Happy Birthday Grant!

This little guy is three years old today.  Wow- it feels like he all of a sudden turned into a big boy.  He has spent his day saying repeatedly, "Happy Birthday Grant!" to himself.  Such a cutie/crack-up :)

His love for Thomas the Tank Engine is every so slowly fading-- but the love for Lightning McQueen and anything Cars related is still holding strong... as evidenced by his birthday loot:

See the Mater shirt in that pile?  I have a feeling it will become the new Thomas shirt-- hope it's made really sturdy!!

This sweet little Grant is so adorable, sweet, and silly.  We love him more every day! 

Happy Birthday Big Guy!!!

Lots of Updates and New Family photos

I have been MIA on my blog for quite some time... lots going on (including a traveling husband! He already has Costa Rica, Israel, Germany, and Jordan under his belt :) but I wanted to finally post a few new fun things:  So, feel free to keep scrolling down if you want to see more pictures of my cutie boys :)

A few weeks ago my friend Jamie offered to take our family pictures-- she got a new camera and wanted to get in some practice.  Of course we agreed!  She did a great job capturing our family and we love the pictures!

Thanks, Jamie!!!

The Middle Child

Who is not forgotten!  Oh, how I love my little G-man!  With Drew at school all day and a baby who still sleeps a ton, Grant and I get a lot of one on one time, and we love it.  His little personality is so sweet and determined at the same time.  He knows what he wants, but he is just so stinkin adorable in the way he goes about it.  We love him, his sweet little voice (if you want to hear him say 'kangaroos' -- so cute!--, click here), and his awesome personality!

One day he found my old HS graduation cap and a little cars box and said, "Mom! Look! My missionary things!"  I have no idea why he associated these with missionary things, but it was cute nonetheless :)

 Trying so hard to do a bridge like his big brother :)

 Sweet little face!!!

 I was making dinner, and Mack started to get a little fussy laying there on his blanket.  Before I knew it, Grant had brought a book over, sat down, and said, "I read you a story Baby Mack!"  It was adorable!

The Many Faces of Macky Boy

Our Mack is already 4.5 months old... don't want to talk about that.  Too fast!  Too fast.  But oh, so fun at the same time :)  He has really grown up and developed a little personality that is so sweet and tender. 

This little guy LOVES to be held.  And if he's not being held, he'd prefer to have someone right in his face talking to him and smiling at him.  He wants to be right in the thick of the action.

Or sleeping, which he does really well :)

And, one of my favorite features about him (other than his adorable smile and teenaged boy burps :) is his little neck fat roll-- seriously?  Have you seen something so cute on a baby's neck??  This picture doesn't even do it justice- this kid has got some rolls I tell ya:

And check out that double chin that's just been getting bigger since birth:  ( I love it! )

I know I've said this before, but it's true again: I can't stop kissing all these rolls all. the. time.  Seriously.  This poor kid probably wonders why he was sent to a home where his mother mauls him every second of every day ;)  Man, I just love him so much!

But really, he is such a good, happy baby and we're so blessed to have him here in our family!

Ninja Drew

This summer we saw on TV a show called American Ninja Warrior.  It's really quite entertaining, kind of an extreme obstacle course type of show.  Drew got really into watching these men do crazy, very impressive obstacles that require extreme strength and started doing 'ninja' things of his own.  He has always been into doing 'tricks', as he calls them- flips, cartwheels, handstands, etc., so this just increased his interest in it all.

One Saturday I hear, "Mom! Come look at me!"  I run to the hallway to find Drew like this:

He had climbed up the wall!  Made me laugh.

We finally got him enrolled into a boys tumbling class, and he is absolutely in love with it!  It is fun for me to go and watch him have so much fun :)  Totally worth the money! 

After the first week, he's been doing 'bridges' constantly:

I think I would ache for days if I bent that far... (and I'm only 27... sad :) 

And, the second week of class, I was totally impressed that my son, who has never climbed a rope in his life, made it as high as he did on his own:

(bad pic from my phone, zoomed way in, but you get the idea :)

Anyway, we may have a little monkey, but he sure is cute and we love him!!  I wonder if he'll continue to love and do well at this whole 'tumbling' thing?

Mack Truck

Although this is not his namesake, we couldn't help ourselves when our friend and neighbor brought home a big Mack truck one night (he works with all sorts of big trucks and machines).
Our little guy is big (like his brothers before him; like we knew he would be :), and his nickname around the ward is 'Mack Truck'.  I might be silly, but I love it :)

Drew is in Kindergarten!

No way is my little Drew-B old enough for school!  I swear, he was just born!  BUT, he has grown up and is so excited to be in kindergarten :)  He is loving it, and already learning so much!  I was worried that all day would be too much for him, but he seems to have adjusted very well.  I am pleasantly surprised :)  Grant, Mack and I have some quiet days, and we all anxiously await for Drew to get home!

My sweet little Drew on his first day--

 Getting off the bus at school : he insisted on riding the bus, even though mom wanted to drop him off on his first day.  No way.  He is a big boy who rides the bus now!  :)  His bus driver is the nicest man ever, which is just wonderful!

 Sitting at his table in his classroom: all grown up!

WE LOVE YOU, DREW!