The Cullimores

Monday, April 7, 2014

Stockton is 6 Months

It seems like the more kids you have, the faster the time goes.

Check out those dimples

I can not believe Stockton is 6 months old! He has been around for half a year already! I honestly felt like the first year with James went by so slow. Probably because I didn't know what the heck I was doing.

Stockton is really developing a little personality. He is so sweet and really laid back like his brother.

I am finding that he really loves music. I noticed he gets so happy and lights up anytime I start singing and he LOVES when James sings "The Wheels on the Bus" to him. A few weeks ago during singing time in primary, my team teacher was showing the girls in our class that despite what they thought, she really did have the song memorized so she turned around to face them (our class is so big we take up two rows) to show that she didn't have to use the cheats that the music leader had up. My team teacher has a beautiful voice. One of the girls was holding Stockton and he was sort of fussy but as soon as my co-teacher started singing he got super happy and started smiling and cooing and just locked eyes with her. It was the sweetest thing.

He loves to play with my hair. He usually just sits there and loves to feel it run through his fingers...occasionally he will give a good tug but usually he is pretty gentle ;)

He didn't take to solids like his big brother right off the bat. We tried at 4 months, mainly because he was being a weird eater and also stopped sleeping through the night for a month or so, but he did not grasp the concept so I gave it up for a month and then tried again. After trying it again, he lurched for the spoon and after spitting out the first few spoonfuls, he started figuring out how his tongue works. He wanted the food so bad he was grabbing the spoon from me and feeding himself! That or I'm sure he just wanted to chew on the spoon. He is so intrigued with the food we eat. He longingly watches us eat and will grab for it and if you don't give it to him he will throw a fit. He just wants to be a big kid.

He has been drooling like crazy and chomping on whatever he can get his hands on since he was like 3 months old. I keep thinking those two bottom teeth are going to pop through any day now, but still nothing. He is starting to babble a little and blow bubbles. Adorable.

He's a great sleeper (after having to sleep train for a day because he stopped sleeping through the night for a month) and now has a set schedule- going down to bed around 8pm and waking up at 8am. He then has three good naps during the day.

He's VERY ticklish!

He absolutely adores his dada. I dare say Dada is his favorite person.

He is rolling both ways and does this funny leg lift thing where he lifts his head and legs off the floor and holds it for some time as if he's trying to sit up. He's serious about it too. He's definitely more mobile than his brother was at this age. Stockton rarely rests his head back when he's lying down or in his car seat. He loves to be able to see what is going on around him. He loves to be in the exer-saucer where he can stand and look around freely. This boy is such a mover. He will get his arms and legs going at a rapid rate- he's almost flailing them. It can be super obnoxious though especially while I'm trying to nurse him!

He loves the exer-saucer. I think he likes it because it enables him to better see what's going on.

got out of the shower to see this...James loves it too

I am loving seeing James and Stockton interact. Stockton is getting more and more tolerant of James and I think is now actually starting to like him ;) James constantly tells Stockton he's so cute and handsome. And claims him as his baby. Often times I will be cooking dinner or something and will hear Stockton laughing hysterically and I turn to see James playing with him. I love it.

Yes, my almost 3 year old still has a binky. Don't judge ;) He only gets it for
naps and bedtime, this was right after a nap. It's going soon.

Happy half birthday little man!

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

March Happenings

First of all, did you notice our blog got a little face lift? I spent a good couple of weeks working on it after the kids went to bed at night. I am so computer illiterate so I am glad Carson knows his stuff and was able to help me out haha. But I am proud that I did a lot of it on my own. I'm kinda figuring this stuff out haha. There are still a few things to do and little kinks to work out but I think it looks so much more fresh and simple. I kinda like it. And of course I had to add an owl ;)

March started out SO nice enticing us with such nice Spring weather and today, it's snowing. Boo. March is usually a pretty low-key month for us but this time we had quite a bit going on.

We celebrated my brother's girlfriend, Ashley's birthday with a family breakfast at Kneaders. Her birthday was at the end of February. Happy birthday Ashley!

I couldn't get everyone in one photo so I took a picture of each table (we pretty much took over Kneaders) Here's a picture of my little family (and Lisa, but we look enough alike she can stand in for me haha)

I went with my mom, sisters, and Ashley vintage flea market shopping! And we brought along my dad as our mule ;) He's a great sport. We had a blast!

We had so much sunshine in March and enjoyed every minute we could outside. A bunch of ladies from the neighborhood got together at the park with the kids to play and chit-chat.

James pinching Carson on St. Patty's day because he wasn't wearing green.

We got a new nephew! Chris and Emily had a beautiful baby boy! He had to visit the nicu so we could only see him through the glass. He is so cute! He is now doing well and is home and we got to go visit him and hold him :) Carson was out of town for work when he was born.

While Carson was out of town we had a sleepover with aunt Lisa. She brought Frozen for us to watch!

Our friends and neighbors invited us to go camping with them. I know, camping? In March? We went up to Tremonton where there are some natural hot springs. I had never been to any hot springs so this was really fun. It felt nice! It was nice to have a little get-away and get to know our friends better. We had fun!

Nice photo bomb haha

Stockton's first time swimming. He loved it!...for about 20 minutes, then the wind picked up and it got a little cold.

They have a nice motor home and let us take over the bedroom in the back. Thanks for the invite Mortimer's!

We visited the temple for FHE one night and watched some singles ward people get in trouble by security because they were having a scavenger hunt and one guy was acting suspicious jumping up on the fence surrounding the temple haha

Toward the end of the month it started getting cold and rainy so it was nice to have play dates with friends indoors. One day we went to the Dinosaur Museum. Gotta love our Thanksgiving Point membership!

Time to get back to finishing the yard! We got our first load of topsoil. Boys can't resist climbing a dirt mound.

Carson's parents went on a tour of Israel and Egypt, SO cool! We got together for Sunday dinner and they told us about their trip and brought back some traditional Muslim clothing (and the Jewish kippah) seen here and some other souvenirs for us. What a neat experience that would be! It's on our bucket list for sure now.

That was our March in a nutshell. On to April!

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Promotion!

This guy got a promotion at work!

No, not the little bald one, with the silly teeth binky. The other guy (that is half blinking) :)

His new title is Senior Consultant. He received this promotion in January but is currently transitioning to this position at work.

We are so proud of him and all his hard work. He does such a great job providing for our family so that I can stay at home and be a full-time mommy for our boys. He often works long, tireless hours when I know he'd much rather be spending time with his family. In fact, he woke up at 5am this morning to help a co-worker he is mentoring out of London so they didn't have to stay up late to work his hours. He is selfless. And I love him.

Thanks for all you do Cars. We couldn't be more proud of you!

Thursday, February 27, 2014

Disneyland!

This is out of order but I couldn't miss blogging about this!!

We started our year off right with a trip to Disneyland in January!

It was SO much fun! We went with my side of the family so we had lots of helpers with our little ones. I have found that January is THE perfect time of year to go! We hardly had to use fast passes and the longest line we had to wait in was 30 minutes for Toy Story Mania. The rest of the rides were like a 10 min wait! So perfect when you have little kids. The weather was perfect with temperatures in the high 70's low 80's. Southern California was having record highs at the time.

This was James (and I guess Stockton's too) first time going to Disneyland. It was so fun seeing James light up and enjoy the rides and the surroundings of the happiest place on earth.

We drove down there which was not so fun ha. We made this same trip with James when he was Stockton's age- we went to Oceanside with Carson's family and James did great! Stockton really had a hard time. He didn't really sleep more than maybe 30 minutes at a time in the car and he wasn't really eating well on the way down. I felt so bad. And I don't know what it is with my kids and the pressure changes when we travel but we had blow-out after blow-out while we were there with Stockton, especially in the first couple of days as he was getting used to the change. James did the same thing when we went to Oceanside!