We got a puppy!

Scott called me this morning. Someone had put a puppy in a box, taped it shut and left it outside in the sun in the parking lot of his work. He works in a machine shop so he couldn't keep it there, so Jamie, Finn and I went to pick him up. I asked Jamie if he wanted to go to daddy's work and pick up a puppy and he said "no, daddy's work boring. Me watch Wonder Pets" (which is a show where a duck, a guinea pig and a turtle save other animals) I said we were like the Wonder Pets saving the baby puppy. So he said "you sing song." So I had to sing the Wonder Pets song. Then he told me "you sing lounder, me can't hear you." The little dictator! So I sang louder, he said "you sing really loud"! So I sang the dumb song the whole way to Scott's work and we picked up this tiny puppy. I can't believe how mean people are. We stopped at Petco on the way home and it sure was fun trying to get out of the truck with a 3 year old, a 9 month old and a tiny puppy! Makes me appreciate the fact that I hardly ever go anywhere with them without another adult! Jamie loves his new puppy, but Finn's not quite sure. He is slower and so the puppy has chewed a bit on him, but he'll learn to get away! Unbelievably the puppy seems fixed and has only gone potty on the grass in the backyard, so he seems potty trained (which is more than I can say for Jamie!) He is very sweet and is tuckered out right now from chasing Jamie all day. We just have to get Jamie to stop picking him up all the time! We'll see how it works out, but if he stays this well behaved we have a new puppy :) It seems everyone has decided to name him happy, so we will see if that sticks (although Jamie wanted to name him donut...strange child :))

Finn takes a couple steps

Well, the video seemed to have worked (let me know if you can't see it) so here is one of Finn walking a couple of steps. We clap for him when he walks by himself and this morning he was actually clapping for himself as he walked! It was so cute, but of course I don't have a video of that :(

He is tired here, so he falls pretty quick, but he is taking 5-6 steps at a time. He is very slow and steady, he'll stand there balancing in between each step. Very different from Jamie who would just put his head forward and kind of run after it!

Jamie creates his own slip n slide

I set up the small pool this morning since it is so hot and Jamie wasn't content to sit in the pool and splash. He decided that running and jumping into the pool was more fun. He is so crazy, he's never even seen a slip n slide and yet he creates his own! I don't know how well this thing posts videos, but I'll give it a shot. I'll post one of Finn walking by himself if this one works. We went to Scott's cousins house for her kids birthdays yesterday, so I'll post some pictures of that tonight. I haven't downloaded the pictures from that camera yet.

Bedtime

I feel like a crazy blogging person doing 3 posts in 2 days, but I'm quite sure it's the novelty of the thing and soon I'll forget completely! I just put the kids to bed (now if they would just stay there ;)) and Jamie said one of my favorite phrases: "mom you my big brother." The way he says it is so cute and I can tell he thinks it is one of the nicest things you can say to someone, even better than "I love you". And if he is especially snugglie he will say "mom you my big brother in the whole world." It is so cute and yet I want to laugh every time he says it because I'm pretty sure that is impossible to be someones mom and big brother at the same time! But he means it so nicely that I just thank him. Someday he will figure out what it means! It shows me how he gets all his definitions from how we use words in everyday language. Kind of scary! Makes me think of how daddy always wanted to teach us the alphabet all screwed up so that in Kindergarten we would sing "ezgitlehg..."! We usually tell him what a good big brother he is when he is being very nice to Finn, so he must think it is very high praise. Well I'd better get to cleaning up after the boys, they sure can tear a room apart in a matter of minutes, especially since Finn is mobile now!

Am I crazy???

We went shopping this morning. What a disaster! It's a good thing I don't pay attention to the many people likely staring at me and my child who is throwing a fit because he can't have spongebob yourgert. Cuz that's likely to be a good wholesome food...

Luckily Finn is fine as long as he has something to chew on. He's like a little dog now, he'll chew on your leg and he even started chewing on the couch! He bites the piping on the edge of the cushion and jerks his head back so that it rips out of his teeth. Very icky...

I'm off to work, but I thought I'd type a bit before I go.

My First Post!

Well, I've jumped on the blogging bandwagon. It sure is crowded ;)

I thought I should document the kids milestones and this seemed like a fun way to do it.

Jamie just turned 3 and he is talking up a storm. I mostly understand what he says and if I don't get it the first time he is more than happy to keep saying it until I get it! The key is trying to get him to be quiet :) This is a picture of him in a champ car. Scott and his mom took Jamie to Long Beach last weekend since it was the last time these cars would race with the engine set up the way it was. He had a blast and even got to sit in one with a blue helmet! He is so funny. He is putting stickers on paper (which is why I am allowed to type right now) and one of them ripped. He said "me having a hard time right now".

Finn just turned 9 months and he is almost walking. Just this morning he went 5 steps from one stool to another! He was very slow about it, standing trying to keep his balance. Very exciting, he'll be running around pretty soon. Jamie makes us clap for Finn everytime he walks, so now Finn looks at us like "where's the clapping? I'm going to do something cool" Here is a picture of him in the swing in the backyard. He was having so much fun!