Meeska! Mooska! Craigy is TWO!

Well…not quite yet. Officially the BIG 2 will be here Thursday. Nonetheless, we celebrated all that Craigy is and loves last Saturday. He was surrounded by ALL of his grandparents (minus 1…ok, so I guess not ALL, but so close!). Two sets of Great Grandparents (all right…one was sadly, unable to attend), and three sets of Grandparents. Such a blessed boy to have so many to love on him.

The theme was “Mouse”, as that is what Craigy calls Mickey Mouse. Totally cute. Yeah..he also loves “Buzz and Woody”, but I took advantage of the cute factor of Mickey Mouse before he was too old for it.

I cannot tell you how much I love this little man. He is so stinking adorable, and so much fun. He is thoughtful, kind and helpful. Always, always running to help me unload the dishwasher or dryer. More than willing to run and “do” whatever chore I’ve requested him of, usually with a huge, happy, loud “OKAY!!”. He is a snugglebug too with mommy. He says “bless you” after every sneeze, AND cough..including his own. Will, on his own…THANK me for dinner after he is done with his plate!

There you have it…a glimpse of Craigy. Happy Birthday little man!!

Hello long lost blog

Dear Blog-

I miss you blog. I'm sure you miss me too. I'm sorry, dear blog, to leave you so behind in the busyness of life. I shall return soon with stories, pictures and videos to share that will warm your lonely blog heart.

Love,
your long lost blogger

It's been so long!!

For the one lone soul that might occasionally stop by my blog...I apologize on being a blog slacker! I will be posting some updates in the next week or so, time willing!

For now, my biggest news is that I've set up shop on Etsy.com making hair pretties for little girls. So, if you have a little girl, niece, cousin, know of any friends that have little girls, like to wear a little bit of hair flair yourself, then please come on by Scooterbug Flair! If you like what you see, pass the word along! If you are on Facebook, follow Scooterbug Flair with our fan page.

Great

Craig with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Mulvey

Grandparents are great...but Great Grandparents are even greater. I mean, with the word "great" in the tittle, they have to be, right?! Craig and Saiah are blessed with two sets of Great Grandparents. Saiah was even able to meet her Great Grandma Ruth before she passed away and visited with Great Grandma Merrihew many times before she passed away last fall.

Just recently, we were able to visit with both sets of GG's...always so nice to see them! I really love that both sets of my grandparents are also Saiah and Craig's. They are wonderful, dear people to me and I'm so glad that they know them and have relationships with them. I have such wonderful memories growing up with my Grandparents.

Yay for Great Grandparents!

A visit with Great Grandpa and Great Grandma Dow

Playing with Great Grandma Dow

10, 9, 8....Fieldtrip!

Saiah, the Astronaut

(which she later said she would never want to be one!)

Our first fieldtrip of the school year was to Scienceworks in Ashland. NASA was there with a great exhibit on, what else, but space..of course. We had a fun time learning some interesting things about NASA and our moon/mars. Did you know that NASA is hoping to have an outpost that will allow people to "live"on the Moon by the year 2021? I had no idea.

We decided to end our fun fieldtrip by detouring over to the Yogurt Hut..yum. A great little place where you get to serve yourself and choose from 10 different yogurts, and about 500 million toppings. You pay by the ounce...which is great, unless you have a kiddo that likes to load her yogurt with gummy bears, gummy worms, and anything else gummyish. They aren't the lightest toppings. Silly girl.

Saiah, Shaylynn and Mason outside of the NASA exhibit

Inside a bubble - yeah..she kind of liked it. :)

We finished off our trip to the Yogurt Hut

My Squishybug, squished.

Hey..this is comfy

I was cleaning Saiah's room the other day and Craig was on her bed, hanging out...playing. All of a sudden I hear this "clunk" sound. I look, and somehow, Craig had fallen between Saiah's bed and the wall. I often call him my Squishybug..and he indeed looked squishy between the two!! He was as content as ever to sit there in that spot all crunched up, playing away with his blocks. It was quite the comical sight.

Crawling, Kisses and More

Craig has mastered the art of crawling. As we all know, gone are the days of Craig, sitting around a pile of toys, content to stay put. Two weekends ago, Jason declared that by the end of that weekend, Craig would be a crawler. Well, he was close. The week after that, Craig started actually moving forward with his rocking of all fours. This last week, he's become a speedy little mover. It's so amazing to watch him grow and learn.

On top of the crawling, Craig also learned how to pull himself up to stand with the couch. You can hear it in his voice when he's accomplished his task, as he makes all sorts of happy sounds. You just know he's completely thrilled with his new find! When you acknowledge his new feat and tell him "Craigy...look at you! You're such a big boy!", he just beams from ear to ear. It's way too cute.

Oh, and kisses! In just the last few days, Craig is giving those wonderful open mouth kisses to us. And when he really wants his mommy, out comes "Ma" or "Mum". Ahhh...melts my heart. <3

Picture to come soon..hopefully. :)