Stop beef!!!

I found a game called Slamwich at DI. It is for ages 6 and up, but I thought maybe I could get Joseph to understand a litle bit of how to play. Well, it is currently his new favorite game. He is especially good at the stopping the thief, or beef, as he calls them. For those of you have ever played egyptian ratscrew, this is the same game, only with sandwich cards. Here are a few of Joseph's other favorite things:

Favorite places to go: museums and toy stores
Favorite food: dinosaur oatmeal
Favorite dinosaur: velociraptor

As for Samuel, we have done only 2 feedings the past couple of days. Over the next couple of days, I will stop the morning feeding. We did find a sippy cup that he likes.

Nibbling Samuel

So lately Samuel has taken to the fact that he can use his teeth. This morning he bit my shoulder while I was trying to put on his jacket. He also has decided that when he has finished breastfeeding that he will signal by biting down. OUCH!!! It has only happened a couple of times. I have decided that if it happens again, he is going cold turkey and will not get anymore of mommy's milk. I have been trying to wean him and have decreased his feedings by half. For the past few days, he has been a very cranky baby. He does not appreciate the decrease at all.

Going private

For those of ya'll that read our blog, we are going to go private. If you want access to our blog, please send me your email address and let me know. It can be in the comment section or send me an email. Thanks! :)

Just a quick Joseph conversation from last night:

Mommy: "Why am I so lucky to have you and Samuel?"
Joseph: "Because Jesus sent us to you."
Mommy: "Yes he did send ya'll to us."
Joseph: "We need to be ready to meet Jesus."
Mommy: "Where did you learn that?"
Joseph: "In sunbeams."
Mommy: "How do you get ready to meet Jesus?"
Joseph: "Get a suitcase or something."

My little lollipops

Well, my boys are short, skinny and have big heads. Samuel had his 1 year check-up today. He weighed 20.04 pounds (12th percentile) and is 29.25 inches long (34th percentile). His head is in the 98th percentile for size. We get to go back at 15 months to see if he is gaining any weight. The doctor isn't too concerned because he thinks genetically that my boys might be more like me. I hope that he is wrong and that they will have daddy's height in the future...or at least close to it. They checked Joseph's height and weight as well. The doctor wanted to see if he would grow more between now and his last birthday. He was 38.5 inches tall (8th percentile) and weighed 33.5 pounds (20th percentile). The doctor isn't too concerned but wants me to give them more fatty foods like whole milk yogurt, carnation instant breakfast in their milk, peanut butter, avocados, and chips (sparingly).

Snow day

Joseph loves playing in the snow. It snowed on Friday, so on Saturday, Joseph was very excited to go and play outside in the snow with the kids.
Joseph sporting one of daddy's old snowsuits. It is a little small for him, but it is all we have.

Joseph is very excited to play in the snow in this picture. He also went outside on Sunday.

Busy day and other bits of our life

Yesterday we were out of the house most of the day. Joe hasn't been feeling well, but he needed to work from home. To allow him to do so without our little boys distracting daddy because they love to play with him, we went to do stuff all day. Before we went to lunch we went to DI. I am trying to find some chairs for our table. It is not serious looking, but more trying to find a style that I like.
What we did find was a dinosaur that Joseph has been wanting for ages. He didn't have this one and it was not a bad price, so I decided to get it for him. He was very excited (as you can tell from the picture). He asked me to take a picture of it. We then went home and I cooked us some lunch.
I didn't realize that Samuel was so tired. We were at DI looking at children's books and I noticed that Samuel's heading was bobbing back and forth. He was falling asleep in the cart sitting up. I decided to lay him down inside the cart. As you can tell, he didn't wake up. He has had a cough and is so congested...poor cute baby boy.

After lunch we went to the Paleontology Museum at BYU. I let Samuel crawl around. When we got there, there were a lot of kids that were running around and screaming and chasing each other. I was disappointed that the mothers didn't even try to stop them. Here are my boys next to a triceratops skull. This museum is a little smaller but it has a lot to offer.

Samuel and Joseph under a sauropod (don't remember which one). Samuel enjoyed crawling around and exploring the museum. He is still afraid to try and walk. Maybe soon?

My boys with an apatosaurus pelvis bone. Samuel loved that he could touch so much. After we left here, we went to the Museum of Art at BYU. They had some cool exhibits, but people aren't allowed to take pictures. Samuel fell asleep while we were walking around. We dropped by the BYU bookstore to see if we could find a coloring book with dinosaurs...no such luck. We finally came home around 4 in the afternoon. It was a fun and busy day. Our FHE was fun as well. Grandpa Nunez was with us because his family was out and about. We played memory and Joseph won. :)

Happy 1st birthday Samuel!!!

Happy 1st b-day to our cute little guy Samuel! He is one and so full of life. It is fun to see how much of his personality is established. He weighs a little over 20 pounds, but we don't have his official 1 year appointment for another few days.
In his pjs. He loves to walk around furniture but is still very hesitant to let go and try and take some steps.

Him in his birthday "suit." He just looked cute so I took some pictures.

Birthday mess. He had a small cake that we put a candle on and sang to him. As you can tell he demolished the cake and tried it after 3 minutes of destroying in it. He then pushed it onto the floor and laughed.

Here he is riding in style in his little cozy coupe. He thought it was fun when I pushed him around in it and he held on to the steering wheel. Here is a brief synopsis at 1:

-says "dadadadada (his first real sound)," "mamamamama," and "babababa"

-loves harvest vegetables but not peas or green beans

-loves bananas and other fruits

-loves baths

-loves to crawl and play with his big brother. He laughs and laughs when he interacts with Joseph.

-loves walking along furniture

-loves crawling up stairs and into bathrooms

-dislikes naps and getting to bed

-loves when daddy plays with him

-loves to act shy around people that talk to him

If I think of more, I will write it later.