Floater

Cruz just started learning to float through ISR infant swimming (which is how Oshyn started back in the day). This is a little clip of him after only a week...I'm not sure if the quality of the video will be good enough to see it all, but hopefully you'll get the point. I think Cruz might have had more hair last week before the chlorine, poor guy :) The chlorine is super strong because we go to an indoor pool at the gym, just check out Julie's swim suit...it used to be striped and now its white.
These little ones never ceases to amaze me. I love this stuff.



To learn more about ISR and how to prevent drowning look here or type in www.infantswim.com
I will update you in a week or so.

48 months later...

Faster than a speeding bullet!

More powerful than a locomotive!

Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!

Look! Up in the sky...its a bird...its a plane...

It's SUPERMAN!

(and the only way I can keep up with him these days, no joke...gotta love the blades--thanks for my b-day present 8 years ago Amanda and Michelle!!)

Breakfast with Daddy

This is what happens when Daddy's in charge!

Just what the Dr. ordered

We got a great big dose of my 2 favorite vitamins this weekend...Vit D (sun) and Vit H (happy to be outside swimming).

Lucky for us, it was 80-some degrees outside, the gym pool is heated, and we have a plethora of Panttaja's to play with.

Always more Oshynisms

Oshyn thinks everytime he wears his bball jerseys he MUST tuck them in. "Mom, that's what they make us do in our games."

When wearing his train conductor outfit..."You can call me Ductor"

O--"Mom! Something smells really GOOD!!"
Me--"What is it?"
O--"It must be Gluten!"
(FYI, we're gluten-intolerant--most things I say 'no' to, are yummy treats)

A father and son we know are both named Russell.
O--"Why are they both named Russell?"
Me--"I don't know, maybe they just like the name Russell."
O--"Maybe they really like to wrestle!"

O--"Why is our backyard so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so small and the Webb's isn't?

I can't believe he'll be 4 on the 15th!! Time flies.

Banished

I'm a 7 o'clock mom. That is when I choose to start my day. That is when my happy face comes out from under the covers. Any earlier (I'm talking even 6:59) and I'm not quite as chipper. I know this is late for some, but for me, this is the time I feel good about...
Cruz has done quite well with this since day 1, but recently--he has attempted to deviate from this plan. Cruz decided a few weeks ago to start rocking and rolling (literally) in his bed anywhere from 5:30-6 am instead of his normal 7am. This is not kosher in my house. Mainly because he and Oshyn share a room...so when one is up, ALL is up (and grumpy at that). I thought he was possibly ready for the day, so I would sneak in their room and get him in hopes that Oshyn wouldn't wake up. And then the trickery began--Cruz would fall asleep on the food source. He wasn't ready for the day. Then I decided to add a feeding later at night in case he was hungry. This didn't work either, he was still making WAY TOO much noise, WAY TOO early...he was just stuck on 6am for some reason.
So, he was officially banished...to the closet about a week ago.
What time did I wake up this morning you say? 7am. With a smile.

Disclaimer: For those who are worried about the lack of airflow in the closet...Beau was too. So he checked it out before we gave Cruz his new vacation home. Plenty of air. Plenty of flow. I LOVE a walk-in closet.

For all (un)intended purposes

When Oshyn was about 1 1/2 or 2 he was doing EVERYTHING on the playground.

My heart used to drop and I had a constant prayer going when he was climbing up the big gaps that they call a "ladder" for kids.

I always wondered what it would be like when he was a bit older...I guess he got bored with the norm.