Teething Bites

While we were out and about today, Oliver and I were goofing around and while he was laughing, I caught a glimpse inside his mouth. What did I see besides his beautiful pearly whites you ask? Both of his second upper molars threatening to pop through his bright pink gums! Not only is the poor kid getting his lower-left second molar (he already has the lower-right), but two others as well! That makes THREE huge molars! No wonder Mr. Oliver has stopped taking naps for the last three weeks, or more. I have lost count. The kid cannot settle down long enough to fall asleep let alone sit still. He has got a crazy amount of never- ending energy!


As I mentioned before, Myla is also getting teeth so our house is a bit on the cranky, whining side. Not to mention the sleep is not exactly quality, but we are doing what we can and occasionally dropping like flies to catch a few minutes of Z's. Ahem. Dustin.


On a brighter note, Myla is crawling all over the place and trying to gnaw on any car, truck, or train in her path. Oliver now has to keep his cars and anything with little pieces away from his sister. If he catches her with something she shouldn't have he says "Myla you can't have that, no no." and promptly takes it from her, leaving her to crawl after him. Hah. This is going to get pretty amusing, albeit tiresome for all.

Crawling Lady and Cool Dude on a Bike

So, both kids in bed by 7:45. This. is. awesome. What did we do with our extra free hour? Well, Dustin continued to watch Simba’s Pride (no joke) and I decided to write this blog post. What exciting lives we lead.

This past week has been big for little Miss Myla. Not only did her first tooth erupt last Thursday, but the little lady started crawling tonight! We were even quick enough to capture some footage of her first real army crawl. She was going after her pacifier even though she already had one in her mouth (I guess she wanted a back-up?). What teething babes won’t do to get a little comfort, right? 

I’m excited that my little girl is crawling, but can’t help but think how fast these last seven months have gone! Before I know it, she will be walking and then goodbye baby, hello toddler! It makes want to try even harder to soak my kids up while they are small and still calling me Mommy. 

We have also been enjoying the beautiful weather by spending a lot of time outdoors. Hooray for Spring! Oliver now insists that he ride his cool balance bike when we go for walks and has become quite the speed demon! 

Stir it up! (helping with Aunt Desi's bday brownies)

Silly swing time

Oliver and Myla's first bath time together.

Hello!

Spring has sprung and with it, so has our family blog. I’m hoping to entertain you on a bi-weekly basis (let's not be too optimistic) with stories, photos and anything else that randomly pops into this tired (but oh so excited!) momma’s brain! I am loving staying at home with my two charming children and could not be more thrilled to be Oliver and Myla’s occasionally melting down momma! Life is busy with routine and typical mom errands/chores, but as the kiddos grow I am finding myself learning lots of new tricks and discovering just what it takes to raise kids. Dustin and I were discussing this very topic the other day and we both proclaimed, that being GOOD parents was a lot harder than we thought it would be! Hah! So here’s to raising wonderful, polite, humorous, intelligent, kind, fun, beautiful, talented, adventurous, friendly, thoughtful, caring (and the list goes on...) children!

Here are a few very recent (from today) photos of the kids goofing around in the living room and of Oliver playing outback while Myla took her nap. Myla is 7 months old today and Oliver is 2 years and 4 months.