Dane talking

These are both from this morning :)  Listen for the ma ma ma ma

Toes!

Dane loves those tasty toes! 

Dane has reached a couple milestones lately- he rolls from his stomach to back (1st time Feb 26), and says  ma ma ( March 4th)!!

Dentist

My happy boys before we left for the Dentist.

 Burke had his 1st dental check up on Tuesday.  He did FANTASTIC!!!   Dr. Kat said she was really impressed and that Burke did better than most 3 and 4 year olds!!  She showed him all the tools ahead of time and let him hold everything and try it out before she used anything on him.  He sat in the chair all my himself while she cleaned and checked his teeth; all 20 of them!!  Ohh and Burke was cavity free. 
He picked out a 'Cars' tooth brush and couldn't wait to use it when we got home. 

Happy Birthday Laurie

I'd like to wish my beautiful wife and mother of my children a very happy birthday today. She is the big 28 today. We love you babe.

Dane- 5 months old!

Dane is 5 months old today!  Last night Dane tried baby food (pears) for the 1st time.  He was a bit unsure of it! (Yesterday I took Dane in for a 5 month weight check and he's 14.9 lbs)

 Burke wanted to eat in the bumbo too!

 I just took this pict a couple minutes ago!  Caught him in sleep smile!!

These are from 2 weeks ago.  I love that smile :}

 Burke is taking him for the ride of his life.  Atleast Dane's smiling

Taken on Valentines day.

 


Another new post below!

Circus

We went to the Circus at the Civic again this year.  Burke was excited to ride on a pony.  (He choose that over the elephant ride).  He LOVED it and didn't want his turn to be over.  I wish I could have gotten a picture of his huge smile while he was on it.  Burke also enjoyed watching the jugglers :)  Dane couldn't take his eyes off the girls doing acrobats spinning in the air.  My fav part was when 4 guys from the audience had to mimic a clown doing dance moves.  It was HILARIOUS!!

 

 




After the circus I went to BW's with Paul's fam.  Wednesday nights they have a craft table set up for kids.    The best part was they have someone to help the kids make the crafts plus they had lots of fun!!

 

Happy V- Day!

Happy Valentines day!

  Paul and I went out to dinner Thursday night to celebrate.  It was just the 2 of us.  First time we've done something w/o the kids in probably 5 or 6 months.  It was really nice to have time to ourselves!  Paul left for San Fran CA yesterday for work.  We'll be counting the days til he gets back...

( Thanks Lisa for the adorable shirts you made for the boys!)

This year Burke picked out Transformer Valentines to send out.  (He LOVES watching Transformers.  His favorite is BumbleBee ofcourse!)  We mailed his Valentines this year.  I thought the kids would like getting their our mail!  As I was writting out the envelopes Burke would pick out a special one for each person :)

Dane- 4 months

Dane had his check up last week.  Everything was good!  He got 2 shots and his big brother was there telling him it was ok :)  Dane is a really good baby.  He's very happy; he's giggling and squealing now.  When he gets excited he puts his hands in his mouth.  Burke likes playing with him and making him smile too.  Dane likes grabbing for toys and taking his binky in and out of his mouth.  He's sitting up with assistance.  He's not rolling over yet but it should happen anytime!

Here are his 4 month stats: (the percentiles always really surprise me but whatever!  Dr said he's not worried, that Dane is healthy!)
Weight:  13.105 lbs  15%

Height:  25 1/4 in     45%

Head:     41 cm       16%

Potty Training!!

Tuesday morning Burke didn't want to put on a new diaper so I put underwear on him.  (A couple people I know have done the 3 day potty training boot camp and it work for them.  I knew it wouldn't be that easy for us since you have to stay glued to your child's side during these 3 days and not go anywhere.  That's pretty hard to do when you have a nursing 4 month old to take care of too!)  So I put all his diapers in the garage and told him I threw them away. Day 1 we went through maybe 6 pairs of underwear.  He did great.  I didn't think I  could do it, I figured I'd give in and just put a diaper on him especially since Wednesday we had Dane's check and my niece Rylee's 1st basketball game to go to.  So we were getting ready for to leave for the Dr and I tried putting a pull up on him.  Burke said 'not that kind'.  Of course he wanted to only wear big boy underwear.  So I packed a separate bag with multiple changes of clothes.  I was just hoping that Burke could hold it while we were in the car.... and he did great.  Day 2- only 2 pairs of underwear.  Here we are on day 3!!!  I'm amazed at how well he's doing.  We still have to keep a close eye on him and constantly ask him if he has to go.  It's so cute to see him in his underwear and boy will it be nice not having to buy diapers for him anymore :)  We're so proud of our big boy!!!

Florida (part 1)

 

Here are a couple picts from our drive down to Ft Myers...  Apparently I'm maxed out on picture space on the blog so we'll try to fix this so I can continue posting pictures. ( I guess your only allowed 1 GB of pictures on the entire blog) 

I have so so so many pictures to update with.  Plus Dane just turned 4 months yesterday and his check up is tomorrow.  I'll post his update tomorrow!  Today is day 1 of potty training with Burke.  He's doing really well :)  I thought I would have given in by now and just put a diaper back on him.  Right now he's taking a nap on our bed; luckily he's sleeping on Paul's side!!  Hopefully he'll wake up dry :)