The Dog Days of February

We've had some AMAZINGLY warm weather as of late! This past weekend it was to the beach and everything outdoors both days!

Shark tooth hunters

My littlest beach baby

Cornhole at Hang Ten

Mommy sandwich

Tank + fireman pants + mommy's shoes

And lastly, just a couple random pics of Danny boy...

"Not tired" after school the other day

Celebrating the 100th Day of School as a little old man

Kingston Gets a Cold + Date Night

Poor Kingston suffered from a lingering cold for what seemed like weeks. So strange to see someone so sad when they're otherwise so happy.

In much healthier times...

Yo, yo, yo...gotta love Snapchat

Super baby!

Twinsies

Lovin' from Lita

For Christmas, one of my clients got me a Ruth's Chris steakhouse gift certificate and a night rental at his downtown Airbnb. So Nana kept Danny and Crew, while Kingston set off with mom and dad for a date day/night.

A little too eager for solids and sippy cups!

Trooper at Ruth's Chris about 9pm

Crewberry

Sideways hat don't care

While getting Crew ready for bed the other day, I heard Jimmy in the other room say, "what Crew? Did you just say 'namaste'?" To which Crew said, "yes, I do yoga today" and then apparently showed him a special pose. He and Danny both take yoga at preschool. Such privileged little boogers!

Also cute was the day after the Super Bowl, Crew kept demanding he wanted something and I couldn't understand what he was saying. Fast forward a day, while looking over my shoulder while I nursed Kingston, he spotted a pic of Lady Gaga's Halftime Show and I realized he was saying, "I want Gaga". Yeah, her performance was that good!

He continues to have the most extreme emotions of anyone I've ever met. Aloof one second, super happy the next, very sensitive and crying the next. It's like a roller coaster with this one! Gets his feelings so easily hurt by Danny and hates to be scolded.

As I mentioned in Kingston's 5.5 month post, Crew basically smothers his baby brother 90% of the day!

Wakes up in his big boy bed in the morning after naps and calls for me to come get him and then the first thing out of his mouth is always, "carry my stuff" (read: his 15+ stuffed animals) and then "I want cereal". Food monster!

You're anything but easy-going, Crew, but you're so uniquely you and we love you to the moon and back!

Danny's a good big brother...most of the time

Fire fighting

With mommy at Sephora - said the models on the wall are "scary"

Kingston at 5.5 Months

Kingston is well on his way to 6 months old (gasp), so it's time to give his latest month-by-month update! He continues to be just the best, most lovable baby in the world. And that's saying a lot, as we've already had two babies we loved so much. He just really is so chill and happy. Yay us! Okay, for the details... he's not fully sitting up yet, but doing it some assisted. Note to self to break out the Bumbo chair. I probably did that earlier with the other boys - oh well! He's a seasoned champ at the back-to-belly roll, but just started flipping the other way - belly-to-back. This is good because he gets tired on his belly and used to fuss until someone rolled him back over. But this is also bad because he sleeps like a CHAMP on his belly and now he rolls to his back at night and thinks it's time to play. Le sigh. Can't complain though because he really sleeps well otherwise. Like we're talking 7:30pm until I have to wake him up at 7:30am the next morning, so we can get the older boys to school on time. Can't remember if I mentioned this before, but he's a full on right thumb sucker, just like Danny! He begrudgingly took a paci to fall asleep during naps for a while, but always lost it mid-nap. So when he started randomly sucking his thumb during play time, I decided to start "offering" him the same thumb for naps and bedtime and it finally took! Now thumb-to-mouth is my cue that's he tired and ready to sleep. Danny and Crew both love him so much. Crew a little too much. Like I must say 50 times a day, "get out of his face", "don't smother him", "not his face", "don't yank him", "you're too much for him", etc. To which Crew says, "I be nice to Kingston" (Kingston comes out with a southern twang for some reason) and "Kingston funny" (read: Kingston thinks I'm funny, he's laughing).

Bless

Little "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" action

Doing his Supermans

Deep thoughts

Save me, mom!

After two other kids, I know it's coming...next up is teething (boo) and solid foods (yay).

Just a Fun Photo Dump

Mama has been sick with a bad case of strep throat the last couple days...while Jimmy was out of town on business. What a nightmare, but finally feeling a little better. Anyways, a photo dump is all I can muster!

Pre-Crew's Boo Boo (hence no scar):

The 89th car he had to show and describe to me while I worked

A rare treat at "chicken wife" as Crew calls Chic-Fil-A

More Recent:

The only time double chins are cute

Loving his get well balloons from Aunt Ali, Uncle Dieter and Colin

On field trip to the downtown library with Danny

Sleeping like the dead with all this "stuff"

#TMNT

Loving his get well "Super Bear" from Grandma and Grandpa Ron

"Danny, carry my stuff!" a.k.a all his stuffed animals. What a good brother.

That smile!

Trip to the aquarium with daddy and Papa

Crew's post op - "Crew, let's pose next to this cool chair!"

Helping mommy unload groceries...sans pants

My workout partner as of late

Cuddle bug

Filling out 6 month jammies from Grandma like a champ