Kindermusik

This was the boys last Kindermusik class this semester. They love Ms. Rachel. She will be teaching them again next semester, hopefully.

email

Sammy came up to me while I was at the computer and said:
"I need to check my email."

mint

Zack was having some mint chocolate today and Tim asked him what he was eating.
Zack answered: melt.
Tim : You mean, mint.
Zack: yes, it just melts in your mouth.

Nate is crawling

He is now really crawling-- of course he only moves his back legs just a little and moves his arms out, but he has it figured out and will soon be moving from room to room trying to keep up with the boys. I can already predict he will be watching for any cords he can find--esp computer cords- we've got a good many of those around.

Sammy

I just love it when Sammy comes in the room and announces:

"I sure love you."

Crawling?

Nate has started crawling. It's not a full up crawl- but he does move forward and scoots backwards. He definitely does not stay in the same area. He gets all over the place. His favorite place is anywhere daddy has cords-- Tim told him "no" for the first time last night and he was so hurt he cried and cried. (I think it was about the laptop cord.)

Anyway, Nate is on the move!

Funnies from the back

This week we picked grandmother up and brought her to our house. We stopped and picked up some lunch from Wendy's. On our way, I was getting the order all together and I asked the boys what they wanted.
Zack: "The five year old, in the back, wants a chocolate frosty."

So we ordered chocolate frosty's all around and came home and had lunch on the front porch. It was a little cold, eating the frosty's and the five year old decided it would be better for us to take our frosty into the sun and then we would be warm. And he was right... That five-year-old has lots of good ideas!

Keep me from the evil one

I was saying prayers with Zack tonight as he was going to bed. He chimed in "and keep me from the evil one, that's Sammy."

My do it!

The other afternoon we were outside enjoying some beautiful weather, we took kites and a butterfly net. It wasn't windy enough to really enjoy the kites but we did get to run them around so they would fly a little. But Sammy enjoyed the net. He was having a hard time catching anything, so I went on a little hunt to find some things for him. I caught a butterfly and then a grasshopper for the boys to look at. So Sammy announced that "my do it myself, mama" as he took the net from me. I gave him the net and he reached out his hand to mine and said "but you come with me". It was so sweet full of determination mixed with a little realism. That's my sam boy.

9 month checkup

Well, Nate took a tumble down off the whole curve below the register in his weight. His head is in the 25% and height is 5 % and weight well it's not even on any curve. But as the doctor noted he is happy, well proportioned, and has baby fat on him. So she is not worried. We will see how he does at his 1 yr appt. He is 26 1/2 in long and 17 lbs.
I guess we need to put him on a high carb diet! All our hopes of having a big boy are starting to dwindle. He has just the best personality and eats a lot! He rolls everywhere and is now getting up on his hands and knees. So I'm guessing he'll be crawling soon enough.
He is babbling all the time and is such a smiley little guy. And the doc was the first to see his second tooth! And Nate ended up biting her...I guess we have a biter! She told me to make sure I've warned the other boys about those teeth!
Babies come in all shapes and sizes, so as long as he is growing I'm not worried. God has made him just the person he is to be.

First tooth

Nate's first bottom tooth came in yesterday. Tim was the one to point it out, however, earlier he was nibbling on my knuckle and I thought that it was a little more substantial than just gumming-- This morning the boys felt his tooth. Nate is not interested in us looking at it, but he does love for us to feel it! I have forewarned the boys that he will start biting with that little tooth, so watch out!

We are supposed to have some severe storms today- this means lots of rain to wash away some pollen! We are looking forward to that. We were hoping to visit Pop, Ama and Grandmother today, but we may have to take a raincheck. So, we might not be getting out of the house this Friday.

We are praying that another Chapman boy (Jereme and Rachel's second) will be born soon!

Zack

ran in the room and showed me that he had both of this tennis shoes/ socks and they were on the right feet before we had to leave the house and he proudly announced "I'm Five!"

Sammy

Tonight marks a beginning of Wed night church excitement. Sammy can now go to Zack's class and he is ecstatic. When Daddy took the boys to class the teacher asked if Sammy wanted to join them. When I saw Sammy after class he ran to me and said, "Mama, I go to Zack's class!" With a huge look of accomplishment.
This was such a relief since lately Sammy was very upset at the fact that he didn't have a class and he had to go to the nursery. So Sammy is getting some satisfaction out of being three. It has really been a turning point for him. He is potty training and getting to work and play with the older kids.

He is growing up!

Developments!

Nate has said his first word. Bah bah--Southern for bye bye! He will say it on command if he's not got all his brain power working on something else-like rolling everywhere, or trying to grab whatever is near his reach.
His voice is so sweet. I had forgotten how calm, innocent, and enchanting their first words sound. It's so pleasant too for the first time hear them converse. Now in a few months he'll be screaming those sweet words and it won't be so "enchanting", but the moment you hear those first sounds is one of the amazing things of parenting.

On to more joys of parenting... Sammy is three and has announced that he will wear underwear. He has done a great job, the last 4 days he has only worn diapers to bed. Day and nighttime dryness are two different animals- we're not ready to start worrying with sheets, pj's and early morning hours! Plus he still has a wet diaper when we get up. But he is learning bladder control-- he usually starts to wet (just about a drop in his underwear)but he is able to control it and come running saying he needs to go. Now if we can get him to let us know before he starts to wet, that will mean less laundry! But only one REAL accident at church Sun night- I mean totally soaked... I took him to the bathroom and said "Do you need to go?" He did try, but then I noticed how wet he was and realized that he had already gone.

So, hurray for Sammy! He's so excited for this. It will be nice to have one in diapers. I guess it's been about 6 years of buying diapers and three of those years we were buying for two! YIKES

Rite of Passage

Sammy was so excited to announce that he was in the Magnolia tree in the front yard. I was sitting on the porch and he called out. "mama, I'm three now!" This was his first time to actually make it into the tree by himself. What an accomplishment. I'm so proud of that little guy. Zack was equally proud, it was neat to hear them talking as friends about all the things that they could do now!

The boys

Sammy thought that Nate would look good in Daddy's Lt. cap- ok it's called a "cover"

Easter Egg Hunt

We had fun at the Kindermusik picnic...


Here are some of our friends.

Birthday fun

Well, March was full of new births and birthdays! Here are some pictures of the boys birthdays.

Zack's Birthday

He's 5 today! So here is a preview of his birthday cake...he wanted an airplane cake..I'm not sure what I started, Sammy wants a helicopter cake!

babies

Today there were two Bandre' Babies born in Columbus

Chloe Faith was born at 2:30 PM