Dinosaur State Park

August 21, 2010
We went to the Dinosaur State Park on Dinosaur Day.
Our sweet kids ready to go find some dinosaur patiently waiting for mommy and daddy.
Aren't those the cutest dinosaurs.
They had face painting and fun crafts for the kids.
Our little Addisaurous.
They had different animal show. No dinosaurs, but animals that may have been around with the dinosaurs.
Addi was very brave and touch all the animals that they let her.
We also went on a nature scavenger hunt here is our last thing on our list a butterfly.

Aidan is 3 Months old

Our Baby is 3 months old!
Isn't he so cute and so big? Today I weighed him and he was almost 17 lbs (with clothes on and informally weighing him by weighing me with him and then subtracting just my weight) As a reference Addi weighted 16 lbs at 9 months. He is wearing 6-9 month clothes in these pictures.
He can rollover (always on accident he isn't rolling over on purpose) he smiles and laughs, but is then to fascinated by the video camera for us to get it on video. He has also started to do a lot of baby talking and will tell you a story if he feels like it.
He actually likes being on his tummy especially in the grass. Most babies I know hate their tummy. If you leave him there too long he does get extremely mad, but if we leave him in any place for to long he gets mad. He is a pretty easy going baby most of the time and usually only wakes up once a night, unless he goes to bed to early. He loves his mommy and refuses to get him food from anyone else (he is now refusing the bottle. Jared had him twice on Saturday for 4+ hours at a time and he would not take the bottle he just went to sleep and waited for mommy to come home. He woke up as soon as he heard my voice Saturday night (it had been 6 hours since I fed him.

Uncle Ethan Smile

Just in case you were wondering what an Uncle Ethan smile is.
This is Uncle Ethan (Jessica's brother) he is on a mission in Guatemala.
This is his famous smile that Jared likes to make fun of him for because he has it in almost any picture of himself.
This is Addi with Uncle Ethan right before he left on his mission last year. As you can see on the right Ethan taught Addi his smile before he left.
Ethan is afraid Addi will forget him while he's gone so he sends home picture and in most of them he looks like this, so when you ask Addi what Uncle Ethan does this is her response.
It is hilarious and she will drop whatever she is doing to give you the Uncle Ethan smile if you ask what uncle Ethan does. She even includes the thumbs up.
And now it looks like maybe Aidan is taking after his uncle and we think it is very cute. We love you Uncle Ethan!

Bikes, Kites, and Dora

Addi got a bike at a garage sale while my mom was here. We finally got Jared to lower the seat so she can try and ride it. She does ok, but always wants to push down with both feet at the same time time so then she doesn't go anyway. We thought maybe a trike would be easier so Jared put an ad on free cycle and someone gave us a really nice trike so now maybe we can teach her to pedal right.
Addi had been begging to fly her kite, but when we went out when daddy got home there was no wind. We could keep it up only if Jared didn't stop running.She said she wants to fly it at the beach. Apparently she remembers it being windy at the beach.
If you have been around Addi lately you know she is obsessed with Dora. She watches Dora and Diego movies from the library all day, we read Dora books, and we go on Dora adventures. She doesn't play like she is Dora on the adventures she is Addi friend of Dora. We don't have a Dora doll or boots or baby jaguar so the above stuffed animals are the substitute. And that is Addi with her Uncle Ethan Smile.
And of course Baby Aidan is happy to come along on our Dora adventures, and look Aidan knows the uncle Ethan smile too!

I 'heart' Rhode Island

I really do like Rhode Island. I think if we were going to stay on the east coast we would move to Rhode Island. We have fun on their beaches (usally when we go to the beach we go to RI. Providence is such a nice clean city and every summer they have one our favorite family outings WaterFire. Remember when we went last year?
This year we decided to checkout the children's museum before the show. Addi's favorite at all the children's museums we got to is usually the water room and this time was no different.
Mommy had fun on the giant brite-lite.
After the children's museum we had a picnic along the river and then went and staked out our spot for the show.
It was fun, but we think it was better last year. The fire dancer was better last year and we liked the music better.

Mommies Cry Too

It is days like today that I need to remember I really do have cute, sweet kids like the ones in the pictures (oh wait those are my kids in the picture). Addi has not been the easiest to deal with lately. I am not sure how much of it is from being 2 and how much of it is from having a new baby brother. She is very moody. She can be my sweet little girl one min and then turn into a little terror the next. I know some off you think she is always that sweet little girl, but it is not true. However, I have found the secret to controlling her, have a mental breakdown. After multiple times in time out for hitting, kicking, screaming and plan just not listening (I don't know how else to deal with her except for time out or shutting her in her room (which happens if I have had enough and she wont take a nap)) I just broke down and started crying. Did I mention the baby was screaming as well and wouldn't take a nap unless I was holding him. So, that makes all three of us crying, throw in a barking dog and aren't you glad your not our neighbor (who is home sleeping during the day I am sure he hates us). Addi sees that I am crying and stops throwing a fit to ask me why I am crying. I told her I was sad that she was being naughty and I didn't like it when she hits me. She instantly turn back to my sweet little girl who asks me if I need a tissue and gives me a hug. Later when she started hitting again I asked if she wanted to make mommy sad and she stopped. Apparently she doesn't care if mommy is mad,but doesn't like when mommy is sad. So,I guess next time I get mad and want to yell I will just start crying instead.


Oh and don't worry we are doing ok now especially since it is Friday and daddy will be home in a few hours for the weekend and I can get back on track from this hectic week. Anyone else have a crazy week? Is it a full moon?

Our Big Boy at 2 Months

Aidan is 2 months old and just about as big as his sister was at 6 months.

Addi at 2 months:
Weight: 10.8 lbs (50%)
Height: 23.5 in (86%)
Head: 15.5 in (78%)

Aidan at 2 months
Weight: 15 lbs (95%)
Height: 25.25 in (>95%)
Head 18.6 in (>95%)

Addi at 6 months
Weight: 15.2 lbs (30%)
Height: 26.5 in (74%)
Head: 17.4 in (89%)

At 2 months Aidan is holding his head up, smiling and laughing, surviving his sister's loves, and sleeping for 4 hours at night. He is a good baby, but prefers to be held and mostly by him mommy. He is definitely a momma's boy and Addi is a daddy's girl.

He is not very happy today because he got shots. I hate the first shots. I forgot to see if Jared could take off work to take him so I had to do it on my own. It wasn't as bad as with Addi. I cried right along with Addi at her first shots. When Addi had her shots the nurses had me hold her down and she was staring right at me this time I got to hold Aidan up to my chest and cuddle him instead of pin him down to the table. Plus I knew what to expect it is so much more tramatic with your first.