Today we got David's new convertible booster seat in the mail. I realized the other day when I put Caleb in his car seat that he was very near the 1inch threshold. I know the limit on the car seat manual says 32" but at 29" he is as close as I'd like. With that, Caleb is being moved to the Britax Marathon 70 and David is moving to the Britax Pioneer 70 Harness-2-Booster car seat. This will grow with him till he will need a backless booster as his last step before being tall and mature enough to sit in the seat and just use the lap-shoulder seat belt. AHHHHH ...
Now keep in mind ... part of me is scared about this too. Afterall, a 'promotion' in car seats is actually a demotion in safety. Technically, we're ALL safest riding rear-facing in an infant car seat, in the middle of the car. But that just isn't feasible for driving. :P But Caleb is still rear-facing of course. It is the law that he be rear-facing until 20lbs or 1 year and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends being rear-facing for the first 2 years minimum. We successfully had David rear-facing until 18 months. I'm going to try to get closer to that 2 year mark with Caleb though. It's safest. Besides, if he and David continue to be great buddies, I think it'll be easier since they'll be facing each other for longer. Once they're side by side and forward-facing, it'll be harder. :P
We leave in 2 days for Colorado for our annual Labor Day weekend trip and we're debating which car seats to take with us. Better figure it out ... yea for COLORADO IN THE FALL!!!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary
We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary this year and we just cannot believe that it's already been 5 years of marriage, let alone 12 years in total!! We got to celebrate by going out for a date where we did not have to say "don't do that, stop touching your brother, sit on your bottom please, please finish your dinner, what are you doing?!" Instead, Mike and I chatted about a lot of different topics and just thoroughly enjoyed a beautiful Livermore evening. We went to a tapas restaurant that we've been wanting to try since it opened over a year ago. It was delicious and we even we honored with a glass of Prosecco and dessert by the owner for celebrating our anniversary, as well as being accommodating when they had a party that grew and we gave up our table to help.
Then we headed to another wine bar called Pour House where they had a live band playing great music and continued to just simply ... talk. It was such a great evening. We took a stroll to check out another restaurant we want to try as a family and were amazed at it and can't wait to go back with the boys as well as on our own to enjoy the live band they have on weekend nights. It was great to have an adult night out and only worry about us for a moment.
Here's to many more years of adventures!!!!!
Then we headed to another wine bar called Pour House where they had a live band playing great music and continued to just simply ... talk. It was such a great evening. We took a stroll to check out another restaurant we want to try as a family and were amazed at it and can't wait to go back with the boys as well as on our own to enjoy the live band they have on weekend nights. It was great to have an adult night out and only worry about us for a moment.
Here's to many more years of adventures!!!!!
Monday, August 19, 2013
Caleb ... 9 Month Stats
Has it really been 9 months already?! I cannot believe the summer is almost over let alone Caleb is three-quarters done with his first year. The time is flying by faster and faster and I am not so thrilled with that. I'll admit my current parent fail: I have YET to start ANYTHING for Caleb's baby book. So sad. Not a single photo has been printed. Not a single page laid out. In fact, the plastic wrap is still securely in place around the book. Sorry Caleb ... one day if you have children ... you'll understand how little time there is with one child let alone two. But I promise, before you graduate from high school, I'll have it done for you. :)
Height: 29" (75%)
Weight: 18lbs 12.5oz (25%)
At this age, David and Caleb were the same height but David was just under a pound heavier. Both are tall, skinny bean poles like their daddy. :) Thank goodness too.
Caleb is no longer ONLY army crawling. He's doing the traditional crawl too although you can tell when it hurts his knees on the hardwood because he'll either army crawl or stick his one leg up like David did. He is loving whole, soft foods more and more. He tastes everything first just like David did. He'll put it in his mouth, spit it out, put it in his mouth and spit it out. Usually the third time it stays in and he eats it. :P He LOVES hummus. He likes cracker pretzels. Avocado. Strawberries. Blueberries. Green beans. Chicken. Turkey. And yogurt melts. He has not taken a liking to cheese. So odd since that's one thing that David has LOVED the entire time. :)
He's babbling indiscriminately and squawking at us when he wants things. Case in point, he will begin yelling at you if he wants to feed himself and not have you feed him. LOL ... showing his independence early on I guess. He loves standing and pulls himself to stand quite easily. He's been crawling up the stairs for a few weeks now (since Aug 8th). In fact, he tends to head to the stairs as if to take himself to bed when it's past naptime or bedtime.
All in all he's growing quickly and just like he's supposed to. He has the best smile and his laugh is contagious and easy to get out of him. He's a flirt and absolutely ADORES his big brother, David. We can tell that as Caleb becomes more mobile and more active that David is loving this time even more. Because he's able to actually actively play with Caleb. Can't wait to see what the future holds for these two buddies ... I just hope and pray that they remain best of friends throughout their life even if they have different personalities. Because right now, I feel complete knowing my children are friends too.
Height: 29" (75%)
Weight: 18lbs 12.5oz (25%)
At this age, David and Caleb were the same height but David was just under a pound heavier. Both are tall, skinny bean poles like their daddy. :) Thank goodness too.
Caleb is no longer ONLY army crawling. He's doing the traditional crawl too although you can tell when it hurts his knees on the hardwood because he'll either army crawl or stick his one leg up like David did. He is loving whole, soft foods more and more. He tastes everything first just like David did. He'll put it in his mouth, spit it out, put it in his mouth and spit it out. Usually the third time it stays in and he eats it. :P He LOVES hummus. He likes cracker pretzels. Avocado. Strawberries. Blueberries. Green beans. Chicken. Turkey. And yogurt melts. He has not taken a liking to cheese. So odd since that's one thing that David has LOVED the entire time. :)
He's babbling indiscriminately and squawking at us when he wants things. Case in point, he will begin yelling at you if he wants to feed himself and not have you feed him. LOL ... showing his independence early on I guess. He loves standing and pulls himself to stand quite easily. He's been crawling up the stairs for a few weeks now (since Aug 8th). In fact, he tends to head to the stairs as if to take himself to bed when it's past naptime or bedtime.
All in all he's growing quickly and just like he's supposed to. He has the best smile and his laugh is contagious and easy to get out of him. He's a flirt and absolutely ADORES his big brother, David. We can tell that as Caleb becomes more mobile and more active that David is loving this time even more. Because he's able to actually actively play with Caleb. Can't wait to see what the future holds for these two buddies ... I just hope and pray that they remain best of friends throughout their life even if they have different personalities. Because right now, I feel complete knowing my children are friends too.
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