DEATH by chocolate!!

HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY BEN!!

A FEW SNAPSHOTS FROM OUR LITTLE POINT 'N SHOOT OF BEN'S MONSTROUS CAKE!! AFTER WE CUT IT IT FELL APART AND ENDED UP IN A BIG BOWL...WE CALLED IT MUD PIE...YUM!!

Happy Mother's Day...

"If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish. We would assure ourselves of healthier minds, more vigorous bodies, to direct the energies of our nation to greater heights of achievement." -President Herbert Hoover

For mother's day we made our moms and grandmas little "cookie cookbooks"...they turned out pretty cute if I don't say so myself :)....We let each of the kids choose their favorite cookie recipe (Matthew picked oatmeal chip, Christian picked peanut butter, Nina picked Snickerdoodles) and then they made it and I took pics...we put the pics along with the recipes into a small photo album and sent them a container of cookies with the book... Here are a few of my favorite pics...

RICE CEREAL

SO, LAST NIGHT WE GAVE RICE CEREAL A TRY...GRANT DIDN'T LOVE IT, BUT BY THE END HE WAS ACTUALLY SWALLOWING A LITTLE. IT WAS FUNNY, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE EVEN BROUGHT THE SPOON CLOSE TO HIS MOUTH HE WOULD START GAGGING :)

I LOVE GRANT'S FACE IN THIS NEXT ONE..."PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME EAT THAT!!"
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4 months old!!

We just got back from Grant's 4 month check-up...First of all neither of us cried near as much for the shots this time. I can't believe he is 4 months old (sniff)!! He is such a fun baby. His personality is starting to shine. He loves to be around his siblings. He always has to know what they are doing and he loves to smile and giggle while watching them play. He can roll from his tummy to his back. He LOVES his hands (see picture below). He is so fascinated by them and could stare at them and eat them for hours. He is a great eater. The doctor gave us the go ahead for rice cereal today...so that will be a fun new adventure. He is sleeping wonderfully!! He takes good, long naps (yep that's napS...plural) during the day and he sleeps through the night...just waking once around 3:00 for a feeding!! We are so lucky!! We are pretty sure he is about to cut a tooth...chewing on everything and slobbering like crazy. He loves to talk and is very animated when he does. His little eyebrows and hands get into the stories he tells.

4 month old stats

Weight: 16 lbs 4 oz (75%...he has more than doubled his birth weight!!)

Length: 25 an 3/4 inches (75%)

Head: 42cm (50%)

THESE ARE JUST SOME RANDOM PICS FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS

Scary Easter Bunny

This post is a little over due...but it was too funny not to share...
Just a little background: This year on Christmas Eve we told Nina that Santa was coming...she was beyond excited!! Christmas morning she came out of her room and was super disappointed that Santa wasn't at our house. She thought he would be there to play with her...So the day before Easter...being the "wonderful" mom that I am...I thought I would avoid the upset by telling her that the Easter Bunny would come while she was asleep and leave candy for her. I was totally surprised by her reaction...She cried and said "Easter Bunny Scary!!" She kept saying it over and over again...along with "Easter Bunny no come!!" She was basically hysterical about it and wouldn't go to bed...she was so scared. We finally had to have her watch us lock the front door and we let her lock her bedroom door so she would go to bed. I guess if you stand back and think about it a strange creature sneaking into your house at night hopping around and leaving things is kind of scary. The next morning she was mortified to find baskets of candy at our house. Granted...she had no problem eating the candy, but she still thinks the Easter Bunny is scary and should not be allowed in our house.