Funny Milestones

It is funny as the kids get older, the milestones aren't as drastic.  I kind of forget to post about Sawyer's because they aren't huge (like walking) but we still get impressed by things he does or says all the time.

A few months ago Sawyer started dressing himself.  He went upstairs in his pajamas, and came down completely dressed down to his socks.  He had even got his step stool to get his shirts off of his hangers in the closet.  Since then he only lets me help by buttoning his jeans.  I was pretty surprised because he hadn't shown any interest before that and just showed up dressed.

The other day we had a pretty good day and ended up at Pita Pit.  He had to pee and he went into the bathroom.  I noticed the toilet was kind of high so I told Sawyer I'd be right back while I handed something to Andy.  I came back and he had locked the door.  I waited outside and knocked.  He opened the door as he was wiping his hands dry with a paper towel.  To be honest, I was surprised he didn't pee on anything with the toilet so high, and he had even washed his hands.  I was pretty proud of his first public bathroom attempt by himself.

He also put together his track, which I was kind of impressed because I even have a hard time getting the pieces together right.  He had lost a piece though.

Yesterday Kellan ate just about all of a sloppy joe (Andy had to help because even I have a hard time eating those).

Here is a picture of Kellan at Target that I thought was cute from the other day too:

Oatmeal

I found a few recipes for refridgerator oatmeal, so I thought we could try one.  We normally give ourselves about 20 minutes to get out the door (gotta get all the sleep you can!) so we don't have time to sit and eat a bowl of cheerios at 5:30 in the morning.  I was taking easy mac to work everyday, which I hated because the thought of all that yellow dye and powdered cheese was making me feel dirty.

I still have no problem with restuarant food, but we haven't been eating a ton of that lately, and Andy doesn't make anything from boxes or bags really at all, so I thought my breakfast should follow suit.  Plus, it is ready to go when you walk out the door.

We make bigger servings.  I kind of eat it throughout the morning or put it back in the fridge for an after lunch snack (I drive 2 hours, work 10, then have another 1:30 home so I get hungry in the afternoon).

Anyways, all it is:

1/2 cup oats (like from the cylinder tub)
1/2 cup yogurt (I like vanilla)
2/3 cup milk
2 tsp chia seeds
Shake furiously (we put them in pint mason jars)
Add any flavors (peanut butter, cocoa, fruit, whatever)
Put in fridge and pull out in the morning to eat.  I like adding the fruit later since it seems like it loses flavor overnight.

I think it might last a few days but we just do them the night before. It is a nice cold healthy treat and will probably be nice for the summer. 

Side note: I don't taste any chia seeds, but they're all the rage now so might as well throw in anything extra that you can hide in there that is beneficial to your health.

Do not eat this if you don't like oatmeal or have texture issues though, it really is like a thick oatmeal.  Andy an I both like it though so we'll see how long before we get sick of it ;)  Oh, and it is super runny the night before but turns thick overnight.  For some reason that blew Andy's mind...like he's never cooked oatmeal before ;)  There are all sorts of recipes online for things like using greek yogurt or different spices/flavorings etc so I am excited to try some new ones.  I am a fan of peaches and strawberry banana, but the mango fell flat.

Tulips

We went to Mt. Vernon today to look at the tulips before they disappeared.  I didn't have guitar this week and it also happened to be the last day of the festival so we thought we'd take advantage of the time.  We went to a garden, then a field.  It was the last day so there weren't many left (the fields were all done) but we couldn't get up any sooner this month.  We had fun though and they were SO pretty :)

The funny thing is, we got home with plenty of time that I could have gone to guitar had it not been an off week!  We took advantage of the perfect weather and did some work outside.  I weeded, Andy and the kids washed the cars, and then Andy mowed the lawn and weed-whacked the side and some of the back of the house (until his twine snapped).

Playing catch

Weed free 

Doctor 12 months

Our doctor changed locations to the clinic at the hospital, so we decided to follow her there (she invited her favorite patients, yay us).  She doesn't have a lot of appointments because she is mainly teaching other doctors there, so it took awhile to get Kellan in for his 12 month appointment.

Unfortunately the day before his appointment he required a visit to the walk-in.  He had a cough for a couple days, but nothing too bad- just a couple here and there.  Our babysitter called after he was dropped off and said he coughed until he threw up and he was having a hard time catching his breath, so Andy went and got him.

Poor little guy had bronchiolitis (the child version of bronchitis) so they gave him a nebulizer which he did not enjoy.

I think it helped him breathe though, because he actually fell asleep with it on (and this kid doesn't fall asleep on people much).

She said his lungs sounded MUCH better afterwards.  She gave a prescription and said not to fill it until our doctor checked him the following day to make sure he needed it.

The next day Andy took the boys to the regular doctor, and turns out his lungs sounded great and he didn't need the prescription! Yay.

Kellan is 22 lbs 10 oz and 30 inches.  He didn't get any shots because he got some less than a month ago and you have to wait a month if you get a live vaccine.  Andy was proud because they give you a checklist of milestones (such as "puts arms though sleeves when dressing" or "clapping toys together") and he answered yes to every one!

Afterwards he took the boys to Bradley Lake, which we haven't been to since Sawyer was tiny (it is so awfully crowded all the time) so they loved it.

What Kellan does now:

-Walks quickly and is to the point there is no falling unless he actually trips
-Makes sounds like he is talking in sentences
-Says the normal sounds but no words on purpose- even though we got him to repeat "awesome" to us about 20 times the other night.
-Helps put on his clothes in the sense that he holds up legs for diaper changes, sticks his legs straight for pants on, and pushes his arms through the sleeves
-Plays like Sawyer by doing things like pushing trucks around with him
-Starting to understand things in his head more- I saw him find a sock on the ground and he walked over and put it in the laundry basket.
-Eats anything. I have yet to see him spit anything out and I've fed him things like mushrooms, tomatoes, and other things a lot of kids don't like as much.
-Drinks out of all sippy cup types and no longer uses bottles
-Waves and claps
-Likes to kick Sawyer in the head if they're both in their car seats in the Pathfinder and Sawyer lays his head down.  He's actually really cute in the car- he sings and talks to himself and always kicks his feet around on the seat. I like that his new car seats allow him and Sawyer to look at each other and play versus his old bucket seat that he couldn't see over the side.  It makes them have fun in the car.

That is all I can think of for now.

Easter 14

It was a week ago, but I had to shrink and sharpen all the pictures and it was a long week.  We did have a good easter though- even if Sawyer woke me up at 8:30 by shoving a truck in my face from his easter basket he discovered downstairs without me.  Oh well.

Anyways, here is the day in pictures:

Happy Birthday Andy!

Tuesday was Andy's birthday so he met me at work (I took a half day) and we went to Paseo for his birthday lunch!  If you don't know what Paseo is, it is a cuban sandwich shop (one in Ballard and one in Freemont) and it actually was like number one or two in Yelp's top restaurants in the country.  The line is usually super long but we got there at a weird off-time and only had one person in front of us.  Look up the address if you plan to go, there is no sign!  It is very tasty and affordable!

The sandwiches are very messy though, you get a ton of napkins and moist towelettes.  DO NOT GO THERE FOR A FIRST DATE!  You will have stuff on your hands and teeth and you'll smell like sandwiches.  Not always good ;)

I got the pork with ham and cheese and Andy got the scallop sandwich.  Mine was huge so he got a lot of mine too.  I'd recommend either.  We have only been to the Ballard location which is right down the road from Golden Gardens so I recommend getting a sandwich then hitting the beach!