St. Patty's Day!

I'm just going to post pictures... We celebrated for a few days to be honest so there are several pictures! =)

Eating his green dinosaur cookie snack!

 Harrison is loving the walker now.

 

 

 This kid loves puzzles! 

 This was his first time to be in the walker... His face as he checks things out cracks me up!!!

 On a clover hunt!

Bubby outside enjoying the weather, too!

 We had dinner outside because it was so nice.

This is how our house looks before nap time... and I love it.

 PaPa picked C up for his first fish fry!

  H stayed home with momma. =)

C's church snack on St. Patrick's Day - I LOVE being a mom!!

My sweet little bird on St. Patty's Day in his green!

It was a church day so I had to find something besides a clover t-shirt. 

I just loved this little outfit!!

He fixed his hair this morning and put way too much product in it but he was really excited to do it himself.  Little sweetie!

Winding down with a little shamrock coloring.

This was after their first bath time together. =)

Sweet little matching shamrock jammies and the best pic I could get... lol

Happy First St. Patrick's Day baby!!

Harrison - 4 months

I say this every month... but I can't believe you are already 4 months old.  You are growing up way too fast but we are enjoying every minute!  I will find out how much you weigh and how much you have grown at your appointment next week so I will post that then.  Your look has changed so much over the month.  You are starting to look like a baby boy instead of a newborn.  You are absolutely adorable.  You smile with your eyes and they light up the room.

*

You are already wearing 6 month clothes.  You are too long to wear a lot of 3-6 month clothes so we have to shop mainly at Carter's because their 6 month fits perfect.  You wear size 2 diapers.  You wear a size 2 shoe and I'm so happy about that because you can wear TOMS now!  I already ordered you a pair and you wore them in your Easter pictures.  They are so stinking cute and the same color as C's.  I'm thinking you are going to have big feet just like he does.  He's already wearing a size 9 and 9 1/2.

*

You have been sleeping through the night since you were about 9 weeks old.  You were sleeping from 7ish-5ish but since the time change you have been going to bed around 7:30 every night and you sleep until 7 or 8 the next morning.  I don't know how we were so blessed with amazing sleepers, but thank you, Lord.  

*

You have beautiful grayish-blue eyes.  They are about the same color as mine but a little more deep blue.  Your hair is starting to fall out.  You have a complete bald spot that looks like a ring around your head.  A few nights ago was the first time I could see the new hair coming in and it is bright blonde.  You still have quite a bit of hair on the top though but it's thinning out quickly.  It always makes me sad to see the baby hair go. :(   

*

You seriously smile ALL.THE.TIME.  You are the happiest baby I've ever seen in my life.  when you smile, your entire face lights up and you smile so much with your beautiful eyes.  It completely melts my heart.  You coo and laugh a lot.  You have started making a new noise and it sounds like "boooo" and you blow bubbles while you do it.  SO cute!

*

You officially HATE tummy time.  You used to love it... I'm not sure what happened.  Your Nana has a theory about this though..... she thinks it's because I never put you down.  She said  you will have developmental delays because I want to hold you all the time. (joking of course, haha!)  You have rolled tummy to back a few times but mainly back to tummy and never during "play time"... only when you get mad if I put you on your back to sleep and you flip over.  Therefore, I rarely get to see it.  This goes back to me holding you far too much. ;)  You have already started inch worm crawling and you can get pretty far - clear across the pack n play and crib - scares me to death.  I actually put you back in the rock n play sleeper because I'm just too scared right now.  Once I see you are rolling all the time with no trouble I will put you back in your crib.  Your favorite things right now are the vibrating chair, laying in the floor in bubba's room while he plays, your play mat because you like to grab at all the toys and make a lot of noise, your kangaroo pouch, and most of all...... being held!  

*

You never cry... like ever.  You have seriously been the best baby ever so far... even better than your brother and that seems impossible really.  The only thing that has ever been a problem and really it's not a problem at all is that you didn't like taking naps, but last week you started taking a long nap, about two hours, every day.  I think that's why you have started sleeping in later in the mornings because you are well rested.  It just seems crazy that you are already sleeping 12 hours at night.  Thank you for being such a perfect little bundle of joy.

*

Here is the monthly comparison picture... I think you and your brother have a lot of similarities but I think Christian is a spitting image of your daddy and you look a whole lot like me!! Everyone says your my little mini-me and I'm happily okay with that! ;)  

*

You have no idea yet how much your big brother LOVES you but you will get it one day soon.... You two already have such a strong bond and it makes me cry a lot because it is so sweet.  He wants to be everywhere you are and wants to take care of you all the time.  There honestly has not been one moment of jealousy yet and if you aren't in the room with us, he is asking for you.  That might be another reason why I hold you so much... he likes you to be right there with him when he's playing.  I can not wait until you are sitting up on your own because you two will have a lot of fun playing with toys together.  You two make me happier than I could have ever imagined.  I love you so much baby bird!!

Weekend Wrap-Up

This weekend was so much fun!!  Saturday, I ran my first 5k! =) I should really say ran/walked my first 5k..... Whew, it was tough!  I'm thinking I should probably prepare a little more next time I decide to do one.... maybe run a little bit in advance! lol  I have to say though.... for someone that never runs other than in G-fit, I was proud of myself!  My friend and I finished in 38 minutes and because we did some walking, I feel like our running time was probably pretty darn good.  We had a lot of fun running it together and felt very accomplished when we were finished!  Let's be honest... we were mostly excited about taking pictures and the t-shirt!! haha! 

Yes, I did wear make-up... duh. ;)

  Love that I met this precious lady and we have became such good friends!

My sweet hubby was there at the finish line.

 YAY! We did it!

*

It ended up being a beautiful day so when we got home, we loaded up the boys and headed to the park.  We met the Teff's there.  Christian and Townsend had a lot of fun playing together and Harrison and Graham got to finally meet! 

Not a fan of the swing! Climbing and slides only please.. such a boy!

*

We went home and all took a very long nap... It was so nice!!  It's a good thing we set an alarm because we slept until we had to get up and get ready for the KBC men's expo.  We had such a great time there... The men that put that together at church put a lot of work and time into it and do such a wonderful job!!  There were TONS of prizes given out... Christian won a flashlight!!  He really loved the aquarium they had set up outside with the huge fish... looks like we will definitely be visiting an aquarium over spring break!

 Love these guys!

 Harrison enjoyed himself like always!

Yay! Christian won! =)

*

Sunday, we had Easter pictures done with Wendy White.  She has the cutest little bunny ever... I want one so bad!!  I think Corey even wants one because we were both trying to rationalize why we needed one... haha!  We came to the conclusion that Khloe would probably think it was a toy and we all know how that ends... So, no bunny for the Iovinelli's but it sure was cute!  Christian didn't cooperate very well but he's two... to be expected I guess!  Hopefully she was able to get a shot with him being still long enough.... and then there was Harrison, pretty much smiling the entire time. lol  That is one happy baby!!  We had to miss church because it was the only time she had available and now I feel like I didn't get my week started off the right way!  We had church at home as best as we could but it's just not the same when you get together with everyone.  

*

The weather pretty much stinks today and I'm praying it starts looking up this week!  St. Patrick's Day is Saturday so we will probably start our festivities tomorrow.  I got the outfits out of the closet last night and bought some good green yummies!! =)  Here are a couple more pics I took over the weekend that I love...

Story before bed last night.... Moments like these are the best. 

 Sweet brotherly love!

TGIF!

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!!!

I am ready for a weekend of fun and family time!  Lots to look forward to... Tomorrow, I will run my first 5k ever with a great group of G-fit women.  I'm nervous and excited... mostly excited that one of my sweetest friends will be there with me and we always have a great time together!  We don't plan on having a winning time and we really have no expectations at all other than finishing so it will be fun! =)  Our hubbies will be going out there together to join us at the finish line.... we told them to take their time! haha!  

*

We have bunny pictures with Wendy White on Sunday... SO excited about that!  Her pictures are just beautiful and I can not wait to dress the boys in their cute matching Easter outfits and get their pictures made.  I'm sad we will have to miss church but it was the only time we could get in... Hopefully we will make it to the night service though.  

*

Next week will also be a fun one!  It's the week before St. Patrick's Day, which means I get to break out all their cute GREEN outfits and St. Patty's day gear.... I've already bought the Lucky Charms for breakfast! =)  I have some cute craft ideas to do with Christian, too!  G-fit measurements and weigh ins are Monday.... anxious to see if I lost more inches this month.  I know I've lost some weight but I really want to lose inches!  Work should be a little crazy next week since it's the week before spring break... the kids will be wild but I think we are all ready for a break!  The spring semester is the long one!  

*

So, anyway.... lots to look forward to!!  The sunshine is out today and that makes me super happy... Thank you, Lord, for this wonderful day! =)

My precious blessings.

Harrison doesn't look too happy!

Spring Weather

Well, we got ONE day of nice weather so we took full advantage of it and played outside.  It made me so anxious for spring break and summer break home with my boys!!  Christian is going to be a blast this year because he's communicating so much with me now.  It is sooo weird to have a conversation with him... I catch myself laughing most of the time because I can't believe the things that he says now.  Just the fact that he is talking in sentences now blows my mind.  He says things that I have no idea where he learned it sometimes... We were playing outside and the school bus drove by.  He said, "momma school bus goes!" lol  It just cracked me up for some reason!  He has the cutest little voice ever.. I just want to eat him up!  Here are some pictures from our rock collecting adventure and our one day of pretty weather... 

He had a quite impressive rock collection and he had to show his daddy each one!

 Love this little outfit!

Sweet baby bird had to get some fresh air, too! His little face just makes me smile!!

He likes to wear his daddy's shoes around! haha

He is a huge helper... I didn't ever imagine he would be since he's so little himself but he has helped me out so much with Harrison.  Such a great big brother!!