Birthday Parties, Playdates, New tricks & More!...

May has been a pretty busy month for the Dillon clan...

We started off the month celebrating Paige's 8th birthday
Here's the Birthday Girl showing off the handmade paper flower she made herself
(Madi is SO obsessed w/her cousin Paige!)

Then since the sun had decided to show up once again we made a few trips to the park to soak up some vitamin D and breathe in some fresh air!

Madi going for a ride w/ Daddy at the Riverfront park, she LOVES her pink car!

Madi was so excited it was nice enough out to go play on the SLIDE!

Getting some pointers from her buddy Avalee.

Happy little Halen hanging out while the girls play.

Madi also has had some recent encounters with her favorite neighborhood animals....

"Cow Kitty!"

Giving Tubby a pat on the back

Halen was a pretty busy guy and learned to ROLL OVER! He's also quite the ladies man these days....

Of course we had to post Halen's new accomplishment for all to see when they came to visit!

This is a typical day in the life of Halen... Madi & Isa fighting over who gets to play with him!

He has also found something new to play with.... his feet!
(This has made changing his diaper & getting him dressed a bit challenging! Combine the foot constantly in his mouth with the rolling over & it's like wrestling a bear!)

Next we helped Isabella celebrate her 4th birthday...

(How is it possible that she is 4 already!?)


Halen was pretty excited to get to try solids for the first time...ok maybe excited isn't the word for it... He wasn't too sure what to think of it at first...

Turns out, he really wasn't too impressed with it....

...at all...
(*update: He has improved his opinion on this solid food stuff... at first it was just weird to him...but w/ each meal he's become happier & happier to see that spoon coming towards him! He even *thinks* that he's ready to go ahead & just use the spoon himself! haha!)


Here our little rocker is with the super awesome blanket his Grandma Pat made him

Miss Madi-Annie was extremely proud of herself... she learned how to draw hearts! Here she is showing them off

Looking forward to a very busy, busy summer filled with more park playdates, visits from family , lots of sunshine & playing in the swimming pool! Not to mention lots of GROWING for Mr Halen

Halen is FOUR months old!

May 5th, 2011 We took Halen in to see the doctor for his four month check up!
He is now 23.88 inches tall (13.9%) & is 14lbs 12.5oz! (48.5%)
And is healthy as can be!
I think when he woke up that morning he must have known he would be going to see the doctor... because he decided it would be the day he would start to
ROLL OVER!
Guess he wanted me to have a little extra something to brag to the Doctor about! He had to have some shots this time around & boy is he not a fan! He turned a couple new shades of red then purple for about 30 seconds.. while screaming.... then took a deep breath...looked at me and flashed the super cute "Halen Smile".... then took a long nap.... boy I love this kid!!

Halen & Madi's photo session!

It's official.... we have completed Madi & Halen's FIRST ever Sibling Photo Shoot!
As usual, Brendan has done a fabulous job capturing the super cute-ness of our children.... take a look:

Madi's Favorite things...part 3....

Madi is back for another addition of her "Favorite Things"!
She has been a pretty busy little lady these days... lucky for us she has stopped by to share some of her current favorite things..... take a look! :

The neighborhood kitty that comes to visit.

Wearing the top of her cupcake container

Her Baby Doll (Named... what else?... Baby Doll... of course!)

Her barbie fairy wings!

Minnie Mouse!

Giving Baby Halen kisses

Dress up shoes & jewelry!

Daddy & Baby "Talen" (we're working on getting the 'T' into a 'H'..)

Her Princess Crown

Popcorn!

Her new Ladybug rain boots!

Playing with Halen on his playmat

That's all she has for us for today...
Check back often for another installment of "Madi's Favorite Things!"

Growing! Growing! Growing!!!

I continue to be utterly amazed at how fast children grow... I think I blinked once and suddenly Madisen went from a newborn to this super cute, extremely smart little 2 yr old girl! The same is happening with Mr Halen... he is growing so fast... he just turned 3 mths old & is already outgrowing his 3mth size clothes (A feat that took Madi until she was 6mth or so to do!) He's very busy these days attempting to roll over (Seriously Kid?! Someone should have told you, you don't have to learn to do EVERYTHING before you are 6mths old! haha!) I believe he is also doing some teething already as well!! (Drooling, chewing on his hands, drooling, chewing on anything you put near his mouth, drooling... have I mentioned he's been drooling a lot?) So we are keeping an eye out for any little teeth that may be breaking their way through anytime soon. He continues to be a pretty mellow kid, he sleeps well at night (yay!) And loves playing on his playmat & napping in his swing (thank goodness for the invention of baby swings!)

Hanging out with Daddy

Halen is TWO months old!

Halen had his two month well child check-up on March 15th, 2011

He is a whopping 12lbs! (which puts him in the 20% for his age) He is 22.5in tall (43%) .... he's growing like crazy!
He has been doing great... although... he had started getting a little sick the week before his doctor appointment.... Madi did as well... runny noses...coughing...the usual yucky cold stuff... well Halen was NOT sounding good at all by the time the day of his appointment arrived, so we were very happy that we already had this appointment scheduled. The Dr took one quick listen to his lungs & said he has Bronchiolitis..... he was wheezing & sounded HORRIBLE over the next few days... the Dr had given us an inhaler to use for breathing treatments, which Halen was NOT a fan of at all! Overall he was sick for nearly 2 wks... we had a few nights where we got very little sleep and thought we might end up in the ER with him at any moment... but luckily Halen took it all like a champ... even after having a terrible coughing fit he would look up at us and flash his big cheesy grin! Being so sick when you are only 2 months old is no fun! But our little Halen is ALWAYS such a happy guy!!

Finger Painting Fun!

On Madi's birthday this year, her Grandpa gave her finger paint as a gift.... at the time we had a brand new baby in the house & finger painting seemed a bit more of a mess than I could handle.... so I put it away & forgot about it... luckily for Madi, her Daddy remembered it......

I'm supposed to do what?

My fingers are MESSY!

This is FUN!

Look at my picture Daddy!

I'm SO Messy!!

She had so much fun! She is looking forward to making more masterpieces soon!