Monday, May 14, 2012

Cameron playing soccer

Cameron is playing soccer for the first time.  It has been a lot of fun watching him practice and have his games.  He practices on Tuesdays and his games are on Saturday afternoon.  He has had family come to watch him play and he loves it!  He is number 1 and he takes that pretty seriously.  I think he thinks that means he is the best on the team and that just isn't the case :)  Jake and I love to watch him play and we know this is the first of many sports we will be into with our family!  Here are a few pics!







during the soccer game......

during the the soccer game....

Monday, April 30, 2012

One of those moments......

Sometimes I have those moments that I just have to laugh.  Sometimes it is because the boys are just hilarious or sometimes it is because I have to laugh so I don't go crazy :)  I love those moments and try to remember them.  Today, Jake and I took the boys for a little drive to get Cam's birth certificate.  He needs it for kindergarten!  The boys almost always do awesome in the van when we travel.  Today, they did great once again.  We had been gone for awhile and were just about to get home and I looked at Jake and had one of those "these boys are too funny moments."  Cameron was in the back seat making this very odd high pitched noise asking us "can you hear that?  How about this?  Can you hear this one?"  Nolan was in his seat telling the same knock knock joke over and over and it isn't even a good one.  Knock knock. Who's there?  Horse.  Horse who?  Horse Thomas wheels.  It makes no sense and he says it with the most excitement every single time he tells it.  I think we were all on our 508th time of hearing it today.  Austin was yelling "dadadadadadada."  So, all of this was going on at the SAME time and I laughed and thanked God for our 3 healthy little boys.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Austin 6 months

Austin is 6 months old!  He loves to say things like "dadada"  "gaga" "mama" and blow raspberries and roar like a lion.  He loves to hear his voice!  He weighs about 17 1/2 pounds.  He is such a good baby.  He almost always does so well when we are running errands.  It could be all the other entertainment he gets from the other 2 boys!  He loves to eat his cereal and has finally been sleeping well at night for several nights in a row.  I am certainly thankful for that!  Here are a few pics of Austin. 







 





Saturday, April 21, 2012

Easter

The little munchkins posed for a cute picture the other day!


For Easter this year, we did the 12 days of Easter with the boys and used the resurrection eggs.  Cameron really got into it.  It was neat to see him really think about what Jesus went through and did for us.  Jake did the teaching at the Good Friday service and he did an awesome job.  I couldn't be prouder of him!   Our neighbor came over and watched all 3 boys and I was able to go to the service. 

We dyed some eggs and the boys got to find them Friday afternoon.  They had such a great time we had to hide them again....and again.  Here are a few pictures...









On Saturday, we spent the day at Jake's parents.  We had a wonderful meal and spent time with family.  It was so good to see everybody.   





On Sunday, we went to church and then had lunch at my parents with my side of the family.  Lots of wonderful food and the boys had a blast finding eggs!



Austin and Lydia (his 3rd cousin).  They are cute!  I'm sure we will have to take lots of pics of these little cuties together!


 Austin hanging out with Uncle Brian


and Uncle Kurt

What a great weekend!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Playing at the park

We had  such beautiful weather a couple weeks ago!  We took the boys to the park to fly Cam's kite and play on the playground.  It was a blast.  Here are a few pics










Austin

Austin had his first taste of cereal about a week ago.  He was about 5 1/2 months and he was pretty excited to be eating like the rest of us.  He opened his mouth great and seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly.  I am sure he will enjoy himself as he eats even more!  He is still nursing and does awesome but was definitely ready for some food. 








Wednesday, March 28, 2012

I have been trying to make a post for a couple weeks and every time I sit down to do it, my pictures won't load :(  So, I thought I would at least write a little something.

We have been spending as much time as we can outside with the beautiful weather we have been having.  We have grilled out, taken a family bike ride (Cam on his big bike with training wheels and the other two in the pull behind trailer), played at the river, played with bubbles, played on the swing set, played in the sand/water table, and taken walks.  So fun that we have been able to do that all in March!

Cameron had kindergarten screening last week.  He is very excited about his new school.  He did great at screening and I will never forget when we walked in the door and he looked up at me and grabbed my hand and held it as we walked to screening.  I can't remember the last time he did that on his own.  It was pretty sweet.  He is also playing soccer.  He has had practices the past 3 weeks and will have his first game in a couple weeks.  Can't wait to see him play.  It has been fun to see him learn and grow already in his social skills and listening skills.

Nolan still likes to look for animals around the house and give them water.  His favorite thing to do right now is play with magnet trains.  Its funny because Cam was into the battery operated trains a lot more and Nolan prefers the magnet trains.  Nolan enjoys being 2.  Yesterday, he said "mommy watch this" and he stood on one foot.  It was so cute and funny.  He spends a lot of time sifting through sand at the sand table.  He is still pretty picky with his food.  I find that he does better when I call it things.  I made elbow macaroni and spaghetti noodles and called them caterpillars and worms and he couldn't get enough of them.  I called it spaghetti the week before and he wouldn't even look at his plate :) 

Austin is so aware of our busy family.  He loves to watch it all and even joins in with the noise by jabbering.  He laughs out loud at the most random things and seems to have an awesome sense of humor.  He is usually pretty happy sitting in his stroller watching the big boys play outside right now but is gonna wanna be in the action pretty soon!  He is 5 1/2 months and will be starting cereal very soon.  This chunky boy will probably love it.  He smacks his lips when we are eating and I can tell he is about ready. 

Jake and I decided to do the 12 days of Easter with the boys.  We are using the resurrection eggs and we talked about Jesus riding in on the donkey last night.  Cameron seems to understand it very well and Nolan is interested but will understand things more next year. 

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Cameron



Cameron is 5 and is getting more and more independent but definitely still needs his hugs and kisses and we love to give them. He goes to preschool on Tuesday and Thursday and loves it. He is learning so much. I have realized parenting gets much harder the older they get. God has taught me a lot about myself giving me these 3 boys to love and raise :) There is no better way for Cameron to learn about listening and respecting than for me to listen and respect him.

Cam loves to paint and color pictures. One of his favorite things is to recreate a picture that he sees. He did an awesome job on one yesterday and has it taped up above his bed and couldn't be prouder. He loves to help take care of Nolan and Austin. If he sees something that one of them needs and he thinks he can help, he does it right away. I don't want to know how he was able to wind Austin's mobile in his crib for him the other day while I was in the shower.....He loves to play games like Guess Who, Candy Land, and matching games. Cameron loves to let people borrow his toys. I love to see his kind heart in that. If only he always had that in the back of his mind when playing with Nolan! Cameron loves to eat tacos, drink chocolate milk, and eat nutella sandwiches. He gets Highlights magazine in the mail and we have had a lot of fun with those. He loves to hear the stories, find the hidden pictures, and sounding out some words in the magazine. Some of my favorite times with Cam are when we are cuddled up with the Highlights magazine in the afternoons. He loves to wear his Cubs hat and have races. He brushes his teeth really hard no matter how many times we show him how to do it more gently, he likes to set up some massive train layouts in the basement, and does a nice job picking out his clothes in the morning.

What a blessing Cam is in our lives. Here are a few recent pics of him.