Snow Day

Chris took the boys to Central Park for a day FULL of snow fun. They went sledding, got hot chocolate, and added to a snow fort. 

                       Julian is all about playing legos now with the big boys.

 Ryan was quietly playing in his room and then called out to me asking how to spell my name, Chris, Julian, and Fasbee. He had already written Ryan and Andrew all by himself!

                                 We ventured down to the Lego store for a morning of fun

                                               Julian loves the car in our community room

Julian winning at Connect 4

Happy Valentine's Day

The day before started like this-lots of snow and ice, which meant our flight to SC was cancelled. Therefore, I wasn't really prepared for Valentine's at home. Andrew still had school and Chris caught this awesome shot while taking him to school. 

 This is my valentines reality. Two leftover glasses of pink milk, leftover heart shaped pancakes, hot wheel cars and conversation hearts. These are the days of constant clean-up, laundry, book reading, hot wheel car playing, snack making, crazy singing and dancing that I love. On most days.  But these are my LOVES and I love the craziness they bring.

 Playing at the gym in our red shirts

 And on the way home in the snow

 After school we played in our courtyard with our friends Felix and Jasper. Julian liked to play with the snow until he was a bit too cold.

 Yes, Andrew and Ryan need haircuts badly. BADLY.

                                    My beautiful flowers from the boys

Julian turns 1

It's a subway train party! We celebrated Julian's birthday a few days early with Grammy, Papa, our friends the Peters and the Doughertys.  We had a friend do this theme a few years ago and I have seen some cute stuff since. I didn't go all out though (sorry J!) because there just isn't room!

At 1, Julian can say Mama, Dada and cat. And a lot of grunts. He points and helps turn on the lights, crawls to the door and waves when he is ready to go or I talk about leaving, cries when people leave him, can make vroom noises with cars, chases Fasbee, loves to be chased himself, loves the remote, telephone, balls and balloons, pulling books off the shelves and pulling things off doors. He loves to brush his teeth and to dance. He has really started mimicking the boys too. The one thing he does NOT like, is when Chris tells him NO. Lips out, pouting, and lots of tears.
 I don't remember the other boys still being able to do this at 1, but he is chomping down on those bad boys!

                                                     The best we could get....

                                                Happy 1st Birthday Julian! We love you!

 

               Mackenzie and Andrew having a staring contest. I think Mackenzie won!

                                          Beers, anyone?

                      Quinn was all about the hats

                              My cake making skills have drastically diminished since welcoming Julian. But he didn't mind.

                                Chris has always been an open-mouthed feeder to his baby birds

  Kathy and Mackenzie

 Dennis and Mackenzie

 These are some of our dearest friends since we have moved into the city. Dennis and Jeremy both work with Chris and we have had a great time getting to know them and watching the kiddos grow. It will be hard to leave these folks!

 Chris got Julian a tiny cupcake on his actual birthday and the child demolished it. In about 5 seconds.

Julian is into MUCH more than I remember the other boys being.  Maybe it is because everything is in such a small space, but regardless, holy smokes. BUSY, BUSY, BUSY.  Pulls all those million + books down EVERY single day. Loves being twirled by Andrew too.

 Look how much this little baby hand has grown. He has done this while he nurses since day 1. He always holds my finger. It is so sweet.

 At Julian's one year check-up the doctor said he was doing well. He definitely didn't triple his weight but I didn't think that would happen! He is 30.25inches and 21.1 pounds. He is actually a smidge smaller than Andrew was at one! Crazy!