Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Shrinking Mama
With summer quickly approaching I've been hitting the gym every weekday morning since march in preparation of putting on a bathing suit. I've been dreading this all winter but today I put some pre-baby clothes on and they looked good and I weighed myself Friday and I'm down 59lbs since Peter was born. Granted I'm no Victoria's secret model but I feel great and confident I can loose the last college 25lbs.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Fun at Lake Accotink
Brandon has been asking to go to the Choo Choo park for days. First it was raining the beginning of the week then we needed a couple of days to let it dry. But today I finally agreed to take him. The boys had the most fun on the swings. 
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Visiting GiGi and Pop Gallagher
Last week I took the boys to NJ so we could spend sometime with GiGi and Pop. Then head over to my college for a good ol reunion. The boys were awesome the whole ride up. But when we got by Newark International airport things got crazy. Brandon kept screaming Mama plane, or Mama truck, and the last one Mama train! I thought I would go nuts with all his hyperness.
Wednesday night B and PJ were so happy to be out of the car and explore all the new toys GiGi got them. Brandon was also very excited for his own room with a bed rail, I was even happier that he slept in his room all night Wednesday nigh minus a midnight visit to Pop. Thursday he woke up around 3 and came to me.
Thursday night GiGi babysat and owner out with my friend Gina for pedicures and Irish food. My mom called only once to let me know I was missed. Friday morning we left GiGi and Pop around 10:30 WCC! We had a WCC new mommy reunion. I have 4 girlfriends who all have new babies. 3 weeks, 2 months, and 3 months. My boys were the trouble makers!
After WCC we went to visit Aunt Christine, Uncle Todd, Tyler and Lauren. We had dinner and saw a car show then went back to their house for Brandon to jump out his energy on the
trampoline.
Here are some pictures from our trip
Wednesday night B and PJ were so happy to be out of the car and explore all the new toys GiGi got them. Brandon was also very excited for his own room with a bed rail, I was even happier that he slept in his room all night Wednesday nigh minus a midnight visit to Pop. Thursday he woke up around 3 and came to me.
Thursday night GiGi babysat and owner out with my friend Gina for pedicures and Irish food. My mom called only once to let me know I was missed. Friday morning we left GiGi and Pop around 10:30 WCC! We had a WCC new mommy reunion. I have 4 girlfriends who all have new babies. 3 weeks, 2 months, and 3 months. My boys were the trouble makers!
After WCC we went to visit Aunt Christine, Uncle Todd, Tyler and Lauren. We had dinner and saw a car show then went back to their house for Brandon to jump out his energy on the
trampoline.
Here are some pictures from our trip
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Peter 8 months
Peter 8 months
He can wave hello or goodbye by waving his fingers
Peter got his first tooth last week
He loves to stand and pull himself up all day
Mommy got Peter to go to bed on his own. He cried it out the first two nights but now he's a pro at putting himself to sleep
Peter sleeps longer at night. It's not all night but he goes to bed between 6-7:30 and wakes up for a bottle between 11-1. He won't take a bottle before bed that's why he wakes up. But he sleeps until 7 am after his midnight bottle
Peter is officially crawling
He lights up whenever he sees Brandon.
He loves balloons just as much as his older brother.
Sent from my iPhone
He can wave hello or goodbye by waving his fingers
Peter got his first tooth last week
He loves to stand and pull himself up all day
Mommy got Peter to go to bed on his own. He cried it out the first two nights but now he's a pro at putting himself to sleep
Peter sleeps longer at night. It's not all night but he goes to bed between 6-7:30 and wakes up for a bottle between 11-1. He won't take a bottle before bed that's why he wakes up. But he sleeps until 7 am after his midnight bottle
Peter is officially crawling
He lights up whenever he sees Brandon.
He loves balloons just as much as his older brother.
Sent from my iPhone
Monday, May 14, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Visiting Aunt Christine, Uncle Todd Tyler and Lauren
After college reunions yesterday we drove over to my sister in laws to get dinner and have the kids play. We we to a car show and tried to get a picture of all the kids in front of a car. But Brandon was on stimulation overload and kept trying to run into street traffic. So we got one at their house and it's so cute. 
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
2 years old a few fun facts
2 years old. My how fast that went.
Brandon can talk in 3-5 word sentences. But it's hard to understand him all the time. But that doesn't stop him from chatting all day long.
Terrible two tantrums have been really popular when he doesn't get his way
He just learned to put on his own shoes but always puts them on the wrong foot. It's cute how independent he wants to be
Brandon started his first art class and used glue sticks for the first time. It was a hit
His other class is a gym class and in 3 classes he has learned how to jump, roll down a hill, and walk on a balance beam
He's actually playing with friends instead of parallel play
Brandon has a fear of Mosquitos. He shakes in fear if he gets near them
Loves to break out into dance. It's really funny cause you never know when it's going to happen
Our little preschooler also learned some bad habits of pushing and hitting. We are working on stopping this ASAP
He loves to ride in other peoples cars. I guess it's an adventure to him or he's already sick of his mama
Brandon always has had a healthy appetite but lately he's starting to want to play first and eat later.
He knows when he goes potty but we are working on getting him to go on the potty
He loves airplanes, trains, cars, playing in the park, and sand box
His new favorite food is fruit smoothies
He hasn't had his 2 year old well check yet but I'm estimating he is 3feet and 32lbs (that's about 6 inches and 3 lbs growth since he turned one)
Brandon goes up to Peter and gives him a kiss and says I love you Peter. We are thrilled how much he loves his brother
We love our 2 year old!! It's still a shock that two years can go by so fast
Sent from my iPhone
Brandon can talk in 3-5 word sentences. But it's hard to understand him all the time. But that doesn't stop him from chatting all day long.
Terrible two tantrums have been really popular when he doesn't get his way
He just learned to put on his own shoes but always puts them on the wrong foot. It's cute how independent he wants to be
Brandon started his first art class and used glue sticks for the first time. It was a hit
His other class is a gym class and in 3 classes he has learned how to jump, roll down a hill, and walk on a balance beam
He's actually playing with friends instead of parallel play
Brandon has a fear of Mosquitos. He shakes in fear if he gets near them
Loves to break out into dance. It's really funny cause you never know when it's going to happen
Our little preschooler also learned some bad habits of pushing and hitting. We are working on stopping this ASAP
He loves to ride in other peoples cars. I guess it's an adventure to him or he's already sick of his mama
Brandon always has had a healthy appetite but lately he's starting to want to play first and eat later.
He knows when he goes potty but we are working on getting him to go on the potty
He loves airplanes, trains, cars, playing in the park, and sand box
His new favorite food is fruit smoothies
He hasn't had his 2 year old well check yet but I'm estimating he is 3feet and 32lbs (that's about 6 inches and 3 lbs growth since he turned one)
Brandon goes up to Peter and gives him a kiss and says I love you Peter. We are thrilled how much he loves his brother
We love our 2 year old!! It's still a shock that two years can go by so fast
Sent from my iPhone
Friday, April 27, 2012
Playing outside
This week it's been yucky out with all the rain and temperature dropping from last weeks heat wave but today we got to enjoy playing outside. One major difference between Peter and Brandon is that Peter loves the grass. Last year Brandon would flip out if we put him on the grass to crawl or walk. He just didn't like the texture. But Peter was all smiles you can see the picture below as a reference. Brandon is going through a major developmental stage right now. He is talking up a storm and understand more that we say and ask him to do. With this comes things that he doesn't want to do and temper tantrums rise. Today though Brandon did the cutest thing. We were getting ready to pile in the car to go to the gym when Brandon grabbed one of the car toys, a McDonalds toy binoculars and walked down the path to the back yard. He heard some birds and put the binoculars up to his eyes and then said to me "Mama I see animals" so jut to make sure I heard what i heard o repeat what he said "you see animals huh?". And Brandon answer yes by saying "dah" he is still working on the y sound. Another fun phrase he says when it's time to go into for dinner nap is "no I want to play outside" to me it sounds clear but I'm sure to others it sounds like toddler gibberish. I'm just a fluent speaker of Brandon's language
Monday, April 23, 2012
star kid family walk in the rain
Today we walked a 2K to raise money for the pediatric cardiology at Fairfax hospital. The weather was a bit of a bummer but we dressed the boys up real warm and brought some umbrellas. One of our umbrellas decided to break halfway through the 2k, we still carried it for cover and it reminded us of the crazy Dutch who would do the same thing one rainy days while riding a bike home.
Sorry for that segway. We had fun at the walk but didn't stay to long after because the boys were feeling cold and got a little drizzled on. The last thing we need is someone getting sick before Brandon's birthday party next week.
Below are some pictures right before the race began. A special thank you to everyone who donated to this cause. The pediatric cardiologists work with many babies who have the same or similar congenital heart defect as Peter and working with small babies is not easy trust me watching the doctors and nurses take such special care for Peter in the NICU and PICU made us feel he was in good hands. We are so happy that we could give back in some way and plan to make this a Kelly family tradition.
Sorry for that segway. We had fun at the walk but didn't stay to long after because the boys were feeling cold and got a little drizzled on. The last thing we need is someone getting sick before Brandon's birthday party next week.
Below are some pictures right before the race began. A special thank you to everyone who donated to this cause. The pediatric cardiologists work with many babies who have the same or similar congenital heart defect as Peter and working with small babies is not easy trust me watching the doctors and nurses take such special care for Peter in the NICU and PICU made us feel he was in good hands. We are so happy that we could give back in some way and plan to make this a Kelly family tradition.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Abraka doodlers class
Brandon had his first preschool art class this morning and he loved it. I have a feeling he will be a teachers pet when he starts school in the fall. He stood next to the teacher all of circle time and loved when she came over to help him. It was helpful for me cause I had my hands full with keeping Peter from eating the markers. Here are some pictures. 
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The 6th Annual Star Kid 8K and 2K Family Fun Run
For those of you who read our blog regularly or your friends with us you know that Peter was born with a treatable heart condition. He had emergency surgery the day he was born and then open heart surgery at 1 week old. The hospital he was born at turned out to have some of the countries top pediatric cardiologists and one of the best pediatric cardiac surgeons in the country. (trust me I saw all their names in top doctor magazines of the USA and Northern VA
So while at peters last visit to get a heart monitor put on for 24 hours to double check everything is still growing normal I saw an advertisement for a 8k/2k family walk run at George mason university which is only 15 minutes from our home. I was intrigued so I rea more and it turns out its to raise awareness and money for the pediatric heart program at Fairfax hospital.
We thought it would be a wonderful idea to walk in honor of our star Peter. The hospital did so much for him so this weekend we are giving back to them.
Please help us reach our donation goal by following this link to our fund raising page.
http://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1002767&lis=1&kntae1002767=BE979D75D169432BA4D1A42279A95182&supId=356656952
So while at peters last visit to get a heart monitor put on for 24 hours to double check everything is still growing normal I saw an advertisement for a 8k/2k family walk run at George mason university which is only 15 minutes from our home. I was intrigued so I rea more and it turns out its to raise awareness and money for the pediatric heart program at Fairfax hospital.
We thought it would be a wonderful idea to walk in honor of our star Peter. The hospital did so much for him so this weekend we are giving back to them.
Please help us reach our donation goal by following this link to our fund raising page.
http://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=1002767&lis=1&kntae1002767=BE979D75D169432BA4D1A42279A95182&supId=356656952
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Terrible twos
Oh my goodness we can welcome the terrible twos into our home.
When I ask Brandon to go take a map he asks "why?"
When I ask Brandon not to color on the wall he asks "why?" and I says because it's the wall he says again "why?"
When I tell him to hold my hand most of the time he will but frequently he will brush me away.
I get a lot of "I want it" followed by crying.
He wants to do everything himself and he'll tell me by saying "I do it"
Luckily he's nice to Peter most of the time. But he does push him, take toys from him and in general be to rough.
Let's hope we survive this stage
When I ask Brandon to go take a map he asks "why?"
When I ask Brandon not to color on the wall he asks "why?" and I says because it's the wall he says again "why?"
When I tell him to hold my hand most of the time he will but frequently he will brush me away.
I get a lot of "I want it" followed by crying.
He wants to do everything himself and he'll tell me by saying "I do it"
Luckily he's nice to Peter most of the time. But he does push him, take toys from him and in general be to rough.
Let's hope we survive this stage
Monday, April 16, 2012
Nana and Rose
On our way home last we we stopped at my Nanas house to visit then took a scenic route through Princeton to have dinner. ( brush fires made the nj turnpike a parking lot according to Paul's traffic app on his phone) there we had dinner with Rose at paner before jumping back in the car for the final 3 hour ride.
Here are some pictures of my nana myself, Brandon and Peter with my iPhone Brandon loves using the face camera so it was the only way to get his picture with his great Nana
Here are some pictures of my nana myself, Brandon and Peter with my iPhone Brandon loves using the face camera so it was the only way to get his picture with his great Nana
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
More postings
I recently discovered an iPhone app for blogger. Be prepared for loads of pictures, video, an posts. My iPhone has become harder and harder to live without
Bunny baskets
The Easter bunny came to NY for Brandon and Peter. And oh boy was he good to them. Look at the size of those baskets below filled with toys and goodies.
We also got our obligatory picture of the boys on the chair together. But this was the best I could get.
We also got our obligatory picture of the boys on the chair together. But this was the best I could get.
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