Happy Birthday Grandma!

Here's a video of the older boys singing Happy Birthday to Grandma F. on Oct. 8.

Blast from the Past - my nephews G5 and T2

I'm putting this video up for my family. I thought you'd all enjoy it. This is from our 2004 Bethany vacation.

Catching Up

Ok, I've been out of commission for a while. We are slowly leaving a crazy colicky period with the babies. They are doing much better now that I've eliminated dairy from diet & they are being supplemented with a hypoallergenic formula.

Here's some highlights over the last few months (from what we can remember :)

The addition of Hank, Frank, and Bank... we finally entered the world of "pets". Suprisingly I have no desire for a dog (hard to believe considering my upbringing). I guess it's because I realize that kids are enough work for now. My hubby doesn't really like fury pets anyway, so that helps! So, we decided to start an aquarium...

A earned the first few fish by going through a workbook & writing all of his letters.

We started out with Hank, Frank, and Bank (named by A). He likes to rhyme these days. Long story short, only Hank made it. Frank was a cool orange fish that we wanted to replace. When Frank died, I thought A would be really upset. Apparently his daddy (my hubby) was very upset when his fish died as a little boy (which is kind of funny given his disinterest in animals nowadays). The first thing A said was "Oh Daddy is going to be sad"... then he followed it by "that's ok, we can get a new one". We kept Frank in the fridge for a couple days (of course in a plastic baggy) until we could bring him to the pet store as proof (so we could get a replacement). When peope would come to visit, A was more excited to show them "Frank in the fridge" then "Hank in the tank".

We ended up getting Frank Jr. a couple days later. Frank Jr. didn't last very long easier. My hubby had several debates (not surprising if you know him) with the expert fish lady at the pet store & she banned us from coming back to get more fish for a month or two (until our tank was in a better state). We joked around that he was banned from the pet store.

The reason we got an orange fish is because L was going through an Orange phase. Orange was his favorite first color and therefore the first one he said... which is funny given that it is more difficult to say than red, green, or blue. L was just learning how to say several words together and during this time, he learned to say "Orange Fish Died" & would repeatedly say it.

We now have a stable fish tank & have since added a couple more fish & a snail named "Slirmy" (also named by A).

L 2nd Bday

Oops... forgot to put pics up of L's 2nd Bday. L turned 2 on 2.21. He had a "dog dog" birthday since his fav stuffed animal is a dog and he likes to crawl around and bark like a dog.

Aunt B's 21st Birthday

We got together at GG's and Pop-pop's to celebrate Aunt B's 21st. Here she is with her 3 brand new nephews! The guy in the middle is the twins' younger cousin (by 1.5 weeks).

3 generation pic - yes, there are 7 grandsons! the 1st granddaughter is coming in May

Grandma's Visit

Grandma F came to stay with us for the last few weeks. She was a huge help! We were very sad to see her leave. She was able to see L going through a very cute stage - learning & saying new words every day. She even helped out with the twins during the night :) She put up with all the crankiness - babies, sleep deprived parents, and the older boys. I think we wore her out.

We really put her to work.

2/29 Photo Shoot

Here's some 4 week pics of the babies and 2 year old pics of L taken by Allebach Photography. It was tough to take pics of these 4 guys - the Allebachs did a wonderful job.

C & S - This is usually how it goes. One happy, One not.

Older Boys

L - looking so old & sophisticated

L and "Dog Dog"

S

C

A and a Twin (not sure which one - sometimes this happens :)

All 4