Cha-Cha-Changes......

Well, it has been a while, quite awhile.  There are a few reasons.

1.  We sold our house.....ourselves.  It was great 3 days listed on craigslist and it was done.....the moving/closing was much more dramatic.....we are glad it is OVER!

2.  We temporarily moved in with my parents and moved a lot of our belongings to Ethan's parents home (thank you so much to our parents for letting us invade your lives for a couple of months and all the unpacking, moving, painting, and cleaning you all helped with.  I don't know what we would do without all of you)

3.  We finally moved into our new home.  We are loving it, but still spending a lot of time unpacking and getting settled.

4.  Last but definitely not least, our new home is expanding by 2 feet!  Yup we are expecting Baby W #3 around January 1st 2014.  This by far has been the hardest pregnancy and with everything going on I have had a really hard time.  Finally last week I have started feeling better (22 weeks later!).

Winter Family Pictures....picture overload ;-)

We had family pictures taken this winter.  The boys were cooperating quite well this time. 

LOVE this one! 

 

Lots of brotherly love here

 

Cute family picture, Owen was sure excited to smile ;-)

Owen sure loves his "baby"

 

My little superhero!

All my boys!  LOVE them

 

 

This boy is such sweetie

Look at those sweet little lips!

I think Colin thought he wasn't supposed to be touching the water...my mischievous little man

These boys were having WAY too much fun!

Sorry Colin, we couldn't help ourselves....baby butts are so cute!

Scrub-a-Dub-Dub

 

Kisses for his brother!

Colin is 1!!!!

Oh boy.....We are so looking forward to Spring.....The kids are back to feeling great, but Momma now has been under the weather.  I hate having to go to the doctor, but I finally broke down and now am on some antibiotics.  I am hoping to feel back to 100% by the weekend! 

Anyways, that explains why this post was so late.  Our poor sweet Colin had a trip to the ER with some breathing issues and was diagnosed with pneumonia and an ear infection.  Thankfully with antibiotics and lots of snuggles he bounced back quite quickly.  He sure freaked out his Mom and Dad though.

Colin at 1:

~Seriously so smiley.  You are constantly giving us goofy grins.

~ You LOVE Owen.....this has been the year of the Brothers.  Owen equally loves you so much and when you was not feeling well he was very bummed that you did not go to daycare with him.

~Speaking of your brother, he still calls you "Baby"  I tried to explain to him that Colin is 1 now and is starting to be a big boy and he doesn't really want to hear it.  According to Owen he still is "My baby"

~You are incredibly independent and curious.  The only bad part about that is you put EVERYTHING in your mouth!

~You screech when I take something away from you or if you see something you want.  You definitely know exactly what you want when you want it.

~You love to be snuggled and my favorite times are when you snuggle your head right into me.

~You are not afraid to try new foods, but if you don't like it, you won't eat it.  You shovel food into your mouth when you do like it.  Yogurt, Cheese, bananas, graham crackers, toast, and pancakes are your favorites.

~You aren't the best sleeper still.  But, you are so much better. 

~Everyone who knows you, loves how snuggly and sweet you are.  We sure love you our C-Bear!

Here are a couple of pics from Colin's birthday

Look at this sweet boy!  He seriously turned into a big boy overnight

Dude loved his cake

A big hug for his cake ;-)

There is that scrunched nose smile that he is constantly  doing!  LOVE it!

 

I have a bazillion more photos to get through, but this is a start ;-)

January Photoshoot

What do you do when it is cold outside.....too cold to even go sledding?  I like to take some pics of my kids.  I can't wait to get them outside when the weather is a bit warmer, run around, splash around, go on picnics and hikes.....ooooh we are dreaming of Spring!

Until then, here are some pics of the boys.  It is probably overboard, but I just love their expressions.

Colin James~

Goofy guy

Sweet, Sweet boy!

 

Love this sweet boy!

I have Daddy's ears!

"I don't really like this, Momma!"

He has the saddest face when he cries....but now we have a good look at those little teeth

Chubby little fingers ;-)

Happy boy

 

Pretty serious with that

Colin still has these amazing blue eyes!

thick beautiful eyelashes

and I want to get out of here!

 

 

Owen wanted in on the action, and I will NEVER turn him down to take his picture!

 

Mom!  Take my picture

Cheese ball

Sweet boy

This is usually what I get when I want to take his picture....hands in front of his face ;-)

This boy has stole my heart!

 

And those eyelashes ;-)

This is his super hero face

"shhhhhh, the baby is sleeping, don't wake the baby up!"  Owen says this a lot, always protecting his brother

silly little man

This is his "smile for baby" smile

And of course, those big blue eyes. 

 

 

Enjoy!  I know that was WAY overboard!