ST. Louis Trip

Well this past weekend we went to St. Louis to spend a day of fun with the the kids. We went with our friends the Tidmore's. Our first stop was the Magic House. It is a great children's museum. They had a lot of fun activities for the kids. One of Jace's favorites was the fishing pond. The pole had a magnet on the end to catch a fish. I think he would have stayed there the whole time if he could have. I have also included a picture of Anna and her mom Heather. They had a ball you could touch that put out static electricity. Anna loved it so much she talked about her hair standing up the rest of the day. Jace was too scared to do it. There was also a 3

story slide that would have been so fun. However, adults were not allowed on it and both of the kids were too scared for it. I don't blame them for that one.

After we ate lunch we went to the St. Louis Zoo. We had fun but were exhausted by the end. The traffic was so bad getting in and out of the Zoo that Clint said he would never go back. We will see about that. After a great dinner at Fuddruckers we headed on home.

Smile

Hayden is now 3 months old. Here is a picture of his smile finally. If you can see, he has dimples! I sure hope they stay. Right now his favorite thing to do is spit bubbles. I think this boy is constantly drooling or spitting. He also loves to see what is going on. I think he is going to be nosey.

Easter

Thursday we went to an local event called Tons of Trucks. They had everything from Firetrucks, to mail truck, to bulldozers, and much more. Jace loves to point out every type of truck and bus that we pass as we are driving. Clint and I thought he would love going and getting on all of these vehicles. Jace got on some of the vehicles like the school bus and UPS truck, but he was scared of many of them. The fire truck pictured below was one truck he refused to get on.
Today was Easter. Jace got to do his own egg hunt when he woke up. He loved it. He wanted to open up each egg when he found them. We had to encourage him to keep looking so it wouldn't take us an hour. We then went to church where our preacher delivered an incredible sermon, like always. After church we had a few people over for lunch and a larger egg hunt. I say a few, but it ended up being around 35 people. My house was packed but we had a great time. Here are a few pictures of our matching Easter outfits. It is kinda corny but I have fun picking them out and think the boys look so cute. I'll enjoy it until Jace is old enough to tell me he doesn't want to do it anymore.
And one final thing, but no picture and you will thank me for it. Clint wanted me to inform everyone that Jace peepeed in the potty for the first time last night, standing up. He hasn't done it since and I don't think he is ready to potty train yet. It did thrill Clint to death cause he is bound and determined Jace is gonna learn standing up from the beginning. All I can think of is the messes I am going to have to deal with.

changes

Hayden is currently deciding if he wants to be a thumb sucker or stick with the pacies. Clint and I are both rooting for the thumb. I say that with mixed feelings. I know how wonderful it is for them to all ways have their thumb and not have to go find the pacie in the middle of the night. The down side is you can't take their thumb away when they get too old. We are dealing with Jace right now, trying to limit it to only in bed or the car seat. I have been marveling over how fast kids grow and change. Hayden has begun rolling on to his side, and wiggling around on the floor so much he turns in a circle. He has also gotten pretty good at holding his head up. Jace is using sentences, sometimes even with correct grammar. His imagination is really taking off. I think that Jace is going to take after my Dad. He keeps growing up, but not out. That boy has the smallest little bottom. If he didn't still wear diapers, his shorts would fall off of him. I don't know what we are going to do when he is potty trained. His legs are so skinny too. They look like little toothpicks sticking out of his shorts. Don't know if you can tell in the picture very well or not. It is all okay though, he is still such a cutie.

King of China

Clint went to china about 2 years ago and brought back this outfit for Jace. It was of course way too big for him then. I found it while getting some things out of the attice. Jace wanted to wear it and soon became the king of China. I am amazed at what great imaginations kids have at such a young age. Yesterday morning I kept a friend's kids, Anna and Mason. Anna is Jace's age and they are the best of buds. We call her his girlfriend. I walk into the living room where Jace had the remote control up to his face saying "smile!". Anna was across the room from him saying "cheese!". Jace was pretending to take pictures of her. I thought it was so funny. Jace is also way into trains right now. He got a starter set from his grandparents for Christmas and more parts from his other grandparents. Add on what we have gotten him and now there is an enormous thing taking up my whole computer room. He loves it though.
Hayden is 7 weeks old and growing like a weed. Don't know if you can tell from the picture but he is starting to regrow hair on the top of his head. I still can't get him to smile for the camera but I will keep working on that. He is also beginning to talk, well if you can call it that.

Little Men

We finally are above freezing! It has actually been in the 50's yesterday and today. I decided to take the kids for a walk yesterday. I took Maverick too. Big mistake. The retractable leash wasn't working correctly and there was running water and soot every where from the melting snow. It was not the relaxing walk I had hoped for. I came home more aggravated and tense. Oh well, maybe I'll have better luck next time. Here are pictures of my little men before church on Sunday. Hayden will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. My how time goes by so fast when your not sleeping much!

The Launching

Well this our first post. I thought this might be an easy way to keep our family and frinds up to date with what is going on in our lives. I can't promise you how often I will update this, but I sure will give it a try. Nothing is really going on right now. We had another snow last night so we are all staying in and trying to stay warm. This is the second time schools have been canceled on a Tuesday and Jace was unable to go to Mothers morning out. I think this affects me more than it does him. Hayden is now a month old. He is chuncking up and going bald! He smiled for the first time today (deliberately I mean). I will try and get a picture of it soon. Jace has turned into a sweet big brother. He can't go to bed with out giving Hayden a kiss and a hug good night. I think Hayden and Jace both have colds. We have used more kleenex than I ever could imagine. Here are a few recent pictures for you.