Even though they feel like this about taking pictures…
I make them do it anyway because they look too cute all dressed for church not to.
So, happy Monday from my totally silly yet completely dapper dudes!
See you tomorrow!
Bathing baby
I think we’re due for some cute Baby Mantha pics around here, don’t you agree?
She’s always cute in the bath and she sure loves to play and splash and stick her face in the water!
If that little face doesn’t brighten your day, I don’t know what will! Scrub a dub dub!
Soccer
Maxwell’s soccer game this past Sunday was rained out but I still have pictures from the week before to share! It was another great game full of hustle and heart!
Maxwell’s favorite part of the game for sure…
Standing at attention mid-field! ha!
Goooo Mean Green!
We sure are having fun this season getting to play with sweet friends like Ben and Hayes!
Here’s to my soccer star!
3 years and 9 months
Last week I did double duty up at the doctor and took Spencer for his 3 year check up and Samantha for her 9 month checkup. Fun in the waiting room…
and then there was plenty of time trying to occupy both of them in the room before Dr. Walley came in. Not the easiest task but, thanks to YouTube videos of Lions on my phone, we made it! 🙂
Spencer looked great. Dr. Walley immediately commented on how great his speech was and there’s zero concern there anymore. Hooray! Spencer is 38 in tall (around 82nd%) and 36 lbs (around 88th%). He’s growing right along just as he should. Please also note that when I took Maxwell to the doctor 2 days later for strep, he weighed 36.8 lbs despite being 4 and 3/4 inches taller! ha! My skinny mini Maxwell and my sturdy Spence! They’ve always been totally different body types. At Maxwell’s 3 year check up he was the same height as Spencer -38 inches tall – but only 30.4 lbs!
We’re keeping Spencer on the daily Singular to keep the asthma away. He did have to get a flu shot but that was it. Yay for 3!
It was then Samantha’s turn and she looked great as well. I’m still in shock that she survived all of the congestion she had the last few weeks with no ear infection! Dr. Walley said her ears and everything else looked just fine. She was 27 3/4 inches long (75th%) and 18lbs, 11 oz (75th%). He did recommend adding in another meal of “real food” every day to keep her chunking on up! 🙂 Her head was 17.5 circumference.
Maxwell at 9 months – 28 inches long and 18lbs, 10 oz with head circumference of 18.5cm
Spencer at 9 months – 29 inches long and 21 lbs, 12.5 oz with head circumference of 17.5 cm
So, my babies are all proving to be very different! Yet somehow they are all perfect. Funny how that works, isn’t it?
Thankful for good doctor reports!
Halloween!
Thankfully Maxwell was feeling much better by Saturday afternoon and was ready for a fun Halloween night! Unfortunately, the weather forecast was not in our favor! We were planning to go to the parade, the neighborhood party, and then trick-or-treat. But, with the rain coming, the neighborhood moved the party up to 4:00 so we went straight there and skipped the parade. But, we obviously had to get plenty of pics on the porch first! 🙂
Piggy was ready!
and so were her chubby cheeks! 🙂
Spencey was being a little pouty at first…
But then he perked up and gave me a good lion roar to match tiger Maxwell!
We walked over to the party and it was fun – they had two bounce houses and little train to take you on a ride around the neighborhood. In hindsight, I think we might have had more fun at the parade but….live and learn. The party had a lot of “big kids” and it made it difficult for the boys to enjoy things. Here they are crammed into the train car with lots of “big kids”…they look a little overwhelmed! ha!
Still, they managed to climb and bounce and enjoy themselves for sure!
Samantha enjoyed the party from our arms! She really, really wanted to get Robert’s bottle and was almost successful a few times. She’s got a grip!
Around 5:00 it was starting to rain so we headed out to trick-or-treat before it really started to come down. Maxwell and Spencer walked up to the first house right beside the party and as soon as the lady came to open her door, her two giant dogs bolted out the door barking their heads off and scaring the boys so bad I wasn’t sure they were going to make it. Maxwell was terrified. It was scary. From them on, we had to check to make sure there were no dogs in the house before Maxwell would go up to the door! ha! He got braver as we moved along though and managed to hit up plenty of houses for lots of candy!
By 6:00 it was raining harder and we were wet and headed toward home! The boys were super excited to sort through their loot…
but I was super sad to realize I had dropped Maxwell’s mask somewhere in the last block before home. Robert went back out to try and find it that night with no luck but, the next morning, look what we found laying in someone’s yard! hooray!
It was soaking wet but totally fine!
Overall, it was a fun Halloween but, man oh man, I’m hoping for dry weather next year!
Happy Halloween!