Birthday Blues.

What a day for Lincoln. He's two! I wish we could have gone all out for his birthday but we had an interesting day. Parker turned out to be sick. He threw up a few times during the day. We didn't really want to do too much because Parker was sick. It was a nice day outside though.

This first picture shows a happy Lincoln. As we started to sing he didn't want to hear it. He would say "nnooooo!" anytime we started up. I suppose we will leave the singing up to him next time. Mickey Mouse pancakes were the breakfast treat.

At the end of the day at dinner Lincoln was on his chair trying to get down. He's done this a thousand times but this time he slipped and landed on the hard floor right on his head. I was so nervous. He was starting to get a bump on the back of his head where his spine and head meet. Luckily he didn't have a concussion and his bump went away by morning. The poor kid was a little sad at the end of his birthday. We made pizza his birthday dinner.

Lincoln enjoyed his new Fisher Price garage and ramp. He loves to race his cars down the ramp. Parker also loves Lincolns toys, especially "Toothless" from "How To Train Your Dragon."

We celebrated his birthday a little more on Saturday, a few days later. The sun was so nice and warm. We took the boys miniature golfing. Lincoln loved it. They had so much fun that they wanted to stay and play some more. Perhaps we will go again another time.
Parker was feeling better and we could enjoy the cake outside. Lincoln loves Lightning McQueen so I made a cake with the road and then we put the figures on. I didn't want to attempt to design McQueen himself. The sad part was that the cake was three days old by the time we pulled out the candles. I prepared it the night before his birthday.

I love when we celebrate for more than one day. We tried to get a skype call with his Aunt and Uncle but it didn't work out. Kim and Jer missed out on him opening their present. This is his reaction though. Thanks guys.

The box was later used for other purposes. You know how kids are with the boxes!

So here's to our birthday boy! Lincoln we love you lots.

Where is the 's?'

Parker doesn't know where to put the 's' yet. Willie and I have loved listening to Parker talk. A few examples are; psilled, tsars, psecially, tsinker, psirit, psort, tsand, psit, psrayed, and pslash. It's fun when he does it in the middle of the word too. At the moment I can't think of those words. We love this kid.

Little Blessings.

Henry's Blessing. We decided to bless Henry on January 16. He was a great baby during the blessing. He was ready for his nap but did very well at staying awake to hear his own blessing. We had taken the camera with us to take pictures at the church, we still had a little bit of snow on the ground. Unfortunately I forgot to pull it out and have someone take our pictures. I would have liked to get pictures of those who helped in the circle as well. When we got home these are the pictures that we took.

We are grateful for our little boy who brings so much joy to our family. Henry is a great blessing and I know that he will love playing with his brothers. Henry will be a great example to those around him. He shows us his love everyday.

I'm glad that we could use the same blessing outfit that we used on the other two boys. They all looked so handsome in it. We didn't use the same shoes because a sweet lady in our ward knitted some booties for him. They were perfect for his blessing day. The weather was a little chilly so we had to put a long sleeved onsie under his outfit. He didn't mind staying warm.

Birthday Celebration.

Okay so this is our Christmas post. We celebrated Jesus' birthday. We taught the boys as best we could about the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Knowing that Santa was coming distracted the boys from this wonderful lesson. We made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies for Santa. The boys opened their Christmas pj's the night before. Lincoln absolutely loves his 'reineer' pj's. He gets really sad when they are dirty and he has to take them off.

From 8:30 to about 3:00 the boys opened presents. It's not that we had THAT many presents but they enjoyed every one of them, one by one. Santa brought a baseball glove and trains for Parker. He also brought a new set of plastic golf clubs for Lincoln as well as the shared gift of the trains. Henry received a new krinkle book and a firetruck from Santa.

The older boys were so enthralled with the trains that they barely ate anything. Parker didn't touch any food until after lunch time. Why eat when you have trains?

The boys gave Willie a new pair of sunglasses, Nutella, and Mickey Mouse Yahtzee. He loved his presents from the boys.

All the boys received at least one new book. This picture must have been near the 3:00 point of the day if the boys left the trains to hear some stories from dad.
Grandma Joan sent a present in this big bag. We tried to send a different present back but the mail carrier wouldn't take him. :)
Henry enjoyed little bits and pieces of the Christmas day. Here he is in his new snowman pj's from Grandma Nanette and Grandpa David.

This was the only picture we had a chance to take of the boys in their new pj's. They do love their snowman pj's but it was a rough evening so their a little sad.
One Christmas miracle was that it snowed in Atlanta on Christmas day! This hasn't happened on this day since 1880 ish. That's a long time without a White Christmas. I'm grateful for the gift Heavenly Father sent us on this special day. I sure do love the SNOW! Thank you to those who sent us gifts. We love you lots. We hope to always remember our Savior, especially on Christmas (and Easter, and everyday).

Snow Day!

I love the snow. We never see that much snow down South. I was so grateful to see so much of it just before going to bed last night. I was so giddy that I went outside and took video of it snowing. Parker saw the snow this morning and got really excited about making a snowman. We left some of the kids' snowgear in Utah because we didn't think that we would need it here. We tried to find some waterproof pants and shoes. Parker used his rainboots and Lincoln used his tennies. We only had fleece gloves for the boys and luckily we had some coats that fit them. Henry was asleep. Willie took the boys out with a cookie sheet. I joined them once I realized how much fun they were having and luckily Henry was down for a nap. There is a super small hill by us, but it worked. I think the boys had a lot of fun this morning. Parker liked brushing the snow off of the bushes. Lincoln had fun going down the hill with his dad. I love this picture of Parker because it shows how excited we all were for the SNOW!

We did make a small snowman (about 10 in.). Doesn't he look great?

Lincoln's hands were getting a little cold so I gave him my gloves. I cinched them up super tight so they would stay on.

Once Parker got too cold he came inside. Willie started throwing snowballs at the window and Parker was cracking up.

Surprises.

Willie had been taken by surprise with Parker when he was a wee little lad. Parker had peed on him only a couple of times. Willie's excuse was very understandable, he was new at being a dad and hadn't had to deal with little boys. When Lincoln came around Willie was very prepared and I don't think Lincoln ever got him. Before Henry ever had his first diaper on he peed on Willie. That is the only time Henry has done that to Willie.

I was changing Henry's diaper today and it was looking like a near blowout. As I was changing him I noticed that a little more kept coming. I wiped it away but still more came out. I thought 'well I can't get the diaper back on it's got poop on it (on the outside) and I don't want to waste a 20 cent diaper.' I started to put the diaper up to cover Henry when all of a sudden he shot out his yellow newborn poo at least a foot. It was all over. He got the blanket he was on and he got my legs. Yuck! I should have used the new diaper. I understand now how little babies can really have a blowout.

I am grateful that this little mess didn't get on the carpet leaving a yellow stain.

Henry

Henry is two months old. It was fun when he turned one month on Thanksgiving and then two months on Christmas. He now weighs 11 lbs 14 oz. and is 21 1/2" long.

Henry is beginning to smile and sleep better at night. He has only had a few things dropped on his head by his older brothers but has done well in recovering in my arms. We love having Henry in our home and we know that he is eager to run around with his older brothers.