Birthday Wishes

Yesterday, Caralee and I threw my mom a surprise 50th birthday party. We all met at the Texas Roadhouse, in Huber Heights, and had amazing food and great time in fellowship! We were able to surprise her with some good o' friends from her past too! It was fun seeing the look on her face when she saw everyone.



Caralee also made a cake



and I put together a poster board of pictures of mom all the way from her childhood to now

Our Trip to the Farm

My mom took Peter, James and I to the Farm yesterday. We had a ton of fun. All of the animals just had their babies, so we got to see baby lambs, baby chicks, baby piggies, baby bunnies and chicks. Peter loved it! Again, not much for James to do, but he liked listening to the different sounds all around him. We then had a picnic lunch and then went to the Aullwood center for more fun. It was a great day!

At the Park

We had a fun day at the park today. I packed everyone's meal, Tim got everyone's drinks, and we got in the van and headed to a local park. Here's Peter and Daddy enjoying there dinner...yummy!


I look like I'm eating alone, but I promise I wasn't! :0)


Not much for a baby to do at the park, but look cute and smile for the camera!



We didn't tell Peter where we were going until we got there, so we was super excited when he saw all of the slides and swing sets. He's getting pretty good at climbing on things now. He didn't fall once, which was bonus for Mommy! (I forgot to bring band-aids)



Here's one of my favorite pictures of that day.


After the park, we went to a pet store, and Peter got to see some mice, rats, kittens, a snake (his personal favorite), lots of fish and a little bunny. Then, Daddy treated us to ice-cream at Dairy Queen. Peter had such a blast!

Baby James

I got some funny pictures of James recently. He's a hard one to capture! He has so many funny faces, but he changes before the camera is done flashing. The last one, here, is Peter playing 'pinchy' face with James, but he pulled his hand away too quickly and as he was doing so, James drooled out a huge gob of slobber on his hand. . . :0)

Peter Reading to James

First Word!

This morning, I was trying to get Peter going, and he was dragging his feet to get out of his room. I was in a hurry and I was holding James in my arms while gently pushing Peter along. I kept saying 'Peter, let's go, let's go, let's go!". All of a sudden, in the cutest voice ever, James said, as clear as day, "Go". I promise he said it, because as soon as he said it, Peter said, "James just said 'go' Mommy!" Wow, 5 months and already trying to get a word in edgewise!

Belly Blues. . .

Tonight, the boys and I went to my sisters apartment for dinner and later, some of her girlfriends were going to come over and visit. One of Caralee's girlfriends (Sami) is very pregnant with her first baby, and her husband (Josh) is Peter's hero. He LOVES his Josh. Well, ever since we started introducing the fact that Josh and Sami are going to have a baby, Peter has been a little uneasy about the whole notion. So, this evening, Sami asked Peter who was inside her belly, and Peter simply replied, "I don't know . . .I don't want to talk about it." Caralee thought she would throw him a loop and said, "Peter, what's in MY belly?" Without hesitation, Peter replied "Poop." I have NO idea what gave him that idea, but it was, I admit, kind of funny!

cheeeeeese

Here's a goofy picture of James, with his eyes closed!

If there's one thing that makes my boys a lot alike, it's the love and attention of a camera!

Another Night, Another Movie

Last night, our 'Movie Night Monday' was a Veggie-Tale Movie entitled 'The Wizard of Ha's'. We were having beautiful Spring/Summer weather and then it decided to take us all for a spin when it became cold and windy last night. I think the low was in the 30's. So, I got the boys to watch their movie in our bed, where we have our electric blanket. They were cozy!