Best Friends

The greatest gift you can give your child is a sibling.

Our Becca Boodle's 6 Months!

Becca at 6 months:

Weighed 13 lbs. 12 oz. and measured 25.5 inches long at 6 month appointment.

Just started solids. Bananas were her first and she loved them. Cereal and butternut squashed both followed and took a few times of gagging and throwing up to get the hang of them!

She sits up on her own for short periods of time. She thinks she's such a big girl when she sits up and can play with her toys like her brother!

She's a rolly polly! She rolls and scoots her way around the room. She's gotten to be an active little gal and we often find her stuck in a corner or under the couch crying!

She does some good baby push ups and pulls her knees underneath her, but isn't crawling (at least in the traditional sense of the word) quite yet.

Becca sleeps through the night from about 9 PM until 7 AM! This is a pretty wonderful thing and makes both of us happy! She's like her momma--she loves her sleep!
Love this smiley little gal!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss and Grandpa O!

Dr. Seuss' birthday is March 2 and I have a couple of paras that I work with at school that love to celebrate. I got this fabulous idea from one of them this year. . . We made "green egg cookies" at school, so I decided to make some at home with the kids Friday afternoon. It was fun and pretty yummy!

Then today was Grandpa Oliver's (my dad's) birthday! David has been getting LOTS of practice over the last month or so singing Happy Birthday and was all ready to sing for Grandpa on his special day! We sure love Grandpa/Dad and appreciate his example and all he does for us! I love my dad and am so grateful for all he has taught me and for the example he has shown me. The kids also love him so much and love to see him and talk to him. Happy Birthday Grandpa!

My Sweet Hubby!

Brett had a big birthday this last month. He doesn't usually make the blog (I'm usually blogging about the kids instead of him and I), but I sure love this guy and am so grateful for him in my life! He is an amazing husband and father! Happy Birthday Honey!

P.S. No, he didn't turn 21. . . I didn't have enough candles, so I used the 21 and then added on single candles to get to the right number. :)

V Day

V day this year wasn't too big of a deal at our house. Becca got sick. :( So I stayed home and took her to the doctor. She had some bronchilitis (a lower respiratory illness, possibly RSV). David also went to his 2 year well child check. Anyway, we did make a fun dinner of heart shaped Calzones. They were super YUMMY (and probably very bad for you)!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday, David!!

My little boy is 2! (Or as he says "1, 2" or "1, 3, 2" as he holds up 2 fingers.) He is such a fun character and sure keeps us on our toes! We were able to celebrate David's 2nd birthday the Sunday before his birthday with David's Grandma and Grandpa Darrington and a few friends. I made him a tractor cake (which I'm pretty proud of and I feel like turned out MUCH better than his 1st birthday cake!) He was SO excited about everything (having friends over, the cake, presents and all the attention)!!! It was so much fun.

A little bit about David at 2. . .

-Weighed 24.5 lbs at his 2 year well child check and measured 36 1.4". Coming in at the 10th %ile for weight and 75th %ile for height. A couple weeks later when I weighed him he weighed 25.8 lbs. Silly kid ate so much he grew 1.3 lbs!

-He loves to read stories. He will bring me books and ask me "read book momma."

-He loves songs and loves to sing. I will find him singing "pocorn" (Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree), "Clean Up, Clean Up," or his own made up song! His new favorite is "Happy Birthday!" Guess you know what we've been singing lots of lately!

-Nothing is out of reach anymore. He can climb anything (my bar stools which are pretty tall), open doors, move chairs to get what he wants. . . I think he's spiderman! I swear that kid can scale walls. We've had to make sure outside doors are bolted and have put child proof door handles on some inside doors.

-He likes the phone. :) As Brett's brother Casey and grandma Darrington know quite well. As I said before, David pretty much knows how to get whatever he wants which has become quite the challenge for us! David LOVES the phones and can always find them. Once he gets Brett's phone he calls Casey or Grandma and Grandpa D (the only 2 that have photos in Brett's contacts). He has left fun messages on their phone or had quite intellectual conversations with his cousin Kendal (Kendal--"Hi David, Hi David, Hi David" and David--"Ball, Basketball, Ball, Basketball hoop") for minutes. . . David's message to Grandma and Grandpa D consisted of 2+ minutes of "Hi Grandpa. . . Hi Grandpa! Hi Grandpa, hi Grandpa!"

-He's learning SO much and getting so many new words. The other day as I was making dinner he climbed up to the table, pointed to the avocado, and told me "Mamma, cado mmmmmmmmmm!" All the time I find myself thinking "how did he come up with that?" or "when did he learn that word?!?"

-Got his last couple teeth (at least before the 2 year molars). His final tooth of the first 20 came in only 3 days before his 2nd birthday! I think he's working on his molars, but I can't see them yet. They seem to be giving us a lot of trouble. . . he is waking up in the middle of the night SCREAMING and will tell me "momma it hurts" or "teeth hurt momma" as he points to the back of his teeth or his ears. :(

-We're having a bit of a biting challenge. He's not had a problem at home and only had 1 day at nursery (where he bit like 2 or 3 kids), but he's had several days at daycare. I think his mouth hurts from teething and I'm wondering if it is also associated with him getting toys taken away from him or getting frustrated with other children, but I really hope it doesn't last much longer! We are talking about it ALL the time and trying to teach him better strategies, but it sure doesn't help those kids who are getting snacked on by my son.

-He always wants to be with his sister and do what she does and have her do what he does and play with her and hold her! He LOVES her so much and she ADORES him. I had a friend tell me when Becca was still very little, "the best gift you can give your child is a sibling." How true! I've learned that it's not always easy having 2 little ones and can especially be challenging having 2 little ones so close together who still need their momma so much, but seeing the two of them interact and their love for each other makes me the happiest momma in the world!

-He is such an imaginative little guy! His play is so fun to watch and I love to see him pretend. He frequently wants to play "doggie" or "hee haw, cowboy." Surprisingly enough his play often also includes balls (okay really not much of a surprise there), cars, dolls, and stuffed animals.

Cousins

We were able to travel to Pocatello the first weekend in February to celebrate our little nephew Bryker's first birthday. We love that little Bryker! Glad he had a happy 1st birthday!

I loved this sweet photo of David and Becca with 2 of their Darrington cousins (Kendal who is just 3 months older than David and Jaxson who is just 6 days older than Becca), so I just had to share. LOVE cousins!