The Easter Bunny Came To Town

Easter was the weekend of the swing set build so Papa and Bebe were here to help us celebrate.  Night number one after a good meal the guys took a different position from builders to egg decorators.  Even though they were exhausted, they were troopers to get in one more thing before resting up for day two.  The Easter Bunny came to town and brought the boys some great stuff.  Jack's favorite (by the way...I tried to get him to wear pants but he was in a phase of underwear only...so I photographed him that way and blogged it too) was a rocket shooter and Noah's was his new fedora.  What a blessed Easter!

Adventures in Food

Well you have head it before on my manic update of the blog that I have not been the mother of a second child that I planned to be, but I'm trying.  Jack had documented almost down to every meal and diaper that followed...Noah, not so much.  Here is a cute picture of the one, very brief, and only time Jack wanted to feed his brother. So we fixed a bottle of "brown milk" as Jack calls it and although awkward, still sweet.  Finally in May it was time for Noah to try out cereal.  We went strait to oatmeal because it just seemed like it would taste better and in reflection on how Jack did with the starter foods.  As you can see....it was not a hit!

 I might lack the determination to document Noah's milestones to par, but I am undeniably more laid back with Noah in all areas.  For example...here he is day 2 of solids...tossed the oatmeal and headed strait into the veggies.  And 4 days wait...maybe 2.  And just for records I also had him at the Gaylord to take family pictures in December, at restaurants within the first few weeks, and started giving him ice/finger foods way earlier than I did with Jack!  And in the future you will see he rode a plane at 6 months and I went to a public water park at 8 months!!!  And in the end even though I don't document every second of his life, follow all my psycho "rules" from Jack-he's an angel, we love him, and our family is just perfect!

Swing Set

Jack saved up his money FOREVER to combine with money from us and other relatives to get himself a big boy swing set.  We finally got around to ordering it but new that once it was delivered it would be a big task to get it up and ready for playing.  Prior to purchasing I did some research so I knew what we were getting in terms of price, quality, and labor.  Once it was in the garage and I was amazed that the contents of these two boxes would become what we ordered, had me looking closely at reviews on our specific brand/model.  So when the boys were ready to start the project I was able to provide them highlighted notes from articles, reviews, and other web resources so that they were hopefully not blindsided and set back by at least the steps that tripped up others.  The instruction manual was long and intense, but nothing compared to the bag of nuts and screws!  First step was to sort the boards, second step was to sort the screws (note:  those are not 6 packs, 12 packs...not sure what they are....maybe a beer factory in Papa and Nick's shirts below).  Once everything was sorted...it was time to get to work.

 At the end of a LONG day one after sorting, sorting, and sorting the boys had to come to a stopping point as it was hot and tough on the mind than they had imaged.  But of course Jack needed to test out the progress that they had made before calling it a day.  The next day I had a plan to save the day....get Jack out of the house.  I took him to see Rio at the movie theater to give the guys a few hours of interruption free work. Bless Jack's heart...he carried around a pencil and wanted to help so desperately.  But Bebe and I did our best to stay sane while trying to keep him happy and entertained inside.  Barely made it!

 Pretty sure the guys should be working and not having a little tea party under the fort. And Papa must have had too much tea because he is playing peek a boo!  After their fun, games, and VERY HARD WORK the swing set was finally finished.  Jack gave it a full inspection-and it passed.  Noah too inspected his swing and LOVED it!  Despite the undertaking sitting back and watching Jack enjoy his swing that he waited so patiently for was priceless!

Thanks Nick and Papa!  We love you!!

April Showers Bring...

Great Visitors!

Aunt Leslie and Cousin Savannah were in town to do some prom dress shopping.  Since shopping makes you tired and hungry they came over to the house for dinner and a visit.  We are so lucky that we've seen them so much recently...and a trip to their house (AND GG & Mac) is LONG OVERDUE!   The showers also brought Noah's feet to his mouth.  Yummy!