Dog Park

This morning Evan slept until about 8:45 and Noah slept until almost 11am. I was so glad they both slept well.

This morning I took Evan, Noah, and Lizzy to the dog park. I was trying to think of something fun that all of them would enjoy. I packed up some food for us to eat there. It had been a while since we were at the dog park. Lizzy definitely remembered it. As soon as we got to the parking lot she started whining.

We walked around the park. Evan and I threw the ball to Lizzy in the water. We stopped at one point and sat on a bench to eat snacks.

On the way home the boys ate more snacks and then at home they had popsicles.

Evan and Noah both took naps this afternoon, but at different times. I put them both down around 1:30. Noah went to sleep right away. Evan played in his room and was making noise. Finally, around 3:30 Evan had fallen asleep at his gate. I was about to take a nap when Noah woke up and started making noise.

We went to Abuelo’s for dinner. We had a coupon. If you sign up for the Abuelo's email list, you'll get a coupon for a free entree (when you buy another entree and 2 drinks). Evan and Noah were very good at the restaurant.

We just gave the boys baths and put them to bed. Let’s hope they sleep well tonight.

Middle of the night crying and morning tantrums

Evan woke up around 1am last night and I had to go calm him down and put a different CD in his player. Then, Noah was crying around 4am. I changed him, and gave him gas drops. We thought maybe his stomach was bothering him. I tried rocking him but he was very active and didn’t want to stay in the chair. I let him crawl around his room a little bit and then I noticed he was acting tired again. I put Noah down in the crib and fell back asleep pretty easily.

This morning Evan and Noah were very difficult. Evan would not get dressed and then didn’t want to come downstairs. I left Evan upstairs while I brought Noah down and got Evan’s breakfast and Noah’s bottle ready. Then, I came back up and carried Evan downstairs while he was crying that he wanted to stay upstairs. While feeding Noah Evan pulled one of the boxes of toys off the shelf and kicked it. I ignored him, but then he kicked it more so I had to stop feeding Noah and put Evan in time out. At this point both boys are crying hard. They calmed down after a little bit.

I took Evan, Noah, and Lizzy on a walk. It had been a while since I had walked. Either the weather was bad or someone was sick. We walked to the elementary school and I let Evan play on the playground for a little bit. He found a ball there but it was deflated and folded over. He still had a good time playing with it anyway. He threw a little bit of a fit when it was time to go, but I told him I had apples for him in the stroller and that made things better.

Evan and Noah didn’t eat much for lunch. Evan ate some veggies and a little bit of mac and cheese.

They both took pretty good naps. They slept until Morry got home.

We made cheesy foldovers and soup for dinner.

After dinner we went to HEB. Right before we left we noticed Noah was wet on his side. We thought Evan poured something on him, but then realized it was a blowout. Luckily he did this before we left and not while we were at HEB.

Evan and Noah are in bed now. It is quiet in Noah’s room, but it sounds like Evan is still up.

Evan's half-birthday

Evan is now 2 ½. Today is his half-birthday. Hard to believe.

For brunch we went with Grandma/Lynn/Mom, Papa/Lenny/Dad, and Aunt Susan to Chez Zee. Today is Aunt Susan’s birthday, so we went there to celebrate. The food was good. Morry and I both got Crème Brule French toast. Evan told us he wanted a pancake. He kept insisting so we ordered him a blueberry pancake thinking he would most likely not eat it (just because that is what normally happens when we order something for him at a restaurant). Evan ended up eating very well and ate about ¾ of the pancake. Noah ate well too and ate a whole jar of baby food while sitting in a highchair. At the end of the meal they brought out a cake for Aunt Susan and Evan helped her blow out the candle.

We had a relaxing afternoon. Both Evan and Noah took really good, long naps.

After dinner we spent the evening upstairs as Morry watched the football game. Evan watched a little, but mostly just played with his toys. I tried to play catch with him, but he either wanted to throw the ball really high in the air or hit it with his bat. Noah was moving all over the place. He is still not crawling, but he is able to roll around pretty well and get where he wants. Morry is still watching the Steelers game and both boys are in bed, though Evan is not asleep yet.

Can you tell Morry dressed Noah today?