Spelling and Writing

The other day, the boys and I were outside playing with chalk. I looked over at G and he had written a L an a O. I asked him what he was writing, he said LOVE. I then asked him what letters came next he quickly said V and E. I was so surprised. I had no idea he knew how to spell and write the word LOVE. Lately, he has been asking us what letters different objects begin with and how it sounds. So we've been giving him words to spell like cat, rat, nap, map,etc. We also recently discovered two great shows on PBS Word World and Super Why. It's amazing to see how much he is learning these days!

M is Six months old

I took M to his six month check up today. I can't believe his first year is half over. He is such a joy to have around. He's so much more relaxed and laid back compared to G. He basically only cries when he is hungry and tried.

So here are his stats.
Weight: 18lbs 8oz. (We call him chunky monkey)
Height: 27in
Head: His head is in the 90%

This is what he's up to these days:
He grabs everything in sight.
He sleeps from 8pm-7:30am
He is now eating baby food at every meal with four bottles during the day.
He almost can roll all the way over.
He is trying to crawl, but I'm not rushing him!
He loves his brother. He watches him constantly and lets G to whatever he wants to him.
He loves to laugh!
We think he's going have a deep voice.
He has started waving.
He has two teeth.
He can hold his own bottle.

We had his picture taken a few weeks ago. KM took over 100 pics. I'm having a hard deciding which ones to order. They are all so good. His pics are on KM's blog. Take a look

Tyler Zoo

G is on spring break this week, so Dan took Tuesday off and we went to the zoo in Tyler, TX. This was the first time G had ever been to the zoo. It was so much fun. The weather was perfect and there were no crowds. The Caldwell zoo is a great size and has a variety of animals. G really likes the alligators and Giraffes. M loved the birds. The birds were in a big cage you could walk into and buy a stick with bird seeds on it. G held out is stick and the birds flew right to it. I was holding M and the stick and a bird flew to us. M started screaming and tried to jump out of my arms because he was so excited. He even grabbed onto the bird for a couple of secs before it flew away. We also saw a white tiger who did not like guys in ball caps. Every time I guy with a hat walked by the tiger jumped onto the class. G and I both screamed when we saw this for the first time. The first thing I thought of was the animal attack at the zoo in San Diego that happened a couple of weeks ago.

Easter08 part1

We had a great Easter. We stayed here and spent time with the family. This is the first year that G really understands the meaning of Easter. It is neat to hear him explain the meaning of Easter. Our pray for both boys is that they accept Jesus while they are young instead of later on in life. We weren't able to attend the service Sunday because they needed help with childcare, but we were able to go to the Good Friday Service which was really uplifting.

BOB and LARRY

Saturday we also got the chance to meet Bob and Larry from Veggie Tales. Here are some pics from today.

Elerbee Road Egg Hunt

Saturday morning we went to Elerbee Rd. Baptist Church for their egg hunt. The weather was so much better than last year when we froze and G had a melt down over other kids grabbing "His" eggs. As you can tell from the pics, M, is teething like crazy. His bottom two have cut through and he is acting like he has more ready to cut through. The egg hunt was fun. G picked up a lot of eggs and M had fun just sitting and watching everyone.

Moving the Whites

This past Friday we helped a couple from our Sunday School class move into a new house. I went to help out with the kids. At one point, I was left with 7 kids under 4 and both of the babies were crying. I'm so glad I don't have to take care of that many kids at once.