Sum UP

Wow! I suck at this.  I just noticed that I have not posted in over 18 months.  That is a really long time.  Let's recap - no that will take too long, let's sum up.
May 2013 - My 29th birthday.  Getting older.
June 2013 - Wesley baseball.  I coached and learned patience in the process.  4-5 year olds learning baseball (t-ball) is stressful.
July 2013 - Lagoon with Grandma and Grandpa Meyers.  Then the Hogle Zoo the next day.
August 2013 - Started the month by traveling to Richmond, VA for my nephews baptism.  We got to visit the National Mall, the Smithsonian, Arlington Cemetery, and Mount Vernon.  Also went to Virginia Beach with my brother and his family.  Once we got back we got a call for Kyle to meet with the Stake President.  Being the obnoxious person that I am, I cracked jokes all the way there about putting him in the bishopric.  I should learn to shut my mouth.  Sure enough, that is exactly what they were doing.  Kyle was called to be the second counselor in the bishopric. At the end of the month Wesley started kindergarten.
September 2013 - School and Kyle coaching cross country.
October 2013 - Halloween - Wesley was a knight, Jon was Superman and Nate was Spiderman.
November 2013 - Kyle's Birthday then Thanksgiving at the end of the month.  My brother flew in from Virginia and we were able to bless  his new baby while he was here.
December 2013 - Christmas at the cabin in McCall with Kyle's family.  We announced that we were expecting another child to join us in August 2014.
January 2014 - Return to school.
February 2014 - Nate turned 2.
March 2014 - Jon turned 4.  We had an ultrasound and found out we were expecting a girl for the first time.  Wesley said, "I told you so!" at the hospital.  He wanted to make sure we all knew he had told us before the ultrasound tech had.
April 2014 - Wesley turned 6. Spring soccer with both boys being coached by Kyle.  Both Wesley and Jon got to make goals this year.
May 2014 - I hit the big 30!  Age is just a number though.  I still act like a kid sometimes.
June 2014 - Yellowstone at the beginning of the month.  Still a little cold, but got to see some really cool things - Old Faithful, Prismatic lakes and bison.  T-ball for both Wesley and Jon.  They were on different leagues though.  Wesley was on a just 6 year olds league and he even got to hit off a pitch since his coach was willing to pitch to them.  Jon was on the 4-5 year old league and got to learn his own patience with his coach and teammates.  He is way to competitive for co-ed t-ball.   Kyle and I got to go with the youth in our ward to the Manti pageant.  It was amazing.  The young women asked really inappropriate questions about pregnancy.  They were a goofy group.
July 2014 - Reddington Roundup - swimming at Lava Hot Springs.  Ward Campout - we didn't campout since I was less than a month away from my due date.  Alexandria Layne Meyers was born July 28th.  She was 10 days early, but she was big enough.  Weighing in at 9lbs 5oz and 21 inches long, she is definitely my biggest so far.
August 2014 - Back to school for Kyle and Wesley.  Wesley started 1st grade.  Kyle got his math teaching certificate and is now teaching full time as a math teacher at Minico High School.
September 2014 - I am off work and just hanging out with my kiddos at home.  Kyle is coaching cross country.
October 2014 - I go back to work at the beginning of the month.  Miss my little girl terribly.  She is an amazingly adorable baby.  (I am a little biased.)  Halloween this year Wesley goes as Captain Jack Sparrow (I let them watch Pirates of the Caribbean a few weeks prior), Jon goes as Iron Man, Nate goes as the Hulk (I thinks 2 year olds really relate to the Hulk and smashing things), and Alexandria is the new Minnie Mouse.  I am the old Minnie Mouse.  I am in red and Lexi (Alexandria's nickname) is in pink.  Kyle does not dress up since he says he quit doing that when he got too old to dress up.  Guess I never really grew up did I?  I haven't missed dressing up a single year yet.
November 2014 - Kyle's birthday.  He is now 33. 
Since we are finally caught up I will try to do a better job of staying caught up.  We will see how well that goes.  Till I write again.  Adieu!

It has been 5 years already!

It sometimes seems like just yesterday we were preparing for our first little boy.  Now that little boy has turned 5 years old.  Wesley opened his presents after I got home from work.  Kyle asked Wesley if he knew what he was getting for his birthday and he kept telling him he was getting a bed.  Apparently he saw me get one of his presents and was confused.  I got him a new comforter and sheets for when he moves into his own bedroom.  For his birthday we had a family dinner with Poppa, Grandma and Aunt Jenn at Chadwicks in Burley.  The boys were a little crazy at dinner, but we did have a good time.  The next day Wesley got to go to the doctor for his 5 year well child checkup.  I say "got to", but I think Wesley thought it was a had to.  We have been prepping him for this doctor's appointment for several months since he would be receiving a fairly large amount of shots.  He had to get his last set of shots to be able to go to school this upcoming fall.  He got four total shots.  One in his right arm, one in his right thigh and two in his left thigh.  He was really upset after the shots.  He did fine however once he got over the shock of his mom holding him still while he got stuck four times.  The nurse said he did quite well and did not even cry a lot.  He was a real trouper.  His stats are 43 inches tall (75th percentile) and 36 pounds (25th percentile).  He eyesight was appropriate for his age and even his blood pressure was wonderful.  Overall, a healthy little boy.  On Saturday we planned a friend birthday party for him.  He had a Superman party.  He had his cousins and a few friends over for games and cake.  They played Pin the Shield on Superman (instead of pin the tail on the donkey), Kryptonite Treasure Hunt and they colored their own Superman Shields.  He even had a Superman cake.  It went very well and all of the kids seemed to have fun.  After the party ended we went to Gerties with all of the aunts, uncles, cousins and Poppa and Grandma.  The men left Gerties to go play golf that evening and the rest of us went to Grandma and Poppa's house.  It was a wonderful day.

Wesley opening his presents on his birthday.

Wesley's Superman cake.

Wesley and his cake while we sang "Happy Birthday to You"

Wesley opening his presents from his friends.

Easter

Easter this year was really fun.  We got to attend a ward Easter brunch and egg hunt on Saturday morning.  It ended being really good.  The Easter Egg Hunt was split into little kids (7 & younger) and older kids (8-12).  The little kid side mostly had candy and eggs thrown on the ground so they were easy for the kids to find.  However Kyle noticed a large chocolate bunny that was hidden up higher more in Kyle's reach than any small kid.  So Kyle lifted Jon up so he could get it.  Later we noticed a couple of young women girls looking where the bunny had been hidden.  They must have thought that no little kid would be able to reach that high so they would be able to come and get the bunny later.  It was kind of funny.  We took Wes & Jon to the movies on Saturday as a treat.  They really enjoyed going to see "The Croods" and quote it often.  After the movie we went to my parents to color easter eggs and have dinner with them and my sister Caitlin and her husband and daughter.  The boys had fun coloring Easter eggs, Nate especially.  Nate stuck his hand in the coloring and turned his egg.  By the time all the eggs were colored, so was Nate.  Nate had dyed his hands a beautiful shade of green that is remaniscent of the Hulk.  Jonny was jealous that Nate had Hulk hands so he dyed his hands a lighter shade of green.  We quickly made up Easter baskets before we went home so the boys' baskets were at Poppa & Nana's house.  It was fast Sunday at church so we felt it would be better to just have the baskets after church.  We did have some Easter outfits and movies at our house the next morning so they would have something from the Easter Bunny in the morning.  The next morning I went to get the boys ready for church and discovered that the pants that came with their suits were too big.  All of the boys' pants had to be resized so they did not fall off their bums.  Wesley however wanted to know "why the Easter Bunny did not know his size."  After church we went to my parents house and had a family Easter Egg Hunt with Catie Bell (Caitlin's daughter).  Nate was really excited to pick up the eggs and would point at the eggs to get us to go the right direction.  All of the boys seemed to have a lot of fun finding the eggs.  We had a turkey dinner for Easter dinner.  Kyle does not approve of this tradition in my family.  He feels we should have ham.  It was a great day and really fun to celebrate with Caitlin, Scott, Catie Bell, Jenn, and my parents.

My boys in their Easter outfits.

Spring Break

Spring Break this year was cut a little short for us due to circumstances outside our control, but we decided to still go to Coeur D'Alene for the time we did have.  We took off Saturday morning in (of course) a freak snow storm that made it difficult to see.  It cleared up by the time we got past American Falls though.  It was a very long drive.  We drove up through Montana so we got to see some really empty country. By the way, did you know there are 2.5million cows in Montana and less than 1million people.  See I even learned something on our vacation.  When we got out of the car in Missoula for a potty break we discovered that Jonathen gets car sick.  He did manage to get inside and puke in a toilet.  We then stopped again in Kellogg and he threw up all over a grocery store floor.  We couldn't find a bathroom fast enough for him.  We got to the condos by 5 pm PST.  (Coeur D'Alene is an hour behind Heyburn)  We made dinner and unpacked.  We didn't even go swimming or anything that night since it was getting late.  The next day we met up with my sister Elisa, her husband Don, and her son Shayne to go to Cataldo.  Cataldo is the first mission in Idaho.  It is an interesting building since it was built by the Coeur D'Alene Native Americans and the Jesuit priests that came by invitation.  All of the paintings inside were done by the first priest who set up the mission.  We had a picnic on the grounds of the mission and discovered that soggy ground and running children equals mud splatters up to the rear end of said children.  We then went back to the condos and swam for a little while before grabbing some food.  It was a fun day.  On Monday we drove down to Potlatch to see an old train depot.  It wasn't as cool as it sounded, but we mut up with Elisa and Shayne and played on the playground toys.  Nate had a great time and kept wanting to go down the slides.  Then we headed back to the condos.  On Tuesday we drove to Mead, Washington (just outside of Spokane) to go to Cat Tails.  Cat Tails is a zoo mostly for different types of cats.  They had a lion cub, tigers, a couple bears, some panthers and some bobcats.  It was fun to see the animals up close and hear the stories of how they ended up at the zoo.  Most of the animals were rescued from bad situations.  There was a white tiger that prowled around his cage growling at pretty much everything.  The boys really enjoyed him and spent a lot of time "talking" to him.  Wednesday we headed home.  It was another long drive, but we stopped by my sister Crystal's on the way home and spent some time with her and her kids.  Overall, it was a fast and furious vacation, but lots of fun.

Cataldo "Old Mission"

Inside "Old Mission"

Potlatch Train

The boys and Zeus the white tiger

The view from our condo balcony.
It was beautiful.

 

One Year Older & Wiser too!

Jon is now three years old.  He has been anxiously awaiting this day for quite a while now.  The night before his birthday he asked me if he could start telling people he is three.  I took him to the doctor the day before his birthday for his yearly checkup.  On the way there he told me he was getting shots.  Since this is his 3 year check up he is not supposed to get shots so I let him know that no, he would not be getting shots this time.  He then informed me in a very sad voice, "But I wanted shots so I could get a sucker."  It was very funny.  He thought he had to get a shot to get a sucker.  The doctor is always suprised by my little boys and what they say and do.  Jonathen shook his hand when he came in and promptly told him all about how he will turn three the next day.  Jonathen is a big talker.  In fact, it is not very often that I can get him to be quiet.  He will talk to anyone.  He measured 39 inches tall (between 75th & 90th percentile) and 30 lbs (10th percentile).  Long and skinny.  On his birthday we had a family dinner for him and Upper Crust.  My parents and a few of my sisters were there.  Elisa and her son Shayne were in town from Moscow so they got to be there.  Jon  always enjoys having Shayne around.  They had dinner and Jon got to wear an icecream cone hat for his birthday.  He wasn't really sure he wanted to wear the hat.  We then opened presents and had cake.  Jon was soooooo excited about all of his presents.  The cake was a superhero cake.  It had three different layers and each layer represented a different superhero.  The bottom layer was green and purple for The Hulk, the middle layer was white with blue webbing for Spiderman, and the top layer was yellow with a bat signal for Batman.  Jonny got the idea from my mother and her pintrest obsession.  She saw a cake on  pinterest that was layered like that and Jon just had to have something like that.  It turned out pretty well for being three cakes combined into one.  Jon also had his nursery teachers stop by with bunny cakes for his birthday and the Bishop brought over cookies the next day for him.  Our ward is really great about birthdays, I was really suprised.  Jon had a great day and is so excited to be three years old.  However he has already started planning his next birthday. 

Happy Happy Birthday Nate dear

Nathaniel is now 1 year old.  Actually he has been for 10 days now.  It is amazing how fast time goes by.  He is an amazing little boy.  For his birthday we didn't just have a one day celebration, in fact, we celebrated all weekend long and it was a long weekend since President's Day was the day after his birthday.  On Saturday we had a family dinner for any who could and wanted to attend at Gertie's.  Nate got to eat as much pizza, cottage cheese and olives as he wanted to.  He actually really enjoyed the evening.  He opened his presents from his grandparents, aunts, and uncles at gerties.  Poppa & Nana got him a turtle he can bounce up and down on and when I lifted the large box up so he could see it he hugged the box.  It was very cute.  He also got a drum, toddler piano, Optimus Prime Rescue Bot, and a stacking toy.  Aunt Jenn was less than excited to see the drum.  On Sunday, his actual birthday, we let him open his presents from us and his brothers.  We got him a Fisher Price Zoo with animals that roar.  He absolutely loved it.  Once we got it all put together he stood up next to it and shook it.  The boys got him extra animals to go with his zoo.  On Monday my sisters and their kids were coming to Rupert so we had cake and icecream with them at my parent's house.  I got up on Monday and made a 3D duck cake and decorated it.  To the left is the finished product.  I was pretty happy with how it turned out.  Overall he celebrated turning one pretty well.  On Monday I also took him to the doctor for his 1 year well baby check up.  He got his immunizations and showed the doctor how fast he can crawl.  Jon went with us since he likes going to the doctor (he gets suckers at the doctors office).

 Nate and Jon were chasing each other around the base of the examinig table when our doctor came into the room.  He was 31 inches tall (90th percentile and taller than both of my other boys) and weighed 20 lbs (10th percentile).  He is an inch taller and a pound lighter than Jonathen was at one year old.  He can take a few steps by himself, but prefers to crawl.  He will take a few steps and then look around accusingly and promptly sit down.  It is almost like it surprises him  that he walked without help.  It is kind of funny.  Nana let go of him and he took 2 steps, he then turned and glared at Nana and quickly set down.  He is an adorable little boy that loves to play with his brothers.  We are so happy to have him in our family

Nate opening his Christmas Eve present

Wesley opening his Christmas Eve present



Jon opening his Chrismtas Eve present

Jon wearing his Christmas Eve present

Wesley and Nate in their matching Christmas Eve presents

Jon in his present from Aunt Mandy

Wesley in his present from Aunt Mandy

Nate and his big present from Santa

Jon in his helmet.  (The helmets were jointly bought by Great Grandma & Grandpa Welch and Great Grandma Reddington.)

Jon and his 32" tall Batman - he just stared at it with his hand in the air for a couple of minutes after he opened it.

All of the boys and I playing with Nate's Sock Monkey in the Box.

Wesley in his helmet playing with his bike from Santa

Wow - Really behind.

So a ton has happened since I lasted posted. 
First and foremost, we finally moved.  We closed on our new home on December 7th and moved the next day.  We had tons of help and are very grateful for all of those who came and helped us move.  It was a crazy day.  The boys went over to Grandma's house while Kyle and I stayed and helped with the moving.  I mostly cleaned after everyone else moved stuff.  My sisters Crystal and Caitlin both came with their husbands to help us.  Two weeks later we closed on our old house.  It was great to be able to sell our house at the same time as finishing the building of our new home.
Next, was Christmas.  Christmas started the Friday before for us.  We had the Reddington Christmas Party that Friday.  We hosted this year so all of my sisters and their families came to our house.  We had dinner together and then had an auction with beans and presents with funny sayings on them.  You bid on different presents with funny notes on them to hint at what it is.  The kids really got in to it and got to "buy" a few items for themselves.  It was funny to see the the boys bid the same amount no matter how much the price is at at the time.  I worked the weekend before Christmas so I missed Wesley singing Christmas songs in church and my dad singing in his ward.  Wesley also had the scripture and prayer in primary that day.  However, on Monday (Christmas Eve) we really got to work.  I spent the day wrapping presents and even ended up running to Wal-mart to make sure we had enough presents for all of the boys.  We then headed to my parents to have Christmas Eve dinner and unwrap one present.  Typically this present is pajamas to wear the next morning.  Wesley and Nate actually got matching pajamas that were both Superman with capes.  Jon got Superhero Squad, which are really the avengers in cartoon form.  We read the Christmas story and then sang Christmas songs.  We sang all of the favorites and got ready to go downstairs to open the present.  Jon however kept insisting he wanted to sing the song about baby Jesus.  Which is kind of hard to understand since pretty much all Christmas songs are about baby Jesus.  It ended being "Mary did you know?" which none of my family really knows.  I sang a few lines to make him happy and let my dad know which song Jon was talking about.  We went downstairs and opened the presents.  Wes and Jon were both really excited.  We then took the boys home and put them to bed.  After the boys went to bed I got to work wrapping presents and getting Christmas breakfast ready for the next morning.  My parents brought their presents and stockings over since they would be joining us the next morning to open presents.  Jenn and my mom helped me finish wrapping presents and get the boys' stockings ready for the next morning.  We finished everything up and all went to bed.  The next morning my parents came over a little after 6 am.  The boys came down to see that Santa brought them bicycles.  They were both super excited.  They loved all of their presents.  Wesley had spent weeks telling anyone who would listen that he wanted a trampoline for Christmas.  After opening all of the presents under the tree and all of the Santa presents we asked Wesley if he had gotten everything he wanted.  He looked around and said, "Maybe not."  He was afraid to admit that he still wanted something else.  We then told the boys to go and check in the office.  We put the trampoline (still in its box) in the office since there was absolutely no way I was going to wrap a box that big and it was too cold and snowy to set it up.  Wesley and Jon ran into the other room and Wesley yells, "It is MY trampoline!"  Apparently he felt it was just for him.    They both were really excited to get the trampoline and Jon wanted to set it up right away.  It is still not set up and probably won't be until spring.  Breakfast was in the oven already and was ready a little after we finished opening presents.  We ate breakfast and then started getting toys out of their boxes and cleaning up.  The boys even insisted on going outside and riding their bikes for a little bit.  It was a wonderful Christmas.  It was fun to stay at our house and have  my parents and sister join us. 
New Years -
I got to work both New Years Eve and  New Years Day.  My parents met us at our house after I got off work on New Years Eve and we made pizza for dinner.  We also made treats for the night.  I let the boys stay up a little later than usual, but they did not get to stay up until midnight.  I know my children better than that.  After putting the boys to bed we played some games with my parents and sister and then watched the ball drop on TV at midnight.  My parents left shortly after that and we got to bed.  I worked the next day at 7 am.  Since I was at work Kyle and the boys went to my parents and my dad and Kyle watched the bowl games all day.  When I got off work we had dinner at my parents.  It was not that exciting of a day, but we had fun. 
Work -
Back in Septmeber my boss got fired and we were left without a manager.  At that time I took over as clinical lead and a search was started for a new manager.  I applied for the position.  I interviewed for the position.  After a few weeks they announced the new pharmacy manager.  I was not it, but they hired a guy named Scott Milner.  Scott had worked at corporate office for Intermountain Healthcare, who own Cassia Regional.  He started in November and has spent the last few months in meetings trying to change things at Cassia.  Finally in December, right before Christmas, he got approval for the changes he wanted to make.  One of these changes our schedule.  My new schedule is Monday thru Friday 7am to 3:30pm.  I do not work weekends or holidays anymore.  This new schedule starts tomorrow.  The other two pharmacists (Karen and Edee) are now working 7 days on and then 7 days off.  I am really excited for this change since it will allow me to better use my education and be a clinical pharmacist working with doctors.
That has been our last couple of months.  It has been crazy busy, but totally worth it.  Apparently there is a problem with uploading pictures to Blogger right now so I will add them as soon as I can.

Halloween 2012

Jon as The Hulk

Nate the Tiger

Wesley as Captain America

The whole family as The Avengers plus a tiger

Captain America, The Hulk and Shayne as Superman



The Hulk and Captain America

 
The boys this year really wanted to do a themed Halloween.  They were both going to be superheroes from the Avengers so they felt everyone else should also be part of the Avengers.  Nate  already had his outfit though so he could not comply.  Nate was a tiger this year.  It was a nice warm costume and he looked very cute.  He was not overly impressed by the hood, but otherwise it went really well.  Wesley went as Captain America.  It actually makes me laugh that Wesley prefers Captain America over any of the other Avengers.  It must be something about being the bossy person.  Anyway, we already had his costume since we have a trunk full of superhero costumes that he got for Christmas last year.  We tried to convince Jon to use one of those costumes also, but he had his heart set on being the Hulk.  So we got online and ordered him a Hulk costume with muscles.  He was so excited.  Early on the boys informed their mother that she was going to be Thor.  I hate to break it to them, but Thor is a boy not a girl.  Oh well!  I complied however since my other choice had to be Black Widow and I did not really want to be her.  So I went out and found a Thor girl costume.  They also informed Kyle that he was going to be Nick Fury.  So Kyle got and eye patch and went as the leader of SHIELD.  Poppa then borrowed the boys' Iron Man heart and mask and joined us a IronMan.  Aunt Jenn dressed up as a gypsie, but Wes and Jon insisted that she was Black Widow in disguise.  Shayne, Aunt Elisa, Aunt Caitlin and Catherine also joined us this year for trick or treating.  The boys loved having their cousins join them.  Kyle stayed at home and handed out candy while I took the boys out trick or treating.  We had two vehicles since there were so many of us this year.  Caitlin followed me to our regular haunts, but got tired and headed back to Grandma's before us.  However, after one more house I got called in to make something at the hospital and had to drop the boys off at Grandma's for games with the cousins and have Kyle come pick them up.  Overall, it was a fun night.

Primary Program 2012

This is Wesley's first year in primary and hence his first year for the primary program.  He was so excited when they gave him his part.  He had a small line about Jesus creating the earth for us.  He was given his part at the end of September and had it completely memorized by General Conference.  This did pose a problem for us though since anything Wesley does Jon wants to do also.  By the time we went to church in October was begging for a part in the primary program.  He even memorized Wesley part so he could do it too.  He was so cute.  The day of the program arrived and Wes could hardly hold still.  In fact, he could hardly hold still during the program either.  He was the third part of the entire program and could not wait to say his line.  He said it right into the microphone as quickly as he could get it out.  This did make him a little harder to understand, but he did a great job remember his line and saying it without any help from the primary president.  He sang every song and you could hear his little voice over some of the older primary children.  He had such a fun time doing it and was very proud of himself. 

Boise Temple Open House

The Boise Temple has been closed for about a year for updating.  It will be rededicated in November.  Right now there is an open house to go walk through the temple.  We went with Kyle's family this Saturday (the first day of the open house).  It was beautiful.  I took my endowments out in the Boise Temple and this is the first time I have seen it since that night almost 8 years ago.  It was a lot brighter than my memory.  There were some beautiful portraits and stained glass murals.  It was amazing.  They were doing "silent" tours since they had so many turn out for the first day.  I did not realize this, but the Boise Temple was dedicated the month before I was born.  So I told Jonathen that the temple was built the same year I was born.  Jonathen responded with, " When Daddy was born we built a ladder."  Apparently we got a temple when I was born and a ladder when Daddy was born.  He cracks me up.  After the tour we asked Wesley what his favorite part was and he told us that it was when his cousin Sage put his hand in the water in the fountain outside the temple.  He is so silly.  After some prompting he told us that his favorite part of the temple was the oxen with the water (the baptismal font).  We went out to Chuck-A-Rama with Kyle's family afterwards.  Sage and Wesley really wanted to sit by each other so we had a booth with 2 kids and 1 adult on each side and Nate sat in a high chair at the end.  It was one crowded booth.  It was a quick trip to Boise, but great to see the temple and Kyle's family.

BSU Football!

The boys love watching football with their dad.  I only join them if it is a team I care about.  So we watch BSU football together.  Jonathen gets really into (a lot like his dad) and yells at the TV.  Wesley watches a little more sedately.  Since they love watching BSU so much we decided to go to a game this year.  We went to BSU vs. Miami of Ohio on September 15, 2012.  We got tickets in the north end zone.  It actually turned out to be a great spot since most of the touchdowns happened in our end zone that game.  It was great watching the game.  They ask different sections to wear different colors and we were assigned orange.  Wesley was not terribly happy about that, but was okay since his bronco was blue.  Jon, on the other hand, absolutely loved that we all had to wear orange.  It was very hot that day.  It was in the 90's in Boise and with reflective metal and turf it was quite hot in the bleachers.  We drank lots of water and put on lots of sunscreen.  We left during the 3rd quarter because Jon laid his head down on the bleacher in front of us and tried to take a nap.  Jon loved yelling first down whenever the Broncos got a first down.  Wesley's favorite part was the Bronco mascot.  Which is funny since he had the opportunity to get his picture taken with it and he was too scared.  Oh well.  It was a great game and a wonderful family outing.

Coming along now.

Yet another update on our home.  The stucco is done and the siding is going up now.  The rock for the front of the house will be done Monday.  The inside is insulated, drywalled, and textured.  The trim will be done next week and then on to painting.  I will be meeting with the trim guy next Tuesday to go over how I wante things.  It is all coming together so fast right now.  We are so excited to see everything happening.

Oh, to live in the mind of a 4 year old.

Wesley yesterday informed his father that the kid in the mirror kept saying the same things as him, moving the same way at the same time, and was even wearing the same clothes.  Kyle reminded Wesley (who already knows this) that the "kid" in the mirror is really Wesley.  Wesley then walked back over to the mirror and said, "Hey good looking." He then proceeded to have a conversation with his mirror self.  He is so funny sometimes.  Kyle texted me about this and I spent a good 30 minutes cracking up.  It made my day.

6 months

Nathaniel is now 6 months old.  While it feels like just yesterday he was born, it also seems he has always been a part of our family.  He is growing up so fast.  He is sitting up by himself and has two teeth.  He loves to smile and laugh.  He knows his name and thinks it is funny when people say it too often.  He just went to the doctor for his 6 month checkup.  He is growing and progressing really well.  He is 28 inches long (90th percentile) and 14 lbs 7 oz (10th percentile).  Yet another tall skinny boy.  It always suprises my doctor when he checks my children's mouth and he finds teeth.  All of my boys got their teeth before 6 months.  Although children, on average, get their first tooth around 8 months.  He is eating second foods now and loving it.  Wesley and Jon also really love to give him things to eat.  We have to watch them though; they are not too picky about what they try to give him.  We love Nathaniel with all our hearts and are so happy to have him in our family.

House update!

 We met with James (our contractor) last week and did an electrical walk through.  This means we walked around the house telling them where we would like ceiling fans, TV's, and other major electrical items.  This way our electrical system is configured to our exact specifications.  We also talked with our plumber regarding the shower head and water in the master bathroom.  We also changed the layout of the stairs since there was an issue with head clearance.  The stairs are now more open at the bottom than the original plan.  I happen to like it better.  Right now the electrical is done, most of the plumbing is done, the framing is finished, and the roof is on.  They should be getting started on the exterior of the home soon.  More updates to come.

Great Room Fireplace

Looking down the stairs into the great room

Looking into the great room from the dining room

The stairs (improved design)