A video to post. Ben has had this video on his phone for a while now. I finally uploaded it to youtube for your enjoyment. Of course this was taken after Caleb had been singing his song for quite some time, but I think that’s how it always goes.
I’m going to use the excuse that we’ve been busy, and that’s why I haven’t posted anything in over a month and a half. June was pretty busy for us with birthday parties, baby showers, some surgery for Caleb, some eye surgery for Joshua, Doctor’s appointments, and swimming at the water park. The first part of July was busy with a trip to Illinois, Springfield, MO, Oklahoma, and back in a week. The boys were pretty good little travelers, but I think the trip wore us all down. We’ve been taking it pretty easy since. I’ve got a lot of pictures and a few videos to put up. The videos will probably be a separate post, so keep checking back. Oh yeah, I’m pretty sure all the readers of this blog already know, but we are expecting another little one sometime around February 5th. Caleb has named the baby Flump Flumpy for the time being. We’re pretty excited.
Enjoy the pictures.
We took the boys up to the DC area on Memorial Day weekend to see their Uncle Jr, Aunt Christy, and Cousin Jada. The boys had a wonderful time. We left Friday afternoon, and arrived Friday night, after driving by some of the memorials and monuments in DC. We visited Baltimore on Saturday and took the kiddos to an awesome Children’s Museum. I think they enjoyed playing. Then we took them home for naps and playing outside in the sprinkler and pool and drawing with chalk. We even made some homemade ice cream in a bag. There are some pictures posted (a few are from earlier in the month) and hopefully a video soon.
I found out today that Joshua’s eye surgery will be on June 30th. I don’t know the time yet, but will let you all know soon. Please keep him (and all of us) in your prayers. Thanks so much!
Caleb celebrated his third birthday this past weekend by having his cousins, friends, aunts, uncles, and grandparents come to his house for a Snap (alligator) themed party. He loved running around the house with his fellow party-goers and playing with all his toys in his room and jumping on his bed. We got him to take a break from playing to eat some pizza and drink some swamp juice, but almost couldn’t keep him from blowing out his candles before we sang “Happy Birthday” to him. We played a few games and then it was time for Caleb’s favorite part- presents! He loved ripping through bags and paper to see what was inside each gift. He had a great time! Enjoy some pictures and a video of his special day!
Caleb seemed to have a fun day. He wanted to eat and Chick-a-way, but ended up hardly touching his food. He wanted to play! After dinner, we let him open up presents. I felt bad for Joshua. He wanted to play with Caleb’s new toys, but Caleb was not having that. I’ll post pictures after his birthday party, but I thought I’d add this short video of Caleb trying out his new bike. Enjoy…
April is almost gone, and Caleb’s birthday is almost upon us. 3! I can’t believe he’s going to be 3! Caleb is our head weasel. The other day when he woke up, he told us he was sick. He laid around for about an hour, and then played the rest of the day without mentioning being sick. Well, until after he woke up from his nap, where he told Daddy that, “I’m so sick” in a super pitiful voice. He felt “bedduh” when it was time to go outside. We’ve been trying to tell him how disgusting it is to pick one’s nose, but he doesn’t care. It feels like 70% of the time I can look at him and find him picking away. Joshua has noticed too. Be sure and look for that picture below. Joshua thinks it’s so funny when I tell him not to do that.
Caleb really enjoyed having some of his cousins spend the night last week. He was so excited waiting for them, and could hardly contain himself once they arrived. He yelled out, “Daddy, the COUSINS are here.” He enjoyed showing them his toys and how he runs around the kitchen pretending he’s “Speed.” I think my favorite part was how he wouldn’t say their names, he just called them cousins when he wanted their attention.
Joshua, our shy and serious weasel, is not afraid to throw fits. His big thing is to throw himself on the floor and cry. It makes me want to laugh when he does it, but I’m looking forward to him outgrowing that. He also loves putting everything in his mouth. Crayons, markers, chalk, bark, rocks and foam all taste pretty good to him. Yum!
April brought us lots of candy, a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Lee, the Timco Family Fun Day, and beautiful weather. Hope you enjoy a few pictures below.
Caleb got a hold of the camera this past week and enjoyed taking lots of different pictures. I think my favorite one is the trucks, because he intentionally set them out to take a picture of them. I kept hearing him say “say cheese”! It made me laugh, but I guess that’s nothing new.
I’ve taken a few videos and just decided to put them all together. Hope you enjoy!
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Enjoy a few pictures from February and the first few weeks of March.
It doesn’t feel like a month has passed since the last posting…man, time flies. The new year has brought rain, snow, rain, more snow, and a lot more rain. Our backyard has turned into a lake. I don’t know when we’ll get all the sand and debris cleaned up. By the way, feel free to come over and help us clean up. There’s a free dinner at Outback waiting! The boys loved the snow- especially licking of eating the snow off of their gloves. They also enjoyed sledding with Mommy and Daddy.
Well, Happy Valentine’s Day if I don’t manage to post anything before that and enjoy the pictures.
