One more semester

Drew just finished his school semester last week. He will be going to summer school to finish his Associates. It has been so nice having him home in the mornings. Both the boys have really been enjoying getting to see him more. Dade is already such a daddy's boy. As soon as he sees Drew he gets a big smile on his face.

Landen sure does like to hold his brother. Dade has such a cute smile.

We went to a pond last week and fed the ducks. Landen had a lot of fun. He found some duck eggs and got really close to some geese that didn't like him so close.

Dade laughing

Here is a video of Drew playing with Dade and making him laugh. He loves to laugh and smile. He is such a happy baby.

Happy Easter!!

I finally got Dade's outfit made. I finished it yesterday afternoon. It feels so nice to have it done. It was really nice to have Dade blessed today. Drew did such a good job on the blessing. We had a lot going on yesterday so we didn't get to color eggs until today. Landen had a lot of fun coloring them. Then Drew hid the eggs and we let him go find them all. It was a fun day today. Here a some pictures of Dade and his outfit and some of our Easter fun.

Finally some sleep!!!

So Dade finally slept all night last night. We didn't go to bed until 1:00 in the morning but he slept until 8:00. It was so nice to get just a couple more hours of sleep. I am hoping this is the start of him sleeping through the night. But we will see how he does tonight. Dade has been in the room with Landen now for almost a week. It has been nice not having him wake me up through the night listening to him grunting. Landen sleeps so well that Dade never wakes Landen up even when he cries when he is hungry. Dade is getting so big already. Why do they have to grow so fast? Here is a picture of Dade's smile. This kid loves to smile and now he is trying to laugh. He is so cute and this is just a small smile compared to his usual ear to ear smile.Landen went a whole week with out his pacifier. I was so excited. He would ask me once or twice for it through the day and then when he went to bed he would ask for his pacifier but I would explain to him that its gone and he would be just fine with that. Then on Monday night, when he was suppose to be in bed, he was playing under his bed and found a pacifier. He had it in his mouth before I even noticed he found it. So that night he fell a sleep with it but after he was a sleep I took it and put it way. He has been asking for it a little more now but I am very happy with how he has done with out it. I still just have to explain to him, no more pacifier, and then he is okay.

I love to watch Landen with Dade. He is such a good big brother. He still loves to hold Dade and is always giving him kisses.

You can see how big Dade is getting in this picture.

It snowed all last week so we had a little bit of snow to go play in last weekend. We took Landen to the park and he helped Daddy build a snowman. So here is Landen's first snowman.

Here is how much snow is still up in the canyon.

I have been working on making Dade's Baby Blessing outfit. Yes I am making it and it is driving me crazy. But once I am done I will put some pictures of it on here. I am really excited to see it on him when I am done. I am very proud of myself for making it and I have to thank my mother-in-law because I keep calling her to help explain what I need to do. There is no way I would have been able to do any of it with out her. So thank you. We are blessing him this coming sunday so I have to have it done by then. I only have the pants finished and his shirt and jacket halfway done, so wish me luck.

No more Pacifier?

I think Landen is finally done with his pacifier. He has had only one for about a month now and today we haven't been able to find it. We looked everywhere. He asked for it a few times this morning and a few times through the day. But he took a nap with out it and tonight when I put him to bed he didn't even ask for it. I am so excited. When I first started trying to take his pacifier away he grew more attached and had to have it all the time. So I am hoping that this is the end of his pacifier.

Back to the gym

I went to the gym today and it felt so nice to go back. I have been so ready to start working out again. I went to a yoga class. It has been so long sense I have stretched so it felt so good. I already feel like I have so much more energy, even without the sleep. I am ready to start loosing this baby weight too. I gained so much extra weight this time. I know Landen will enjoy getting out of the house every morning too. He loves going to the gym and getting to be around other kids.

We have been getting a lot of snow this past week. It has been so cold. About two weeks ago we had such beautiful weather. It stayed in the 70s most of the time. Now we are back down to the 30s and 40s. I am ready for it to warm up again. It was such a tease to have that nice weather. I want to be able to go out side and absorb the sun and let Landen run around.

Dade is growing way to fast. He is already weighing 10 lbs. He is doing so good though. He is sleeping better at night. He only wakes up once or twice through the night. We just moved Landens' room around getting ready to put Dade in the room with him. Dade can be quite noisy when he sleeps so it will be nice to not have his grunting waking me up at night.

Drew only has 5 weeks left of this semester and he is very ready for it to be over. He has also been studying for the test for the Border Patrol. He will be applying for the job next month. If he gets the job we are hoping that we can get back to Tucson or close by. We really hope Drew gets this job. It would help us out in so many ways.

Pictures

Dade at 4 weeks. He is already growing too fast.

Landen playing at the park. He is getting so big. He is already over 3 feet tall.

Landen wanted to share his stuffed animals with Dade.

Ready for work in his hard hat and snow boots and even has his animal crackers.