Da Boys

The boys have been doing pretty well. Maddox is falling asleep earlier and consistently waking up at 7:30 am. Hopefully he is beginning to get a body clock going. Napping has been hit or miss, but he will hang out in his crib for a while if he wakes up after a short nap. Still waking up occasionally at night though.

Craig took Mason to Hoyt Lakes on Sunday and Maddox took over a 2 hour nap, so I had the house to myself for a couple hours. It was glorious. Was able to get laundry caught up and the house to look somewhat presentable.

Maddox hates the picture schedule now. Well, maybe "hate" is too strong a word, but when I mention it he yells "No sedul, no sedul". I've loosened up a bit on it, just making sure we eat and sleep at regular times and have a regular routine going.

He is pushing the envelope on everything though. Always trying to get away with something. Always pushing it, trying one more time. It's exhausting. i am not looking forward to the age of 3. :) He has such a strong will. i didn't know anyone so small could have that strong of a will.

Mason is doing well. I feel like he is the "calm" in all of this, however he is getting more energetic with time and hungrier. I can't fill that boy up. He is always hungry. I may have to go back to work just to feed him.

We were at Kohl's the other day and I was looking at the athletic wear (trying to get inspired to actually do something) and I hear Mason saying: "Wow mom. These are like real-life. How did they do that?" I turn to see him looking at a women's torso mannequin (no head, arms, or legs) with a shirt and shorts (shorts?! can you believe it?!) and rubbing his hands up and down it, marveling at how "life-like" it was. Not what I was expecting to see. yikes.

Then the other day i came downstairs to find Maddox near the basket of laundry. He was earnestly trying to put my bra on (padded at that) and when he saw me he held it up and said "Mom do. Help Mom." Nice. I told him only Mommies wear that and he said "OK", put it down and went on to the next activity.

A couple weeks ago, Mason went out with Nanni and I couldn't find Maddox. I kept calling his name, and he wouldn't respond (This is his new thing. He likes to hide and not say anything, and he is a GOOD hider). I finally looked in the closet in the toyroom and there he was, sitting on the floor in the dark holding Mason's magic trick set (something that Mason forbids Maddox to play with). The set is one of those cup sets with the little balls.

So Maddox is on the floor with a huge smile on his face with everything out on the floor around him. I told him we needed to pick it up and put it away, when all of a sudden he put 2 balls into his mouth, clammed his mouth shut and puffed up his cheeks! (These balls are made of foam and are extremely squishy. I can squish them flat.) Now he is just staring at me with these puffed up cheeks. We are in a standoff. I am terrified that he is going to swallow them, so I say something like "Can you spit them out like this?" and do something crazy and goofy. Thankfully he thought it was funny and he copied me. Little turkey.


2 days ago he was eating chips while I was on the phone with my Dad. All of a sudden he starts breaking them up and dropping them on the floor. I start picking up the pieces off the floor(with my free hand) and let him know he was done with his chips. The little stinker picks up 2 pieces I couldn't fit in my hand and starts smashing them into tiny crumbs. As I go after him, he quickly runs away while stuffing the rest of the crumbs in his mouth.---Granted I should have gotten off the phone as soon as he started breaking up the chips..but I was talking to my Dad about some important stuff and would correct Maddox.

These are the types of things he does all day. Exhausting. I'm pretty sure I am going to be completely grey by the end of this year.

Well, sorry no pictures. I put a bunch on Facebook just because it is faster to upload on there (thank you Kathy for that tip) It takes me forever on here.