Crunch Crunch

We were sitting on our back porch enjoying our double dip ice cream cones tonight.  Jonathan had ice cream all over his face and it made me laugh so I asked Brad to take a picture...well he video taped instead on accident.  I love the "crunch" noise from Jonathan.  When we rewatched this video, we were all laughing pretty hard, so I thought I would share.



Lets Go Reds!

We ventured out to our first family outing to a Red's game for the season.  I am very happy that the rain stopped and held off for the game, otherwise we would have had one very sad little boy in this house.  He has only been counting down the days for a month.  He was really into the game, sitting on Dad's lap and asking all sorts of questions...until about the 4th inning and then he was hungry.  Jonathan's favorite part of the game was the "fire" from the steam stacks and the fireworks when they won.  He said it was just like the Forth of July.  He brought his glove with him and wore it almost the entire time.  Diana did pretty good...she was entertained by food and people watching.  I do think next game we go to will be without the independent little one.  That, or daddy and Jonathan will be going to a lot of games while the girls stay home.  We were all on the jumbotron once and then Diana was on it again while I was talking to some friends.  Overall it was a good family afternoon and a fun day at the ballpark. 

Toy Swap

We swapped toys with Lucca and Diana is loving the play table.  Big brother likes it too. It's really cute when they are both standing around it playing.  Diana is already trying to climb on top of it...luckily her leg doesn't go quiet high enough.

Sharing

Diana is really into sharing lately.  Of course she wants whatever it is right back but at least she is showing signs of sharing.   I often get her food or paci shoved in my mouth only to have her little fingers reaching right back for it.  Or she will hand me a toy and before I can say thank you she is reaching for it. 

She also is babbling a lot more lately to people but also her toys, especially her baby doll.  I can't imagine when she does actually start talking the battles of who gets to talk between her and Jonathan. 

Another Bite

Jonathan got bit again today at school...by the same little boy and this time on the nose!  Thank goodness it didn't break the skin or leave a mark this time.   I am not sure what I would have done if that was the case.  This time I guess they had just gotten done singing a fish song that has a shark in it and Jonathan was pretending to be the shark...and got in Jack's personal space, so Jack bit him.  Unacceptable behavior from a 4 year-old if you ask me.  This is the third biting I know of this year from the same little boy.  You can be sure I am going to fight until this is taken care of the right way this time.  I was nice the first time but enough is enough.  I don't feel safe having Jonathan in the same room anymore as this other little boy.

Butt Dance

Brad's facebook post: "Just keep a straight face during the Butt Dance or be prepared for the extended encore. Mom cashes in on the encore every time, she can't help herself."

Seriously, it is so funny I don't know how Brad can keep a straight face.  Almost every night while Jonathan gets his pajamas on, he does his "butt dance."  We need to get it on video.

Chunk out of Shoulder

Jonathan got bit today at preschool.  Apparently him and another little boy were fighting over a red ball inside the caterpillar tunnel in the "muscle room" and this other little boy turn and bit Jonathan in the shoulder.  It was bad enough to break the skin through his shirt and of course I had to go to school to get him and look at the cut.  Luckily he had just gotten his tetanus shot otherwise we would have needed to go get one of those.  Jonathan was obviously upset and said it hurt but he seems fine now.  He asked if he still had to play with Jack at school and I of course said No.

Lead Off Hit

Jonathan was the first hitter tonight at Tball. Here is his hit.

So it begins

And so it begins...the kids wrestling with each other. Jonathan was being silly pulling his T-ball jersey over his face and this led to Diana grabbing at it.

Miss Natalie

Angel meets devil...

Diana is 11 Months

Diana is 11 months old! I can't believe how quickly she is growing up! This months pictures didn't turn out any better than last month. The girl will not sit still! All she wanted to do was play or chew on things...clearly still working on cutting teeth. She is a good little girl though. Getting more independent and feisty every day though. Auntie Heidi said she is just "spirited!" I laughed and said that is a nice way of putting it. Now that she is mobile she needs to be constantly watched. She has already fallen down our stairs once. Not sure how far she got up them as I heard the thud when I was coming back down them after changing a quick load of laundry. I didn't even know she knew how to bring her leg up. She would much rather play with Jonathan's toys than her own. She loves to pull herself up on things and has just started transferring to things. I am not really encouraging the walking so she isn't close to doing that yet. She can move very fast crawling though...she still does her "bottom scooting" though on the hardwood floors. It is hilarious to watch her because as soon as she gets close to getting off the run onto the hardwood, she starts scooting. She knows she can go faster this way. She is sleeping through the night! Thank goodness! Eats three meals, and I mean meals, a day. Drinks about 5 bottles ranging from 4 to 5 ounces (with the exception of an 8 oz nighttime bottle). If she sees big brother eating she wants something to eat. She has ZERO patience to wait for food and will literally through a fit if she is hungry. Her new thing, she will crawl over to the sink where I am making her bottle, pull herself up on the back of my legs and cry until she gets her bottle. Who created this monster!?!? I have no idea who she takes after.

Never Hurts To Ask

While Jonathan and I were outside landscaping, I saw firemen walking down the street. I thought they were going to drain the fire hydrant on the corner so I told Jonathan to come here. They kept walking closer to our house and ended going into the house next to us for an inspection. Jonathan of course asked "What are you doing?" The firemen were so nice and talked to Jonathan for about 10 minutes. When they came out they said stay here, we are going to go pull the fire truck in front of our house. So the fire truck pulled up in front of our house, lights on and all. Jonathan had the biggest smile on his face. They let him sit in the seat and honk the horn...which was really loud and woke up Diana...oops! Jonathan asked the fireman all sorts of questions which lead them to staying for about an hour, no joke. He asked one of them to get dressed and even asked him to put on his oxygen. Connor and Paxton came over then Alivia and Rocco did. Once the fireman left, Rocco and Alivia stayed to play in the sandpit. It was a fun afternoon!

Happy Easter

Here is a quick post of the kids in their Easter outfits. Excuse my hands, I was a little worried Diana was going to fall.

Diana spent all of about 5 minutes inside of church today...

Bunny Ears

Grandpa Gordy and Nana bought the kids bunny ears. Jonathan was hopping around like a bunny, Diana wouldn't leave hers on and Natalie was happy as always.

Natalie is so cuddly! I got the privledge of getting to hold her for awhile and she even fell asleep on me. Something Diana has never allowed. It made my day!

Easter Bonnet

Diana finally let me put her Easter bonnet on. I think she was so distracted watching all of the older kids run around hunting eggs at the Pusateri egg hunt that she didn't realize it was on her. Thank you to Suzy for taking these pictures.

Chew Chew Chew

Diana is really working on cutting her teeth and loves to chew on the oddest things...such as her socks, shoes, paper, cardboard, plastic bags...basically anything she really isn't suppose to. She could care less about her teething toys. Here she is with one sock in her mouth, shoe in one hand and trying to get her other sock off. Oh and we discovered that if we put something in our mouth, we can crawl (or bottom scoot) with it.

So Sad

Poor Diana! She was a mess from eating dinner and kept running her hands through her hair. Literally her hair was sticking up everywhere, the picture doesn't do it justice. She was tired and ready to get out of her highchair but I had to get a picture.

Jonathan 4 Year Checkup

Jonathan had his 4 year checkup today. He weighed in at 42 pounds and was 40 1/2" long. I was shocked by the 42 pounds as he weighed 39.5 on our scale at home not that long ago. He is definitely growing! I looked at him the other day and thought, wow he is all legs! The doctor noticed all of his bruises and scrapes on his legs and said she would be worried if he didn't have them...it shows her that he is a very active boy. Ha! He had to get two shots, which I hadn't really prepped him for because I forgot about it. Well, it didn't go well! I had to basically pin him down and he did ok for the first one but after he had it, he REALLY didn't want the second one. He cried pretty hard and it was all I had to get him some what still. Glad that is done for another year. The nurse said 4 and 5 are the worst years to give shots. He also had his eyes checked...he had to read an eye chart and cover one eye. He did really well! Thankfully he doesn't have mommy's eyes, yet anyway.

Tball

Jonathan started Tball tonight. They have a 30 minute practice before the 30 minute game. Jonathan seemed to enjoy it. Why wouldn't he though? All of his friends (Alex, Evan, Tessa, Paxton, and Danny) are all on his team...the "Golden Gators" as Jonathan has named his team. We did have to go out and buy him a new glove though because at one point he ran over to Brad, handed him his glove and said "Here, hold this. It's slowing me down." Where does he come up with this stuff?

First Catching Lesson

Dino

The kids love their Dino...not sure who likes it more. Diana likes to just pull herself up around it and push the buttons. Jonathan finds creative ways to ride it. So far they share pretty good, although it is Diana's toy so sometimes Jonathan gets mad when I make him let her have a turn.

Another Tooth

I have so much updating to do on the blog from Jonathan's 4th birthday and the visit from my family but guess what I noticed today?!?! Diana has a slit for her bottom right left tooth. Her bottom right has really come in and you can see it now when she smiles.

Picnic

Auntie Heidi and Uncle Jason bought Diana a picnic basket toy for Easter and it inspired me to go have a picnic with my family before Heidi left to go back to MN. We went to the Friendship park down by the river. It was a beautiful afternoon. Jonathan of course had to bring his new bike and leaf blower.