Don't Eat The Popcorn

it was sad when I rocked my baby to sleep tonight.
It felt like when I went to lay him down that I wouldn't be waking up to my baby in the morning.
It will be a new bigger Dashtyn that crawls and eats cereal puffs.
He is growing way to fast :(
It makes a mama sad.

Imagine how Im gonna feel when I tuck in my toddler in a couple weeks and he wakes up a preschooler....

Im gonna need Kleenex.

Here are some pictures from a typical movie night at our house a few weeks ago!

mmmmm I'd like some of that....

no, no, Dashty

 "I said no,no bubby you can't have any."

"You better back off big bro"

"its okay dashty"
"mom you better get this kid off of me"

forget it.

If you wont let me have it Ill mark it with my drool.

now whose popcorn is it?

chasen did eat the drool popcorn.

we figured out however that dashtyn wanted the bowl not the popcorn.

so we got him his own red bowl and all was good!

He Crawls. It's Official

 Yup, this guy.      The one with the fat lips

 and big blue eyes...... He's an official crawler!!! 10 days shy of 7mo.

of course it officially happened while I was gone. But it wasn't officially official until I came home and say it with my own eyes!

OFFICIAL.

Officially I can't be on the computer any more or go pee or really leave him alone at all.

Chasen was so excited at first.

Today he has spent a lot of time playing in his room.

 "chasen do you want us to come up and play"

"no mom thats ok!"

and as you can imagine kevin and his cone are a frequent target for the "official" crawler.

I got the computer to download all my pictures from the last 6 weeks and there is an overwhelming amount of photos I want to share on here so Ill see what I can do during nap time and when dad is home!

 not only does he crawl but he pulls himself up on things..... and falls ..... all the time.

Cute Boys

Dashtyn still has a sensitive tummy, but he is slowly getting better.
he had avocado last night and it didn't bother him...he slept through the night...no gas, no problems!

chasen has become quite the mother hen.

last night he asked if he could hold dashtyn so all 3 of us sat in the chair and he held his not so little, little brother!

is was right after dash had a nap so he was pretty calm just sitting there for about 5min then he started to squirm so chasen started to sush him and pat his butt.

and says to me "if you could get me a pacifier then I could get him to sleep." "and if i can get him to sleep, Id be a great mom"

also, when dashtyn crawled across the floor he ran over to me gave me a huge hug and said moooom he did it.

pure joy!!

he can be so sweet (:

Documenting

okay so this is going to be the most random post EVER!
but its like our family year book/album so even though I don't have pics because the pic. thing is still not working, I want to document some things!

we left on Friday to go to Nebraska for our annual trip out to axtel nebraska to see grama jan and papa swede!
Dashtyn is at the age where he is not happy to be awake in the car. he wants out and doesn't understand why!
we stayed in omaha at my aunt's and sisters house Friday night, then all rode to my gmas in caravan style!
We had a great time at the farm eating amazing food
taking family pictures (which you will have to wait to see)
playing badminton, volleyball, riding the gator, shooting birds.... oh and drinking Coors light and great red wine. the evening was complete with an amazing dinner on the patio!
we left Sunday around 12:30 for the L O N G    71/2 hour ride home with 2 little shits angels.
As we were driving through Des Moines Ean asks: when are we going to the state fair this year.
"probably not going. unless we go during the week, but it can't be to hot."
ean suggested why dont we stay and go tomorrow. so we started searching for hotels at 7pm on the interstate...found one and that is how we decided to have our first hotel experience with both boys! :)
had to go to target for diapers, a stroller, formula and a swim suit for Ean and I and lunchables for dinner! It was great and the fair was lots of fun too:)

Dashtyn started crawling while at grama jan's just a few steps. But last night he crawled across the living room too get this

it took him several minutes. he is a very slow steady crawler. He lifts his hands sooooo high then slides his knee. So cute. and Im glad its slow! :)

now on to this

Kevin stayed at the doggie kennel while we were on our adventures. we picked him up Monday at 4pm and tuesday afternoon i noticed a 50 cent piece sized lesion on his front left shoulder. So off to the vet we went and Doc said he needed staples so kevin would have to spend the night.

we were all sad because we missed kevin and chasen was worried his "bleed" would make him die.

we picked him up wed morning and he has to ware this cone for 2 weeks. which is amusing and funny for us.

kevin on the other hand hates his life right now. he can't see what he is walking by so he hits all of the boys toys and they make noise, and he can't walk up stairs unless I hold the cone up, he runs into the door frames, chairs...everything.

Poor Kevin.

I leave tonight at 7pm for my adventure to Syracuse new york, and chasen does NOT want me to go.

He has never had an issue before with me and ean leaving him at grandmas and going places ... and this time he gets to keep ean.

Im sure he will be fine once Im gone and he is having a sleep over at grammies with garin and daddy!





well, I can't get the computer to read my SD disk so I dont have any picture from our recant adventures :( which have included a night at blusemore at the brucemore mansion in cedar rapids each summer they have a blues fest with adult beverages, food and plenty of room for kiddos to run...or try to crawl.
chasen even tried to pee outside in fornt of everyone.
he said "dad i gotta pee"
ean said "ok let me go with you"
chasen started walking, ean got up, saw him with his pants down, yelled nooooo chasen and chasen fell forward bare butt in the air infornt of about 200 or so people..... *sigh*
it was a good time all around.
that morning we went to a parade with alana and brityn and corbin.

brittyn and dashtyn at lunch

i did get some photos off my phone...

the last weekend in july was my 10 year reunion
so we were home for that.
it was a great time and I got to see lots of old friends.
we also went to columbus to see great great grandma flo for her 94th birthday!

we  also went out to uncle bob's lake and I got some great pics of lily and chasen swimming and jumping off the dock some day ill the card reader fixed.



lately it has been nice out so we have been out side playing and swimming!

we actually had a rain storm and had lots of branches fall down....chasen has been gathering them up and putting them in our burn pile...but we can't have a fire because there is a burn ban....maybe this fall!

This weekend we are headed to axtel nebraska. to my grandparents farm!!

then when we get home I gotta gear up for my trip to syracuse to see my best friend Kirsten.
I leave on thursday and get back sunday....im nervous to fly alone and to be that far away from the boys.
and Im nervous for ean to handle it all alone!!!!
but it will be a great vacation!! :)

then its one weekend at home and football season starts!!!!!
and pre school for chasen. I still cant believe it.

lately we have been watching the olympics around the clock!! So exciting.
today was one of our last story times as chasen will have preschool on thursday mornings soon.
he always sits up front

 and we sit so we can see all the kids and dash LOVES it

thats all for now we will be busy the next couple weeks so you may not hear from me...

Half a Year. Happy Birthday!

Look at my 6 month old baby!!

this is how he usually looks...just chill. Sitting in his favorite spot...Mama's lap.

He is a huge mama's boy.

he is 18lbs 10 oz which is around 70% and is

28 inches long which is 95%

he has 2 teeth on the bottom middle

and the drool just spills out like Niagara falls

loves his brother maybe more then his mama

almost crawls but has no interest in sitting up

at 6mo chasen weighed 21lbs and was 26 1/2 inches long .... he was my chunky monkey!

Dashtyn also loves his paci. which is annoying and great at the same time. I love that it makes him stop crying but I really dont like looking at him and having so many pics of him with it in his mouth.
I want to start to phase it out but it works so good....

 "dont even THINK about taking this away lady!"

He loves playing with his brother but gets upset when he can't keep up

 chasen says "its like air hockey"

 we have only introduced 2 solids.. squash and sweat potatoes...he doesn't really like it...likes his cereal but food's tend to make him gassy

he is doing pretty good with a cup though. He gets the cup at lunch and dinner, which is when we do cereal or other food.

the little turd still doesn't sleep through the night

he doesn't eat much or any at all when he gets up.

the stinker just wants to be held. He wakes himself up when his paci falls out or when he rolls over and then he wants mama to hold him and pat his butt.

I REALLY need to start letting him cry a little and let him learn how to soothe himself back to sleep,

I did really good "sleep training" chasen but it seems harder this time.

he has said maaa maa maaa I think mama will be his first word!