Jack - 6 months

Jack is already 6 months old.  Our family is complete with Jack.  He is the most lovely, laid back baby.  He has the easiest smile of anybody I have ever met.  If he won't smile you know he is feeling pretty bad.  He will usually even stop crying to smile if he sees you smiling at him!

Patrick likes to cook in the bath.  He was pouring and mashing potatoes last night.  These bath blocks from Aunt Sarah and Uncle Loren are awesome, he loves them.

The other day I took the boys to the park.  We had cut Jack's nap short so we could meet friends there.  He fell asleep in the middle of the park, with two-year-olds running back and forth over the blanket.  I was shocked.  Patrick has NEVER spontaneously fell asleep.

Patrick loves to play and hide in big stacks of pillows and blankets.

We go for walks every evening after dinner, weather permitting.  Jack is usually dressed in pajamas, but I put him in some jeans last week and was astonished at how grown up he looked.

The Easter Bunny left the boys some buckets of fun as well as eggs hidden around the house.  Patrick had a blast and tried to take over Jack's new toys and books.

Patrick found a great place to color on his tool bench table.

That is all of the new pictures I have for now.  I hope to figure out how to add video soon, and need to download pictures from my other camera.
The weather has been crazy today.  For the first time I wore short sleeves out, and Patrick didn't need a jacket.  It was 65 most of the afternoon.  Then the wind blew and the temperature dropped about 40 degrees in probably about 4-5 hours.  A few minutes ago it started to snow.  Now my yard is white again.  It's April 16 - this is amazing.  I know it will get warm soon, I can't wait to plan our garden for the summer!
Have a wonderful week.

April already

We dyed some Easter eggs today.

Ryan found the sling so that Jack could help him cook.

Patrick helped Ryan work on his truck.  He crawled right under there and enjoyed playing with socket wrenches, he said they were like a puzzle.  

March 27

Patrick enjoyed his first "ants on a log" snack today.

Jack is doing really well spending time on his entertainment center.

March catch up

Now that March is almost over, I am going to catch up on here.  Ryan returned home so I have gotten behind. The weather has been breaking record highs for the month, it has been in the 70s a number of days in the last week.  It has been raining for two days, so finally the snow has melted.  It's sad to realize that the cold weather will return soon.  Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks:
Jack tried some cereal.  No success getting it down yet.

Jack got an adorable sweatshirt from Grandma Ross.

He fits in the sweatshirt that Aunt Shyre got for Patrick.

They are really helpful in the kitchen.

Patrick enjoys Jack's toys.

Fun riding bikes in the snow last weekend.

We had corned beef and cabbage as well as a new recipe: Guiness cupcakes with Bailey's icing.  Very delicious.

Poor Jack got his 4 month shots (late) and soon after came down with a cold.  We imagine his immune system was down a bit.  He still smiled a lot.

Patrick relaxing.

Jack loves to eat his toes.

Thursday

Patrick got a Thomas the Train matching memory game today.  We played it with the cards facing up because matching is new to Patrick and I thought  this way would be less frustrating.  He loved it (thank you Aunt Sarah and Uncle Loren).  Patrick continued to play with the cards all day.

Ryan returns home after a month this Saturday, thank goodness!  Anybody who is a facebook friend, I have deactivated my account for a while.  I will keep posting lots of family pictures here.

March so far...

Just a bunch of pictures today.

Poor Patrick was a bit sick on Sunday.  He feels better now.

Lots of snow fell in early March. It was the biggest snow this winter.

We got a foot of snow on top of what has been there for months.  It will take forever to melt!