Ben is 14 Months

Ben is 14 months old today. He has started being a chatter box..I have no idea what he is saying but it is very cute. Ben can say some things we understand such dog and cat. I think he said bird the other day but only heard it once! He is attempting to stand on top of his riding toy. I have to say he is a little daredevil. Ben continues to love dancing and music. He is pointing at everything and likes to watch the airplanes go over our house....which is all time! Ben also shakes his head no and nods for yes.

Will is 3 years and 2 months

I let the 19th slip by so here a few shots of Will this past month. He is napping right now for the first time in 4 days. He went back to school for the first time in 2 weeks and his teacher said he did great. Will and Daddy planted carrots yesterday in his garden. The first thing he wanted to do when he woke up was to check to see if they had grown. The thing I am enjoying the most about 3 so far is seeing Will use his imagination!

Busy weekend

Chip had Friday off so we made use of the extra time and cleaned out our guest room. We are going to paint it sometime soon. For those of you who have not been to our house...the guest room is a dark pink. It was a little girl's room before we owned the house. We moved a lot of stuff to storage...yes we do have a storage unit..but plan to purge some items at our neighborhood garage sale coming up.

Will and Chip worked on getting "Will's" garden ready. He had fun using his big boy shovel and rake Pop bought him. Will's garden is 12 by 6 and Daddy's is 4 by 8. Now, how did Will end up with a bigger garden...so he can grow big things that he picked out at the store. We have corn, sunflowers, carrots, watermelon and pumpkin.

Ben had fun picking up the dirt and handing it to me...he did try a few bites though. Ben got a new "car" thanks to a gracious hand me down from Ms. Sarah. He loves moving the steering wheel and beeping the horn.

Hopefully I will get some pics uploaded soon.

One year ago today...

Big Bugs

We went to the Botanical Gardens to see the Big Bug Exhibit today. We met Gigi and Uncle Robby, who gladly spent his day off with us. It was beautiful weather and there were a lot of people there. Will had an adventure with the map they gave us. He liked to tell us which way to go. Ben sat so sweetly the whole time in the the stroller. We let him out towards the end in the children's area and he was determined to get in the water. I guess next time if it is warm enough I will bring their bathing suits. Both boys napped..Ben did for an 1 1/2...which is a long time for him!

Everyone is healthy..yea!!!

Will is now acting like himself...thank goodness!!! We celebrated St. Patrick's Day by making a cake with green icing at Gigi's house today. (We were going to do it last night but someone did not eat their dinner.) We all wore green today and made our way to Gi's house. The boys had a blast playing and making a huge mess. I was hoping they would fall asleep on the way home but neither one of them did! We are having some down time while Will watches his "All about John Deere" video. I plan to get them outside in a while. Tomorrow we are going to the Botanical Gardens to check out the new "BIG BUGS" exhibit.

Almost better..I hope!

Will is acting more like himself today. He has had a fever since Saturday and usually it has been high. His cough is still around but seems to be improving. He missed both days of school this week. I just pray that Ben stays healthy. We are having some cabin fever and this colder weather with rain is not helping. Maybe if he is feeling better this weekend we can get out and about. I hope all this sickness going around is gone soon!

Warm weather

Will stayed home from school today. He is feeling very puny and has set up camp on the couch. Ben likes to bother him so I am hoping he does not get sick too.

This past weekend we had some beautiful weather so Chip and Will worked on the garden. We have planted some potatoes but will be adding more stuff soon...peppers and some tomatoes. Ben even joined in but wanted to eat the dirt! Gigi and Pop are also planting a garden with carrots, onions and lettuce so the boys will get to see how a lot of different things grow!

Being sick is no fun!

We took Will to the doc today and he has a cold...It was the cough that had us concerned..it had a wheezing sound to it and with Chip's history of asthma we wanted to be careful. Will's platelets had dropped to 150,000 from 295,000 in January but everyone's fluctate while being sick. We just pray that they stay in the normal range. He did NOT want to go see Dr. Laue (or as Will says Dr. Loud) but I promised him we could get a cheeseburger afterwards.

Ben is still healthy! I bought him his second pair of shoes today. We have been squeezing his foot into his current pair. He started out with a smaller shoe than Will and of course if falling in between the other sizes that we own...I was just trying to save some money! Oh well, maybe he can wear Will's old ones when he gets a little bit older. Ben is now trying to climb up on the couch..he is still a little short but can kick his leg pretty high!

SNOW!!!!!!

I am sure everyone in our area will have a SNOW blog entry for today...it is a rare thing around here. (I know my family in Montana thinks this is funny!) Will got up at 7:30 and was outside by 8. Chip and Will played outside till 9:30. Mommy and Ben came out for a little while. Will made a snow angel, snow balls, and got to ride on Uncle Robby's old sled. Daddy even tied a tow strap to it and pulled him around in the yard. Will had to get his construction vehicles out and scoop up some of the snow. We did miss church but we defintely enjoyed God's white wonder today! When Will came in he wanted a cup of cocoa...he did not care for it so settled for milk instead.