brush your teeth before bed!

here's a couple fun pictures of the boys being Brothers! they were being silly brushing there teeth and dressing up in costumes.

wild indian!

Colton's cousin Rhett turned five and got a bow and arrow for his birthday. Colton talked about it for days, so he took his piggy bank in and bought himself a bow and arrow to shoot. he picked it up quick. it has a rubber tip so he can shoot it in the house without hurting any of us. he has been setting up his toy bucks and shooting them down. it's a great past time for a rainy day! we stopped by the Sportsmans warehouse on Sunday and he got to shoot a real bow. the guy that worked there was impressed a four year old could pull back every bow he gave him! he even hit the target in a "kill" area! well this could start a new type of hunting in our family. I can tell it's giving him better hand eye coordination. well that's what we do for fun in the woods!

punkin patch!

well i don't have the pictures back yet but on friday we ent to the pumpkin patch. my friend cassiday met us there with her two little girls. we had a great time. we went to liepolds in boring. they are getting a great little place for kids. we went early before anyone else and got there and good thing. those places are quite popular. they had a great little corn type sand box that clay loved! Colton loved the giant blowup tunnels and ball pit, that is until a kid ran into him and gave him a bloody nose! that was our cue to go pick pumpkins and go. the boys were so into picking just the right pumpkin. it was funny watching them try to carry them. I'll post the picks as soon as i get them!

My big talker!

Well Clay is 17months and is talking so much I just wanted to write down the things he is saying before I forget! clearly and pronounced he can say- ball cat doggie tractor byebye nightnight momma dadda water cookie stuck shut bear milk car truck book bath towel fish no ok deer cow pig horsey papa grandma tickle tickle eyes nose toes hot cold baby fast! whale shark duck bug snake swing Pressy socks shoes shirt and almost any other three to four letter word you ask him to say. the words he tries but you have to guess are cidicycle=motorcycle moomoo=movie foo=food done done=all done side=outside fourwawa=fourwheller col col= Colton and many attempts at everything he see's. those are the most common clay-isms we hear. it is so fun to communicate with him and he is so eager to learn everything. he doesn't want to miss out on what big brothers doing and saying!

ULTRASOUND!!

well we had our big ultra sound today! they had a new 3-D machine that they used on us, which was really cool! everything looked perfect on the baby and the appropriate size and shape. It was so amazing to see the dimensional picture of our little peanut! the baby was crossing it's legs and sucking it's thumb, very cute. the profile looks a lot like the boys did, a very familiar look to the baby. so funny how even in the womb they look like siblings! the technician that was working with us said that the baby was so photogenic that she wants me come in the next couple of weeks for them to practice the new machine on me! so we may have more pictures to come! here's a couple to sample! I think it looks like a girl, what do you think?

the umbilical cord looks like a necklace!

see the feet kinda sticking out into space?

see the little legs crossed!

Sick season

well the season has come early this year. My boys are both fighting something this week! it's been kinda nice having Clay sleep so much, but now that I am ready for them to be well Colton is fighting the bug. not much to do this week so we are just laying low. Clay is cutting three mollars so he has been telling me "teet hurt" (teeth hurt). he has had a bad headache from the combo of cold + teething. poor little baby. it's nice he can tell me what hurts sometimes. well we are gonna go get all vitamined up! this is just what happens when you go out into public and get germs.

Wildwood

the boys and I headed down to our favorite place to take walks. Wildwood is a park just down the road from our house. the salmon are spawning, so we sat by the river and watched these huge fish swim right in front of us! the boys were very interested and Colton asked some many questions about them we had a science lesson. he hates the fact that they die after they lay there eggs, but he's learning that is a fact of life. we saw a snake and the boys are learning that their mom is afraid of something! even though it wasn't very big, Colton will tell you it was because of how I reacted to seeing it! Clay learned all sorts of new words to say and is picking up everything we say and repeating it! to cute. Colton loves that he is talking, he's a very proud big brother of little Tickle Toe! well David and I are are going out on our first date since July, so I'll write more later! over and out-