I'm going to do my best to catch up on the happenings of the Moulton family from the past 6 months.
Elliot
* Goes to preschool at Blackwell Elementary and is doing great! Although there are tears nearly every morning about not wanting to go to school, he always comes home a happy camper and is excited to tell us about the projects he did at school.
* He continues to be quite the artist. He loves painting and actually creates quite the masterpieces.
* He cried on Christmas morning when Santa didn't bring him a dog. I tried to explain to him that Santa is allergic to dogs and doesn't make them at his workshop.
* When we went to go get Santa pictures, he was hilarious! He would copy whatever the photographer would do. For example, when the photographer would do something silly to get the kids to laugh, Elliot would just mirror what he was doing. He had the entire line of people and all of the Nordstrom employees dying with laughter. Never a dull moment with this kid.
* He now attends primary at church and is a Sunbeam. He isn't so sure about the whole thing, so unfortunately I too now attend Sunbeams on a weekly basis.
* He still LOVES legos and motorcycles!
* He is FINALLY almost potty trained. I told him that kids can't turn 4 unless they are potty trained.
* He likes to tell us that "he's a dad now" when we tell him he can't do things that he wants to do. He is pretty darn convinced he is a dad.
* He can now write his name all by himself. He loves to label all of his work with his name.
* I guess he was jealous of all of the stitches that Oliver has had in his head, so while I was out with my BFF Melanie one night, he decided to jump off the couch and hit his head on the coffee table. My phone was on silent, so Andrew had to call the nail salon to ask me to come home. I came home and drove him to the Children's urgent care. They decided to staple his head instead of doing stitches. The assured me it would be quick and easy. Quick and easy turned in to a total disaster when the staple gun jammed while pressed against his head. The doctor started freaking out (note...if you are a doctor, it is probably best not to freak out in the midst of an emergency). She told me she needed to call the ER and she would be right back. Other nurses then came in to join the fun while I was literally offering Elliot all of Target if he would hold still and stay calm. After about 15 minutes one of the nurses got the gun to release. When the doctor returned she thanked me over and over for remaining so calm. She said she had never seen a parent remain so calm during an emergency like that. I wanted to suggest she do the same next time, but I just smiled and said, "what good does it do to freak out?" Hopefully she read between the lines. A week later we went to have the staple removed and the nurse said, "so you're the famous staple gun stuck to the head kid, huh?" He then proceeded to tell me that the other nurses were giving him a hard time and told him not to get the remover stuck to his head. After we laughed he went to take the staple out and what do you know, the staple broke! Seriously? Again, minor freaking out, and the pieces were finally removed one at a time. They decided that the staple gun didn't malfunction, but the staple itself had some sort of issue. Let's just pray we don't have the need for any more staples to the head in the near future.
* Elliot's new favorite thing to do is to ride the Razor motorcycle around the neighborhood. Of course, he is freakishly good at maneuvering and controlling the motorcycle all by himself.
* He is super excited about turning 4 in a few weeks, but is adamant that the only people who come to his party are Uncle Bryce, Aunt Angelita, and his buddy Blake.
* He just started taking soccer classes at Little Kickers. He loves "going to his soccer team".
Oliver
* OBSESSED with trains.
* He is talking a ton, but still always has a binki in his mouth which makes understanding him a little difficult.
* He loves the movie Frozen and walks around the house singing, "let it gooooo" all the time.
* He loves to tell people that is dad's name is Andwew, mom's name is Emy, and his brother's name is Eyit.
* He doesn't like to wear clothes, he prefers to be nakey all the time. If we make him wear clothes, he will only put on pajamas.
* He is becoming just as picky of an eater as Elliot. He tells us things are "ucky" and "no like it" all the time.
* He loves to play independently when Elliot is at preschool.
* He loves to run and we are convinced he may have a future in running. He can go FOREVER without stopping. His little legs move so fast!
Friday, March 28, 2014
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
July, August, and the beginning of September
Whew...what a summer! I don't think we will ever forget the summer of 2013.
Oliver
* Fell while camping at Twin Harbors State Park in Westport, WA and had 2 rocks in his head. We had to pin him down and I had to pull them out with tweezers. We drove to Aberdeen to try and find an urgent care to see if he needed stitches. All we could find was a fire station. The firemen took a look at him, cleaned the wound, and told us it was too much of a puncture wound to stitch. We went back to camping and had the worst night sleep of our lives. Needless to say, we only stayed one night instead of two.
* A few days after coming home from camping, he fell again and hit his head while at Motorcycle Grandma and Grandpa's house. This time he did get stitches. I got the "come meet us at the doctors office" call while at work. I ran to hold him down so they could stitch him up. Unfortunately I had to go back to work, but I had blood all over my shirt. Andrew gave me his shirt in the parking lot and I returned to work. Nothing like smelling like a man at work.
* A week after getting the above mentioned stitches, I got another call at work. This time it was, "Please meet us at the hospital as soon as possible. I had to call 911, but everything is fine." Oliver was jumping on the bed, hit the foot board, and split his head wide open. This time he was lucky enough to receive a free haircut at the ER, as well as 11 not so free stitches. We had to cut all of his curls off, which was quite depressing.
* He is slowly starting to talk. Although he is a man of few words, he is a great communicator. He shows us exactly what he wants and is an expert pointer and head nodder.
* He is going to be having hernia surgery this Friday, September 20th. Poor guy can't catch a break.
Elliot
* He had a great summer riding his gray four wheeler at the cabin. He can now do everything independently. Andrew is lucky enough to ride on the back of the quad for endless loops around the pit. Although he is totally capable, we just don't feel right about sending our 3 year old out to ride solo quite yet.
* He still loves riding his bike and has now developed a love for his razor scooter. He loves to go to the skate park with all of the big kids and ride.
* He continues to impress us with his language. He says the funniest things and knows words and phrases that we had no clue he even knew. He has started stuttering which is sometimes frustrating for him, but his speech therapist assures us it is just developmental.
* He has started at his new preschool at Blackwell Elementary. Although he isn't always a huge fan of going to school, he always comes home as happy as can be. He loves his new friend "Hook" and talks about her all the time. It took me a few days to figure out his friend "Hook" is actually Brooke.
Emily & Andrew
* We are now living in the Moulton's home while they are on their mission in Kentucky. It was a pain to move AGAIN, but we are so grateful the Moultons have entrusted us with their home. We LOVE having a playroom and a fenced backyard. I'm worried I'm never going to want to move.
* I am teaching math, science, and social studies in the afternoons this year in a 1st grade class. I'm loving the new schedule. I love that it allows me to work out in the morning and spend the morning with my boys.
* Andrew just got a new calling in our new ward to work with the Priest Quorum. I got called to be the YW Sports Specialist, again!
* We are excited that Marc and Paige and their family are going to be visiting Seattle next weekend. Britney has committed to play soccer at UW when she graduates and we couldn't be more excited for her!
* Our computer has a virus, so I can't post any pictures. :(
Oliver
* Fell while camping at Twin Harbors State Park in Westport, WA and had 2 rocks in his head. We had to pin him down and I had to pull them out with tweezers. We drove to Aberdeen to try and find an urgent care to see if he needed stitches. All we could find was a fire station. The firemen took a look at him, cleaned the wound, and told us it was too much of a puncture wound to stitch. We went back to camping and had the worst night sleep of our lives. Needless to say, we only stayed one night instead of two.
* A few days after coming home from camping, he fell again and hit his head while at Motorcycle Grandma and Grandpa's house. This time he did get stitches. I got the "come meet us at the doctors office" call while at work. I ran to hold him down so they could stitch him up. Unfortunately I had to go back to work, but I had blood all over my shirt. Andrew gave me his shirt in the parking lot and I returned to work. Nothing like smelling like a man at work.
* A week after getting the above mentioned stitches, I got another call at work. This time it was, "Please meet us at the hospital as soon as possible. I had to call 911, but everything is fine." Oliver was jumping on the bed, hit the foot board, and split his head wide open. This time he was lucky enough to receive a free haircut at the ER, as well as 11 not so free stitches. We had to cut all of his curls off, which was quite depressing.
* He is slowly starting to talk. Although he is a man of few words, he is a great communicator. He shows us exactly what he wants and is an expert pointer and head nodder.
* He is going to be having hernia surgery this Friday, September 20th. Poor guy can't catch a break.
Elliot
* He had a great summer riding his gray four wheeler at the cabin. He can now do everything independently. Andrew is lucky enough to ride on the back of the quad for endless loops around the pit. Although he is totally capable, we just don't feel right about sending our 3 year old out to ride solo quite yet.
* He still loves riding his bike and has now developed a love for his razor scooter. He loves to go to the skate park with all of the big kids and ride.
* He continues to impress us with his language. He says the funniest things and knows words and phrases that we had no clue he even knew. He has started stuttering which is sometimes frustrating for him, but his speech therapist assures us it is just developmental.
* He has started at his new preschool at Blackwell Elementary. Although he isn't always a huge fan of going to school, he always comes home as happy as can be. He loves his new friend "Hook" and talks about her all the time. It took me a few days to figure out his friend "Hook" is actually Brooke.
Emily & Andrew
* We are now living in the Moulton's home while they are on their mission in Kentucky. It was a pain to move AGAIN, but we are so grateful the Moultons have entrusted us with their home. We LOVE having a playroom and a fenced backyard. I'm worried I'm never going to want to move.
* I am teaching math, science, and social studies in the afternoons this year in a 1st grade class. I'm loving the new schedule. I love that it allows me to work out in the morning and spend the morning with my boys.
* Andrew just got a new calling in our new ward to work with the Priest Quorum. I got called to be the YW Sports Specialist, again!
* We are excited that Marc and Paige and their family are going to be visiting Seattle next weekend. Britney has committed to play soccer at UW when she graduates and we couldn't be more excited for her!
* Our computer has a virus, so I can't post any pictures. :(
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
June
Today was my last day at school....sigh! I am so excited for summer to just spend time with my boys and not be in a constant state of feeling like a turkey with my head cut off running here and there.
Elliot
* At the end of May Elliot and I took a trip to Disneyland with our friends Kaitlin and Blake. We had a blast, although I think I scarred Elliot for the rest of his life. It was day 1 at Disneyland and Elliot was loving the rides. I asked him if he wanted to go on a dark roller coaster with lights (aka Space Mountain), he said yes and we got in line. About 5 seconds into the ride I decided that I probably shouldn't have trusted his 3 year old response. If I had asked him if he wanted to jump off a cliff, he probably would have said yes too. Needless to say he was afraid of EVERYTHING after that ride. Even on the plane ride home when there was turbulence he kept saying, "I'm all done now". Since coming home we can't even go over the floating bridge without him saying he is scared. We often hear, "this is to high a me", or "this too scary a me" from the back seat. Poor kid.
* For Father's Day we got a root beer keg because Andrew loves root beer. The other morning I woke up and heard some noise in the backyard. I looked out our window only to see Elliot standing on the back patio, filling a water bottle with root beer at 6:30 in the morning. Who knows how long he was out there and who knows how much root beer he consumed for breakfast that day.
* His preschool class is finished for the summer. He really LOVED school and just couldn't get enough of riding on the bus. He adored his teachers Ms. Aliki, Ms. Kelsey, and Ms. Hitomi and talked about them constantly at home. When I asked him what he wanted to get his teachers at the end of the year he was adamant that we get them flowers. He went to Trader Joes with me, picked out flowers and was so proud. He wouldn't even let me put them in the cart, he said that he had to carry them. He was so sad when I had to explain to him that the teachers didn't live at school and wouldn't be there at 8:30pm when he wanted to drop them off.
* We are officially starting potty training today...wish me luck!
* He still loves to ride his bike. He is now doing tricks on his bike which give me a heart attack. He loves to "make dusty" which means kicking up a lot of dust with his bike. He also loves to ride his bike without his shirt on while yelling, "Metal Mulisha!" We are the classy ones in the neighborhood for sure.
* He loves to count. The only problem is that his counting usually goes something like, "1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10." Who needs 2 and 3 anyways?
* His new obsession is remote control cars. His cousins have them and that's all he wants to do when he is with them. Papa took him to Fred Meyer on Monday and bought him his very own. He couldn't be happier. Andrew has already had to fix it about 10 times because he loves to "make dusty" with it.
Oliver
* He's had a rough month....2 weeks ago I got a call at work that he fell and hit his head and was not acting right. I raced home, took him to the doctor, only to find out that he didn't have a head injury, but instead a really bad double ear infection. Go figure.
* A week later I got another one of those dreaded calls. This time it was Andrew telling me that I needed to meet him at Children's Hospital. Long story short, he fell off a chair and broke the bone above his elbow. They put him in a splint to let the swelling go down before they casted it. 3 days into the splint cast he got it soaking wet in the tub (I guess my Ziploc with a hair tie isn't going to get a patent anytime soon). I had to race back to Children's before the urgent care closed to have them put on a 2nd temporary cast. I literally drove 80mph so that I didn't have to go sit in the ER again for hours on end! Today he got his permanent cast. He's sporting a blue cast on his left arm all the way up to his armpit. Happy summer Ollie!
* He loves to dance and copy anything Elliot is doing.
* He loves to snuggle and give kisses. Unfortunately his kisses are a sort of prolonged head butt. Kind of awkward, but a work in progress. I guess he shows his affection with uninterrupted eye contact.
* He no longer walks, just runs.
-Pictures below are compliments of Bryce Moulton. If it weren't for him, I would have no documentation of my children's lives.
Elliot
* At the end of May Elliot and I took a trip to Disneyland with our friends Kaitlin and Blake. We had a blast, although I think I scarred Elliot for the rest of his life. It was day 1 at Disneyland and Elliot was loving the rides. I asked him if he wanted to go on a dark roller coaster with lights (aka Space Mountain), he said yes and we got in line. About 5 seconds into the ride I decided that I probably shouldn't have trusted his 3 year old response. If I had asked him if he wanted to jump off a cliff, he probably would have said yes too. Needless to say he was afraid of EVERYTHING after that ride. Even on the plane ride home when there was turbulence he kept saying, "I'm all done now". Since coming home we can't even go over the floating bridge without him saying he is scared. We often hear, "this is to high a me", or "this too scary a me" from the back seat. Poor kid.
* For Father's Day we got a root beer keg because Andrew loves root beer. The other morning I woke up and heard some noise in the backyard. I looked out our window only to see Elliot standing on the back patio, filling a water bottle with root beer at 6:30 in the morning. Who knows how long he was out there and who knows how much root beer he consumed for breakfast that day.
* His preschool class is finished for the summer. He really LOVED school and just couldn't get enough of riding on the bus. He adored his teachers Ms. Aliki, Ms. Kelsey, and Ms. Hitomi and talked about them constantly at home. When I asked him what he wanted to get his teachers at the end of the year he was adamant that we get them flowers. He went to Trader Joes with me, picked out flowers and was so proud. He wouldn't even let me put them in the cart, he said that he had to carry them. He was so sad when I had to explain to him that the teachers didn't live at school and wouldn't be there at 8:30pm when he wanted to drop them off.
* We are officially starting potty training today...wish me luck!
* He still loves to ride his bike. He is now doing tricks on his bike which give me a heart attack. He loves to "make dusty" which means kicking up a lot of dust with his bike. He also loves to ride his bike without his shirt on while yelling, "Metal Mulisha!" We are the classy ones in the neighborhood for sure.
* He loves to count. The only problem is that his counting usually goes something like, "1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10." Who needs 2 and 3 anyways?
* His new obsession is remote control cars. His cousins have them and that's all he wants to do when he is with them. Papa took him to Fred Meyer on Monday and bought him his very own. He couldn't be happier. Andrew has already had to fix it about 10 times because he loves to "make dusty" with it.
Oliver
* He's had a rough month....2 weeks ago I got a call at work that he fell and hit his head and was not acting right. I raced home, took him to the doctor, only to find out that he didn't have a head injury, but instead a really bad double ear infection. Go figure.
* A week later I got another one of those dreaded calls. This time it was Andrew telling me that I needed to meet him at Children's Hospital. Long story short, he fell off a chair and broke the bone above his elbow. They put him in a splint to let the swelling go down before they casted it. 3 days into the splint cast he got it soaking wet in the tub (I guess my Ziploc with a hair tie isn't going to get a patent anytime soon). I had to race back to Children's before the urgent care closed to have them put on a 2nd temporary cast. I literally drove 80mph so that I didn't have to go sit in the ER again for hours on end! Today he got his permanent cast. He's sporting a blue cast on his left arm all the way up to his armpit. Happy summer Ollie!
* He loves to dance and copy anything Elliot is doing.
* He loves to snuggle and give kisses. Unfortunately his kisses are a sort of prolonged head butt. Kind of awkward, but a work in progress. I guess he shows his affection with uninterrupted eye contact.
* He no longer walks, just runs.
-Pictures below are compliments of Bryce Moulton. If it weren't for him, I would have no documentation of my children's lives.
May Already?
Time has just flown by! We are settled in our new rental house and loving it!
Elliot
* Started his new preschool at Dickinson Elementary. He loves his teacher Ms. Aliki and is obsessed with riding the bus home. He can't get enough of Mr. "Big One" aka Mr. Vigeland his bus driver.
* He loves riding his 4-wheeler on the trails by our house.
* He loves dressing himself and picking out his own clothes. Yesterday when I went to pick him up after school he had on swim trunks and a long sleeve motorcycle t-shirt.
* He is learning to count and is really proud of himself. It usually goes, "1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10".
* He had his first (shockingly enough) big bike crash the other day. Let's just say we had to hose the sidewalk off because there was so much blood and he had some nice road rash on his face. After the bleeding stopped he was begging to get back on his bike.
* He continues to be quite the clown. He has a great personality and is pretty darn funny.
* He is somewhat potty trained. Some days he tells me he wants to be on the potty train and goes to the bathroom all by himself. Other days he just says he wants diapers like Ollie. I'm happy with his independent method of potty training.
Ollie
* He has become quite the little fire ball. He knows what he wants and lets you know.
* He is starting to say a few words...papa, uh oh, and thank you.
* He loves to be outside and push his 4-wheeler around. He insists on having his helmet on and then pushes his little 4-wheeler around the neighborhood.
* He is a rock star sleeper! He is like a teenager that loves to sleep.
* He is finally getting a few more teeth. I'm going to start spending the denture fund.
* He loves motorcycles and cars and makes the most incredible driving noises.
* He loves playing in our backyard...especially throwing rocks in the pond.
Emily & Andrew
* Andrew has been super busy with work which is great, but exhausting for him!
* We recently made the trek to Wenatchee, Washington (about 2.5 hours away) to go visit the new Café Rio that opened. Totally worth the drive!
* I just found out I will be teaching 1st grade part time next year. I'm really excited about the change. I'm going to be job sharing with a friend of mine who is having a baby any day!
* We went to the LWSD warehouse auction a few weekends ago and are now proud owners of 2 nacho cheese machines, a drink machine, pretzel warmer, preschool chairs, puppet station, commercial carpet cleaner, 4 commercial cutting boards, and a commercial laminator. We just couldn't help ourselves.
Elliot
* Started his new preschool at Dickinson Elementary. He loves his teacher Ms. Aliki and is obsessed with riding the bus home. He can't get enough of Mr. "Big One" aka Mr. Vigeland his bus driver.
* He loves riding his 4-wheeler on the trails by our house.
* He loves dressing himself and picking out his own clothes. Yesterday when I went to pick him up after school he had on swim trunks and a long sleeve motorcycle t-shirt.
* He is learning to count and is really proud of himself. It usually goes, "1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10".
* He had his first (shockingly enough) big bike crash the other day. Let's just say we had to hose the sidewalk off because there was so much blood and he had some nice road rash on his face. After the bleeding stopped he was begging to get back on his bike.
* He continues to be quite the clown. He has a great personality and is pretty darn funny.
* He is somewhat potty trained. Some days he tells me he wants to be on the potty train and goes to the bathroom all by himself. Other days he just says he wants diapers like Ollie. I'm happy with his independent method of potty training.
Ollie
* He has become quite the little fire ball. He knows what he wants and lets you know.
* He is starting to say a few words...papa, uh oh, and thank you.
* He loves to be outside and push his 4-wheeler around. He insists on having his helmet on and then pushes his little 4-wheeler around the neighborhood.
* He is a rock star sleeper! He is like a teenager that loves to sleep.
* He is finally getting a few more teeth. I'm going to start spending the denture fund.
* He loves motorcycles and cars and makes the most incredible driving noises.
* He loves playing in our backyard...especially throwing rocks in the pond.
Emily & Andrew
* Andrew has been super busy with work which is great, but exhausting for him!
* We recently made the trek to Wenatchee, Washington (about 2.5 hours away) to go visit the new Café Rio that opened. Totally worth the drive!
* I just found out I will be teaching 1st grade part time next year. I'm really excited about the change. I'm going to be job sharing with a friend of mine who is having a baby any day!
* We went to the LWSD warehouse auction a few weekends ago and are now proud owners of 2 nacho cheese machines, a drink machine, pretzel warmer, preschool chairs, puppet station, commercial carpet cleaner, 4 commercial cutting boards, and a commercial laminator. We just couldn't help ourselves.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Chan, chan, change..
Phew, what a month! There have been a lot of changes in the Moulton household. Here is the recap....
* We sold our condo and moved into a rental home in Redmond Ridge. We are LOVING being in a house and can't get over how great it is to have more space. We have two separate one car garages (one for Andrew's unnecessary garage sale finds and one that we converted into a playroom for the boys), a backyard, and a beautiful view from our master bedroom. I'm in heaven.
* I think I am losing my memory. Just today on my way to school I realized I was in charge of treats for the PTSA meeting that was starting in 15 minutes, I missed an IEP meeting that I was supposed to be at 30 minutes prior, and I called at least 3 kids the wrong names.
Elliot
* He had his last day of Kindering preschool on Thursday. Because he is turning 3, they now transfer all of his services to the school district. I was so sad to say goodbye to all of the amazing teachers, therapists, and staff members that have helped Elliot progress to where he is today. His preschool teacher and our family therapist that has been helping us for the past year came over for a home visit yesterday. Elliot was so excited to show them his new house. I don't think he quite understands that his time to flirt with teacher Dawn is coming to an end.
* Elliot visited his new preschool today, and he seemed to really like it. I came with him to help with the transition. We have been talking a lot about his new school and how he is going to ride the bus. He asked if I got to ride along with him and I told him school buses were only for kids and their friends. When we were leaving after our visit today, he saw the buses and told me I needed to leave and that he was riding the bus home. Hopefully he shows the same excitement on his first official day of school!
* He still loves riding his bike and is getting a little to good at it. He loves to go off jumps and is so fast it is scary. The other day we went on a family walk and he rode his bike for about two and a half miles straight!
* He still loves "Trapis Pastrana".
* He is having a "Wego" birthday party this week with all of his friends at our new house. He couldn't be more excited.
Oliver
* He no longer walks, he just runs.
* He wants to do everything Elliot does. He thinks he is a big kid now.
* He loves to dance. Anytime he hears music, he can't help but break it down.
* He loves to ride his trike and demands having his helmet put on anytime we go into the garage.
* He loves being outside just like his big brother.
* He has the craziest hair. He looks like a mad scientist every time he wakes up from a nap. I should probably give him a haircut....
*Disclaimer...I'm posting from the Moulton Lodge in Easton so I will add pictures when we are back home. I wont say I promise, but I'll try and remember.
* We sold our condo and moved into a rental home in Redmond Ridge. We are LOVING being in a house and can't get over how great it is to have more space. We have two separate one car garages (one for Andrew's unnecessary garage sale finds and one that we converted into a playroom for the boys), a backyard, and a beautiful view from our master bedroom. I'm in heaven.
* I think I am losing my memory. Just today on my way to school I realized I was in charge of treats for the PTSA meeting that was starting in 15 minutes, I missed an IEP meeting that I was supposed to be at 30 minutes prior, and I called at least 3 kids the wrong names.
Elliot
* He had his last day of Kindering preschool on Thursday. Because he is turning 3, they now transfer all of his services to the school district. I was so sad to say goodbye to all of the amazing teachers, therapists, and staff members that have helped Elliot progress to where he is today. His preschool teacher and our family therapist that has been helping us for the past year came over for a home visit yesterday. Elliot was so excited to show them his new house. I don't think he quite understands that his time to flirt with teacher Dawn is coming to an end.
* Elliot visited his new preschool today, and he seemed to really like it. I came with him to help with the transition. We have been talking a lot about his new school and how he is going to ride the bus. He asked if I got to ride along with him and I told him school buses were only for kids and their friends. When we were leaving after our visit today, he saw the buses and told me I needed to leave and that he was riding the bus home. Hopefully he shows the same excitement on his first official day of school!
* He still loves riding his bike and is getting a little to good at it. He loves to go off jumps and is so fast it is scary. The other day we went on a family walk and he rode his bike for about two and a half miles straight!
* He still loves "Trapis Pastrana".
* He is having a "Wego" birthday party this week with all of his friends at our new house. He couldn't be more excited.
Oliver
* He no longer walks, he just runs.
* He wants to do everything Elliot does. He thinks he is a big kid now.
* He loves to dance. Anytime he hears music, he can't help but break it down.
* He loves to ride his trike and demands having his helmet put on anytime we go into the garage.
* He loves being outside just like his big brother.
* He has the craziest hair. He looks like a mad scientist every time he wakes up from a nap. I should probably give him a haircut....
*Disclaimer...I'm posting from the Moulton Lodge in Easton so I will add pictures when we are back home. I wont say I promise, but I'll try and remember.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
February..Better Late Than Never, Right?
February has really gotten away from me. I can't believe it is already the 23rd and February isn't really helping me out considering there are only 28 days in the month. With no further ado....
Ollie....
* He is a full blown walker. I call him my little nomad. He just wanders around the house getting into everything! He is so quiet, yet so destructive. Elliot was always wild, but never this inquisitive and destructive. Yesterday he came around the corner clanging two glasses from my set of china, which by the way has never been used. Yes, we've been married for 5 years and it has yet to be used.
* He loves to wrestle with Elliot. It always starts out as a sweet hug, but turns into WWF baby style.
* He loves to be outside. Just like Elliot, he cries and cries when we have to come in from riding bikes or playing at the park.
* He is still a little peanut. We still have him in his infant carrier and he doesn't even look that big in it!
* I thought he only had his 2 front teeth until yesterday when he was screaming and I noticed that his two molars are in! Wonder when that happened? Parent of the year right here. I am a little concerned that he has his two front teeth and back two molars. I'm pretty sure he should probably have his two bottom teeth before the monster molars come in. Maybe I should go back to saving for dentures again....
Elliot.....
* He is not only riding his bike alone with no training wheels, but is now insisting on going down gigantic hills. I literally almost had a heart attack today when he went flying down the gravel hill by our house with my pink motorcycle helmet on and goggles. Historically I have had REALLY low blood pressure, but I'm pretty sure Elliot is going to change that single handily for me.
* He still loves playing Legos. He will spend all day manipulating his Lego people. His fine motor skills are pretty amazing for his age.
* The other day we were walking out the door and I told him to go ahead. He said, "No mommy go first I a gentleman". We have no idea where he learns these things! We asked him in the car what a gentleman was and he told us that a gentleman holds doors and lets mommies go first. Love him.
* He is a true boy. He now says "poop" all the time and laughs. I swear it's innate.
* He loves to dress himself. His outfits are becoming increasingly more interesting. "I do it myself" is what we hear all day long.
Family news...
* We sold our condo! We decided to list our condo a few weeks ago thinking it would take a while to sell. There was an open house last Sunday and we got an offer that night! They offered full price and didn't ask for closing costs. We feel so lucky, but are now scrambling to figure out what we are going to do. Andrew is convinced we just need to buy an RV. No comment.
* We went to the Great Wolf Lodge with our friends Whitney and Craig last weekend. We had a great time and the boys LOVED the water park. Elliot loved going down the slides all by himself and was a big fan of the wave pool. Ollie took a little longer to warm up the whole idea, but he loved it by the end as well.
* I would post pictures, but our camera is in a box somewhere. We had to do just a "little" dejunking before the open house which resulted in throwing everything into boxes frantically.
Here's the link if you want to see our condo....
http://www.windermere.com/listing/WA/Redmond/22633-NE-Alder-Crest-Dr-102-98053/17007326
Ollie....
* He is a full blown walker. I call him my little nomad. He just wanders around the house getting into everything! He is so quiet, yet so destructive. Elliot was always wild, but never this inquisitive and destructive. Yesterday he came around the corner clanging two glasses from my set of china, which by the way has never been used. Yes, we've been married for 5 years and it has yet to be used.
* He loves to wrestle with Elliot. It always starts out as a sweet hug, but turns into WWF baby style.
* He loves to be outside. Just like Elliot, he cries and cries when we have to come in from riding bikes or playing at the park.
* He is still a little peanut. We still have him in his infant carrier and he doesn't even look that big in it!
* I thought he only had his 2 front teeth until yesterday when he was screaming and I noticed that his two molars are in! Wonder when that happened? Parent of the year right here. I am a little concerned that he has his two front teeth and back two molars. I'm pretty sure he should probably have his two bottom teeth before the monster molars come in. Maybe I should go back to saving for dentures again....
Elliot.....
* He is not only riding his bike alone with no training wheels, but is now insisting on going down gigantic hills. I literally almost had a heart attack today when he went flying down the gravel hill by our house with my pink motorcycle helmet on and goggles. Historically I have had REALLY low blood pressure, but I'm pretty sure Elliot is going to change that single handily for me.
* He still loves playing Legos. He will spend all day manipulating his Lego people. His fine motor skills are pretty amazing for his age.
* The other day we were walking out the door and I told him to go ahead. He said, "No mommy go first I a gentleman". We have no idea where he learns these things! We asked him in the car what a gentleman was and he told us that a gentleman holds doors and lets mommies go first. Love him.
* He is a true boy. He now says "poop" all the time and laughs. I swear it's innate.
* He loves to dress himself. His outfits are becoming increasingly more interesting. "I do it myself" is what we hear all day long.
Family news...
* We sold our condo! We decided to list our condo a few weeks ago thinking it would take a while to sell. There was an open house last Sunday and we got an offer that night! They offered full price and didn't ask for closing costs. We feel so lucky, but are now scrambling to figure out what we are going to do. Andrew is convinced we just need to buy an RV. No comment.
* We went to the Great Wolf Lodge with our friends Whitney and Craig last weekend. We had a great time and the boys LOVED the water park. Elliot loved going down the slides all by himself and was a big fan of the wave pool. Ollie took a little longer to warm up the whole idea, but he loved it by the end as well.
* I would post pictures, but our camera is in a box somewhere. We had to do just a "little" dejunking before the open house which resulted in throwing everything into boxes frantically.
Here's the link if you want to see our condo....
http://www.windermere.com/listing/WA/Redmond/22633-NE-Alder-Crest-Dr-102-98053/17007326
Thursday, January 10, 2013
A Year Old???
Ollie...
* I cannot believe Ollie is a year old! It really is crazy how fast time flies.
* We had his 1st birthday at the Moulton cabin. The Porters and Moultons all gathered for pizza, sledding, a treasure hunt, and of course a pinata made by Andrew. The party was inspired by Oliver's one true love....Pirate's Booty. It was a ton of fun!
* He is standing and taking a few steps alone.
* He LOVES music and can't help but dance when he hears any sort of music.
* He has entered the stage of throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way. Luckily they are short lived and he gives up easily.
* He is very dramatic and loves to roll around on the ground and pretend to fall.
* He loves Cheetos and Doritos. I know it may be shocking to some, but Andrew is the one who made these discoveries.
* He loves the bath and tries to climb in himself when he hears the water running.
* He is still a string bean. Only 10th percentile for weight weighing in at a whopping 19 pounds.
* We gave him a mini ride on 4 wheeler for his birthday that he is obsessed with.
* He can't say anything yet, but does make the most incredible motorcycle sounds when playing with cars. I wonder where he learned to do that?
* He still is toothless. We are starting a denture fund.
Elliot
* He is talking non-stop. His vocabulary has come so far in 6 months.
* He has retired the names mom and dad and now prefers to use Andrew and Emily.
* He learned how to ride a 2 wheeler with no training wheels. Yes, he is only 2 years old.
* He loves to be outside and work in the garage with dad.
* He loves to as he calls it, "check things out".
* He is still obsessed with Legos. His personal fave is the Lego store at Bellevue Square. He spent his money from Great Grandma Porter on a new Lego motorcycle there. He couldn't wait to get home to build it, so we had to build it in the middle of the mall. He was in heaven!
* He loves to talk on the phone. If I ask for the phone back, he says, "No, I talk a Megan first."
* He loves his aunts and uncles and is always asking for them to come to his house.
* His diet still only consists of McDonalds chicken nuggets and chocolate milk. Anytime we drive by a "Donalds" he requests chicken and honey.
* He has entered the phase of "I do it myself". Putting on socks, shoes, and clothes in general has never been so painful to watch.
Andrew & Emily
* Andrew is staying busy with his new calling. He feels like he is in seminary again trying to wake up for his Sunday morning Bishopric meetings.
* He is still running his business, Moulton Maintenance Solutions. He is a trooper and never complains about working in the beautiful Seattle winter weather.
* He continues to be the best dad ever. I came home yesterday and found some homework he had been doing with Oliver and Elliot taped on the wall. He had made them worksheets practicing shapes and colors. Seriously?
* I am staying plenty busy working with the Mia Maids, teaching 23 rowdy kindergartners, and tutoring in my "spare" time.
* I cannot believe Ollie is a year old! It really is crazy how fast time flies.
* We had his 1st birthday at the Moulton cabin. The Porters and Moultons all gathered for pizza, sledding, a treasure hunt, and of course a pinata made by Andrew. The party was inspired by Oliver's one true love....Pirate's Booty. It was a ton of fun!
* He is standing and taking a few steps alone.
* He LOVES music and can't help but dance when he hears any sort of music.
* He has entered the stage of throwing tantrums when he doesn't get his way. Luckily they are short lived and he gives up easily.
* He is very dramatic and loves to roll around on the ground and pretend to fall.
* He loves Cheetos and Doritos. I know it may be shocking to some, but Andrew is the one who made these discoveries.
* He loves the bath and tries to climb in himself when he hears the water running.
* He is still a string bean. Only 10th percentile for weight weighing in at a whopping 19 pounds.
* We gave him a mini ride on 4 wheeler for his birthday that he is obsessed with.
* He can't say anything yet, but does make the most incredible motorcycle sounds when playing with cars. I wonder where he learned to do that?
* He still is toothless. We are starting a denture fund.
Elliot
* He is talking non-stop. His vocabulary has come so far in 6 months.
* He has retired the names mom and dad and now prefers to use Andrew and Emily.
* He learned how to ride a 2 wheeler with no training wheels. Yes, he is only 2 years old.
* He loves to be outside and work in the garage with dad.
* He loves to as he calls it, "check things out".
* He is still obsessed with Legos. His personal fave is the Lego store at Bellevue Square. He spent his money from Great Grandma Porter on a new Lego motorcycle there. He couldn't wait to get home to build it, so we had to build it in the middle of the mall. He was in heaven!
* He loves to talk on the phone. If I ask for the phone back, he says, "No, I talk a Megan first."
* He loves his aunts and uncles and is always asking for them to come to his house.
* His diet still only consists of McDonalds chicken nuggets and chocolate milk. Anytime we drive by a "Donalds" he requests chicken and honey.
* He has entered the phase of "I do it myself". Putting on socks, shoes, and clothes in general has never been so painful to watch.
Andrew & Emily
* Andrew is staying busy with his new calling. He feels like he is in seminary again trying to wake up for his Sunday morning Bishopric meetings.
* He is still running his business, Moulton Maintenance Solutions. He is a trooper and never complains about working in the beautiful Seattle winter weather.
* He continues to be the best dad ever. I came home yesterday and found some homework he had been doing with Oliver and Elliot taped on the wall. He had made them worksheets practicing shapes and colors. Seriously?
* I am staying plenty busy working with the Mia Maids, teaching 23 rowdy kindergartners, and tutoring in my "spare" time.
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