My Cute Kids - A Pictorial Narration!

There isn't much to report (except that Lola has slept through the night a few times - Teague did that once at 6 months and not consistently until 10 months)! We can celebrate the small victories, right?! Both kids are doing exceptionally great and Lola has her 2 month appt on Wednesday so we will be sure to report what our little chunk of adorable-ness weighs in at! In the meantime here are some pictures from Ryan's phone that I uploaded and some other cute ones from the camera. Have a great week!

Shouldn't this be on a postcard or a picture hanging in our house?! This is Teague running through the fieldgrass on our property (on the way to see the cows I am sure)!

Cousins....ADORABLE! Chase and Teague looking in the water after a boat ride with Papa!

Lola in the hospital with her CSB/SJU hat. She even received a CSB (College of St Benedict) shirt in the mail from the alumni association as a subtle reminder that they hope she will enroll there in 18 years!

Teague actually thought his trick and treat bucket was a hat! We just about peed our pants laughing when we turned around to check on him. He was actually just looking out the window with this on his head. It was so CUTE!

My baby Lola as a duck!

BROBEE!!!! We got this costume for Teague to wear next year at Halloween for $4 (clearanced deal) and I don't think that this 4T costume will fit my big boy next year. In the meantime he loves to dress up in it though!

Wrestling with mama!

Lola's pouting lip (she still gets a little scared about certain noises!)

....but she can get happy just as quickly!

Hi sweet baby girl!

If you can ignore my singing this is a pretty sweet video of pretty girl Lola!

Warm Weather and it's November!

I am so glad to report that it is nearly 60 degrees outside...and it's November! I don't think it was ever this warm in October, was it!

We had a quick trick or treat - we went to the mall in St. Cloud with my sister and her family. It was a ZOO! It made me a bit panicked to know if I took my eyes/hands off of Teague for one minute he could get lost in that crowd! He got plenty of candy that he has enjoyed all week long. Lola slept the whole time in her little duck costume unphased by her first halloween adventure!

We have been spending about one or two days a week in Morris visiting my parents, playing with friends and Lola has been seeing a chiropractor a couple times a week. We aren't sure if she has reflux or colic, but I wanted to try something alternative to starting her on meds. It seems to be helping. She's a great night sleeper, many nights sleeping until 4:30 a.m. and sometimes later. I hope it continues, but I also know better than to think that it will always continue! ha!

Have a nice weekend!

Gabriella (HSM), The Werewolf (minus mask) and frog

Lola the adorable little sleeping duck

Enough trick or treating?

Pretty girl Lola smiling up a storm!

Teague swimming with Nana at the RFC

Teague lovin' the noodles more than swimming!

On the up and up

Well I am not feeling the best. I came down with influenza symptoms out of nowhere on Monday, went to the clinic on Tuesday and tested negative, etc. etc....it's just been a long, tiring, fever filled week for me. And let me tell you, it isn't fun when you are taking care of a baby in the middle of the night. Ugh. But I am hoping that I have turned the corner and hopefully the worst of it is over for me this season?! I can hope.

My dad came today to help me with the kids as Tina is closed for illness and I got a little weepy and overwhelmed last night thinking of taking care of both kids today while I had a fever. My dad took pity on me, came over so I could sleep the morning away, made us dinner and took Teague home with him tonight. Thanks Dad! I did take Teague to get his flu shot, I was a bit disappointed that I wasn't able to get it myself (due to fever), but Teague was so brave about it! After the shot he looked at me, frowned and said "she pinched"! He wasn't impressed by her "naughty" behavior I guess! So it is really quiet here now as Ryan took Lola to the volleyball game and Teague is at my parent's. I am actually leaving tomorrow afternoon for my parent's for the weekend as Ryan is gone to another basketball clinic. He is getting excited for the season to start, but I am feeling a bit indifferent about that!

Last night we took the kids to JCP to get some pics of Lola for her since she is 6 weeks. I wanted a good pic of the two kids together since Teague was less than cooperative at her newborn pics. There were some great pics taken and both kids were so smiley! I can't wait to get them back and post them. It's amazing how much Lola looks like I did as a baby!

Here are a ton of pics...Happy Halloween to all!

Hi there pretty girl!

My dad said that she gets a look of being petrified when Teague comes around, this wouldn't be the look, would it?!

Carving pumpkins while Daddy went to the football game. He liked it better than last year, but it was hard since I was holding Lola in the sling.

Lola hanging in the sling while carving pumpkins.

Teague with the finished product.

Finished product, try not to be TOO concerned about the two year old next to the butcher knife, okay?!

Hard to get the true look with the flash, but it will have to work I guess!

First bath both kids together (daddy was still at the football game, he's trying to prep me for basketball season). Teague loved it, Lola....hmmm you decide by the next two pics...

Yep, here I am busy taking pics and I catch this pic just in time. Look at how hilarious Teague thinks he is....

....and how petrified he is when Lola starts screaming her head off. Good, good times.

Good Times.

Wow, it's nearly the end of October. I cannot believe that Lola is already 5 weeks old and that I could be going back to work in just a week (but I am NOT and so happy about that)! Lola is changing so much, she coos and smiles and amazes us daily! Teague is still head over heels in love with her, so hopefully that just continues.

We went to our friend's, The Wahlin's, Halloween party last night. It was a good time and my sister kept Teague overnight so we could arrive home late and sleep in (thank Kris)! I am sure Ryan will die that I put these pictures on the blog from the party!

Have a great week!

Lola snuggling with one of Skylar's barbies at Nana and Papa's house...Skylar was quick to inform us that that barbie was a boy, she stated "I hope Lola knows that is a BOY! Nana doesn't have any Ken dolls so I cut all her hair off so she was a boy".

Hmmm, what's that saying "Monkey see, Monkey do"? I caught Teague in the chair on Friday night "pumping". Hmmmmmmm. Blackmail picture.

I could hear Teague talking and couldn't figure out where he was - here I found him in Lola's room while she was napping. He was busy talking to her and patting her bum. So cute.

Teague was SOOOO excited about seeing the animals at the pumpkin patch!

....and feeding them of course!

Here we all are, Lola is snuggled inside of the Baby Bjornm, sleeping!

Mommy, Teague and Lola swinging at the pumpkin patch.

Dutchmen cheerleaders at the Halloween party. Won't make the Christmas card this year, I think Ryan was relieved of that!

And finally our little Washington/Dutchmen cheerleader!

Mommy's Happy Birthday!

I am one month old today!

I can smile now!

Look at how chubby I am starting to get!

What a cute little frog!

The 4 cousins together.

Decorating a pumpkin at Coborn's with Mommy!

Teague, Megan and Alex

What do you think??

Mommy and Auntie celebrating our birthdays together!

Yay! Mommy's Happy Birthday! I think that Teague must be getting somewhat confused about all the birthdays that we keep celebrating - Papa's, Auntie's, Mommy's, Amanda's....etc. You'd think he would stop crying with the happy birthday song, but no. I had a great birthday. We went out for breakfast to Charlie's, Dana and Ken were here from Seattle and brought us Val's for lunch, and then Ryan's parents and Megan and Alex came to watch the kids while Ryan and I went out for dinner to Ciatti's! No cooking for me, again! WOO HOO!

Like I mentioned, Ryan's sister Dana and her hubby Ken were here and so we spent a lot of the weekend in St. Cloud. Ryan was off Thursday and Friday. On Saturday Erica, Dustin and I took the kids over to the Coborn's shopping area in Sartell for the pre-Halloween Trick or Treating. It was good practice for Teague to be able to say trick or treat. He looked so adorable in his frog costume!

My baby Lola is already one month old today!!! This month has just flew by, so sad at how fast this is going! Lola smiled at me for the first time last Monday (3 weeks and 3 days old - so advanced since they supposedly don't normally smile until 6 weeks - she's the same age Teague was when he started smiling too). She is also trying to talk to us with a little cooing here and there too. So adorable, of course. Lola was suffering quite the stuffed up nose so sleeping was tough for a couple of nights, but she seems to be back to normal now (thank goodness, it was so sad to see her so stuffy and struggling to breathe).

Have a great week. I hope you enjoy the video below of Teague demonstrating how a froggy jumps and what it says!