More September Fun

This is the last of my huge "catch up the blog" effort, so here goes...

It is football season so we headed off to one of our favorite places to catch a game: Buffalo Wild Wings.  Teddy enjoyed coloring:

Shae and his boys:

Love this hand-me-down from cousin Maverick!

After getting quotes to fix the top of our house, Shae decided to save us some money and take on the project himself.  It ended up being much more difficult than he anticipated, but it looks wonderful now and our wallets say THANK YOU!  Here he is up on the roof:

His view as Teddy plays t-ball:

We broke out Teddy's old bath chair for our big boy Leo:

First real bath went well!  I think it helps that our house is so warm- it probably felt good!  (I remember Teddy screaming during his baths, but it was the winter and very cold in our house!)

All clean:

Handsome boy:

(above) but I think they left off the "C" for this shirt... shouldn't it be "Mommy's Chunk"??? 

Below: check out this outfit on Leo just about a month ago:

Yes, those are supposed to be shorts!  Both the shirt and shorts were huge.  

Well, I tried it on again just a month later and check it out:

He is busting out of the shirt, but the shorts are still huge!!!  I think he is going to be built just like his big brother!

We received an amazing package in the mail from Great Aunt Sara with tons of cool personalized gifts.  Teddy was so excited with everything!! THANK YOU Aunt Sara!

Teddy LOVES his new puzzle!

Leo and all of his awesome gifts:

Teddy was quiet one afternoon and I found him in his room like this: (when I asked him what he was doing he said, "Just chill-ax'n"... yes he got that word from me!)

Our niece Caroline turned 12 on Sept. 12th so we headed up to Canton to celebrate with them.  We were comparing Leo to cousin Jack's baby picture:

Someone is checking out the birthday girl:

Cake with cousins:

Teddy loves Maggie, and I think the feeling is mutual!

(don't his feet look freakishly huge in the picture above though?)

Look at our muscle man:

Are you ready for the Gun Show???

Juggling two children definitely has it's challenging moments and sometimes I feel like I am always looking for somewhere to "set" Leo for a second here or there. The other day I set him on Teddy's chair and thought he looked so cute I had to click a quick picture:

Teddy is finally slowly outgrowing his 24mo/2T clothes.  We broke out this 3T I bought a year ago on sale.  Isn't our hippie boy cute??

I couldn't resist the shirt- it has two of Teddy's all time favorite things: peas and Elmo!

Check out this brotherly love:

More love:

When I told Teddy it was Grandma Suzie's birthday and we were going to sing to her, he got very excited.  I felt bad when I realized he thought we were going to see her in person.  We did make this video for her though:

Teddy is showing off his sticker-chart in the next picture.  We made a reward chart to help him follow directions and he filled it up in just a week!  I am a proud mamma!  As a prize he got to pick out one thing from the dollar store- you will never guess what he picked (two balls).

Teddy is still a really great napper! Most days he sleeps from 1-3:30 and sometimes even until 4:30.  He  always picks a "friend" to nap with.  This day he chose "Loverboy" the bear:

The other day Leo was crying as I was trying to throw dinner together.  I said to Teddy, "See if you can make your brother stop crying."  Teddy replied, "We should get rid of him."  I said, "Where would we take him?" and he quickly answered, "We should take him to Goodwill to share him with somebody else."  Of course I laughed hysterically so he said it about 25 more times.

 I even caught it on tape:

But he loves him!  He couldn't really give him away!

All dressed up for a birthday party:

PJ time.  What sweet kisses:

I could blame it on the perspective of this photo....

but really, those are some JUICY cheeks:

We attempted to take the boys to watch The Great Annual Duck Race down by the river.  Unfortunately we got the location mixed up.  But fortunately we still enjoyed a yummy picnic lunch:

Leo understands the idea of relaxing:

After the picnic we hit the playground:

One of my friends gave us these adorable t-shirts.  This is one of my all time favorite pictures ever:

Oh my goodness such cuteness:

Shew...I am almost caught up on this blog.  One last shot one of our first trips to the grocery store with two kids.  Life is definitely different but it is also amazing!

Early visit... from the tooth fairy!

Teddy's playgroup meets on Friday mornings and this week we met at the playground in our neighborhood.  We had a rough morning (between Teddy going to time out in the am and Leo being fussy) and I texted my friend Melanie that I was somewhat nervous to take both boys to the playground for the first time by myself.  Well, not by myself thankfully... but with out Shae to help.  Leo of course decided to eat right before we had to leave, so we were late.  When we finally got there, Teddy had a great time with his friends.  He was playing so well with his little buddies and Leo was sleeping peacefully.... 

Until all of the sudden I heard Teddy crying.  He and his friend were walking on the piece of wood that borders the playground, using it as a sort of balance beam.  Guess who doesn't have very good balance (can't imagine where he gets that from?).  He came running to me with blood all over and a tooth hanging out. Thank goodness for my friends who were with me!  One of them grabbed my phone and called my pediatrician while giving me  her phone and telling me to call Shae.  After several phone calls we found out few pediatric dentists are open on Fridays.  Shae planned to meet me at the Urgent Care.  Once I got there, they told me they could not do anything relating to teeth.  I held myself together until that moment when I lost it.  Teddy had been crying and crying, his tooth was now out (he must have swallowed it in the car) and Leo and Teddy hadn't eaten since breakfast.  I didn't know where to take Teddy or what to do.  The ladies were very sweet and called all around town until they found a pediatric dentist who was open on Friday afternoons.  It all worked out; Shae came to meet us and we had time to stop and get Teddy a milk shake and fries.  While I fed Leo in the car, Shae and Teddy had a little picnic in the parking lot of the dentist office. Teddy was a brave big boy for the dentist and got a new toothbrush and x-rays.  When the technician asked me to hold him on my lap for the x-rays and said, "Is there any chance you could be pregnant?" I just laughed at her!  Leo was under 6 weeks old... so NO... not a chance!!! The dentist assured us that there were no fragments in Teddy's gums and told us what to look out for.  The worst part about the injury was for a day Teddy was unable to suck his thumb with out causing it to bleed again.  So instead of a nap, we decided to watch videos in my bed all afternoon:

My tough boy with his balloon and bear "Loverboy" watching Curious George:

Still trying to smile:

I tried to explain the concept of the tooth fairy to Teddy and he looked at me like I was crazy.  But the next morning when I told him to look  under his pillow, he was very excited:

He kept saying, "I got two monies!"

A quick video that morning:

And now a shot of the new grin.... 

I guess he is still pretty cute!

(By the way... he didn't quite grasp the concept of the tooth fairy because he expected her to come the next night!)  

Happy Birthday Shae!

Since Shae's birthday was so close to Leo's due date, I tried to plan for it ahead of time.  Several weeks before the special day, early in the morning, Teddy made a card for his dad.  As soon as Shae walked in the door that evening, Teddy said, "I made you a birthday card.  And mommy is making you a hawkeye cake."  I don't think I even told him about the cake, but I had been looking on line for ideas of how to make a Hawkeye cake.  Lesson- don't tell Teddy any of your secrets!  

So the night before Shae's birthday I started making the cake.  Part way through decorating it, the lights started flickering and then we lost all power!  It stayed off for hours so I had to finish decorating by flashlight.  Not too bad considering:

 Shae getting ready to make a wish in the morning with his birthday cupcake:

 I had my follow up appointment with my doctor that morning, so Shae stayed home and "worked" from home.  My mom took Teddy to Build-a-Bear.  It is a tradition she has done with all of her grandkids.  When Teddy came home he was so proud to show me his new bear. He picked him out, helped make him, and even named him- all by himself.  Meet Teddy's new bear... his name is "Loverboy." 

Napping with his new friend:

I can thank my mom for this name.  She recently started calling Teddy "Loverboy" because he is so affectionate!

For Shae's birthday supper we went to Provinos.  Both Teddy and Leo were excellent! 

 We brought bottles I had pumped incase Leo got hungry....

 but he slept through supper.  He finally woke up at home and Grandma got to give him a bottle:

Happy boy and happy Grandma:

 The birthday boy and family:

 Teddy then insisted on a picture with Grandma and Grandpa:

 Cake time:

 Teddy gave Shae his presents:

 Happy happy birthday Shae!  We are so blessed to have you and we hope to celebrate many many years together with you!