The big news is in.....

We took over the waiting room.....

Quint and Russell waiting to see the baby on the TV

I couldn't wait to see all the fingers and toes...

Getting Ready!

It is official......

our newest family member is a

BOY!!!!!!

We are thrilled!

I will be outnumbered, but I love my big man and my little men so much,

I am excited to have another one in the mix!

We are all anticipating HIS arrival in September!

Daddy celebrating:)

New baby makes 5!

I realized I never posted about number 3! BK, Quint, Russell and I are very pleased to announce to the blog world we are expecting #3 in September. BK and I are a little anxious about being out numbered, but couldn't feel more blessed to have another little one joining our family. We took the boys to hear the heartbeat at 12 weeks and I think they are beginning to get excited. Quint often asks when is the baby coming out of your belly? I thought to blog, because our ultrasound is tomorrow! Everyone in the family is excited to see if we our new addition will be another brother or a sister!

We will keep you posted!

12 week picture:)

Tornado Season

I babysit two awesome kids one afternoon a week. Usually it goes smoothly and last Thursday seemed to be on track. Three of the four were napping and David and I were just hanging out. It had been a strange weather day, rain, then sun, thunderstorms etc. Just then it got very dark, the wind was blowing, and began to hail. I am a weather wimp. I think if this weather had happened at my parents house in NY I would have thought "wow, crazy storm".

BUT, I live where there are tornado's.

I don't know much about them.

I have never seen one.

I hope I never do see one.

**FYI**

we have loud speakers all over town for tornado warning sirens

Back to the Story

While I was trying to remain calm about the crazy wind, hail, and darkness, someone began speaking over the tornado siren speakers. I have only heard the practice sirens, and I have never heard someone speaking on it! I didn't know what it meant. There was not a siren, but because of the hail and wind I could not understand what he was saying.

I was officially freaked.

My mind was racing, do I wake all the babies and go to the basement? I called Lauren. She has lived here a while and knows about weather. She was so nonchalant. She said "let me turn on the TV and see what they are saying"

I was thinking "we could be dying it could be coming right now!" I woke up Quint and Russell, I figured then I would only have to grab one baby if it was bad. It seemed like forever, but Lauren said it was just a Tornado Watch so not to worry unless we hear the sirens. Oh sure....don't worry. I am sure they will spot it in time, turn on the sirens so we have time to go to the basement......

Ultimitely, it was fine. We did delay our trip to Sam's club till the next day because even our local friends said it is best not to drive around in such volatile weather.

I know I am excessively dramatic, but after what just happened in Oklahoma....and has happened very near to where we live in the past.....I like to lean to the side of caution...or drama....however you want to describe it.

Quint loves sunglasses too?

I blogged a while back about Russell possible sharing my love for sunglasses.

Quint might be catching the bug too!

He found this old pair of mine, but I might need to get him a more manly pair:)

He still looks cute!

Homemade Footie PJ's

Quint is growing fast, and currently we only have 2 pairs of footie PJ's that fit Quint. I have not rushed to find more because it is spring. Tonight it was going to get a bit chilly, and Quint's 2 pairs of footie PJ's were in the dirty laundry. He was distraught.

Quint was worried he would be cold. I had a mommy genius moment.

We put on his regular PJ's and we added big daddy socks over his feet and legs. It was a huge hit! Quint loved his homemade footie PJ's.

A win for Mommy:)

Quint showing off his new feet warmers:)

The full alfit

Both boys warm and cozy

Face Plant

Is it just my children, or does everyone's children get injured at the park?

We have had our fair share of episodes were I have left the park with a crying child. Fortunately, we have never been to the emergency room from a park incident....(knock on wood!)

Today was gorgeous. We headed to the park to play and have a picnic lunch with friends. It was great.....until........the face plant.

It seemed harmless, I was pushing Russell in the swing. Quint was swinging on a big swing on his belly.

All the sudden:

FACEPLANT

Quint leaned a little too far on his swing and flipped the swing. He landed face first in the wood chips. I grabbed him and his face was covered in dirt and wood chips. He calmed down after a bit, but we headed home.

Is this just our family?

My fear is it is either a side effect of having two parents who are very uncoordinated on land, or a mommy who has attention issues.....

Peaceful

Russell just fell asleep before nap on our bed.

He looked so cute

I snapped a picture before I moved him to his crib.

Quint's first roadside bathroom stop!

We were on a family drive which takes about 30 minutes. We were about 10 minutes from home, and I heard a voice in the back of the car say "Mommy I need to go pee pee". I asked very nicely "can you hold it we are close to home?" He responded "I have to go pee pee". We were on a 70 MPH freeway. I did not want to pull over but BK said we could. BK was the hero jumping out and teaching Quint how to pee outside. He even found a tire scrap for Quint to aim at. He did great, although as the momma I was a little nervous having my men on the side of the road.

Here was the view out the back window

Daddy helping Quint get started

Quint had a nice view for his bathroom break!

Russell thought the whole thing was funny

Can you tell it is laundry day?

Today we went to the library and I could not find any matching socks.

So, we did not let that slow us down.

Matching socks are overrated anyways.

I did think it looked a little funny so here are the boys with their socks on laundry day:)

Russell's Feet

Quint's Feet

Surprise Hot Date

Bk was going to be home early around 5. It was a treat so I wanted to make sure we were home to meet him. We went for a short jog to get some milk at the store nearby. As the boys and I pulled up in the stroller BK came to the door, and said "hurry up we have to get going!". Go where I thought?

I was sweaty, a little tired, and the boys were hungry. I didn't foresee us going anywhere.

Then BK informed me he set up free babysitting and we were going on a hot date.

What! On a Thursday!

I could not believe it!

BK is an amazing husband but spontaneous and romantic are not the first things that come to my mind when I describe him:)

I perked up so fast! BK fed the boys, I jammed to get dressed and smell nice

We had a awesome time, and I was blown away by BK's thoughtfulness and love.

He has a lot on his plate but he took time out to cherish us.

I can't explain how much I appreciated it.

It was so romantic and spontaneous.

Maybe I need to change my description words of BK for the future:)

Reading

Lately the boys are really into books. I think it helps that we recently got a few new ones (thank you Grammy and Aunt Rebecca) about tractors, Diggers, and Emergency vehicles) Whatever works.

We have been to the library to help encourage this reading movement, but it is not my favorite place. I don't know why, but in my experience the public library attracts some very strange characters that give me the creepies. Plus, I have found the boys play with the train set more than the books. I know many people who love the library. I hope to become that person, but I probably will need to become a reader first! My lack of a love of reading is not a trait I wish to pass on to the boys so I will probably keep trucking to the library, and try very hard to love it:)

Here are some recent reading pics:

Celebrating Easter

We celebrated Easter this weekend. We know it was two weeks later than most Americans, but we had sickness and BK and NG drill so it was our first good weekend. I am kinda a fan of delayed holidays, because the date is not critical because it is not the real day anyways, and I got a great deal on my Easter gifts:) We read the story out of our children's bible, and then had our first official Easter basket hunt! Russell found his quickly, Quint was stumped for a minute! It was fun:)

Cute Easter Pic

Russell was jazzed to find his basket.

Are you sure its in the bathroom?

I don't see it.....

Found it!

Playing with our Easter bubbles

Russell learning how bubbles work

Quint chasing the bubbles

Wordless Wednesday

31

I turned 31 this week. BK spoiled me with hot date with free babysitting. An important shout out to Jessica, Anthony who offered to watch the boys so we could go out. It was so nice to spend time together, but we celebrated as a family on the weekend. BK made me a birthday hat...in his style. The boys loved the hat, and the cake:) It was a fun celebration

Feeding and Funrea

Today the boys and I walked to the park. It was one of the first 70 degree days and we took advantage. We brought a little bread to feed the ducks. ( I was very grateful we found some!) We stopped at the play area too. It was fabulous. Thank you God for sunshine and spring!

We found the ducks

Throwing the bread

Swinging

Quint helped to push Russell in the swing

Airplane Ride!

Quint was the pilot and he was so cute encouraging Russell to get on and join him.

"Come on Russell I will give you a ride"

"Are you up yet, Russell? You need help Russell?"

Free Birthday Coldstone!

My great friend Lauren is an April 1st birthday and mine is the 13th so we took our birthday coupons with the boys to get our free ice cream together. Then we took the boys to the park to run off the sugar. We were a huge scene with our two huge double joggy strollers in the small Coldstone. I think I only got a few bites, but the boys were jazzed. It was a lot of fun, and I am so glad my birthday is not in winter so we can be outside to celebrate:) It was great to walk and play outside.

I didn't get many good park pics it was a bit hectic! This play structure is not made for 2 year olds, so we were on duty to make sure none of our dare devils jumped off the ledge:)

I did manage to get one good one of Russell!

Aunt Rebecca Visits-TWICE!!!

Rebecca was able to get a short term assignment in Green Bay, WI. It was 3 weeks and we were so jazzed that she decided to spend her two midwest weekends with us! She made the 5 hour drive down two weekends in a row to hang out with us. What a blessing:) Although the second weekend we had two very sick kids and she even was there for our first experience with public throw up! What a hands on Aunt:) It was still a fun time of bonding with our favorite NYC Auntie, and of course she could not leave without spoiling us and the boys. She treated us to dinner, and bought the boys presents. We are so lucky to have such a giving Aunt Rebecca!

Just an aside: I was so excited to eat a fun dinner out, that I forgot to order the kids meals. Our tasty food came and none for the boys....oops! Good thing it wasn't too busy so they rushed it through the kitchen.

What coloring looks like at our house

Coloring has never been a very successful activity at our house. For some reason, we still attempt to do it from time to time. It usually lasts less than 10 minutes and creates a huge mess. I always attempt to keep the markers on the paper, but sometimes I just have to let go. Thank God they are washable! Here are some pictures from our latest attempt to color.

The pictures were actually turning out well till Russell and Quint determined they were a living canvas.

Quint was so pleased with his mustache

The final work of art:)

Russell and his love for food

Russell has always been an amazing eater. It is the first thing he wants to do in the morning, and the last thing he wants before bed. Who can blame him? I love to eat too! But, Russell takes eating to a different level. He loves to bond with his food. He has always eaten leisurely, taking his time, and enjoying his time at the table. Recently, he discovered it is fun to put food everywhere. His hair, his face, the table, his legs. Yuck! I try to encourage him to be a neat eater but he seems to love it. Here is one example of lunch the other day. He ended up with pickle in his hair. So gross, but very cute.

PUDDLES!

I admit we have been hibernating. But, today it was 36 degrees! It is our first glimpse of spring. I know winter is not gone yet...but today it was warm enough to go out and play. The boys and I walked around the neighborhood and learned about puddles, mud, drains, and melting snow. It was so fun! I love how Quint and Russell are sponges for information. I was so excited about the puddles and sunshine I took so pictures!

Russell always has to touch the puddle, even with his gloves on!

Quint brought the vacuum stick on our walk.

He used it to check the snow depth, I missed a picture...bummer.

They loved running through the puddles

We talked about melting snow, drains, and where the water goes. Bye bye snow!!!

I felt like running too! It was so exciting to be outside:)