Things are Great!

Things are going great for us! It's been pretty crazy around here and I haven't had a really chance to catch up for a long time. Sorry to family far away; pictures will be posted of the boys soon!

We love, love, love having a home. Especially now that it is getting warmer and we can play in the back yard.

Will has a few friends he plays with that live across the street. Nice and easy to have friends over to play with. Will keeps getting taller. One day all of his pants fit and the next they were all too short. He keeps saying he's going to be big like his Daddy and Grandpa Jack (who is around 6 ft 8 in). Will still loves to play golf. He's been a great help with Ethan and loves to make him laugh.

Ethan has two teeth on the bottom gums. He is doing the army crawl, but I'm sure he'll be crawling any time. He loves to see what Will is doing and wants to be right there with him. And he LOVES to be outside.

Jody is still enjoying his job. He loves coming home to his boys (and sweet wife of course :-)! On Saturday he put in a square foot garden for us. We are so excited about it! I'll have to take some pictures so you can see. We are growing tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, watermelon, cantalope, pumpkin, cucumber, zucchini, basil, cilantro, and parsley.

We recently bought a bike trailer so we can take the boys about biking. We all enjoy going for bike rides, especially with the weather being so great! Pictures soon to come.......

Happy 2010

Well its a new year. It's hard to believe that 2009 has come and gone! Lots of wonderful things happened to us during the past year and we are looking forward to having this new year.

We had a wonderful Christmas with Jody's family here. We enjoyed having everyone here and hanging out. The Sunday after Christmas we blessed Ethan. Jody did a great job. And we had a fun time having lunch over at my parent's house afterwards.

Will has loved playing with his toys and books he got for Christmas. Jody's parents made this amazing Noah's ark for the boys out of wood for Christmas. I'll have to post some pictures of it. Will loved playing with his cousin Annie and having his Uncle Jeff's attention while he was here.

Ethan is all smiles (unless of course he's hungry). He is starting to giggle and we do all we can to hear that sweet sound. Ethan loves looking at his books that he got at Christmas and is reaching for them now.

Jody and I enjoy our sweet boys. Life is great!! Happy 2010 to everyone!

pictures!!!!!

It's been a long time, but we've been busy adjusting to having two cute boys in our home instead of just one, and putting our home in order. We love our home, it's not big and it doesn't have all the latest things, but its ours and its home to us! :-) We love our boys! Will is always amazing us with the things he says and does and he still adores his "Little Ethan". Ethan is a wonderful and happy baby. He is a little over 2 months now. At his check-up he was 23 inches long and 13 lbs (he loves to eat!). Life is wonderful and we are looking forward to the holidays. Jody's family will be coming. We can't wait! Enjoy the pictures!

Will loved being a cowboy for Halloween.

Ethan was a frog for Halloween. His costume was huge on him, but he was so cute in it!

Ethan loves to smile!

What a cutie!

Jody did the turkey for Thanksgiving. It was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! I think each year since we have been married we have had a different turkey each year. Jody loves to try new recipes.

My mom has a container full of beans for Will to play in. It's one of his favorite things to play with at my parent's house. Will was sitting in the beans and told us that Ethan wanted to play in the beans with him.

It's amazing the coloring of these two. You can tell that they are definitely brothers, but I think Ethan is going to be a little darker in coloring.

Give Thanks for Simple Blessings

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I'm so grateful for my 3 boys (yes I include Jody when I say I have three boys! :-), what more could a girl want?! I'm so grateful for our home, for Jody's job, for good health, for family, and so much more. I hope everyone enjoys this wonderful day.

Update

Just a quick update.....things are going well, though busy. It's hard to believe Ethan is a month old! Time had just flown by. Will still loves holding Ethan and giving him kisses. Will has been a great help around the house as well. He loves to unpack boxes and figure out where everything should go. Ethan wakes up about once or twice a night, which isn't too bad. Ethan loves to eat and when he is hungry he is not afraid to let you know. :-) We are enjoying our home. We still have things to unpack, but it's slowly coming together. Jody has done a great job in building shelves in a closet for all of our food storage. He also had to cut all the doors down a little in the house since we added carpet. He's had quite a few other projects to do also, but it's fun to do since its our own! Hope everyone is doing well. We will put up new pictures soon!

A Video Too!

Photos of Ethan & Family