Service Project (draft)

Planting trees at the Woodland Creek Community Park with the Cub Scout Pack.

 

 

 

Making " Weeblos Camp Beans" in the dutch oven for all the volunteers.

 

 

Trick or Treat (Draft)

 Big suprise, Tyler chose another hunting themed pumpkin pattern.

This photo is from Halloween 2011. Tyler wanted to dress up like his favorite TV show WILD KRATTS. Just shortly after we brought Sheldon home from the hospital (in March!!!)  Tyler informed us that he wanted to dress up as Martin Kratt again for Halloween so his little brother could dress up also. The plan was to find an animal costume that they have an episode on.

I found an adorable lion costume this summer. Tyler was getting so excited with Halloween approaching and kept begging me to try it on Sheldon. Good thing we did. Everything fit perfectly until we tried on the most important piece...the mane. Sheldon's head was too big. Next we tried on Tyler's old puppy costume and Sheldon looked adorable. Problem solved.



 Nope. Apparently there isn't an episode about dogs. So I suprised Tyler with a racoon costume. I knew he'd love it because there is an episode called "Masked Bandits" and Chris and Tyler are reading Where the Red Fern Grows every night before bed.

Sheldon's newest trick is rocking back and forth on his elbows and knees.

 

 

 

We started out our evening at our church's Trunk or Treat.

 And as usual, Sheldon got a lot of attention from all the girls and teens. Tyler doesn't seem to mind one bit.

 There were lots of friends and tons of candy.

 

The BIG Announcement!

 

God had a plan, his is perfect, and much better than we could have ever imagined.

 

You'll want to watch the smilebox below in full screen so you can read the text. Please note my clever choice of background music.

 

It is fuzzy when you make it full screen so here is the last slide.

 

 

Below is the video of how we told Tyler on October 24th. I love how BOTH the boys react and Sheldon appears to catch on first. When I took the photos they had on white shirts. I added the words "Biggest Brother" later. Tyler even helped me add the clouds, plane, and skyline. He had no idea what I was up to. I've been soooo sick that Tyler kept asking if I was dying! We heard the heartbeat Tuesday morning and decided that at 11 weeks it was time to let the cat out of the bag.

 

 

Pumpkin Patch

We start every day with a breakfast for champions. And this little champ LOVES to eat. In the last month he's had rice cereal, apple sauce, pears, carrots, sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, and bananas.

This morning (September 29th) we went to the WET Science Center with Tyler's Cub Scout Pack. It was a lot of fun but I left the camera in the car. It was a BEAUTIFUL autumn day, so we headed to the Pumpkin Patch. It was supposed to be 65 but ended up being 73 degrees!! Not only was it perfect weather, there was hardly anyone there because it was the first weekend. This meant easy parking, no lines, and a happy momma.

 

Getting two boys to look at the camera and smile is nearly impossible. But they still look adorable and there was so much fun to be had. We started out with some intense racing.

There wasn't a time limit so Tyler just kept racing all the kids that would show up. Tyler was having a blast and it gave me time to take some cute photos of Sheldon. You can see the race track in the background. It is so much easier to take photos now that Sheldon can sit up. Just in the past week he has become quite steady.

 If you look carefully, you can see Mt. Rainier just to the left of the spider.

 Sheldon was more interested in the hay than the baby animals.

 We ended the day with a little pumpkin slinging and yummy fudge.

 

 Tyler helped me pick out some fresh produce and we headed home. Our little man was all tuckered out. It is so nice that Sheldon sleeps almost anywhere and that Tyler loves to be a helper.

 

 

 

When we got home, I noticed Sheldon cut his second tooth. That explains all the drool and why mommy, I mean Sheldon, didn't get any sleep the night before.

 

Milestones (draft)

September 4th was a day full of milestones for our boys.

Tyler started 4th grade.

 

That night he earned his Bear at Cub Scouts.

 

This is Tyler with the Cub Scout mascot Akela. When Tyler went to take his Bear patch from Akela's neckerchief, the dog started to howl. All the boys thought it was funny.

Sheldon didn't want to miss out on all the fun, so he cut his first tooth on September 4th. I keep trying to get a picture of it with no success. He also turned 6 months on September 7th.

 If you look really REALLY carefully, you can see his tooth in this photo. It is on the bottom left.

Family Photos

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Random videos

This is Sheldon's newest trick...blowing raspberries.

 

 This video is from our trip to Colorado. We're at the ranch house. Sheldon just woke up and was jabbering away. That is until I turned the camera on.

This is a link to a video from when Sheldon was 4 months old.

 

This video is from September 19th. This is where Sheldon hangs out while I get ready each morning.
He usually has a lot to say.

This is a video from August 7th (5 month birthday). I went up stairs to grab the laundry and when I came down this is what I found. Tyler LOVES hanging out with his brother. Sheldon is doing several of his favorite things: hanging out with big brother, talking, chewing on his fingers, and playing with his toes.