9 month & 3 year Check-ups

Last week Cal had his 9 mo check up and Leyton had his 3 year check up (just a couple months late...). Cal was smiley and happy for the Dr., and seemed to like getting checked over by him. Everything looked good on both of the boys so thats always good. I was a little surprised that Cal has thinned out, and Leyton has grown quite a bit! Leyton is done with shots for awhile, so didnt have to get any, but thought it was neat to see Cal get them for the first time (usually he isnt with at Cal's appointments), although he did say he felt bad for him a few times too... Below are their latest stats:

Cal's 9month Stats:
Height: 50%
Weight: 20.4lbs, 38%
Head: 75% Leyton's 3 year Stats: (plus a few months...)
Height: 82%
Weight: 75% Hanging out waiting patiently for the shots. Poor Cal was once again happy and smiling at the nurse, and then suddenly screaming bloody murder!

Mt. Olympus!

The last weekend in August we went to Mt. Olympus to get in one last fun summer activity. We have been twice before, and it was just as fun as always. The weather was perfect and there was tons for Leyton to do, including rides this year. We all had a great time and cant wait to go back again sometime! Cal absolutely loved getting to be in the big waves!Leyton wanted to do the rides over and over again... we did the planes and train at least 3 times each. He was bummed that he was too short by about 2" for a few of the roller coasters and the big family tube water slide. Cal mastered crawling without having to put his knees down on the cement :)Leyton went down his first water slide all by himself! We were pretty proud that he was brave enough to climb the steps by himself and go down once he got up there! Snuggled up and ready to head home. They were both asleep before we even got out of the park...

I want some!

Cal has become very interested in food, and seems to notice everything Leyton is eating that he isn't lately... especially Popsicles, Push-ups and yogurt... he will grunt and squeal and follow Leyton around until he gets a taste! On this night he finally got his first taste of a push-up and he loved it! Leyton thought it was pretty funny so he kept on sharing!He wasn't quite sure what to think of the cold on his lips, and would make a really funny sour face after each lick, but then go back for more!

Rub a dub dub

Now that Cal is standing up more it is getting really hard to give him a bath in his little tub. He screams and arches his back and tries to climb out the whole time, and we thought maybe baby Luca would enjoy a blue bathtub more than a pink one :). So now Cal gets to sit up in the big tub with Leyton like a big boy and he seems to really like it. He likes to stand up, and tries to crawl around in the water too. He especially likes it when Leyton brings monster trucks in the tub for them to play with! Leyton driving monster trucks down Cal's back...

Go Pack Go!

We were pretty excited for the start of the football season last night! Leyton wore is Clay Matthews Jersey to daycare, and all night of course. And the Packers didn't disappoint us- what a good game! Leyton also got a haircut after daycare last night, and when the lady who cut his hair kept asking him about the Packers and Clay Matthews he was pretty excited. He looks so old with his new short haircut (definitely the shortest I've ever had it done), and she even gave him a bit of a styled do when she was done- that Leyton also thought was pretty cool! :)

Grandma and Grandpa's New Toy!

Grandma and Grandpa McNamara got the kids a fun surprise last week, a big trampoline! Leyton was so excited, and to be honest, so was I! We had one growing up and I cant even imagine how many hours we spent out on that thing jumping and making up games. I hope Leyton and his cousins have that kind of fun together too! It has a safety net- don't worry, we just hadn't gotten that part up before we just had to try it out!Thanks to Brian and Eric for putting it together, and Grandma and Kelly for getting the safety net up!Leyton was a good helper too...Cal thinks it is so funny. Every time we put him on it would start burning acorss it crawling so fast, and usually face planted it at some point every time...Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

So Big!

Cal has mastered pulling himself up into standing position on just about anything. His new favorite thing to use to stand up with is my legs, like when I'm making supper for example, and I suddenly cant move! He's started walking along furniture the past couple weeks also, which is exciting and scary at the same time! I'm not ready for my baby to possibly be walking in a few short months; I feel like he was just born!Checking out the tub...Hey, Leyton's in here! And a non-related photo of my happy guy in one of his favorite places- the high chair! (as long as food is coming of course...) He's been working on getting those front 2 top teeth in for awhile now. It looks like they are really close, but nothing has popped through yet. Until then, he enjoys chewing on anything he can get his hands on!

Play time and Tomatoes...

Ok, so this post is kind of random, but I wanted to share some photos of Leyton and Cal and their new favorite thing to do- play farm! Now that Cal is mobile it is fun to see him crawl right over to Leyton and start playing with things he's playing with. Its cute until Leyton gets mad of course... Some days are really good and Leyton thinks its cool and talks so sweet to him and laughs at everything Cal does, and other days he has no patience for Cal grabbing his tractors, cows, hay etc., or knocking things over that he's just carefully set up as he comes barreling through!

The other part of this post is about Leyton's love of tomatoes. He has always loved them, and eats them like apples whenever he gets the chance, so we had to plant some again this year. He has really enjoyed coming home after daycare and checking to see if there are any red ones, and eats them immediately (even if they're not that red!). The cherry tomatoes seem to be the favorite.

Leyton enjoying some fresh picked tomatoes the other night...Cal eyeing up Leyton's tomatoes...This night we had gone to the grocery store and I let Leyton open the cherry tomatoes in the store while we finished shopping (whatever works...) and by the time we got home there were hardly any left. He ate them throughout supper and I was shocked (and a little worried!) when I realized he was on his last one! He ate the entire container in less than an hour!

And I couldn't resist posting a flashback photo... In this photo Leyton was just over a year old and helping himself to a tomato from our garden!