Hello Again!

It has been a while since my last post. It is so hard for me to find the time, but I really want to make the effort to keep this online scrapbook of our family so I am going to play catch up over the past several months! Since Andrew's birthday we had a great summer playing at the pool. We went to the beach with Garnett and her family, and just enjoyed staying busy with VBS and other summer activities. In August we bought a lot, sold our house, and started school! In September we moved to a rental home while we start the process of building our dream home! We took the big boys to their first MSU game in Mobile. All three boys attend school now. Matthew and Thomas go half days so I get them about 1, and Andrew goes one day a week to Mother's morning out. You would think with all three in school now I would have more time, but I guess I am good with filling up my vacant time with business of running errands, volunteering, and household chores-not to mention the huge task of moving! Matthew is doing wonderful! He is in Pre-K4 this year. He played flag football, which was so fun to watch, attended his first Saints game with us, had his 5th birthday at the Kroc center, was star student for the first 9 weeks in his class, and is beginning to read! We are so proud of him! He always impresses us and is a great son and brother! Thomas has started Pre-K 3 and is doing great! He is FINALLY completely potty trained (what a journey that has been), usually has green apples at school every day, and keeps us laughing all the time! He is such a funny little boy whom we love dearly! He adores Matthew still, but I have noticed him having more independence from him now. He loves playing with Legos these days and builds and creates things all afternoon. Andrew is just talking away now. He can say many words and mimics everything we say and do. His favorite things to say is "I want that" and "I want juice". He loves to play with dinosaurs and trains just like his brothers. He always wants to play with his big brothers. He loves to climb anything and everything so he needs a constant eye on him now. He only has 4 teeth which he didn't get until he was about 16 months old. He is truly the sweetest and best little baby! Paul and I are so blessed with these three amazing little boys! We couldn't imagine life without them. We are so use to chaos now that I think we would be so bored without something crazy happening on a daily basis;) I will post as many pics as I can of events over the past several months.

Summer and Andrew turns one!

This summer has been great so far! The big boys are swimming everyday and went to VBS. We also had a nice trip to Orange Beach with my sister's family. I am enjoying having everyone home. I thought I would need to stay busy but it has been nice being on our own schedule. Matthew and Thomas are truly best friends. If they are not together they are asking where the other one is. They are side by side everywhere we go and enjoy playing together so much! As for little Andrew, he is doing great! He just had his first birthday! He is walking now, still no teeth, says mama and yay, clapping, waving bye bye, and so interested in all the boys toys! He has been such a blessing to our family and is so calm and easy! I am praying he stays that way! He is happy all the time and rarely fusses. He sleeps well, eats ok, and loves to kiss on mama! His one year check up went great! He weighed 18 lbs and 2.5 oz (7%) and was 28 3/4 in long (11%) He is right on track and she was very impressed that he was walking already.

Our Mountain Trip

We went to the Smoky Mountains for Easter with Paul's family and had a blast. Our view from the cabin was amazing! We rode the Great Smoky Mountain Train. Thomas has a deep love for trains and just stared out the window the whole time. He loved it, as did the rest of us.

catch up

Matthew and Thomas have both started soccer. Thomas just finished up his practices. He liked it but mainly just ran off and we had to chase him down to get him to join the group. Matthew seems to be enjoying it but gets tired after the first 30-45 mins. They are playing much better together now. Thomas is no longer napping because he wants to play with Matthew when he gets home from school. They are both still great big brothers to Andrew. Andrew is crawling and cruising now. He is still a great baby. Very laid back and goes with the flow. I do drag him around everywhere, but he is such a trooper even if he has to skip a nap. He already appears to be a picky eater. He loves yogurt, but most of the other stuff I have to force feed. He is still doing baby food. I have just started introducing more table food, which he seems to like but still isn't completely ready for. At his 9 month check up he weighed 16 lbs 14 ozs (8%) and was 28" long (33%). He is right on track, and we are so happy with him!

Happy Birthday Thomas

Thomas turned three on the 13th. He had the best time at Lynn Meadows for his party. All of his friends came to help him celebrate. Happy Birthday Thomas! Both boys have started soccer. Matthew will actually be playing games, Thomas is just practicing but seems to love it! We are enjoying watching them. Andrew is officially mobile. He is crawling all over. He is such a happy, sweet baby. The boys still adore him and love interacting with him more now. It is fun to watch them. Matthew and Thomas have gotten to where they play really well together so that has been great!

A few pictures from Christmas