Ready to go

I think Jack likes the camera

Did you notice the eyebrows on this kid? I think they might be darker and thicker than mine.

Excited to see this little face

We found out today that Luke will be coming to visit us in two weeks. My mom and Tom have been planning on coming up for a long weekend and now Sarah and Luke are coming with them. I am so excited to see everyone. The boys are going to have fun playing together. My mom will get to have all of her grandsons together which doesn't happen often. It's going to be a great weekend. A chaotic weekend. We're used to that in this house.

Isn't this picture of Luke absolutely adorable. I can't wait to see all of his cuteness in person.

New videos

Three new videos of the little ones

Bulgy FAIL

Saturday afternoon was spent at the boardwalk. Ben told us he wanted to ride on Bulgy, the whale. A little surprised that he wanted to go on a ride by himself but we went for it. It was going well at first.

He sat down

Got buckled in

Then realized that he was riding this one alone

That didn't go over too well with Ben

No Bulgy ride for Ben

Jack finally gets a taste of food

Jack ate oatmeal

Doesn't look too appetizing

He might have agreed

It's been awhile since Ben has eaten baby food

I forgot how messy it can be

and sticky

It's still exciting though

Our little Jack is growing up

In fact, it won't be long before I make a new post

announcing that Jack is crawling

Ahh! we are not ready for this

Jack

Our happy little Jack

I survived...

taking Ben and Jack on a trip all by myself. Luckily, the only time I was really by myself was while we were flying. Our flight out there was a little rough but what do you expect from a two year old. Sitting for 2.5 hours on a plane is hard as an adult. Two year olds don't understand that they need to stay in their seats. We were happily greeted by my sister, Stephanie. Or as Ben knows her, aunt Bob (when Ben started saying a few words, one of them sounded like Bob so Stephanie said that Ben was trying to say her name and it stuck. A whole lot easier to say Bob than Stephanie). It was good to be back in Colorado after 15 months and not much had changed. The trip was spent visiting with family. Everyone got to meet Jack and I think they all agreed that he was the most content baby they had ever seen. Ben warmed right up to everyone and loved all of the attention. He played so hard but refused to take naps when I wanted him to. Instead, he would fall asleep on the couch right before dinner. I got a few hours away from the boys and spent an afternoon with Stephanie doing lunch and pedicures. It was great to have some much needed sister time. My Grammy was so happy to see her Great Grandsons. We spent a lot of time at Pam and Jim's house where Ben played with his cousins. By the time we got home Monday night, I was exhausted.

My camera didn't make it out of the bag much on our trip to Colorado. Good thing others got some pictures with their cameras. Hopefully they will send them to me and I can post them.

Playing at the park Friday afternoon. I forgot what Colorado wind felt like.

Pam enjoying her time with Jack

Ben and Jim playing with the guitar, one of Ben's favorite things to play with

Stephanie and Joe

Jack's skin wasn't used to the dry weather and altitude and his

poor cheeks became dry and chapped.

On our first night there, Ben fell and hit the side of his face on the coffee table.

Six days later, he still has a big bruise on his cheek

Ben and Jack playing with Grammy

An afternoon in the pool

These were from last month and I just realized I never put them on here. We spent a weekend in Fresno and went swimming at Papa and Noni's (No-No as Ben calls her). Ben loved laying on the raft and playing in the pool with the boys. Jack stayed in the shade with the girls.

Ben at the park

Drew and Ben went to the park Friday afternoon and Drew got this video of Ben playing in the water.

Video link

I am trying out a new way to share videos. It takes a long time to upload them onto the blog but this way doesn't take any extra time. Once I upload the videos onto the computer, they will go onto this shared site.

Try it out here

Let me know if you have any problems viewing the videos.

Boys will be boys

I wish I knew what was going on here

Ben can be a loving big brother one minute

To knocking his brother over the next minute (which is what was about to happen here)