The Boys of Summer!

I thought this was the perfect picture to start with. It's like Beckett is saying, "Mom, what is going on here?!?!" haha! We have been busy since Easter I guess and I haven't found much time to do any blogging. Sorry, I know I shouldn't have any excuses. I always feel that summer means that I will have time to do all the things I want to do, but it seems that I am even busier going and doing things now. Or is it that I'm more organized and don't waste as much time during the school year. Either way, the summer is off to a great start and it is going by so quickly!

I decided to post some pictures over the past few months of my boys and a few of my nephew, Leyton, who visited us for a day this past weekend. He is a busy boy, but was a lot of fun to have around. He really enjoyed playing in the pool, on the swingset, sprinkler, and on the trampoline.

I guess I should have rotated this picture before I loaded it on here, but you get the idea. I don't think he could get any cuter!

After spending a day at Grandma Pam and Grandpa Doug's the boys needed a bath! Beckett loves to have a towel over him to stay warm in the tub. As wild as the older two got Beckett never minded being in the tub.

The three of them all snuggled up in their towels after bath time!

Scary butt shot after bathtime! These three may not be very happy with us when they get older, but we thought it was pretty funny and cute!

Having a lunch basket at Grandma and Grandpa B's.

Leyton was pretty excited about the french fries!

Leyton having some fun on the trampoline! The kids had a blast and I could run do something without worrying that they were somewhere where they weren't supposed to be!

Decklyn doing a little jumping to dry off after some swimming.

Splashing around in the pool. It was a cloudy but muggy day, so great day for a swim!

Beckett was enjoying his time outside too. He loved watching the boys playing!

Not sure what Leyton was so excited about, but he definitely had a great time in the water!

Looking all bright eyed after a nap. This lil man doesn't nap for longer than 30-45 minutes at a time unless he's being held. Looks like Daddy gave in and held him so he'd sleep longer! :D It doesn't take much to get Beckett to sleep. Just grab his blanket and he nestles his head in and you just have to walk around or bounce him a little bit and he's out! Such a snuggle bug! I can't believe in a few days he is going to be 5 months old already! Where does the time go?

Easter 2011

The Easter Bunny arrived! The night before Easter we were at Grandpa and Grandma Heins's house visiting Roger and Dianne. Dianne made a comment to Decklyn about seeing a bunny hop by the window. Decklyn was ready to head for home and go to bed so the Easter Bunny wouldn't miss his house. LOL it was pretty cute!

Beckett sticking out his tongue, which is becoming his favorite thing to do!

Decklyn trying to reach an egg that the Easter Bunny put up high!

Searching for eggs left by the Easter Bunny.

Look at all these eggs I found!

Decklyn jumping on Great Uncle Randy's new trampoline at Buddenberg Easter.

On Easter Sunday we went to Randy's for lunch. Randy had bought a trampoline that the big guys put together. Everyone had a blast with the new toy! It even caused Decklyn and Justin to want a "jumpoline" of their own. Justin says by the end of the summer we'll have one. After everyone ate and enjoyed the trampoline Decklyn and Leyton went on an Easter egg hunt and got more candy! Neither of them will be on a sugar high LOL!

Back to Work

Well I started back to work this past Monday! After being home for 9 weeks I had gotten real used to being a stay at home mom and quickly forgot what my teaching job was like! I enjoy teaching even though it has quite a few challenges, but staying home with the kids was so worth it! It is nice to get back in a routine, but feel like I'm missing or will miss Beckett and some of his milestones. I know being away from him just during the day I won't miss that much, but he is just so fun now with the smiles and today I even got a little laugh out of him a few times. Overall, the week didn't go too bad but it could be that the boys were with Grandma and they got a lot of attention! Friday I ended up taking the day off to be with a sick Decklyn and Beckett went to hang out with Grandma Barb. He came down with the flu bug- I felt so bad for the poor guy vomiting a lot! He still hasn't eaten much for us. Yesterday he was feeling better just got tired and weak toward the end of the day. This morning he was doing well so the boys went to Grandma and Grandpa Heins's house. While there Decklyn slept for 4 hours and wasn't feeling very well after that- back to tummy ache with diarrhea and vomiting again. He may have to go to the doctor tomorrow!

While I was home with Decklyn on Friday I spent some time knitting. I made the bunny hat for Beckett and worked on a fish hat for Decklyn. I am so addicted to knitting right now, just need to start focusing on one project at a time and finish one before I start another- I'm driving Justin nuts with some of my unfinished projects! LOL

The Lil Bro is 9 weeks old!!!

How cute are these little guys?!?!

Well the time has come for me to start back to work. It is so crazy how fast 9 weeks went by!!! This past weekend the boys got to enjoy some time outdoors in the beautiful weather. I also had to pose the two of them for some big bro/lil bro pictures. I'll admit I'm not the best

photographer, but I was doing some practicing with my new camera. Wouldn't you think a nice fancy camera would just produce good pictures? LOL!

Beckett showing off his little smirk!

Decklyn cheesing about being the Big Bro!

Decklyn looks like a proud Big Brother!

(Not sure how long Decklyn will be the 'Big' Brother! LOL)

One of his many times swinging!!! He loved it and almost fell asleep just swinging. Had to flip his hat up so I could see his face. LOL

Decklyn loves this swing because he can get it going really high all by himself- we're still working on the pumping the legs on the other swing.

Enjoying the nice weather!

Decklyn thought he should practice up for t-ball this summer. Hopefully he decides it is ok to not wear snow boots to T-ball. LOL

Playing in the backyard with Dad- Decklyn loves playing outdoors and has recently spent some time playing with the neighbor kids. He is going to have so much fun this Spring and Summer! We may have trouble keeping him home! Actually so far he knows his boundaries and will wait on the edge of the yard until he gets permission to cross the street or alley to play with the other kids. I just hope it stays that way!

Baptism/8 weeks

This weekend was an exciting/busy weekend for the lil Beckett! He got to enjoy his 8 week birthday on the same day he was Baptized! It turned out to be a great day and Beckett did awesome- he didn't even cry when Father poured the water on his head! Such a good baby! He actually slept most of the time.

My mom helped me get Beckett dressed before Baptism and the little guy had grown and his outfit wasn't exactly stretchy- so we thought we may have to cut him out of it once we got him in it. LOL Once we got it on him it looked like it fit well, but it wasn't easy to get him into it.

After Baptism everyone came back to our home to enjoy some great food- and their was definitely plenty of that! The kids even spent some time outside blowing bubbles, playing on the swing set, and just running around.

7 weeks/2 mo. check-up

Yesterday Beckett had his 2 month check up. I took him to this appointment expecting that he wouldn't be able to get his shots as he had started coughing and his breathing had gotten raspy. I was nervous that he had the strep that Decklyn was diagnosed with last Wednesday or maybe even RSV or something. Dr. Bohner checked the lil guy out and decided we wouldn't do shots yet as Beckett definitely had a cold in his chest. He is now on an inhaler, which does similar thing as a nebulizer. It is interesting giving inhaler treatments to a baby, but he does really well with it. I am glad he does so well because he gets a treatment every 4 hours. Along with the inhaler they also put him on a steroid to help with the swelling so his breathing won't be so raspy. Overall, he has been a happy and smiling little boy without a fever and still sleeping alright. We will go back to visit Dr. Bohner again on Thursday to make sure the medicine is helping clear things up for Beckett and then we will try to reschedule his 2 month shots hopefully for the following week. We are definitely tired of all the illness in our household. Decklyn has been sick with strep or earache 3 times since Beckett has been born. Justin and I are both sick with cold, sinus, or sore throat symptoms now. Hoping it is gone by this weekend for baptism.

As for his growth he is in the 90%ile for his weight and height which didn't surprise us at all! His head circumference was the 20%ile. Beckett is now 13 pounds 12.5 ounces and 24.5 inches long. His head circumference was 15.5 inches. Decklyn was 12lbs. 14 oz. at 2 months, so Beckett is a little bit bigger than his brother even a week earlier! :D Decklyn was also 24 inches long, so not much different there either. Looks like we will be raising some big boys- good for some football playing!!!