Sunrise Park

Today Amy and I took the boys to Sunrise Park for a little picnic and some fun on the beach! We aren't really sure what we were thinking but we definitely were not prepared for the 3 little ones to be in the water the way they were. We were actually quite stupid to think that they would sit on the edge of the water and play in the sand, we have learned that if we would like to stay longer we need swimming devices for at least Cole and Henry!! Not one of these 5 boys have any fear of the water, which is a good thing, but makes for tired mommies!

Jack and Luke were excited that we ran into Conor from Jack's class, they all had fun playing monkey in the middle!

Loving life!

Cole swimming...

Henry doing a "cannonball". Henry and Cole do cannonballs off of the bottom step everyday at my house so they were especially excited to try it out in the water where it is intended to be done!

Cole's cannonball, they more or less just jump and land on their bottoms in the water!

We literally had to hold Reed back from just crawling straight into the water, he was putting his face in and everything! Looks like I will have another Cole on my hands!!

Kid's Sunday at Church!

This Sunday was Kid's Sunday at church along with a Bible presentation for the 2nd and 3rd graders. All of the children helped lead the worship and they were very cute! I don't have any pictures of Bryan and I with Jack during the presentation but here is a picture of his new Bible complete with his name! I have been trying to upload a video for days now to this post and it's not working, I'll try again later but here are a couple of pics.

Reed's 1st Haircut!

Reed is no longer a baby! Bryan has been begging me to get Reed's haircut so I took advantage of my hairdresser friend when she stopped by today! He was such a good boy and looks so old now.

Reed's 1st Mess!

Reed has certainly had some messy moments but this is his first "big boy" mess that he made all on his own. I came into the dining room to find the pellet stove had been emptied and he was eating the dust! I have some pictures of Luke at about the same age doing the exact same thing!! It's time to break out the gates again!!
Pellet dust is not yummy.....

Crawling!!!!

YAY!!! Reed is FINALLY crawling :) As many of you know Reed has been slightly delayed with his gross motor skills. He has been working with a Physical Therapist for about 3-4 months now and has made tremendous improvements!! After his PT on Wed we noticed him just take off across the floor in the evening and he has been going ever since! He is sooooo much happier with his new found "freedom", he is having fun being able to get to all of the toys without the help of someone, he is also having fun getting into all of those things he shouldn't be touching as well-the wood stove! Nevertheless, we are so happy that he has mastered this new skill so that he can keep up with the rest of the boys!! Here is a short video as "proof" that he can actually move!

*To hear the video you need to pause the music player on the right of the screen*

Tennessee!!

Bear with me, there are a lot of photos in this post! I thought about splitting it into two but decided not to, so here they are all at once! The boys and I got back last night from a wonderful trip to TN. We had so much fun visiting with aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins! Thanks to all who came to see us and who helped entertain all of those boys :)

This is the boys after the first leg of our trip, everyone still smiling! (they were amazing travelers, I couldn't have asked for them to be better!)
Grandma and all of her grandsons

Great Granny with all of her great grandsons

Cousins!

Jack and Luke convinced Erik and Peter into playing a game of baseball with them. Once I explained how ghost runners worked to Erik and Peter they were good to go!

Of course the little boys wanted in on the action too!

We are so happy that we finally were able to meet Sophie, she is so sweet and adorable! She loved playing with Reed, and no she is not being fresh she is just showing him her nose with her favorite "pointing" finger!

She is going to be a great big sister! She found the "choke hold" was the best way to get him to sit still for a kiss :)

All of the great grandchildren! Sophie and the "boy cousins", as she likes to call them!

Bethany and I took the boys to the local playground a few times to run out all of their energy!

At the lake....

This pretty much sums him up!

Cole and Luke rolling a log into the lake

Getting to throw water balloons at Uncle Roger was definitely a highlight of the trip for the boys....

....what a good sport! We really tried to prepare him for his grandson that is on the way!!

On the way home the boys and I stopped at the TN Aquarium in Chattanooga, everyone had a great time! Here are Jack and Luke in a shark cage, Cole was too nervous to get in even though the shark in the background is not real!

The boys all took a turn touching these fish, I wish I remembered to see what kind of fish these were!

Cole thought this alligator was pretty cool, it just kind of hung there staring at him!

Lots of Happy Birthday's!!!

This month we have celebrated Henry's 2nd birthday on 4/1, Cole's 3rd birthday on 4/9, and Reed's 1st birthday on 4/11. On Sunday we had a big birthday celebration for all 3 boys!! Here are some pics from their day, they all had a lot of fun and are very grateful to have so many people to love them!

I thought this was soo funny, I'm pretty sure he's saying "Auntie, put down the camera!"

The dining room all ready for their "ball" themed party

Grammy did a great job with Cole's soccer ball cake....

....and Reed's little beach ball cake! I will let Amy post pictures of Henry's cake that Kevin made!

Cole and Henry had a hard time waiting to blow out their candles until we finished singing.

To say Reed loved his cake is an understatement! He even blew out his candle all on his own!!

I know, looks a bit like Christmas

We started out with somewhat of a method and then just let it become a free for all!!

Reed taking a little "walk" with Uncle Kevin on the front porch! The boys all had a great day and thank everyone who celebrated with them!