The Winters' World: August 2012

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Someone

---has found his feet! I noticed during bath time this past weekend, Blake was grabbing at them. Now he can't get enough! Here he is doing his morning stretches :-)

---is teething! Blake has been a drool-factory for almost a month now, and he's been gnawing on any object he can get his hands on for a couple of weeks now. We can see the ridges for both bottom centrals. At least this is corresponding with our family vacation and hotel-staying, since sleep is interrupted already!

And Blake is 4-months-old today! He's a pretty cute drooler, I'd say :-)

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Thursday, August 23, 2012

First sno-cone!

For me summer isn't complete without a sno-cone (or two. Or twenty of them :-) Some of our family friends ran a sno-cone business, so you could say that I had my fair share growing up. I spotted a little sno-cone hut on our way back from small group one Wednesday night. So the boys and I made a stop to try it out one afternoon after a doctor's appointment.
This was Jameston's first one, and he was so excited! He chose the flavor grape,

probably the darkest syrup (and best for K.I.S.S.-like poses :-)

I ordered a lemon-lime one, and Blake kept his eyes on it the whole time :-)

We will have to remember this place for summers to come!
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Buzz cut

We gave Jameston a buzz cut two weeks ago...I know, he has needed a haircut for awhile, but this Mom was in denial. I was hesitant to cut it because I've heard that he would lose his curls.

But his hair grew in it seems only on the top of his head, which made for a mangled mess after every nap or nighttime slumber.

So, I started with the shears, but we quickly resorted to the clippers for convenience. He thought it was pretty cool that he was going to get a haircut "like Daddy."

He sat somewhat still, another reason we gave up on the idea of shears...

Showing off his new crew cut! I've heard it should grow in thinker now, we'll see...

Big boy looks even older now :-( he keeps saying, "I'll get my hair back?" who knew he liked his long locks as well!

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Instagram influx

I plead guilty to using my camera on my iPhone more than than my actual camera lately. Yeah, that beautiful dSLR camera my husband surprised me with last year. But, hey, I am still in that mother-of-an-infant haze that I am slowly climbing out of, so I am just thankful I am remembering to take pictures these days :-)

I have neglected to post these Instagram photos to the blog, as we have been fighting a cold and then allergies for almost two weeks now, and we have been in the midst of some pretty heavy duty renovations 'round here. The dust and craziness will all be soon worth it, as our house is slowly getting floors replaced one room at a time by my handy husband. Here is an after snapshot of our dining room:

I LOVE our new floors! We did renovations in our first home, and it takes time, and lots and lots of patience, to live in a house that is being slowly getting renovated by the inhabitants themselves. I have learned to be more laid-back than ever...with a newborn at home and renovations shortly thereafter. I just keep telling myself it will all be worth it :-)

Moving on. Below are some fun pictures from my phone that I have edited with the lovely Instagram app. Enjoy!

Rainbow after a thunderstorm. So pretty!

We went to Chuck E. Cheese for the first time with Jameston back in July for cousin, Riley's, birthday party...he was not impressed (phew!)

My boys and I on the Fourth of July!

Crazy nap hair! We have since buzzed his hair :-(

Brett and I celebrated 6 years of marriage last month! Here's the pic I posted on Facebook to commemorate the occassion (circa 2006 I think)

I cannot take enough pictures of our baby boy! He has the BEST expressions!!

And our oldest is pretty photogenic himself! Hey, call me biased; I'm not ashamed :-)

This boy loves him some Nutella!

We met Brett one weekday for lunch. JW had a grand ole time at the indoor playground :-)

Blake was also a happy camper!

Some black and whites from that same day...

Splash park/cupcake face fun at his buddy, Jackson's, birthday party

Baby blues

This is the over-the-top/underbite smile we get when we ask him to pose for a picture...

Blake helping me fold laundry one afternoon :-)

Bath-time fun!

Pool fun on a Sunday afternoon (after JW's nap)

Blake attends Bible class on Sunday mornings until he's big enough to sit up well in a bucket seat in the nursery :-)

Capote/Tomato Soup Mustache

Due to Jameston's undesirable behavior over the past couple of months (bring on the age of 3, please!), we have resorted to getting a "new movie" as an incentive for a couple of weeks of good behavior. Here he is watching, "Up," one of his (and my) favorites...