Gotcha

Every night Easton gets a bath. While one of us gives him the bath the other gets all the things ready to put him to sleep. Well, lately James has been working a lot and I have been doing both. We have done this same routine for months and months. So Easton knows what to do. He must of known that there was only me on this day and I couldn't be in two places at the same time. So this is what I found him doing, until he realized I was there.

Pink and Blue

On, February 10, 2012 my sister in law had her babies....a girl and a boy. Their names are Aster and Quinn.. Aster was 5 lbs and Quinn was 6 lb 6oz.( I might of gotten Quinn's ounces wrong, but close enough) So what is killing me is that I can't post any pictures on FB(facebook) yet, because Erin or Brian have not announced it yet. So since I only have my family members and my mother in law on this blog, I figured I would announce it and show off my niece and nephew.

Aster

Quinn

Braces

Being a mom stinks

only when you see your child hurting and crying and there is NOTHING you can do. Easton received his braces today. And I know that this may sound petty but it stinks, plain and simple. I know that this is the best thing for him and it needs to be done. But it sinks. He wants to crawl and walk. He tries so hard. He gets on the tip of his brace and falls head first then crys. He crys because he is frustrated because he can't move. And sometimes I cry with him. I'm helpless. He looks over at me, like help me mom, why can't I do this?!And I cant do one thing, other than tell him its going to be ok. I know it will, and I know it's only the first day, but I just feel bad. Tonight when he was sitting he moved a little and then fell back. He tried and tried to get up but just couldn't so he gave up and just layed there. I felt useless and hopeless. I thought I would never say this but I want him to walk run around, scream because he is happy, climb on the couch after the tenth time telling him not to. I know that it seems like forever away but it's only for one month then we may only have to have it on at night. Like I said, I don't want to sound ungrateful for knowing what is wrong, or anything else. But it's hard seeing your child hurt.
Here are pictures of his legs/feet 2 days before his braces. I will upload the pictures of his braces later in the week

If you look, he has a cup and syringe for his medicine....it has nothing in it

Left foot is the worst

If you look he balances on his left foot with his toes curled up

Hopefully the braces will fix this

Even after everything he has been through he smiles all the time

Nicknames

Working with children and hearing their nicknames I always wondered how the parent came up with it. And now that we have Easton he has a nickname, but I'm not even sure how we came up with it. We call him bug-a-boo....bug for short. How crazy is that? His name is short but yet, we call him Bug. If you really think about it, who calls their child Bug?!?! But these cool parents here call their child Bug and love it very much. When he grows up and asks how he got his nickname i better come up with a cool story.

Choo Choo, It's time for a haircut

You might me wondering why I picked this title for my blog. Well it's simple, because we went to get Easton's hair cut and he sat in a train chair. Let me back up just a little so you can fully understand everything. James really wanted Easton's hair to be long, I did not. But we came to an agreement that we would cut it once I couldn't stand it anymore. Well that didn't take long(about 2 months). His hair was in his eyes and he was starting to look like a girl. So we  thought it would be a great time for his hair to get cut. And yes, he has gone before but this time it was for real. Not just a trim or anything like that. This was FOR REAL. So we went to Kidsnips in Danada. It was the best thing ever. When you first get there they take your name and let your child(let's be honest James and I picked it out). Then while waiting they have a cool play area. No, I don't have a picture of it. James said I could not be one of "those" parents that takes pictures of everything. So I just took TONS of Easton..hehe. So they called us and Easton got Miss Jenna. She was great. She put the movie in which was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Then she put a special cape on him so he could be a superhero. Easton could care less about what Miss Jeanna was doing there was a TV!!! He sat so still while she was explaining what she was going to do. After a couple of minutes of cutting hair Miss Jenna had to make the chair higher and Easton loved it. He smiled then started to play with the steering wheel. At the very end they gave us a certificate saying it was Easton's first haircut along with his hair. He got a balloon which the base was a slinky. How cool is that. Then he was offered to pick from the treasure chest, but we declined that since he really did not need one more toy. Oh, and the salon is a toy store. It had hair accessories to bath toys. They have got to make soooo much money off of that. And I am sure that once Easton is old enough to understand shopping Kidsnips will be making money off of me. Oh and one last thing, they have a rewards card that when you get 9 haircuts you get the 10th free. Again, how cool!!!

Oh, there's a tv here. Great!

Umm, lady you made me turn my head and now I cant see the tv

Move, so I can watch tv !!!

Ah, there we go. Miss Jenna you stay back there and I will watch Mickey

James wiping off the hair on hos shirt

Tada, the finshed product

On the way home looking all nice

Christmas Part 2

On New Years Day we celebrated Christmas with James parents. It was really nice. We went out to breakfast and then went back to their house to open up presents. Easton received books and money for college from his Aunt and Uncle. Toys, a baseball bat with Easton on it, baseball glove, and a cool tricycle. After unwrapping the presents and trying to put them together easton thought the box would be more fun to play with. He crawled inside of it and loved it. He even let us close the top and he would pop out of it and "scare" us.