No Dog No..

A couple of weeks ago while at our friends house we established Burke was allergic to cats.. Like immediately had welts all over his face allergic.  We've never noticed this before and he's been around them before, but this could have been the first time he was all over one.. Not 100% sure.

We've been around dogs a lot.  My parents have a dog and Ashley (my kid's second mom) has one too..  The kids love dogs and want one.  Well, today we established Burke is DEFINITELY allergic to dogs too.. Puffy, itchy eyes, face welted... ALLERGIC.. poor guy...

I think we'll be heading to Build a Bear for Burke's beloved dog... we will be a NO dog family for a while!

Go Dog Go...

I'm not sure where it is coming from but Burke is sooo into dogs right now.  He will go anywhere and tell anyone he is getting a dog.  We have NEVER told him this and have NO intention on getting one anytime soon.  That doesn't stop him.  He's a determined little guy. He's told complete strangers as we're out walking (well, stranger to him, not me :)) , he's told me he will have a "baby dog that never grows up", he has assured me that Santa would bring one if all else fails.. and the latest.. He'll just become a fireman ,because they have dogs, of course!  Poor guy.. We are NOT getting a dog :)

Two days in a row, I've managed to post!

At Campbell's 15 month appointment yesterday we found out he is 23 lbs (50%), 31.5 inches (65%) and 19 inch head (85%)... He's 100% perfect and way ahead of other kids in speaking and motor skills.. but let's be honest.. There's really no test for that and frankly I don't care..  He's happy, he's smart, he plays well with others and enjoys life.. WINNER! :)  Let's stop comparing kids and birthdays and just pay attention to each kids needs!  That being said.. I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!! but let's not fixate on our kids age and abilities.. Each child is perfect in their own way :)

Terrible.

Painting our masterpieces :)

Enjoying some nice weather!

Saturday Family Night at Chickfila

I have become quite possibly the worst blogger. EVER.  But I'm okay with that.  Life is busy and work is busy and two kids is VERY busy.  In the past 3 months we've celebrated Christmas, a trip to Disney World,  Valentine's day, been to the doctor at least 8 times, Burke started preschool and who knows what else.  We are loving life and enjoying time with our boys.

I've been working normal full-time hours in my "part-time" season, watching boys full-time and started a side business planning events with my best friend. I'm definitely enjoying it, but exhausted at the end of each day :)  Ashley and I are planning a wedding, 2 baby showers,  graduation party, 50th bday party and Burke's bday.  Yes, we both work full-time too!  But we enjoy it, which is important :)

Brian got a promotion!!  I am so proud of him. He's still working hard at VTTI and playing games when he's not helping with the boys.  We finished our second half-marathon in January at Disney World.  It was fun to do together, but of course we didn't train like we should have :)

Burke is in preschool now 3 days a week.  He loves it!! Although some days, he doesn't want to go, he never actually fights me when we get there.  He's also doing gymnastics and swim lessons.  He's not really a fan of swim lessons, but it is what it is :)  he LOVES gymnastics! He's pretty good at playing with Campbell, but sometimes is just a little too much. Campbell is very independent and really just wants to be left alone!  He's very into video games (Kinect with daddy), any disney movie, trains and buzz.  Captain Hook and tick tock croc are pretty awesome too.  He's resisting naps these days, but is good at keeping quiet during rest time by reading books and playing legos.  He naps about 3 times per week and has quiet time the other days.

Campbell is 15 months old!  I really can't believe it.  He LOVES food. ALL food.  Sometimes it is a problem but... He is weighing in at 23 lbs.  We go today for his 15 month check up so we'll have more stats, but he's my big boy :)  He has a pretty extensive vocabulary (i think?).  please, cheese, dog, mouse (mickey), Buzz, Ball, book, mama, dada, "bu" (burke), cow, duck, quack, all done, bye bye, hi, hot, choo-choo, and more.. probably some other things but I can't remember.  He loves to play by himself and would play with the batman imaginext toys all day if you let him! He's a decent napper at about 2 hrs each day and a great night sleeper :)

This is just a quick recap.  Maybe I'll get back into blogging more. Maybe not.  Oh well :)