Sleepless Nights

Ok, so it's getting worse! 4:45 am was bad, but this morning, I awoke at 3:13 am and was so confused. Ashley was out of town, and it was just me and the boys. I remembered going to bed with all of the lights out and peace and quiet. However, what woke me were sounds of sirens and choo-choos coming from the hall and the lights were ON! Drew had again, climbed out of his crib, turned on the lights, and was happily playing in the hall and in Davis's room. Thankfully, Davis has already made the switch to the bunk room with Jackson, so he didn't wake up. That is until 4:45 am when Drew was so loud and crying because of course he was tired, and I was still trying desperately to get him back to bed! No luck there. At 5:40 I finally gave up, turned the tv and lights on and let the kids play. I don't know how much of this I can take! My kids usually sleep, and sleep well. This is a first for us. I'll keep you updated, but until them, I need a nap!

Escape Artist

Ok, so we have a little escape artist on our hands! At 4:45 this morning, my sweet baby Drew was standing next to my bed calling my name. He did it again! He escaped!! Although he has climbed out a few times, we decided to put him in the crib until we can locate the bed rails. However, we did decide to leave the side of the crib down, and placed a bean bag on the floor next to the crib, just in case he did escape and fall, he hopefully wouldn't get hurt. Well, I guess it worked, he didn't get hurt, and was delighted to see me so early this morning! Too bad he wasn't interested in going back to bed. What are we going to do???

TWO WHEELS!

YAHHHH HOOOOO! As Davis would say! The training wheels are off, and so is he! He can now ride his bike with NO training wheels! It only took about 3 tries, and he can do it, and boy did he take off! He is so proud of himself and says that it is so much fun! He has not mastered starting from a stop, but I only have to hold him for a second to get him going before he is yelling, "let go mommy!" I had no camera, but my cell phone captured this proud moment! His 1st ride down the street alone! Look out world, here comes Davis!

Ball Boy

Jackson loves to play ball, it doesn't really matter what kind of ball as long as it is a BALL!!! He loves it! He had especially taken to the game of basketball now that he is playing for our church. Today we were practicing and playing HORSE, and I took a few shots of him that I thought captured his love of the game!

The END...

Last post for today, I promise!

We are reaching the end of the baby stuff...at least for now! I am not sure if that is forever, in fact, most of you know that I hope it is not, but for now, it is. We bought Jackson and Davis bunk beds in anticipation of this day, and it is here! I put Drew down for his nap this afternoon, and about 5 minutes later, he opened the door to my room. My first reaction was suprise! I asked him how he got here and how he got out of his crib, he was crying and holding his "ruff ruff" and told me "Drew Drew fall down, Drew Drew hurt!" Poor little guy. He took me to his room and showed me where he had tried to climb out of his crib and was successful, but he did fall down, right from the top of the crib! So we will be moving Drew from the crib, probably in the next day or so, before he climbs out and really gets hurt! Jackson and Davis want to share a room, and bunk beds, and we will once again have a play room. It makes me sad, but I am enjoying seeing the boys grow up. This will be the first time in 7 years that we haven't had a crib in the house! Wow!! Diapers are next...that will be nice, not to buy so many diapers, although I am not looking forward to potty training again!

Author's Celebration

Yesterday was a BUSY day for us! Ashley and I both worked, Jackson had his author's celebration at school, I had lunch with some girlfriends, Davis had his four year old check-up, basketball game, and then Ashley and I had a date night!

Here are some photos from the Author's Celebration at school. Ms. Bunchman has done such a good job with the class this year, and they kids just adore her. Each child wrote and illustrated their own books, and then got into groups. They read their books to the parents, and were so proud of their writings. I know that it was a lot of work for Ms. B, but it was worth it! The kids did great!

Shots

Yesterday was Davis's 4 year old visit to the doctor. Although Jackson had warned him of the inevitable shots, he was still upbeat when we left.

He did great, but when I did tell him that he was going to get 4 shots, he did not like that at all, and stood in the corner of the room.

In the end, he did well. We did have to hold him down, and I don't care how many times I've done it with my 3 children, it is always heartbreaking to hold your somewhat unsuspecting child down on the table, knowing that the nurse is about to poke them with a shot, that is sure to hurt a whole lot more than they are thinking! Poor Davis! He was once again off the charts for his height and at the top of the charts for weight, in line with his previous growth. There is no denying it, Davis will be a big boy! Probably the tallest of the bunch. His growth chart shows that he is the height of an average 6 year old (or even a short 7 year old). Look out Jackson...he's catching up to you!

Rainy Day

It is cold and rainy today, and the boys are restless. Poor Drew just looks out the window and wants to be outside so badly. It does make for good photography lighting. Too bad my children don't like having their pictures taken!

Happy Valentines to all! We had heart shaped pancakes for breakfast, and are going to spend the day with the kids. Tonight, we are having a date night with the kids. Chocolate fondue and movies!

Space Buddies

It has been hard to stay caught up lately, so here we go! I was out of town at a work meeting in California all last week. Debbie came in to help Ashley, and that was definately much appreciated! The boys had a nice time visiting with their grandmother, and Ashley was thankful of the help. I came home on the red eye last Friday, and between very little sleep on the plane, recovering from this on going cough/cold I have, and jet lag, it took me 3 days to feel normal again!

The boys were cute when I got home, especially Drew who ran to me yelling "mommy's home!" and gave me a huge hug! That was worth the no sleep on the plane to get home sooner.

They have all been so cute lately. Davis got the movie "Space Buddies" for his birthday (late because the movie hadn't come out on DVD yet) and has watched it at least 10 times since Saturday! (On Monday night, he went to a friend's house and they had mac and cheese for dinner. He looked sceptical at the bowl, wondering why the homemade stuff didn't look quite like Kraft. When the boy's mom said that it was the same recipe as the dogs used on the movie Space Buddies, he gobbled the whole bowl up! ) The boy is obsessed with dogs! Too bad I can't break his dad and talk him into getting one. Drew's new thing is that he refers to himself in the 3rd person all the time, saying things like "Drew Drew wants juice." He also has a love of his puppy, and has named him "wuff wuff." Jackson amazes me everyday with his ablilities. He is doing great at basketball and scored six baskets at last week's game. He is also doing an incredible job reading, and homework is getting harder. I can't imagine what 2nd grade will be like!

Off to make lunch for the boys. It's been beautiful here and we have enjoyed the 70 degree weather that is so abnormal for February! More updates later.