Baby Ruby

I've had requests for belly pictures

(ok, well let's be honest, 

it was just one request)

I'm not sure what the annoyed

look on my face is all about other

than it was kinda an awkward 

picture....but I wasn't annoyed!

I'm ready to P-O-P

My goal was to gain 20 pounds,

 I'm at 18

and I've just put myself on maternity

leave (which to me means no more

exercising) so I'm a little afraid of what

my weigh in on Wednesday will be.......

2 weeks to go

:) 

I need to scan in some pictures from Kaylie

and Trey at the same point, 

its very interesting

to see the difference in how I have carried 

each of them

Kaylie's 1st day of Preschool (year 2)

Someone was VERY excited to start school

She asked me daily for weeks when she got

to go back.... 

and once it was FINALLY the first day of school

she was NOT interested in any picture taking,

she just wanted to GO!!!

Trey was also very excited about school starting for 

his sister and wanted to be a part of

everything that she was

he even wanted to go in to her class before her.....

So Devin had to take him out 

while Mrs. B was giving

us information

Next year, Trey will get to go!

:)

the BIG switch-a-roo!

We were once again given an amazing

hand-me-down-

BUNK BEDS!!!!!

Can I get a Woot Woot!!!

The kids were VERY eager to help with the

switching of the bedroom sets

Kaylie's old bed went to Trey....

she was devastated,

but he was beyond thrilled

with his new BIG boy bed!

(who wouldn't be, its nicer than anything I

ever had at that age!!!)

His room still has a few things that need to be 

done, but we will get there

Kaylie got the bunk bed and is super

excited to have a new bed....

she started out sleeping

on the bottom but quickly decided she wanted

to try the top and found that she

 LOVES sleeping on the top bunk

her room is wall to wall furniture but she has more floor space than

she did before.

We were thrilled that the bunk bed matched the dresser

and shelf we already had- how does it get

better than that!?

The kids are so funny, every time someone comes over

they are both very eager to show off their new rooms.....

It's very cute!!!

Family Camp at Mt. Hermon

For as long as I can remember my family has vacationed at Mt. Hermon

Family Camp in Santa Cruz....

It has been so great continuing that tradition with

our family!

We go to the boardwalk and ride some rides 

on Monday cause the rides are $1 each!!!

Waiting for the carousal 

Kaylie had enough of pictures and wouldn't smile,

maybe one day!!!

Trey was SO excited to get to ride his own horse

ALL by himself!

The kids LOVED the helicopters

:) So intense!!!

While we were there, we even got to play at the beach for a 

little bit....

and Devin told the kids the first one to catch a 

bird got icecream......

they believed him & chased those birds like crazy!

(I took them for icecream when we got back to camp,

cause CLEARLY they were not going to catch

a bird!!!)

I have no idea what T-Man is doing,

maybe dancing????

but I think he is darn cute!!!!

On our way to dinner

We went boating and the kids 

each got a chance to row!

the last night there is a party on plaza

with music, popcorn, snow cones and cotton candy

Trey picked a snow cone and 

was so nice to share with sister!

And here is Kaylie showing off her song she learned

(And you will understand the reason for the cape!)

And her teacher asked ONE kid a question,

and guess whose kid it was!!

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree!

All in a Week!

This past week has been one for the books-

its been busy, fun and scary.....

Warning: There is some potty and poop talk here.....

if its TMI, skip this post

:)

As you know there is little I like more than these cute little

baby buns in undies...

Seriously, cuteness :)

Trey did awesome with "pee" training

but pooping on the toilet was not so easy....

With Kaylie it was super easy. She let us know she was pooping

 with a bright red face and grimace. We would run her to the restroom

and she would finish. She consequently pooped on the 

toilet before she went potty.  It was simple!

When it came to Trey we were sort of at a loss as to how to

motivate him to poop on the toilet because he gave us no warning.

So we tried candy, worked great for pee, 

but poop, he had no interest....

UNTIL

these babies made an appearance.

He wanted those cars and trucks so badly he hasn't

had an accident since we told him he could earn one 

each time he pooped on the toilet.

Now, he goes all on his own.

Best 87 cents I've ever spent!

YIPPEE!!!!!

Trey showing off his reward for his hard work!

He is SO proud of himself! 

And trust me, I am too....for lots of reasons!

:)

Kaylie.....poor Kaylie!

It has been a rough week for my girl!

Devin and I went away for the weekend for our anniversary and 

the kids stayed with Grandma and Ba-pa.

While we were just about to take our first bite of dinner on our first night out, 

we got 3 phone calls and a picture text.

 

Kaylie was kicking a ball around and slipped

and fell, splitting her chin open.

My parents took her to the ER. We boxed up 

our untouched meal and met them at the hospital.

The doctor stitched her up while she watched Dora and 

My Little Pony on an ipad.

Genius!

They were so great to the kids and made our visit far too easy.

Kaylie had such a great time and came home with lots

of take home prizes that we were nervous she would like 

it too much and want to go back!

Here she is post stitches

She got 8 stitches and says 

it looks like she has teeth on her chin!

:) She is so funny!

First she splits her chin open

then she got sick....

she has had a fever since Saturday

Poor girl!

Oh, and just for fun, Trey has an ear infection....

cause why not add one more thing to our already exciting

week!

happy life

the kids think Devin is a human 

jungle gym

and he is a good sport about it!

Kaylie wanted me to take a picture of her doing a 

funny face....

:)

I can't get enough of those baby buns of Treys! 

:)

Potty Training

We potty trained Trey this week....

The one thing I've learned while
potty training both kids is that
I'm potty trained.

I think this is the worst part of being a parent and
don't understand what is so bad about kids going to college in
diapers
I'm serious. I hate it that much.

Getting Trey out of diapers

 was a long time coming but I finally

got up enough courage to do it!

It was way different than it was 

with Kaylie

but he was a champ

and did awesome!

I mean, what kid is not adorable in undies.....

just look at those baby buns!!!

normal life

The kids love playing tackle with Devin

especially under a tent-

apparently it makes the game more fun!

And dressing up as Doc McStuffins is just about as 

good as being offered ice cream!

But smiling for a picture is like...

apparently the worst thing

ever!

love me some t-man!

It was too quiet while Trey was playing in

his room. I knew he was up to no good so

I went in to check on him.....

This is what I found when I got there

He had his 3 favorite books, his blanket,
 got himself into my glider
and was reading.....

Does it get more precious than that?

Last Day

of her first year of preschool!!!

Her class, some of the kids are graduating

to Kindergarten so they got caps

They sang songs and had a little "performance"

It was adorable!

Some of her friends from school

And her teacher Mrs. B

A saint from Heaven, for sure

We LOVE her!!!

New Bathroom....

Devin has spent the past month or so gutting and 

re-doing our hall/kids/guest bathroom

and boy did it turn out 

AMAZING!!!

Here are the pictures of the old bathroom

blue and more blue

and then some more blue

and just when you thought there couldn't be anymore

blue

there is.

So, you get the point

why it NEEDED to get gutted and

started over from scratch!

New pictures

new vanity and backsplash

And a handy little touch,

Devin turned the bottom drawers on each side into

a step stool for each kid so they can reach their sink

I mean, really.

genius!!!

the only proof that this is the kids bathroom

is the monkey and shark bath robes....

I could not be any happier with the final result

and how it turned out.

A bathroom that I'm not embarrassed for

our guests to use!