Alex is 3 Months Old

Alex is 3 months old today.  

Man, time flies.  3 months while pregnant seems like an eternity, but once the baby is here time really does fly.  He is really a good baby, pretty much only cries if he is tired or hungry .  I just need to find my new normal--I can't always get everything done that I would like to in a day.
Isn't that how it is for everyone though?

Alex at 3 Months:

• is sleeping through the night and in the bassinet.  Next step will be to get him to sleep in the crib.  Baby steps :)
• talks to us.  He coos and says "oonga" alot.
• kicks his toys while he sits in his bouncy chair.  His face looks so determined while he is doing it, too.  It's like its his job, lol.
• now wears 3-6 month clothes and as soon as his size 1 diapers are gone, we'll be moving him to size 2's.  He's a little chunk and I love it.
• loves the tubby.  He looks up at me while I'm tubbing him and kicks, again like it's his job.  He's almost too big for the sink now.  We'll be moving him to the little tub that goes in the tub soon.
• he arches his little back when we change his diaper.  He doesn't really know what he's doing, but it makes it so we have to hold him really well to get his diap on.
• he likes to jump.  If you're holding him, he'll try to jump on you (if that makes sense).
• loves to suck on and eat his hands. He acts like he doesn't get fed :)

Alex Love the Bouncy Chair

Alex has been loving his bouncy chair lately.  

He will watch the hanging toys and try his hardest to kick them.  He is a pretty happy baby. 

He will talk and try and kick the toys.

He loves blowing bubbles lately, too. 

Spring Flowers

I am my father's child--he loves taking pictures of his yard.  

I love taking pictures of my yard to see how it progresses every year and see trees get bigger. 

I also love the beautiful spring time flowers.

Birthday Dinner for Mom

My sisters, mom, and I finally met up tonight to celebrate my mom's birthday that 

was on March 24th.

We met at the new Kneader's in Spanish Fork and enjoyed a yummy dinner together.  You can always count on some good conversation, too.  I eventually had to leave even though I would have preferred to stay and chit chat.

Alex came with me to the dinner.  He did really well and didn't fuss much until he got hungry.  I was glad I didn't have to go far to get home though.  Alex wasn't loving being in the dark for the car ride home.

Ryan and Jake Update

It's been a long time since I've done an update on Ryan and Jake so I thought I'd write down a few things to remember.

Ryan:

• is so helpful. He is a pretty good listener, too.  If we ask him to do something, he will most likely do it.  Jake on the other hand...
• loves to do arts and crafts.  If I would let him do one or two a day, he would be in heaven.
• loves to ride his bike and play outside.  
• is Jim's side kick.  He is always wanting to help Jim build whatever he is building, help cook dinner, fix whatever Jim is fixing, help shovel snow, etc.

Jake:

• is finally potty trained.  He goes pee and poo on the potty although he still has an occasional accident (we haven't had one for a few weeks so we may be out of the woods--keeping my fingers crossed!).  I still have to watch him when he is peeing so he doesn't pee all over the place (or I just remind him before he goes potty). 
• thinks he is a super hero--superman, batman, thor, the hulk, a power ranger.  He is pretty obsessed with saving the world :)
• knows how to press my buttons!  How do they learn how to talk back? He also will repeat what I say.  For example:

Me: Jake go clean up your toys.  

Jake: Jake go clean up your toys.  

Me: Not funny, now go clean up your toys.  

Jake: Not funny, now go clean up your toys.  

It gets really old, really fast.  It even drives Ryan crazy.

• is my social child.  He has no problem going up to a group of kids and joining in on their play.

Exercise

I bought the Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred DVD at Target last night along with some 5 and 8 pound weights. My boys were so excited to exercise.

We went to the gym again this morning (Alex slept the whole night again from 9:45-6:45a in the bassinet. He was good at daycare, too). When we got home Ryan and Jake wanted to watch the exercise movie. I wanted to see what it was like, too, so Jake put it in.

Jillian started out with a warm-up. Ryan and Jake immediately started following along. Jillian did the windmill with her arms and Ryan followed suit. He said, " I can go faster than that ladies!" I nearly died laughing.

Then Jillian started doing jumping jacks. Jake started doing them soon after. He said, "I've got skills huh mom!" Too funny! The problem was he was doing jumping jacks like those Iraqis in the training video. It's on YouTube. Go watch the link; it's hilarious.

Ryan aka Iron Man doing the windmill and Jake aka Captain America doing jumping jacks in his mask and all :)

Ryan warming up

Doing weights.

They kept up with Jillian pretty good, but were pooped after about 2 minutes and were ready for some "energy" aka Crystal Light energy drink, lol. After they got their energy, they did some more weights and push ups and they were done.

It was so darn funny watching them "exercise". I hope by going to the gym they understand how important it is to be stay active and eat healthy food. I need to be better about feeding them healthy goods. I try, but sometimes it's just easier to make them mac n' cheese or chicken nuggets. I try to give them fruits and veggies with those things so it's all good, right :)

We're On a Roll!

Alex slept the whole night through again, and in the bassinet!  Maybe we were waking him up in the night, who knows?? But I'm totally digging getting a full nights sleep.

Silly Day at Preschool

Today was silly day at preschool.

I remembered this morning and then promptly forgot, ugh.

Ryan remembered as we were just getting ready to walk out the door for preschool.  He picked his shirt out--I told him it was cold outside, but he didn't care so short sleeves it was.  And we stuck some gloves on him.  That's all we could come up with last minute.  I guess the snow boots are pretty silly, but they are a normal everyday thing at our house :) 

When It's Raining Outside...

It's a cold, rainy day so we decided to do a little crafting.  I bought these wood letters at Remember Your Memories in Nephi while we were staying with my parents.  We were going to paint them while we were staying in Levan and never got around to it.  They've been sitting in the bag, on my counter, ever since we've been home.  I was just about to stick the bag in the closet, and then it started to rain today.  SO, they became our project today.

Ryan picked green to paint his letter R. 

Jake picked blue to paint his letter J.

The boys had a blast painting their letters.  The only issues we ran into to were: they wanted to paint the entire letter in one sitting.  They didn't realize they needed paint one side and then let it dry.  This was a hard concept for them.  The other issue was, they kept touching the wet, painted side so their hands were colored by the time they were done. Oh well.  They had fun painting and it gave us something different to do today.

Another major thing happened today.  Alex slept the entire night and in the bassinet!!  We put him down around 10:30p and he slept until 6a!  Things are starting to look up :)

Jim also went into work late today so I could go to the gym at 9a.  I love cardio kick boxing and haven't been able to go for so long (I actually was able to go last Monday, but you get what I mean, ha ha).  He was nice to stay home with Alex so I could go to class.  The boys came to the gym with me since they love going and playing with the kids and doing crafts, etc.

Alex slept the whole night and I was able to get my workout done in the morning.  It was a pretty darn good day :)

Sleepy Captain America

Jake aka Captain America was a little tired today. 

I found him fast asleep on the couch like this :)