Kiss, kiss!

This morning I had Luke lying across my lap for a little bit and Brendan came over to say hi to him. He does that alot, I guess he's waiting for Luke to say hi back. Then he did the sweetest, cutest thing! He leaned over and gave Luke a kiss! He gave him probably four kisses before running off to play and later he came back to give him another one. It made me so proud of him to see him being so sweet to Luke. He's not always the most gentle with his little brother, but he sure does love him.

You Know You're A Parent When... #2

You put a t-shirt in the washing machine and find a wooden piece of your son's railroad track drop out into the washer with it.

The kid are doing well. Brendan is teething, but everything else is going well with the kids.

Mom and Dad are sleep deprived. I guess there is only so long you can go before it sets in. Good thing next week is Spring Break.

I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately. This week is my mid-terms and I need to spend time studying for the exams. Towards the end of this week and into next week, I will be sure to post again.

You Know You're A Parent When... #1

...You pick up a pile of dirty laundry and your son's yellow rubber ball falls out of it.
I know he was playing with the ball earlier today, and the pile of laundry has been there all day, so he must have put the ball into the pile at some point. Why?

Brendan Ball

It was a nice day, so Brendan and Daddy went outside to play for a while. We played some more with his ball and it was fun.

He is starting to catch on that the black shoes means that he will play outside (that is why we bought them). When we put them on him today, he got a big smile and started to get really excited.

Unfortunately, the ground was a little wet from the showers we had early in the morning. It was a little slippier and Brendan got a little bit of mud all over him. It translated into a bath when he went back inside.

One of the high points for the day was playing some more 'Brendan Ball'. This is where Daddy picks up Brendan and then swings his legs down at the ball. Whenever we do it, he gets excited and has a big smile on his face.

We put Luke down on his new blanket that we got at church. We're so proud of him because he can lift his head up once in a while and look around.

After we put the kids to bed, we had 'Date Night' (every Friday night we watch a movie or some other date-like-activity, children permitting). Tonight we started watching Babylon 5. I've forgotten how much I loved that show.

Luke is almost done with his bedtime snack, so Daddy will join them in going to bed.

Outside play time!

Brendan got to wear one of his new shirts from Grandma Standfest today. Luke has a matching shirt, but he has to grow a little more before he'll fit in it.

Brendan got to play outside today. It almost got up to 70 degrees today, so it was very nice. Mom took him out in the morning and Dad took him out in the afternoon before dinner. We played with one of his new 'outside' balls from Grandma Tupper. He kicked the ball and even picked it up and threw it. He also ran everywhere and had a real fun time.

Our friendly neighborhood bunny was outside for a little bit and we even got his picture.

All four of us now have belly buttons! The rest of Luke's cord finally fell off. He's got such a cute little belly button!

I'm off to bed. Hopefully, it will balance out with the lack of sleep at night.

An update on the boys

If anyone can figure this one out, please let me know. When I got Brendan up from his afternoon nap yesterday, his arm was sticking out of the neck on his shirt. I'm not quite sure how it happened, but it did. I don't understand that child sometimes, well, most times, but he's at least cute.

Luke is still being very easy. He eats, sleeps, soils diapers, and snuggles with anyone that will hold him (not necessarily in that order).

More pictures from Sunday

Here are a couple more pictures from yesterday...
Here we are with Luke and my parents (Robert and Lynn Standfest).

Here we are with Brendan, Luke, and Kira's parents (Steve and Heidi Tupper).

We also had some chaos back at our place after church, that way all the cousins could play together and Great-Grandpa could see all four of his great-grandchildren. It went pretty well and everyone seemed to enjoy the time. Great-Grandpa Standfest really enjoyed seeing all of them play together.

There are also a number of pictures in the web-album.

On a side note, the vestments and paraments from yesterday's service are not pink, they are a slightly faded rose. They are used for Gaudete (Advent III) and Laetare (Lent IV), which are both moments to rejoice amidst the somber reflection of the liturgical season.

Luke's Teddy

I mentioned Brendan's new teddy bear yesterday, but forgot to mention Luke's new teddy bear. Uncle Aaron and Aunt Becky got it for him. It's extremely soft and hopefully he'll like it as much as Brendan likes his teddy.