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.

My Turkey is Three!

Hi Everyone! 
Zach turned three this week on the 26th.  I can't believe it has already been 3 years since he was born.   He is so big and grown up now.  We have very grown up conversations now about trucks or school buses or favorite donuts.  Seriously, if you play with and speak with Zach it just seems like he is a bit older than 3.  And the doctor thinks he looks 4 but I think that is really due to the fact that he is 36.5 lbs and 39.5" tall. 

Anyway, Zach has been talking about his birthday party since early this summer and all he has asked for is that it be blue and that his cake look like a car.  Hmmm....how do you do a blue themed party?  Everything is blue!  Blue tableclothes, blue balloons, blue party favors, blue streamers, blue cake and most importantly.....everybody wears blue!  We had a party for him over the weekend and everyone joined in the blue fun by wearing blue.  All the children got to play games for prizes and I think everyone had fun. 

On his actual birthday we celebrated with a family dinner with both sets of grandparents where we all ate Zach's birthday dinner request........Steak!!  Yum!  And while the cake at the party was a cupcake cake made by the local grocery baker, the car cake was made by me.  I think it turned out great and Zach loved it!!

The new birthday toys are still quite exciting so we have spent our Thanksgiving morning watching the parade and playing with Z's new loot.  We will have dinner tonight at Rich's parents house so I better get to cooking.  I hope you are all enjoying a relaxing day with family.

Happy Thanksgiving!!! (we don't have a pilgrim, indian, or turkey hat so a viking it is......)