A Day in the Life of Us

Brandon is being Superman.

Here he is practicing his "mean" face. He thought that this was just sooooo fun!

That's much nicer. What a great smile!

Jordon is playing with something that he shouldn't be, but what's Gideon doing?

Yep, that's right. He's trying to stand up. It's totally crazy; I can't believe he's already doing this kind of stuff. He's a great crawler and now he's been trying to pull up on things every once in awhile. In fact, yesterday I found him on the second stair. We are certainly not ready for such a mobile child. Oh well, I guess we'd better get ready! Gideon is also loving Cheerios. He's had a decent amount of different foods and loves his baby food, but nothing beats Cheerios as far as he's concerned.

September

Again, I did not take the time to put these in any great order. But these are the highlights of our last month of pictures. We had a lot happen this last month and we were able to capture some of it on "film" to share with you.

This is really a terrible picture, but I had to post it. Kate and Jordon have the same birthday.
Brandon, Carson, Kate and Jordon. The younger two were both hanging out in just a diaper and no pants for different reasons, but it was still pretty funny.

I was trying to plan some menus for the week and I was very engrossed in my cookbooks. Then I realized how quiet things were and I knew I needed to look for Jordon immediately. The funny thing is that I found him looking through my Hershey's Cookbook. Great taste!!

Gideon has started jumping occasionally. Hopefully those bow legs will straighten out at some point!!

He has started eating solid food now. What a big boy. Here he is trying his first rice cereal. He's now had sweet potatoes, pears and peaches. He likes it all so far.

Not so sure of what to do with that stuff in his mouth!

Brandon and Carter on the first day of school.

This year they are in a Pre-K program!

So excited to be back at school!

I'm not really sure what to say about this. But when I found the boys sitting on the front porch like this, it just struck me as hilarious!

This is the first good picture I've been able to take of all three of the boys...and it might be the last!

Happy little buddy.

When we got our sidewalk poured, we ask them to give us a little extra concrete so we could press the boys hands into it. It worked out reasonably well. It was next to impossible to get Gideon to open his hand, so his is a little rough. I guess that will just remind us of how small he was when we moved!

I just love this. This is Brandon sitting in our front door watching the workers prepare for putting our sidewalks in.

We went to one of the games that Daddy was coaching. We tried to nonchalantly walk up to the field. But let me just say that these two attracted all eyes on them.

And then Gideon and I followed behind the other boys.

Flying a kite.

We've Moved

I thought I'd start with a post of the culprit to why I haven't updated the blog in awhile. The good news is that we are moved in and we love the house. The bad news is that we can't seem to find any time to get completely settled in here.

For those who are curious, our new address is

6200 Andrews Way

Whitestown, IN 46075

(We love mail!!!)

This was right before we got the keys to our new home. This was also the last time that the house was clean and the walls didn't have dirty hand prints and nicks. Oh well, it's better this way because now our home truly reflects us.
And here's the real culprit of why we can't get things accomplished around the house. But hey, when you see smiles like this it doesn't really matter how many boxes are still left to unpack! Don't be fooled, this picture was actually photoshopped. I have yet to take a picture of all three when they all look someone decent. Hopefully that day will come, but I'm not counting on it happening anytime soon. Until that day does come, I will continue to hone my photoshop skills.

left unattended

What is this mess? This is what happens when Mommy decides to leave Jordon unattended during breakfast. Jordon ate some yogurt, but pretty much painted the table and himself with the rest.

Whatever little job I chose to do that morning instead of pay attention to Jordon was certainly not worth the price I had to pay. Needless to say he got a bath and the kitchen got a major scrub down. But I guess he at least had some fun!

just playing around

Brandon certainly can be creative. Here he is flying a space ship. As you can see this is serious business.

He thought it was unsafe for me to pull back the window to take his picture, so I had to make sure to quickly replace the blanket. He takes his safety rather seriously so I was thankful he let me open the window long enough to get the first picture.

Bath Buddies

Don't be mislead if you see Jordon and he's shy. Here he is in his true glory with his real personality shining through!

Splashing never seems to get old for these guys.

Nothing really beats bathtime photos. Brandon and Jordon have really started bonded over the last few months. It's neat to see them starting to play with each other more and more. Jordon is also talking so much more and that's been fun for Brandon to see. He's really excited for Jordon to continue to grow up.

Accidental Nap

I always laugh at the way Gideon sleeps with his arms all over the place. I guess this is some photo evidence of where he gets those crazy arms. I had no idea...

On another note, I know I have crazy hiccups, but I never knew it was hereditary until I heard my dad hiccup the other day. It was amazing. I can't believe that I didn't know my dad has crazy hiccups like me!

Brotherly love

Time with Uncle Rob

We were able to spend a lot of time with Rob while he was here twice in the last month. The boys just can't get enough of him...and his iPhone. Brandon enjoys wrestling with Rob but isn't quite sure of all his antics. Rob might be just a bit too silly for Brandon to totally get. Jordon just loves to have Rob hold him. I think one of Rob's favorite memories of Jordon from this trip will be from one evening digging in the dirt. Jordon got mulch in his shoe. This was not at all acceptable so he asked Mama to help him. After she got his shoe back on, he brushed his hands and said "Back in business".

Gideon's latest

A trip to the zoo. Gideon is appropriately wearing his rhino hat.

My parents have a family zoo membership, so we love going to the zoo with them. Mama only had about a week of summer break without having to work (so much for summers off). She graciously spent much of that week "off" with us. She helped me with several projects around the house as well as doing fun things with the boys, like going to parks and the zoo.

Quite athletic, right?

He's got his fingers and his toes in his mouth. Could someone please get this kid a bottle!!

He actually really enjoys chewing on his toes when he remembers where they are. I do my best at keep his nails trimmed.

Jordon at the park

Jordon has been afraid of slides for quite awhile now. He loves climbing to the top of them, but he rarely goes down them. We've been practicing and I think he's finally worked through his fear.

Is he going to do it....

Yes!!! He did it and he loved it. Now he will repeat this about 40 more times until I have to drag him away from the slide.

Brandon learned to swim...with swimmies on!

Look at him in the deep end with no one else around!! What an accomplishment.

He's pretty proud of himself.

I wasn't able to get a picture of it this time, but his favorite thing to do is jump off the diving board and have Dad catch him. What a brave buddy.

Jordon taking a moment to stop and smell the flowers...anything to keep him from getting in the pool!

Kacy's 30th Birthday

Lindsie, Jodi, me and Natalie (all stay-at-home-moms from our small group) went out on the town to help celebrate my big birthday. We went out to dinner, using coupons of course and then rented a paddle boat and cruised through the canal downtown. Good times!

B's birthday party at the park

We invited some families to join us a park to celebrate his birthday. This year he got a car cake. What fun!

He got really excited when everyone was singing to him.

We had a soccer ball pinata and it was the greatest thing. Instead of swinging a stick at it, we just had all the kids kick it until it busted open.

This was one of the best things to watch. The kids got so into and there was a ton of candy so they were all able to fill up bags of goodies to take home.

Pete's idea of how to cool down the grill.

Don't mess with a man and his gun!