Crazy Week Here!

This has been a really crazy week!

Nixon turned 4 weeks old last week. Here are a couple pictures of him with his lion.

 It always seems like when Nixon is sleeping he is dreaming of football...specifically someone kicking a successful field goal

I think it may be all of the Friday Night Lights that we watched before and after he was born

 Here is Lyza at her friends' house playing the drum

 We made it out to the park this week. It wasn't the greatest experience because Lyza seems to have forgotten how much fun the slides are. Last summer she had no problems with slides, no matter how big, but this trip she was terrified of them and we left the park with her crying : (

Here is a video of Lyza coloring and singing a song from one of her favorite movies, Scripture Bugs. She really loves that movie. Thanks grandma and grandpa!

Kim has introduced Lyza to jewelry making. She makes necklaces with beads. She really enjoys it and it is a nice, quiet, independent activity for Lyza. 

The only downside to  Lyza's new hobby is when she knocks the beads off the table and scatters them all over the carpet

 Here is where the major stress of our week comes from. POTTY TRAINING! We have gotten serious about potty training this week. Lyza has been doing really well. But, the accidents are still frustrating, especially when they don't seem like "accidents."

I just have to keep reminding myself that it has only been a few days and we have seen some really good progress.

 What cute kids!

 We introduced Nixon to the swing this week. He likes it, but not as much as Lyza did. Maybe it is still early. I remember that we could put Lyza in the swing and she would sleep for hours. We always felt guilty, as if the swing was hypnotizing her or she was on some sort of artificial sleep-support equipment and we constantly had to make the decision of when to "pull the plug." Eventually we would feel guilty enough to turn it off so she would wake up. 

 Happy baby 

 I think Lyza's dislike for her brother is finally over (it was never very severe to begin with). Here she is putting the blanket on him to keep him warm

 I wish I knew what he was thinking about (probably milk!)

 Here Lyza is wearing her owl purse (under her arm) and she was grocery shopping for me, which means going back and forth between her room and the living room and bringing me food from her kitchen

 My little babies

 Yesterday we decided to do a photo shoot with Lyza and Nixon. Here is Nixon getting ready for the event

 Some of the pictures turned out pretty well. Enjoy:

 We asked Nixon to "do a sit-up like daddy" and this is what we got

That's all for now. Take Care.

Spring Break '14 (my last ever?)

I had spring break this last week so we have just been chillin'

 On Tuesday we went down to Clarkston to go to dinner with one of Kim's former co-workers

We decided that we would also go swimming and do some shopping. We took Lyza to the pool and she had a blast, up until another kid puked in the pool and everyone had to leave : (

At least she had about 20 minutes of fun before someone "rained" on her parade

It was a beautiful day, so when we had to leave the pool we decided to go kill some time at the park before our dinner appointment 

 After the park we went to Fazarri's for pizza and it was amazing!

After dinner we made a trip to Costco to stock up on essentials (sorry, no picture. you all know what Costco looks like)

This is the picture that the nurses at the Hospital took of Nixon just after he was born to get publish on the hospital's birth center announcement website

 If there is one thing that Nixon loves it is milk. If there is another thing that Nixon loves it is snuggling (as long as he has had milk recently)

 Lyza is starting to get the hang of what it means to be a good big sister (excuse her wild hair)

 We finally joined the modern age and watched Frozen together this week. What a great show!

Here is a video of Lyza during intermission, she was having a bit of a hard time

We loving blowing and popping bubbles around here

 Nixon had a checkup on Wednesday and he weighed 8 lbs 11 ounces. What a little chunk! He eats like a champion. He even drank a bottle for the first time last night. Now he and Lyza have both successfully used a bottle once! 

 Yesterday we went to a community Emergency Preparedness Fair hosted by the church. Lyza's favorite attraction was the fire truck!

 She climbed in and out of that thing about 15 times and made sure to sit in every seat possible. It was devastating when we had to leave

 Maybe we are dealing with a future firefighter?

We got an application all done this week to get Nixon's proof of Canadian citizenship and as part of that application you have to submit passport-like photos. These little 2x2 pictures make him look much more grown up than he really is

We have had lots of fun spending good quality time with each other and I am sad that I have to go back to school this next week. Only 51 days until I am officially done law school!

Take Care