Boy what a fun month! I feel like things have been way easier but way more stressful. Will and Brock have been easier. They eat the same thing and Will feeds himself and eats everything. They are sleeping better and playing together better. But the stress of moving and packing has made Brock one upset kid. I have tried to do things fun with them to keep all of our minds on other things and pack at night or in the evening. But he Still he manages to just cry and ask me to hold him on walks or at the park, and act like the world is ending if he gets hurt. I defiantly feel like he has always fed off of my emotions, he was like this before I had Will and was so anxious. It may be a pretty crazy next month with needing to do even more!
I of course have load of pictures but not a lot on my camera... You see a nice lady from our ward has a grandparent pass to the children museum and has offered to take me there with the boys. We are trying to go with Michael but nothing seems to work out. However I did get to go with one of my friends for a little while and we stayed for another few hours. ANYWAYS while I was there I was taking pictures and chasing after Will and a kid knocked me and the camera which was zoomed fell out of my hands and landed on the zoomed lens. I was devastated. It didn't help that things were getting too crazy and Brock started to freak out. I was so upset and worried Michael would be so mad, breaking 2 cameras in 5 months isn't exactly good odds
We ended up sending it in to see if it could be fixed and it was! free of charge since it was still on warranty, which makes that day better.
So the majority of pictures this month is was on my phone! Good thing I have a pretty good phone...
So the very first day of the month was Brocks EEG and ultrasound. The ultrasound was devastating to everyone involved. The EEG was better but he didn't fall asleep. Everything that they could see was fine though... They next one may have to be super sleep deprived though....
does this picture break anyone else heart....
After that we got ready for the 4th of July with activities
Red white and Blue painting!!
Making pizza! OK it was just for fun!.
Had an awesome birthday surprise
Had a fun BBQ
Ate yummy cake!! (the candles totally freaked him out though)
played with the whip cream
Some pictures at the children museum
Crib Fort
We threw a birthday party for Sister Jager! I couldn't surprise her with a birthday party but I got some friends from other wards she had been in to write her birthday notes, it was a good surprise!
chocolate fountain after...
singing!!
he cleans the smart way!
I decided to try something fun and do a week of each month into a fun learning exploring week. That way I was focusing on something fun to do with the boys. And it was only for a week out of the month so it wasn't overwhelming for anyone. of course he loved it so much we did things for a few weeks but the same activities so it was great for me and them.
BUG WEEK was July!
yeah and well we found a snake too.....
To End the week we used our free summer pass and saw giant bugs at the Pink Palace!
Also some tarantulas
We otherwise filled our days with Silly boys, parks, water, and friends.
first ice cream cone!
For whatever reason Brock calls Octopus "patchas"
This beautiful boy has been such a sweet heart. Hes been trying to learn his colors and counting both he is getting down pretty well. He knows Blue and Orange better then any other colors. And for whatever reason refuses to say 3 but will "count" to 5. then He loves the number 10 ha ha. Hes really into coloring and painting. I tried to do better with Sports this month and he will now play basket ball with us. Or just throwing a ball back and forth. He is so poliete says thank you and please. Sorry and now bless you after you sneeze. He "pretends" to sneeze so you can say bless you. It starts out almost screaming AHHHHH choo. Then you are supposed to say bless you, if not he says it to you.
At the end of the month we said goodbye to Sister Jagger and Sister Christensen (it was a group of 3 sisters for awhile)
playing hide and seek!
cool dudes:
Practicing his optometry skills on me
Brock can open the fridge if he wants too and well he really wanted strawberries I came out of the bathroom to find this:
Brock loves his drinks: all at once....
I put the boys to work ;)
A Cole boy Parade
Fun Pig story time!
He ate the entire container of raspberries at the store and the car...
Mischief babies
I got a total of 63 mosquito bites in 3 days.... I couldn't go a few hours with out some calamine lotion! It was so bad
you could say we ate a lot of fruit this month....
more mischief
Well that about sums up July, Mischief and all! Its hard to believe that July was a last full month in Memphis! I am going to cry for days to leave this place. But I am also excited for new adventures and to be done with School soon!
