A few new pictures

Got in a few pictures of Andrew today. He was not very happy with me putting that hat on him. But darn, it looked so cute!





Finally got a picture of him standing in the crib, he pulls himself up constantly.

Alex's first Swim lesson

Signed Alex up for swim lessons today. They are twice a week, an hour each time and last 4 weeks. I'm thinking they probably do a 2nd class after that and I will try and sign him up for that as well. He loved it! It was a nice opportunity for him to get around some kids and learn something in the process! He is barely big/strong enough to hold his own body up on the litle ledge but he did it! Got a few mouthfuls of water but was great. I didn't even have to convince him to get in the pool, I was shocked!

Easter 2009 pictures continued

Finally got them their baskets. We told Alex he had to go to his room so the Easter bunny could come. So he went and hid under his bed, ha. Aidan did not like his chocolate at all so mommy got to eat it. He did like the individual pieces, just not the hollow bunny or the crackle bunny. Alex loved all of his and ate every bite. And yes Andrew is missing from the pictures, he was napping.

The baskets after I stuffed them last night(alex's on the right, aidan's left):







Blow dried Aidan's hair this morning and Alex wanted his done as well:


And one picture of Andrew from yesterday, he is really good at pulling up

Easter 2009

This year we celebrated Easter at Pappa Daves and Granny's house along with Marie's 1st birthday. Kids had a blast. Saturday we went to Grandmother's house for Easter lunch and another egg hunt. Aidan didn't quite get it this year but still had fun eating his candy. We will give out Easter baskets later this afternoon after Aidan is up from his nap and Edward is up from working all night. We decided not to get Andrew a basket this year since he is too young anyway. I'll add basket pictures tonight after they get them.

Aidan and Maddox comparing their goodies:

Group shot:

The Hunt:

Alex's first dentist appt

Alex was lucky enough to get his first dentist appt on his birthday. He should have had it at 3 but we just never got around to it. I am so proud of him. He sat perfectly still in the chair, opened his mouth wide when asked and did wonderfully. I have been pumping him up to see the dentist for the last 1-2 weeks, so maybe that helped. I am just thankful he wasn't like the other 4 yr old little girl that screamed the entire time.

On to the teeth issue--according to the dentist his teeth look great, we are doing a good job brushing and should start flossing them once a day. No cavities or any other issues seen. His two front bottom teeth are still a bit crooked-but he says that shouldn't be a problem when the permanent teeth start coming in. He did say that we may have to worry about ovrcrowding later on, but too hard to tell if it will be an issue or not.
Alex walked out of there very happy and proud of himself, with 3 stickers, a book, and a car :)

Happy 4th Birthday Alex

Somehow our little guy is now 4. Not quite sure how that happened as it has passed by very fast. He had a great birthday party at Chuck E Cheese, complete with a delicious Spongebob cake. Lucky him gets to go to hi first dentist appointment this afternoon.

My, how have you changed!
Here he is soon after he was born


Some pictures from his party:

He got some great presents-some bubbles with accessories, a Robot transformer thing, some new clothes, and Bolt the movie. We got him a fridge toy to help build words and a few Leap Frog movies to help with letters since preschool is starting this Fall.

The cake


A picture from today telling me he is 4


The rest of Alex's bday presents from us:

Please teach your kids some respect

Seriously, how hard is it to teach your child to respect other people's things? To teach your child to stay out of other people's yards unless invited. So we have the best toys on our street, we paid good money for them too! I get very annoyed when I look outside my window and find someone else's children riding around in our Powerwheels. Did they ask? No. Did I know them? No. Did I yell at them to get the heck out of our yard and off of our toys? Hell yes! My 4 yr old knows better than that. I have drilled into him that we do not go into another's yard unless invited, we also do not use their toys unless we are invited over. If my 4 yr old knows this, why doesn't a 7 and 8 yr old? Probably the same reason why a 7 and 8 yr old were playing outside alone, at 7:45 pm, no one outside calling for them, but it is getting very dark and we only have 1 street light on our street and they were from the next street over--meaning they have to walk through a patch of hills/woods/dirt to get over here. So if one of you arelike my neighbors and don't buy any fun stuff for your kids, please go to Walmart and buy something b/c I am tired of your children at MY house playing with MY KIDS STUFF. Seriously, a tball set costs 10$, the shovels/pail about 12$, you don't have to buy them a 400$ powerwheels, just something to freaking play with!
Ok, rant over.