Family beach trip

I just realized that it's been almost three weeks since my last post. I feel like life has been crazy lately to say the least! Between keeping up with a six month old and a 2 1/2 year old, trying to keep the house clean and get laundry done etc, and getting ready to move (more on that later!) I feel like I don't even get a chance to breath during the day! I know that one day I will look back on when our sweet boys were this age and miss it but my goodness they keep me on my feet right now!

Seeing how our life has been a little hectic, we decided to plan a little beach trip to Galveston. I'm not sure if we really believed this would relax us (given that we were traveling with two little ones in tow) but we knew that at least getting away would be nice! While it is definitely DIFFERENT traveling with two kids, we did the best we could to still have as much fun as possible. Aside from Connor not wanting refusing to sleep in his pack and play and crying screaming for much of the car ride home, it was still a fun and memorable trip!

Mason loved the beach and had absolutely no fear running straight into the waves as they knocked him down. Each time he would come up laughing and want to do it again. We also went horsebacking riding on the beach (Mason is convinced he is a cowboy so this was a huge treat for him), visited the Galveston Train Museum, did some shopping on the strand and ate tons of yummy food. Here are some pics from our trip!

I had visions of getting great pics of the boys together on the beach but Mason wouldn't stop playing long enough to sit down! This was the best we could get.

Chasing the seagulls

Sweet baby boy's first visit to the beach

Mason was all smiles

Connor testing out the water

I love this pic of the two of them!

Family pic with the horse! (Connor was sleeping in the car- poor guy misses out on all the fun)

Sweet boys at the train museum. We couldn't get Mason to look at the camera because he just wanted to hug Connor!

Big engine, little boys

Picture Post

We are loving the cooler weather this week! I was so excited that it was finally nice enough outside to get some outdoor pictures of the boys! Mason cooperated pretty well after being bribed with a pack of smarties candy. :-) As you can tell he definitely goes a little overboard with the cheese face lately!

Fire Station Tour!

Today we went with Mason's playgroup for a tour of a local fire station! As most of you know, Mason's uncle is a firefighter and because of "Uncle Kaman (Kevin), Mason has developed a bit of an obsession with firefighters!

Mason woke up this morning and the first thing he asked was "I put the fire out today?" Hmm....not today little man.

All dressed and ready to go!

Arriving at the station!

Giving a high five to the fire chief!

Watching the firefighters put on their gear!

Spraying the hose

Ringing the bell

Here's Mason asking the fire chief if they have any Dalmatians at their fire station. Lol that boy....

Sweet Connor always along for the ride

Mason and Tyler inside the fire truck. He is obviously telling him something very important here!

When I tried to get Mason to come back out of the truck he said "But I want to go for a ride!"

I couldn't get a smile from Mason here. :-)

Such a fun day!

You are my sunshine

A few nights ago I left the room then came back to find Mason laying on the floor next to Connor singing "You are my Sunshine." Since then he has been singing to Connor pretty frequently and today I finally got him to do it on video! You can also see in the video the little comedian phase Mason is going through right now. It seems like he thinks his main purpose lately is to make us laugh. He's definitely got quite the little personality these days!

5 Months!

Connor Benjamin you are FIVE months old today! I can't believe that in one more month you will be halfway to ONE! I remember like it was yesterday being pregnant with you! Time is going waaayyyy too fast little man! We love you so much and every day I thank God for bringing you to our family! Here is what you are up to at five months!

You weigh around 16 pounds and are wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes and just moved up to a size 3 diaper.

This was a big month for you! You started rolling over from tummy to back then back to tummy, you had your first taste of solid food, you went to the church nursery for the first time and you have sat up in a little tripod pose for a few seconds! I can't wait to see how you grow and change in the year to come!

Here you are trying to sit up! You are definitely still working on your balance but are so close!

One of my favorite things about the past month is how much you have started to love your big brother. He makes you laugh more than any of the rest of us can and your face just lights up when you see him!

This morning we were taking some pictures of you and Mason had to join in too!

You also took your first wagon ride with him! Ever since Mason got the wagon for his first birthday I pictured him riding in it with a sibling! Now we can finally do that!

You are still teething like crazy. I never knew so much drool could come from such a tiny little man!

When you aren't drooling, you are chewing on your fists. Yet another sign that a tooth is coming! Your big brother got his first one at 5 1/2 months so I am hoping we are really close!

Sweet Connor you are still such a smily baby! You love to pose for the camera too!

This month you have started developing a little separation anxiety and are most happy when you are being held by Mommy! Sometimes you cooperate though and will still enjoy sitting in your bumbo or your bumper jumper!

After sleeping great your first three months you are still now having a bit of a regression. You wake up a couple of times a night on most nights. I know this is just a phase and hopefully soon you will be back to sleeping through the night!

This month I have had more people tell me that you are looking a lot like your big brother! Here is a comparison! I am definitely starting to see the similarities!

Happy 5 Months Sweet Connor!

Connor's first food!

We got the approval to start solids with Connor at his 4 month appointment but after remembering how much of a struggle it was with Mason at that age I had intended to wait a little longer. But lately tiny man has been wanting to nurse all the time and seems to be eyeing our food a lot so I thought I would go ahead and give it a try! We chose to start with sweet potatoes and he did pretty well!

Here he is about to take the first bite!

Hmmm really mom??

I'm not quite sure what I thought about that....

Actually I think I liked it!

Mason was very excited for Connor and had to help! He is so cute because when Connor does something new I will tell Mason, "Connor is a big boy now!" Mason always follows this up by asking "Is he walking yet?" I guess he associates being a big boy with walking. It will be so cute to see his reaction when Connor does start walking! This pic is a little blurry but you can see by Connor's face how excited he was to have Mason feeding him. (FYI we are trying to choose paint for our kitchen so please excuse the multi-colored walls!)

After a while Connor lost interest and just wanted to play with the spoon. :-)

Then he decided that his feet taste much better than sweet potatoes!