Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Update on the boys (7 1/2months and 2 years 1 1/2 months)

They are growing so fast and are on such a move that it is hard to post here! I wish I was keeping up better here so that I can remember each phase better. Here are some updates on their daily lives.














BRAYDEN: He is not a snuggler, he was to be wiggling and moving all the time. He can sit up in a highchair out to eat now. He can get puffs very well and feed them to himself. He still is in awe of his big brother! He loves his jumperoo and can bounce really high now! He has a beautiful big smile, with one tooth on the bottom now. He sits up like a pro and can do it for long amounts of time. He can crawl somewhat now. Today he is doing really well. He is never still, always rolling all over the room. He LOVES his paci (that is a battle I am not looking forward to in the future). He loves taking baths and going to the pool. He loves swim lessons and swinging in our back yard. I love that he is learning so much each and everyday and it truly amazes me how fast it happens. He can pull himself up now. He does better pulling up on you than a stationary object but can do both. He can also go from his belly to sitting position.

BENNETT: He is my wild man! He is a dare devil that will climb on anything and jump off everything. Oh boy he can scare us, haha. He loves to be outside. He loves the pool and our swing set in the backyard. He is still a daddys boy all over. Often he will run to daddy and look back at me and say "bye" and wave, like I'm outta here cya later. He loves golf and when him and his daddy play it outside or watch it on tv. He is in speech therapy once a week and is learning a lot. He still doesn't talk much but I hear its a long process. He gets frustrated sometimes if we just don't understand what he is wanting us to do for him. He is starting the 2 year old preschool at our church soon (just 2 half days a week) and I am hoping that will help him with his speech.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Swim Lessons

We enrolled both of the boys in swim lessons at a local YMCA. Bennett loved the water last summer and I wanted to get him used to the pool again for this summer because he is a wild man and I needed him to realize that someone has to hold him in a big pool still :) haha. Brayden of course I wanted him just used to a pool because I plan on hanging out there a lot this summer! They are both doing so great with swim lessons. I am having a blast doing it with them.

















Easter 2011

I love holidays, especially now that we have 2 little boys in our family to make is even more fun! We of course believe Easter is all about the Resurection of our God, which saved us from our own sin. We are going to do our best to get this across to our boys as the grow each year. We read the story of Jesus's death and raise from the dead to the boys from their children's Bible the night before. On Easter morning we woke up, got ready for church and then gave the boys their Easter baskets full of goodies. Then we attended church. After church all of our family (both mine and Brian's) went to Huber's Farm in Indiana. We love it there. We ate at the resturant but the Easter egg hunt got rained out there :( But we enjoyed lots of family fun together. The boys were worn out!
















Mother's Day

I got to spend Mother's Day with my family. We went to church and then we met my family at Outback to eat. We went to my mom's house to spend time together and then after that we went to Brian's parents house and then out to eat with them. The boys and Brian got me a beautiful locket necklace (I need to put pictures of the boys in it). I have always wanted to be a mom and I am so greatful that God has given me this oppurtunity and the greatest kids and husband. I have been blessed with wonderful examples of great mothers in my life with my mom and grandmothers. I love them all so much. I pray that I can always be the best mother that I can be and honor God and my children. Yay the boys let me take pictures! (Oh and I had pink eye)