This has taken over my children's lives

The boys were introduced to beyblades right after Christmas, but we held off on buying them until the end of January, and the boys are obsessed!! Will talks about beyblades all the time! It almost seems like he is annoyed when you want to talk to him about something other than beyblades. Even James plays with them while Will is at school. I played beyblades with James for about 1 1/2 hours yesterday. We only stopped because the baby needed a nap. I am amazed how a spinning top can fascinate them.

Jeff's first food

When we came back from Oregon it was time to let Jeff eat some solid food. I went out to the store and picked up some baby cereal for him. I wasn't sure if I was ready for my baby to eat solids, but he was certainly ready!! He loved the whole experience. He thinks the food is yummy and he in enjoying being a big boy in the big boy chair. I am also including some pictures of Jeff after dinner with his big Buddha belly!!

He was not sure at first

But as  you can see he began to love it!  Even Sophie was excited for Jeff to start eating! Hahaha!

After his dinner he decided to chill with his daddy, while showing off his buddha belly.

Isn't he just precious!!

Six months old!

Jeff turned six months old while we were in Oregon. What amazed me was that before we got to Oregon Jeff sat up but just for moments at a time. He wasn't stable on his behind just yet, well that first night when we arrived I out him down and he sat up an didn't waver. It's been that way ever since. It truly amazes me how quickly it happened. At six months old he still loves to blow raspberries, his toes still fascinate him, he just wishes he could get them in his mouth more often, he loves playing with blocks and chewing on them, he still thinks his brothers are amazingly funny and he loves his daddy! William and Jeff have their own secret language, it's the language of raspberries. It's so cute to see them talk! When Jeff sees Will he smiles real big and blows him a raspberry. William in turn smiles back and blows him a raspberry. Jeff will blow raspberries until he gets Williams attention, even if it's 3 in the morning and he is up to nurse. He won't nurse until Will has acknowledged him!! Jeff has decided that he is too big to be swaddled when he sleeps, which makes me want to cry. He is growing so big so quickly. I am not ready for this growth. I am thankful though that he still cuddles when I hold him. He also gives me big kisses by holding my face and sucking on my chin!! I love this little boy so much!!

Cousins!!

Last week we decided that we needed to get out of town since we had a four day weekend, and William had some time off work. Next thing we knew we decided to head up to Oregon so we could spend some time with Williams brother, Chris and his sister, Autumn. The best part is that they only live a few houses from each other so we got to spend a lot of time with each other. We were lucky enough to stay with Autumn and her husband Grant and their two children, Logan and Addison. Autumns family had just finished completing their basement and what a wonderful treat it was for us to stay there. We had two whole bedrooms and our very own bathroom just for us!! It made it so easy since they live down the street from Chris, Stephanie and their children, Berklee, Mason, Marlee and Dawson. It was great that the kids were able to spend time with their cousins. They all played so well together. While in Grants Pass we played at many parks, jumped at the Urban Monkey, a trampoline place, had a campfire, rode tricycles, played in the mud and dirt and discovered the love of playing Mario brothers! My boys loved every minute of the time spent with family. We enjoyed the family dinners where we all ate together, 6 adults and 9 kids! Our boys played very hard every day and looked forward to the next day of being with their cousins.

This was taken on the way there.  We stopped for breakfast and Jeff enjoyed a few moments of freedom from his carseat!  He did so well on the trip.  We put him in the middle and had the boys on either side of him.  He loves riding this way since he always has someone to entertain him.  

This was taken Monday night, James, Jeff and I are missing since James had gotten sick earlier in the day.  It looks like they had a fun family home evening.

We had so much fun at the Urban Monkey.  I took this picture right before Will fell into the foam pit.  The Urban Monkey had us all sweaty and smiling.  We now can't wait to go to the trampoline place down the street from the base!!

This is taken at the end of Chris and Stephanie's driveway.  The boys loved that they could dig and splash things all in the same place.  When they were done everyone was covered in mud, but oh so happy!!

This is the last picture taken before we left.  All the cousins together!

On Tuesday night we roasted hot dogs on the fire pit and made smores for dessert.  I was very surprised by how little the kids cared about the fire.  When the cousins aren't around to distract them my boys are quite the pyros.

Addison entertaining Jeff while he jumped.  

Can you find James in the pit of foam?

Jeff turned six months old while we were in Oregon.  He loved his half birthday!

A day at the park.  We feed the birds some bread and played on the playground.  I loved that they had these old farm equipment for the kids to play on.  The boys thought it was so cool!

William got his workout in by wrestling with the kids.

The boys cousins loved being together and wrestling.  Here they are on the trampoline in Autumn's yard.  

Camping in the living room.

Last weekend we originally wanted to do something fun with the kids so we went and tried a new pizza place, which turned out to be awesome!! Yet during dinner we realized that we were all feeling yucky. So when we got home William he put up a tent in the living room and the boys camped out in it for the next two nights. When we had a movie night thy hung out in there and watched their movie. It was a fun way to spend a sick weekend.

Raspberries and toes!!

There are two things in this world that Jeff loves giving raspberries and his toes! In fact I've thought of making a book filled with Jeff giving raspberries in all of his favorite places like the car, the bath and his crib. He started to sit up on his own last week on Monday. Once he started sitting he realized he has toes!! They are these amazing things attached to his legs and he loves them! The sad part is that he really doesn't have much flexibility and so for him to get his toes is a huge accomplishment. He is always so proud when he grabs those toes! He is such a wonderful little baby and such a great addition to our family.

Pre-bath pictures

The baby is his happiest right before his bath. He truly loves to be naked. In the morning when he is getting changed into his clothes and bath time are some pretty great times in his day.i know I added a ton of photos that all look the same, but he has some of the cutest smiles and expressions in these photos!