SNOW DAYS & SICK DAYS GALORE!

Well hello there friends! It's been awhile, I know. I'm becoming a huge slacker when it comes to getting my pictures and blogs together...but hopefully I'll still be able to keep you all updated with our crazy days. If you haven't noticed by my Instagram posts, we've been dealing with a lovely tummy virus from our littlest...but luckily he's feeling much better and back to his fiesty, hot-headed self. ;) But before we dive into that fun, what the heck else has been going on around here? Well let me enlighten you...

We went on a fun group date for Valentine's Day with our neighbors to the Maker's Mark Bourbon Lounge. It was great food, good company and let's just say the men probably had a little too much fun. Each couple was given a bottle of wine with their meal, and since I obviously did not partake in the drinking part, Dustin was kind enough to finish off the entire bottle for us. Wasn't that so thoughtful?! Needless to say, the second we got home, he passed out, shoes on and all. I couldn't help but laugh...he never drinks anymore and I don't think he realized how much the wine would affect him. I had fun picking on him the entire next day...I mean, that's what good wives are for! 

Gavin might be picky as all get out, but he sure can devour some whole wheat crackers!

I love that this boy is the sweetest, most snuggly almost 4-year-old ever. 

Gavin has learned how to get ahold of Toby...and loves every second of it.

I had a "Favorite Things" party 2 Fridays ago. SO.MUCH.FUN. The idea of this party is to have everyone bring 5 of their favorite thing. We then draw names and give away those 5 things. Then you get to take home 5 favorite things from other people! I ended up with wine, chocolate, fuzzy socks, lip gloss & nail stuff. Plus, who doesn't love getting together with your favorite girlfriends, eating & laughing together?! We decided we need to have one of these once a month.

Then the next day...it was snow galore! We ended up with about 7 inches of snow through the week, then a layer of ice and 2 more inches on top of that. Sledding? Yes, please! The neighbors all came over since we have the only hill in the neighborhood. Fun, friends & hot chocolate...once again, such a great time! 

I showed off my 12 week baby bump last Saturday before we took the boys to hibachi.

Speaking of hibachi...Gavin loved it! He was so entertained by the chef and devoured so much fried rice he probably gained 5 pounds. So add rice to the small list of things this baby will eat. ;)

And of course, who doesn't love a bare baby butt?!

We decided to let Christian stay up late and watch his new movie, Big Hero 6, and this was the result. Maybe 10 minutes? This he gets straight from his father, for sure!

And then came the fun part of our week...the stomach bug! Luckily no one else caught it, but it was a lot of dirty laundry, Pedialyte and cartoons for about 4 days. 

Oh, and cat naps on mommy. LOTS of those.

Here was our 2nd attempt to let Christian stay up and watch his movie. Passed our starfish style. This kid is a mess!

Towards the end of the stomach bug, I took Gavin to the doctor to make sure he checked out okay and he didn't have anything else going on (he had been pulling at his ears a lot). He checked out great and of course was hamming it up with the nurses. "What stomach bug, mom?"

While stuck at home, I did a little online shopping for the oldest who has literally grown out of every 3T thing he owns overnight. I ordered tons of shorts, jeans, pajamas & shoes...but these 3 sets of PJ's were my absolute favorite. Why am I such a sucker for cute pajamas?!

Yesterday, Christian told me the baby sounded like a boy...I guess we'll see in less than 2 weeks!

And what weekend is complete without a family trip to Target?! We went there to try and find a new booster seat for Christian. He's only 5 pounds away from the max limit on his current one, and plus I need it for Mr. Gavin since he has outgrown his infant carrier. These boys and their growing...next thing I know, we'll be shopping for college supplies! 

And that's been a very brief update as to what's been happening around here! Hope everyone has a happy Monday & thanks for reading!

Valentine's Day & Baby Updates!

Happy Valentine's Day from the Wilson's! 

Today is Valentine's Day, Gavin's 11 month birthday, 11 weeks preggo for me, ONE MONTH until Gavin's birthday and ONE MONTH until we found out the sex of the new baby. That's a lot of stuff for just one day, so let's dive right in...

We spent the morning sleeping in, cuddled in our beds.......hahaha, yeah right. The boys know when it's a Saturday and pick that day to wake up extra early! Oh well, it just meant we got right to business with our holiday fun! We started the morning with flowers, cards, heart-shaped pancakes & strawberries, candy and lots of fun goodies for my littlest Valentine's.

We filled up the new cups with milk and read our new book about love. 

They are kind of the sweetest things ever.

Onto the next thing...Happy 11 Months, Gavin Lee! 

He is quite the character, that's for sure! His hair is still as red as can be, and that temper hasn't dwindled down a single bit. ;)

He is FINALLY sleeping through the night...hallelujah! He goes to bed with a 4oz bottle of milk (we'll get to that fun part next...) and sleeps until 7:30am. It may have taken 11 months, but the fact that I finally get a full night's sleep is so fabulous. 

He unfortunately has stopped nursing for the most part. I can still get him to nurse first thing in the morning and mayyyybe once throughout the day, but being pregnant has caused my supply to drastically decrease and he just isn't interested anymore. I now pump throughout the day so that I can give him a full bottle before he goes to sleep. Since he's not nursing through the day, his doctor told me I can introduce whole milk a little early to make sure he's getting plenty of liquids. Yeah, he hates milk. And fruit. So he's still on baby food to make sure he's getting healthy stuff in that fat little body of his. He is definitely making everything just a little more difficult in life, but GOSH he's cute!

He has turned into a little ham...when he wants to be, of course. He laughs a lot more now...he might even laugh more than he whines...and that's a first in his short little life!

When he wants something, he wants it now. This is his, "Give me what you have right now before I throw myself backwards & scream bloody murder" face.

Not sure of his height or weight, but he's wearing 12-18 month clothes & size 4 diapers. We have started planning his 1st birthday party for next month, along with a little gender reveal afterwards. 

He has started watching cartoons a little more, which is great for us considering we have a road trip to Disney in two months! He LOVES his big brother. Loves to beat up his big brother. He loves his daddy. Loves his stuffed animal. Loves his pacis and LOVES bathtime. 

He hates having his diaper changed and being told no.

Happy 11 months you crazy little ginger baby!

And of course, Christian wanted to have his picture taken, too!

This little man is the sweetest, most loving little boy I have ever met. Some of my favorite phrases:

"Mommy, you are so bootyful."

"Mommy, you are my best friend in the whole world."

"Mommy, can we snuggle? You give the best snuggles."

"Mommy, you are the sweetest girl."

Gavin might be sour most of the time, but Christian makes up for it with his sweet, sensitive soul.

And Happy 11 weeks to the newest member of the family. Baby #3 is the size of a lime and making me so sleepy & nauseous! I've gained about 2 pounds, but I feel huge. I guess they were right when they said every pregnancy you feel bigger earlier. 

I had my 1st visit with Dr. B yesterday, and she said everything looks great. She's ready for another VBAC, and gave me a fistbump for how awesome we did with the last one. I love having a doctor that not only supports my decisions, but gets excited with me, as well! We had an ultrasound to check on the little bebe, and it was movin' and groovin', so the pictures are blurry. Heartbeat was 174...only one more month until we find out boy or girl! We will find out the morning of Gavin's birthday, but I'm telling you, it's another stinkin', rotten boy! Good thing I make 'em cute! ;) 

Whew! That was a lot of info packed into one blog! Thanks for sticking with me!

 I hope everyone enjoys their Valentine's Day! We have a group date night with our neighbors planned, and I for one am pretty excited about getting out of the house!

Until next time!

xoxo

Playing Catch-up!

WOW,  I am a blogging slacker as of late. I just haven't had the energy to do hardly anything extra these days, so I figured I would give a quick and very vague catch-up of our past couple weeks! Ready....go!

We destroyed big brother's room...

and behaved all day like baboons.

Daddy & Gavin learn to share...

And as always, he's the grumpiest bear.

I have a 10 week old growing baby...

And we munched on popcorn while being lazy.

We played outside with bubbles...

And swung with Mr. Grumbles.

We made Valentine's for Christian's party...

And I eat like a toddler, but I'm not sorry.

Gavin showed Christian who was boss...

And I could eat them up like applesauce.

We had a lot of fun doing Valentine's crafts this past week, playing with paint, making heart-shaped pancakes & making crafts for the loves in our lives. Christian's class party was a blast & he got lots of fun Valentine's from his friends. 

And that's been our catch-up...until next time!

xoxo

Happy February!

Happy Monday & Happy February, friends! I'd like to start off with a big thank you again for all of the kind words on our big news of baby #3. I think Gavin got word that he won't be the baby for too much longer, because he's been exceptionally more clingy this past week...or it could just be that pesky 5th tooth trying to break through. ;)

Although clingy, he's also been extra cute and curious. His new favorite game is to get out all of the plastic dishes and then crawl away laughing.

He also recently discovered how to climb into his baby swing and let me tell you, he uses it now way more than he ever did as a baby. I'll push him and then he will kick his feet as hard as he can to let me know he's ready for me to push him again. He was so zoned out, I thought he was going to fall asleep, but low and behold, as soon as it stopped swinging, he wanted more. This went on for a good 30 minutes...so apparently I have my own personal babysitter in the form of a swing!

Like I said, curious and cute...and so ginger!

We had our first dentist appointment for the firstborn this week. It started out a little rough because he thought she was going to give him a strep test. Strep tests for Christian are the equivalent to gouging his eyeballs out, so there was a slight meltdown until I could explain to him that she doesn't intend to shove the cleaning tools down his throat. He eventually let her give him a quick cleaning and then said, "Okay, where's my toy and sticker?" He doesn't miss a beat.

If you follow my Instagram, you saw that I had my first official pregnancy craving...hot sauce! I had it on pizza first, and that wasn't enough so Dustin made me some popcorn to put it on. To be honest though, I could have just drank the stuff.

And proud mom moment here: Christian's class got a new student and I spent Thursday night explaining to Christian how important it was to make the new boy feel like he has a friend. When I picked him up on Friday, his teacher told me he shared all of his toys and was super friendly to him. He even got a star and a certificate from his teacher for his behavior. And I may or may not have cried in the car over it...pregnancy hormones or not, I am one proud mom!

Saturday marked 9 weeks preggo for me. I'm definitely at the height of morning sickness....nausea, exhaustion and food aversions are my every day right now, but I'm trucking right through as best as I can! Christian begged to visit his Mimi Saturday night, which meant an impromptu date night for us. I made it through delicious Italian dinner (craving pasta again) and a trip to the mall before I got super tired and we cancelled our trip to movies. I felt like such a lame-o because I'm always dying to get out of the house, but all I wanted to do was go home and crawl in bed...darn you, 1st trimester!

We did find some fun goodies at the mall and I got my most recent Etsy order in the mail.

I found that adorable sweater on clearance at Janie & Jack, Preggy Pops from Motherhood Maternity & a new photo album from Home Goods. A little clearance priced retail therapy is always good for the soul...and the wallet!

One of my girlfriends has started making baby & toddler scarves, bandana bibs (shown above) & headwraps...they are so stinkin' adorable, so definitely check out her website! 

Even if you don't have kiddos, these make for excellent birthday gifts or baby shower gifts.

Kind of modeling his new bear sweater...between teething fits and super serious faces. 

In other news, Pottery Barn Kids has some of the cutest stuff ever made, and I would recommend NOT going in there unless you're ready to spend all the money you've ever made ever. To be honest, I'm not sure how we made it out of there with only these adorable Valentine's for Christian's class.

And speaking of Valentine's, it's officially February, which means it's time to decorate for the next Holiday! 

Although it's not a big holiday by any means, I'm still a sucker for cute decor of any sort.

And that's been our past week! Thanks for reading and I hope everyone enjoys the week. 

I for one am coming down with a severe case of cabin fever, so spring is more than welcome to show up any day now!

Until next time!