Hutchinson Reyes Wagler is FOUR months old!

Oh sweet Hutchinson.  He is wrapped around my finger.  He has these mysterious eyes.  We are all so in love.  He is active.  He loves floor time.  When he gets excited his whole body moves!  He is still looking like his Momma for the most part.  Hutch is 14.8 pounds and is 55-60% in weight.  He is now 25 1/2 inches long and is also 55-60% in height.  He seems really long and his is pretty round.  His cheeks are awesome.  He is trying SO hard to roll over and has only made it happen once, on Thanksgiving.  He is starting to grow back some of his hair.  Hutchinson loves to laugh with Daddy and talk to Finnean.  Hutchinson likes to watch everything that is going on and then tell you about it in squeals and coos.  He is very observant.  He is becoming a pro at putting things in his mouth.  He had rice cereal for the first time this week (more on that later).  He is a really good baby.  Hutchinson loves to be snuggled and to cuddle in your arms.  He is getting way better at taking naps in his pack and play.  He is still sleeping upstairs, but in the living room (makes for a tight fit with the Christmas tree!!)  Most nights he sleeps til 5 or 6 but a few nights he has been up a couple times.  Someday he will sleep through the night, consistently!  He is getting to a really fun age, loves to interact with you and is just so smiley!!  Hutchinson is just a happy little guy and we can't get enough of him. 

Finnean Michael Wagler is THREE years old!

 

WOW!  We have a three year old.  #1 it is awesome.  He is awesome. #2 It makes me feel kind of old.  I don't worry about my age ever, but Finnean turning three made me feel old!  Okay, where to start.  Finnean is so funny.  He is particular.  He is creative.  He loves to make Hutchinson laugh and is quite possibly the sweetest big brother.  He love to draw and can write the first two letters in his name.  He can identify all of his letters and many times tell you what letter a word starts with if you say one to him.  Playdough is awesome to him.  He loves music.  He wants to play the guitar in a band.  The kid loves to bake and cook.  He asks me everyday if we can bake something.  If I say no, he says "Why not?  Just get a recipe out!"  He is a talker.  He is not a very good eater.  He has tantrums, knock down drag out tantrums.  Thankfully not very often.  He loves Sunday School.  He is skinny.  He grew 4 inches in the past year.  Currently he is weighing in at 26.6 pounds and is in the 10-15% for weight.  He is 37 1/2 inches tall and is 50% in height.  He is so old that he got his blood pressure taken at his check up!  We work everyday on being polite and respectful.  He loves his friends but doesn't always enjoy sharing with them. He is emotional and maybe a bit dramatic!  He loves football and sports in general.  He loves his family and is the best at reminding us to do a "family hug!" Family hug involves everyone getting together for a big squeeze.  He loves to read and is getting better at sleeping through the night (after potty training, it has been a struggle).  He is completely potty trained.  He wears 24 months and 2T pants and 2T and 3T shirts.  He loves his Cyclone hat and we don't go anywhere without it.  He loves stripe blanket still and now has a pillow pet that he must sleep with.  He still listens to sleepy music.  Finnean has these killer eyelashes and an amazing smile.  He cracks us up and comes up with the funniest things to say.  He loves to go on adventures and sometimes hates going to bed.  All around we feel so lucky to have such an energetic, fun and healthy three year old!  We can't believe that he is THREE!!!

We are still here!

We are back in the house! Then our computer's motherboard went out. That is never a good thing. Hope you all have a happy thanksgiving and hope to have an update soon!!!

Happy Halloween!!

In the Des Moines area we have Beggar's Night, which we learned was put into place to keep kids safe when Halloween started having a lot of vandalism years back in the area, so we dressed up the boys and headed out for a fun filled day!  We started by hitting up the Pumpkin Parade in Valley Junction.  Finnean wasn't quite sure what to do, he thought as soon as you got a piece of candy you were supposed to eat it!  Hutchinson just relaxed and enjoyed the ride and the view of all the people dressed up as he was "perched" on Michael's arm.  Then we hit up the Murphy's and the Darrington's for a little trick or treat action.  We finally ate some actual food before "Trunk or Treating" with the Blanchard's at a local church.  It was a sunny day but the wind kept it chilly.   It really felt like fall, like it should on Halloween.  As you can see Finnean was a fire man.  He picked it out himself and thought he looked pretty cool!  As soon as he put it on, he said-"I want to look in the mirror!'  He had the biggest smile when he checked himself out!  Little Hutchinson was dressed as the sweetest little owlet!!  Kelcee got him the little hat and I made the little feather onesie!  A lot of cutting and a whole tub of fabric glue later...he had the sweetest costume.  I found the little booties at the Gap and of course he needed little tights for the skinny owl legs!  I okay'd the tights with Michael and he said only for a costume can I put our children in tights.  I agreed that is probably a pretty good policy!  The way the feathers got ruffled from all of his snuggling and carseat riding really made him look like a baby owl.  Our sassy fireman (I say sassy because lack of sleep and a need for sugar-make an interesting combination) and little owl were so fun to be with today. 

three whole months...

WOW! 3 months!

We cannot believe that our little Hutchinson is THREE months old!  He continues to steal our hearts.  He has started cooing and ahhing and we have had the start of a giggle!  It is about the sweetest thing ever.  He is a good sleeper at night and has slept through the night a couple of time.  Naps are hit and miss but I will take nighttime sleep anytime.  He still loves his play gym and is a champ at sitting up in your arms.  His head control is awesome.  He looks so old sitting up!  He is such a good smiler and just melts my heart.  He is wearing 1-2 diapers and will move to size 2 here shortly.  He is offically wearing 3 month cloths and does wear some 3-6 month stuff.  It is so sad to be packing up the newborn stuff :(  I am thinking consignment shop, here we come!  Hutchinson loves to watch Finnean do just about anything and Finnean still loves him lots.  It is finally starting to feel like it is normal to have two children....thank goodness!  Hutchinson hasn't had his "offical" 3 month photo shoot yet...I am waiting until he is in his little owl costume.  Here are a few pictures from the last couple days...

Seriously...have you ever seen anything so cute!?!? 
Thanks Uncle Kevin and Aunt Nancy (my aunt and uncle) for this awesome hat!

Oh! I forgot to mention he is trying his darnest to be a thumb sucker.  He is so silly because he has been fighting himself to get his thumb in his mouth when his paci is in but the thumb doesn't satisfy him as well as the paci.  He is a torn little boy :) 

Love that warm weather...

It was beautiful here earlier this week (77 degrees for late October-we will take it!) so we hit up the park to get out of the Clubhouse.  Finnean LOVED it!

Running just as fast as you can...

Love his little face!!

FREEZE!

He loves to pose :)

A little Finnean update...he has turned into a wild man.  He loves to run.  He really loves to talk.  I am pretty sure there is some sort of word limit that he has to get to each hour.  He says the funniest things.  For example:  "that is pretty darn cool" (chalk that one up to Michael) and "Awww Bam!"  that is an expression of awesomeness.  For example, we were at Scheels today and they have a bunch of Iowa State helmets.  He walks by, looks at it and says "Awww Bam!"  They were pretty cool!  I am sure there are many other cute Finnean-ism, I just can't think of them now.  I will try to keep you up on the new lingo we have going on here.  Other than that, he is really into matchbox cars and anything with wheels really.  He likes a lot of buildings and wants to know what every building is.  He loves "church school."  He has also been telling people that he is going to preschool.  He says he likes his teacher and if we ask him where he learned something he says "at preschool." We have know idea where this imaginary preschool is but when he actually goes, I hope he likes it has much as he likes made up preschool :)  He loves to read and memorizes books like crazy.  He loves talking to Hutch and is always saying "he is getting bigger" and "he's so cute!"  Finnean is full of energy and we spend a lot of that energy working on being polite and respectful, which I am pretty sure he is actually starting to figure out what that means :)  He can draw an AWESOME person (will post a picture soon)!  He keeps me on my toes but I wouldn't have it any other way.  We are having so much fun being together! 

Jace turns ONE!

Family photo.
I love Hutchinson's eyes in this one :)

The almost 3 year olds know how to get dirty!  They LOVED playing in the sand!

Hutchinson getting some snuggles from Miss Kelcee.

I LOVE this one of Jace.  His little belly almost prevented him from getting after his cake!

Finnean the Grumps

Mr. H getting some love from the Murphys!

The birthday crew from left to right
The Folkarts-Dana, Tonya, Drew, Coen, Beckett
The Blanchards-Ben, Stephanie, Grady, Jace
The Kenhoulds-Jesse, Jen, Easton
The Waglers-Michael, Courtney, Finnean, Hutchinson
The Murphys-Kelcee, Matt

Pumpkin Time!

Due to being at the Clubhouse for Halloween this year we decided to paint our pumpkins instead!  Finnean picked our pumpkins out this year.  He picked a gourd for himself because it is a "crazy pumpkin" (very fitting because he is CRAZY these days!) and a tiny one for Hutchinson because he is little.  He picked a round one for Michael and a short, round one for me...hope that he doesn't see those qualities in us and that is why he picked them :)  We had a lot of fun painting away (thanks Tonya for the awesome paint supplies!!)

Getting ready and all clean!

Hard at work.

Giving Dad some ideas of what to put on his pumpkin.  Michael had creative block on this date, but his pumpkin did turn out pretty cute!

Happy as a clam.

A little big more messy!

I think Michael used Finnean as a model for his pumpkin design!!

Finished product!
Mommy's, Daddy's and Finnean decorated the last three :)

Hutch was in on all of this but didn't get quite as messy as the rest of us!

Sweet, sweet boys!

CLUBHOUSE!

Rough shot of what the kitchen and living area looks like.  Think two bedroom apartment with tiny appliances and no food in the cupboards.  Okay-we have food but no spices or stuff you actually need :)  Thanks to all of our friends who have kept us fed with awesome meals!!!  You are all amazing! 

Looking back at the kitchen and in the living area.  You can see the halls to the rooms and you can see the blur of Finnean too!

Jerry's house that he is none to thrilled about!

Grady and Finnean chilling at the Clubhouse! 

Hutchinson doesn't seem to mind the Clubhouse at all.  He sleeps well and I am doing okay without my rocking chair.  I didn't realize how dependent I was on that thing!

Finnean loves his little brother!  It is so fun to listen to them talk to each other.  It is amazing how much Hutch watches Finnean's every move and how Finnean can really imitate the noises Hutchinson makes. 

Best napping spot in the house.

Just relaxing at the Clubhouse.

No word on when we will be out of the Clubhouse, so until then we are just trying to enjoy our time here and be grateful that we have a place to sleep!

Wagler Boys!

Do you think they are related?!
We can't wait to see if Hutchinson looks like the rest of them!

Hutchinson's Baptism

On October 16th, Hutchinson was baptized at our church.  It was a beautiful day celebrated with many of our family and friends.  For some reason as I went to post about it, I realized that we did not get a good picture of just Mr. Hutchinson on this special day. 

Thanks Adam for getting a good picture of us!  We often only have pictures of the cute little boys :)

Abby, Cory and Little Hutchinson

Kelcee, Matt and Hutchinson

We have always said that we have amazing friends.  We asked that the Murphy's and the Darrington's be sponsors in our boys' lives to help us raise them in a Christian way and to be a support to our family.  They all agreed and we were thrilled to have them be apart of this special day. 

Bloomfield Retreat

After our little flood we headed to Bloomfield because we didn't know that we were going to be put up in the "Clubhouse" by our insurance.  We took advantage of the trip to hang out with Grandma and Poppa and to hit up a pumpkin patch. 

Finnean loves looking out the window with his "mon-oculars."  He went crazy for all the animals, barns and buggys that we saw on the way to the pumpkin patch!

"A green John Deere tractor!"

Sweet cheeked little pumpkin head!!

Bucking Bronco

Carter has been begging us to hold Hutchinson since the day he was born.  He finally got his wish!  He did a great job and Hutchinson LOVES to talk and smile at him!

Finnean looking old and burning off some energy at Grandma and Poppa's.

Love the expressions of these boys...