First Haircut and Some Outdoor Fun

Well, I was hoping to make it to the year mark before getting Gunnar's first haircut however I just couldn't wait any longer.  The boy was getting shaggy!  We tried to get in at the kids place where he could sit in a cool car and watch a movie but they were booked so we ended up just having him sit on my lap at the place we typically take Zach.  In fact, all three of the boys got a haircut although we didn't take any picture of Rich in the process.  :) 

Here is the after shot but my computer has mysteriously hidden the photos we took of the process.  Ugh!  Technology sucks sometimes.  When I find them....I'll post them.

Zach spent some time outside this weekend.  The weather has kept us indoors for so long that when the sun came out and the temps were in the 20s the boy couldn't get enough.  And yes....we got more snow this weekend.

Gunnar stayed in with me but it didn't stop him from getting into some trouble of his own.  He is on the move now (scooting and trying to crawl) and getting into everything.   Waffles anyone?

And this was a few weeks ago but I had to take a photo of my attempt at making Zach some of the infamous teddy bear pancakes that my mom makes.  Not too bad for my first try!  Andi and Molly....do you remember these?

We hope you are all doing well!

Getting So Big!!!!!!!

Gunnar is getting so big!  He is 9 months old today.  Look at this little guy.....

He is now 25 lbs, 15 oz and is 31.5" tall.   According to the doctor this makes him the size of an average 16 month old.  Eek!  Zach was roughly the same size at this point as well.  Here is the link to his 9 month post.
http://www.zmakesthree.blogspot.com/2011/08/so-big-9-months.html


It is hard to get Zach to cooperate for a photo lately so we couldn't get him to give us a smile or even look at us but here is a snapshot we took of bath time the other night.

We hope you are all doing well and staying warm in the polar vortex!

8 Months!

Who is full of smiles and is 8 months old?!

This guy.................

So It's Snowing Here.....

Well, I'm guessing most of you reading this are pretty happy you don't live near us right now.  It is cold, no frigid cold, and snowing.  We got back from our holiday travel last Monday and it seems that it has been snowing ever since.  I've shoveled our driveway, deck and sidewalks at least 3-4 times and I think Rich has shoveled them 50 times.  On the bright side of things our boys like to play in the snow.  Zach can pretty much play on his own with a shovel and a truck and Gunnar, well, he is just trying to figure out what is going on.  Here are a few photos from our fun in the snow today.  We had to get our snow play time in today since tomorrow's high temp is forecast to be -12 degrees.  Ugh!!!

Getting ready for the adventure.....

 Zach has 3 shovels so of course he chose the smallest one to work with today.  

Time to make a snow angel!

A quick sledding experience down the block.

 

King of the tower! (At least this is what Zach kept yelling while in his snow fort.)

Rosy cheeks survived his first snow day!

If anyone knows how to summon some warm tropical weather please let me know!!    I miss sunshine and flip flops.

Happy New Year!!

Hello 2014.........Happy New Year!

We hope your year is full of deep belly, gut busting laughter! 

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Merry Christmas!!

We hope you had a great holiday and were able to enjoy time with your family and friends.  Christmas is such a fun and beautiful holiday!  We have had a great time spoiling the boys at Nana and Boppa's house and are really looking forward to seeing many of you over the weekend as we celebrate together.  Love to you all!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

7 Months!!

It may be Friday the 13th but that didn't stop us from celebrating Gunnar being 7 months old!  I think he had a great day.  He got to eat a lot, nap, play with his toys and Zach finished the night off by making Gunnar laugh so hard I'm pretty sure his belly is going to be sore.  Here is my smiley little guy.

Christmas is quickly approaching so last weekend we took the boys to see Santa and a couple of his reindeer.  Zach and Gunnar did great!  Zach made sure to tell Santa that he wanted a cement mixer and a duck towel and that we would be at Nana's house at Christmas.  Oh, and he thanked him for sending Tricky the elf to our house.  Tricky is our "elf on the shelf" and he lands himself in all kinds of different places around the house.  I'll have to try to take a couple of snapshots of Santa's little helper.

And lastly......we have had some snow this week so Zach had been a little snow bunny and plays in the cold and snow almost daily.   Gloria, our nanny, was nice enough to snap this photo of him making a snow angel.