2 Month Checkup

Cal had his 2 month check up and its not just my imagination- he is a big boy! He weighed about 13lbs, which puts him in the 90th percentile, was 22" long- 45th percentile, and his head was 40cm- 55th percentile. In his defense I fed him right before they weighed him :). I have to say I think his rolls and cheeks are the cutest things, but it is a little sad to see him outgrow all his 0-3 month clothes already and move into the 3-6 month things. The time is flying by and I only have 2 weeks left before I have to go back to work... I am trying really hard not to think about it! Here are some photos from week 10.

Rides!

This is a little overdue, since we did this right after Christmas, but Kelly, Jessie and my mom and I took the kids to Nickelodeon Universe at MOA and the kids had a blast. It was Leyton's first experience with rides and he loved them. Of course he didn't show much enthusiasm in any of the photos, but he still talks about Dora and the roller coaster! The roller coaster was definitely his favorite thing, and when it was really jerky I tried to put my arm around him and he actually said "don't hold me mom!". The only bummer was the lines were crazy long, so hopefully we can go back sometime on a not so busy day and go on a few more rides.

Leyton a little weary of posing with the Blues Clues Dog...

Pumped for the roller coaster!

He really did love this ride! I can't explain the serious face...

Grace is a great helper!

Leyton asks to go to Grace and Lucy's blog to see this picture of Dora and Diego all the time so I figured I'd put it on his too :)

Afterwards we ate at the Rainforest Cafe, which the kids (and adults) love! They were fascinated with the Alligator...

Watching the kids go on the rides tired Cal out!

Brotherly love

Leyton has really gotten attached to Cal in the last few weeks. He asks to hold him all the time, and gives him lots of kisses and squeezes! The conversations he has with him crack me up. He says "Cal look at this!" about 100 times a day, and tells him lots of random stories!

Handsome Boy

I got this outfit from my friend Kelly and it made me laugh- a onsie with suspenders!

For some reason I have one boy in suspenders and fancy black pants, and one naked boy...

Just another day

Here are some random photos of what the boys and I have been up to. Nothing too exciting, just wanted to share some photos!

Cal trying out the swing... He isn't a fan of it yet, but I can usually get about 2 minutes to do something quick before he starts really wailing!Leyton ready to get outside and play...The other night Leyton decided he wanted to share some of his stickers with Cal... (reminded me of when kids stick things on other kids' backs and they don't know it...)Leyton and his paints... he asks to paint everyday basically, so I may have to start hiding them!Leyton is obsessed with his backpack lately. He asks to bring it every where we go, and then runs around the house and starts shoving toys in it as fast as he can! This morning he said "oh, I wanna take my picture with Cal and my back pack!" he's so proud of it... and Cal seems really impressed too ;)Bundled up and ready to face all of that snow...Cal in his Giraffe hat that is getting too small already! I still can't believe how fast they grow...And of course another smiling picture of Cal from today!

Big Smiler!

Cal has been smiling more and more and I just can't get enough of it! Leyton gets so excited too and always yells "Cals smile'n!"

Finally, a Christmas post

Sorry it has taken me so long to do a Christmas post, there's just so many pictures and Christmases I knew it was going to take me awhile, and well I don't have that much time to spend on the blog with 2 kids now! Here's a quick recap (mostly in pictures):

We started out the holiday with Christmas Eve at Grandpa Bostow's and Aunt Sarah's. Leyton's Great Grandma Theresa and Great Grandpa Dick were also there from North Dakota, along with Aunt Anne all the way from Texas. Unfortunately Grandma Sharon had to work on Christmas Eve, but we went and visited her at work for a bit. It was great to see her and open presents with her, but it was too bad it had to be so quick.

Here's Leyton playing with the giant Mr. Potato head from Grandma Sharon, it has 4 potato heads inside and tons of accessories!

Great Grandma Theresa and Leyton playing with the blocks she got him...And Leyton opening Big Foot from Grandpa Bostow. He wanted it, but was scared of it at the same time. Every time we went to Target he'd ask to see him, but then back up and cling to me! Now when he plays with him he always says "big foot not scary!"The Bostow group: Anne, Cal, Jeff (with Sarah's cat Harold :)), Sarah, Leyton, Eric, Theresa and Dick.

At 6:00 we were off to Christmas Eve with the entire McNamara side. This year the Mansell's hosted, and everyone was surprised when Santa showed up! Leyton didn't know what to think at first, but sort of warmed up to him by the end... he still kept his distance though!
Excited about the candy cane and polar bear from Santa!

Grace, Lauren, Lucy and Leyton with Santa...

Cal wasnt too impressed with Santa :)

Leyton excited to show Grandma the Tractor Santa brought him!

Our attempt at a family picture... notice not one person looking....

Remember this outfit? Its the one that Leyton picked out for Cal with Julie before he was born, and it looked huge then... fit him perfectly by Christmas!

Christmas Day with my family at Grandma and Grandpa McNamara's. Grace is giving the kid's a lesson on something... she is a good teacher- they always sit and listen! Opening more gifts...

Cal wearing the Christmas outfit from Grandma Sharon...
Leyton pumped about the the huge John Deere Tractor from G & G!Playing with all of the cool farm stuff he got!

Santa brought Leyton and Cal their presents at Grandpa and Grandma's house!This was one of the things that he constantly asked for for Christmas whenever I asked him what he wanted from Santa- "Ninja Wheelie!" (a motorcycle that does a wheelie and then takes off). That and a "big hoop!" (big basketball hoop) that aunt Tina got for him.
On the 26th it was time for the Krumm's Christmas at Grandma Krumm's house.The gingerbread house making contest this year was to build the house you grew up in... They all looked very close!

The McNamara house....The Springer House...
The Demulling house...And the Krumm House... for some reason i don't have one of the Kittel's, but theirs was really good, complete with the pool, hot tub, and even fish pond!Grandpa Mc. and Cal taking a much needed snooze...Finally, back at our house in Dodgeville Leyton found that Santa had filled his stocking!This picture says it all... we were exhausted by the end of Christmas, but we had great time with Family! It was wonderful being on maternity leave over the holidays so I didn't have to worry about rushing back for work. Thanks for everything guys, you all got Leyton and Cal way too much!