Family History

Since Nathanial is a new family history consultant, we decided to get on the move with our family history (we have been slowly starting over the last few weeks). We have a 15 generation chart that we are working on. We are working on 9 generations right now. Almost all of Nathanial's branches go that far back. We are 3/4 done with his line up to the 9 generation mark, and haven't even started my side yet. It is really cool to see where he is from. We have ancestors from 17 states and 4 other countries so far (Canada, England, Denmark and South Africa). So onward we go, we are trying to do a little each day. Soon we will have enough written down to know where to start looking for our lost limbs.

New Callings

Nathanial and I finally have new callings in our ward. Nathanial is a Family History Consultant and I am a visiting teaching supervisor and the Enrichment Activity Leader. These callings will keep us busy enough. I am nervous about mine, but know that I can do them especially if I get a good committee to help me.

Brady had his 4 month check up this last week and weighed in at 18 lbs 1.5 Oz, and is 28" long. He is in the 97% for weight and off the charts for height. No wonder his 6-9 month clothes are a bit snug.

Thomas is doing great. He is finally feeling better. HE was sick for 5 days running a fever and just feeling yucky.

I get to go and get tested for Allergies tomorrow since I seem to be experiencing some great hay fever. We will hope for nothing to show up. I don't think I could handle having to get shots every week.

Brothers Forever, Friends for life (I hope)

Thomas just absolutely adores his brother. He loves talking to him, singing songs to him and even holding him. I got out the camera this morning to take a picture of Brady for all of you to see. Thomas saw me and wanted a picture of both of them. So here you go. Here is the final result.

Update: We are now settled!

I haven't written in a while because life has been pretty crazy trying to get settled in our new house. We closed on March 19th and were able to move in on the 20th. We have just finished our 2nd week in the house and have already had two leaks!! We had to have a plumber come and fix one of them, and hopefully we got the other one fixed this afternoon.

Both boys are doing great. Thomas came down with a nasty virus Wednesday afternoon. It turned pretty ugly today and the poor child is miserable. His voice is raspy and he is running a pretty good fever. Brady seems to have avoided it so far and is sleeping in the pack n play in a different room to hopefully keep it that way.

Thomas is now 38" tall and weighs in at 33.5 lbs. He is right about average for his height and weight. Brady on the other hand is HUGE! He is nearing (if not over) the 17 lb mark and is now just as tall as his crib is wide (he bumped his head this morning when I put him down). I think that is about 18 inches. He is almost able to roll over, but can't seem to coordinate his shoulders and hips rolling at the same time in the same direction. He is so happy. I have included a video of Thomas making him laugh with a balloon. Thomas is such a great big brother. He is so caring. Today he was resting on his bed with a 103 degree fever and came looking for Brady because he heard him crying and wanted to make sure he was okay.

Nathanial is really enjoying his new office. We went to dinner with the young ones last on the 21st and had a blast. It was great to get to know them.

I just finished my last physical therapy appointment this week. I am hoping it can help me enough to keep surgery at bay until at least February of next year, but I don't know if that is really realistic. I am putting it off as long as possible though.

Well, here are a bunch of pictures from over the last couple of months. Hope you enjoy!

Sssshhhh! Thomas is 3!!

So Thomas turned 3 yesterday, with not a single party or celebration. No cake or ice cream, and no presents. He doesn't even realize it. We decided that since he is so young and doesn't really understand what day March 15th is, we will celebrate a little late this year. He went in for his check up today and weighd in at a whopping 33.5 lbs (up from 33 last year) and 38 inches tall. He is right about average for height and weight, but he looks like a shrimp compared to Brady's 16+ lbs and 27ish inches.

Thomas is getting a real big boy bed for his birthday and it is still sitting in storage. So we have the bedding, but no bed. We decided it would just be easier for us to celebrate in the new house. So this weekend will be full of festivities. We will be taking cupcakes to Nathanial's office in honor of Thomas' birthday, and then having a nice dinner for him, and maybe even take him to the water park too. We will have to see.

Hopefully everything will run smoothly this week and we can get moved in to celebrate.

Still waiting

We are still not in our new house. We have been waiting on a really slow bank to approve our loan. Cross your fingers we will be closing on Thursday. We are going insane stuck in this apartment. We had some new neighbors move in on last week, and the cigarette smoke is floating up through the pipes and infiltrating our bathrooms and laundry room. Thomas is going stir crazy, but there is no place for him to run and play nearby, so we stay in the apartment a bit to much. As a result, we have a lovely picture on the wall. Brady is growing so fast he is almost out of clothes to wear. We are down to around 3 outfits that still fit him comfortably.
Hopefully we don't run into any more roadblocks and we can get out of here soon!

No way! Already?

Saturday, Nathanial wnt to change Bady's Diaper. When he came back he showed me the biggest surprise. A little speck of white poking through his gums. We aren't one hundred percent sure it is a tooth, but if it is he is getting his left "I" tooth.