Happy St. Patty's!

Being Irish and Scottish, we love St. Patrick's day. We ate Irish chili, Irish soda bread and Irish cream cake. Yummy! And those not wearing green, of course, face the wrath of Grant's little pinchers!

Things are going great here. We have made some wonderful new friends through church and Grant's school. Colt is growing and still chubby as ever. We love each and every little fat roll so much. He is still using the potty, although I'm not trying all that hard to train right now. Maybe when the weather gets warmer and he's wearing less clothes.

The boys love to play together. Grant will act goofy and make Colt laugh until he is out of breath. Grant does enjoy, though, when Colt goes down for a nap so he can get Momma's attention back.

I love getting to stay at home. It is what I feel I was made to do. We have so much fun around the house and things only get better once Daddy gets home. The boys are obviously drawn to their sweet Daddy.

Here is a video of Russell making Colt laugh and scream:



This one is of Grant trying "Warheads Extreme Sour" candy:



And here is Grant singing happy birthday to his Papa:

February post

Happy February everyone! I wanted to post some videos of the boys. They are both growing like weeds and maturing so fast. Colt is able to do so much for a 4 month old and Grant is impressing us daily with his skills and interpretations of the world!

Grant loves to play WiiFit and Colt loves to watch him. Well, Colt loves to watch anything Grant is doing. And Grant is so helpful to me as I care for Colt.



As I've probably said before, it takes very little effort to make Colt smile and laugh, just like his big brother was as a baby. Here's more proof of that.




Colt is able to partially sit up on his own. He can sit as long as he's leaning forward a little, getting support from his fat belly. Also, there is a picture of a snowman my dad and Grant built. He had to have sticks for eyes, because we couldn't find anything to make eyes with.

Baby brother

Colt is growing so much. He is able to interact so well with us now and he loves playing with his toys and his big brother!









He is also growing physically. I can't believe
how big he is growing. We are having to start feeding him cereal just to keep him full. He has been adjusting really well to eating with a spoon. At about his third feeding, he finally started opening his mouth when I would touch the spoon to his lips.














Colt got his first haircut the other day. He was born with a full head of hair, but started loosing it as many babies do. He just had some random long hairs hanging on amongst the new fuzz growing in. Plus he had a patch of hair on top that made for the perfect "comb over." None of this was really noticeable, but we like to keep our boys looking sharp.




You can tell by his face how much he loves the cold after getting out of the bath.

Painful hugs

Here are a few videos of Russell and the kids. The first is Russell and Grant's new thing. They hug each other until it "hurts" which in turn makes both of them cry. I believe this was a ploy for Daddy to solicit hugs from Grant!



Here are just a couple of videos of Grant and Colt. Grant will grab Colt's hand sometimes and pretend that Colt is hitting him. I love the way he snuggles with Colt's hand toward the end of the video. The second video is Colt playing with his toys. He can finally touch the ground now in his bouncer and make himself bounce. He spends a lot of time each day in this bouncer playing with toys and watching Big Brother play.

Colt is 3 months old!

I can't believe my second child is already 3 months old!

I love having two boys. They are so much fun. Colt is adjusting well to his life on earth so far. He eats VERY well and sleeps 10-11 hours each night. (Thank you Babywise!) He only cries when he has a painful burp or if he's trying to alert us to the fact that he's woken up from a nap. Otherwise he just fusses a little when it is time to eat or sleep. We don't know what to do with ourselves having such an easy baby!

It is so easy to make Colt smile and laugh. The video shows a time I was actually able to get the camera out quick enough. You'll notice that he tends to give himself the hiccups when he giggles.



He also likes to play with his toys. He is getting better and better at grabbing and spinning his toys. He knows how to make the lights and music go off on his bouncer. Here is a video of that.



Grant is so sweet and helpful with Colt. I was in the shower this morning and heard over the monitor that Colt woke from his nap crying. Next thing I knew he stopped and I heard Grant telling him, "It's okay Coltipoo." Then I heard Colt laughing hysterically. I don't know what they were doing, but I was glad to be able to finish my shower.

2010

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you are having a great year so far. A lot has happened since our last post, but all of you already know thanks to Facebook.

We are now the proud parents of two sons! Colt is our newest addition and he is a lot of fun. He and his brother are constantly keeping us entertained. It is very easy to get him to smile and laugh, he loves grabbing and playing with toys and will quit whatever he is doing to focus on Grant when he enters the room. Grant is very sweet with Colt. The video shows a glimpse of that. (Sorry it is so dark) He is gentle and loving toward him. We couldn't be more proud of our boys.






Here are some pics of our boys:

Pics of our youngest boy

Well here are the latest pics of Grant's younger brother. We can't believe how much they look alike!

It is going to be a different world with two boys around. We are so happy to have Grant potty trained before his brother gets here. He has actually started going to the bathroom by himself. We are having to teach him now to tell us when he has gone poop so one of us can wipe him. A couple of times recently we have walked into the bathroom and noticed that there is poop in the toilet but neither of us even knew he went. It's pretty funny. I guess a few skid marks in the undies won't hurt anything. We are beyond proud!