Memorial Day!

On Memorial Day morning, us and the TN Crittendens went to Chuck E. Cheese. The kids had a blast! I hate I didn't take any pictures. I had Levi strapped to me in the baby carrier and was carting around the diaper bag, so my hands were rather full. Carter pretty much rode two little rides (Barney and Bob the Builder) over and over again. It was hilarious to see him go back and forth between the same two things.

When Phillip and Nicole and the girls headed home, we hung around the house and then went to Firehouse Subs for supper. Carter enjoyed his meatball sub while wearing his cool fireman hat!

Levi snoozed most of supper, which I was rather thankful for as it helps Mommy to enjoy her meal too - and get to eat it with both hands!

He woke up as we were finishing up and was all smiles, so I had to snap some pictures of the little cutie!

After we ate supper, it was time for Levi to eat, so we drove over to the park so that Corbin and Carter could play while I fed him in the car.

A plane flew overhead as the boys were headed back to the car.

Little man LOVES him some airplanes.

After the park, we stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few things. I know, not too thrilling, but I usually have to either go by myself or with both of the boys, so it was nice to have Corbin there to wrangle the kids while I grabbed what we needed.

It was a great little holiday!!

Fun with Cousins!!

On Memorial Day weekend, Corbin's brother and his family came to visit! They were our first houseguests and we had a great time! They hadn't met Levi yet, so we enjoyed introducing them - especially Levi's namesake, Uncle Phillip!

Baylie was QUITE fond of little Levi. I should have counted the number of times she asked to hold him. The big kids had a lot of fun hanging out all weekend. Carter especially loved him some Baylie. I'm pretty sure he drove her completely insane. By the end of the weekend, though, they were both wrestling each other on the floor at 9:30 at night! Ha!

Nicole and I tried our best to entertain the youngins while the boys were off golfing and having fun! Next time, we're leaving THEM with 4 crazy kids...or maybe even 5 by then! (no, I'm not having another baby)

On Saturday we went over to Corbin's parents to celebrate Mitchell's birthday! The kids got to swim (Levi was inside hanging out on the couch).

My little fish had a great time splashing around!

Here is Baylie getting back at Carter for driving her crazy all weekend!!

I thought this was so cute. Carter got to the top of the slide and wanted me to hold his hand as he slid down. I told him no, that he could do it himself, and then Baylie grabbed his hand and helped him down. It was so sweet!

Our little family before church on Sunday!

We are so glad that the TN Crittendens were able to visit! Hopefully we will get to see them again soon.

Good Morning Baby!

Levi is such a happy little guy in the mornings. He must take after me, being morning person. We won't say who grumpy Carter takes after when he wakes up!! (coughCorbincough)

Good Morning Baby! from Megan Crittenden on Vimeo.

Mail Surprise!

Several weeks ago Carter got a surprise in the mail! He is always so nosey when we get packages, so when I told him it was for him, he got SUPER excited. Here is what was in it:


Corbin's Aunt Priscilla had sent him a name puzzle! It is so cute and he loves it! She also sent Levi a sweet little outfit (sorry I didn't get a picture of that!). We decided to record a little video:

Thank you! from Megan Crittenden on Vimeo.

Thank you Aunt Priscilla for the gifts!

(Please excuse Carter's red-faced-congestion. He had gotten in trouble before recording the video and he was still recovering from the meltdown - ha!)

Spwinkewehr Fun! (Translation: Sprinkler Fun!)

Sprinkler is one of those words that is fun to hear your toddler say when he cannot make the "r" or "l" sound correctly!

A few weeks ago before while I was fixing supper, Corbin decided to go put the sprinkler's out back to water the yard. Carter asked me if he could go in the back yard and I knew Corbin was out there so I just let him go. Well, turns out Corbin had just walked to the side of the house to turn the water on and guess what Carter did????

Yep, ran RIGHT for the sprinkler with all of his clothes on. It was too late before I realized he had done it!

Needless to say, Carter had a BLAST. Corbin and I just laughed and let him run around for a while, getting soaking wet!

He didn't even hesitate to put his face in the water! The picture below cracks me up!

Springtime is going to be so much fun with two crazy little boys running around! At least now I know that if I get tired of them, I can just put the sprinkler in the back yard and let them have at it!

Of course I took some video of the event! This child sure does keep us on our toes!!

Sprinkler from Megan Crittenden on Vimeo.

Sprinkler 2 from Megan Crittenden on Vimeo.

Back to Work!

I went back to work several weeks ago and we are all adjusting fairly well. To prepare, we had to make sure Levi would take a bottle. Since I breastfeed, it is always a gamble on whether or not the baby will transition well to a bottle. We were lucky with Carter and he took to it right away. Of course, Levi had to give us some drama!

The week before I went back, I had Corbin give Levi a bottle of milk. You can tell by the look on his face, he is like "What in the WORLD is this thing, Dad!?". He did everything BUT suck on the darn thing. Luckily, I changed bottles and he did a little better, but it took him an hour and a half to drink 4 ounces. Ridiculous!

I was beggining to think I wouldn't be able to go back to work (not the worst thing ever! ha!), but when we tried again a few days later he did just fine. Guess he just realized that if he was hungry he was going to have to drink out of that contraption!

I sure am missing my sweet munchkin while I'm at work! Of course, I miss Carter too, but I'm used to being without him and Levi and I got rather attached during my 6 weeks off!
I mean, how can you resist that chubby face?!

Smiley Levi!

I seriously cannot resist this little boys sweet grin! I also cannot resist a little boy is seersucker! Love him!