Watch out world...here he comes!

Michael started doing the same army crawl that Matthew did on Friday. He's not quite as fast as Matthew was yet and Michael actually uses his arms more, but it's so funny that it's basically the same! They even use the same foot! :) It was exciting because Scott was actually working from home that day, so he got to see him doing it! It will definitely change our lives a lot, but I'm so excited because he's so excited! He's been watching his big brother go and wants to bad to keep up with him! I didn't want him to start moving, but now that he is a little, it's so fun! I love my boys so much and I know they will just have that much more fun together when Michael can keep up with Matthew! You can hear Matthew at the end cheering Michael on...I love them SO MUCH!

Check it out:

Standing Man!

Michael has been a little slow in some development milestones. For example, he just started really sitting up about a month and a half ago. I think he could have done it sooner, he was just being lazy, but in the last week, he's really started moving! He started army crawling on Saturday and then today I put him down for a nap and I thought he was asleep, but decided just to check. And this is what I found....

It totally shocked me because I was not expecting to see him standing! He (as you can clearly see in the picture) was totally thrilled! I guess it's time to lower the mattress all the way! Scott, now you know what you are doing when you get home tonight! :)

Where did my baby go?!?! He's just getting way too big, way too fast! But absolutely LOVE watching him grow and learn new things! Being a mom is the best job in the whole world!

Please pray for my sweet Ben

Those of you that know me really well, know that I use to babysit for a family that has 6 boys. Before I had my boys, I loved them more than anything! Their mom was my young women leader and is now one of my best friends and we keep in close contact. One of their sons, Ben, is in the pediatric intensive care unit in Colorado. The doctors are still a little unsure of exactly what's going on, but believe he has kawasaki disease. Kawasaki disease is a rare condition in children that involves inflammation of the blood vessels. He has been through a lot this week, test after test and started to do better, but is still struggling. My heart is breaking for him and for his family!
I know that many of you don't know him at all, but please keep him in your prayers. He is 9 years old and is in desperate need of your prayers.

Matthew's first day of preschool!

Today was Matthew's first day of preschool and he was SO excited! This morning, before preschool, he was playing school with his cars. He kept reassuring them that he would be back and they would have fun at school! It was so cute! He's been a little nervous, but last week, we went and met his teacher and saw his classroom and today, he was just ready to go! He's usually such a mama's boy, so I figured that he would have some separation problem, but he marched in there, put his backpack on his hook, came and gave me a quick hug, took his name off the board and he was off! I blew him a kiss and he blew me one back (thank goodness...I'm not looking forward to the day when he doesn't want to kiss me or blow me kisses!) I was a very proud mommy walking out! Michael was very confused! Either he couldn't figure out why his buddy wasn't coming with us or because he was confused why he didn't get to go play too!

Gotta love the choke hold! :) Can you tell how excited Matthew is?

He had a great day! He told me about everything! I was amazed at all the little details he remembered! Even though he's growing too fast, I'm so proud of who he is and who he's becoming! I am a very blessed mommy!

I love this boy!

I love this picture! It's one of those pictures that when I look at it, I can actually feel his sweet arms around me! Matthew is the sweetest son a mom could ask for! He likes to tease me by saying, "Mom, I'm getting bigger!" and then I beg him not to! He thinks it hilarious, but it's true! I wish he could stay this small forever...you know, small enough where he wants to hug and kiss me, snuggle with him in bed, read books to him and sing to him! It's already going to quickly! He's definitely already a little too smart for his own good! But watching him grow is amazing...he gets sweeter and cuter everyday!

Our cute boys!

This video is so cute! When we went grocery shopping, Michael wanted to be a big boy like his brother and sit in the car of the shopping cart! I really hate those cars because they are so nasty, but I wiped it down and let him sit with Matthew! It was so adorable! You can see in the video, Michael is looking at Matthew every once and awhile to make sure he doing it right! It's so cute! That's pretty much like everyday...he constantly watching Matthew! I love these boys so, so, so much! They are awesome!

What our little/big Matty has been up to!

I can't believe what a little man our Matty is! He has been up to a lot of fun things this summer, so I thought I would share! (This goes back a while since I have been awful at updating lately!)


What a stud muffin! He is just as sweet as ever!


Of course, we went to see Toy Story 3 opening weekend! We got more use out of Matthew's Buzz Lightyear costume and let him wear it to the movie! My dad came with us and Michael got a day with Granan! Although, Matthew was not so thrilled about Michael not coming!



Matthew was in baseball for a few weeks this spring! He had so much fun! The coaches kept calling him "Matt" which he wasn't so sure about. He told me on the way home one day, "Those coaches keep calling me Matt!" I asked him if that was okay, and he said, "I guess." At least he knew who they were talking to, usually if someone calls him that, he just assumes they are talking to someone else! :) He's quite the little baseball star! He'll probably do baseball this fall, but has decided he also wants to play basketball! I'm a busy mom and I love it!

We are now pursing Matthew's dream to play hockey. As soon as we moved here, I started looking for ice skating lessons, but he had to be 3 and a half. So the Wednesday after he turned 3 and a half, he was in lessons! He fell a lot the first week! I was worried he wasn't going to want to go back, but he's a determined little kid! He had a blast even when he fell a lot! He struggled the most with standing up after he fell, but on the 2nd lesson, he was really getting it! He's starting to get quick on the ice too! He has to take ice skating for 8 weeks and then they will put him in hockey, but I'm not allowed to call it ice skating, I have to call it hockey! He's very excited! Check out these videos:



So this first video is so funny because his teacher asked them to skate around the animal. She meant for them to spread their legs and go around it, but didn't clarify, so you can see Matthew skate around it! Then she shows him how to do it right! It was so funny! But in Matthew's defense, she did tell him to skate around it! :)



Here is one of Matthew standing up! It made me so sad the first class when he tried and tried and couldn't do it! Michael and I did a little dance when he did it! Matthew was very proud for himself!

More updates later...and I have a good excuse for not blogging! (I'll leave you in suspense!)