Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful Easter weekend spending it with both the Smith's and the Hunter's. Poor Nathan - his first Easter was spent pretty sick. We later found out that he had come down with a double ear infection. He was a trooper though and enjoyed the festivities when he wasn't sleeping!

Matthew sure enjoyed his Easter Egg hunt with his cousin Sydney. Here they are enjoying some candy they found! The two of them sure are buddies!

1st Prayer

I forgot to add on my last post that Matthew said his first very own prayer last night. We have been praying with him before he goes to bed and last night he decided that he wanted to say a prayer all by himself. It was the cutest thing! We asked him what he wanted to pray about and he said he wanted to pray for mommy, daddy, and baby brother. So he thanked God for us all and asked that baby brother would sleep good that night. Adam and I were looking at each other smiling because it was so sweet. You would think being that it was his first prayer it might be short and sweet, but he continued on with his prayer praying for our friends Jeff and Cathy, and for their boys Aiden and Ethan in hopes that they might bring him cookies the next time he sees them. This was definitely a great ending to an exhausting day and no matter how frustrating or tiring parenting can be, an evening like this makes us feel so lucky to be the parents of two wonderful boys.

Little Peanut

Nathan is so taken with his big brother Matthew. I found Nathan just getting the biggest kick out of watching Matthew jump off our ottomen over and over again. It was the cutest thing. He is getting a little bit better sitting in his Bumbo chair, but still slumps to the side after a couple of minutes.

Nathan at almost 4 months has mastered the rolling over technique from back to stomach. He posed for the camera so mom could get a picture. He sure is changing so fast! Don't you just love is mohawk doo???

Rollin' Over!

Over the weekend Nathan decided with great determination to roll over all by himself and ever since, he can't stop showing off his new skill!!! He is quite good at it if I say so myself. He is also very much into spitting and blowing bubbles, which I think he learned from big brother Matthew. I should add that I found spit wauds in both Nathan's eyes last week as he lay smiling on our bathroom floor. Matthew decided to see what would happen to Nathan's eyeballs if he added a little goop and little brother thought it was great! Nathan is also getting used to sitting up in his new Bumbo chair for short periods of time. He is not quite stable enough to last very long since he starts toppling over after awhile. Nathan is also very intrigued by Matthew's every move and loves to laugh at all of his jokes.

Discovering the Potty

For my first post, I thought I would generate a synopsis of trying to get out of the house with a 2 1/2 year old and a 3 month old. All I wanted to do was run a few quick errands but getting ready to leave seemed nearly impossible. Everyone was finally fed and had a clean diaper on, and Matthew was armed with his juice and snack (a must have for the car ride mid morning) when he decided to sneak off into the bathroom to try to "go potty." At this point he really has not gone in the potty but he loves being independent in going through the motions of using the big boy potty. This means taking off his diaper, climbing onto the toilet, spending about 2 minutes pushing until nothing comes out and then wiping himself with the toilet paper. Oh, and the most important thing is getting down and flushing the toilet. I found Matthew going through this dailey ritual when I was looking for him to get his shoes on. He was all excited about "going" on his own so I said good job buddy but lets wash your hands before we go. Since nothing ever comes out of his body and I didn't bother to check, I hoisted him up on my knee to reach the sink (before I put a diaper on). He did a great job washing, but when I looked down at my legs I realized I had POOP all over my newly washed jeans. I couldn't believe it and was totally grossed out (2 year old poop is a lot worse than 3 month old poop). I kept my cool, went to change my jeans into the only other pair I have and proceeded to put Matt's shoes on. Then when I went to pick Nathan up to put in his carrier he decided to do a projectile spit-up all over me which he never does! I look down at my pants and shirt, and they were covered in white chunky breast milk. Yum! I decided I didn't have time to change because the next feeding would be right around the corner and I needed to get out of the house. I took the burp rag and wiped myself off, recombed my hair, put some lip gloss on and finally got everyone in the car. Whew! What a day just getting out of the house to run some errands.