ALOT to catch up on.....

Ok so I've been slacking on the posting for a while but we've had sooo much going on lately between all of us (minus Austin) getting the nasty flu bug that is going around and trying to squeeze in some extra family time before baseball started. So Austin is now 7 months old as of last Sunday. I'm in complete shock of how fast this fall and winter has flown by! He's not a little baby anymore and I miss it!! Although I'm loving him so much right now because he is so much fun at this age, it's my favorite age by far!! He has finally outgrown his infant seat (by weight of course) and has gotten 2 teeth in the last few weeks. Those of course aren't fun times. Austin is really into watching Hayden and loves to grab onto him when he is near. They are so cute together these days interacting much more. Hayden can say Austin really well actually and loves to say "hi Austin" when he wakes up in the morning and give him a kiss. It's so sweet. Those times are definitely my favorite. Austin is really enjoying Ellie these days too, although she's taking more liking to following Hayden around and playing in his room. They play really well together and she lets him know when she's mad at him! Austin can't wait to be able to crawl around and play with them more. So here are some things we have been up to lately, along with some cute pics of the boys...

He still has those beautiful blue eyes!
These are some typical times with the boys. Hayden loves to have Austin lay on him and they hug and kiss on each other and Austin pulls Hayden's hair. It's so cute!

Austin loves his big brother so much

A walk with Ellie and Austin on one of the sunny days we've had. They are so cute!

Austin had his first big boy bath on Valentine's Day and absolutely loved it!! He is such a water dog already and loves to splash around! He did great in the big tub!

No bath toys can beat a washcloth!

Just some picture taking fun in his room. He is always so happy and loves to smile for the camera. I can't help but take a million pics of him.

This picture is so funny to me. Again I love his blue eyes but he has the funniest look on his face!

Can you see his teeth?

Hayden went to his first OSU basketball game with Daddy and Grandpa George. He almost made it the entire game and loved all the junk food that came with going to a game. (geez he needs a haircut!!)

Good times with Grandpa

Last Friday we took Hayden to Wacky Bounce in Corvallis after the boys had shots. Hayden loved this place and I recommend it to anyone with kids! It's only $7 a kid and parents play for free!! We will be making many more trips here for sure! It was so much fun for Ryan and I to get to play too!! Hayden loved having us interact with him, making him feel special since we haven't got to do too many fun things like this since we had Austin. Sliding into a ball pit was so much fun! We started our weekend with this as baseball started today and we wanted to have a weekend spent with the boys doing fun things before it did. What a great weekend we had!!

Wacky Bounce also has an infant/toddler play area for those too small to participate in the big inflatables. Austin enjoyed some of the cool toys before taking a nap.

Hayden and I having a blast!!

He loves the ball pit

Saturday we headed over to the coast for a night away. We stayed at one of our favorite hotels and the boys (including Ryan) all enjoyed the swimming pool as soon as we got there. It was Austin's first time in the pool and he loved it! He even got mad when we took him out. Hayden surprised us and was jumping off the sides into the pool and remembered everything from the summer and swimming. He really enjoyed the pool! Ryan and Hayden stayed in the pool a little later while I took Austin back to the room to get ready for bed. Then the boys came back and we hung out and ate junk food. What another fun day!

Austin loved swimming! He's so cute in his little boardshorts and rolls!

Laying on his back in the water

Sunday morning we got up and ate breakfast at our favorite spot, Sambos. They have the best pancakes ever!! Then we headed towards Newport and hit the waterfront so Hayden could see the sea lions. He was fascinated by them. Since he was so into them we decided to hit up the aquarium. We hadn't been there with him since he was younger and not so interested in it.

These things are so loud and fat!

Hayden finally decided to try out the toddler foot stand on the stroller so he could hitch a ride!

Loved seeing all the different types of fish. The jellyfish were so pretty.

Watching the sea lions and seals.

The fun little play area at the end was a lot of fun for Hayden. He loves to climb!So now baseball has started so Ryan will be pretty busy! I'm excited to take the boys to a game or two as soon as it starts getting nice out. I'll try and post sooner rather than later!!

So this is funny!

I took Austin for his 6 month check up last Friday and his stats are a little different than Hayden's at 6 months old:

Austin-
weight: 20 lbs. 10 3/4 oz.
height: 27 1/2 inches

Hayden-
weight: 18 lbs. 14 oz.
height: 30 inches

At this point Hayden had already been in his convertible car seat for over a month because he had outgrown his infant one by height requirement. Austin is still in the infant one with just about 2 lbs. and 3 inches left to go till he makes the switch. It's so amazing how they are so different! I thought I had remembered Hayden being chubby like Austin but he wasn't really. Austin is a great eater, much better than Hayden. On Monday Austin's first tooth started to pop through. It's the bottom right front tooth. It's not all the way through yet so we've had a few fun days of teething! I can't wait for it to pop through and get some cute "tooth" pics. Onto Hayden, he is changing everyday lately! I cannot believe that he is finally starting to talk! I never thought it would happen and that we'd just listen to his own language forever! He is repeating everything we say!! I have to remind Ryan to watch what we say because Mr. repeat could be hearing just waiting to copy! His favorite thing to do right now is play the wii we recently bought. He also loves to just watch us and cheer us on also which is too cute! I just feel like he's growing up so fast right now and changing so much. I feel like I just had him not long ago but it's already been 3 years! Crazy how fast time goes when you have kiddos. I'm really starting to realize that I wanna take my time and really enjoy them because I see how fast it goes and before I know it they'll be men!! Anyways, we are all great and hope you are too!

Oh my 6 months already!

Wow I really cannot believe that my sweet baby boy is 6 months old today! It doesn't seem like all that long ago I had him. Time is just going by too fast, I feel like I've forgotten so much already and it's only been a short 6 months passed. It makes me feel so blessed when I look at him and Hayden these days. Austin just adores Hayden and gets so giddy and bouncy when Hayden is around him. Hayden can be such a pill and pick on him and Austin still lights up when he walks in the room. It's so sweet to watch your babies interact and love each other so much. Austin is getting so big! He goes for his check up next week so I'll post the measurements then. He is now sitting up on his own, just mastering that on Monday finally. He absolutely loves that he can sit up and play with his best friend Ellie. I love that he has someone to play with almost everyday. He really loves her and loves to watch her move around and talk. Austin is also pretty much mastered the eating thing with having tried just about everything now. Next week I'll start giving him more than just a taste around lunch time like I've been doing to get him ready. He still has his HUGE blue eyes that I just can't get enough of! They've stayed so far so I'm hoping they will stay this way. His cousin Colton has huge blue eyes too! Many people say they look alike. I've got him on a great schedule where he goes to bed anywhere between 7-7:45. It's so nice! And Hayden follows him around 8 most of the time. I'm finally getting some "me" time at night with some peace and quiet. Oh so nice!! We are just loving these little boys and watching them grow everyday!
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His beautiful blue eyes!
So much fun to play sitting up!

Just lounging around chewing on a spoon

He fell asleep here the other night. We have the same picture of Hayden doing this when he was a baby too!

Best friends

Such a big boy now!

Happy 6 months baby!

I'm making this private...

So I'm gonna make our blog private soon so if you would like to continue to view it please email me your email and I'll add you to the list to view amber.george@hotmail.com. Sorry for the hassle!!

Thanks!
Amber

Sunriver!

So 2 days after Christmas, we loaded up and headed to Sunriver for 8 nights. We had a bunch of family and friends who joined us and it was a fabulous vacation! There was a ton of snow and we had so much fun! Our days consisted of being lazy, playing in the snow, playing games, watching football, taking walks, and whatever else we felt like doing! It was so relaxing and such a great break from the grind at home! Hayden absolutely LOVED the snow. We made a snow ramp off our deck and groomed a trail off it that went through the back. Many of our days were spent outside sledding with Hayden. It was so nice to have everyone together having fun. We had us 4, my parents, my brother, Ryan's parents and brother, and our good friends Levi, Hallie, and Aaron. It was a house full but so much fun!! I was not ready to come home! Ryan and my brother spent a day at Bachelor skiing and snowboarding and had fun as well. I can't wait to plan another trip! Here are just a few (a lot) pics from our trip...

Our beautiful house covered with snow!
My baby boy and I

Grammy and Austin getting bundled for our walk

Marley taking advantage of the stroller

Hayden's 1st hot tub experience and he loved it!

Little snow bunny!

The back of our house, Hayden's headed back up the snow ramp we built

Hayden and Uncle Drew sledding

Down he goes...no fear whatsoever

Mama and Hayden

Uncle Justin giving Hayden a push off

Us minus Austin

Us on Beaver game day

One of our many walks

Hayden at Winoga Snow Park

Papa and Hayden headed up the hill

Sledding makes ya thirsty!

Papa and Hayden

Blue eyed baby!

Christmas...

So I haven't blogged in forever! The holidays were crazy busy and I'm just finally sitting down to catch up. So there will be a couple posts today cause we did lots of fun stuff to tell ya all about! Christmas was awesome this year with Hayden being so excited to open his presents. He opened them, shoved it aside, and found another one to open. Fun for him but I didn't even get a chance to really see what was from whom cause he was moving so fast. So fun to watch though! Both boys were extremely spoiled as always and now I'm thinking we need to get rid of some stuff to make room for the new stuff! Austin liked to eat the paper and that was about it. Christmas is so much fun now that we have our kids to share it with. Here are some pics from it: (they're all mixed up so I apologize but I didn't wanna take the time to sort through them and put in order!)

Austin with Uncle Justin on Xmas

He loved this bear

Austin playing with Hayden's new drums

Xmas morning at our house. Hayden playing his new leap pad computer with Uncle Justin

Austin on Xmas morning with his new very hungry caterpillar

Paper makes him happy!

Very blurry pic of us on Xmas Eve

One of Austin's favorite gifts, his drums!

Happy 5 months Baby Boy!!

I really cannot believe it has been 5 months already since I gave birth to this precious little boy! Time is going by too fast! He has totally stolen my heart. Austin is so sweet and is getting so big. He is now rolling over from his back to his tummy and yesterday rolled from his tummy to his back. We are enjoying all his smiles and giggles, especially the giggles he gets from his big brother Hayden making him laugh. I swear Hayden can just walk by him and Austin lights up with excitement. Hayden loves to cuddle him and give him kisses all the time. It's so funny because we always say "awhh" when he kisses him and if we don't, Hayden makes sure to look at us and say it. He always wants to make sure we see him being sweet to Austin. Austin is sleeping pretty well, taking 2 long naps a day (for the most part) and sleeping from about 8-9pm until 6-7am. Every now and again he throws us for a loop and gets up to feed in the middle of the night but it's very rare. He still really enjoys being held all the time but has taken to the jumperoo so that gives us a nice break if we need to get something done. He now has that jumping motion so when you hold him that's all he does is bounce. We have started to give him some 1st foods mixed with rice cereal at lunchtime and he is enjoying that. So far he has tried pears, apples, sweet potatoes, and carrots. Still hasn't totally mastered keeping it in his mouth but he's getting better and chews and swallows most of it. He seems to be happier during the day getting that extra bit of food. Anyways, we are loving every moment with the boys and can't wait for Christmas to get here!