My kids are growing so fast!

Updates on Clifton -

He is such a silly boy!
Nursery happened this week!!!!!  Hoping and praying that one day he will be willing to go:/
He is talking so much!  He is our little chatter box!  He has gotten some of his sentences up to five or six words!  He can also count to ten all by himself.  I am telling you I have one smart kiddo:)

He learned how to push with one foot and ride his scooter.  He still had struggles steering and pushing his foot, but did pretty well. 

Updates on McKay -
She has been suffering from a cough this whole week.  It has been making Alex and I nervous with all this whooping cough talk.  I hate hearing her cough and it is not getting better.  She is happy most of the time but then has a coughing fit, which usually happens right after a bottle.  If it is not better this week I am taking her in to the doctors just to make sure. I am a worry freak and always want to make sure that my kids are ok.

 She is now five months old!!!!!  She is growing way to fast.  She is practicing sitting up and will be there soon.

 She is now sitting in the stroller.

 She fell asleep with her hands under her face.  Can you see her hand imprints?  Silly girl:)

The rain came back the beginning of this week so we did some fun inside activities to keep the boys busy.  First we did car painting.

Clifton loved it!  Of course he would:)  He loves anything that has to do with cars:)

 

Then we got the tunnels out and played with those.

 

We also turned the whole living room into a fort.  Clifton thought it was awesome.  He asks me to do a fort almost everyday now.

 Got cookie cutters and play dough out.

Thursday was free Slurpee day at 7-11.  So I thought I would take the boys to get a treat. They both have never had a Slurpee before, but what's not to love?:)  They really did enjoy it a ton!

We watched my friends cute girls for a couple hours and I must say I think we need more girls around here.  Clifton just stood there and let her comb his hair.

 I also had enough girls to play Pretty Pretty Princess.  One of my favorite games growing up.

McKay even joined in on the fun!  I love the picture with the jewelery on, she's looking at me like "really, mom?".

Friday the sun came back out and we enjoyed a nice picnic at a park.

 

 I want some Subway!!!!!

Oh grass!

Saturday the kids and I went to the Kitsap Harbor Festival down at the marina.

 On beautiful days like this it is so obvious why I love Washington and where I live:)

 Meeting her first pirate!

 

Riding his first horse!  He enjoyed every second of it.

Clifton loves the dizzy feeling.

Clifton's best friend, Evan turned 2 on Saturday.  Clifton thinks birthdays equal cake/cupcakes.  So he insisted we make Evan cupcakes.

 

Enjoying the fruits of his labor.   

 

And we made him a birthday card.

We then went over and had a BBQ with Evan's family.

We always have fun when we get together!  A great evening:)

 

Clifton joined me on most of my runs.  He enjoys it but has a limit.  After 3 miles he is ready to get out.  Which is fine.  I had no idea it would be so much harder to push a jogging stroller.  It really throws me off.  I will have to get used to it.  Not being able to swing my arms makes running more difficult.

I lost two pounds this week and feel great!!!!!  8 more to go and I am so happy with the progress and how my body is feeling. I ran 10 miles in 1 hour and 35 minutes on Monday!  I was so happy with that.  The farthest I have ever run in my life and a pretty good time.  Half marathon, I am coming for you.  3.1 more miles to try to add on and I will be there.  I am hoping to get 13.1 miles in about 2 hours.  No matter what I am proud of how far I have come and how hard I am pushing myself.  It feels great to set a goal and to be able to achieve it.

Pink Eye:(

Updates on Clifton -
Well nursery is not happening again.  Last Sunday we went home because he was sick and this Sunday was a whole lot of screaming and nothing.  I even made him sit on the floor and do nothing in the primary room with me to teach him that it is not fun what mom is doing but it is fun in class.  He seriously sat there quietly for about an hour.   He hates church!  As soon as I pull into the parking lot he screams, "NO CHURCH!"  It really makes Sundays stressful.  He usually does okay during sacrament but that is his limit:(  One day we will be good at this:/
Poor kid was not feeling good on Sunday.  I thought he slept it off but come Tuesday morning he woke up with pink eye:(  It killed me.  He has such big and beautiful eyes that it looked so sad.  He actually did well and was not too grumpy but he hated the eye drops and that was very challenging for me to hold him down.

 

Besides all this sad stuff Clifton is a joy.  He makes everyone laugh including Baby McKay.  He is definitely our little character.  He has been loving Mickey Mouse lately and one night we showed him an old Mickey Mouse episode on youtube.  He asks to watch one every night now.  I enjoy watching them with him:)  They are short and fun.

He is also turning to team Dad.  He only wants Dad!  Sometimes it works in my favor like he wants Dad to change his diaper and put him to bed, but he will only kiss dad:(  One day he will be back on the right team, team Mom.  I got McKay on my side at least!

Updates on McKay -
I tried as hard as I could to try and separate McKay and Clifton so she would not get pink eye.  Alex even took a day off to try and keep them in different rooms.  But she got it:(  Her reaction was different.  Her eye did not swell as much but gooped a ton more and she had a very very hard time with it.  I basically held her for 2 days and nights straight to keep her happy.  Poor girl!  We finally got past it!  And Alex and I were able to steer clear of it!
She mumbled MAMA!  Just a  few times but it happened.  Clifton mumbled Dada first so it is nice to hear mama first this time:)
I got out the Johnny Jumper this week!  She liked it.  She knew what to do right away.  She is our wiggle worm so it was perfect for her.

The boys loved jumping next to her and she enjoyed them jumping too.

This week was a beautiful week!  Sadly for the most part we were inside trying to get better and to not spread the germs:(  But before the pink eye hit we got to enjoy a day of sunshine!

I got the sprinkler out for the first time this year.

 Clifton was a little hesitant of whether or not he should play in it.

He did not get too wet but splashed around a little.  He will warm up to it as days get hotter.

 I also got watermelon out for the boys to eat outside. 

 

Clifton loved it!  He went to town on it.  I am pretty sure he could eat a whole watermelon in one sitting.  I am glad he likes it because I really like it too!

Clifton cannot get enough of his sister!

 Seriously cannot get enough of this cute girl!

I spotted a jogger/bike trailer at Costco that I fell in love with.  Alex of course spoils me and so he got it for me.  Thanks Hun!  It will be great for our little family and getting out and doing more together!

Clifton LOVED it!  He had a big smile on his face the whole ride.  He is going to begging me to jog or bike probably everyday now.

Saturday everyone was finally feeling better!  Which is good because I signed up for a 5 mile run in the Viking Fest.  So they were able to come and cheer me on.

This is my first run/race ever.  So I was scared and intimidated by all the people that were there.  At first I felt alone because I was not running with anyone.  Then I felt crowded and pushed to go faster and keep up with the fastest.  But I took a breathe and went at my pace.  Then I started loving every minute of it.  If I passed by someone they would cheer me on.  People were outside their houses cheering for us.  People I would run next to kept me company and were really nice.  The run was a beautiful run along the Sound.  I felt great.  Everyone was so uplifting towards each other and so motivating.  I noticed my kid's pediatrician running in the race and we talked for a little.  Then right at the end she started to come up behind me as I was starting to slow down.  She said "don't slow down now you don't want an old lady to beat you."  So she pushed me to sprint the last little bit.  (I couldn't let an old lady beat me!)  I loved the feeling I had while running.  It felt great to accomplish something.  I ran the 5 miles in 47 minutes.  Which is pretty good:)  I know now why people love doing these things and I am defiantly addicted.  For me being a mom often leaves me feeling unaccomplished.  The end goal is often too far to see and things never always go the way I want it to.  So running lets me feel like I can set a goal and accomplish it.  Something I need to remember.

 Later that night we went back to the festival and enjoyed live music and elephant ears!

 

Give me that Elephant Ear!

 

Clifton loved it!

 Clifton enjoyed watching the boats and running on the board walk!


Well this week I lost a pound.  So ten more to go baby!  Hopefully I can get there.  Excited to do more and to get better at runs/races.  Next on my list is Port Orchards 5k.  My goal is to run it near 25 minutes:/  Right now I am at 28 minutes.  We shall see.  I am going to start running with the jogger and pushing Clifton.  So that probably will affect my time.