Little Things To Remember

Life is going by fast and with two kids I feel like I can't always keep up with the day to day memories so here are a few that I for sure want to remember as of late!

• Leo is very tedious right now about turning of "ights" when leaving a room and holding hands as we go up and down the stairs! He reaches up with his hand to yours saying "and and" and then pauses on the first step to look behind him saying "door" making sure the babygate is shut. soooo stinking cute! 
• Lily laughs SO LOUD when you making "smooching" sounds or tickle her feet.
• Leo can open the fridge on his own not a very good habit but he screams at me to get him yogurt "oGURT" and oranges several times a day.
• Leo is the most affectionate with Lily first thing in the morning. He covers both of them with a blanket "banket" on our bed and giggles with her and she smiles and laughs back at him. Truly these are the best moments of my day especially if it happens while Mike is getting ready for work and he can be part of it.
• Leo is in a "Mom" calling stage right now but when he calls me Mom I make sure to correct him and say "mama" haha. They grow up so fast! Leo also rolls his eyes at you when you correct him now....where did he learn that!? *rolls eyes* 
• June has become a fat dog because of Leo thinking he needs to feed her everytime he eats! 
• Jenkins "Gangkins" is Leo's favorite pet at the moment. 
• Lily is pretty much sleeping through the night if you don't count 430  a night time hour. She could be classified as a early bird. 
• Leo has finally mastered character recognition...We were at walmart and we passed by the Thomas the Train pillow pets and he started pointing and yelling "MOM-MAS MOM-MAS"
• Lily is almost rolling over...I think she will be sitting on her own soon, thanks to bumbo time!
• Leo can drink from a cup all on his own.
• Lily has started giving kisses.
• Leo is still obsessed with brushing his teeth and wearing shoes.

Now for a month's worth of snapshots!

Stud!

It's hard to take a snapshot with two babies!

Watching his "shows"

So Grown UP!

Can't leave without a handful of cars!

naptime!

Feeding his "seester"

Date Night <3

He loves his hooded towels!

Lily with her baby doll

Telling me it was time to go "bye-bye"

Right size for the bumbo?

All BOY!

June not far from his bowl of crackers.

Eskimo Kisses

Our little dentist.

ROAR!

Ready for the Rain

Night Night

Playing in his tent

Handy Man

Sleepover

Leo/Brenden Sleepover's are becoming a regular thing nowadays! I hope the boys appreciate the time they spend together because it sure is cute watching them grow up together!

wakey wakey eggs and bacey

Lily was jealous of the boys breakfast.

So worn out! 

I was so busy keeping track of them I hardly took pictures of them playing but they had fun that's for sure! My house was a mess to prove it :P

Mr. Helpful

Leo now helps with the dishwasher all his idea he grabs the items and says "away" then either hands them off to me or puts them on the counter. The silverware he actually puts in the drawer. Such a big little helper!

"Mom stop taking pictures and get to work"

He even will start it!

5 months already!?

Lily turned 5 whole months on Tuesday! She is really starting to change alot!

Things Lily does:

• laughs when you kiss her
• almost rolls over she can get to her side 
• coos and "talks" ALOT
• smiles whenever you look at her
• LIGHTS UP when Leo "plays" with her
• She is 6 month clothing already! 
• Started her on Rice Cereal..she wants no part of it so far.
• Makes Mommy and Daddy's heart melt everyday! 

Smiles :)

Growing So Fast!

The New Year

I totally forgot to write about New Years!! New Years Eve was actually the first night Lily spent the night away! This was HUGE because seriously Leo was around 15 months before he hit that milestone. We celebrated with Leo and Lily before midnight but that's ok they are babies they don't know what time it is!

Party Animal!

He always has to sit on her! 

He loved making noise! 

My Mom and Dad kept the kids for the night and I was actually worried that New Years was ruined because it seemed that Mike had caught whatever bug I had over Christmas but he is such a trooper and shook it off but the evening after a restful day and we headed to the new Casino and to Kobe's steakhouse for dinner! A 9 o'clock dinner fun and very different from our normal nights out on the town.

The Casino is not completed yet and we didn't win any money we actually lost 60 dollars We still had a really fun time! We were home by midnight and enjoyed some champagne while watching a movie and I loved every minute of it...except for when I was a nervous wreck about Lily spending the night away! I missed her and Leo terribly! I know the kids enjoy their time with their grandparents though.

Slots!

We were stuck at a train for what seemed like forever!
 How do you like our seat belts?

Dinner! Mike took this picture that is why my chin is cut off  ha! 

Leo counts to Ten.

The other day I was changing Leo's diaper and let's be honest the boy never stays still long enough for me to change is diaper without wanting to pull my hair out...so to distract him I say "lets count to ten" and I will count while I change him and he usually will lay still long enough to snap that last button. I have been doing this for several months now and the other day he started to repeat the numbers to me! I was so proud of him it literally took my breath away. He is really good about remember that 5 comes after 4 and he says 8 and 9 very clearly! Such a smarty pants already. :)

Girls Night!

Saturday I went out on a much needed ladies night with some girlfriends I use to work with at Kohl's. It was a blast I really needed to relax and have fun. We went to Old Chicago yum! Then ended up at this ridiculously scary bar that we quickly left and just ended up at one of my friend's house drinking Sangria and talking. Simple but Great! I miss seeing these girls and I also met some new friends also. We are going to be doing this monthly so I look forward to them all!

Scary Bar=Scary faces

Lily's First Movie

We never tried this with Leo but the other night we actually took Lily to a movie! Leo was having a sleep over with Brenden and Mike has been wanting to see The Girl with Dragon Tattoo. Good thing Lily is a baby..highly inappropriate move for her but she slept through the entire movie anyway! The movie was over 2 1/2 hours long too! Maybe she can go with us to Titanic 3D in April!?

sound asleep.

Mike was telling me no more pictures...party pooper.

Racing Cars and Silly Habits

Leo's favorite activity for sure right now is anything to do with cars, trucks, anything with wheels really. He will line up all his toys that have wheels and motor them around the house making all the car sounds...vroom vroom or rrrrrrrrrrr will be heard around the house on a regular basis.

He lined these up all on his own!

Leo is also beginning to form sentences which is really cute to watch him put all the words together. He uses "fix it" around a billion times a day. This includes putting his toys back together, velcroing his shoes back even unwrapping food means "fix it".  "put away" is another favorite. He is pretty good about this when he is done with things, mainly his sippy cups and books. He is learning so much every day Mike and I have quickly realized our bad habits and how Leo picks up on them. Feeding the dogs is #1 on our bad list and Leo does it all the time! If Leo has food June is for sure not far behind. Leo loves to crawl into Lily's crib or play-yard with her, Lord help me! Mike sits on our kitchen counter tops sometimes while I am cooking to talk to me and now Leo thinks he needs to do that too. I correct our dogs sometimes at a to high of voice and now Leo yells at the dogs to "shush" or go "outside". Unfortunately he has picked up on biting his nails that is a habit that both Mike and I have so our children are kind of doomed in that department. He defiantly pushes us to improve ourselves on a daily basis. 

June loves cheese-its

Leo feels the need to sit as close to Lily as possible, cute actually.

They look out the window together again since I took down the Christmas tree.

Little stinker can get in the fridge now all on his own!

Took his diaper off and crawled on his dresser.

He crawled in and told me "night night"...until I started to walk out of the room. lol 

Climbs into his toy chest on a daily basis to read.

This Little Boy sure keeps me busy but I enjoy every minute of it and he melts my heart everyday!