Week 34: Baby Booty

Mason got to spend sometime with our friends Ryan and Trisha this past weekend. Trisha is 26 weeks pregnant and cute as ever. They are moving and Ryan and Matt spent the day using their muscles and loading the Uhaul while Trisha and I visited and Mason gave her some practice at things to come. They are having a boy:)


When we got home we were tuckered out but our little energy bomb was not. He loves to have his clothes off (quite normal for babies) so I let him scoot around in his diapy but that was not enough to we went with the full monty!



Nothing cuter than naky baby booty.

Look at those muscles:)

Like a Greek statue:)

All was well until he stood up against the couch and peed all over it...it was fun while it lasted.

Week 32: The simple joys of July

During the week we had to get out of the heat so Mason and I headed to the hills to hang out with Cormic and Emily. We love our newest bubba.

Mason getting ready for bed in his baseball jammies. Yes he still sleeps with us and we love it. This will be a subject for a later blog when we get ready for the challenge of moving him but that won't be for a couple of months.

My mom was out of town for the first week of Cormic's life and it was breaking her heart so she had to get some quality time in this past weekend.

Big stretch.

Three generations of Armstead boys (couldn't catch Keegan for this shot.)

Cody dog (Cade and Emily's dog)

Uncle Matt working on Keegan's golf game, just a few obstacles to get around!

Keegan getting some mom time. He is doing well with his new brother but he misses all the one on one time he had with his mom. He is a big helper when it comes to changing diapers and I have requested his services for Mason's diapers. We will pay him in cookies.

Emily helping in the kitchen, looking darn good for having a baby a week ago.

Uncle Matt getting some Cormic lovin'

We had a nice BBQ to celebrate our July birthdays: Matt's, Cormic's, Grandma June's (in memory) and my dads.

Keegan was explaining to me that if he ate his entire hot dog his muscles would be super big like grandpa's.

Watch out Kobyashi.

Mason our lil' chow hound.

Proud Mama of two boys.

My mom made Grandma June's chocolate cream pies, per my dad's request.

After all the good food we built a bonfire. Grandpa was teasing, as usual, to throw Keegan in the fire if he didn't behave.

My Dad and Fisher.

The next morning we were treated to hotcakes and sausage and the grandparents took the kids to play. Um can I come to this retreat every weekend?

We wrapped up the weekend with a new gate install to prevent any major stair tumbling. Mason was rattling the bars of his new jail.

And a lovely Sunday evening rainbow. Countless blessings.

Week 30 and 31: busy lil' bees and a new nephew

We have been busy. The fourth, Matt's birthday, and a new baby. I guess we were having so much fun that I forgot to get pictures at most of these events...oops!

Mason spent some quality time with GG on the holiday weekend and he sure finds her to be the "bees knees."

I am not sure where she gets all her energy? Matt says she was the grandma that did all the water slides, amusement parks ect...and for the most part she is still this way.

Let me give you some drool kisses.

Finally after two months of gnawing and buckets of drool ( I am not exaggerating) we have a bottom tooth. AND have I mentioned that he is a crazy kid? He is crawling so fast and pulling up on everything he can. He is into everything he is not suppose to be and I don't stop moving when he is up but I am not complaining because this age is so much fun. The calorie burn is a plus as well.

On July 9th at 12:12 pm Cormic Colton Armstead entered this world at 8lbs 14 oz. We were hoping he would be born on the 10th, my grandma June's birthday but I guess god and Cormic had another plan:) Emily woke up at 5 that morning in strong labor and Cade and Em. headed to the hospital and six hours later with two pushes he made his appearance. He is so precious. He does look like Keegan as a baby but he has a lot of dark hair. I just love these babies. Congratulations Cade, Em. and Keegan! We love you so much and look forward to all the fun memories that lie ahead.

Holding Cormic made Mason feel HUGE!!! I am constantly in awe how fast they grow.

Unfortunately both of my parents were out of town the day he was born so Matt and I headed over there as soon as we could to meet him. I can't believe my lil' bro is a dad of two!!!

I didn't get any pics of Em that day (per her request which I completely understood) but in my opinion she looked great and was recovering quickly.

We took Keegan for a couple days (one night). He was a blast but definitely a challenge. We bought him a "congratulations you are a big brother" gift. A toddler camera. They are nearly indestructible digital cameras that can take video and you can play games on them. I was impressed with all the capability for $45.00. This definitely kept him entertained. He took pictures of EVERYTHING. He also is big on "Why" right now, it would go on and on so we would just say "because." We really did enjoy having him and it was good practice for things to come. By the time Cade, Em, and Cormic picked him up on Saturday we were exhausted.

Here is a video from a few weeks ago. Its not the best crawling video we have but blogger did not seem to like the others.