Spaghetti and Meatballs

Our cute little kidlets love spaghetti! It was the first time I had let Brighton just go at spaghetti on his own. He really liked it. 

My favorite part of the whole evening was when we first sat down. Lila began eating her pasta then turned to me and said, "So, how are you mom?" Micah and I just started laughing. We thought it was so adorable that she was trying to start up a conversation at the dinner table. 

Children are such a blessing! 

Goldilocks

On Saturday Lila and I got our hair cut. If I can be honest, I was a little sad to be cutting Lila's hair. I just love her hair and was having a hard time letting it go. At the same time, I didn't want her hair to continue to be so much in her way. She had so much and it would get tangled and she hated having her hair brushed (even though I've been brushing it for most of her life). 

I think now that she's had her first hair cut I won't be as emotionally invested the next time. We both had enough hair to have the chance to donate to Locks of Love so I had her hair and my hair cut a little bit shorter than I would've otherwise. She donated 10 inches and I went with 12 because I felt bad about all the gross split ends I had. In all I cut off 13 inches. :) 

Here are some pictures of us before… (her beautiful hair. :( )

… during the hair cut…

She was such a good girl. I was worried, but she ended up sitting pretty well through most of it.

… and after. Isn't she adorable?!

A Day At The Zoo

This week has been my spring break. It's been a lot of fun. For the most part we've just been hanging out at home cleaning and relaxing. Today we decided to head to the zoo with some of my friends from work and their kids. There were four of us with our kids and strollers, but it worked out great and I'm so glad that we went. We got to see a lot of animals… I didn't take pictures of all of them. The only sad thing was that we didn't see the Gorillas. We meant to go at the end, but forgot. Oh well, it was still great!

Lila was VERY excited to go to the zoo. She just couldn't be normal in her pictures. :)

 

Here are some pictures from our fun day out.






I kept trying to get pictures of Lila in front of the animals and facing me, but she was just too impatient. She really wanted to look at the animals, which I can understand. Well, I snapped one of her looking at the animal and I thought it was funny. She seemed so focused on the animals, I guess this is what she must've looked like when looking at all the animals. 

I loved these monkeys. There were four of them all cuddled up to sleep with their tails all wrapped together.

Lila and Maddi (to her left) looking at the Sea Lions.

She would stand at the fences like this with each animal.

Bright was very tired by the time we stopped to eat lunch, but he was a champ! He really liked the animals that moved around. I don't know if he could really see the animals that didn't.

I had to put two pictures of the three of us because neither picture has both of their faces showing very well. (Side note: while we were looking at the giraffes Lila got her little feet REALLY stuck between the fence slats when she was climbing up to see them better. A 7 year old boy helped me by wiggling them out. It was very sweet.)

Lila had a great time and she was wonderful! Such a fun day out!

10 months old

This past Thursday (March 20th) Brighton became 10 months old. Yay! Exactly one week before, he took his first steps, and by his ten month "birthday" he was already up to 4 steps. He has since taken more. I think I can actually consider him a walker now. He just has to keep up with Lila, so I'm certain that's why he's progressed so quickly so early.

An example of destruction when Brighton spends his time with Lila. His co-conspirator.

Outside of his newly found walking talent he has grown in many other ways. I know I have talked about his appetite before, but I am not kidding when I say this boy is a voracious eater. It's quite adorable and quite frustrating all at once. He of course likes his bottle and breast feeding, but not like Lila. He is far more interested in regular food and those bolder flavors. (I think ;) )

He really needs a haircut. He doesn't have the same amount of hair that Lila did at his age, but when I compare how much he has with other babies his age or older I can see just how much he has. I LOVE it though! I've never had a bald baby, so I love when they have tons of hair.

Brighton still loves the water… I really hope this continues. He also likes bananas (a ton), peas (if they're really cooked), strawberries, potatoes, squash, pasta, and many, many other kinds of food. I'm just thinking of the basics. He loves to lay his head on your shoulder. He loves Maggie. He loves to cuddle and give kisses. He loves to laugh and smile as big as he possibly can. He loves to grind his teeth! (I HATE this, it's like nails on a chalkboard for me.)

He doesn't like to be left alone in a room when he first wakes up. He can't stand when other people are eating and he's not. There isn't much that he doesn't like. Happy baby. :)

 

He is again super drooly, so I think he'll be adding to his four teeth soon. When he wants to try and go somewhere and he sees us coming to stop him he'll take off very quickly in whatever direction to get away. He's our little sneaky one. He gets super excited when I get home and I love it! He still gets upset if I don't pick him up fast enough when I first get home.

His favorite person is still Lila, but I'd say Micah and I are tied.

We could not have asked for better children. We couldn't have asked for a better son. He is such a sweetheart. I love that I am going to have the chance to raise this little stinker! We love you Brighton!

Splish! Splash!

Brighton enjoyed his first big bath on Saturday with his sister Lila. Lila really didn't like baths for a long time and she definitely did not enjoy splashing, but it looks to be that Brighton is the opposite. I hope so. He really loved moving around, grabbing things, and splashing water in his face. Lila did such good job with her brother in the tub. I am impressed every day with how well she treats her little brother. I just hope it keeps up! They will be the best of friends.

By the way… his tooth appears to be just fine now. Time will tell, I guess.

Lila really wanted Brighton to be ready for the picture so she kept on pulling on him and trying to get him to say "cheese". I promise she's not trying to choke him. It was adorable! :)

Other bath time picture fun… 

Lila created this beautiful house in the tub one day. Don't you love her rubber ducky crown?

All the black all over our tub is from Lila's bath crayons. Lots of fun but a pain to clean up.