Updates and a Trip to Boston.

A lot has happened since Easter. Brody is now pulling up on things and trying to stand. He has cut two top teeth. Not the front teeth but the next ones over. He does not have his front teeth so this is very funny to look at. He crawls everywhere very quickly now and everything goes in his mouth.

Grant is growing quickly. His vocabulary is expanding on a daily basis. He cracks me up everyday. He is very loving too. Don't get me wrong he has a terrible temper, but he can be so sweet.

Calvin just got his report card and had all a's and b's. He has done great in school. The year is ending quickly and he has a busy month ahead of him. He will have a school picnic, a field trip, and kindergarten graduation. He is excited to have graduation. He will be playing Jonah in the play. I haven't been informed of any details so I am anxious to see what they will be doing. Calvin is very shy, but school has really boosted his confidence and brought him out of his little shell.

Over April vacation we took the kids to Boston for an overnight getaway. I have been wanting to do this for a year and it just hasen't happened. We left on Monday and spent the night in a hotel. There was an indoor pool so the kids got to swim and then we ordered food and ate in our room. They thought it was so great to stay in a hotel until it was time for bed. Grant kept saying he wanted to go home now and go to bed. The next day we took them into the city and went to the New England Aquarium. We had a great day and got to see a lot of different animals.

I guess this is all for now. I did get a new haircut. If you want to see it its on my myspace. It was long over due and I am loving it.

Easter Eggs

Ok, I'm on a roll, another post! This will be a short one. My kids are very excited for Easter this year. It seems to be the first year that they have really noticed that it is a special day. Without trying to push aside the real meaning of Easter, we have tried to have fun with Easter Eggs, baskets and all that stuff. I finished my shopping yesterday and put my baskets together today. The Dollar Store sure does help with this kind of stuff. I had a lot of fun putting my own baskets together which I usually do, but am not very good at. I kind of lack in the creativity sometimes. I just wanted to share a few pics of the boys coloring eggs. We used a kit that had paint this time instead of dye. We had lots of fun.

Updates, Birthdays, and Baby Adventure

Ok, so i am going to try this blog thing again. I read everyone elses and think that its so great to have documented so much of their family life.

SIX!
Well, Calvin is now six. He just had a birthday at the beginning of the month, and he has been growing quickly. I can't believe how tall he is getting. Grant has had quite a winter with sickness, but we are pushing through and he is on the mend. He is so funny lately with the things he says, and thinks of all on his own. And as for Brody, he is now 6 months and is changing everyday. This has been a big month for him. He has learned to sit up, crawl, and is now eating food. He also tries to stand on his head wich has been entertainment for the whole family. I will post a pic so you can see what i mean. He is a very happy baby. He smiles and laughs at anyone. I have been really trying to take in every moment with him since he is probably going to be my last baby.

Calvin had his sixth birthday party last Saturday. This was a big birthday for him because it was the first one where he had his own friends from school to invite. He wanted a Spiderman theme again. ( i think this was the third time). Anyway, the party went great we had about thirty people in our house, and for anyone that has been to my house you know that i really don't have that kind of room. It was a little crazy for a couple hours, but Calvin said it was the best birthday he has had yet.

Grant has been very funny lately. The other day I was feeding Brody his breakfast and he kept trying to suck his two fingers. Grant was by my side so I said to him " All he ever does is suck his fingers!" , and Grant says to me " I know Mom, everytime I look at him he is nursing his fingers!". I just cracked up laughing. He has been really thinking up some funny things lately. I took him with me the other day to Target and then we went to Petco to look at the "rapsters". Calvin got a hampster for his bday and that is what Grant calls it. Anyway whenever I get a chance to take one of them with me I jump on it. Most of the time they don't want to go and it isn't very often that I can have alone time with them. So we had a great time. He talked the entire way there and back. The other day i got this toy out for Brody. He was needing something new to keep his attention and boy does he love this. I told Grant that this was his when he was a baby so he had a great time teaching Brody how it worked.

Brody, he just had a check up this past week and he is now 18lbs 6oz and 27 3/4 inches tall. He is in the 75 % for weight and 90% for height. I think he will be a big boy like his brother Grant. He started crawling on the 13th of this month, and is now making a B line for anything that catches his eye. He has a sweet spirit, you can get a smile out of him just about anytime. We also started the food a few weeks ago. I guess I forgot how much time it takes to feed them when they first start. I know he was ready because he would attack anyone with food, and he was 6 months old. He just still lets it run out of his mouth. He does love to drink from a sippy cup though. I'll put a short video up of him eating (if i can figure it out) and also some pics.





Well, as for Randy and I , not to much is happening. We had our share of the cold an flu this month and I'm ready for warm weather now. Randy has been home for the past month with not much work, but things are really picking up now. He will be starting a job tomorrow and then he has a bunch of jobs in the works so that is a blessing! God always provides!

8 weeks

Brody is now 8 weeks old, here are a couple of recent pictures. I actually took them yesterday. He is getting bigger everyday it seems. He laughed out loud two days ago while Randy was holding him. He had just started to nod off and then let out a laugh. Randy and I looked at each other and then he did it again. Something struck him funny. We haven't been able to get him to do it again. I still think its a little early.

We also had our friends Chad and Bridget Culleton over our house recently. They have a little boy Jonas who is 3 months. So I took some pictures of him and Brody together. Bridget and I were pregnant together and they didn't know what they were having. We knew we were having a boy, but it seemed that everyone else that was pregnant at that time ( which seemed like everyone I knew!) was having girls so I was very excited when Jonas arrived a boy. We can't wait until they can really play together. Chad and Randy have been friends since they were boys so its very neat to see our sons together now.

6 Week Checkup

I can't believe its been six week. I know I keep telling everyone that, but its just amazing how fast time goes by. We took Brody for his six week checkup on Thursday. He's doing great other than a small case of thrush. Hopefully we will have that cleared up within the next week. He is growing fast. He weighed 10lbs 11oz and was 22 3/4" long. This is a picture of him being weighed. We also took him to have his pictures taken so I will get those out as soon as they're in.

Fryburg Fair

On Saturday we took our annual trip to the Fryburg Fair. Of course this was a first for Brody. He did good, sleeping most of the day. We had never been on a Saturday before. We usually go during the week, but this year where Calvin is now in school we decided to go on the weekend. Well, I will probably never do that again. There were so many people! When we got there we had some lunch and then the boys wanted to play a few games so we headed off to do that. You will see in the pictures that they played a shooting game and won a small prize. After that we walked throught the barns and looked at the animals. The kids really enjoy seeing all the different kinds of animals and how huge the horses are. After we let them go on a few rides and then went and got some cotton candy. Randy was waiting in line for one of those huge turkey legs and it started to rain so as soon as he was done we headed for the car. Well, i guess everyone else had the same idea because we had to wait in traffic for quite a while, but overall we had a great day together.