He's A Runt!

The little man is now 2 weeks old and is now a whopping 7lbs 2oz! We barely made it to the 10% on the charts. They must have measured him wrong at the hospital because he is 21 1/2". I doubt he grew 3" in 2 weeks. This little guys is so skinny that his skin just kind of hangs on him. I told Chad that his skin is one size too big!

Austin is such a good baby and the boys love him. Blake cant seem to get enough and wants to be involved in everything. He even wants to change diapers. Luke just swings by him to rub his head and tell him he loves him. Luke only wants to hold him if he can burp him. We are all loving our little runt.

Baby Austin

7lbs 1 oz

18 1/2"

Baby Austin made his arrival on June 21! It was a bit of a rough start. He spent our whole hospital stay in the NICU. A few breathing and blood sugar issues but nothing too serious. We were excited to find out that he was going to be able to come home with us. Something we didn't think was going to happen for a few more days.

Happy Birthday Luke!

My little man is now 3!! Although he is still insisting that he is 2. Luke has been so fun and keeps us on our toes, we never know what we are going to get with him. He is either making us laugh or testing our limits. He is sweet and sassy! He is very social and everyone is his friend! We love him and the fun he brings to our family.

We had a little party for him on Friday night. For months now he has had his Birthday Party all planned out. All he wanted to do was have a surprise party at "Chubby Cheeses" and have all of his friends come and yell surprise!! Well, he didn't get exactly what he asked for, but we did take the boys to Chuck E Cheese for dinner, then home to celebrate with cake and ice cream with our families. As always, he got way too many presents and was in heaven.

Library Day

I love Fridays for more reasons than one. But lately why I love Fridays is that it's Library day for Blake's class. I love to see what books he has picked to bring home for the week. You never know what he is going to bring home. It usually has something to do with animals, bugs, or motorcycles and cars. These are all fact books--no fiction for this kid.

Last week he did bring home a TEXT BOOK about Weather and Climate--it was even published by Prentice-Hall. He looked at it every morning during breakfast. Not too out of the norm, he usually "reads" the weather page out of the newspaper with his breakfast. Chad and I got a good laugh with that one.

But this week he brought home this beauty!!
And could not wait for Chad or I to read it to him. This was pretty much an information book for someone who has lice!! (must have been pre-internet) It covers everything from how and where they lay eggs. To how to treat your lice problem, what special shampoos and combs to use, whatever you need to cure your lice in more areas than one. I got to about page two and could not stop itching!! We quickly finished the book, I put it back in his backpack, and told him he had to return it first thing on Monday. I don't know why, but I felt like we were going to get lice just from having the book in our house.

Why can't he bring home books like: The Diary of a Worm, or If You Give a Mouse a Cookie? These still have to do with animals. Apparently someone needs to show him that there are other sections of the library.

I cant wait to see what he brings home today.

Happy Birthday Blake!

Our Blake man is now 7!! Blake's birthday just happened to be during spring break so we were able to do a little more then the usual take him to dinner. We ended up going to the Planetarium and seeing a 3D IMAX movie. Blake loved it, Luke hated it. I guess there is a difference between a 7 year old and a 2 year old. Blake's birthday celebration seemed to last for a week. Everyday for a week someone was stopping by with gifts for him. This kid is truly loved and very spoiled!

Blake was excited that his partner in crime, Savannah was able to join him.
Here they are on the moon.

Luke on the moon.

(I think it's time for a new camera, Luke normally does not have a crazy eye)

And here they are exploring Mars.

10 Years!

Circa 1998...

where it all began.

Time has flown by and the adventure has been awesome!!

Easter

I had to work the Saturday before Easter so Chad being the awesome dad he is, took the kids to an Easter egg hunt. He is better then me, it was so cold I would have never ventured out! The kids had a good time. I thought they got plenty, so this year the Easter Bunny didn't have to worry about getting any treats. He did bring them each some books, and they thought that was great!