A Little Bit of Bessie: Teething Babies & Lazy Weekends

Hello & happy Monday! Normally Mondays are filled with exhaustion for this mama, but the husband had a golf event for work today so he was able to spend the morning with us. That meant sleeping in for me & a donut breakfast for us all!

Nothing like a cold glass of milk with fresh fruit & donuts to start the week!

Our weekend was a really good one! We didn't do a whole lot, but it was nice spending time together & the husband and I even snuck in a date night!

Off to pick big brother up from pre-school on Friday!

When I picked up Christian, I walked into a full on toddler dance party! Christian was having a blast dancing with all of his friends & wouldn't leave until his song ended. They learned the letter "F" for friends & family, and the number 2. We also had "homework" this past week. We had to make a house with pictures of everyone that lives in his house. He said he loved showing his friends his mommy, daddy, baby Gavin, "ti-ti" & Toby.

Here is a picture from his teacher's blog. Working on those fine motor skills!

Friday night we dealt with a super fussy baby. I swear this kid has been teething forever. He started at 3 months and has yet to cut that darned tooth through! He even fell asleep on me, which never happens anymore!

He might be teething, but he sure is cute!

Naptime for all the boys, apparently!

Friday night we got Subway, ice cream & rented a movie. Dustin & I made it through over half of the movie before we passed out...that's a record! ;) Saturday morning is always so nice for me, as I get to sleep in a little while Dustin takes care of the boys. Ah-mazing! This Saturday, he brought the boys in bed with us and we snuggled & watched cartoons. Gavin loves to pester Christian by grabbing his face, hair & his beloved "coo-coo." <-----We have NO idea why Christian calls it a coo-coo, but we are referring to his blue lovie that he has had since he was born. He became very attached to it from infancy & around 1-year-old starting calling it a coo-coo. We don't know why, we always called it a stuffy. However, it's the only thing left that remains of him being a little guy, and we haven't had the heart to take it away yet. He's also never taken a pacifier...instead he sucks on his two middle fingers anytime he has his coo-coo. We have both decided that 4-years-old will be the cut-off age for his finger sucking & coo-coo. Until then, he only gets them at nap & bedtime. However, Gavin has recently starting trying to steal it in the morning, and it's quite funny watching Christian react. "No baby Gavin! Thats MY coo-coo! You have your own!" These two boys are the best Saturday morning entertainment!

It was crazy hot & humid all day, but Christian needed to get outside & burn some energy, so Dustin took him to help wash the Jeep. Gavin & I stayed inside & enjoyed the fabulous AC.

Poor teething baby!

Saturday night, we left the boys with my mom and went out for a date night! It's the 1st one we've had in awhile, but decided that since I've finally got Gavin in a good bedtime routine, we could brave someone else putting him to bed. Plus, next weekend is our 11 year dating anniversary! We gave lots of hugs & kisses and headed off to dinner & a movie! We went to our favorite Hibachi restaurant for some steak & fried rice. We then grabbed a large popcorn & cherry coke (our staple movie snacks!) and went to see 'Into The Storm.' I'm a huge storm lover, so it was right up my alley. Tornado alley, if you will? ;D It's definitely not a movie you go to see for the acting or story line, but if you like storms & anxiety inducing special effects, it's a pretty good one. Plus, it was super nice eating dinner without calming a fussy baby and trying to tell the 3-year-old to sit down and use his manners every 30 seconds.