First bike!

SE is obsessed with, among other things, bicycles. Sean is a biker so we have several in our garage that SE sees. Whenever we see them while driving, SE will point them out with "bicycle" and then "more bicycle" if he sees another one. So I looked at what was available for SE to get as his bicycle, settled on a Fisher-Price "grow with me", and we headed to Target to get it. SE was super excited when I told him what we were going to do...he kept saying bicycle, first bicycle. We got it, Sean put it together, and SE rode it pretty much the rest of the day. His feet don't quite reach the peddles yet, but I figure with the way SE grows, he will be able to reach them in a couple of weeks!

Really that smile says it all! He was also super excited to tell his papa and aunt Te-a about his first bicycle!

Big transition!

With the upcoming arrival of our new little one, I wanted to give SE a head start with sleeping somewhere other than his crib...enter his big boy bed and the other changes to his room. We didn't really change the walls or anything, just took out his crib, the changing table and a bookcase and set up his big boy bed and a chest that has been in my family forever, and I decided to repaint and antique it a little. Here are the befores and afters!

SE's room before

SE's room after

Here is the chest's transition...it began white...
Then went to brown...
Then to red...
And finally the finished product!

I'm happy to report that really only after two long nights, SE is happily putting himself to bed now. Sean and I still accompany him of course, but he's actually excited to run into his room and jump in his bed and doesn't cry when Sean or I leave. Naps have been hit or miss, but I'm sure we'll get those down soon too. Oh and if anyone needs red, gold or brown paint, please let me know...I have a ton left over!

Big weekend...

A couple of weeks ago some of our best friends, Grant and Emma, got married! We were so busy since Sean was a groomsman in the wedding, and I was a helper, we had the rehearsal dinner, a baby baptism on Saturday, and the actual wedding so we decided to ship SE to nanna and papa's house, for which he was extremely excited about (see picture below). We had some of our good friends from Colorado come and stay with us. It was such a fun weekend even with the debrief of SE after being at nanna and papa's and getting everything he wanted. Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs. Hill...the wedding was awesome!

SE ran to the door to go bye bye with nanna and papa.

Rehearsal dinner was awesome!

Sweet Preston Blaise Cox was baptized Saturday morning.

Wedding reception with my hot husband!

Super pumped Linda and Neil made it!

With the gorgeous Mrs. Emily Hill!

Baby Dos is a GIRL!

So I thought it would be fun to do a baby Dos gender reveal. With SE we just called/texted family and friends so we decided to change it up this time around. My friend Meg had told me about reading where someone had done strawberry cake for a girl and chocolate cake for a boy. We decided to do strawberry for a girl, vanilla for a boy and chocolate frosting regardless. The cake was delicious, and upon cutting it, we saw it was strawberry! SE will be a big brother to a sweet little girl due to arrive in December. We can't wait to meet her. Many people have been asking about names...here are some of the ones we are considering: Ada, Elise, Finley, Hannah, and Teagan. Her middle name will be Cohrs after Sean's sweet mom.

OU Football anyone...

I think I know someone who might be ready...and he keeps saying it over and over again. It may have something to do with Sean and I, but SE probably would have picked it up on his own somehow, right?

Momma, I pooped!

I've heard the numerous stories from friends who have little boys about waking up from naps to find their little ones playing in their poop. Most times poop around the mouth, usually in it, has also been involved. So I wasn't too caught off guard the other day when I woke up to SE saying "poop, poop" over the monitor. I went into his room and immediately smelled what he was informing me had happened. Then I turned on the light...yep, he was accurate in his statements that he had pooped and indeed it was covering him. The thought of "where do I start" flashed through my mind, and I, of course, did what any good mom does right...I got my camera and took pictures. Thankfully, there were only two spots of it on his face...one on his nose and then forehead, none around his mouth. I might not have made it through the cleaning process had it been around his mouth. And also thankfully Sean came home while I had started the bath and was in the midst of cleaning off SE. Oh little boys...what would we do without them?!

A Day in the Life of SE...

This is occasionally what Sean Edward will do...thus the reason I've nicknamed him Mr. Destructo!