The BIG Boy Room

Nesting is in full swing around the McGrew house. Everything must be clean, de-cluttered and organized! After lots of hard work, we have finally finished the big boy's room! It seems not so long ago that we were making this room Landon's big boy room in preparation for Reid. And now it's a big, BIG boy room for our 2 oldest sons! We opted to go with bunk beds in order to maximize our space. Landon has been sleeping on the top bunk for a few days now and has done a GREAT job! He loves his new "really high" bed! We just got a mattress for the bottom bunk and will have Reid nap in there for a week or so to acclimate. Then, we're hoping to make the full switch-over at the end of the month! Stay tuned for Micah's nursery...which we can hopefully get to working on very soon!!

 

 Reid's bed...

 Landon's bed...

 I was hoping to get a sweet brothers picture on the top bunk but the best I got was this cheese pose from each of them...

Fone Pics Friday

We were able to meet up with our friends, the Meltons, a few weeks ago! We had a blast eating dinner and hanging out on the trolley.

It's amazing how quickly our playroom can get this bad...can you even spot my two children trying to enjoy their snack on the only floor space they could find?

The next 3 pictures were done using Color Splash, a fun new photo app that I recently found!

The boys halloween costumes...I planned a little early this year!

Daddy was showing the boys a bird egg we found on a walk.

Since Landon was 8 months old (and we couldn't control his hair) we've always buzzed it on our own. When it started to get a little shaggy this past time, we decided to take him to the barber and see if they could "style" it somehow. It still needs to grow out just a little, but they gave him a cute little cut! So this was technically his first REAL haircut!

Baby Update

Just a quick update on our 3rd little trouble maker boy! Since I haven't officially announced his name I will do so now...

The voting poll we had up a few weeks back showed Micah to be the favorite of the 5 listed. However, this is the name that Aaron and I were thinking would probably be the one anyways! To be honest, for a while I went back and forth. First, it was between Micah and Mason. And then, it was between Micah and Josiah. But in the end, Micah continued to stand out to us and we decided to just make our decision. Personalized things have been ordered so there is no going back now! :)

I'm almost 23 weeks now! Our most recent sono was last week and I would attach a picture to this post, but I was only given one and it made our sweet little boy look a lot like a duck for some reason...so I'm choosing to keep that pic to ourselves! But, I will have plenty of future sono's so I'm sure a better one is just around the corner. The sono last week showed that my placenta situation is unchanged and will continue to be monitored. We had a little scare when the doctor found the baby to have a heart arrhythmia a couple of weeks ago. This was found when I went in to be examined for painful cramping. It turned out I had a UTI. A week later, we had the baby's heart further looked at during a level 2 sono and the arrhythmia was no where to be found. But, we were told that this can be harmless, can come and go throughout the pregnancy and may be affected by my caffeine intake! Darn you Dr. Pepper!

I already feel as though I'm waddling and starting to get the fun aches and pains that come later in pregnancy. I'm feeling him move quite a bit which is always so fun!

We were able to hear Micah's heartbeat tonight at home using an iPhone app called My Baby's Beat. I was hoping to put a short clip on this post but apparently you can only add pictures and videos...not sound clips! We counted it off to be approximately 163 BPM.

I'll leave you with some bath time pictures of our first 2 trouble makers boys. I was trying to get an updated picture for a frame that it is in their bathroom. Landon was being very cooperative (and was willing to work for candy) but Reid was LESS than cooperative during this shoot and these were the best I got!

Rainbow Fun

I've recently become a fan of Pinterest. I've been finding the best activities/crafts for kids! One that I "repinned" from my sister was called Rainbow Rice. It's basically colored rice that you can use with your kids as a replacement for sand...which can be messier! I'm not sure how DIY projects get a reputation for being inexpensive, but I felt I spent more on this project than I wanted to. I just happened to have an under-bed storage tub that was not being used to use as my play box. I'll probably leave it out for a while and then store the rice in bags or another container. While cleaner than sand, my boys still managed to make it a tad messy. I would suggest putting a large sheet or blanket down under your rice box and setting a few guidelines before starting! The boys seriously played non-stop with this for an hour! I actually found it quite therapeutic myself. I only wish I had discovered this at the beginning of the summer! But, we'll hang on to it for those upcoming cold and rainy days! ;)

 Waiting to unveil the surprise....

Directions: Put 4 cups of rice in a gallon size bag. Mix 1-2 teaspoons of food coloring (depending on how dark you want the color) with 3 tablespoons of rubbing alcohol. Pour the alcohol/color mixture in the bag of rice. Close the bag and mix it around until color is distributed evenly. Pour the rice out on cookie sheets to dry.

Gym Class

This past week the boys started their first class at ASI. We just call it "gym class." It focuses on general physical development (coordination, balance, etc.) So far the favorite activity for each of them seems to be the trampolines! They each did a trial class a few weeks back to make sure it was something they would enjoy. We quickly learned that they enjoy it!

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Straddle jumps....I know the second one is fuzzy, I just like his hair "jumping"

Donkey kicks...