Spencer singing his ABC's.

Caught Spencer doing this on his own.  Look how cute his earphones are!

Here is a video of it.

Spencer Jumping

I wanted this on the slide show...but I am technologically challenged.

Baby Ella!

So I have been spending a lot of time with my friend Tracy B. We are in Young Women's together as well as partners in our DO RE MI Incorporated. Anyhoo...her daughter's name is Ella and Spencer just LOVES her. She is one too...but much smaller than Spencer. "Ella" as you can see in the video is one Spencer's best words. He says it even clearer now, but for a kid who doesn't talk...you can tell he cares for Ella. He loves to push her over, pat her head, give her hugs and kisses and just be a cute little boy around her, this includes taking every toy she finds.... Anyway, today Tracy came over to show me her SUPER cute swimsuit she just bought and we turned around to see this....so cute! Ella was just lying on him for almost 5 minutes. Spencer just patted her back. I am lucky to have caught a picture of this sweet little moment.

P90X

So I have been doing P90X off and on as my workout. For those who don't know what it is, it is just a series of REALLY HARD workouts that progressively get EVEN HARDER! Anyhow, I haven't been doing it much lately and usually do them at night when Jake is home to do them too. So, today after dropping Aubrey off at school I was asking Weston if he thought he could do a workout with me. I was feeling motivated, but needed a friend. He said he would try...so we did CARDIO X together today. It was so cute. He never quit and did the yoga, kick boxing and plyometrics with me!! I was so proud of him. He was actually a lot more fun to work out with than Jake, cause he would give me high fives and stuff! (Jake is a little grouchy working out...)

He told me during some of the cool down ..." Mom I want to do this every day, this was way better than watching a kids' show!" That's my boy!

A few minutes after our 45 minute workout....we played "Pretty Pretty Princess!" LOL We are well rounded at this house!

My boys!

This week it is finally feeling like Spring again. We have our wonderful warm weeks, but then it rains and is cold all over again. Anyway, this week the weather has been perfect so I have spent almost every day taking my kids on walks or to the park to play. We of course miss Aubrey (who is in first grade) but Weston and Spencer and I have had a lot of fun. I just wanted to remember a few things about "my boys."

Here they are playing in the sand. They love to get dirty and I am so lazy about baths. You should see their feet :(

Weston is just so adventuresome. He really will try anything. Yesterday on our jog back from Walmart. I ran there to get doughnuts...don't ask me why... Anyway, Weston stated that he wants to "play basketball, football and soccer this year." But not "T-ball" because, "I can already hit the ball like a big kid."

Yesterday Weston shouted from the computer room "Shoe Shoe....MOM!!" I actually couldn't hear what he said...I thought he said..."shut up MOM!" Which actually wouldn't completely shock me. So I just ignored him and he came out later and said..."Shoe Shoe MOM..." with this cute little face. I was like..."uhmm what does that mean dear?" and he said that means "I Love YOU in Chinese!" Very cute kid.

Here we have little Spencer. His personality is so great! He is full of life and laughs. He really does laugh a lot. He finds everything funny. His favorite thing is to be outside or taking shoes out of the shoe closet.

His stats at his last appointment were 30.5 inches long 50% something percentile and 26lbs which was like 80% or something. He still isn't talking. He likes to make sounds though... Like ahh ohhh and ok, (but the sound.)

The FREAK Accident!

So yesterday I had just jumped out of the shower and was putting in my contacts...(naked by the way...) when I heard a crash and turned and saw Spencer in a pile of shattered glass!!! I just threw my contact and grabbed him and picked him up. He was already bleeding like crazy...but I just kind of stood there...realizing what had happened. I think he slammed the shower door open and it just shattered... anyway. I then just stayed in the same place and put in my contacts (gotta see.) Next, I walked through the glass and wiped up Spencer and put him in his crib then ran and got some shoes, all the while not clothed. (I bring this up only so you know how awkward I felt trying to maneuver threw all the glass...I definitely felt exposed.) So after running downstairs to get some shoes, I was then able to walk past the wreckage and get some clothes on and attend to Spencer better. I wanted to take a picture, but I was rushing like crazy.

Every time I would clean Spencer off...his whole face would be covered in blood within moments again. He kept freaking out when it got in his eye or in his mouth. I knew that head/face wounds bled a lot so I wasn't too worried or anything. In fact, I was really calm. Looking back on the whole experience I realise that I was totally calm and I am definitely someone who doesn't freak out with stuff like this...

So the reason I was getting ready that morning to take Spencer to a well check at the Pediatrician. I had a slot scheduled so I just decided to go. I put the boys in the car, dropped Weston off at preschool, and took Spencer to his check-up. I figured it wasn't that bad, but I wanted to make sure he didn't have any shards of glass in him or need stitches on his nose. I walked in and it hit me how horrible me and Spencer looked...blood all over etc. The receptionist looked soooo shocked..."Are you here for a well visit?" she said with a strange look. "How is Spencer today?" I quickly informed her of what had happened and she seemed relieved. Anyway, they cleaned him up really nice and of course it doesn't look like much happened at all. It did slice a very small piece of the side of his nose right off though...and it will scar. Poor kid! I do feel really lucky for both of us considering how bad he would have been cut if I wouldn't have been so close. I got a few little scrapes and pokes, but nothing bad. Especially since I walked through that glass bare footed. (My calloused feet paid off.)

Here are some pics of the glass while I was cleaning it up. I looked a lot worse before I swept it all in a pile...the glass flew clear into my bedroom and into my closet. I spent a good 2 hours trying to clean this up; not to mention we need a new shower door!

Here is little Spencer after he had been to the dr. and had a bath. Today it looks worse! This is a hinge...that is all that was left.

Spencer is just plain silly

We love this kid! He really cracks us up. Today he is totally sick, so I was watching this to remind me he can be fun!

1st professional Hair cut!

The sucker did the trick.  I was worried Spencer would be horrible, but he was great. 

Spencer Laughing

This video takes a sec to get going, but he is so cute. Weston is the best at making Spencer laugh. It doesn't really matter what he is doing, I think Spence just likes the unexpected...which is Weston's forte!

Spencer Status!

So Spencer is really grown up since he turned 6 months. Here are his stats: He was 20.2 lbs at the first of this month. That put him in the 98th% on weight and 93% in height. (I can't remember how long he was...27 inches I think.) In the last couple weeks he has finally learned to roll over as well as sit. For the last 3 nights he has slept in his crib. He is also sleeping through the night...well I am! My dirty little secret is that I have done this with no monitor. I was just so sick of getting up with him 3 to 4 times still a night. I cannot stand to let my kids cry...I am so weak. So, I lovingly put him to bed and then check on him around 6 in the morning. It was been great. Hopefully, he has learned to sleep through the night by now, and I plan on putting a monitor in there in the next couple of nights or so. He has also started eating solids. He loves apples, pears, squash...everything I have tried. He is still a wreck when we drive places in the car but other than that we love this "little bundle of joy."

Do you think this was necessary??

A hair cut, that is.
Well I do!

So here is the before:
And here is the after: and YES, it still sticks straight up!

And the Baby is Still Cute!

Too Sad...

So those of you who are living here in Maricopa and those who are close to me...I guess you know that I am having a hard time with our new baby. However, many may not know, so here is my vent. It is 11:27 pm and I am letting a sweet little 5 week old boy "cry it out" in his crib. I really don't know what else to do. He has been awake since 5:15pm and only slept on and off in my arms for a few minutes at a time. He has cried lots and it just breaks my heart. Spencer is just so colicky. He burbs like 20 times, instead of once or twice. He wakes up screaming with gas. We have really tried everything...and I just don't know what more to do. Please don't post with advice. Not that I don't need it, but being told to take him in the car or playing white noise just comes across condesending after we have already had 2 colicky babies before. We swaddle, give gas drops, I watched what I ate, then switched him to a special formula. We have tried medication for reflux and the list goes on. I guess I am just writing this, so if you see me you can know what our whole family is going through. Have a prayer in your heart for our family, but mostly for Spencer. I believe he is the sweetest little boy and it breaks my heart to see him suffer. This too shall pass, but I am sad that we are all wishing away this time. I am sad that I can't let my kids hold him, unless it is minutes after a bottle. I am sad that he only seems happy about 3 to 4 hours after he eats, then I have to feed him and start the cycle over again. I am so grateful for my mother who gives me great perspective and a husband who is doing his best to help with our other 2 kids. I am grateful for good friends who let me cry and complaing and well, I can't stand to hear him cry anymore, so I will be off. Wish me luck.

3 weeks old.

So here we are on our first day of church. Spencer has been quite a handful, but doing better these last few days. We are praying that he mellows out. We need our sleep. He was great at church today and we sure love him.

Weston didn't go, but had to be in the pic.