Some Cute and Funny pics

Differences

Most of you know that my boys are very different. Where Sammy is outgoing and outspoken, Joshy is clingy and quiet. They are very different in their looks- blond and brunnette, dimples and no dimples, even their eyes, butts, and legs are completely different! So I thought I would show you the above two pictures- Josh at almost 18 months and Sam at almost 18 months. Josh weighing 26 pounds and almost 31 inches tall; Sam is almost 29 pounds and 32 inches tall.

18 Months - almost

Josh had his 18 months appointment on March 19. (He'll be 18 months on the 30th) and the appointment went....well, let's just say Joshy crying in nursery every week times 10! he just screamed when the nurse or doctor got near him. But, we did learn that he is 26 pounds. They said he was just below the 50th percentile in height, and just above it in weight. Short and chubby! But really, he is average. I talked ot the doctor too about his speech. Josh only says about 15 to 20 words, and when Sam was his age he was talking A LOT. But the doctor said 15 words was about right for an 18 month old and he said that we really didn't have anything to worry about, just give him time. He said if we really really wanted to have him evaluated we could take him to Ken O Shaw because they do evalutations for free. But he felt like it wasn't needed. wish was nice to hear! Basically, at our church there are four boys that were born in September of '05, one of them is a first born and he talks up a storm, the other three (including Josh) are all second borns and they hardly say anything! Of course, Josh is always crying in nursery....but Dr. Joseph said 18 months is the peak of stranger anxiety and not to worry about the anxiety (yet...) I took him to get his picture today--same thing. He screamed when the lady got anywhere near him....Sam on the other hand was great and took some awesome pictures! (Even though we weren't even going to take his picture...!) We'll just have to keep trying to take good pics at home!

Great weekend!

What a fun weekend! The Martin's came for a visit and we had a house full of boys! It was lots of fun, (especially when the kids were sleeping and we could play games...)Anyway, Saturday was really fun! Emily, Noah, and Seth met us all at the GArden so we could see the butterfly's and play in the children's area. Everyone had a great time..,of course, it is always fun to let 7 little boys run off energy! We tried to line all the boys up on the bridge for a picture...but it just didn't work. Hope you like these crazy pics! (I am hoping that someday one of us will have a little girl!)

Back Home

As some of you may know, we were in Woodstock (Canada) this past weekend for the funeral of cousin Andrew. Due to the funeral and visitation we spent a lot of time driving around Aylmer and Woodstock, and for the most part the roads were fine. However, this is what we arrived home to today! About a foot of snow! Kevin cleared a path so the boys and I could get into the house. Than he right away stared shoveling...I wasn't the only one who felt bad for him! Our neighbors, the Rodriguez's came out and offered the use of his snowblower. Kevin was very grateful- after such a long weekend, shoveling snow is not what he felt like doing!