Funny Things

We have had a long month of the boys being sick whether both at the same time or one and then the other. So hopefully they will be healthy soon. Although sick they have done some funny things:

Tyler
*He has become very observant and doesn't like to see anything out of place. He makes sure the bathroom door is closed ... although its only closed so he won't play in there. He can get the crackers out of the cupboard and if he knocks something over he picks it up or yells for someone to help.

*He has really started trying to copy whatever we say and do. He is definitely trying to talk more and wants to be just like Paxton. His favorite thing to do is play chase with Pax. He starts trying to get Pax but never seems to get him before he has turned around and starts running away for Pax to get him. Frustrating to Paxton since Tyler isn't following the rules.

*He has started saying, "Pew-yew" when he has a dirty diaper. I'll ask him if he needs his pants changed and he starts walking to his room. What a good boy!

Paxton
*His favorite number seems to be "80 80 3." I'll tell him 5 more minutes and he asks for "80 80 3" since it is longer. I usually agree since I'm the time keeper anyway so what difference does it make?

*He loves to talk to his little sister and has definite opinions about what she will be like, what to name her and what things she will like for her room. Nearly every day he says, "I'm so glad we're having a little sister."

*We are sheetrocking our basement and Pax wanted to help. Bryce gave him some scraps and let him put mud on them outside on the sidewalk. He was almost done with him last one so I took him out a couple more pieces and said, "will you mud these for me too?" He said, "no, it will take too long." Too funny since I just wanted him to feel like he was helping.

Exhausting Day

I took this picture of Pax last week. We were spending the day in the house since Tyler wasn't feeling well. Pax was getting bored of being home so we built a fort with the couch, pillows and blankets. Tyler went down for a nap and Paxton was watching his fireman movie while dressed up as a fireman. I ran upstairs for a second and thought it was awful quiet downstairs. When I came down Pax was out still wearing his fireman costume. I helped him take off his jacket and gloves and moved his hat out of the way. He laid down to sleep on the couch cushions. He must have been worn out from the fun we were having!

Surprise! Surprise!

This baby is full of surprises ... 1) we're pregnant and 2) we're having a girl. Our ultrasound went great and she is healthy. When the tech asked us if we could tell what we were having we both just looked at her and we're thinking, "I don't see what I think I'm supposed to see." She said, "a girl." Bryce asked her if she was sure and she went back and showed us again. We had kind of assumed we would have another boy so we were in shock. We are so excited though.

Paxton and Tyler were playing at the park with Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Marsden while we were at the doctor appointment. When we got there to pick them up Pax ran over to ask what we were having. I said, "a baby sister." He got this huge grin and said, "Just what I wanted!" I'm so glad he was excited. He kept telling me I wasn't going to be the only girl anymore but I kept telling him it was okay if I was.

So now we get to do some fun shopping to get ready for our little girl.

Easter

The boys had fun waking up this morning to find their easter "buckets." The both got new sand buckets and shovels. The easter bunny wasn't going to bring any candy to our home until Bryce felt bad last night when Pax said that he thought the easter bunny brings, "candy, eggs and maybe a toy." So they did get some candy ... Tyler is the one with the sweet tooth. Pax had fun looking for the hidden eggs and kept saying how "tricky" the easter bunny is.

We had a couple of easter outfit issues. Paxton definitely knows what he does or does not want to wear. I got them both these nice church outfits with a vest but as you can see Pax refused to put it on. I even tricked him and got it on but couldn't get it buttoned. He just kept saying, "that was not nice! I'm NOT wearing it." Oh well, he looked good in his tie. Tyler's arms were too big to button up his shirt sleeves so I ended up rolling them up.

We got a quick picture before leaving for church. Pax is always making a super huge smile face and closing his eyes. Here's our growing family.

Dying Easter Eggs

Pax had so much fun dying easter eggs last night. He wanted to do everything by himself. He would dip the egg, choose if he was going to mix its colors and then move it over to dry. He knew exactly what he wanted to do with each egg. After a few eggs we added some oil to the cups which makes the dye swirl. Pax thought that was lots of fun since then he would have multiple colors showing on the eggs. He did a great job.

Tyler was just happy to be holding an egg. Next year will be a different story I'm sure.

Thanks Aunt Sarah!

Earlier this week we were surprised with a package at our door. The boys both had colds and we were just staying in for the day so it was a wonderful suprise to get a package from their cousins.

They both loved opening their gifts and had a great time sharing too.

The Return of Winter

Last week winter returned. We had 2 days of continuous snow. I am glad spring is back and we were able to go to the park yesterday but Pax was very excited to play in the snow again. We had to wait until Tyler was sleeping since it was FREEZING outside and the snow was coming down pretty hard. Pax didn't want to play by himself so I bundled up too.

He wanted to make snow ducks and he even added wings to them. Since I didn't want to wake Tyler up and go in their room to get Paxton's gloves neither of us had gloves on and our hands were SO cold. So we took a break and came in for a minute. Of course it didn't take Pax long to warm up and we headed back out.

He wanted to make more snow ducks but we decided instead to just make a snowman. We had fun looking for things to be their eyes, noses, etc. I offered him some hot chocolate to warm up and he headed right in ... he must have been as cold as I was. Just a few hours later we couldn't even see the snowman's hat. I'm sure we'll get snow at least one more time before it is warm for the spring.