Peyton eats his first vegetable!

Last Sunday Peyton thoroughly enjoyed his very first vegetable...Squash! He ate the entire jar with no trouble whatsoever! He did better on his first time than any of the other 2 did! The next day, he had another jar of squash and on Tuesday, we tried Green Beans! He still ate well, but only ate half the jar that day and half the next day. Yesterday, he ate the whole jar of Green beans and seemed like he wanted more! He's doing very well eating his vegetables. Oh and on Sunday and every day since, he has had a bit of water/ juice, but I find he prefers a small bottle of formula after his vegetables. We started showing him the sippy cup and he has had a bit of juice in it...I know it's early, but I wanted to introduce it. He's the first one of our boys to not enjoy juice as much! Here is a picture of him after his first vegetable feeding!

Saturday visit with Grandma and Grandpa

Saturday morning we all woke up to Mimi's yummy pancakes for breakfast! Thanks Mimi!!! Of course, Mimi took some cute pictures of the boys with their Mardi Gras decorations that they had gotten at the parade the night before.

Then, we went to Mommy's grandma and grandpa's house for a quick visit before heading back home. Grandma and Grandpa were so excited to see the kids and it was really good to visit with them too; although, I wish we could've stayed longer. The boys loved the heart treats they got from gandma and grandpa and they, as well as Paul and I, had a wonderful time visiting with them! We love you grandma and grandpa!

Our Busy Friday

Paul's school took a field trip to our little town airport in the morning. We all went as a family and the boys were so excited to see all the little planes! They learned quite a bit about the planes, from what they could hear anyway! We all got to see them fly, see how they start the engine and propeller, see one land, and the boys were able to get a good look inside one of the airplanes they opened for them! We also got to go into the hanger where they keep all the airplanes and look around and touch them! I think Paul liked the one airplane they had that could land on water! The teachers served cookies and juice for a snack at the end of it all! Paul and Nicholas stayed close to one another, as usual, and we ate our snack with Nicholas and his family. It was a really fun field trip and I think we all enjoyed it!

Paul and his friends "listening" to airplane talk

Steve helping Paul with Preston and Peyton

The kids "flying"

Paul

Steve, Charmaine, & Nicholas having snack time with usOur family

After the field trip, we came home to pack and headed to Mimi's house just in time for the parade that night. The boys had a blast and so did all of us! The parade was great and the boys loaded up on plenty of beads, animals, and other toys, including a sphere! Peyton was not happy at the parade though; I think the music was so loud it scared him. I had to walk him toward the back and into the parking lot to feed him; poor thing was so scared, he wouldn't eat where all the music was playing! He did eventually smile a bit and even fell asleep once his little belly was full! Mimi and Nanny helped us out with the kids and Uncle Kyle walked down from where he was to visit with us for awhile. After the parade, we all headed back to Mimi's house to sleep; Paul and Preston fell asleep on the way there and slept all night! Thanks Mimi and Nanny, we had a great time!

Sunday with Mimi & Peyton is 5 months!

On Sunday, Mimi cooked some dinner and lunch for the days ahead while she was still here, which was a huge help to mommy! Mimi even made Valentine's cakes with the boys and they had a wonderful time! Thanks again Mimi!Mimi and Paul played boxing on the wii and Mimi beat him; it was so funny to watch! I had to snap some pictures of that! Haha...Paul was not very happy and is determined to beat her next time!!! Happy 5 months Peyton! Preston helped Mommy feed Peyton and he loved it; he felt like a big boy! Peyton is doing well, but he still has some congestion, due to the acid reflux, that is causing his sinus passages to be inflammed. Hopefully, he will grow out of this. He has still been sitting by himself and falling some, rolling over, loving eating, and he loves both his activity center and his jumper. He is still such a wonderful baby and rarely cries! He just watches his big brothers play and when he is on the ground with them, he tries to scoot closer to them! Before Mimi left, we all took some pictures, but Mommy did not look so good in most of them and then Big Paul's eyes were shut in quite a few; all that plus getting all 3 kids to look at once is not easily accomplished, but here are some decent ones!

Valentine's Day

On Saturday morning I woke up to breakfast in bed!!!! What a treat! Paul had made me eggs and toast and the kids gave me their cards they made for me! I also got a very sweet card from Paul. It was the best way to wake up in the morning and so sweet....thank you to my favorite man and little men!!!! After that, Paul watched the boys so I could go do some shopping on my own and when I got back, I rested and read a little, until a bigger surprise came...my mom! Paul had asked her to come up and spend the night to watch the kids so we could go do something together that night ALONE! It was very sweet! We went and saw Revolutionary Road, not much of a Valentine's Day movie, but it was good. It was our first movie out to see since Elf came out years ago...sad, I know! Anyway, despite it not being much of a Valentine's Day movie, it was a great night for both of us and we ended up having a wonderful time! We are both very appreciative of Mimi coming up to watch the boys! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Mom!!!

Preston's jealousy and my flowers

On Friday after Paul's party at school, Preston had an all-out attitude problem for the rest of the day, even after his nap. He does throw fits quite often and has a bit of an attitude, which Paul affectionately refers to as the "Guerra-tude." I was rocking the baby to sleep and he told me "Stop!" and then grabbed the rocking chair so it wouldn't rock anymore! I put the baby down and tried to pick him up and he said "No!" and then went into his full out attitude mode! I told him if he didn't stop he was going in time-out and he again said "No," but before I could put him in time-out he ran into Peyton's room and slammed the door; meanwhile the baby was crying, so I let Preston stay in there for his time-out and decided to ignore him so I didn't reward his behavior. I finished rocking Peyton and put him in his chair to sleep and when I went to check on Preston, this is what I found! Do you think he could be jealous...lol!?!

My day was not all that bad though, Paul had some flowers delivered to me for Valentine's day, which was so sweet and I loved them! They are kind of wilted now because I just got around to taking the picture of them and the boys just loved touching them and pulling at them, but they were very pretty when they first arrived!

Paul's school Valentine's Day Party

Paul had his Valentine's Day party at school on Friday and he had a lot of fun. I went to see the party and took Peyton and Preston with me, of course! They couldn't go play outside afterwards because it had rained, but they got to watch a Valentine Clifford the dog episode instead. They got cupcakes and plenty of snacks to eat and everyone in the class traded Valentine's Day cards and candy with each other. He came home with quite a few "treats." Paul just loved celebrating Valentine's day at his school with all his friends, especially Nicholas!

I would also like to share with everyone that I got my very first Valentine's Day present from my sweet little boy...I almost cried! He was digging through his bag and he found a pinkish-purple ring and he said "this is for girls....here mommy, you put it on your finger." It was so sweet! I said "Why don't you put it on mommy's finger for me?" He goes "Ok." He put it on my finger and I grabbed the camera and took a picture to remind myself of that moment! Isn't he so sweet!!!! I love all my little boys!!!