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My Birthday

It is hard for me to believe I am celebrating my 29th birthday. Next year I will be 30... I can remember when I was a teenager thinking 30 was so old. Now, here I am, knocking on 30's door. Although, the years keep getting better and better so maybe I am okay with being almost 30. I have everything I have ever wanted, wonderful friends and family, an amazing husband, two of the most precious boys and we are about to move in our dream house.

We celebrated with family tonight. We had a great dinner at Mellow Mushroom in downtown Chattanooga them walked around for a while.



My sweet boys also got me a lovely bracelet with their birthstones on it.



I had a great day! I can't imagine life getting any better than it is right now (minus the stress of building a new house). Thanks to everyone that. Celebrated with me and wished me happy birthday! We are going to the beach next week to celebrate some more.


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Harrison- 10 Months

Weight: 25.4 

Length:  

Clothes: You still have a couple of jammies that are 12-18mo that you fit in but I don't think you will be able to wear them much longer.  Anything new is 24 mo. or 2t.

Food:  You take a bottle 6oz bottle usually 3 times a day and an 8oz bottle at night.  Every now and then you will wake up really early and drink a bottle but it is rare.  The Zantac is still working it's miracles.  I have totally slacked on giving you a sippy cup and we leave for San Diego next month.  You don't want baby food anymore.  We can get you to eat it occationally but you would much rather have grown up food. 

Sleep:  You have been sleeping through the night most of the time.  Occationally you will wake up at about 5am, drink a bottle and go right back to sleep. I think your brother is wearing off on you because for the last couple of weeks you want to go to bed later.

Diapers: Size 4

You are pulling up on everything now.  You will also walk around holding onto things.  You have stood by yourself a few times.

You were not very happy when we started taking pictures.

You love this bear.

Finally, Happy boy!!

You pull up on everything now.  You have also started pushing things and walking.  I;m not sure if I am ready for you to start walking just yet. :)

You crack yourself up all the time.  You are so happy.

I think this one is my favorite.

Cheesin' it up for the camera.

You have 6 teeth so far but I think you will have two more soon.

You are a super fast crawler especially if you see something you know you are not suppose to have.

Trying to make his escape.

Weekend Recap

Friday evening we went to eat a local restaurant called Thatchers.  They have delicious BBQ are were shooting a commercial.  Melanie, the owner, called and wanted to have us there.  It is rare that I find several different things to eat a restaurant because I am so picky.  Thatchers has several options for me and they are all yummy.  Afterwards we went home to hang out and watch a little football.  My mom called and wanted Lincoln to come and spend the night.  He loves staying at Motts & Potts because he can pretty much do whatever he wants to do.

Saturday morning I had to run to the new house and pick out a faucet for the laundry room and the kitchen then I headed to my Mom's to pick up Lincoln.  He had to drag the tent out and get Harrison and Potts in there with him.

He ran in my mom's room and after a few minutes he was being really quiet so I went to check on him and he said "I stuck".

We left my parents and headed home to get ready for Lyla's 4th birthday party.  I will do a whole separate post for that.  My wonderful mother in law paint trim all day at my house.  She has been such a blessing through this whole building process.

Sunday, I decided to take the boys for a walk around the neighborhood since Daddy was working on the house.  I was hard work pushing these two around but I felt so much better afterward.  My cousin, his girlfriend and their kids decided to walk with us since they live in the same neighborhood.  We had fun and I am trying to start walking at least a few nights a week.  I still have about 10 baby pounds to lose and I would really like to have it gone by the time we go to California next month.  Plus it is nice to get the boys outside and enjoy a little fresh air.

Monster Man

Harrison has started his own version of the monster face and it is adorable.  He will scrunch his face up and then laugh. 

Lincoln's 2yr Well Visit

Weight: 36.4lbs

Height: 35.75inches

 

Clothes: 

You mostly wear size 3t now.  As soon as I get a chance I am going to clean all the of the 2t stuff out of your closet and put it in your brother's closet.

 

Food: 
You are a horrible eater.  I am trying not to lose my patience with you but it is exhausting trying to get you to eat anything.  Dr. Carroll said we should try limiting your milk intake.  Honestly, I don't have it in me to fight with you about it right now.  You are a very healthy boy and you are growing and gaining weight so I am not going to push the matter too much.

Words:  You say way to many things now to write them all down. DaDa, MaMa, Bye, NumNum, hi, backpack, thank you, truck, Tay Tay, Pop Pop, bottle, up, choo choo, Dex, socks, sit, boom, this, yes, hop, ice, ten, nine, hot, there, Bot, no, bath, two, you call a cookie, cook, Tish, two, six, eight, Elmo, fish, duck, Mopsy (Motts), Popsy (Potts), Harris (Hurris), chips, bird, car, tree, moon, rain, Big Bird, mouse, monkey, house, you are repeating more and more words everyday.

Sleep:You usually got to bed about 10:30pm or 11pm and wake up around 7:30am but most of the time I have to wake you up to leave.  You take a nap around 11:30am and wake up between 2pm-2:30pm.  you have started going to bed later and wanting to sleep late in the morning (like your Mommy).  Maybe once we move and things get calmed down a little we can get back into our old routine.

Diapers: I moved you back to size 6 diapers.  The size five didn't cut it at night and it was too hard to remember which diaper to put on when.

Overall, Dr. Carroll said you looked great.  He was amazed that you can count to 12 in English and six in Spanish.  You can also count bachwards from 10.  You know what all the animals say and pick out which is which in a book.

Someone just wanted to do the monster face in every picture.

He loves to play tent.

this is what he was trying to do the whole time Dr. Carroll was in the room when he wasn't screaming.  I'm not really sure what was wrong with him but he cried from the minute Dr. C came in until he left.

Brothers

Lincoln reading to Harrison.

They both love to drag all the books off the shelf for Mommy to pick up.

Yummy Chicken

This child loves food.  He wasn't actually eating the chicken but he was trying his hardest to bite off pieces.

Weekend Recap

It has been crazy busy around the Barajas household lately.  Work has also been rather hectic hence the lack of blogging.  I have a million post to write but don't the time to edit and photos and write about the events. 

This past weekend we sent each of the boys to stay with a set of Grandparents.  Lincoln went to Atlanta with my parents to stay at my Aunt Shelia's house.  Lincoln's cousin, Greyson, was staying with Aunt Shelia and from what I can tell they had a great time playing together.  I am so glad they got to spend a little time together.  I hate that we don't get to see Greyson and his parents but on major holidays.  Hopefully we will be able to make a few more trips to Newnan once the house is finished.

Lincoln & Greyson playing at Aunt Shelia's house

My parents also took Lincoln to get a much needed hair cut.  I've been wanting to take him to a children's salon but I have no idea where one is around Chattanooga.  My mom said it didn't help and that he still hated getting his hair cut.

After the salon, they went to Monkey Joes to play. 

Harrison spent the weekend with Nana & Pop Pop in Dalton.  Nana called and told me Harrison was being such a sweet boy and how different him and Lincoln are.  Harrison is very calm and easy going.  He will entertain himself for long periods of time and is always smiling and laughing at something.

As soon as the boys were off with their Grandparents Christian and I got to work.  Christian's Mom and I painted baseboards.  There were about 40 16ft. baseboards to paint.  We were slow starting out but once we got a good system going we were flying through.

Christian laid the tile in the laundry room and master bath.  I am so proud of the great job he has done.  I believe this is only the second time he had laid tile.  He is pretty handy to have around because he can do just about anything and if he hasn't done it before he can figure it out.



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Peek-A-Boo

Daddy was hiding in the shower then jumping out. The boys thought this was hilarious! Just another fun night at the Barajas household.


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What does the horse say?

Last weekend we had to go to Mobray mountain to pick up a propane tank for the house. It just so happened that the tank was at a friend of ours Moms house that has horses. Lincoln is really into animals and the sounds they make right now. I had no idea how he was going to react to seeing a real horse.



He loved seeing the horse but lost it when we tried to get him to pet it. Harrison, of course, loved every second. Lincoln also saw a cat for the first time. The cat definitely loved him but Lincoln was a little apprehensive.

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Dex & Lincoln's Birthday Dinner

I took the day off work yesterday to celebrate!  My big boy turned two and my younger brother turned 20!  Since I was taking the day off I was excited I might get to sleep a little later because I have been having to wake the boys up to leave every morning around 7:30am.  Sleeping until 7am would be amazing!  No such luck.  Both boys woke up at 6am and were ready to party.  I did a few things around the house and got ready then we went to my mom's office so she could watch the boys while I ran to work to send tidy up a couple of things.  Afterwards, I got the idea to go and have a birthday lunch with Daddy.  I was so excited and of course both boys fell asleep on the way since they had been up since 6am.  Christian and I went throught the drive-thru at Burger King and ate in the car at his work.  I really wanted to do something fun with the boys since it was Lincoln's birthday.  I thought about taking them to the TN Aquarium since I was already downtown but they were sleeping so good and I didn't want to wake them.  We just headed back towards home.  I stopped by Christian's Mom's and chatted with her for a few minutes. Finally the boys woke up about 2:30pm and we went to the grocery store to pick up a cake and birthday cards.  After a fun filled trip to the grocery store we went home to play for a little while and freshen up before dinner.

We decided to have dinner at Mellow Mushroom in downtown Chattanooga.  Their food is delicious and they can accomodate a groop pretty easily.

The two birthday boys with their cake.

I tried to get a picture without Lincoln's hand in the way but he wanted some icing.

Lincoln ate really well and I was so proud.  He is not a very good eater and he was chowing down on the pizza.

Dexx and Hannah

Aunt Linda with Lincoln

This picture is precious!  Lincoln loves his aunt Linda.

Grammy Johneen

Mopsy (Motts) giving Harrison some unsweet tea.

Christian was trying to get a picture of Lincoln giving me a kiss and Lincoln licked me! :)

How precious is this little boy? He just melts my heart!

Family pic

I got a really good picture of both of them last year but this year was a huge fail!!!

Ready to go play in the water.

Motts, Harrison, Hannah & Lincoln

Harrison wanted to go play in the water too!

Lincoln wasn't sure what to think at first. 

He loved his water guns that Motts got for him.

H-Man loved the water.

My attempt at getting the boy's picture with the bridge in the background.

Popsy (Potts) and Lincoln

Uncle Cody and Grammy Johneen

Taking a family walk down the steps.

New family pic!  I like this one much better than the one at dinner.

I love this one!

Lincoln having a blast in the pool at the bottom.

Hannah and Harrison both have their tongues out.

so sweet

Look how white Harrison is!

Overall, the day was a success!  We are ready to party away at Pump it Up tomorrow!