Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Lets Rewind to Alex's Birthday
On Alex's actual bday wev had a little family party, just the 4 of us. I let Alex choose his cupcakes from the walmart bakery and he got to pick 4 balloons.
Alex's present from mommy & daddy was a Leapster Learning Games System. He loves it!
the balloons lasted only about a day...
can you believe he's 4 years old already???
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Sweet Sleep
Charlie is a GREAT sleeper! He sleeps through all the NOISE of his brothers. He sleeps great in his swing, his bouncy seat, his car seat, his crib, or when being held...and I imagine he'd sleep great anywhere else I tried him!!
A Little Look at Charlie
I just realized that I never put any of Charlie's birth info on the last post. Well, here are his stats: born on 7-6-10 at 8:04am. C-section went smoothly for both of us. He was 8lbs 9oz, and 21 in long (same weight and just 1/2 in longer than his brother Sam). He let out some good cries when the doctors were doing their checks of him! He got an 8 and a 9 (out of 10pts) on his APGAR tests. He calmed down pretty quickly and has been a calm baby ever since. He is a great sleeper, already doing 4 hour stretches at night! He is very content to eat, watch the world, and sleep. Charlie's brothers love on him already and have been very sweet to him. Sammy says "I see a baby!' every time he looks his way and even enjoys holding him for a few seconds. Alex has been a great helper to baby brother, even trying to comfort him when he cries. He LOVES to hold baby Charlie and thinks he is "A cute baby!" and says "Baby Charlie and Sammy are my best friends!" We are all loving having baby Charlie in our family now!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Charlie's Arrival
Morning of...still inside...warm and cozy!!
Charlie is here...just seconds old in this pic and pretty mad at the doctors and nurses!!
what's more interesting to little boys? a new baby or the Disney Channel??
Friday, July 02, 2010
Sammy Counts to 10
Turn your volume up for the first half as it is hard to hear him! Sam just started counting to 10 out of the blue (though he often gets the numbers mixed up and/or skips some). He is also learning some of his shapes and says a few of them here.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Father's Day Weekend
This year we kind of had an extended Father's Day weekend celebration...just a lot of family time together because this morning Ryan headed out of town for the whole week with the teens to camp in WI. So we just wanted to do a bunch of fun stuff together before he left. So, Thursday night we went to Applebees for dinner and then played Sorry! Friday night we did some crafts when we got home. Alex & Ryan can get quite creative with pipe cleaners and pom-poms. Sam just wanted to hold fist-fulls of them and squish them! Then we took a long walk around the neighborhood---long mostly because I walk pretty slowly these days! Saturday we hopped in the car and drove up to Souix City. We spent a few hours before lunch at Chuck-E-Cheese (we had the place almost to ourselves because we got there early...that's the only way to survive as parents at Chuck-E-Cheese!!) Then we went to Barnes & Noble (for Ryan's sake!!) and some stores in the mall (to buy some new sandals for Sammy's ever growing feet!).
Sunday was a pretty busy day since Ryan had lots of loose ends to tie up after church in regards to summer camp, but we did manage to grill some steaks and have some german chocolate cake, which is his favorite! Plus, Alex sang beautifully (when he wasn't looking around at all his friends and waving to his mommy & daddy) with the little kids at church and that makes mommy & daddy proud to see how far he's come! We gave Daddy a new Tigers ball cap and t-shirt to show him how much we love and appreciate all he does for us. We are already missing him and counting down the days till he comes home! Happy Father's Day, Ryan. You are the best of the best & we love you like crazy!
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