Mesquiter

For President's Day Weekend we headed to Mesquite to spend some time in the sunshine and see family. We had so much fun and wish we could have stayed longer! The kids felt right at home and Lucas asked 1000 times on the drive down how much longer until we see GrandmaBompa. 

Jane thought the dishwasher was for her own entertainment purposes.

 3 Generations of Coons Boys. Lucas was NOT happy to be gardening. He didn't like the dirt.

 Bay Jane.

 All the grandkids love sitting with Bompa in his office because he gives them free reign... Jane threw everything off the desk and thought it was hilarious.

 We also got to celebrate Avery Leigh's birthday! We had so much fun with all the cousins.

 Best Friends... Lucas and Avery.

 World's largest Tinkerbell Piñata.

Someone found a sucker

The highlight of the night were the foot races.

The look on everyone's face = Pure joy!

Then it was bath time... Lucas and Jax were thrilled to bathe together... two boys in one bath.. we needed a raincoat with all the water splashing.

 Avery visited Uncle Drew's Hair Salon. 

We can't wait to go back in a few weeks for Miss Jane's FIRST birthday! Say it isn't so!

Blankies

Both my kids have blankies. With both of them I tried to force a certain type of blanket... One that I deemed "Cute" or "practical", but both of them chose what worked for them!

Lucas has this little "Nochi" one that used to go everywhere with us. Now it is relegated to his bedroom  and family room. It is so beat up, but he will not go near any other blankie! 

                

Jane had a blanket that she was attached to immediately. It was a a pink fleece blanket that Aunt Kelly got her.  It was a little big to take everywhere, so I tried to push a smaller version of it. Nope. Then January hit and Jane got sick and only wanted to sit with mom. In the winter months I always have this pink blanket with me on the couch. My mom got it for all the girls when we went to Costa Rica for the red eye flight. Well... Jane has deemed the blanket hers. She will only sleep if she has BOTH blankets. One night I put her to bed and I was worried that there was too much fluff in her crib so I took the silky one out and put it on the ground. Within minutes she was screaming. I walked back in to find both arms in between slats and she was trying to grab the other blanket. It was so endearing! So now she sleeps with both blankets. Here she is playing peek a boo with the newer one that she stole from me. I think I need a replacement.... mom??

               

We love these babies and their blankets!

Lucas Henry

I love this little boy. He is the sweetest little boy and I sometimes can't get enough of him. He still lets me give him kisses and I will honestly be sad the day he doesn't! He throws some crazy tantrums that sometimes lead me to eat far too much chocolate... and he ignores like the best of them (must take after his Grandpa Leland). But overall, he is my little pal.

He has said some funny things the past month that I don't want to forget...

While driving past Kripy Kreme L:"Mom! Let's go get a Donut!" M: "Not today" L: "Why not?" M:"Because the line is too long".... then we pass it and he screams, "TURN around mommy!"

That was the first time he asked "Why?" The first of many I am sure. And when did he learn to say Turn Around?

We have been working on what his full name is and how old he is. but now he thinks everyone's last name is "Coons". We jokingly ask him what someone's name is just to hear him say Dallas Coons or Trevor Coons or Fern Coons. And the other day he pointed to a picture of Jesus and said, "Look mom, Jesus Coons."Alrighty then... time to start correcting him.

Then we saw a puppy in a car as we were running errands and he told me he wanted a dog. I asked him what he would name a dog and he said, "Hmmmm," (while having his finger tapping his lips, no less), and he said, "Doggie Coons".

At the end of everyday he asks you, "mom, what was your favorite part?"

He now knows what are "girl" things and what are "boy" things. So if I ask him if he wants to watch something (Sofia the First) and he will say. "Mommy, that is for girls".

Lucas loves pizza... and the other day we ordered some for dinner after an exceptionally horrible day where cooking was not an option. When the pizza guy came I opened the door and Lucas screams, "Daddy, the pizza is HERE! Da da da daaaaaa" with his hand in the air. It was too cute. It also helped that he was just in his diaper and socks.

Anyway... I am pretty sure no one reads blogs anymore, but I love reading back at what I wrote and remember things that I would have forgotten if it wasn't for my blog. So I will keep going just so I can remember the fun, silly, sad, happy memories we create!

At bedtime we sing songs... how many depends on how tired Lucas is and what time it is. Tonight I said, ok 1 song. He immediately said, no 2 songs. I think we have another negotiator in the family... once again, Grandpa Leland?

10 Months

We are 2 months alway from the big birthday, and I just want time to stand still. I am not ready for my sweet baby to be 1! But alas, she gets older each day and her sweet spirit we are so happy to have in out home. 

At 10 months Jane...

- Is fully crawling. She is on her knees and no longer army crawls! You can tell in the picture that her little knees are all red from crawling around. She never wants to be held and wants to crawl all day, every day. This makes running errands and church very difficult. 

- Loves all orange vegetables and that's about it... hence the orange little nose! She does not like any fruits. I can sometimes trick her into eating them if I mix them into rice cereal, but usually half way through she figures it out.

- She is allergic to milk. I had a hunch when I tried to give her a bottle at 4 months and she refused to take it and her lips broke out a little bit. Our doctor told gave us the go ahead on yogurt and cheeses, so we gave her some yogurt. Her eyes swelled shut and her stomach broke out in hives immediately. Grrr. 

- She is FINALLY taking a bottle!!! It took about a week of being persistent, but it finally paid off! I am still nursing in the middle of the night and in the morning. I am trying to wean her off, but she refuses to take a bottle in the middle of the night... it is a total comfort thing at this point, but I secretly like her needing me. 

- I have created a bottle monster! Now that she will take a bottle... that is all she wants! She will eat a little bit, but then will throw a mini tantrum until she gets a bottle. It is kind of cute :)

- She loves to play and especially loves to play with whatever Lucas is playing with. Lucas isn't quite a fan, but is learning to be a good sharer.

- She just learned to pull herself up to a standing position. She is pretty wobbly, but is getting better... I just know one of these days I am going to get her from her crib and she will be standing.

- Hates getting her diaper  changed

- LOVES to be chased. She will crawl as fast as she can and when you catch her she rolls over and starts to laugh.

- I just asked Andy what he wants to remember... and his reply was "She only wants mommy" Which is true... :)

We love you Bay Jane!

Family Fun Night

I love when we have spontaneous family nights that turn out better than the planned ones! Andy has been a little sick this week and this afternoon started feeling a little bit better (thank you zofran!). So after naps we all got dressed and headed to dinner. My cute Aunt got us a gift card to Outback for Christmas so we decided tonight to cash it in. Both kids were so pleasant and enjoyed being at the restaurant, making the dinner experience fun. Lucas ordered a grilled cheese a roo, a Bruce family favorite.

Afterwards Lucas was begging for ice cream. Our last experience at Baskin Robbins was horrible (one too many hairs) so we opted to go to Provo Beach Resort. Lucas was so so so excited to show Andy all his favorite slides so we headed upstairs. Since Andy has had knee surgery I was the lucky one to climb and play. It really is fun once you get past the germs that are most likely crawling around.

Anyway... We had fun, ate mint ice cream, had baths and went to bed!

Like I said... I love spontaneous family dates :)

Nap time

So many of my friends tease me that my kids are asleep more than they are awake :) Which is sometimes true... I depend on my nap schedule probably a little too much. For the past couple months neither Jane or Lucas were taking their afternoon naps as they should be. To say I was flustered would be an understatement.

Since Jane was born she napped in my room in a mini crib and Lucas napped in his bed. But every time I would put him down he would beg for Jane to sleep in his room. So finally last week I caved. I thought it couldn't be worse than what has been happening. That day changed my life! Both kids napped for 3 hours!

They both talk and laugh for a few minutes and then usually Jane falls asleep first... Then a few minutes will go by and Lucas is out. I just love how much they love each other. I sometimes get sad that Lucas won't have a brother or Jane won't have a sister... But listening to them before naps reminds me they have each other. And for that I am eternally grateful for.

Date Night!

For Christmas my grandparents gave us a date as our gift. We were so excited because we seldom go out without the kids. We had a cute girl from our ward watch the kids while we went to a dinner and a movie. We went to Goodwood for dinner, a local BBQ place and it did not disappoint! We both had so much fun and I didn't even think of the kids until halfway through Andy asked if I thought they were ok :)

I only took three pictures and Andy is going to be mad that I am posting this one, but in my defense I asked him to smile :)

The onion rings were huge and the Texas sheet cake for dessert was to die for!

We saw Les Mis and it was of course, wonderful.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Honey!!