Monthly Tidbits- April

So if you couldn't tell from the pics below, we are having a HAPPY month! Kids are smiling, sun is shining and that makes my life so awesome!

Caleb

• buckles himself up ALL by himself--you should have seen the first time he actually did it, he was so PROUD! (and this makes getting the kids loaded into the car SO much easier for me)!
• Daddy's little Shadow. They are "best friends" He goes everywhere with Chip right now and is loving it!
• spelled out and "read" the word DAD yesterday when we were reading.
• his humor is hilarious. told me that the pistachios just "jumped" into the cart while we were at Costco...hmm ;)
• Swims on his own (I'm pretty sure the people at the pool think I'm wacked out and are probably calling CPS on me at this very moment). I chill on a fun noodle and spin Drays around in his baby ring while Caleb throws himself into the deep end and swims back to the edge and then repeats this act several dozen times. Let's just say his strokes aren't "perfected" yet, so it often times looks like he may be drowning to those who don't recognize his "swim technique"

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Drayson

• Loving strawberries, french toast, bbq chips and popsicles at the moment (went for his well baby check a few weeks back and the doc said it was alright to start adding in "some" table foods...yeah we're about 2 months past that)
• Loves the pool as much as his brother
• 7 teeth
• Crawling like a maniac, pulling himself up, trying to walk (so I thought he would at least wait until his 1st birthday, but apparently this is NOTgoing to happen for me)
• Can now pull himself up in his crib and "yell" at me when he is not quite ready to go down for his nap :)
• Thinks Caleb is the funniest person on EARTH!
• Plays "ball" with Caleb and the dogs.
• caught him trying to KICK a soccer ball the other day while he was playing on the floor (remember Caleb was already working the drop kick by ~14 months)
• Follows big brother everywhere--at this very moment he has crawled out the back door onto the porch to play with Caleb (thank goodness we don't have any stairs).
• I lOVE the way he smiles and chuckles at me. We are IN LOVE. We have been having quality time while Chip and Caleb do "big guy" things!

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Now that the weather is starting to turn, it is actually starting to feel like spring and then SUMMER. We love summer, because we get so much time with Daddy and to spend time together as a family. Can't beleive Drayson will be turning 1 in just a few short months! The Southridge boys soccer team is doing amazing and is in 3rd place right now. It is looking like it will be a longer season becuase of playoffs, and we are so excited for them! We are getting our family pictures taken tommorrow, and I am hoping that they turn out to be INCREDIBLE!