We're back online....

Well, thanks to a broken Internet I'm way behind on my blogging. 

Last week we kicked off a week of amazing weather with a relaxing walk....

Where Luke took a nose dive & ended up looking like this for days.....

It was nothing some snuggles couldn't fix.....

And some wine.....

We got a package from Grandma L with a fun paint craft.....

Thanks Grandma L!

We've keepin things cool in the bath tub....

And late Thursday night we got a special visitor - Grandpa!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday morning snuggles....

We've been keeping Grandpa busy & beating jet leg with all kinds of activities....

Reading....

Ocean Park....

Relaxing....

Pizza & Popsicles on the beach.....

Safety lessons....

Playgrounds....

And today....I promised Sam I we could go get a Chick Hicks (A Cars 1 Character) because his recent potty training regression has been making major progress. 

Other behaviors, not so much.......

 But potty training is the task at hand......

So, Grandpa took Sam to school and Luke & I went in search of Chick Hicks

And coffee.....

We started by spreading some peace.....

and hitting up a playground....

We found a lovely doll....

and failed on Chick Hicks because they don't make Cars 1 character anymore. 

(Would have been nice to know prior to my promise)

We spent the afternoon destroying Kowloon..... and attempting to redirect Sam on what is so far, the biggest disappointment of his life.

We failed on redirecting, but still had a great time....

In other news- if your attention span has brought you this far....

I had my 7 month check up this week where the Doctor informed me that everything looks great and that we will be having "one rather large baby".

Well, as you can see in the picture above I'm not really small anymore but when a Dr tells you you're going to have a "rather large baby"..... it's a little nerve racking for someone who has had a 5lb and a barely 6lb baby and easy deliveries. 

I've been having nightmares of delivering a 20 pounder ever since.

Weekend

My beloved Keurig, our coffee maker, is broken. 

As such, on Saturday morning when Phil said, "I need coffee. Lets go to Stanley!",  I thought I should be an obliging wife and go......And romantic visions of a chai tea immediately started dancing in my head. 

Apparently Luke had romantic visions of this in his head. 

We scooped up a soccer ball at the local Dicks sporting goods to kick around ....

Hey- we all won.....

Unfortunately, while we were out Sam was severely punished for some bad behavior....

by being "forced" to sit in timeout....

Alone, in the sun, on a boardwalk on the beach. 

Doesn't he just look so sorry.....

Later that day daddy decided to take Sam for a haircut while Luke and I napped....

 Here they are on their outing....

Meanwhile back and home Luke and I were peacefully resting....

Or we should have been but he decided not to nap. 

Oh well, look at this face....

And Despite not napping, Luke went to bed around 8 and woke up around 3 AM. Woke up.... For the day. 

My little night owl was good company, despite my best (and most likely pediatrician NOT recommended attempts to get him back to sleep) until he fell asleep around 7:00AM

I crawled into my own cozy bed around 7:10 and was woken up by Sam approximately 10 minutes later. And my poor husband has had to live with me all morning....

Which is why I now have an empty house and a post nap opportunity to blog. 

Ahhhhh....

And which is also why I decided to move Luke into a big boy bed. 

Hey, after you pick up "lamb lamb", who was unfairly launched from Luke's crib one too many times, this kind of thing just happens...

Catching Up

Here are a few pictures to catch up.....

We started off the week watching the sunset on the beach....

And skipping rocks....

This week has been full of Dr appointments....

For me.....

Here is the parking job I did on Monday....

I quickly realized as I was trying to climb out that I'm not going to be able to get away with parking like this much longer

And for Luke.....

Sam came along so he could hold Luke's hand for his shots, although I'm pretty sure he took pleasure in watching Luke get his vaccinations....

School pick-ups now consist of  Sam bribing Luke into carrying his backpack and then bribing me into buying both of them a cookie

We went to Ocean Park....

And I took advantage of Luke's kindness and dressed him like a baby doll today....

Here's a video of Phil educating the boys on proper snack etiquette