tried barely barely warm water thinking it was too hot, still mad! So we just do bath time very fast and only every other night or every 3 days!

Colton still loves to breastfeed so that's good! He loves to be held..mostly standing up, which is fun. He loves to be talked to and loves when Mals and I sing her nursery songs! 
Colton LOVES his big sister! He follows (with his eyes) her everywhere she goes!
When I'm busy doing something and he is playing on the ground and he gets a little fussy, Mallory will go over and talk to him and Colton perks right up! She likes to hand him toys and show him how to use it! Its so fun to see her be a "mommy" to him!
I didn't realize how much she paid attention to how I "mommy" him until recently! Its hilarious to see her mimicking me!
Mal will tell Colton in the same high voice I use: "It's okay brother, don't cry, Mal Pal's got you!" Mallory will say "Colty, watch me, watch me!"
She wants him to play with her so desperately! I try to tell her he's too little when shes trying to get him to "high five" her for doing a good job going potty on the toilet!
Mallory wants Colt to put his hand in with me, her and Dust and say "Go Team Dora".
Mallory has also picked up on some of the not-so-appropriate-for-kids things I say! For example...oh goodness, maybe I shouldn't even post about it..ha...Ok I'm over it...I don't always use the correct terms for your private areas so when Mals was complaining about her privates hurting, I asked her if her crotch hurt..oops, my bad! Also, when I first started breastfeeding I would complain to Dustin that my boobs hurt or that Colton was pulling them when he would detach and stop feeding. Now Mallory will occasionally ask me if Colty is eating my boobs and if it is hurting!
Apparently, poor Mallory is that child that says inappropriate things for her age and now parents won't let their kids play with her! Oops again!
Sometimes when Dusty is joking with me and I think what he is saying is dumb, I say: Oh stop, you're stupid. Guess, I'll have to stop saying that! Mallory has told Dustin he was stupid twice since! Oh dear.
Oh sorry, this became the Mallory show....once again!
Well I might as well share a few more things since my mind is flowing today!
Everyday when Mallory gets up in the morning or after her afternoon nap, I like to tell her: "Good morning sister! Did you have a good night sleep/nap?" She smiles and says yes or sometimes she doesn't answer at all (shes not really a morning person). Now she likes to run down the hall and say: "Colty awake now Mom, Colty awake now Mom" and once we get in the room to pick him up, Mals will tell Colty: "Did you have a good sleep?" Sooo cute!
She also likes to tell people to be quiet when he is sleeping and announce when hes crying/screaming which is fun. Occasionally, when she is tired, she asks me to put him down and cuddle her. I love those moments! She has always been a cuddly girl! I rocked her to sleep every night before Colt was born. Every now and then I still do for nap time, if Colt is already napping!
Sure do love our two kiddos! How can I not talk about Mals when I talk about Colton?! And brag on Colt when I talk about Mals!?
Those two are always together!

February 17, 2013

Newport Weekend

Brooke and Shaun were sealed in the Newport Temple this weekend!
We went up late Thursday night to Mira Loma and visited Spencer & Lauren!
We had a great time going to the park, out to dinner with them and doing a little shopping!
I only took these two pictures! :( Mallory at the park and Colton playing in the bed!
Saturday morning we traveled down to Newport
to see Brooke and Shaun be sealed with baby Cash for eternity!
We are soo glad that we were able to be there for the ceremony!
  We are so excited for their cute little family!
Outside the temple!
 The weather was beautiful!! A sunny 81 degrees!!
So nice that Aunt Carolyn and Aunt Becky were able to come down from Arizona to support Brooke & Shaun!
 The Whole Group!
 Tucker, Tanner, Dockstader, Beta and Parker Families
 Mallory, Nonna Susan, Colty & Aunt Carolyn
 Mallory loves taking pictures now!
 Daddy caught a picture of Colty & I walking up to the temple
 Mallory giving Aunt Becky a love! (Mallory kept saying: Look Momma, Nonna's sisters!)
Daddy holding baby Colty
 The cute eternal family!
 After the temple ceremony, the big group met up for dinner at Maggiano's Italian Restaurant!
 The food was amazing! Everyone had a great time!
The next day, we took Mallory down to the beach!

 Mallory had a great time with Papa looking for sea shells


We walked up and down the pier, ate at a great seafood restaurant and looked at shops!
We had a great weekend! So glad our family was able to support Brooke!
Love Brooke, Shaun & baby Cash sooo much!
Oh and we even survived the car ride there and back!

February 14, 2013

Valentine's Day

Happy Valentines Day!
We had a great day showering our cute kids with LOVE!
...Pretty similar to what we do everyday!
Colt doesn't sit up on his own yet so we had to lay Colton next to the board on the floor!
She loves him soo much! The other pictures before this one were of Mals trying to tell Colty to smile! So funny!!
We even wore our Valentines shirts to church!
Colt leaned forward to try and eat my phone while I was taking the picture!

Colty so happy!
Mallory was talking and talking all morning!
Mallory and I made Mimi Kims sugar cookies for Daddy!
We bought a heart-shaped pizza from Papa Murphys
 
We played with Daddy's photobooth glasses before he had to leave!
Dustin did a photobooth for a Valentine's/Birthday party! 
 
 

February 9, 2013

The Last 2 Weeks

Here are a few random pictures from the last 2 weeks or so!
We went to my parents house for Super Bowl Sunday!
Poor Papa spent some of his TV watching time holding Colton like this! :)
Papa and Nonna love to hold Colty & Cash money by each other so they can play!
I took Mallory & Colty to the $3 movies with Jackie (Brixton/Brynley) & Julie (Roxy/Lacey)
Colty is getting big enough to be held on my hip now! Yay!
Makes doing things with one hand easier!
We have been going on lots of walks! We try to go in the afternoons when its not too cold outside but it still gets a little chilly! Can't wait for summer time!
Colty is loving his play area! This specific morning, Mallory decided it was party time at 5:15am!
How can you be mad at that cute face! 
Colt has been happy!
Playing on his stomach!
Morning snuggles! Poor Colty is always blinded by the flash on my cell phone!
Looking forward to Newport next weekend!