Happy Early Easter!

Levi's amazing dance moves!

And on that farm he had some chickens

After 2 months of putting me in a zombie state, Levi started sleeping through the night again this week! SO SO happy!! I now have the stamina to blog!

Here's Levi's first time swinging (1/31)! He gave me this half smile the whole time. He didn't act super impressed, and seemed unsure if he should laugh or cry.
Just a fun pic. Love those little guys!

Jason's birthday was 2/10. We had a low-key celebration. We were planning on going out for dinner and leaving the kids with his mom, but then Levi got sick (and got his first ear infection!). Poor little guy - he was miserable. He is such a happy baby normally, but when he got sick he turned into a little monster! I guess I probably act like that when I'm sick too. Thankfully he got over it and returned to his happy self!

Just hanging out and being cute.
Josiah loved the snow we had on 2/13. He cried when it melted. Even though it was freezing out there, he insisted on playing in it and would not admit that he was cold. The cats however, were not shy about admitting they were cold. Daisy just wanted to curl up on Josiah and sleep. He thought it was a fun tackling game. Either way they both had fun.
On 2/29 we got chickens! We have 10 of them - 2 buff orpingtons (the cute yellow ones), 4 barred rocks (black and white), and 4 Rhode Island reds. They were born that morning so they were very little. Josiah was at first not excited about letting them use his little plastic swimming pool until they got big enough for a coop. He threw a big fit about it, saying "but I love that pool! I don't want to swim in chicken poop!". But when Jason brought them home and he saw them, he quickly changed his tune. "I love chickens, they are my favorite animals! They can have my pool, it's okay, I don't care."

More hanging out and being cute. They just can't help it.
Josiah discovering the wonders of fun dip.

The chickens are growing SO fast! Here they are after one week. Their wing and tail feathers are coming in, and we are starting to be able to tell the roosters from the hens. Poor roosters. You will probably end up on our dinner plates.

Josiah "helping" daddy do some work.
We have been busy around the house/farm, and are loving the spring-like weather! Here's to more sleeping through the night (which translates into more frequent blogging)!

Up up and away

These boys are growing up fast! A week ago I took Levi to his 6 month doctor's appointment. He is now 18 lbs 10 oz and 27 inches tall. I believe that puts him in the 67th percentile for both height and weight. Hey doctors, look how proportional our asymmetrical baby turned out to be!!

Levi enjoys sticking out his tongue, chewing on his toes (and everything he can reach), pulling his brother's hair, and sitting up by himself for a few minutes at a time. He can roll from his back to his belly, but he mostly chooses not to because he can't roll from his belly to his back, so he gets stuck (and then tired and then mad). He is getting up during the night, sometimes only once but most nights twice. Where did my good sleeper go?! Oh well, at least he is still his smiley happy self!

Levi is almost too big for some of his 9 month clothes, and has several 12 month pieces that he can wear. The kid is only 6 months old! Josiah is getting so tall that his 4T t-shirts are turning into midriffs. Pretty soon I will have giant children that can carry me around in their pockets. Josiah enjoys playing Legos, GI Joes, Star Wars, and mostly anything involving chasing, shooting, etc. He loves watching PBS kids shows (Dinosaur Train, Curious George, etc.) and also loves watching movies, so much so that I am trying to re-direct his attentions to more productive activities. He also loves talking to Levi, and Levi thinks he is hilarious. It is so fun to see them interact.

Pictures coming soon (and by soon I mean within the next couple of weeks)!

Jason and his girls

Well Jason officially has another woman in his life. 9 more actually. Heifers of course! Here he is with his grandpa the day he brought them over (a week ago Sunday).
Here's one of the girls standing in the nice luscious rye grass Jason planted.
Three more who have not figured out how yummy rye grass is yet.
Josiah, the proudest he can be of his daddy's new girls! Now he just has to figure out how to not spook them. Less running at them while mooing might help.
Let us know if you want to buy some beef from us in about 7 months! Just one disclaimer: the price per lb will be about $20 so that we can cover all the farm stuff Jason wants to buy! ;)

Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Your Christmas present: a blog update!

The boys hanging with their daddy:

Josiah can write his name! Not sure why blogger is turning my pictures - urgh!!!!

Some great friends came to visit! We miss them.
Josiah turned 4!
We splurged and got him a big present for his birthday!
Levi started eating solid food the day after Josiah's b-day! He is now eating baby cereal, bananas, and avocados.
Got some family pictures taken by a local photographer. He got some great ones of the boys, but the ones of all 4 of us are terrible. It is disappointing that Jason's mom got a better picture of our family with her iphone than the professional photographer did! Oh well, that's how it goes sometimes I guess!

Some fun Christmas pics!

Merry Christmas and happy new year!

Buried

I am way behind on everything. Over the past two months we have either had guests at our house, or we've been out of town almost non-stop. We've been able to see a lot of our friends and family, which has been great, but the down side is that nothing else gets done. I am starting to think that I will never catch up on laundry. It may just swallow up our house. So anyway, here is a quick recap of the past 2 months before I go collapse in bed.

KC friends came to visit:

Josiah had Grandparent's day at school:
Levi continued to get cuter by the day. He is laughing now!
We took a family trip to the local farmstead:
Took a trip to visit my side of the family, where Josiah got to hang out with his cousins:

Levi continued to entertain us:
Went to Jason's cousin's wedding. Josiah loved the dancing! But his version of dancing is mostly people holding him while they dance.

Went to St. Louis to visit friends - went to the City Museum which was super fun. Josiah loved having more play time with friends!

Another happy Levi picture:
Went to stay with Jason's parents for a couple of days, ending with Halloween night where I took Luke Skywalker trick or treating. Yoda stayed home and slept.

There are several events I am leaving out, just for the sake of time.

In the midst of all of this fun stuff, our cats got fleas, which they brought into our house. So now they are outside cats. We treated our carpets, and also had an exterminator come and spray everything. I have been washing everything that will fit in the washing machine (adding to my laundry problem). We have been vacuuming every other day for over a month now. I have had a couple of nervous breakdowns over this, but am slowly starting to feel comfortable in our house again.

Praying for peace, rest, and sanity in the coming weeks!

P.S.

In case you are wondering, Jason loves his new job! I am very proud of him!