Not Me! Monday

Not Me! Monday was created by McKMama as a way to confess all the things that you did not do over the week. It's fun, and refreshing. If you'd like to join in, head over to McKMama's for the official rules!

I did not at any point this week get super frustrated with my whiney hiney terrible not-quite 2 year old. He has not been driving me, and my husband, bananas with his refusal to eat anything but sweets, unless of course it comes off of daddy's plate. Yesterday I did not take him outside pantless and barefoot to make a volcano with an empty bottle, baking soda, and vinegar. This was not in an attempt to save my husband's sanity, and the super awesome volcano experiment I planned did not fail due to lack of ingredients. I do not plan to keep my cabinet fully stocked with science experiment tools for future emergencies.
Yesterday, I did not spend nearly an hour scrubbing my kitchent with vinegar in an attempt to finally get it cleaned after a busy week. My husband does not dislike the smell of vinegar. He does not cringe whenever I decide to clean with it.
Right now, I am not letting my nearly 4 month old watch music videos on CMT while I write this. No way. Babies should not be left to be entertained by television.
Earlier today I did not go to the doctor to investigate a sharp pain I've been having above my belly button. Earlier in the week my husband did not freak out about it after researching symptoms on the internet. He did not make me take a pregnancy test to be safe. It did not come back negative and we are not jumping for joy praising the good Lord! At the doctor this morning I was not told that I have a small hernia, and I have not been referred to a surgeon. I am not completely freaking out about this.
I am currently not planning on taking a nap with Ronan as soon as I log off...

success!

Ronan rolled over for the first time yesterday! This video isn't capturing the first time, but it is shortly! I actually missed the first time because I was upstairs on the phone with my mom. That seems to be the way it goes. I missed Collin's first too. I'll just pretend I saw the first one though. Now that he's done it once, he's unstoppable! However, he can only roll in one direction so far. Some day he'll be an ambiturner!

a busy week

The week started out by going to a Wingnuts game with Dan's brothers last Sunday. It was a good game, but unfortunately the weather didn't hold and we got to the car just as the first drops of rain fell. We ended the evening at Old Chicago, in which Dan's awesome brother, Rob, bought us all dinner.
On Monday, Ronan got to try out his Bumbo seat for the first time. He does pretty well in it, but won't sit for long.
He has also become a super stud at holding his head up.
On Tuesday we went to a friend's house for dinner. There are their 2 little girls, Clare and Elizabeth.
Collin hung out with daddy part of the time. He was a little unsure of the girls at first.
Ronan hung out on the blanket with Pete. Pete is about 2 and a half weeks older than Ronan.
Friday and Saturday we helped with a garage sale at my parents house. On Saturday Collin got to hang out with my cousin's son, Nolan. Nolan will be 3 in October. They had fun playing with Dolphins in water.
This is the face of innocence. Though he is far from innocent.
And Collin picked out a couple of hats for him and Papa to wear. Aren't they cute?
Collin absolutely adores his Papa (both of them). On Thursday evening my parents came to get some stuff from our garage for the sale and Collin spent 10 minutes at the window shouting "Papa! Papa!" until my dad finally came in and got him. I was about to go bananas!

recent happenings

Collin is doing really well in his big boy bed. He still gets out of bed and yells from the gate, but he hasn't cried for more than 5 minutes. Generally I found him sprawled out across the bed, but the other morning I found him lying with is head on his pillow, and under his comforter. So cute. I wanted to snap a photo, but resisted for fear of waking him up.
Collin has also used the potty 3 times now! The last 2 night he has gone before his bath. We're still not full on potty training, but we sit him on before his bath each night, and any other time during the day that he wants to sit. I'm not sure he's ready to go full force, but at least he is getting used to it for now.
On Thursday we went garage saling and found some great buys. I got Ronan 7 outfits and Collin 4 pairs of shorts and 2 shirts and all together it was only $8! Yay for summer clothes I'm not worried about getting dirty!
Here are some pics of the boys each modeling a find...
Okay, so you can't see their outfits very well, but they look super cute in these pictures no?
Below is a pic of another great find....
No, not the baby. Him I made (with a little help). But the super cute chair he is sitting in only cost me $5! Now I have 2 little rocking chairs for my daycare. Yay!
In other news, my super somber baby fell asleep while I was cooking dinner the other night. Sweet sweet baby boy!
Today we went to the zoo and let Collin go to the petting zoo area for the first time... He was scared of the goats.
But him and daddy got to ride a cow-like wooden creature.
And were shocked to find out that what we thought was a horse was actually a mule.

growing up

A couple of days ago I ordered new bedding for Collin so that we could move him into a big boy bed. His comforter arrived today, and of course being super excited about it I made my husband change things up as soon as nap time was over.
Here are some pictures of Collin's room before the switch...

The rocking chair is now in Ronan's room. A tight squeeze, but it will keep me from feeding him in bed and then letting him sleep with us the rest of the night. And here are some pictures after...

Notice how Collin isn't wearing pants? That's because the cutie patootie always takes them off at nap time.

We put a step stool next to the bed to make it easier for him to get up and down. He was so excited all day and kept going back to his room play in the bed. At bedtime the 4 of us went to his room and laid in the bed to read a book. Collin was in heaven, until it was time to actually go to bed. Ronan and I got up to leave the room so that Dan could do the final tuck in, and as I started to leave the tears welling up in Collin's eyes about broke my heart. To him this had all been a fun game. So Dan stayed and layed down with him for a while, and when he left the room Collin began to scream. Of course even in his crib he cried for a little while, but tonight it brought about different emotions for me. My poor little man was probably scared and confused and wondering why mommy and daddy were making him sleep in this strange bed. I felt like a bad mommy as I may have been too eager to make the exciting switch.
After about 20 minutes I went back upstairs to listen in, and all was quiet. His bedroom door was open, but we had put a gate in front of it in anticipation of this. After a few minutes I could hear him in there talking (probably to Handy Manny), but he sounded cheerful. Hallelujah! I just can't believe that my little guy has grown up so fast. In just over 2 months he will be 2 years old. Where does the time go?
Here is a picture of Collin just 1 day old. Isn't he just absolutely precious?