Grandpa Too!!

Grandpa came down on the weekends too while "damma" was here and grilled some yummy food on his traeger and came to the pool with us. The boys thought they were extra spoiled to have BOTH of them here!

Grandma Westerbuhr!

As Breck calls her "Damma" came to visit for about 5 days and then came back the next weekend for 4 more days. The boys were so happy to see so much of their grandma! We went swimming alot at City Pool b/c it is such a fun and popular pool I don't feel comfortable going there by myself with the 2 littles (and my big ol belly) so they thought it was a big treat to be able to go swimming whenever we wanted to! They played dressup with her and made some zucchini bread too!

21 Months!

At 21 Months Breck loves....

-Singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "ABCs", "Happy Birthday To You", and "Row Row Row Your Boat"

-Calls Kayden "Brother"

-Calls Mommy "Mama Mia" alot of the time or just "mama". I love the "Mama Mia":)

-Calls Daddy "Dada"

-loves to color!

-loves to play any and all sports! kicking and throwing the ball is one of his FAVORITE things to do!!

-LOVES swimming! You are a fish and love to jump off the edge w/ your puddle jumper on and go under water, love to blow bubbles and kick your little legs.

-are a cuddle bug, you love hugs and kisses and sitting on my lap! mommy's little love bug!!

-love reading stories!

-have two lovies that are your "babies" that you like to swaddle and push in the stroller, take night night, etc. SO cute!

-very independent, want to do everything on your own, think you are as big as brother and can do what he does! like getting in your carseat on your own and trying to buckle the buckles! you can do the top buckle already!!

-will pee on the potty when i ask you if you have to!

-love playing hide and seek!

-Say "love you" or "Love you to moon and back"!!

You are a joy to be around at this age baby boy! You love everything about life and you are teaching me to enjoy every second with your cheerful little self! We are so very blessed to have you as our son! Love you to the moon and back a million times!

Butterflies!

The boys had caterpillars that they watched change into butterflies before their little eyes. Such an awesome experience for them to see! They LOVED their caterpillars and would watch them throughout the day. The first word out of Breck's mouth many mornings was "butterflies". All 5 of their caterpillars turned into butterflies and they enjoyed feeding them and then finally releasing them. Loved experiencing this with my littles!

Memorial Weekend in St. Louis

Daddy had been working long days and had to work the whole weekend before Memorial weekend so he took the Friday off before Memorial weekend and we got out of town for 4 days! We left Thursday night after he got off work, which worked GREAT! The boys stayed awake until Kansas City where we had dinner and then they slept from then until we arrived at our hotel in St. Louis. It was SUCH a great drive there:) We will always try to drive at night now with our littles!!!

I had never been to St. Louis so I wasn't sure what to expect, the town had alot to offer for kiddos and we had a blast. City Museum, the Arch, Magic House, the zoo and Grant's farm were the sites we checked out with the kiddos. They loved them all and we loved watching them enjoy themselves so much! Each night we would swim in the pool at the hotel, we had some very happy, tired boys every evening:) Love getting away and spending quality time as a family!

2, 3, 5, 2

Breck you now "count" for your brother when he isn't being nice to you! (I have a habit of counting to 5 if brother isn't listening or is being unkind to you, he has a count of 5 to change his behavior or he goes to time out). It is HILARIOUS!!! Makes me smile everytime. You can be SO frustrated w/ him and you hold it together enough to give him "a count". LOVE it. You are such an amazing little brother and SO tolerant of big brother!!

18 months...

Well I'm finally writing your 18 month post and you just turned 19 months! Sorry baby boy!

At 18 months....
*you can sleep thru the night in your crib when you want to:)
*you usually take one nap but sometimes take a morning one too.
*love love love to read books!
*love playing outside all the time.
*love bathtime but don't love getting your hair washed.
*starting to get really interested in bugs like your big brother!
*say lots of things, my favorite saying you have right now is: "i don't know" you say it with the same little facial expression and intonation everytime you say it and I LOVE it! I get you to say it over and over sometimes by asking you questions just so I can hear it. "where is the blue ball?" "I don't know":) so adorable!!
*Call brother "tayden"
*Count with alot of authority by saying "2, 5, 2, 5, 2, 5" :)
*know lots of animals names and sounds, starting to learn colors and letters (knows B for Brecken:)
*love patty-cake, happy and you know it, wheels on the bus and itsy bitsy spider. sometimes you'll wake up in the morning and the first thing you'll ask for is "spider" and you start doing the hand movements.
*you are full of smiles, laughter and dance moves!

Breck you are so adorable, your smile makes my heart flutter whenever I see it. I love your sweet kisses and your tight hugs. You are a dream come true baby boy and I am so very blessed that I am the one you say "mama" to! LOVE you forever baby boy to the moon and back a million times!