When Mom's away, Coco will...

...color her entire hands in blue "washable" marker. Washable? Really? Hmmm, Crayola, this is after 15 minutes of scrubbing with various solvents...

...pour herself a bowl of sprinkles, breakfast of champions.

Don't worry--she only ate a few spoonfuls before I got to it! I think...

 I think someone is LOVING having a baby brother who needs to get laid down for naps gets mom out of the room for a few minutes.

And thus begins her year as a 4 year old!

Coco's 4th Birthday Recap!

   Cosette had her birthday last month, and, despite going to the ER in the morning, she had a good time! 

Grandma gave her a fluffy unicorn before heading out to Wisconsin.

On the way home from the E.R., she got to go to the toy store and pick out this bow/arrow/dress set from the movie Brave.

She requested strawberry angel food cake for dessert!

Auntie Ru gave Coco the movie Brave and a ton of her favorite treat--bubble gum!

She spent some birthday money on this color-your-own purse.  So cute that Daddy is helping her--she did great staying in the lines!

  Coco is such a fun, goofy girl!  She really doesn't care much for dolls and would much rather spend her days dressing up, singing, or playing horsey (oh yes, that is where I pretend I am the horse and she sits on my back while I gallop-crawl around the house. Not my favorite). She is working on her Scottish accent to be like Merida from Brave and has gotten quite good at it!  She is definitely her Daddy's girl!

2 months later...

  Our laptop is slowly dying, so it's hard to upload pics--but here goes! Here is Quincy at 9 months:

And the other crazies...

  For his 10 month shot, this dark, dark photo is the best I got out of the bunch :(

 He was wailing and wailing and only little distractions could console him (after I decided that chopsticks aren't the best things to chew on):

 
 Now here is my happy Quincy boy when not being forced to pose on a chair!  He is standing and actually started taking steps tonight!

  He is growing 4 top teeth right now, so we've had some sleepless nights these past few weeks.  Other than that, he is a fun, curious baby boy.  I can't believe he'll turn 1 in 6 weeks!  Too crazy :)

Happy Birthday, Dorthinia!

 I asked Cosette if she was going to be Coco or Cosette on her birthay (her preferences change daily). She told me neither--on her birthday, her name would be: DORTHINIA !

Other birthday preferences for Coco:
 1.) A real live pony for her birthday
 2.) Snake meat for her birthday dinner (hmmm...)
3.) A Merida dress and toy bow-and-arrow from the movie Brave.
Ummm...I think we can make #3 happen at least :)

  Meanwhile, she started her birthday by watching the sunrise outside. Unfortunately, that was in an effort to get the cold air to help her breathing, since she was up throughout the night with a croup-y cough. Shortly after that, Fox took her to the E.R. to get a steroid shot to reduce the inflammation of her airway. Poor girl. Here's hoping the rest of the day just gets better.

We love you, Dorthinia, snake-eating, unipeg vampire!

Halloween!

Halloween has come and gone...and the Christmas decorations are in the stores! The holiday/birthday season is here--hooray! Our Halloween was busy: Trunk-or-Treat at church, Pumpkin Patch field trip, Halloween Parade at school, and of course trick-or-treating.
   One of the lovely sisters in our ward set up a little photo booth at the ward party, so here are the results of that! Cash was a ninja--but apparently his mask fell into the toilet just before we left for the party. Not quite sure why he was holding his mask while going potty...

Cash's has real authentic ninja scars from falling out of a tree the day before!

Despite the appearance, Cosette is not a unicorn. She noticed her costume had wings and pronounced herself a "uni-peg" (unicorn/pegasus). My sister gave her this costume over a month ago, and she has pretty much worn it all-day everyday since. To the point where no one gives it a second thought to see a uni-peg running down the street!

Cosette with her much-loved favorite rain boots!

   And Quincy boy--yet another lesson to me about training your newborn to wear a hat! This boy rips everything off his head that touches it, so I quickly made a cheeseburger costume during naptime the day of the party like the procrastinator I am! That boy ripped that costume off as soon as I put it on, so I improvised by strapping him into my carrier and then strapping the costume to the carrier's straps.

Mama's little cheeseburger!

Next up: Coco's birthday! She asked for a live mini-pony for her birthday--so her lesson of expectation vs. reality should be very educational/tear-filled.

8 Months!

Quincy is 8 months old!

Still just 2 teeth.  He is known to bite and giggle.

Fun with Dad.  Someone's hair is clinging for life...guess who?

Quincy loves drumming on Grandpa's head :)

Our blue-eyed babies!

       Of course, he is a joy--but he is also super exhausting! He is pulling up on anything and putting everything he can into his mouth. If he is not in-arms, he is being watched like a hawk. I forgot about this age :) Q is still a big eater and loves yogurt and peas. He also loves music and chasing balls like a puppy. And Grandpa, of course :) His sleep is kind of hit or miss, but I think that's because he sleeps next to our bed. We'll see! I can't believe he is growing so quickly!

7 Months!

  Quincy is 7 months now! This is my favorite age for babies--not quite mobile but sitting up and super fun!

Q

                             In the past month, he has gotten 2 teeth and learned to sit up!

           He has also started eating chunks of food and eats way more than any of my other babies! Just this week, he has started army crawling and will put anything in his mouth that he can...

                                                    And he's coming for you next!