Halloween Picts

Liz, thank you so much for taking these pictures

My Camera DIED!!!

Just as I was going to take pictures of the kids in their costumes my camera fell off the couch (and on to CARPET!) and broke. I was thankful for Liz who was so awesome to snap a few shots. I will post them when I get them. SSSSOOOOO.... I have no clue when I will be replacing my camera so it might be a while before any pictures are posted.

CRAZY!!!

Ok.... Everything has been so hecktic around here. Full time is crazy but I love it. It makes things really busy at home between the kids, studying and the house it has been really hard to just sit and take a breath for a few minutes. Shane does such a great job with keeping up with the kids and house that I don't need to worry about anything.

So lately we have been trying to potty train Levi. It is going rather well. On Sunday Levi asked me if he could pee in the water..... Light bulb went on in my head. "aaaahhhh hhhhaaaa!" this is my cue, so off we went. After a few times Levi said just before finishing this was our conversation

Levi: " Shake it mom Shake it...."

Me: "what do you mean shake it" (as I glance over seeing him trying to shake while on the potty)

Levi: "Shake it, I need to Shake it.

Me: "no honey you need to wipe it. Wiping is better"

I hand him a square of TP, he wipes and flushes. Now only if I could get Shane to teach Levi the same :)

Still no luck in getting Olivia to eat any thing other then milk. I guess you just keep trying. With halloween just around the corner I am excited to take many pictures of my cute little ones. So stay tuned for more....

As for ME

Currently I am enjoying a wonderful house full of SILENCE!!!!!!!!

Both kids are down for their naps and I cringe every time I think that I hear one of them stir.

I am about to embark on a new phase of my nursing career in a couple of weeks. Which has me a bit nervous. I am leaving my home of 6 years on IMSU at Primary children's and moving to the Newborn ICU. Although it is just across the hall it is going to be awesome, challenging and exciting. After long discussions Shane and I decided that it would be necessary for me to go full time for the next while (most likely 2 years) I am in dire need of some serious PTO. As of right now I have 4 hrs to my name and if one of the kids gets sick and I have to stay home (more cost effective) things start getting tight around here. And if you know me I hate being tight. So why not. And to top it all off, I was just notified of my schedule and it couldn't be better. Pretty much a dream schedule. I will not BE WORKING ANY MORE NIGHTS!!!!!!! Yes you heard me correctly. NO MORE NIGHTS!!! I will be working a set schedule of every Friday and Monday and every other Saturday and Sunday. It works out to be every other week I will be working 4 in a row. That to me is very minor compared to working NIGHTS!!!!!!

OH CRAP!!!! I HEAR MOMMY COMING FROM THE HALLWAY!

OH LEVI!

Lately Levi has been really involved with Olivia

it has been really cute to see him

play with her. He gets her to laugh

really hard, I will have to get it on record they have the

exact same laugh it cracks me up.

He practically body slams her and tickles her.

When ever she cries Levi always states "UH OH, baby"

and then runs to her side.

My little man has had me in time out

so many times this past week that I care

not to number. He is going though a phase

where he will only take a nap 1 -2 times a week.

I live for those naps. He also is having a

hard time expressing what he wants and if

we don't guess it with in a fraction of a second

he completely FLIPS out to the point of almost vomiting.

I hope that this phase goes rather quickly.

The joys of RICE CEREAL

"What in the HECK is this! This tastes horrible!"

Solid time sweety. You can't live off of breast milk

your whole life. (My frozen supply just might make it that far)

Shane and I started feeding Olivia solids this past

week and it is not going well. Her tongue is so

quick and difficult to get past. We even tried

Bananas, every kid likes banana baby food right?

She prefers Alphabet cereal. Every time we have her in the

bumbo while we are eating cereal she practically

lunges out of her seat to get to the cereal boxes. Baby steps

little one baby steps.

Our LITTLE WOMAN

Beautiful little woman. Here is the end product

of Levi's skills at putting make up on others.

He kept putting brown eye shadow in her eye instead

of on her eye.

Bad hair day

Her classic deer in the head light look.

She now rolls from her tummy to her back, says Da Da Da, and

perfecting her raspberry spits. Her clothes get so wet, from her raspberry spitting and constant spitting up, I have to do at least one load of her cloths every day. Not to mention all the carpet cleaning from her spit up.

Saggy Pants

Levi is now going through a phase where

he hates his diaper being changed. Before

when it was time for diaper changes he would

be the first to sit down and HOLD STILL!!! Now

it is a game of WHO CAN CATCH ME first followed by

screaming and kicking. Last night Shane changed

a poopy one and poop was flying everywhere!!!!!

The other day the kids and I were in the car and out of no where

I hear Levi yell "OH, COME ON!!!!", "OH, GOSH!" and

"CRAP!" Looking around trying to figure out what

he was referring to, I then realized that I was approaching

a slow moving car in the fast lane. Laughing my head off, I

remembered that my driving was much like what my mother's

was when I was growing up. Me and my siblings would sing Cruel la Devil when my mom would do the same thing behind the wheel. (We still singtoday!)

Levi picks up things so fast (obviously as stated above:). He now can identify 24 of the 26 letters of the Alphabet. Now we need to work on his colors. Does anyone have

any tips on how to accomplish that task? I have tried and his attention span is 5 seconds.

My Little Chef

Every time Shane or I fix dinner Levi is

so excited to help. A couple of nights ago it was

pizza night (his favorite). This was his pizza. You

have to love the mound of cheese in the middle.

I know I am a slacker!!! :)

As you can probably tell, Olivia has grown

a ton. I believe that she is approx 16 + lbs.

I have completely lost track. We have her 4 month check up on

the 20th, so I am curious to find out.

Things Olivia is doing.......

Rolling side to side

perfecting her tempter tantrums (she has more then Levi in one day)

she just found her feet yesterday and rarely lets them go.

hates to lay on her back at a slight incline

talks non-stop

Things Levi is doing

Eats ice cream almost every day

Loves bugs

Enjoys being outside, LOVES SWIMMING

Can still fit in his Bumbo seat

Loves playing with Olivia

He is very independent, loves putting on face lotion all by himself

Enjoys playing with toy cars/trains/trucks and crashing them into everything (especially my feet)

Levi can count to 10

Identifes most of the alphabet

Loves to sing, dance and being chased around the house

Levi just started to eat mostly with utensils (finally)

I think Levi is going to be left handed, he does 90% of eating and throwing toy's :) with his left hand.

Complete terror one minute and an angel the next. It is cute how he can tell that Shane or I are getting frustrated with him he will put his face up into yours, turns his head to the side and says HI... HI... HI... with the cutest smile.

Doesn't like to share much.

He loves wearing hats.....

My little boy is growing up so fast!

Complete OPPOSITE

Lately I have begun to notice truly how opposite Levi and Olivia are.

Levi was a predictable eater

Olivia we have no clue. One minute she is satisfied and another minute she is screaming her head off like she has not eaten all day.

Levi's bottle had to have the fastest flow humanly possible

Olivia's bottle has to be the slowest flow humanly possible or she drowns

Levi never had colic

Olivia was screaming most of the first month and a half

Levi never slept through the night until he was 10 months old

Olivia has been sleeping through the night for the past month

Levi loved a binki

Olivia absolutely dispises the binki

Levi never sucked on his thumb

Olivia loves her Right thumb

Levi was a predictable pooper and never had a blow out

Olivia she can go up to 5-6 days with out any and then with out warning it is all over everything and deeply thick.

Levi's baby farts were undetectable

Olivia's are deadly

Levi never pee'd when his diaper was being changed

Olivia pee's almost every time

Levi never had issues with eczema

Olivia has eczema everywhere

Levi loves his car seat and loves to go for car rides

Olivia hates her car seat and 50% of the time doesn't like car rides

Levi took multiple naps throughout the day

Olivia only naps a total of 2 hrs all day.

Levi had/has extremely blonde hair

Olivia has dark hair

Levi just barely got on the growth chart.

Olivia is in the 50th%tile on the growth chart

They both LOVE their Bath time's

Hanging out with Papa and Nana Chard

Peterson is so beautiful this time of year. 

This is the view from their back yard. 

Levi gets so excited to see his Papa Chard. 

He helped Papa drive the big green truck (while it was in Park!!!).  He figured 

out how to honk the horn. Unfortunately he wouldn't stop :)

Levi is sporting his cousin Tacie's 

Tinker Bell sunglasses.  Style n'

Riding the tractor with Papa

Papa sharing a nap with Olivia

She is so cute!..

Happy Birthday Levi

Cold Stone Oreo Ice cream cake to top off 

the celebration.  

I can't believe that Levi is 2!!!!  It is so crazy.  

Shane and I got him a train track and a whole

bunch of trains.  He wouldn't stop screaming

"Trains!!! UH OH!!! OH NO!!! Trains."  It was awesome.