Nicholas Working

Hunter and Rice Cereal

Hunter is 6 months so I introduced him to rice cereal.

Groupon

Groupon is super cool. Here is a link:
http://www.groupon.com/r/uu5461533 or click here:
GROUPON

I just got a $100 gift certificate for only $40 to a cute shop called Shabby Apple. Neato!

Hunter Likes His Sock Monkey

This image makes my heart happy:

Dragonball Evolution score composed by Brian Tyler

The 4th of July and Fort McHenry

We spent the 4th of July by going to church, resting, then watching the fireworks at Loch Raven school. It was a great family oriented event where the kids could play ball and run around in the grass. When it got dark we fired off our own fireworks then watched the big show.

The next day, July 5, we visited Fort McHenry.

Jayden’s Last Day of Kindergarten

Flashback: Here is Jayden on the first day of Kindergarten.

And here he is on the last day of Kindergarten.

  

                                                              

Labor and Delivery

So the day (January 21, 2010 started like this:

 

I am not a happy camper now

then

 

then lots happened here that I would have killed Don if he took pictures of …

Then

and

then

and

then

I’ll write more about it soon.

Happy Father’s Day Don

 

Don is a wonderful father.

Ethan and Jayden, Best Buddies

Mamba

The boys and I were at the check-out stand and Lucas read M-a-m-b-a, it is a candy. I was so excited he read it, I bought it for him. Good job, Lukie.

Prodigal: An Animation

The Crying Prayer

Lately I have been working on being less protective as a parent. I need to let them experience minor pains so they can “learn the hard way” with some things.  This morning as I walked by the boys’ room, I noticed Jayden had pulled out the drawer to his dresser that is also a bed.  It makes a small space they can crawl into. I warned him that it might not be a good idea to play in there and continued to walk downstairs. About 5 minutes later all the boys were crying. My first instinct was to run up and see what happened, but I remembered I wasn’t going to be a “hover parent.” So they were crying and crying and I was getting anxious, but then the crying settled down and eventually stopped. A sighed a sigh of relief, then went up to ask what had happened. Jayden said all of them crawled into the little space and got stuck. Jayden and Nicholas were able to get out but Luke’s head was too big and he couldn’t get back out. Then he told me he prayed and Luke was able to get his head out. He said it was a “crying prayer” but it worked. I guess giving them more freedom is a good way to go.

Hunter Can Grab

Hunter is just now able to grab at things in front of him. It is so cute to watch his hands wail away trying to grasp at objects. He likes this little activity center.

Sweet Jayden

After a nightmare, Jayden says "Mom, I want to be with you because you remind me of Jesus." 

"Why?"

"Because you are nice and beautiful."

He just melts my heart.

NCR Trail Run

 

Today, Hunter ran 10 miles with me on the NCR trail. I am training for a half marathon coming up in TWO weeks.

Isn’t it beautiful here in the Spring?

Hunter Rolls Over

My New Life

Jayden Reading Star Wars

Can you believe he is only in kindergarten? I am so proud of him.
I love watching Nicholas trying to calm Hunter in this video. He is such a good big brother.

My Diaper Bag

Thank you Mom and Serri for my new diaper bag! Here is a picture so you can see what you got me. It is so awesome. It has tons of pockets and hangs on my stroller or I can just carry it on my shoulder. It is just about a perfect bag and it is cute too! Thank you!