Mother's Day

After church today I was able to get Smith down for his nap, no problem. Trey was a little tricky. He kept insisting that he was hungry, even though I knew he had plenty to eat for lunch. Not a few tears later and 45 minutes past "nap-time" I gave in and gave him another cheese stick. Anything to get this kid to bed. When that didn't work to calm him, I laid down in bed with him. After all, I was pretty ready for a nap too. 10 minutes later I was cleaning throw-up off Trey, the bed, pillow, and myself. Awesome! Maybe he confused a stomach ache for hunger pains. Maybe yogurt, hot dogs and cheese sticks were a bad meal combination. Or maybe it was just Trey's way of saying "Happy Mother's Day"

Tulips

A few years ago my mom and I (mostly my mom) planted a TON of tulips in my front yard. I am happy to report that are still doing great! They come in waves. First red and yellow, then pink, and last purple and white. Right now they are at their best with a little of all the colors showing.
These purple ones are my favorite.
and this one,
Some of them are crazy tall too. I measured the pink ones trey is standing next too. it was 32 inches tall. Is it just me, or is that kind of tall for a tulip?

Trey Trey!

Nana is always asking for more pictures of the boys on my blog, so these two post are for her. First Trey. He will be turning 3 next month.

We recently moved him (really he moved himself) from the crib to a big bed. I was so worried at first. I piled every spare pillow in the house on the floor around him in case he rolled out. I need not of worried. He is a pro. But moving him from the crib to a bed made him seem sooo much older over night.
Here is Trey getting into trouble with his new buddy Riley. We spent the weekend with Riley and his family. When Riley drove away in his parents silver truck Trey started asking "Riley, are you?" now a week later he still occasionally asks where Riley is, especially when we see a silver truck go by.
Going for walks in the double stroller is one of the only times Trey will tolerate Smith touching him. They aren't buddies yet, but I hope someday they will play well together.
Trey LOVES bugs. Here he is holding two of his favorites. Worms and a millipede, or "pede". Other favorites include rolly polly bugs, flies, and ants. The other day we saw a huge, tight swarm of ants moving their nest. Trey picked them up by the handful just to watch them crawl through his fingers. Lucky the ants here don't bite.
Trey's other favorite things are cars, planes, trains, helicopters, motorcyles and trucks. Pretty much anything with wheels and a motor. I am seeing a possible future in engineering.
The most exciting news lately, for us anyway, is potty training. We still have a very long way to go, but with a lot of prompting and a lot of treats we are making some progress.
Trey is also a bit of a ladies man. First kiss, and he's not even 3 yet.

All About Smith

Smith will be 9 Months old next week. My how the time goes. Here is an update on him.

Last week we went to visit Nate's Grandparents, Smith and Katie Broadbent. I happened to have my camera with me, so we took a picture of Nate, baby Smith and great-grandpa Smith.
Smith spent 8 months sleeping in a swing or play pen. We finally got Trey out of the crib and Smith into it. Please take note of the adorable bumper pads I made. They won't last much longer, Smith has already torn several of the ties off.
It may look like we are forcing Smith to eat something he doesn't like, but the opposite is true. He is crying because we can't shovel it in fast enough. The kids eats like a horse!
More roomba
Smith also likes to crawl into spaces that he can not crawl out of again.
Bath in the sink, not so much.
Other fun facts about Smith:
He can stand without help for up to 10 seconds
Loves to eat paper, mud, and dandelions
He sucks his thumb - it's way cute
and likes playing with cars.

Nate and I are still debating whether a stumble he had yesterday counts as steps, but either way, this kid is going to be walking soon.