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Tulip Festival

2010-04-16T21:57:00.000-07:00

We've been meaning to get up to the Tulip Festival all month and finally had a dry day that we had free so we went. It was a long day with two little kids (feeding everyone and making sure everyone got their potty stops in) but it was fun.

Dillon loved that he got to ride the ferry and Jason had fun too. We sat in the upstairs galley on the ferry and had the room to ourselves so everyone was free to roam as they wanted. Perfect for our "I only want to walk now" Jason.

Of course was had to have a snack, I swear the kids ate practically the entire way there!

The weather was great, it could have been just a tiny bit warmer, but it was dry and partly sunny. There were a few mud puddles that Dillon could play in but still dry enough for Jason to walk. Not many of the fields were in bloom but we found two right next to each other that were. And really that was about all we really had attention spans for.

Both boys thought the flowers were interesting and had a good time. We had lunch at Dairy Queen and Dillon was able to get some ice cream (his favorite thing in the world). He had a chocolate ice cream cone and oh how I wish I had pictures of the chocolate ice cream around his mouth. He didn't miss a drop of it! Both toys fell asleep on the way home and I might have taken an extra long blink along the way too.

Super Dillon!

"Please I really want to touch them!"

I'll say it once again, it is next to impossible to get a picture with both boys looking at the camera and smiling.

But this is pretty close.

Always picking stuff up from the ground....don't want to miss anything that could be interesting!

Dillon took a few pictures and did a pretty good job, minus the finger.

The flowers were so vibrant.

Where's Dillon?!

"Here I am!"

Walking back to the car (I love this picture).

First Haircut

2010-04-16T13:47:00.000-07:00

I so did not want to get Jason's hair cut but it was hanging in his eyes so I figured it was time. I just hate when the get their first hair cut because it instantly makes them look like little boys and not baby boys anymore.

Jason HATED getting his hair cut and was just all about the hair dresser could do to get the front cut. Oh how Dillon and Jason are opposites! Dillon has always liked getting him hair cut but absolutely hates the dentist. Where as when I took Jason to the dentist for the first time the other time he thought it was great.

Before

After - and still not happy.

But, playing with the toys made everything alright!

Everyone Smile

2010-04-10T20:39:00.000-07:00

I took Jason in for his one year pictures and I wanted some with Dillon too. So we just decided why not get family pictures taken. They turned out great and everyone smiled right at the camera!

This is almost a daily pose in our house. They (mostly Jason) are always knocking someone over and laughing.

These brothers love each other!

So excited to be one!

Jason even got to enjoy a cupcake for the pictures and he made sure to eat every last crumb.

Happy Easter, a bit late.

2010-04-09T19:56:00.000-07:00

The Easter Bunny did indeed come to our house, I'm just a bit late getting pictures up.

Dillon and I dyed Easter eggs a few days before Easter. Jason watched and snacked. Dillon had a fun time and loved checking on the progress of the coloring.

Patiently waiting (sort of).

Jason eating...like always!

Dropping the egg in.

Checking the coloring.

Finished eggs. The flash went off on the camera so they are a little washed out but you can still tell they are pretty.

Easter morning Dillon couldn't wait to look in his Easter basket...and Jason's too!

Cool new sunglasses (until they break too!)

Checking out all the new stuff.

Jason getting into his basket.

I tried to get a picture of the two smiling, I sort of had success eventually.

My family came over for brunch (which Jason slept through) and after we ate Dillon had an Easter egg hunt. Jason wasn't feeling well at all on Easter and just was content to sit eat and watch.

Dillon making sure he looks everywhere.

Loading up his basket.

Found one in the couch cushion behind Uncle Jim.

After he found each egg he'd go back to the coffee table and say "oh, I wonder what is in it!" and then open each one. He was so cute!

Too Quiet....

2010-04-05T20:40:00.000-07:00

...is not always a good thing. I was in the laundry room today while Jason was playing in the rest of the basement (I have a baby gate up at the entrance to the laundry room). It became a little too quiet so I looked around the corner to check on Jason. I found him fully entertained and very proud of himself!

Birthday Song

2010-03-29T20:30:00.001-07:00

Dillon was so excited for Jason's birthday he made up a song about it.

1st Birthday Boy!

2010-03-29T20:01:00.001-07:00

Jason is now officially one!! Can't believe how fast the past year went by but on the other hand it seems like Jason has always been here.

Jason is such a sweet little boy and definitely loves his mama and rarely wants her to leave! He give great hugs and love taps. He is very content to play by himself. He just wanders around the basement going from toy to toy that he wants to play with. Sometimes he'll come back and bring you something and is very proud of himself but doesn't expect you to follow him back to where he was playing (so different from Dillon!!).

He's got 5 teeth now and is always smiling. He was sleeping through the night but a few weeks ago he started waking up again and wanting to nurse, sometimes twice a night! I am hoping that he was just having a growth spurt and he'll settle back into sleeping through the night. Jason will eat pretty much anything except peas and green beans and potatoes (mashed or cooked). But he of course loves french fries. He loves ice cream just like his big brother but so far isn't as picky as him (I am hoping we don't make that mistake twice.) Jason is a bottomless pit when it comes to eating. The other day he ate and entire banana and waffle for breakfast!! And so far he eats mostly with his left hand. This is what Dillon did too and is firmly a lefty now just like dad. I just might be the minority in this family in more ways than one.

Jason loves Mickey Mouse and thus is was his theme for his birthday party. It turned out to be a beautiful day and he had a great time. He loved just wanting amongst all the people and was happy as can be.

All the girls were in Jason's play pen and he wasn't sure what to make of it!

When it came to cake time he was very neat but just kept eating and eating and even picking at the crumbs once the cake was taken away.

Already has his mouth open for the first bite!

Yummy!

I had to cut a peice out of the cake so he could get past the frosting.

Loved the cake and stayed pretty clean.

There are more pictures from the party in this photo album.

Jason's 1st Birthday

O - R- E - O

2010-03-24T19:57:00.000-07:00

After lunch today Dillon had an Oreo for dessert. I was still feeding Jason yogurt but he refused to eat anymore once he saw the Oreo. Then he started pointing at Dillon's Oreo and crying. He stopped once I gave him his own Oreo to eat! He loved it, of course.

Happy he got the Oreo.

Yummy!

That was good!

I've got to get every last crumb.

Busy Boys

2010-03-18T20:04:00.000-07:00

The boys are having more and more fun playing together, sort of. Dillon likes to play with Jason but isn't too fond of it when Jason takes toys away from him or moves a toy that Dillon had in a specific spot. Jason mostly just likes to try and crawl over Dillon. But so far no one has gotten too hurt or annoyed...yet.

Thought this was a great picture captured at just the right moment to show how things are going!

Jason is now fully walking everywhere. He likes to take laps around the basement and loves to just wonder off by himself and play with what ever he finds.

Jason also loves his baths.

He was trying to catch the water falling out of the cup, I love when they are trying to figure everything out!

Not the best picture but it does show all 4 of Jason's teeth.

So cute!

Concentrate!

2010-03-17T14:13:00.000-07:00

On the way home from preschool today I was asking Dillon questions about school; like I do every day. He's gotten so some days he just doesn't want to tell me about school (and I thought this wouldn't happen until the teenage years.) So today he said to me "why don't you just concentrate on driving mommy." Oh my gosh some days he just cracks me up!

Oh Dillon, Dillon, Dillon

2010-03-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

I sent Dillon to the corner yesterday afternoon. It was quiet time (formerly known as nap time) and he kept opening his door and coming out of his room. His door has a squeak that hasn't been oiled yet and Jason tends to wake up very easily from this squeaking noise. So I had Dillon come to the basement and sit in the corner.

After a few minutes I asked him why he was in the corner, trying to drive my point home. He started to say "well my door makes this little squeak (said with hand jesters indicating how little the squeak is) and since daddy hasn't fixed it ...". I cut him off right there and told him that he can't blame other people when he's in trouble. I was surprised that he was trying to pass blame! Where does he learn this stuff? So I asked him again "do you know why you are in the corner?" and he said very matter-a-factly and very seriously "well, because you sent me here." I had to bit my lip until I got around the corner so I wouldn't laugh. I couldn't really argue with that answer! He can be so frustrating sometimes but gosh is he funny!

Walking Video

2010-03-03T20:30:00.000-08:00

I was able to get a little bit of video of Jason walking. You can also see him hiding from me. He loves this tent and crawls in and out of it all day long, usually as a game with Dillon.

11 Months!

2010-03-03T19:42:00.001-08:00

Jason is now 11 months old, can't believe he'll be a year in less than a month!! He has learned a lot of new things this past month. He can now walk for several steps at a time and walks really well just holding on to one of your fingers. He waves at you and can stand up from the ground.

He eats just about everything, except he still doesn't like peas (but who can blame him?). He still really likes sweet potatoes and bananas. Applesauce isn't horrible anymore and neither is apple juice. Jason now sleeps through the night from about 7 to 7! He takes usually 2 naps a day for at least an hour each.

Jason has his two front bottom teeth and one top front tooth. The second top tooth should come in any day. He has discovered his teeth and has been scraping them together; which I think is the worst sound in the world!

We haven't weighted him lately but I am sure he is just shy of 30 pounds! So we are happy he is almost walking as carrying him around is getting heavier and heavier!

No smile, but this was the only picture I got where Jason wasn't trying to move.

You can see his two bottom teeth in this picture.

I think he is done sitting in the chair!

He's getting so tall.

Walking!!!

Jason loves to play with Dillon.

Jason has discovered the rocking horse that Papa made for Dillon. He loves to ride it.

It actually happened...one of my kids fell asleep while they were eating!

Waving!

Jason always pulls everything off the shelves. In the play room I've pretty much given up putting the books back on the bookshelf.

When Jason is down crawling around on the floor upstairs the first thing he always goes is go straight to the hallway nightlight and pull it out. He crawls as fast as he possibly can because he knows that you are after him to stop him from pulling the light out.

Got A Yard!

2010-02-21T10:22:00.000-08:00

We almost have a yard the boys can play in!!! The weather has been warm, sunny and dry so it was perfect to finish up the yard. Friday and Saturday Art and his friend EJ (Thank you, Thank you, Thank you EJ!) pretty much finished the yard and it is ready for grass!

Dillon had a blast with the piles of dirt and was covered head to toe in dirt by the end of the day - I should have taken a picture of the tub after his bath! By the end of the day he was calling him self 'dirt boy'!

We got several loads of dirt of the two days, here is the first one arriving.

EJ giving Dillon a ride on the Bobcat.

EJ and Art (he's back by the house moving more blocks) working hard!

We finally have parking again!

All finished!!!

Pictures of the Week

2010-02-16T20:55:00.000-08:00

Not much has been going on lately but here are a few cute pictures I've taken lately.

Dillon is always such a good dresser, not sure what was going on with the pants this day.

Dillon was making lots of splashing sounds and was very busy in the bath tub, I peaked around the corner (Hard to be in two places at once these days!) and this is what I saw. Dillon had made a huge mound of bubbles!

Jason loves his big brother and always wants to be right by him. Which is make for more and more bumped heads these days! Oh, I can just see the wrestling that will happen!!

Everyone has to play with the door stopper at some point! Well Jason discovered it at Gram and Papa's house. I think I'll be chasing him away from that and the cat food! How do they always know the wrong thing to go for?

Getting to be such a big boy!

2010-02-16T20:49:00.000-08:00

Dillon is becoming such a little boy now and learning so many new things. He is wanting to learn how to spell and write. He knows how to spell and write his name. He likes to ask what a word starts with so I always make the sound of the letter so he can tell me what letter the word starts with. The other day he spelled his name and then asked how to spell mommy. I said "what does mommy start with?" made the M sound and he said "M" and then he spelled it "M-I-L-L-O-N". His mind is always going! He's so cute!

Here is a copy of when he wrote his name sort of legibly for the first time. If you look closely you can make out all the letters.

Walking!

2010-02-10T20:23:00.001-08:00

Jason took his first steps today without holding on to anything!!! Of course I wasn't able to get it on camera but he was very proud of himself!

Parties, Parties, and more Parties

2010-02-10T20:12:00.000-08:00

Last week was Art's birthday as well as the twins first birthday! And this past Monday was Great Grandma's birthday. So needless to say Dillon was excited to share birthday cake with everyone!

We had Gram and Papa and Uncle Craig over for Art's birthday and just had a simple (yet somehow very loud) party at our house.

Jason was having lots of fun with Uncle Craig's hat.

Dillon helped open presents.

Later in the week we went over to Art's sisters house to celebrate the twins first birthday and have some more cake.

Dillon got to play with all his cousins which he loves doing!

Jason got to eat with his cousins.

This will be Jason in just a few weeks!! Can't believe it! Happy Birthday boys!!

10 Months Old!

2010-02-03T20:02:00.000-08:00

Jason is now 10 months old! This is such a fun age! Jason interacts with us and is so fun. He is trying to do to one nap during the day but half the time still takes two naps a day. He is actually very easy to put to bed most of the time, still waking up once during the night. But there are becoming more and more nights where he doesn't wake up at all, but then he is up for the day at 6:00 or 6:30! I am so not a morning person!!!

Of course need one with Dillon too! (Dillon had a run in with the end of our gate at the top of the stairs....so glad it wasn't as bad as it could have been!)

He loves to get down on the ground and crawl all over the place, and he is fast! He is still content to play by himself but likes it when we play with him too. For some reason Jason really likes to crawl with things in his hands. He will immediately go for a ball or block on the ground pick it up and then crawl the rest of the time with it in his hands.

Jason now has his bottom two front teeth! I think worst of the teething is over for now but know it will return soon.

Jason stands by himself now! He usually does it in his play pen when he is chewing on something or watching TV (yes I know he's not one yet, but dinner won't cook it self!). I don't think he realizes he standing but he has really good balance and rarely falls over. He also is cruising along the furniture and will walk a bit if we hold onto his hands. He will probably be taking his first steps soon. He tried the other day. He was standing at the coffee table and turned to walk towards Art without thinking for a second that he couldn't walk towards him. He promptly fell down but I am sure he'll try again very soon.

Boys and their remotes! Today I was fast forwarding something on the DVR with the remote and Jason quickly crawled to get his remote (without batteries), aimed it at the TV and started pushing buttons! He looked back and me when he figured out nothing was happening....what is is with guys and the TV?

Not Much Going On

2010-01-21T20:03:00.000-08:00

There hasn't been much going on these past few weeks. School has started again and after all the holidays we've just gotten back into our normal routine.

Dillon wants to know when it will be Christmas again, and not for the reason you might think. He wants to go to "night time school" again. A few evenings during December Dillon's preschool had a drop off time in the evening so parents could do some shopping or just enjoy the evening out. Dillon loved "night time school", as he calls it, because they had "really cool nighttime toys"and he got to eat dinner at school. They put out toys that he doesn't normally get to play with at school apparently they made an impression. So now he asks me every few days if it can be Christmas again. And when he sees a house with their lights still up he asks why they still have Christmas and if we can too! Such a funny boy!

Jason recently got his two bottom front teeth (again). He didn't sleep well for several nights and you could tell that his teeth were really hurting him. So we did our best to try and comfort him. Dillon never had any teething issues; the teeth just came right in with no problems. So even though Jason is number two I guess some things are still a first.

You can't see his teeth, but just thought this was a cute picture.

Jason LOVES to pull all the books off the bookshelf one by one.

Jason is also very close to taking a few steps. A few times he's taken steps while holding on to someone and then yesterday he took a step without holding onto anything. Although he had no idea he wasn't holding on to anything because he was concentrating on getting to something.

Jason and Dillon are playing very well together so far. As long as you can keep both of them occupied in a toy and not the each other. Both have pulled the other one down, at least so far it's been gently.

Here is Dillon in his Cars outfit that he got for Christmas and LOVES.

Pretty much every single day Dillon dresses himself in outfits that match. I guess this day he wanted to try something new.

Dillon really wants it to snow and who can blame him! I guess if you get dressed for the occasion maybe it will make it snow? Can you see his bottom lip sticking out? He wasn't happy that I told him that it wasn't snowing.

Jason is trying all kinds of food now and really likes everything! But then again we went though the same thing with Dillon and now he likes nothing!

Here he is eating blueberries.

Spaghetti - wish the picture show it better because he's got little noodles on his face.

9 Months

2010-01-10T21:11:00.001-08:00

A few days after Christmas Jason turned 9 months old and is fully on the move now! He can crawl very fast, especially if there is something that he wants to get to. He can pull him self up no problem anywhere he wants. Which is a little nerve racking because I am just waiting for him to hit his chin on something or pull something over on him self. You can baby proof for ever and there are still things that get missed!

As you can see I had a hard time keeping Jason sitting in the chair for a picture!

I finally gave him a book and he stayed for a bit.

Then I was finally able to get one without the book!

Now it is time to also take pictures with Jason standing!

We had Jason's 9 month check up this past week. He weights 25.4 pounds (97th percentile) and is 30 3/4 inches long (95th percentile)! He is a big guy, but proportionate. I just had to look it up and Dillon was only 23 pounds at one year (no small guy either)!

Jason loves to "talk" and look at books, but so far he does not want you to read the books to him. He eats pretty much everything as long as it isn't green! He still loves sweet potatoes in any format and tends to scream very loud when you aren't feeding him fast enough. We are working on teaching him 'more' in sign language but it hasn't clicked yet.

Jason thinks Dillon is the greatest and they are always giggling when they are together and have already started wrestling...which is actually initiated by Jason sometimes!

Standing at the bottom of the stairs, he loves to stand at the gate and bounce and talk.

He loves to stand anywhere!

Here are a few pictures from Jason's 9 month photo shoot at Penny's. He is so cute!

Christmas

2009-12-31T20:31:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas and it was so much fun to watch Dillon and Jason open their gifts. This year my aunt and uncle from California were up for the week, the first Christmas in a very long time we've spent together. It was so wonderful to have them here, but some how I didn't manage to get them in one picture.

Dillon handing daddy the star to put on the top of the tree.

We stared Christmas Eve eve off by decorating cookies. I started decorating sugar cookies for my parents neighbors when I was in grade school and even though I've moved and they've moved neither one of us have moved far so they still get cookies! Now Dillon helps me decorate the cookies in between "accidentally" getting frosting on his fingers.

We also went down to the waterfront to go through the park that was all decorated. It was very cold, but pretty. The boys liked the lights and these were pretty much the only Christmas lights they saw this year. A few weeks ago we went out to look at lights one evening and about 10 minutes into the drive Dillon fell asleep, and I mean dead asleep! Jason on the other hand started screaming and did so until we were about a mile from home. So this year the drive was a bust, maybe it will go better next year!

Christmas morning started early, just like every other morning in our house! Dillon had fun looking in his stocking to see what Santa brought.

He got a new Cars hat.

Santa also brought him a police helmet that he was very excited about and fifty million twisty ties later got to try out.

Jason enjoyed his stocking too.

Guess he knows what to do with cups!!

The boys in their Christmas jammies.

Jason really enjoyed the bows and paper...no need to get him any toys!

Dillon was very excited about his new Cars sweatsuit. He is so funny!

So happy!

Looks like a tornado hit!

Now we were off to Gram and Papa's for round two. There were stockings at Grams too!

I took Dillon shopping for Christmas presents for people and basically let him decide what to get (within reason because he wanted to Papa earrings and I vetoed that!) While we were walking around the store all of a sudden Dillon says "I want to get uncle Craig that!" I had so idea what he was talking about, so I pushed the cart in the direction that he pointed trying to figure out what he was talking about. Halfway across the store was the Christmas stuff and I figured out it was something there that he wanted to get. I had no idea what it was so I wandered in and out of the Christmas stuff and finally came upon a table that Dillon had pointed to. He wanted to get uncle Craig a Nutcracker, but he didn't know what they were or what they were called but that is what uncle Craig had to have. Knowing that uncle Craig probably has absolutely no Christmas decorations and that this was a funny thing for Dillon to pick out for him in the cart it went! Uncle Craig thought it was funny and it was indeed his first Christmas decoration. Now we'll have to see if he puts it out next year!

Jason again not so excited about the presents; the box and my shoes were much more fun!

Dillon trying out his new tool set from uncle Craig.

When uncle Craig was little he had a metal John Deere tractor that he and I both loved to ride. We road that tractor until the tires were bare! I didn't realize (but knowing my parents I should have) that it had been put in the barn for future use. So this year was the year that it got spiffed up (complete with lots of new parts that you can still order some 25 years later) and was given to Dillon (and I'm sure Jason too) for Christmas this year. Dillon thought it was pretty neat and hopped right on.

We finished off the day with dinner at my aunt and uncles house. Dillon, exhausted from the week, feel asleep in the car on the way there! Needless to say he had a very fun day and the next two days took naps!

Jason with Gram and Great Grandma.

Another Dillonism

2009-12-26T20:05:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. We had a fun time and are exhausted, so much so Dillon finally took a nap today. I was very lazy today and haven't gotten the pictures out of the camera yet but will post some in the next few days. But I just had to post one of Dillon's comments from today so I don't forget it.

He was giving us a pitch on why he should watch a movie that we were saying no to. But then he said "why don't I watch a movie while you cook dinner. You know I am not very good at waiting so watching a movie would be a good idea, don't you think?" (this was said with his head slightly tilted). Art and I were so surprised by what a good pitch it was we didn't even know what to say other than laugh. I'm telling you we are in so much trouble in about 12 years!

Santa Pictures

2009-12-20T20:02:00.000-08:00

We went to see Santa at the mall on Friday. Dillon was in a great mood and excited to introduce Jason to Santa. He waited in line great and then when it was actually time to have the picture taken here is what he did. (I am in the picture because that was the only way he'd stand there - by me holding him. Don't think he was scared he was being a three year old!!)

Here is one that was taken right before the one above. Dillon didn't realize the picture was being taken and was actually smiling. As soon as he saw the flash go off he frowned; hence the picture above.

Jason thought Santa was very interesting and was happy as always.