The new chair

Bosten got a new chair last week. Its one of those Bumbo chairs. Have you ever seen one? They're pretty weird, but actually pretty cool. It allows a baby to sit up by himself. I could have gotten one a couple of months ago. I actually looked at them, but decided with a bouncer and swing we didn't need one. However, have you seen the back of Bosten's head? Its pretty flat. We figured anything to help him stay off his back would be a good thing. Yes, he can almost sit up by himself. That's ok though, they say he can use it until approx. 14 months. So, we've got a ways to go. This one came with a tray, which has been pretty nice to keep toys on. Bosten really likes it and feels like a big boy.

Formula journey

We have had a heck of a time finding a formula that worked for Bosten. He has always been a spitty baby (so gross!), but sometimes it was worse than that. In fact, there have been several times where I've gone through EVERY SINGLE outfit and blanket we have. When we go to my moms for the day I've got the diaper bag stuffed with extra clothes and blankets, plus an extra bag too with the same stuff. You just never knew what to expect.

We started with this:

It came home from the hosptial with him. He seemed to have a hard time with it, so we switched when he was staying with David and Heather to:

It seemed to be a little better. Then we ran into issues with acid reflux, and the doctor recommended we try:

It is thicker and supposed to help them not spit as much. Not so, in my opinion. It was thicker, but also clogged the nipples of the bottles ALL THE TIME. We figured if it wasn't making that big of difference we'd switch to regular Enfamil, so that we could buy it in bigger quantities at Costco:

It was a little nicer on the budget (not much, but every little bit helps) but we didn't see much improvement with Bosten. Sometimes it was fine, other times large quantities would come up...even an hour or two later.

Tried this.

And this. Still not enough of a change to make me or Bosten happy.

Finally, I tried this one:

I'd looked at it before, but it says all over the can that its for "babies with fussiness or gas". That has never been our issue, so hadn't given it serious consideration. All I can say though is HALLELUJAH! Its a miracle! Seriously. I'm so happy with it. We used to have to burp Bos every ounce (and he still was spitty after all of that). Now, we only do it a couple of times for the whole bottle and it so great. We pretty much wear one outfit per day! I'm not saying he never does it anymore, but it is a thousand percent better. Really.

Random stuff from this week

Last weekend Kyle had a 3 day weekend. It was so nice! We had lots of ideas how to spend it, but ended up staying close to home as both boys were sick. We did try and get out on a walk and to the park (it was almost 70 degrees!)

March Madness is in full swing.

Kaden has been SO FUNNY watching the games with us. He's yelling at guys to "shoot the ball!" or "get the rebound" or lots of other stuff. (Wonder where he learned that?) His bracket is toast though....he picked BYU vs. Syracuse in the finals. Of course, he loves the Cougars (espeically since going to a game this season) and he loves the Orangemen too (for obvious reasons). Kyle and I's brackets are hanging in there. We're not at the bottom of the pack in any of them, so that's good...right?! Yahoo even has a second chance bracket that we're doing, so we'll see if that helps us out any.

On Monday we woke up to SNOW.

There wasn't tons, but enough to be excited about. I thought it was spring! When Kaden woke up we told him to look out the back window. He was thrilled to see the snow and said, "DAD, let's go see if there's snow out front too!" Silly kid.

Both boys are still sick (and now Kyle and I are too). I took Bosten to the doctor yesterday because he was pulling on both ears...yep, another double ear infection. Poor kid. He's had a rough couple of days.

He fell asleep in the carseat after SCREAMING most of the way home.

Finally, for most of our married life Kyle has informed me that his mom always made him a hot breakfast in the morning. My immediate reply?! "I'm not your mother!"

Its not that he expected it, but I'm sure he'd like it if I actually did it. (I always try and have pancakes in the freezer that I've made ahead, waffles, etc. that he can grab.). Anyway, yesterday I got about as close as I'm going to get:

I made a HUGE batch of scrambled eggs (with sausage, green peppers, cheese, and mushrooms), wrapped them in flour tortillas, and put them in the freezer. Now he also has breakfast burritos whenever he wants. All he has to do is pull one out, microwave it for about a minute, and he's got hot breakfast!

Leapster rocks!

When we were shopping the day after Thanksgiving sales, I bought Kaden a Leap Frog Leapster.

I got it for a great deal (it even had a game included) and saved it until his birthday.

He LOVES it and plays it all the time. He wants me to play all the time too. While, unfortunately, nap time doesn't exist anymore "rest time" or "relax time" is going in full swing. This is how he usually spends the hour in his room:

I love the Leapster! Its fun for Kaden and its helping him to practice his numbers, counting, letters, sounds, etc. Definately one of the best toys we've got, and it makes a happy momma to still get an hour to myself!

FREE is a very good price!

The boys and I went shopping today at Walgreens and Target. Here's what we came home with:

3 tubs of Huggies wipes

2 pkg. Mott's applesauce

3 pkg. Reach ultra dental floss

1 pkg. headache relief gels

4 Johnson's Buddies Soap

1 Gillette men's body wash

1 Pledge multi surface spray

1 loaf Artisan bread

I SHOULD have paid $34.78 out of pocket for all of this stuff. In REALITY though after coupons, register rewards, overages, etc. they PAID ME 82 cents. Yep, I got it all for FREE plus got 82 cents. Not a bad shopping trip!

Watch Out Designs

My mom, sisters and I have another project going....WATCH OUT DESIGNS. These are super cute and the fun thing is that everything is interchangeable. You can design your own custom design by choosing from the different watch faces and beaded bands. You can check out the blog (see link on sidebar). Host a party and get free stuff!

For me personally, this is going to be a way to finance baby #3....so please contact me (or us) to order or to host a party.

Here's some examples:

There's several shapes and colors of watch faces.

Super cute, huh?!

March madness

We love March Madness around here! After tonight (selection Sunday), we'll get brackets for both families, friends in Oregon, Kyle's co-workers, etc. Its all about bragging rights. Even Kaden fills out brackets...his picks are based on what the mascots are! :)

We've had more March Madness lately. Kyle's played Church Ball all season. They were undefeated in league play, and have been in the regional tournament the last couple of weekends. Kaden has had a great time hanging with the big boys and shooting some hoops! Actually, he's learned how to dribble the ball (and he's pretty darn good).

Last night was the finals. It was really fun.

They had all the kids and wives make a tunnel for the players to run through..."and at center...number 33.....Kyle Robb"

So fun. Kyle even had his own cheering section:

Don't the boys look like they're TOTALLY into all the action?

Kyle got in early foul trouble and had to sit more of the game than he would of liked. It came down to the last shot....and we lost 50-47. So close. We went out for ice cream with Ryan, Kerry and the kids afterwards to get over it! :) Way to go Daddy.

Chuck E. Cheese

Friday was the day it FINALLY happened. We went to Chuck E. Cheese. Lucky us. Well, we were lucky because we made a deal with Kaden in order to go. I guess I should back up a little....we've been potty training forever (or so it seems). He'll do really great for a couple weeks, and then decide that he's not interested. He would come tell me when his pull-up was wet and want to change it....he just didn't want to go on the potty chair. I knew he could do it...just needed a little incentive. So Kyle made a deal with him: stay dry and no accidents for about 10 days and we'd go on Kyle's day off.

He's been so excited since one opened close by, and was thrilled that it was finally time to go.

We went when it opened and had the whole place to ourselves. NICE. We played games until it was time to eat.

After lunch we played more games (now other people had started to come...but still not crowded!) Even Bosten got in on the action...but this one ride was enough fun for him!

Way to go Kaden!

It goes so fast

I've been working on Bosten's baby/adoption story book. I didn't have very many pictures of the time he spent with David, Heather and Holland so I emailed her the other day and asked her to send me some. Thankfully, she'd taken some so we have pictures of the time Bosten wasn't with us.

For a couple of seconds they made me sad....that was SUCH a hard time...stressful, didn't really know what the outcome would be, wanted our baby at home....AND YET through all of that I gained a new, really good friend. Again, thanks Heather (David and Holland too!) for taking such good care of Bosten when we couldn't.

A happy side note (and I believe a direct blessing from helping with Bosten): David and Heather will be adopting a BABY BOY in about 6 weeks if all goes well. We're so excited and think they'll agree that baby boys are fun.

Anyway, check out this tiny baby. I had forgotten (already!) how little he was!

Just after his 1st bath

Holland feeding Bosten

Halloween

Is 3 too many?

I realized this morning that I'm currently reading 3 books. I've got one by my bed, one downstairs, and one just floating around. Kyle (a non-reader) thinks its CRAZY and wonders how I keep it all straight.

I love to read! Its not hard at all, and its not like I'm doing all 3 at the same time....

The Extras

(4th and final book in the Uglies/Pretties/Specials series)

by Scott Westerfeld

(borrowed it from the library)

Rebekah

(The Women of Genesis)

by Orson Scott Card

(got it for my birthday)

At Home in Mitford

(1st in the Mitford Series)

by Jan Karon

(bought it at DI)

So far, I'm liking all three. I'll be done soon though, so if anyone has suggestions of what to read next, I'd love to hear it.

Cariboo

Kaden got Cariboo for his birthday, and ever since we've played a million games. I'm not joking. He LOVES it. Its a really cute game and actually I love to play with him because we're practicing colors and numbers and letters.

The game goes like this...you pick a card from the stack and then match it on the coordinating cards on the game. You then get to take the key and open the door hoping for a little rubber ball inside, which you get to place in the designated spot. Once you find all the balls, the treasure is unlocked from the treasure box.

So, so fun.