Not a whole lot has been going on at our house. We all were sick for a wile around the new year. John's family believes in sweating the sickness out so here he is sweating away. I had a lot of fun putting as many layers on him as I could.
He is wearing three pairs of pants, two coats, two hats, two pairs of gloves, three or four shirts, and has two blankets draped over his legs and shoulders. He is also holding up the honey and lemon tea I made for him. He stayed like that all day, what a trooper. I hate being hot so I can't stand this method long enough to know if it really works, but he got well soon after.
Glen has been sick quite a bit this year, but in between we get little breaks that are so much fun. Glen has so much energy when he is healthy that it is a wonder the walls hold him. He is constantly running, jumping, and climbing. He has taken to acting recently. He will get into the exersaucer, or baby swing and suck on a Binky, play with his toys and make sounds for them, pretend his bear or robot are babies for him to take care of, and so many other cute things. He has also learned the alphabet. Unfortunately he refuses to say the name of the letters, he will only say the animals name when I ask him, but he knows them all right.
Benjamin has had a bacterial infection in his cheek that really bothers him it is so itchy, but the medicine the Dr. gave us works really well and the rash is almost completely gone. He is so much happier now. I can tell how much the rash was hurting him by the way he has been acting lately. He sleeps better, and coos and smiles much more then he was.
Benjamin has discovered how tiring play can be. I laughed when I saw he had fallen asleep while playing. I was in the kitchen when I heard him crying and a little later when I went in I saw him asleep and had to get a picture. He is getting more coordinated with his hands and loves his exersaucer.
Since I am usually the one behind the camera there aren't a lot of pictures of me so John picked one out.
What have I been up too? The usual I guess. Cooking, cleaning, taking care of the family, enjoying life. I love being a mom, I can't say it enough, it is the BEST!!! I have been having a lot of fun with Glen lately. He is talking so much I can get him to parrot just about anything (including the first paragraph of Pride and Prejudice.) And teaching him his letters, numbers, shapes, and color is fun. (he counts to three all on his own now) I have enjoyed playing with Benjamin and getting him to smile and laugh. I love to tell him stories and hear his coos.
Because of inspiration I received recently I have also been incorporating the scriptures into our day much more and spending more time with the boys and less with the computer. What a difference it has made in my attitude, their attitude, and the amount of fun we get to have. I am grateful the Lord knows my family well enough to tell me what is best for us. He loves us so much and has a big hand in our life.
Glen climbed up on the 
couch, opened up daddy's laptop, put on his head phones, and started playing with the mouse. He wants to be just like his daddy.
He is wearing three pairs of pants, two coats, two hats, two pairs of gloves, three or four shirts, and has two blankets draped over his legs and shoulders. He is also holding up the honey and lemon tea I made for him. He stayed like that all day, what a trooper. I hate being hot so I can't stand this method long enough to know if it really works, but he got well soon after.
Benjamin has had a bacterial infection in his cheek that really bothers him it is so itchy, but the medicine the Dr. gave us works really well and the rash is almost completely gone. He is so much happier now. I can tell how much the rash was hurting him by the way he has been acting lately. He sleeps better, and coos and smiles much more then he was.
Bejamin slept half the day, what did I expect right? He didn't have to rip the paper off the gifts, he just used his drool to dissolve the paper. :) His favorite gift is the Baby Einstein exersaucer that he got from Grammy. I set it up yesterday and Benjamin has been discovering all the toys, sounds and lights. Glen enjoys it a lot as well, he likes to tell Benjamin what the animals and other things are as well as help him lay with it. He will take Benjamin's hand and push it onto a toy to make it work for him. He is so helpful.
We also went sledding while we were down there. That was a lot of fun. There wasn't much snow, but there was enough. We found a little hill close by that both GLen and Elijah could go down by them selves. Hannah even went down by herself in her little sled. Benjamin stayed home with Grammy, but Glen came along and we all had so much fun. I really enjoyed watching Adam and John try to outdo each other on the hill. They tried going down on their bellies and standing up.
pretty dirty and smelly by the end. His favorite part was the brain flag. If you aren't geek enough to know he is a zombie from the game "Plants vs Zombies" one of his new favorite games. Here John is trying to eat his friend James's brains, some friend ;)
I surprised John with my costume. I put on his USSSA umpire uniform and trick or treated as John. Most people couldn't tell who or what I was, it was mostly to make John smile, which it did.
For a family activity Friday we all painted our Halloween Pumpkins. Daddy got to help Glen and Mommy got to help Benjamin. We didn't have much paint so we used permanent markers. Glen really enjoyed getting
to color on the pumpkin (he loves to color) and learning to say pumpkin. He says "pukin," so cute. I really liked John's idea of putting different faces all around the pumpkin.
One of Glen's favorite things to do right now is climb up in the chair at the computer and "type" on his keyboard. (you can see the real one on top of the computer) When I discovered it was nearly impossible to keep him out of the chair and away from the computer I found a way for him to have a turn that prevented fatal errors. :)
Glen has become such a Daddy's boy. At first I was a little jealous that Glen wanted to cuddle and play with daddy more then he did me. I missed him coming to me all the time and wanting me to hold him, wanting me for comfort. I felt sad. But then I started thinking how great it is that Glen HAS a dad. I never had a dad growing up and I am happy that Glen does. I don't feel bad anymore when Glen reaches for Daddy after a nap or runs to him to get a hug.
It 
makes me happy that he has the opportunity. Besides, I will have another chance here pretty soon. A new baby who wants to cuddle with me and it may turn out well that Glen prefers daddy.
Ready for a big ego massage, John?
Have you ever been so overcome with emotion that you cannot find the words to describe how you feel? I feel like that when I look at John and think that he loves me. I cannot believe he asked me to marry him, but I am eternally grateful that he did. I have found more bliss with John and more love then I ever thought was possible. How I love him.
three months of pregnancy were constant tears. However, until recently I have never cried tears of joy. The day my son was born was the first time I have ever been so happy I cried. My baby boy, this wonderful child is mine. This picture of John was taken right after Glen was born. John held Glen first and I hope you can see the love on John's face. He loves Glen so much. We both love Glen, we even love the little cone head he was born with. (But we are glad it is gone :)
Here we are again with another excuse to dress up. John vetoed the shark costume and wanted me to make his costume this year.
with this costume and was acting a bit like a kid he was so excited. (not that I mind, I felt like I had someone my own age to play with) John really enjoyed fitting his whole body in the Rubiks cube.
from Grandma because he put John in a head lock and wouldn't let go. Our son is so strong. He will be able to beat his daddy at wrestling hands down by the time he is six, of course that means I will be beaten by the time he is three. I better take advantage of his age while I still can!
