Oh honestly!

Notice anything different?Yep, James grin has changed a bit.

He was running at the park today and managed to fall face first into the sand. Our poor babysitter, Kelly, thought he only cut his lip. When I came home with lunch I thought his tooth had fallen out...

Nope, it's still in there. Just got shoved back up into his gums. The dentist said it probably still has good circulation and will live, and should eventually come back down. But he may have a discoloration on his permanent tooth. I still can't figure out how he managed to shove that tooth, and only that tooth, into his gums while falling in the sand. This kid is something else!

Ice Cream

After an evening at the park we stopped at Cold Stone for some ice cream. This is the way ice cream is meant to be eaten!!
Getting hungry?

Uh huh, Miles is a messy eater, but this is completely justified!

Attempted photo shoot

So I attempted to take some photos of James, for his 2 year pictures. Believe me, I was not relying on myself, I had Ana lined up. These were as good as I could manage.

They are completely out of order. After about 8 pictures this it how it ended... Yep, this one has those throw down, roll, kick, and scream tantrums. It's really kind of funny to see. I think I'm pretty fortunate to find humor in tantrums.

Probably not to convincing with the umbrella... sun shining in the background and all!

Okay I LOVE these last two! Those two front peeking out of that mischievous grin...

To see the photo's Ana took click here!

Oliver

Oh he's so cute! I got some time with little Oliver Ankeny this weekend!

Ana walked up to the coffee shop and I was sure the little guy was going to be sleeping, but he was awake and bright eyed. Which of course means he had to be held.

Hope no one else was wanting to hold him...

... he eventually got tired of listening to babble, and mom worked her magic and had him asleep within minutes!

Quiet Time

The boys are at Grandma and Grandpa's this week, and Ben has had meetings in the evenings, which leaves me with some quiet time. I had big plans to clean the house, cook, and so on, but I've been relaxing and enjoying the alone time. Well, Carver is here, and we've been LOVING the warmer weather, lots of walks and playing outside.

I've finally been able to sit and read more! I've been known to compromise sleep for a good book, and this one is no exception! *don't try to look inside, won't work*

Kristina also introduced me to this one during our crafty weekend. It's full of so many goodies I am itching to create!

So what is everyone else reading these days? I like to have a few books lined up, so I love ideas!!

Happy Easter!

Birthday Weekend

I went on a little crafty retreat last weekend, which also happened to be my birthday!

I left Ben with a sick (but almost better) James, and a healthy Miles.

Ben's parents came up, Louise had a reunion to go to, so it really was Grandpa Bob, Ben, and the boys. Ben had a TON of catching up to do at work, so Grandpa got a lot of time with the boys. But I'm not sure what was going on when I was gone...

Miles seemed to have learned it was much more fun to color on things other than paper!

It may not be easy to see, but that's purple marker on his face. I also found crayon on the built in cabinets in the living room. Miles told on himself, Grandpa was in James room at the time!

Kristina and I had a great weekend of scrapbooking! We laid out our paper all over the living... to make it easier to see what we had. I wish I had taken a photo! Although if I did I wouldn't post it. If our husbands saw they would definitely send us to rehab! Here's some of the things I worked on...

This was an easy way to use up the "extra" letters I had.

Kristina helped me put the binding on Miles' quilt (4 years ago I bought fabric for this blanket)!

And she gave me instruction on this easy blanket for James!

And when I got home, this adorable card was waiting for me from Ben's aunt Jeanine!

Very post worthy, thank you Jeanine!!