Big Day

On monday, my mother-in-law came down for her birthday. We spent the day together and then we went to Michael and Rachel's house for dinner, cake/ice cream, and presents! The cousins had fun playing together and Ruby had a major breakthrough...she'd been spinning around in circles on her belly for a while, and even going backwards, but today she learned to army crawl to whatever she wants. I think she was jealous of Marie and Jack. Then she also started to pull herself up to her knees, and then later that night she pulled herself up to standing! All that in 1 day! Even since i took this video (yesterday) she's gotten a lot faster! I used to be able to plop her down in one spot and go chase after Jack. Now she's not in the same spot and usually has something choice in her mouth (i.e. Jack's shoe). Two on one --they've got an unfair advantage!

This one deserves it's own post!!

We might be close to the line of TMI, but...our little man went poo poo in the potty! A couple of days ago he said "poo poo" and I said, "do you need to go poo poo? Let's go on the potty!" and I sat him up up there and he gave a serious effort, with no success. Then the same situation this morning--except...his efforts produced a poo right in the potty!! I was shocked! We haven't thought he was showing any of the signs of potty training. who knows if it'll happen again any time soon--but i couldn't of felt prouder of my little guy!

(at least i didn't include a photo right?--the thought did enter my mind :)

The curse of 2008!

Finally some updates! You get so outdated that it's hard to come back because so much has happened. To my defense, 2008 has been a little rough for the Lombardis so far:
1)Jack and Ruby caught some nasty cooties from the runny-nosed kids at the daycare in McCall
2) Ruby got RSV and we had to do breathing treatments 3times a day and a round of antibiotics.
3) Jack then got some kind of infection in his lymph nodes, which made his neck swell up. He looked freakish--like two golf balls on either side of his neck--another round of antibiotics
4) I caught a cold from my diseased kids
5) Brian got food poisoning/or the stomach flu
6) I got sick again with an intestinal something or other....

geese, can we get a break?! Let's hope we'll just get it all over and done with for the year!

"The Destroyer" turns 2!

February 3rd Jack turned 2! We had a great day at the park with tons of our friends and family! The weather was great and it turned out so fun (despite the fact that there were 2 other bday parties there that day and we got banished to a picnic table on the edge of the park!) The kids had fun playing at the playground, running through the giant bubbles Brian made, the pinata, and some monkey impressions for a prize (I was surprised how shy they got on me!) Jack is still too small to really get what was going on, but I like to think he still appreciates all my hard work in his own special way. He's been a "terrible 2" since about 18 months--with all the temper tantrums and freak-outs, so we figure we should be out of it by 2 1/2 then right? The boy is seriously crazy and 100% boy. Anything he can find to climb, jump off or smash. He's still not too verbal, in English, that is! He goes on and on about all kinds of things and explains in great detail how he got hurt, in "jack language!" Although this last week, he's picked up quite a few new words. He can be so rough and tough, but has such a tender little heart. My favorite are the unexpected kisses--he gives them to everyone--and everything (his stuffed animals, a toy truck...) and he is so sweet with his baby sister! He has such a fun personality and i cherish my time with my little buddy!

Bad Mommy- Ruby is not only 6 months but 7 months old now!

This is Ruby at 6 months! Christmas is her half
birthday!









January 25th little miss toots turned 7 months! I can't believe how big she's getting--even though she still isn't quite 15lbs yet! She is still in the 25th % for weight but jumped up to the 75th for height! Tall and skinny--let's hope she stays that way! So smiley and never fussy. She is the best baby (during the day that is) the stinker is still getting up once in the night to eat. She's been spoiled while she's been sick, but that will all be ending shortly! Let the sleep training begin! She drools worse than jack did (if that's even possible) for no reason--i see no signs of teeth! You may have noticed her buzz cut--it had to happen. We tried to wait out the mohawk to see if it would blend--it was too hideous! She's getting really close to crawling. She goes backwards pretty well. I just love to kiss her little face! She is such a blessing in our family!

Here's a little reminder of the old hair-do!Publish Post

Payne Family Trip to McCall

The end of December we met up with my family for a ski trip to McCall Idaho. It's located about 2-3 hours away from Boise. Cute little ski town. I've been pregnant for the past 2 winters so we haven't been able to go snowboarding for awhile. The snow was amazing and we were able to put the kids in daycare right on the slopes. It made us remember how much we love it! Jack loved the snow--so much that he had to put his hands in it every chance he got. Then he would freak out when they would freeze. It was so fun to spend time with family, staying up late playing games and skiing (just like old times!)