Boys

I gave my boys coordinating ties for Christmas. Don't they look handsome?

This is the day in December that Wyatt was blessed. All of Wyatt's aunts, uncles, and cousins were able to come and celebrate with us!

Our Wyatt bear is growing so fast. He was over 17 pounds at the last weigh-in. He jabbers a lot and is learning to use his hands.

Corbie loves to harass Wyatt. The look on Wyatt's face here is about how he feels about Corbie. He isn't thrilled, but is learning tolerance.

Life is getting more routine and a little easier. I start work again this week, so we will see how that goes. I am only going to work one shift a week at the hospital, so it shouldn't be too bad.

Life with Two Kids...

The second picture is the first time that the boys met. Corbin was very apprehensive about the whole situation.

I have found that I am NOT adjusting very well to life with two children. My day to day routine involves protecting a newborn baby from his curious two-year-old brother. I hate disciplining- it is no fun at all! Some of the things that Corbin has done to Wyatt lately involves 'sharing' a Teddy Graham with him (luckily I came to the rescue in time, Wyatt was gagging and choking), poking and prodding, particularly in the eye region, and lots of not-so-soft loves. Yesterday while I was nursing Wyatt, Corbie decided that it was time to learn to unlock the deadbolt to the front door. He proceeded to head out the door, barefoot, and began running down the sidewalk. I cut Wyatt's feeding short and chased after Corbin, catching him in front of our next door neighbor's house. I actually felt pretty good about myself in catching him before he got too far. Needless to say, I am tired of time-outs and scoldings.

Corbie has been pretty funny at times, too. He is intrigued by the whole nursing process, especially pumping. He caught me pumping once and came over, smiling. He laughed and lifted up his shirt and said, "Try me!" I was speechless.

Wyatt's stats from his two-week doctor's appointment are 9 lbs 6 oz and 21.5 inches long. That puts him in the 70% for height and 62% for weight. Can you believe that I have a relatively tall kid?

Anyhow, life is good, just hectic. I think that I will adjust to two kiddos one day.

Wyatt Pace Maxfield

Here is the promised update with pictures. Wyatt was born Monday October 19th at 4:30pm. He was 8lbs 10oz and 21 in. No those are not typos....he is a big boy with some nice cheeks. We both feel very blessed to have another little guy in our family. I will post a few pictures and then let Kris post an update later on in the week.

Countdown!

So, there are only THREE weeks left until this little baby boy is due. Of course, I am fairly miserable and tired and moody, but it's all for a good cause, right?

Well, Corbie turned two at the end of August, Walker went to Argentina for two weeks in September to pick up his brother from a mission, (Welcome Home, Joey!), and life has been crazy busy since then.

A blog post wouldn't be complete without an update on Corbin's latest and greatest feats. Corbie has been obssessed with guitar hero lately. He thinks that he knows how to play and will play air guitar if he hears rock music on the radio, etc. He has recently taken to calling me "Krissy" at times. It's really weird/funny. Last night while getting ready to go to sleep, he kept insisting that he sleep on "Krissy's bed". I was totally taken off guard, so I let him do it!

Oh, no! Corbie just woke up early from his nap...

Happy Summer

This summer has flown by! Corbie and I have a season pass to Cherry Hill, so we have spent a lot of time there... I have spent a lot of time chasing that kid and making sure that he doesn't drown. He has no fear of the water, so he will jump into the pool, try to run down the slide, and generally wreak havoc on everyone trying to have a calm day at the pool.

The 4th of July was great. I was scheduled to work a day shift, but it was really slow, so I was able to get off a few hours early. We headed up to my parents' cabin and spent a few days there with the fam. It was good times.

The 24th of July was great, too. We went down to the Bountiful parade with the Maxfield family and had a little get-together with the Burningham's. Corbs loves parades, particularly the candy. What is better than watching fire trucks and bands and other loud vehicles go by and have them throw 'nummies'?

We went on an overnight camping trip a few weeks ago with Walker's dad and sister. Corbie LOVED it! He loved the tent and throwing rocks in the river and running 'fast, mom' down the hill and playing in the dirt. My favorite moment of this little overnight trip was when the three of us woke up in the morning. Corbs jumped out of the sleeping bag and was wandering around the tent. All of the sudden, he stopped and said, "GUYS!" Then he pointed to the ground and said, "Poop!" I wondered if he had an accident in the night or if an animal had gotten into our tent and pooped or something. I sat up and looked to where he was pointing. There was nothing there. He just laughed and said, "Ha, ha." He has a tendency to do this a lot now. Take a toy away from another kid and say, "ha, ha". Steal my cell phone, hold it behind his back and say, "ha, ha". What a turkey.

Last week was pretty yucky- Corbie got hand, foot, and mouth disease! He had canker sores all over in his mouth and wouldn't eat for three days. He had a fever and was generally miserable. When this kid is sick, he is grumpy and wants everyone to know it! Walker and I had a few sleepless nights sitting up watching Corbie's favorite show, "George". He was contagious for about five days, which puts us at today, so we are glad to be able to get out of the house!

Baby update: I am now 29 weeks along. I prefer to think of it as 11 weeks left!

Update

Well this summer has been a busy one for us! Kris told me that I needed to update the blog so here it is...There have been many water activities this year. Corbin loves playing in the water. Whether he is at Cherry Hill, or out back on the trampoline with a sprinkler underneath, he is a happy camper.

His latest love is his scooter. We have been to a few people's houses lately that have scooters and Corbin LOVES playing on them. We decided that we would buy one for him for his birthday which is the end of August. We were at the store shopping and decided to pick one up. When we put it in the cart, Kristin said, "It's nice how we can still buy things with him with us." Turns out that statement couldn't be further from the truth. Pretty much from that moment on the scooter became the most important thing in Corbin's life. The filters from the furnace became the enemy because they were leaning on the scooter. Nothing was worthy of being near the scooter. We got it in the car and hoped that things would get better once it was out of sight. That didn't work either. We got home and all he wanted to do was ride the scooter. We had several meltdowns from the moment we put the scooter into the cart until we got home and finally gave up on the idea of saving it for a full month. So far he has dragged Kris around the block a couple of times and we have taken it with us over to some friends house so he could ride his scooter with Nate. Pictures of the scooter are still to come....

Boys, boys, boys.

I had an ultrasound almost two weeks ago and we found out that a baby boy will be joining our family in October! We are super excited... I just hope that I can handle two crazy little boys and a husband!