Crawling, drinking from a big boy cup and a new family member!

These boys! You fill my heart everyday. I pick you above all the little boys in the world and now

 I know you pick me too! 

To start off the month we had a great Valentines Day. You both got cards and stuffed animal toys from Gigi and Grandpa. Nate, you loved your new monkey and Liam, you enjoyed your puppy. 

Liam's dedication at church:

Earlier last month we had a great celebration for Liam, his dedication at church. It was a proud and humbling day to stand in front of the church & our family and declare that we are raising you the right way, to know Jesus. In everything we do, we are committed to raise both our boys to know and love God. 

Meeting baby Carys:

My little sister had her baby on February 21st, your sweet new cousin, Carys Victoria. We visited at the hospital and got to bring some love & chaos that only a two year old and 7 month old mobile baby can!

Earlier that day we had a blast with your other cousins and family for Harper's baptism in the Catholic Church. We ate delicious hot dogs and hamburgers and got to play with family. 

It was a full of family fun day!

Milestones for Nathan: (2 years and 7 months)

You are now proudly drinking from a lidless cup! You still have a sippy cup for your water that is carried everywhere; but at the table you enjoy your big boy cup. We have had a few spills but that is just part of learning to pay attention to what you are doing.

You love to tell jokes and stories, but bless you sweetheart, you don't quite understand how yet. We love listening to you, whatever you are saying and how long it takes!

Your favorite thing at night is our story time. You select the books and we read them in a comfy chair in your room before bed. Then you get tucked in, animals piled around you and water cup on the bedside table. Now you tell us what or who you want to pray for and after the amens, wait...(s) and " don't get ups" you settle down for the night.

Milestones for Liam: (8 months)

You have done quite a lot the past month. You learned to eat Cheerios and some solids with your fingers. You started taking off army crawling and enjoyed catching up to us as we walked through the house. Next was sitting up on your own and then crawling! 

Busy, busy boy and right on track with big brother when he was little. 

You are getting two new teeth as well! Your bottom front and one of your front top ones. It's been pretty painful for you, poor guy. We have been up many nights with you when you couldn't go back to sleep. You also love bath time and sit and splash in your little tub. We had to graduate from the baby bath seat since you rolled yourself out of it a few times!
Speaking of rolling, we have had to get creative with getting you dressed and diaper changes! You move a lot! And you do not like to stay on your back at all. 

Storytime:

Sometimes we love how independent you are Nathan. But other times we wish you didn't have so much freedom! You've gotten very good at problem solving. If you can't reach something, you use a toy or chair to help out. This leads me to your latest venture, I call it Nathan and the spices.

You woke up before me and instead of climbing into bed and waking me up you decided to play with things in the kichen. When I woke up I heard noises and realized you were up and busy doing something. 

You played as little game.

Made "breakfast"

And....

Spices here...

Spices everywhere!

You dumped the lemon pepper, cumin & garlic powder all over the floor and countertop. Whew! It was a very strong smell. 

Family time outside:

Thank goodness the weather has gotten warmer! We have enjoyed outside time as a family. We have watched you, Nathan, ride your bike and scooter. You have been swinging and helping to push your little brother in the swing, look for rolly-polys and worms with Dada and whatever activity looked fun to do! Even unusual ones like: hitting the fence with stick, using the outside broom as a weed wacker-complete with sound effects , and moving your play bench over. You are definitely my sweet boy though, always picking yellow flowers for Momma (dandelions) and blowing on the white flowers (seeded dandelions!). I watch  Liam watch you and see the longing to go out and play too. I'm going to have three guys that love the outdoors now! Sounds like camping is in our future!