Great Grandchildren

Colin met his great grandparents when he was 4 months old and again at a year. It was only fair that Evan be given that same chance. Now I will not pretend this trip was easy. In fact it was exhausting. Colin is not a traveler and if he is taken out of any routine is a force to be reckoned with. Luckily he was very sweet to his great grandparents. Evan was an angel.. except for sleeping but we won't go there. It was a quick weekend but I am so glad my grandparents were able to get the chance to hold Evan in their arms. All the difficulty of traveling is worth those small moments.

Colin & Sunrise Shoot: part one

I am sucker for shooting at night when the light is pretty in the sky... but my kids don't last until 8 and if they did they would never sit still for the camera. They are happy in the morning and usually always both up at 6 am. I packed up some blueberries, played some music on my iphone and colin thought it was great.

Few things on Colin at 2 (27 months to be exact):

-He asks "what you doing" about 50 times a day.. It's cute the first 10 times.
-He is terrified of moving things, loud noises, rides, etc. I've never seen him run so fast up the stairs when Justin let off a tiny firework. Poor child.
-He is rough with his dad and sweet with his mom. Justin is obviously the fun parent.
-He will destroy any child that so much speaks of Evan. It's NO my baby. Its a struggle. We are working on it. His classmates see me and say "baby" and Colin seriously pushes kids to the ground before they can even look Evan's direction.
-He hates veggies.
-Loves his crib.
-Says "i do it".. no we cant help him with anything. And doing anything these days takes a little patience on our part.
-Loves loves loves the outdoors. The summer days are brutal but as long as we have some type of water he is occupied for hours.
-Has the best manners, please, thank you, welcome, bwess you
-Has he worst tantrums. WORST. It's usually over food or when we are done watching him play outside.
-If a song comes on the radio and he doesnt like it... "no want it". I swear he does this to test my patience as I shuffle through all our cds.
-I love it when he says I love you aka "ay yuv you"...really melts my heart.

busy weekends.

Weekends are always very busy running around with the boys :) We celebrated Wilson's first birthday and had a blast running around with all the toddlers or watching them run around with drinks in our hands. Evan was an angel as usual. He just began laughing at Colin when he is in front of him. He recogizes Colin's voice from afar. I knew it was going to be pretty amazing watching the boys interact but the first time seeing that really melts your heart. I love the warm and not extremely hot weather. Perfect time of year for sweaty messy boys.

cousins.

Happy early St. Patty's Day :) Getting these three to sit still is a bit of a task but the grandparents insist on photos of the three. Colin is generally so sweet with the babes but getting him to a) sit down and b) look at the camera is somewhat of a small miracle. Love our little Irish ones. Now who wants to babysit so we can celebrate St. Patty's like we used to?!

doctor colin.

Nurse and Aunt Julia gave Colin this adorable doctor's kit for Christmas. Colin loves mostly to give Evan "shots" but I have to supervise with that and not have the camera in hand. I love watching Colin pretend play. His imagination grows more and more everyday.

love.

{instagram photos}

green smoothie.

The day Colin started eating table foods he has loved all fruit so its no surprise he loves smoothies. Veggies on the other hand.. forget it... unless you pour ketchup over them. I made him a fruit smoothie but added 2 cups of baby spinach, put it in 'moms cup' since he's obsessed with straws and he loved it!

{add frozen mixed fruit, 2 frozen bananas, 1 orange, fresh pineapple to sweeten, water and mix. Then add 2 packed cups of baby spinach}

Colin meets Santa.

we avoided the long lines at the mall and waited for Santa to come to the neighborhood. Probably a good call. Maybe next year. Maybe.