weekly update

once one person is up...seems like everyone is up.

makai has been climbing out of his crib at 5am

like on the dot every single morning this week.

then once emi hears makai is awake she gets up.

so then eddie gets up and ready for the day.

all while i feel like i j.u.s.t fell asleep and am being forced to wake up.

i finally decided to take a picture of makai

when he comes and gouges my eyeballs.

recently he has started patting my cheek instead of forcing my eyes open.

i swear this kid has nocturnal vision or something.

he won't lay down he just climbs all over eddie and i.

eventually going through bathroom drawers.

this was a failed nap.

wince i pick emi up in the middle of his old nap time.

i try to leave early enough so he will fall asleep in the car.

this day it didn't happen and he didn't like waiting one minute in the car.

he wants to get out and find sticks and look at the buses.

friday night emi's school has a luau.

it was close to 100 degrees, so hot for 6pm at night.

here she is with scotty and paisley, who are cousins.

emi actually ate cotton candy, i think for the first time.

and makai enjoyed a small snow cone.

saturday after their soccer game we invited paisley over to play.

her mom was out of town and we thought her dad could use a break.

emi and her were in emi's room for hours.

they played hide the pencil and 'frozen'.

ah! another car seat nap.

so tired his paci fell out.

monday night we went to the circus.

this is the only picture i got of the entire night.

makai loved it and actually sat still for a whole hour.

i have lots of these car seat nap pictures.

the only time he sits still and isn't destroying anything.

makai likes to play on the playground the entire soccer practice.

he plays with older kids, some who are mean to him.

in hopes to keep him closer to me for longer periods.

i brought mini oreos. backfired on me!

he would grab a handful and run.

eventually he stayed for 2 minutes and i wanted to take his picture.

this is his version of a smile i guess.

i was headed to sprouts to get some stuff before we needed to pick emi up

there was a fire truck in front of us also turning.

i showed makai and the next time i looked back he was asleep.

before the light even turned green.

so i turned into the parking lot to drive towards the school

and he woke up, and started yelling woof, woof, woof!

petsmart is right next door to sprouts.

so we headed into the pet store. he loves all animals...except fish.

he got a little nervous around all the fish.

we headed to the zoo one day after school.

they close at 4pm, we got there at 3:30.

but you can stay for an hour after it closes.

there was no one there! not a single person, except for employees.

finally a picture of him looking at me and smiling.

he seriously never sat in the stroller.

he ran the entire time and wouldn't even stop for a snack.

the lion was resting/sleeping

makai kept walking around growling an making his lion/dinosaur noise.

after numerous nights of makai getting out of his bed multiple times.

a friend offered their crib tent.

i think it's meant for a standard "old school" crib.

but it is jimmy rigged and has worked so far.

i might take the railings off and move the mattress to the floor.

cause he most definitely won't sleep in it in the day.

emi teased him, ha, ha, ha, ha! 

you have to sleep in a cage. such a mean sissy.

luckily these pictures are from when i tried it out before bed.

when i put him to bed there was only a little protest.

can't same the same for the two times he woke up freaking out.