A 3 year old and a 1 year old

Hello old friends, its been awhile :) In the past 8 months or so a lot has changed!

Clay turned 3 in June. he has just been a wonderful little guys and brings us so much joy. He is a sweet and caring boy who still likes to snuggle. He is still obsessed with Buzz and Woody and loves to jump from couch to couch pretending he can fly or you can find him running aournd the house wearing his super cape yelling "super Clay to the rescue". Clay has also developed quite the sense of humor and has us laughing all the time. Knock knock jokes are his favorite but he doesn't know many so we get a lot of unrelated this put together "knock knock...who's there.. buzz lightyear... buzz lightyear who?... buzz lightyear with ketchup" Clay started preschool this fall and is having a great time. We haven't had a single tear at drop off and in fact he usually just runs right to his teacher without looking back. He is one of the youngest in the class (as he always will be with a June birthday) but he's a really smart and social cookie so he'll be fine.



Cullen just turned 1 this past week!!!! I thought it went by fast with Clay but this was unreal. Talk about a happy little guy. He is smiling nearly all the time and it melts my heart all day long. He ADORES his big brother and wants to be doing whatever clay is doing all the time (sometimes that is not clays favorite thing) Cullen started crawling at the beginning June then walking by the end of August and is working on cutting his 9th and 10th teeth as we speak. He is so happy (with the help of a little orajel right now) on the move and loves to be chased around the house. Mickey Mouse is just about his favorite thing right now and so we had a Mickey Mouse party this past weekend to celebrate the 1st year of our speical boy's life.




We are so blessed to be Mommy and Daddy to these amazing little boys and love every minute of it. We just can't wait to see what they are going to do next :)

Hope you and your families are well and have a great night!

V Day and B Day

We celebrated Valentines day with our friends the Helgerson's while they were in town for a visit. Uncle Brad and his girlfriend Dana were able to join us for a home cooked steak dinner with kids included at the dinner table for a family valentine's. On Valentines day we woke up and had heart shaped pancakes before heading up to Elkhart to say goodbye to a fabulous lady, Grandma Heaton. She loved her family more than anything and it seems right that we all got to honor her life on the day of love. She will be missed greatly.

When we got back home tuesday, there was a box of flowers waiting on the door step for me from my 3 boys. I Love astramarias (sp?) and the bouquet is so bright and beautiful even now a week later.

Poor Brian with 2 "holidays" in a row gets to deal with my birthday just 5 days after valentines day. My mom and dad came into town to help celebrate my 29th birthday. Brian brought home my favorite kind of cupcakes (RED VELVET). and we just enjoyed a weekend at home with family. i really like low key birthdays and it was just perfect ( minus the bad service at dinner )

The only thing I wanted for my birthday was the 1/2 wall taken out in the basement - wish granted and demo complete thanks to dad and brian. I was spoiled rotten with many other things as well and even got to go shopping on saturday with my mom and NO KIDS. armed with a 30% off coupon for Kohls and a credit card, Of course I would be the one to find stuff for everyone but myself. If you know what I am talking about when I say "Bazinga" you would appreciate what i found for Brian :)

The boys, although they are completely different, are ridiculously similar as well. We have been thinking all along that Cullen was going to be bigger than Clay in no time at all. At his 4 month check up last week we found out that Cullen is 24.5" long (exact same as Clay when he was 4 months) Cullen is 14 lbs 9 oz. (Clay was 14 lbs 3 oz. ) and their 4 months pictures they totally look alike as well. Pretty sure Cullen's hair is growing in dark though. I don't think there will be any question they are brothers even with different colored hair.




Spring is coming soon and we have gotten a little taste of it these last couple days and got outside to play a little... now I just want more of it!

Ready for Spring?

We have been having a wonderful winter (and I actually like the snow) but I think it is time for spring to roll around. We are ready to head outside and play and run and get dirty. The boys have been doing great.
Cullen is almost 4 months old and I swear he is in a different size clothing every other week. I forgot how fast they grow when they are this little. He FINALLY is enjoying tummy time (not a fan before) since he can hold himself up on his elbows now and loves being able to look around. He already has figured out that he can roll onto his back from that position too. I don't know if it is just a 2nd child thing but he is so relaxed and calm most of the time. Just goes with the flow and rarely has any crying fits. He has been drooling a ton and chomping on his hands so we think there may be some teeth attempting to make their way already. Clay was really early with his teeth as well so we are hoping that they won't cause him too much pain. Cullen is still King of the Powernap. I wish he would just take a nice long stretch at some point during the day so i could actually get something done around here.

Clay is being a great big brother and is always looking out for baby brother. his favorite line right now it "its ok Culky, its me, Clay Brian Heaton" he is a silly guy. We had an appointment with a Gastro specialist from Riley Children's hospital on Monday to check further into Clay's constipation problems. The good news is the specialist doesn't think there is any reason to see him further and got us on a medication regime that should have Clay all better in about 6 months and totally off any meds. Our poor baby has been having issues for over a year and ahalf and has been on a prescription that long as well. things are going better and we are so happy that pooping will no longer be scary and painful for out little man.

Cullen is "calling" for me so I am off... hope you are all well!

Cullen is 3 months old Already!?!?

Our little bundle of joy, Cullen, is 3 months old today! It is so hard to believe that it was that long ago that he was born yet we feel like he has been a part of our lives for so much longer. He is such a good baby. He loves laying on his playmat and playing with all the dangling toys. He is a big fan of Clay running around a being silly. He smiles ALL THE TIME. It is so heart melting when you just look at him and he smiles back with that huge gummy grin. We think he is going to be a big boy too, pretty soon he'll catch Clay in weight! Well that won't be for awhile but he is growing really fast. He is almost too big for his 0-3 clothes so I think I will be pulling out the 3-6 stuff soon. Much different than teeny tiny Clay. Cullen does great in the car, falls asleep almost everytime we are in it for more than 10 minutes (both the boys follow after their mother in that regard :) Cullen has slept through the night 2 times but is only up 1 time between 2 and 4am most nights. Napping is something we are still working on... King of the power nap is what I like to call him as he takes several 15 - 20 minute naps during the day but doesn't like to string them together very often. Cullen has start grabbing and holding on to things like rattles and his toys on the play mat. He "tries" to sit up all the time if he is in a reclines position. The kid has amazing strength and one of these days I'm pretty sure he is going to lean forward too far and end up on he face, hopefully it will be a soft surface when it happens.

more updates coming when i have a chance to get a break from the boys. Until then, we hope you are well!

HA HA HA

Cullen laughed for the first time today! Baby laughs are the best and Clay thought it was hilarious since he was the one making Cullen laugh. We were even able to get him to laugh while we had Brian on the phone so he could hear it right as it was happening. We haven't captured it on video yet but I'll work on that one so you can all see our little cutie. Obviously I have a lot of updated to do, when I get a second (hopefully with 2 boys asleep at the same time....) I will try to get that done.

For now, we have a great christmas and new years and hope you did too!