It's Nap Time

I snapped some cute pictures of Archer during his morning nap today.  I think they are so perfect and can't quit looking at them.  I love all his little parts!

He was having trouble staying asleep with the camera noises and no blanket, so I gave him his passa, snuggled him up in his new blankie from Grandma, and he was back to sleep.

But still not a fan of the camera.

He's really starting to change quickly.  He's pulling himself up to everything and saying more words such as dog and bye bye.  It is so bitter sweet, but I'm trying to enjoy every moment.

EEK... I have A Five Year Old!

We are all REALLY sick at our house which is why I haven't blogged about Austen's birthday before now.

We woke Austen up on his birthday and he was excited from the first moment he opened his eyes.

I decorated the house with some balloons.

He was very excited to come out and see all of them.

I had some new books laid out for him that he thought were pretty neat.

Grandma Jenene made him this awesome quilt for his bed. 

He went off to school with a treat for his class and I picked up his Aunt Danah from the airport.

We got all ready for his friend birthday party and then went and picked up his cake.  This cake was epic!  Way more amazing than I had anticipated.

He was really into the cake and couldn't wait to eat the tree leaves and the volcano.

 He was also very excited about the party hats.

All the kids had fun bouncing on the trampolines and playing in the foam pits.

Opening presents was also a highlight.

Then he made a wish... 

and blew out his candles.

Later that night he said "Mom, my birthday was pretty impressive".  I have to admit, it was a pretty fun day for him and I'm glad he enjoyed it because I don't think we'll be doing a friend party again for a while.  It was expensive and stressful, but definitely worth it for the big 5.

Opposites

My boys are total opposites so far.  I honestly love it.

Archer is super happy, mellow, and vocal.  Austen is serious, high strung, and vocal.  Well, I guess they have one thing in common.

Archer is getting pretty good at pulling himself up to standing. He's figured out what to do with his feet, so that's good.  No more turned in feet and standing with his toes curled under.

He loves to get into the clean and folded laundry.

And the garbage cupboard.

Austen makes plenty of messes all over the house too.  He's like a little tornado....he can destroy a room in less than a minute.  Luckily he also likes to clean!

We've Had A Tooth Breakthrough

This morning I just happened to notice that Archer has a little edge of a tooth poking through.  I was seriously surprised by this because he hasn't shown any signs of teething.  No fussiness, no fever, no drool, and no runny nose.  One day last week, he took a really long nap and the next day he was more clingy than normal, but nothing too extreme.  It's like it just came out of no where.  I'm pretty sure I'm getting it really easy with this baby to make up for how difficult of a child Austen is/was.

I scheduled a session with a professional photographer to take pics of the boys and I'm really excited!  I WASN'T excited about finding outfits for them....that's the hard part.  I can find ONE cute outfit, but TWO that coordinate, but don't look to matchy, now that's difficult.  Brian went out of town for a few days to go see his team win the NFC championship and I took advantage of that time by going shopping with the boys.  It was HELL in case you were wondering, but I think we found some cute stuff for pics.  

Here is Archer's outfit.

And here is Austen and Archer together......what do you think?  I'm sure I love Archer's, I'm just not as sure about Austen's.

Into Everything

Archer had reached that stage where he is getting into everything.  He opens cupboards and drawers and pulls everything out.  He's also really into pinching everything including people.

He keeps getting himself stuck over in this little corner....we refer to it as baby jail.

He is obsessed with getting into the dog food....little stinker!