Why we love Spring in CA!

Hooray for awesome weather! Matt was washing off the car and Livy was loving the random squirts from the hose so we decided to bust out her cute little swimsuit. She was in heaven!

Picture of the Week, Maybe even Year...

Matt hates this pic and doesn't want me to put it up because he thinks it makes him look ugly - I think it's hi-FREAKING-larious! I love this baby!

Livy turns 2!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LIVY LOU!

Here's Livy in the morning. We put balloons in her room while she was sleeping and she woke up screaming, "Daddy! Bayoons! Bayoons!"

So, since my mom has bought Livy way too many huge things (a car, a tent with tunnels, a kitchen, and a scooter for this birthday), we decided to get a ton of $1 presents so that she'd have a lot of things to open and because we're running out of room here for anything huge! She loved opening the presents.

And I'm singing! (Elf)

This $3 present is her favorite so far! She LOVES it. However, she got a little carried away and got her hair tangled in it and got a huge knot in her hair. We had to cut it out, but luckily you can't really tell where it is...

Sweet birthday princess crown that lights up. It's also the most uncomfortable crown ever made.

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to.

Opening another birthday package from Nana.

Are you loving the matches for candles right now? Because I am. We actually had candles when we sang to her at Matt's brother's house. So she did have legit candles for one celebration.

These are cupcake ice cream cones that Matt and I attempted to make. The book made it sound SO EASY - that was false. But we were able to save two of them...

Sweet face, Matt. You guys are really good at eating cupcakes.

In the past two years, Livy has learned how to...

*pee on the potty (we're still perfecting the pooping)
*count to eleven
*form sentences (Here are a few: What are you doing? What are you trying to do? I want to eat something! Adam's crying! I want it! I'm hungry! Don't push me! I watch Nemo! What is that? I touched it.)
*sing songs (Twinkle Little Star, I am a child of God, Disney Playhouse Goodbye Song, Happy Birthday)
*say hilarious words (woops! woopies! Oh man! BLECH!)
*copy everything you or the T.V. says
*ride her bike
*and many more that I can't think of right now.

Happy Birthday Livy!!!

Our baby turned 2 yesterday! Here's a little video of her singing to herself...

Pics and details from yesterday will be up soon!

Potty Training: Day 3

We made it alive through Day 3!! It's really been the biggest success and we are so proud of our little one. Yesterday we were able to leave the house and she held it the entire time while running errands. Then we decided to take her to the park because she's been cooped up in the house. After the park, she peed in her potty that we took with us and we got through the whole afternoon accident free. She even pooped in her potty!!! She had to have me hug her while she got it out because is was so tough (so sad) - but she did it! Unfortunately, the day ended with her first accident in two days. I was gone last night and Matt was taking care of both kiddlies and she pooped again but in her underwear - she doesn't like Matt to be close when she poops - it's funny. But we're still super excited! We'll just be working on the poop part for a little while. I feel like I just said poop a lot...

Potty Training: Day 2

S-U-C-C-E-S-S!!! Zero accidents today! Livy peed on the potty all day long! It was great! She did wet the bed this morning, so we'll see how tonight goes. I'm determined not to use another diaper ever again, but we'll see. And she never did poop today, so hopefully that happens tomorrow. But we're so happy! We're going to try to actually leave the house tomorrow... wish us luck!

Happy Easter!

Here they are on Easter morning. They scored quite the loot from the Easter Bunny! Livy, of course, loved the plastic eggs more than anything else in her basket...

Livy's First Colored Eggs!

Livy got to color eggs with her BFF, Cos. It was her first time and she did so well! She didn't even break one egg! She was so gentle - a side we've never really seen from this mini-maniac. It was so cute.

The anticipation was killing them!

Here we are working really hard to keep things under control. It was a lot easier than I expected.

Livy loved putting the eggs in. She didn't care to decorate them with stickers or anything - she just loved putting them in random colors over and over again.

They were very proud of their work.

Afterwards, they both got to have their very first candy necklaces! They were in heaven.

So gross. But I am proud that she appreciates candy necklaces as much as her mommy :)

We've hit the month marker!

Adam is already a month old! It's insane how fast it has flown by. It's crazy how much he changes almost daily. We wake up every morning and we almost don't even recognize him. He's starting to get quite the chubby cheeks and legs. He's already grown out of all of his newborn clothes and even some of his 0-3 month stuff. He's still crazy alert whenever he's awake and has started smiling and talking to us. He's also started balding and looks like a little old man. Poor guy. My favorite thing about this little one is that he lets me eat Chipotle!!! Livy would get so pukey after I ate it, but this kid enjoys the spicy milk :)

Hours old

2 weeks old

1 month old

What we've been up to lately...

Lots of sleeping - for Adam, anyway.

Watching movies in awesome tents that Daddy sets up for us - mainly Monsters vs. Aliens and Shrek 2

Chillin with our kids. Side note: The other day, I was alone with them and they were both screaming at me and I looked at both of them and had the sudden realization that I am completely responsible for both of these kids and I have to do something (really soon) to make them both happy again. It was so funny, it was like an out of body experience. I wasn't nervous or going crazy, I was just like - these two kids are screaming at me and I need to do something about this. Huh. Just a funny mommy moment I guess.

Bonding with our baby.

Continually learning how to be soft. I feel like Adam's saying "Help me!" with his eyes.

And hunting. Side note: This was Matt's very first hunting trip! Unfortunately, the coyotes forgot to show up, but he loved it anyway.

Funny Faces of Little Adam

First smile caught on camera!!!

Deep in thought

So I guess all of my kids will have Matt's ridiculously long tongue.

I'm trying to focus!!!

Serious face.

Binky face - my favorite face

Potty Training: Day 1

Today we started the 3 day method. So we were following Livy around the entire day without giving her an ounce of alone time. It was an overall success. Our little one has been a bit defiant throughout the day, but we all made it out alive! And we are incredibly proud of our big girl! We kept telling her that throughout the day and she was like whatever mom and dad - leave me alone!!!

The day started out easy. First of all, she slept in later than she ever has before - as if to set a precedent that she wasn't happy about the big change coming her way... but we put her straight into her doggy underwear and for the first two hours she had no accident and she peed easily into the potty. It was great!

Then, the day got progressively worse, kind of. She now cries really hard every time she pees but then gets up and is really excited. (???) After she goes, her favorite thing to do is dump her potty in the toilet, flush, and do a potty dance - it's so funny. We also give her a little treat, but I really don't think she cares. She's such a weirdy sometimes.

We've had a few major breakthroughs. First, she has both peed and pooped on the potty - YAY! And she has learned how to hold it and not just go every time she feels like it. She also stayed dry through her 2 hour nap and woke up and peed on the potty. (Wish us luck for tonight - we're not doing diapers at all.)

So at the end of the day - we went through 10 pairs of underwear (10 less than I expected to go through), and she had gone in her potty at least 6 times including a big poop! And the 10 accidents weren't big ones - they were just a couple drips until we were able to rush her to the potty. Luckily, all of the accidents took place on the tile floor instead of the carpet! Overall, it was a very good first day!

We didn't take any pics from today because we were so busy following her every move, but here are some hilarious ones from photo booth...

What's funny about this picture is that Matt and I wanted twins when I was preggo with her because we figured it would be easier because we wouldn't know any different. Now, this picture pretty much scares me to death.

I feel like she would use this as her Facebook profile pic...

Livy and Nana

While my mom was here, Matt and I got the luxury of going on a couple dates. It was awesome! While we were gone, Livy and my mom would have way too much fun playing with photo booth! And yes, it still creeps Matt and me out how much she looks like my mom... And yes, Livy still calls for my mom's help when we're putting her in time out - "Help me, Nana! Help!" For the love.