Just want to see if this works!

I downloaded an iPhone app for my blog .... They really do have an app for everything! This way I can cancel my Internet and just use my phone. So be prepared for blogging on the spot! Hope this works!

Loving the weather: Day 1

So today is the first of, hopefully several, nice days! It was so beautiful that Phyllis and I took off early to take the kids to the park. Ok, we had lunch and went bumming around utica square first! We fed the ducks until the geese got angry and attacked the kids! Braden and Rhagan got bit! Those things are CRAZY! After the attacks, we played on the playground for a bit. Braden is getting a little more brave in his old age! Even preggo Phyllis went down the slide a few times! I tried to catch her on film a few times, and this is as close as I got with the iPhone delay! Hope everyone is enjoying the weather. Tomorrow, we'll probably go to the park again, and we plan to get the bike out this weekend!

My baby is back!

So it may be short-lived, but my Braden loves me again! I had Ethan all day today (still do!) and I have to say .... having 2 isn't all that bad! Don't worry! I'm not getting any ideas! Braden has been in such a great mood all weekend, and I hope it stays that way! I can't remember if I mentioned this last time, but I had a teacher/parent conference Thursday, and his teacher says he is so smart. He knows several letters, his left from his right (he's left handed), and he tries to write his name. She also said that he is her little helper with one of the kids in the class that is a little developmentally behind. He has such a caring heart. Josh has really been encouraging me to learn more about my child. He is so enthusiastic about learning about two-year old behavior and dicipline styles .... it's encouraged me to do the same. I've been giving Braden more choices and less ..... well, yelling! We are doing so great. Well, gotta go ... Ethan and Braden want in my lap! This is how snuggly my baby has been ALL weekend! I love it!

Ethan loves the big TV!

Haircuts for the boys

So today, Braden and Ethan got haircuts. It was Ethan's first haircut, and Braden was very supportive! After haircuts, we all went to Walmart to find the really cool cars/track that the haircut place had. We found them! They are really cool (and on clearance!) Ethan was falling out of the cart, and Braden helped him sit up like a big boy! After Walmart, we took lunch to Josh at the hospital. Braden was such a big boy today, and his behavior has dramatically changed over the past 48 hours! Thank God! For those of you who didn't know, he has had an emotional time adjusting to some changes in our lives lately. He was really acting out at daycare, but that is improving too. Today was such a good day! He is napping now, and going for a sleep over with Ethan. Ethan will be spending all day with us tomorrow while his mom goes house shopping in Lawrence, Kansas. I'm sure by the end of the weekend I WON'T be wishing I had 2 boys!

An afternoon with the ducks

So it was so nice today after work, so Braden, Josh, and I spent a little time at the river with the ducks. This one got pretty close to Braden! He thought he had food!

double take

So I just realized after I posted that picture that I had one from our July trip to Destin .... same boys, different bike trailers! Ethan's changed a bit .... Braden is his same ol' ornery self!

Sunday night blogging ....

So here's a few pictures from our weekend. Debbie and Ethan are in town for 2 months, so we try to get the boys together some ..... here they are on our 4 mile walk around the lake tonight. My legs hurt! Ha! And when we got out of the bathtub, I turned around and saw Braden had picked up the toilet seat, and was peeing like a big boy all by himself! Yay! There's also a couple of pictures from Will's birthday party yesterday at Bounce U, a fun jumpy place! I got a workout that I was not prepared for at all! Oh, and Josh got to meet the parents last night .... no pictures of that! Not to worry, if he can put up with us, no one could scare him away! Hope everyone has a good week!