The last shall be first....

Having three children one would think by the time you have the fourth you have experienced most of the baby experiences. SD is definitely our last child and ironically he is the first in a few experiences for us. Along time ago (actually just 5 months ago) when SD was 2 weeks old he was the first to completely poo all over daddy while daddy was so graciously changing his diaper. He has since then peed all over his own face at least twice while mommy was changing his diaper, he didn't enjoy either of those. Most recently he was the first of our kids to ever be hospitalized for pneumonia, actually the first to have pneumonia at all. We spent 4 days in the oh so comfy hospital. The worst part for me and him was probably the IV. We had pretty good nurses overall. I watched a lot of TV and did not feel guilty about just sitting still. RD was able to bring me food most of the time. Poor little SD didn't feel like eating too much so he actually lost over a pound (another first)! I am incredibly blessed to have many wonderful friends that helped us out with my other kids while I was away. I thank them all for their generosity, care, and concern!We have been home for a week and have survived the multitude of medications. He has been on steroids (another first), and how many antibiotics? The lovely antibiotics have the wonderful side effect of diarrhea. Which leads to the last first. I was just sitting at the computer on Face book and holding SD on one leg. I heard him grunt and then a splat. He actually pooed out of his diaper onto the floor. As I was changing his diaper I said "SD that was very gross!" He just looked at me and smiled. He is such a sweety. He can light up the room with his smile and can make anyone laugh with him. I realize most of our "first experiences" with him have been of the poopy nature, hopefully in the future we will have more pleasant, less messy and stinky, "firsts" with him.

Just some Pics

Just some random pics of the kids and the recent family get together

AD playing on PBS kids.org

He will be 4 months on groundhog's day!

Playing with Grandma D

Grandma M left a surprise in our freezer when

she left. JD, aka: soda-aholic, of course found it and this is what

happened when he opened it. Thank goodness he was at

the table!

Blessing day! Oh so cute-SD looks pretty cute too!

I just love this pic-my brother the oh so happy husband oblivious to

family in chaos!

I can't decide which one of the following

I like the best.

"Dish'n" it out

You know how you spend the first few years of your marriage gatheringhousehold items, particularly kitchen stuff? Why do we buy so many glass things, especially when we plan to have kids. The following image is a good example of why we should buy plastic. The boys have had the chore of unloading the dishwasher for a while now. They do a pretty good job, especially considering they're boys. But they do tend to put things away in the wrong place at times. (This is where patience on my part has to come in everyday!) Many times my larger serving bowls (a bowl that is 3x the serving size of a regular cereal bowl) will be put away on top of the smaller cereal bowls, they are bowls after all. This is precisly what happened here. I opened the cabinet, got a plate, closed the cabinet, and a few short seconds later this serving bowl came flying out of the cabinet, bounced off the counter, hit the table, and finally shattered on the floor. It was the most impressive shattered glass I have yet to see! Of course I was standing right there bare foot. RD was across the kitchen and was hit by shards of the bowl. I was just observing today how few matching glasses I have in my cubburd since the kids have been using them! The pictures really do little justice to the actual scene.

We were finishing dinner the other day and JD exclaimed-"there's

a dinosaur in your cup!" Sure enough the left over foam from RD's

root beer had a skeletal look of a T-Rex skull. The kids were super impressed. It was

sadly washed away seconds later.

We had to document it, no one would believe us.

Some things we've been do'in

We have recently discovered a game the kids are crazy about.

Niether RD or I can play it worth a darn!

JD with his incredible flexability wins every time!

A recent trip to Lone Elk Park.


We went to the Science Center (after a few children begged) the
day after Thanksgiving. We got to meet a real astronaut, Robert Behnken.
He went into space last March and spent a few weeks on the Space Station. RD
and I were more impresses than the kids. Maybe one day they will
appriciate it. ID told me he never wants to go into space because you can blow up when
taking off. I guess that was one story I should not have told him about.
We were so proud of JD, this is the first time in the many
years we have come here
that he was not afraid of the dinosaurs! He was quite proud of himself too.
He insisted on having our picture taken.
When I asked why he was afraid before. He said, "I was too little, now I'm not!"

Baby pics

Don't let him fool you- it's midday,

not the middle of the night!

1 month old!

His favorite expression

I just told him how much he looks like his daddy!

SD's way of saying
"I'm bored with this picture taking stuff!"
(I actually yawned as big after I added this pic)

Big sis helping with the bath. He usually really loves

his baths.

AD took this pic.Is this Don Knotts reincarnated?I've seen this face before

Hard days work can do that to ya!
I never realized how freaky the dogs eyes are on the pjs.