funny Isaiah

A few years ago my mom got a few books from her school library that were being expired from their collection.  The books were all for much older kids (like 5th grader or something) but we were going on a trip to visit my sister or someone so she brought them along to try to be entertaining.  I thought we had gotten rid of them but one has been found and in our book basket in the living room for a few weeks.  One day Isaiah decided to look at it.  He starts reading it for a few minutes and then says, "this book is a lot better than you think it is." and kept looking at the pictures for several more minutes (repeating the same thing many more times.)  Levi of course wanted a turn after he was done and said the exact same thing a few times too.  I guess we won't be getting rid of that one just yet... 

Isaiah's big idea.

One day after I picked Isaiah up from school he tells me that we need to go to the store to get the ingredients for a recipe that Mrs. Williams made for them one day at school (not that day).  I agreed since he had never asked for anything like this before and I was a bit curious.  We get to HyVee and he says that he needs Cool Whip, Oreo Cookies, Chocolate Syrup and Teddy Grahams... hmmmm... I then asked him what Mrs. Williams made and he said that she made caves and the Teddy Grahams got to hibernate (they were having a week on hibernation).  I was guessing that she made the oreo cream stuff that includes a few more ingredients than what Isaiah said, but he insisted that it didn't.  We rarely have sweet treats in our house so I decided that we'd go with this.  I let Isaiah make his treats which he smashed oreos in a baggie and then took a big scoop of Cool Whip and put the cookies on top and then poured plenty of chocolate syrup on it -- I had to remind him about the Teddy Graham he was supposed to hide :).  He of course was happy to make one for Levi too.  I must admit it was a pretty yummy treat - funny enough, neither boy finished or asked about it again.  Somehow the Oreos disappeared though :) 

jammy time.

Isn't he adorable? 

sick.

The yucky winter sickness caught our house the week I went back to work - go figure.  Mark got it first and was miserable - so sick that he had to call in an employee to work for him Wednesday night!  The boys woke up with it Saturday morning  :(  It mainly consisted of a fever around 101 degrees which had them feeling cold and icky, a stuffy nose and cough.  After a few hours Levi started to feel much better and was pretty much back to his normal self by early afternoon, Isaiah, however, was sick all of Saturday and Sunday and stayed home from school on Monday.  Titus also had the fever and stuffy nose too.  His little cheeks were so rosy and red.  His fever only lasted Saturday, but his stuffy nose lasted for almost 2 full weeks :(  Luckily I managed to stay healthy somehow - I was sure after all the snuggles, coughs in my face, and snot and spit up that I cleaned up that I was bound to get it!  Mark unfortunately was sick for days and days.  As yucky as it was having sick kids, I won't pass up the cuddle time with my rowdy boys who don't sit still long enough to do that normally!

he rolled over!

On February 18 Titus rolled over from tummy to back for the very first time!  I had put the big boys down for bed and Mark was still at work so Titus and I were going to hang out on our tummies for a bit.  I laid Titus down on a blanket and I could tell he didn't really want to do it (which is a bit unusual for him since typically when he's awake and happy he likes his tummy) I noticed he was starting to move so I grabbed the camera.  Good thing I went quick because just as I was getting it on video - he did it!  He rolled over several more times in a row and below are pictures of his second time ever rolling over!  Since this experience he's rolled over lots more times, but it's not every time he's on his tummy... What a big boy!  I can't believe we are already to this stage!  Time sure flies!

quilts

My mom has put in countless hours to make each of our boys a quilt - she's specially picked the fabric and the pattern differently for each boy (she's also made one for each of my sisters daughters).  Both Isaiah and Levi love their quilts and sleep with them each night.  Her goal has been to have them made by their first birthday but always has made that by a long shot (Titus was just 2 months old when she gave him his!).  Take a look at her wonderful work.

 I love seeing each of the boys on their quilt - it's crazy to see just how big Isaiah is compared to his quilt, it seems like just months ago that he was the size of Titus on his!  

Little friends

Titus has had 2 playdates with his little friend Ashlyn in February.  Ashlyn is my friend Andrea's daughter who was born a few months before Titus.  It's fun to see another baby so close in age - it reminds me what I've got coming :).  Somehow at these last two playdates the only pictures I've come up with were the babies - sorry big kids - Andrea's older daughter, Ava, is just a couple months younger than Levi.   (I must admit the second playdate was at our house and my older boys were about as naughty as I've ever seen them which I'm sure is why no pictures of them were taken that night.)  Andrea and I go way back to deployment days and I'm so very glad we've kept in touch...there's something about going through such a major life experience that ties you together in a way that only we can understand.  

 

Not sure what was up with baby Titus and refusing to look at the camera in either picture, but none-the-less it's fun to see the babes together!