The Webb Family

Adjusting to life with three boys!

2010-08-24T18:06:00.001-07:00

We are trying to adjust to life with three boys. Trying as it may be some days it is a true blessing that we do not want to take for granted. Rylan is getting so big. He was 9lbs. 4 oz. at 3 weeks and just over 21 inches long. He is doing well and we have discovered he loves to sleep on his belly...with close monitoring of course as it still makes me nervous! The other boys are loving preschool and daycare. Kaiden is in Pre-K now and he loves his teacher Ms. Sherri. She is amazing and I am so glad that he his in her class. Hunter is still learning how to be around Rylan, but he does love to give him kisses. I will always take kisses over hits! :) I am not looking forward to going back to work. I like to be at home and make dinner and be with my family in the evenings. Things will definately pick up as Jerry gets ready to kick off the school year with youth and as they are doing a Pumpkin Patch fundraiser for the youth the entire month of October!! I don't think that we will see him all that much. Kaiden will also be in soccer on Tuesday nights. I am hoping and praying that something can be worked out with my schedule at work so that I do not have to work evenings. We will see and I will have to trust that God has a plan for our family. I would go insane if I didn't trust in him!

Rylan is not a fan of his first bath!

Momma cuddling with two out of three boys!

Rylan's first Sunday at church...chilling in Daddy's office in his sac chair!

Kaiden and mom on his first day of pre-K.

Rylan is finally here!

2010-08-04T05:42:00.001-07:00

We are happy to announce that Rylan James made his appearance on July 28th at 2:35pm. He was a whopping 8 lbs. 4 oz. and 20 1/2 inches long. He is the biggest boy yet! (Kaiden being 5lbs. 3 oz. and Hunter being 7 lbs. 13 oz. ) He is normally a very laid back baby unless getting his diaper changed or a bath. :) The boys are taking to him rather well. Kaiden is hitting a whiny adjustment phase or an I am 4 phase...not sure which yet. Hunter like to look at him and poke him. He will also try to bring him things when he is upset which is funny. I walked into the baby's room one day but Hunter had beat me to it and there were toys all over as Hunter was throwing things in the crib to make his brother happy. Very cute.....as soon as I confirmed that nothing had hit the baby's head! All in all, we are doing well. I am excited to show pictures as this blog hasn't let me upload pictures in so long!!! Maybe it will lead to more blogging in the future. :)

Kaiden introducing everyone to Rylan and holding him for the first time. He is so excited to have his little brother here.

The boys getting to know Rylan for the first time.

Sweet boy sleeping in his crib letting us take his picture!

What's in a name?

2010-04-04T19:52:00.000-07:00

Well, we have finally named our new little guy.......Rylan James will be here around July 30th! Can't wait to meet him. He is named after his Uncle Derrick who's middle name is James. Rylan is a name that Melissa actually found and suggested. While we are still trying to get used to having another little guy in the house, it helps to have a name for him. :)

Drum Roll Please...

2010-03-11T19:20:00.000-08:00

We had our ultrasound today! It was great to be able to see the baby moving all around. The doctor was able to give us the gender results....another boy! I think that I am destined to be outnumbered forever! haha I guess that I had myself convinced well enough that it was going to be a boy, but Kaiden was very unhappy and upset today since he had his heart set on a baby sister! He didn't really say much during the day, but I guess he told Jerry that the baby's name is Mr. Tim now. Not too sure about that one, but guess that we do have to think of a name for this little guy. Oh well, at least we have 20 more weeks to think of one!

Other than that mom and baby look good. He is measuring a week smaller than I am, but so did Kaiden...maybe this little guy will be smaller than Hunter was. :) He is currently 10 oz.

Now it's the waiting game!

It's Official!

2010-01-20T18:40:00.000-08:00

We are officially announcing that Hunter will be a big brother this summer! We will be 13 weeks on Friday and so far everything is going well. We have had one very quick ultrasound to at least see the baby who was moving around frantically. :) We will be going back in January 29th to hopefully hear the heartbeat. I am due July 30th....not the greatest timing as Jerry will be gone for two weeks out of that month including the week that I am due. Oh well, must trust that God knew what He was doing! We will keep ya'll posted! :)

Catch up!

2010-01-03T07:59:00.000-08:00

Hey all! It has certainly been forever since I have posted anything, but it is not for lack of trying. I have been unable to upload pictures for sometime now, but I finally decided to give up and at least update ya'll on the goings on here. We are looking forward to a lot this year. Kaiden will be turning 4! It is so hard to believe. I am hoping that with 4 comes a decrease in the whining, but I am not going to get my hopes up. :) Kaiden is enjoying preschool, once he is there at least. We are still working on the potty training at night...it could be a while. He loves to sing and dance and is obsessed with movies and electronics.

Hunter will be 2 this year! He is loving daycare which is a huge blessing for us as we were very hesitant to place him in it. His teachers are great and he has made some buddies that he runs around with all the time, of course causing trouble in the class! He is starting to show interest in the potty, but we are not pushing the issue yet. Some how I have a feeling he will be easier to potty train than Kaiden!

Jerry is finally done with his Master's and finished up this December. He is loving working at the church and is settling into his routine. He has a lot including IYC in Orlando this year and state youth camp which he will be directing! He has had some great opportunities this year and we are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for him and his ministry here at the church!

I am working as a substance abuse therapist at Pathways Behavioral Health. I am blessed to work with a great group of people who are amazing and supportive. I work with adolescents in a residential and outpatient program. My schedule is a little crazy at times, but we are adjusting to it. I an adjusting to being a pastor's wife. It can be challenging at times, but it helps to know that we are where God has called us to be.

We hope that all is going well with you guys. Hopefully we can figure out pictures sometime. The boys are getting so big! Hunter can easily tackle Kaiden and does whenever he can. :) Hope you all have a blessed new year!

St. James

2009-07-21T15:35:00.000-07:00

We are officially here...we are trying to get settled. We have had some huge blessings from those in the church and in the community. I am hoping to get pictures posted soon but we still have no internet at home...I'm at the church now. More to come later! Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers throughout this process. I do have some job interviews this week so continued prayer would be great! Thanks!

Happy Fourth!

2009-07-04T13:45:00.000-07:00

Happy Fourth! It was potentially our last fourth in Anderson. It was happy and sad. Sad that Jerry couldn't be here with the boys (he's in Missouri already workin' hard) but happy that my parents were able to come down here. Sad because we always have fun going out with friends and we will miss them, but happy because we will have new friends and traditions to set with the boys in Missouri. Ok. Enough of the sad/happy stuff...here are some of the pics from our 'redneck' fourth. We met in the At&t parking lot with Josh and Melissa and the kids. We were joined by our friend Abby, Melissa's mom the rest of her family. We ate a picnic meal out of the back of her van and there was even a table cloth spread out so that the kids could sit in there and eat while watching a movie and waiting for the fireworks to start. There was even a potty in the van for the kids!

We also set off alot of fireworks that Melissa and Josh had brought. The kids thought it was fun. The "big kids" even got in the action too.

At one point in time the boys (Kaleb and Kaiden) locked everyone out of Melissa's van. They had free reign and pushed every button in the van except the unlock button. Kaiden was running around playing with all the DVD's in the van he could find...mind you he is not allowed to touch them at home. Finally after twenty minutes or so, Kaleb pushed the right button and all was good.

We waited for forever for the fireworks to start. They didn't start until almost 10:40pm...way to long for all the kiddos. We watched them in the back of Josh's rental pick-up. It was fun, but they were over it by that point, and Hunter passed out around 9:30 and never got to see any of them!

Here are some other snap shots to enjoy...until next year!

Mommy and Kaiden

Mommy and Hunter

Grandma and Grandpa laughing with Hunter

Kylie and Kelsey

Chillin' with Kaiden

Tia, Abby and Melissa

Poor Baby

2009-07-01T05:20:00.000-07:00

Hunter had to have surgery this past Monday. He, just like Kaiden, had to have his circumcision redone. As a mother I hate to put my boys through this but at least we have been able to have it done right after their first birthday's and they will hopefully not remember it first hand!

He was a trooper. He was charming everyone at the hospital before his surgery running around and playing. He kept trying to go behind the counter and help the secretaries work. He was laughing and giggling...having no idea what was coming. We went back and got him all dressed in his gown. So adorable!

After we talked to the doctors, the nurse came back to get him for surgery. Then the waiting game. They told us it would take about and hour....it took about 35-40 minutes. We spoke with the doctor. He said that everything went great and we could see him soon as he was in recovery. They paged us again with our little buzzer and took us back to see him. He was crying, but snuggled right down after he heard Jerry and myself.

Not too much longer he woke up and drank a bottle. After that we could take him home. He watched his Praise Baby DVD all the way home and only fussed once...not because of pain but because his movie was over and needed to be started again!

When we got home he got down and ran around the house playing like nothing had ever happened. He must have had some great meds. He did finally fall asleep and took a long nap!

Overall he has been doing great...better than Kaiden did. I hope that he continues to heal quickly and have no complications! Thanks for everyone's prayers!

Happy Anniversary

2009-06-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

It is our 5 year anniversary today! I can't believe that it's been 5 years. I am so blessed to have an amazing husband and two wonderful children! God has been with us every step of our lives together and I am blessed to be with someone who loves and follows God's leading in his life. He is my best friend and biggest supporter!

For our anniversary he took me to get a manipedi. It was my first manicure since I got married 5 years ago and the first time I've gotten a pedicure. It was awesome. Then we went to go see The Proposal...appropriate and hilarious. I recommend it to anyone.

I can't wait to see what the next 5 years bring us! I love you Jer.

Cayman and Tucker

2009-06-21T08:38:00.000-07:00

We were privileged to meet two little ones while we were in Ohio. We got to go and see Cayman and catch up with her family...it was great to see everyone! I think that we've been trying to make it work for us to see her for forever it seems like. I am so glad that our schedules finally worked before we will be moving. She is an amazing little lady with an amazing mama and daddy!

We also got to meet Tucker, my cousin Craig's little boy. He's a sweetie! I am sad that it will be so long before I get to see him again! Anyways...here's so cute shots...We let him and Hunter play together and it was adorable to see Hunter giving him kisses!

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T08:27:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day Jerry...a wonderful father, husband and friend...I love you!

Happy Father's Day dad....I love you. Thank you for always loving me and teaching me so much throughout my life. Thank you for leading by example in a good walk with Christ. I love you so much!

Happy Father's Day Dad Webb...I love you too! It has been amazing to get to know you more and more over the years...wow...I can't believe it has been years! You are a blessing and have so much love and wisdom to offer.

Happy Father's Day Grandpa Roe and Grandpa Goodwin...I love and miss you both. While we were in Ohio the boys got to go and place roses at the grandpa's graves. I know that they would have so much fun with the boys if they were here. I know that they are watching over them from Heaven and will see them again one day.

Trip to Ohio

2009-06-20T07:03:00.000-07:00

We were able to go back to Ohio for a few days before we move. It was great to be there for Father's Day and to be all together with Jerry's family and mine. All that was missing was Jenny and Derrick..maybe sometime soon we can all be together! It has been too long.

While we were here we were able to see lots of friends and family which is great before our move to Missouri!! I was able to see Andrea and Robin which was a blessing because I didn't think we would have time to get together this past weekend.

We also had a cookout for Father's Day. My family and Jerry's family were able to come. Jerry got the guys their presents from the boys. He got them "come camp with me in Missouri" kits complete with tools, bug spray, fabreeze for when they come home smelly and freeze dried scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast that you just add water too! so funny.

We also got to spend time with the cousins and aunts and uncles. It was great.

We made smores and got to hang out around my parent's new fire box. It was a little dangerous at first..the rock were exploding and flying out of the fire...but there were no injuries. :) Hunter

enjoyed his graham crackers very much with a new hair do!

Kaiden made his own fun with a flashlight that he used as a telescope...thank goodness he didn't put the light end to his eye!

One of the last things we did was to go and see my Grandma at McDonald's. The boys love to go and visit her out there and see all of her coffee friends!

Vacation Bible School

2009-06-18T11:00:00.000-07:00

Our theme this year for Bible school was Crocodile Dock. It was awesome. We had over 240 kids attend throughout the week and last I had heard in choir Wednesday night is that 7 had accepted Christ. How amazing and awesome is God!
Kaiden loved to go and we loved for him to go because he was so worn out that he took a nap everyday that week! This was the first time that Kaiden would get to sing and participate in the program. It was so cute! The church had Safari Steve come in and bring his animals and talk about God. He had everything from a rabbit to an owl to an alligator. The kids loved it. Kaiden however flipped through the Bible and hymnal in the pew for most of the show. We thought we would have to bribe him to go up on stage, but when Pastor Carol announced for the Red Turtles (his class name) to come up he ran to the stage! He didn't get all the motions and at the time he was shy and didn't sing out all the words, but it was so cute. We kept laughing because he was all over the place in between the songs...back playing on a boat, running up and down the stairs, trying to run out the choir doors. He certainly kept the helpers busy keeping him up there where he needed to be! Overall it was a good night!

Safari Steve

Eeww...snakes...

Kaiden singing in the VBS program

Here is Kaiden singing one of his songs...you can also see Kelsey in the pink shirt! They were so cute!!!

2009-06-18T10:27:00.001-07:00

Hunter and Jethro

2009-06-15T17:34:00.000-07:00

Too funny not to post!

Miscellaneous

2009-06-15T17:26:00.000-07:00

It is time for one of those miscellaneous posts. I have those random pictures that are too cute to pass up! Hope you enjoy!

I am still not sure how he made this work, but he really did almost fall asleep in the laundry basket!

Here he is with Daddy's cap and gown. He will have his own way too soon!

Here's my girl Kylie after her preschool graduation!

Dance Recital

2009-06-06T20:18:00.000-07:00

This just illustrates one of the reasons why I need a little girl. I love the dance recitals and getting all dressed up! For now I will have to settle on going to watch my goddaughter's dance. Kylie did an awesome job! Here she is!

Tap number!

Before the big performance!

Landen's Birthday Party

2009-06-06T20:07:00.000-07:00

We were able to go to our friend's Chad and Angela's son's one year birthday party! (Wow, that was a mouthful). The kids had a blast getting to play outside and Kaiden loved that it was a beach/fish theme and that there were goldfish served with lunch. Here are some of the kids pics from the party. Thanks for having us Angela...it was a blast! Can't believe our little guys are all grown up!

Kylie was keeping an eye on Hunter and helping him walk all over...whether he wanted the help or not.

Melissa and I

Sleepy boy...

Hunter helping Landen out eating his cake.

It was so hot and the kids loved to get wet in the pool.

Friends Forever!

Fireproof

2009-06-05T17:21:00.000-07:00

Our church had a great night planned. They offered a free dinner, a free movie and free childcare to couples. How could we say no to going?!?! We went with Josh and Melissa and were able to have a great night out. We had pasta and then watched the movie Fireproof. If you haven't seen the movie you need, married or not. It's an awesome movie with really bad acting in it! Despite the bad acting there are some moments that will make you roll on the floor laughing and some that will make you cry (if you are a crier like me) and a message that will really hit home! I recommend it to anyone if you haven't already gotten that vibe...here are a couple of pics from that night!

Mix and NOT Match Night & WALKING!!!

2009-05-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday night's our children's ministry has theme nights throughout the summer. Tonight...Mix and NOT Match night. I was at work, so I had Jerry get the kids ready. I have to say he did a pretty darn good job. I stopped by the church on my way home to snap these pictures. Kaiden looked the best!!! He wouldn't even take the gloves off the entire night. He is hilarious.

Here is Kaiden with Kylie. I swear this child does smile, but not for pictures!

Here is Kelsey! So cute!

And here's a video of Hunter. He finally started to walk, and at times try to run all over the house. He started to take some steps the beginning of May but has been inconsistent and hard to catch on camera. Here is a really good video of him walking down the hall...I think he does pretty well considering he is wearing two different shoes! haha

Girl's Day Out

2009-05-24T19:08:00.000-07:00

I was so excited...for my birthday/Mother's Day present my mom and I went out to spend the day together. First we went to get a massage at Clip Zone! It was heaven! I love getting massages. Then we went out shopping and spent entirely too much money, but had a blast doing it. It is amazing how time flies when you are out shopping....and only have gone to one store! I could spend hours and lots of money in New York and Co. If only I could go on What Not to Wear and they would let me spend my entire 5,000 dollars in there. That would be a dream come true! I couldn't have asked for a better day! Thanks mom. I love you!!! (and thanks dad too for coming to watch the boys! I love you too!)

Happy Birthday Hunter!!!

2009-05-15T19:38:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that my baby is ONE!!! He's not a baby anymore. Here's the stats on my little man!

Weight: 20 lb. 9 oz.

Height: 31'' tall

Favorite Food: Food

Favorite thing to watch: Praise Baby

Favorite Toy: Whatever my big brother has

Walking: taken a few steps, but getting close

Yeah, I am too tired to be more creative than that. He's doing great and getting so big. He's a pretty laid back kiddo, except when teething recently. He has also developed a high pitch squeal when he is mad or wants something. I am hoping that phase passes quickly! ;)

Here's Hunter's frame. Just like Kaiden's we have had pictures taken each month and here they are in his frame. It's amazing to see how they change and grow!

We love you Hunter! Can't wait to see what this new year brings!!!

It's Party Time

2009-05-09T19:13:00.000-07:00

We also had Hunter's birthday party on the 9th of May while everyone was in town. Needless to say it was a very busy day! I can't believe that Hunter is almost ONE!!! The year has gone by too fast. We had a Mickey Mouse party and he loved it! He thinks that Mickey is funny and likes to watch it with Kaiden, and amazingly enough in Kaiden's three years he has never had a Mickey party! It was great to be able to have family and friends come to see him. Here are some highlights!

These are pictures of the awesome centerpiece my mom, dad, grandma and cousin Krista and her friend made for the party! My mom also worked on the banner. If you look closely you can see Hunter's pictures from his entire first year.

I love this picture of Hunter and his Grandpa Webb!

Melissa, Jenni and myself. It's always good to have girl time no matter what the occasion! Love ya girls!

There were gifts galore!

Daddy had to take Hunter to get ready for cake!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Hunter! Happy Birthday to you!

Cake Face Pictures!

My Big cake! I love the cake face smile!

Here I am eating my cake. What a great way to end a party!

Congrats Jerry!

2009-05-09T18:39:00.000-07:00

Jerry graduated with his Master's of Divinity....finally! It's been a long three years, but it has come to an end...except for the two classes he has left to finish this summer, but those are minor compared to the last three years. We went to graduation and then had a cookout at our house with family and friends. It was great to see all of Jerry's hard work pay off. Here are some of the pics from that day!

Kelsey fell asleep with me waiting for it to start. I just love her to pieces! I still say she's coming with me when we move! haha

Here's Jerry right after graduation!

The happy couple! So proud of you Jerry.

Here's the family...maybe someone else got a better picture :)

Jerry's side of the family that came.

Jerry and his mom...so cute!

My side of the family.

Here's Jerry and Kylie. She just graduated from Preschool.

We told the kids to all tackle Jerry and this is what we got! I especially love Kaleb in this picture. He wanted to go outside and play! haha

Jerry Got Hooded!!!

2009-05-04T18:30:00.000-07:00

Jerry had is hooding ceremony during chapel last Tuesday. I was able to take the day off of work and go with the boys. He was given the hood to represent his master's degree and he will wear this during commencement on the 9th. I am so exited for him and proud of all he has done. He has gotten his Master's during some crazy times in our life and he always amazed me at how he was able to get through it all and still be a dad and husband. Here are some highlights. I wish I could have gotten a clear picture of him getting the hood, but I will being trampled by Hunter at the time who was very loud and rambunctious during the ceremony.

Here are two of my boys!

And the family...the boys were almost looking!

Here is Jerry with his friend Jim. It was nice to be able to see him. He was there taking doctoral classes for the week.

And the School of Theology graduating class! Alot of friends and memories.

11 months

2009-05-03T11:28:00.000-07:00

So this post is a little delayed, but here is Hunter at 11 months. He will be one on the 15th of May. I am very excited and also saddened that he has grown up so fast! I think that he became one faster than Kaiden did! He is all over the place and wanting to walk so bad. We are getting ready for his party next weekend and I can't wait to see him dig into his cake! It will be much more entertaining than Kaiden's was, trust me! I will post party pics next week!

Here's a sneak preview to his wonderful cake face!

Getting so big!!!

2009-04-28T11:57:00.000-07:00

I can't believe that in a few short weeks Hunter will be one!!! He has gotten so big. He isn't walking yet but wants to so bad. I think it will happen before Kaiden did, but we'll see. Even though he can't walk, he has mastered the stairs which is pretty amazing since we don't have stairs at our house. I had Kelsey go and check on him playing in the other room. When she came back I asked her how Hunter was. She replied that he was upstairs. I laughed and said no he's not. She simply said yes he is! So I went to find him myself. I looked all over downstairs. No Hunter. Then I looked up the stair and he and Kaiden poked their heads around the corner. They were in Kaleb's room playing and laughing. I couldn't believe it. So, I had to see for myself. Here's the proof...he did it all by himself!

He is also big enough now to have his car seat turned around the van which is good beacuse his feet were curled up when he sat in the seat the other way. He is so happy as you can see!

Here is Hunter with Miss Randee...his favorite babysitter. He just lights up everytime he sees her!

Prayer Time

2009-04-20T18:14:00.000-07:00

Let the prayers begin. I just got done scheduling my licensure exam to become a Mental Health Counselor. I am not looking forward to this test. It can be very hard. I am trying to find time to study, but it will be cramming just like in college. It's an experiential test with 10 case studies. Throughout the test I can earn and lose points...just like the annoying SAT. We'll see what happens. I know that God has been with me every step of this journey. Now I need to continue to trust that He will see me through....but a little extra prayer never hurts! I will keep ya'll posted. The test will be Monday May 4th at 9am! Thought I would just get it out of the way. It will either be a really good birthday week or a really crappy one! Only time will tell.

Random Pictures....

2009-04-17T20:20:00.000-07:00

So I had a couple of pictures to post. The first is of Hunter getting his teeth brushed! I can just tell there will be issues with them both and cavities because neither one of my kids like to have their teeth brushed.

These next two are so funny. Just after the kids turned one (it was April of 2007) Melissa took this picture of the kids all drinking their sippy cups. Close to the day, two years later, after the kids had turned three, I took this picture of them all at the dinner table drinking their sippy cups! Maybe I am the only one who thinks this is funny...but oh well, I just had to share!

Happy Easter

2009-04-12T20:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter everyone! What a wonderful day to celebrate the sacrifice that God made for us and the resurrection of His Son!

We had a great Easter. We spent the morning at church and then went out to eat with Angela, Chad and Landen! Thanks for inviting us. We had so much fun! Here are some pics from the morning!

Ok. So we tried with the boys...this was the best we could do. Thank goodness we got Easter pics taken by the wonderful Ms. Pam!

Here are Kaiden and Kelsey. They are so darn cute together! She totally looks out for him. It's adorable!

Here are the kids together. This is the first Easter that they didn't match. Kinda sad...but they are still cute!

This picture was so funny. Melissa was trying to get the kids to look at the camera so she pretended to have a bird in her hand. Needless to say...the kids faces express their reactions to the imaginary bird!

Here are the studs who did match! The boys with Landen. Ok...so they were a bit frustrated we made them sit there...except for Landen...cute as always!

Wow...this is a pretty bad pic of me, but I will suck it up and post it anyways seeing as it was the only family picture we got that day. Thanks Angela!

Just a note...

2009-04-12T19:09:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter to all!!!

I will be posting a bunch of the happenings lately, but I will be post dating things so they go in order, so make sure you look back at previous posts to make sure you've seen it all!

May God Bless you all on this amazing day!

Easter Eve...

2009-04-11T18:46:00.000-07:00

On Saturday before Easter we went to Melissa and Josh's house for the afternoon and evening. We had a blast. From the Easter Egg Hunt to making Empty Tomb Cookies it was a good time had by all....although I think the adults were more exhausted by the end of it than the kids were. First we had an Easter Egg Hunt which Kaiden loved doing at their house because there was money in the eggs. Melissa had a different color of eggs for each kid (6 in all) and then each kid had 8 eggs hidden around the house to find. They had a blast looking for them and then opening them to get all the money. After the hunt we opened Easter baskets. Needless to say all the kids went straight for the candy...even Hunter as you will see below!

Kaiden is looking under the dinosaurs for one of his green Easter eggs.

Hunter thought that the eggs all over the floor were the coolest thing ever!

Here are all the kids opening Easter baskets.

It's the before sucker picture....

and the after...need I say more!

Hunter eating a peanut butter egg that our youth group makes and sells as a fundraiser for our church. As you can see he was a little hungry...

When we were done eating dinner we made Empty Tomb Cookies. It's a recipe that Melissa got e-mailed to her and as you make them you get to walk through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. The recipe gives you prompts to talk about with the kids, hands on activities for them to do at each step and corresponding Bible verses you can read. The videos will give you the idea. If you want me to post the recipe let me know!

Here is a video of the kids "beating" the pecans to represent the beating of Jesus.

They got to smell vinegar like they gave Jesus.

Here's Jerry reading the Bible verses to them.

Kaiden always had to help!

This is a video of the kids sealing the "tomb" or oven shut!

And here's what Hunter did while we made the cookies!

Weekend at Grandma's

2009-04-05T21:22:00.000-07:00

While I took the week off for Spring Break we were able to go and visit my parents. It was great to get away for a few days. Kaiden got to do so much. He got his hair cut, went to Chuck E. Cheese again, dyed Easter Eggs, had an Easter Egg hunt, got Easter baskets and probably a lot more that I am missing. Anyways....here's some photos and a video of him at my parents house!

Here is Kaiden dying Easter Eggs....always a potentially messy process, but fun. I am always sad because our eggs never look like they do on the box!

This is a picture of my friends and I....Andrea, myself and Robin. I am the maid of honor in Robin's wedding and Andrea is a bridesmaid, but since I live a couple of hours away we have been unable to get together. We made time this weekend to get together and it was great to be able to hang out and reconnect even if it was only for a few hours.

Here is Kaiden playing the piano. If you don't listen to the sound he really could be playing something great at some points. I just think it's so funny to watch his fingers move. I can't wait until he can start piano lessons!

As a side note...on our way home we got stuck in an awful accident on 69. God is so good. We had decided to stop off at McDonalds on the way home so Kaiden could go to the bathroom. He went and got a snack. From our best guesses if we hadn't stopped we could have very easily been more involved in this awful accident. As we were stopped on the road, we also stopped in front of a rest area and were able to get out and move around while we waited to go. When a lane was finally clear, the police allowed everyone in the rest area to go first while making all other traffic wait. As we passed the accident, the semi that was involved looked like it had been split in half and the cab was completely removed from the truck. I pray that no one was killed in the accident but never heard. Needless to say we finally made it home at midnight!!

:(

2009-04-01T18:17:00.001-07:00

There has been another car accident. This time in our new van which we just had detailed inside and out today. We are cursed.

Kaiden's Special Day!

2009-04-01T18:04:00.000-07:00

We had talked for a long time prior to having children that we wanted to be able to talk our kids out individually so they could have their own special days and do things that they liked to do with mom and dad. Since we have had Hunter there hasn't been much time in our schedules to be able to get out. I took off my Spring Break which was great and Jerry had the day off as well, so we got a sitter for Hunter (Thanks Randee) and took Kaiden to Chuck E. Cheese and to Toys 'R' Us to spend a gift card he'd gotten for his birthday. Needless to say I love going to Chuck E. Cheese when they first open because you are the only ones there. They only downfall is that you are eating pizza for breakfast! But Kaiden didn't seem to mind...go figure. Here are some pics from his trip!

Here is a picture of Kaiden on one of the rides...I used to love this ride when I was little...however when I was little there was no Chuck E. Cheese....it was Major Magics...does that make me really old?? Does anyone else remember Major Magics???

Here's Kaiden with Daddy...he's a Daddy's boy through and through.

Here he is with Chuck E. Cheese. While I still find the mechanical creatures freaky I am glad that Kaiden does not.

Just had to through this one in. We went again with my mom and grandma when we went to visit them a few days later and he totally wore himself out. We went through over 180 tokens and had over 1500 tickets. That has to be a record of some kind! Notice all the stickers he won all over his jacket!

Easter is in the air

2009-03-25T19:48:00.000-07:00

Here is a collage of the boys Easter pics! They were so funny and totally cute. I can't believe Kaiden cooperated this well! He's been struggling with getting pictures taken for a while now, but we got lucky! Enjoy! I will scan more in later when I get the chance to!

Spring Is Here...For The Most Part

2009-03-21T10:02:00.001-07:00

While it is getting a bit colder now (good old Indiana) there were days over the last few weeks that it was absolutely beautiful! The kids could finally get outside and play and they loved it!!

Here's Kylie swinging away!

Kelsey loves the slide.

Kaleb lookin' so cute with his hair spiked!

Kaiden would live in a swing if we would let him!

Hunter loved to climb in the play house.

He also got to drive his first car!

There's a story between these two. Now you have to understand that they will both tell you they are going to marry each other. It's so funny. We would love it...as long as it's another 20 years down the line, but Kelsey thinks Kaiden needs to learn how to drive before their first date. He almost took their heads off a time or two and ran them into lots of things. She has every right to have this look on her face!

Here's Kylie pushing Hunter.

And here is Hunter loving every minute of it!

Letter Factory

2009-03-14T06:26:00.000-07:00

Kaiden has recently been obsessed with the Leap Frog videos. He got hooked at Melissa's house and then he bought the movie himself with his birthday money from Aunt Nancy....thanks Aunt Nancy! He watches it at least twice a day it seems. He has memorized the entire movie and everything that is said, but he now also knows all of his main letter sounds! He goes around the house saying them constantly. It is really funny. I was finally able to get a video of him singing the end song with the movie where they review all the letter sounds. He's sitting at one of the baby's toys that has the alphabet on it and pointing to each letter as he says the sound. He loves to match the two things. At the end he decides one review wasn't enough so does his own. I love that he is learning all these new things, and once again my child's memory amazes me!

Kaiden's Birthday Part 2

2009-02-28T09:02:00.000-08:00

Here are the videos! Enjoy!

This first video is of us singing Happy Birthday to Kaiden. When we had tried to sing him this song in the days prior, he would scream and tell us no and to stop. On the way to his party he said everyone could sing to him...I guess he forgot he said this because things didn't go so well, but it did make for a funny video. You can also see Kaiden's unique technique of not blowing out the candles but spitting them out! (On a side note...he let everyone sing him on his actual birthday...who knows...maybe he was just waiting for the actual day! haha)

This is a video of the kids doing the pinata. You can see even Hunter woke up to get in on some of the action. They always have lots of fun getting the candy afterwards. (Sorry it's sideways...I guess it didn't save it right when I changed it)

This last video is one of my favorites. Hunter slept through the whole party until cake was served. My mom's cake was given to her and before she could take a bite Hunter sat up out of a deep sleep and started drooling over the cake. We got him is own piece and got a pretty good preview of what his birthday will be like when he has his own little cake to eat!

Kaiden's Birthday Part 1

2009-02-28T07:35:00.000-08:00

So I guess that I will do this in parts...or it will be a very long post. I will show ya'll the pictures and then the videos to come in another post.

We had Kaiden's third birthday party on the 21st at our church. (Here's one of his three year pictures we had taken. Unfortunately most people we invited couldn't come, but Kaiden still had a blast. It was the epitome of a three year old's party and shows how indecisive our child can be. It was a jungle theme with a Curious George cake, Thomas the Train video's playing and a Mickey Mouse balloon! I guess he decided to just get all the things he loves right now. It was a little crazy that day trying to get it all done. We had lots of errands to run and all of our family was showing up at our house that morning. When we got to the church it was not set up and we had like 30 minutes before the party started. We were able to work hard and it looked great. Here's some pictures.
This was the awesome centerpiece that my mom, dad and grandma made for all the tables! She loves her new Cricket machine and it's amazing what it can do.

Here's the bean bag toss game that Jerry's mom made for the party. I love having artistic relatives since I am not artistic in the least!

We always have a table with pictures so people can have some if they want!

Here's the snack and cake table! Yummy... but we had a ton of left overs!

Here's what Kaiden was busy doing while we were setting up...he pulled all the chairs from the kids table to the play area and then sat there waiting all by himself for his friends to get there! Funny and a little sad all at the same time!

My parents were able to come...and my grandma, but I think she got out of being in the pictures somehow.

Jerry's parents and his grandma got to come. As you can see, Hunter slept through most of the party!

Miss Abby also came. She was one of Kaiden's Sunday School teachers and one of his favorite baby sitters! He's trying so hard to get out the Mr. Potato Head she got him.

The kids got to play for a while, watch movies and color.

We moved on to the cake and food. I can't believe I actually got this picture...Kaiden never sits still and smiles anymore.

Here are all the kids with the cake. I love how the girls will smile and pose and the boys are interested in only eating the cake as they are both licking icing off their fingers.

We got Kaiden a soccer goal and ball as part of his birthday. The kids immediately ran to sit in it. So cute!

We did manage to get a picture of us with Kaiden. Not the best, but a good memory.

Stay tuned for more fun with the videos!

Happy Birthday Kaiden!!!

2009-02-24T19:50:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I can't believe that we have a 3 year old!!! I know it's late tonight, but at this time three years ago I was holding my sweet baby boy. He was so little and now is so big! I can't believe how much he has grown an all the things he can do now. He can make us laugh so hard and make us want to pull our hair out the next minute but we wouldn't trade any of the past three years for something else.

I will have to post pictures and videos from his birthday party another time because our monitor on my computer died suddenly and all the pictures are on that computer, not on Jerry's labtop. Instead of leaving pictures I will leave you a funny story from tonight.

We took Kaiden to Bob Evans for dinner tonight. He had a blast. When we were leaving he asked to go to Bob's house. We told him we ate at Bob's restaurant. We asked him if he liked it there. He said yes. He said we ate a Bob's restaurant tonight. Then he got quiet for a second and asked..."We go eat a Larry's restaurant next." (If you don't understand, my son is obsessed with Bob and Larry from VeggieTales and he thought this was Bob's restaurant from VeggieTales!) I love the logic of kids!

It's TOTALED!!!

2009-02-17T02:53:00.000-08:00

They finally got back in touch with us and told us our car is totaled! It's about time. I can't believe they were thinking about not totaling the car. Anyways...now we are waiting to hear from the car totaling department in a couple of days which probably means a week. Whatever, at least we can move forward and look for a van to buy.

Most recent HEADACHE

2009-02-14T10:58:00.000-08:00

Jerry was recently in a car accident...which has caused our most recent headache in our life. Jerry was going to the store when someone ran a red light and hit him straight on. The air bags deployed and everything. Thank God Jerry is ok. (I would have had to go and hurt the guy if he hadn't been!) Another reason to thank God is that there were four guys waiting to cross the street from AU who witnessed the whole thing and told Jerry instantly that it wasn't his fault. The police showed up and they gave the police their statements too.

Now the headache part....we are dealing with this guy's stupid insurance company. This guy hasn't even called to give them a statement or report that he was in an accident. I don't know what more they could need besides the police reports, but whatever...they are totally dragging their feet. The accident happened on a Wednesday night...they said that someone would be out to assess the damage within 24-72 hours. Six days later someone came out. Then he told Jerry it would be close as to whether or not they would total it, but someone would let him know Friday (yesterday). Jerry called and the adjuster is out until Monday. Of course. They are not returning Jerry's calls or our insurance companies calls. Then they sent us this long form to fill out and mail back. We got it yesterday and the earliest we can send it back is Tuesday...do you think they planned that...I do. They are just dragging their feet. Meanwhile we are paying for a rental car and are trying to decide what to do. We may have to file through our insurance and let them fight it but then we are out a lot more money until they pay our insurance company and we are at risk for our rates to go up for something we didn't do.

Needless to say...we are all more than a little frustrated! Anyways...here are some pictures of the damage. It's not all of it. Like I said the air bag needs replaced and both of the seat belts in the front. Also, the back door on the driver's side has a big crack in it. We'll keep you posted!

I think I can

2009-02-14T07:43:00.000-08:00

Hunter is totally thinks that he can walk all by himself. He has done so much just in the last few weeks. He is crawling all over the place. He pulls up on steady and unsteady things. He like to sit on his knees and bounce. He is also walking along things and with things. He will take a step to reach between objects as well. I can't believe how fast he became mobile. With Kaiden it was gradual. With Hunter it was one day he sat there and the next day he could do everything. The hardest part is trying to teach him that he really can't walk yet...but that doesn't stop him from trying....or falling! After I took this picture he fell and got a big bump on his head! :( He's tough though...he has to be to handle Kaiden! Here's a little video of him trying to walk with us.

Choo-Choo Soul

2009-01-31T06:26:00.000-08:00

Choo-Choo Soul is one of these five minutes breaks in between shows on Playhouse Disney in the mornings. It combines two of Kaiden's loves...music and trains! We were able to go and see Choo-Choo Soul when we went to Disney World over a year ago and he was just in awe that they really existed outside of the television. Now he knows every song by heart. Thank goodness they came out with a DVD of all the music videos together. This saves us the time of trying to figure out what Mickey Mouse episodes have them tacked onto the end. He watches it at least 10 times a day! It was the best investment we have made to date with Kaiden I think.

Since he has started to sing and dance to all the songs it is really funny. He even tries to break dance with DC (the guys on the videos) sometimes. It was so funny that I tried to capture some of it on video. Here's his singing one of the songs.

It's crawl time...

2009-01-31T05:42:00.001-08:00

Ok, so Hunter has finally figured out how to crawl but still chooses to do his commando crawl which looks like so much more work to me. It's really funny to watch him get around. He has also started to do this new thing with his tongue which makes him look like a little lizard. It's so funny. Melissa takes partial credit for teaching him this trick on New Years. Check it out...

Here's Hunter's commando/worm crawl. This is how he gets around most of the time.

Here's Hunter when he actually crawls. He's still a little slow at it, but he can do it when he actually decides to. Most of the time he is too lazy and just drops down and drags himself!

The random things in life

2009-01-30T20:19:00.001-08:00

The new computer is finally here! Yipee!!! Now time to blog some more. I cannot believe that I am actually up this late, but at least it's the weekend and I can rest a little bit. Here are some fun videos of the kids...mainly Hunter...that capture the random things in life.

This is what happens when Kaiden passes out and we try to let Hunter wake him up....Kaiden gets a little whiny, but overall he remains completely passed out asleep!

So on New Years I spend the day at Melissa's with the kids. We made cupcakes and had the kids decorate them. Kaiden had to make sure every sprinkle was in the right spot...Hunter just loved to eat the batter and the cupcake...and well, this picture of Kylie really speaks for itself.

Not only does Hunter love cupcakes and batter, he also loves Pizza!!

Waiting

2009-01-24T14:15:00.000-08:00

So we are waiting for a new computer to come. We were able to get a new tower for our desk top and until that comes I cannot download any new pics or videos to the computer because there is no free space!

I do have good news though!!! Hunter finally crawled...I mean actually crawled. I am not sure yet if it will stick, but he did it. He has also sworn off baby food. He's over it. He wants to eat what we eat or nurse. It cracks us up that he will gag and try to throw up if we feed him stage three baby food with little chunks in it, but he will eat bananas, french fries, pizza, pasta and just about anything else with no trouble. I guess we'll have to find friends to take the baby food off our hands...need some Angela???

Hunter is also trying to pull himself up. The problem...he picks the most unstable things to pull himself up with...his swing, light weight toys, etc. It won't be long before he just takes off one day!

Well, I should go check on my sleeping sick kiddo. Kaiden's got his cough and runny nose back. I hope it goes away before we get his 3 year old pics...I can't believe I have a 3 year old!!! I'll have pics and videos soon!

Miscellaneous pics

2009-01-16T14:05:00.000-08:00

Here are some miscellaneous pictures from the last several weeks.

Here's Hunter in his crawling pose...you'd think he could do it by looking at this picture...but no.....not so much. (video of his crawling-like moves to come)

While the boys were with my parents they made paper chains to put on Kaiden's Christmas Tree. Here's the making and the end result!

I love this picture of the boys. There just aren't words!!

The Three Musketeers!

Here's Hunter and his buddy Landen at Church

Here's Hunter just chillin' with Daddy!

So big!

2009-01-11T10:06:00.001-08:00

Hunter is almost 8 months old now (January 15th) but we did take some 7 month pics! At seven months he had 6 of his now 7 teeth! He starting giving people high five's and is getting up on all fours to try and crawl. Of course almost a month later he still isn't crawling. He does this scoot/commando crawl thing which I think looks like way more work. I'll have to get a video of it to post. He can say "mama", "no", "poop", "hi", and he thinks he can say "ball". It is too cute! He has an almost southern accent and forgets the "l" sound. He also loves to eat!! He was about 17 1/2 pounds at 7 months (with clothes on).

He sleeps through the night and takes very few naps during the day. He already has to keep up with Kaiden! He is one of the most content kids I've seen and let's us get lots done cause he just loves to play. I can't wait to see what the rest of his first year will bring us!! Here are a few more pics!

The Santa hat is special because my Grandpa and Grandma Goodwin (who aren't with us anymore) used to dress up like Mr. and Mrs. Clause at Christmastime and this my Grandpa's hat. We had some of Kaiden's first Christmas pictures taken with it too!

Belated Christmas Stuff

2009-01-11T09:36:00.000-08:00

So I'm a little behind in blogging. I spent most of the last week that I was off unsuccessfully potty training Kaiden. He was doing well and then had bowel issues and we had to go back to a pull up for a day or so. After that it was downhill. He has made some progress in that he has told Jerry a once or twice when he had to go potty and he actually went. So...I guess I'll take what I can get at this point. Here are some more pictures of the boys at Christmas and then a couple of videos!

Here are a couple of the boys in their Christmas outfits after church. It's rare to have them both smiling and looking up at the same time!!

Here is Christmas Morning. Hunter was willing to pose for pics with the parents, but Kaiden...not so much.

The boys did love the stockings though. Hunter is such a poser!

I love this video of Kaiden. He is such a perfectionist sometimes. He is not your normal rip open the paper and go kind of kid!

This is Hunter dancing to Kaiden's new Choo-Choo Soul DVD....one of the best investments we made this Christmas!

Musical instruments was a theme this year from Grandma and Grandpa Goodwin...Here's a picture of Kaiden with his new drum set and then a video of the boys playing their guitars. Kaiden thought the cowboy hats from Grandma and Grandpa Webb would be a great addition. Could they be next on Nashville Star! haha

Christmas Eve at GiGi's House

2008-12-29T17:53:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday we traveled back to my parent's house from Jerry's parents and it took about 5 hours...maybe a little more with a stop off in Toledo. It was crazy. I was never so glad to get out of my car!

We always went to my grandma's house on Christmas Eve (GiGi as the boys know her). It was great because everyone was together which is becoming harder to accomplish...and do you think I remembered to get pictures...no. I am so mad at myself! Oh well, not much I can do about it now.

Just as we started to open presents my camera broke....well the batteries died. So, I have yet to get the pictures from my mom's camera. I did however get this one picture of Hunter sleeping. He fell asleep with my aunt after he ate and slept through his turn with presents (we go youngest to oldest). Oh well, he still got spoiled when he woke up!

So sweet. We left after that to come back home so we could wake up and have Christmas morning at our house. Luckily the roads were dry with no ice on the trip home! I'll post more of Christmas day later.

Christmas with the Webb's!

2008-12-29T17:41:00.000-08:00

We were able to make the trip to Detroit to have Christmas with Jerry's parents. We drove to my parent's house on Sunday night and then left Monday around noon to go to his parent's. What is normally a 2 1/2 hour trip quickly turned into a 4 hour trip due to the weather and accidents all over Michigan. I am not even sure how some of the accidents I passed happened. I just pray that everyone involved was ok. We made it there and were able to web cam with his sister and her husband who live in Phoenix while we opened presents. It was a lot of fun and of course the boys got a ton of stuff! Kaiden had a blast with his binoculars. Grandpa got them so they could look at different birds together. Here are some pictures from our Christmas there!

Here's Kaiden helping Grandma Webb make her Christmas cake...I love that he's "sneaking" some whipped cream!

Here is Kaiden with his binoculars when he first got them and then the next morning looking out the window at the birds with Grandma Webb.

Here's happy Hunter....he is seriously the happiest baby! Both the boys got sled but it was too cold and they were both getting over being sick to go outside to sled. He sat in the sled with his toys content to play (and chew on them...we are working on our 8th tooth!!!) for most of the evening.

I love this picture of Hunter and Grandma!!

Stay tuned...more Christmas stuff to come!

Merry Christmas

2008-12-21T10:25:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas! We ran out of Christmas cards...guess 60 wasn't enough, so we thought we'd post it and say Merry Christmas to all of you this way!! God Bless you all!

Updates and Christmas

2008-12-20T05:49:00.000-08:00

I'm sure this is a crazy time of the year for everyone...we are certainly included in that craziness. To update ya'll, we had a second interview at the church we were interested in but we will not be going there. They have decided to candidate someone else who has more experience in youth ministry than Jerry does. Alas begins the process of applying to more churches and hoping that someone will give him the opportunity to get that much needed experience.

I am off for Christmas break! I had enough PTO to take all but one day off. So, I don't go back to work until January 2!!! I am so excited and although it will be a very busy break and will involve studying for both Jerry and I (him for class and me for licensure test) it will be good because we will be home together.

We are getting ready to go to his parents and my parents this next week, so pray for safe travels for us all! I am hoping the weather will cooperate. I am sure over the next few weeks I will have lots of pictures and videos to post! With Christmas and the fact that Melissa and I are going to try to potty train the boys there should be plenty to talk about! haha

If I don't post before then, Merry Christmas to you all!!!

Video Time!

2008-12-06T13:46:00.000-08:00

I haven't had a lot of time with the family lately due to my work schedule, Jerry's work schedule and the fact that we've all been sick! However, I have caught a few things on video. Here's one of Hunter sitting. It never fails that he'll be sitting there playing for like 10 minutes and as soon as I remember to get the camera he falls over and forgets he can sit! Here's a glimpse of him sitting for ya'll.

Kaiden's newest trick in singing. He has always loved music but wanted someone to sing with him while he played the drums or the piano. Now he sings all kinds of songs. The cutest are when he sings worship songs with our praise baby dvd's but all my videos of those are too dark. Here he is singing Old McDonald one of his new favorite songs. He will take any book with animals in it and start to sing Old McDonald and use whatever animal is on the page. It's so funny! I love to listen to him sing. Too cute! (even if I do say so myself)

Thanksgiving Weekend

2008-11-29T12:49:00.001-08:00

I feel like I should be at work today, but I'm not because now it's the weekend. It's great to have four days off in a row! That is hard to come by in my job. The past few days have been a lot of fun. We had some family come down and have dinner and then we went shopping on Friday! I love having most of my Christmas shopping done in only a matter of hours. Not to mention this is when I buy alot of Kaiden's birthday so I can take out two birds with one stone.

We got to eat dinner and Hunter found out that mashed potatoes aren't that bad. Other than that he had turkey and rice dinner and sweet potatoes and corn for his Thanksgiving. My boys were so happy to see my parents and my grandma who they call GiGi. We put up the Christmas decorations and made a gingerbread train...yes...I cheated and bought the kit at Meijer, but it was more fun with less cleanup! haha

Here's a pic of GiGi and Hunter. He loved to cuddle with her.

Here's the gingerbread train we put together. Kaiden kept pushing the candy down hard so we ended with a crooked train. Oh well, it added character to it. We'll just pretend it's going around a corner!

Here's decorating the of the Christmas tree. Kaiden always get to put the star on top and he helped to put the ornaments on the tree alot more this year. He's also loves playing with his nativities. He has three of them and he goes back and forth between them. He loves to tell his version of the events. It's too cute.

Here are the boys with their Santa hats on. Too cute until Hunter fell off the chair...but it's all good. He recovered well ;) Hunter slept while we decorated the tree so he got to see it all done!

Later the next day Hunter got his first taste of pizza. He loves it! We had to keep taking the big pieces out of his mouth. He ate some of the little pieces and liked it alot. He got mad when we took it away because he kept biting off pieces that were too big!

Church Updates...

2008-11-26T15:32:00.001-08:00

Jerry got a call today and they want us (as well as the others they interviewed) to come out to the church for a face to face interview. Hopefully this will go well. We could be going as early as next weekend, it will depend on schedules! We are very thankful for this opportunity!

Crazy Life

2008-11-23T10:06:00.001-08:00

Our life has been so crazy lately!!! Between work, my internship, Jerry's internship, church and other activities we have no time to spend together. Last night we had family time...we went to Meijer, Steak and Shake and Payless(grocery store). It's sad that that is our fun time together. I know that things will change one day but I also know that as the boys get older they will get busier with all they are involved in too. Ah....I just want us both to be working and settled.

Speaking of working....Jerry had a first interview at a church for their youth pastor position. I don't want to say too much cause there is so much we are unsure of, but this church offers everything we are looking for! I think the phone interview went well. Hopefully we'll hear back in a week or so if they want to pursue us further. I hope they do, but we are praying for God's will in this situation. Any thoughts or prayers through this process would be much appreciated. It would be a lot of changes, but we are looking forward to that if it happens.

This is a time more than ever that I need to trust in God and know that everything will fall into place in his timing! Sometimes that can be hard because I want to control. God has taught me to trust in Him more over the years, especially since having kids!!!

I'll end for today with some updates on the boys. Hunter had his 6 month check up!!! I can't believe he's that old! He's officially 16 pounds and 7 ounces and 27 1/2 inches long. He's got about a pound and 1/2 and inch over Kaiden at that age. We just took his 6 month pictures. He wouldn't sit up for them because he wanted to stand...so he stood along the edge of a couch they had there. It's too cute. He loves my grandma's butter cookies and is now eating second foods. He has four teeth total and I'm sure he's working on some more.

Kaiden is as active as ever and loves to drum while he watches the Doodlebops. I never thought that would be a regularly watched show in my house, but I guess Kaiden changed that....however I still draw the line at Barney, Teletubbies and BunnyTown...those will never be on in my house!!!!! He is starting to sing more and knows how to work the television very well. He's a great helper with the baby...most of the time. :)

I'll end on a few pictures. I'll keep you posted on the church job searches!

Here are a couple of Hunter's two bottom teeth...no good pics of the top ones yet!

I know this is old...from right after we had Hunter...but just so cute. Hunter has always loved Kaiden from day one!!

I love food!!!

2008-11-08T19:42:00.000-08:00

It's been great now that the baby is eating food. He used to get up throughout the night and now he's pretty much out until between 5 and 6 in the morning and then after he nurses or has a bottle he goes back to sleep until between 8 and 9. I wish we could say the same for Kaiden, but that's another story! We started with the rice cereal, but he just never cared for it...neither did Kaiden. He does however love the food. He's not too much of a fan of sweet potatoes, but he loves all the rest. Here are some food favorite highlights...

mmmmm....green beans!

Yeah for carrots! These are lots of fun for mom to try and get out of clothes and lots of fun to make a mess with!

On to squash! He's only slightly unsure about these.

And last but not least....sweet potatoes...the picture says it all!

Now on to the fruits...so far bananas rock with pears as a close second.

Halloween Time

2008-11-08T07:54:00.000-08:00

This is one of Kaiden's favorite movies of all time. I cannot even begin to count the number of times we've seen this...it must be in the thousands! The great part is that it is a funny movie that you can stand to watch more than once. For Halloween Kaiden decided that he wanted to be Remy...the mouse on the cover...for those who haven't seen the movie. This presented a great task for my mother who makes the boy's Halloween costumes. She was challenged even more when we told her to make the baby Emile, Remy's brother in the movie. What's funny is that it worked out great because Remy is the tall skinny rat and Emile is the short, "plump" rat. So, my mom set out to work and this is what she came up with....

They looked so adorable and so much like the brothers in the story! Much more than the actual Disney costumes I think. They had a blast going out to get candy...Kaiden had more fun than Hunter seeing as Hunter slept through most of it. haha I am glad the weather was so great for them to be out...but with wearing all fur they were set to go out in a blizzard too! Here's their fun night out!

Brotherly Love

2008-11-07T16:01:00.000-08:00

The boys are having so much fun together! Hunter just loves his big brother (most of the time) and the feeling is mutual with Kaiden. He is very protective of Hunter and always tries to make him happy when he is crying or getting frustrated. Of course sometimes the baby is frustrated because of Kaiden, but as you can see below he does think he's hysterical. Kaiden loves it when the baby gives him attention and he can teach him stuff. Hunter does think it is funny when Kaiden gets in trouble...something that I am sure will continue with time. All in all, the transition with Kaiden has been much better than we could have ever expected. He's very good with him, mostly only getting rough at times when he doesn't mean to. My most frustrating time is when I've just put Hunter to sleep and Kaiden wakes him back up because he wants to play or thinks that if he's up everyone else should be too. Well, here's more pictures of my cuties! The picture to the left shows the boys watching a Praise Baby video together on Jerry's computer.

This video cracks me up. Watch the baby at the end! God love him, he's trying so hard to sit up on his own!

I am finally getting close to one of those good pictures of the two of them both smiling big!

Here's a video of them playing together before the above picture was taken. Hunter is so happy to have Kaiden's attention....he's jumping for joy!

Fall Break Trip

2008-11-02T13:48:00.000-08:00

Wow...it's hard to blog, do laundry and bake and frost cupcakes all while trying to not wake up my sleeping sons in the family room! I think this is the last post I will get done before small group tonight. Hopefully I can get more done afterwards. Anyways...over my school's fall break I took some time off and we went on a road trip. We stopped in Wauseon to see my family and then headed up to Michigan to see Jerry's family. It was so much fun! The pics are mostly from our time in Michigan. While we were there we took the boys to a Bounce House. Kaiden had so much fun. He is such a little monkey! Hunter even got in on some of the action. Jerry and I also took advantage of free babysitting and went to go see the So You Think You Can Dance Tour! It was so much fun. We thought our seats were going to be a little better than they were, but it was still fun to go and have a night out with my hubby! However, if you ever plan to go and see a show in downtown Detroit and want to eat....don't plan on eating there! What a bust. There was no where to eat. The little GPS kept saying there were lots of restaurants around, but when we followed the directions there was nothing there. If we had planned things a little better we could have brought our passports and gone over the bridge to Canada to eat. That would have been so much fun. Ahhh...maybe next time. But here's some pics and videos to show ya what I'm talking about...

Here's Bouncing Baby Hunter

He was having so much fun...here he is mid-jump! I love it!

Video of Kaiden, Jerry, and Jerry's cousin Emily playing in one of the bouncers. Kaiden loved to climb up those things and rarely used the foot holds...he just mostly pulled himself up with his arms. For being so little he is really strong.

Here we are before our date night....awww...don't we look cute! haha

Here's the whole gang before we left to go back home.

Let the blogging marathon begin!

2008-11-02T13:10:00.001-08:00

Ok...it's been entirely too long since I've blogged and so much as happened I don't even know where to begin! Hopefully this won't be too chaotic. Before I forget I will post the pictures of the boys both in their pumpkins their first Halloween. Keep in mind that Hunter is just about 5 months. We barely fit him in the pumpkin. Kaiden on the other hand was about 8 months and we had to hold him up so he wouldn't fall completely in his! Here's what I mean!

Just to add more perspective...at 5 months Hunter weighed about 16 lbs. 8 oz. with his clothes on and at 8 months Kaiden weighted 17 lbs. 31/2 oz. I must say, they look like brothers, but definitely different!

Pumpkin Carving

2008-10-12T19:14:00.000-07:00

We took some time today to carve our pumpkins...well at least one of them. We carved Kaiden's pumpkin first and he was not as excited as I thought he'd be. He was convinced that carving your pumpkin meant that we were going back to the pumpkin patch. Needless to say when we didn't he was a little disappointed. Kaiden did help pick out the designs for the pumpkin and even helped dad put the finishing touches on the carving. While Kaiden was easily distracted from the carving Hunter sat and intently watched Jerry carve. He even got his hands into some of the insides of the pumpkin (Kaiden refused to touch it!) and thought it was a little strange. I love the look on his face as he tried to figure out what he was feeling. Here's some pictures of how things went.

Picking out the design for his pumpkin.

I love how the baby is just watching Jerry. He's learning all the tricks so he can carve next year.

Kaiden got to help with the finishing cuts.

Here's the finished product...Kaiden's pumpkin!

I just think this picture is so funny. He's just trying to figure out what this stuff is!

Peas Please

2008-10-12T19:03:00.000-07:00

We gave Hunter his first taste of peas today! He totally loved them! He would have kept right on eating them if I'd given him the entire container, but I wanted to start him out a little slow. We'll see how he does tomorrow with them. I think he definitely prefers peas to rice cereal. Hopefully this will start a trend of being a good eater. There are so many ups and downs when it comes to Kaiden and his eating that it would be nice to have a consistently good eater.

Here's a picture and video to show how much he likes them. He reached a point where he took the spoon and helped me to feed him. It was so funny. I had the hardest time getting the spoon back away from him to put more peas on it. He has a very strong grip!

More peas please!

ABC's

2008-10-08T17:50:00.000-07:00

Kaiden has found a new love for singing and playing the piano. He often gets out his keyboard and makes you sing songs while he bangs out some incomprehensible tune on the keys. I took these videos while he was singing the ABC's to Hunter. I love how at certain points the baby tries to sing along with him. At times he can think his big brother is so funny and at others he is terrified of him! It's hard telling from moment to moment how it will be. These were some good moments and he thought he was hilarious!

First Tooth!

2008-10-07T15:40:00.000-07:00

Ok...so I thought that Kaiden got his teeth early compared to all my friends' kids. He got his first tooth about a week before he turned 7 months old. Hunter on the other hand got his first tooth this week. I found it yesterday when he was chewing on my fingers. I have heard that the earlier that kids get their teeth the more problems they could have with them. Has anyone else heard this? I am just not knowing what to think that he has gotten one this early! He's handling it really well though. This would explain why he's been a little more clingy and wanting to be held more. He's been drooling like crazy and chewing on everything he can get his hands on! That translates into washing A LOT of bibs! Anyways...when we can actually get a picture of the toothy grin we'll post it!

Totally Random Pictures Time

2008-10-05T19:38:00.001-07:00

As the title says...Totally Random Pictures Time! I am too blogged out from catching everything up to say anymore than that!

Here's Hunter's bath is Melissa's sink...way to be creative Melissa! Hunter wasn't too sure what to think as you can tell.

Tummy time!

I found my feet!!

She's so his second mommy, and Hunter loves her!

Couldn't resist...Kaiden and his best friend Kaleb wrestling. If this is a sign of things to come from them we are in so much trouble Melissa!!!

Eating time is so much fun

2008-10-05T19:16:00.000-07:00

Ok...We started Hunter eating rice cereal with apple juice a few weeks ago. He didn't really get the hang of it for a while and just looked at us like we were crazy when we tried to feed it to him. He would always spit it back out at us. Unintentionally we took a few days off from feeding him and I again went to give him the cereal yesterday while at Melissa's house. He began to do the same thing again. My cell phone rang so I passed the feeding off to Melissa. At some point she came running into the other room wanting my camera (so glad I took it to her house!). I got off the phone and went in to find Hunter eating the cereal and Kelsey (one of the twins who is 2 1/2 years old) feeding him. He was loving it and would only eat it for her. It was so funny we couldn't resist taking pictures and videos....which of course I can't resist sharing with you all. So here is Hunter yesterday eating.

Kelsey is such a little mom...I so need her to come to my house everyday and help me! I love her so much!!!

This is my shy come hither look...is it working?

This is just a cute eating my spoon picture....there always has to be one of these in the scrapbook!

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-05T13:23:00.000-07:00

I was so excited this day! I know it's a bit early to be going to the pumpkin patch the last weekend in September, but we gotta take what we can get and Jerry just happened to not have to work that Saturday until 5:30 so we took advantage! Those days are few and far between and we cherish any family time we can get with our crazy schedules. You'll have to forgive that I has snap happy while there. I am still trying to get a great picture of Kaiden and Hunter together. That has yet to really happen. There are some cute and funny ones for various reasons, but none with them both looking at the camera and smiling. Oh well, I've been told by many that it could take a while to get.

Anyways back to the pumpkin patch. We wanted to go with Kaiden last year but a time never presented itself. This year we weren't going to let that happen. It was a great day outside and one that I'll remember for a while. We went to Stoney Creek Farms. It wasn't too busy and we were able to do everything from picking out pumpkins to pony rides without a wait in line! I love it when that happens.

Here's Kaiden and I when we first got there. It was cool enough for jackets...perfect for a day at the pumpkin patch.

Kaiden loves to ride ponies whenever he can and has never been afraid which is always a plus!

They had a bunch of these face cut outs of which we took pics at several, but here are the boys in the pumpkins. Kaiden is so somber. He has so much fun and smiled all the time but never when the camera was out. Most of the time he was so scattered in his thoughts and couldn't even focus to look at us because there was so much going on and so much to see!

Here's the first hay ride. I think that Hunter and Kaiden both could have ridden that hay ride forever. They loved the breeze and watching everything as it went by!

Here's the ever popular family picture! I love these. It would be perfect if the boys were smiling too, but at least they are looking at the camera at the same time. Hey...that's a step in the right direction.

I love this picture....it's so my favorite of the day! The little pumpkin in his lap is the one Kaiden picked out for him. so cute!

This is one of those funny ones of the boys. I can only imagine what is going through Hunter's mind as he is looking at Kaiden like that!

Sleepy Boy!

2008-10-05T13:15:00.001-07:00

I have always been someone who can go to sleep just about anywhere. My son must have inherited this from me. However, it always amazes me how babies can fall asleep in the strangest positions and even strange places! We have yet to have him fall asleep in his dinner as Kaiden has before, but here are some pictures to illustrate my point with Hunter. We'll rank them.....

in fourth place is Hunter falling asleep in the swing...that's pretty commonplace.

in third place is him sleeping in the car seat. We usually fall asleep there at least once a day if we are out...

Taking second would be in Kaiden's room on his rug. I had given the boys their baths and was getting Kaiden set up in the other room on the couch with some strawberry milk and when I walked back in to get the baby this is what I found...

And the winner is one that Jerry texted me on my phone while I was at work and I called him right away to take a regular picture. I love how even one of his socks has fallen off! haha...he'll go to sleep anywhere if tired enough!

Trip to the Zoo

2008-10-05T12:53:00.000-07:00

So this entry will take us back to Labor Day! It's been forever since I have blogged and even longer since my computer has let me have the memory to store the new pictures off the camera. So we had a family day and went to the Indianapolis Zoo with the Days. It was so much fun and nice to just get out of the house. Kaiden has a blast. He is so obsessed with animals and he told everyone all the animals he saw for days after going. I think he was really excited about seeing the lemurs. The special exhibit was the koalas, but i don't think he was too impressed. Although Jerry is proud of the fact that Kaiden knows koalas are marsupials. Hunter just loves to be outside so he wasn't so much impressed with the animals as much as he just loved to be out of the house. It's was a beautiful day and we got there just as they opened so we were done by the time it got too hot! Here's some pics from that trip to show ya'll!

Here's Jerry and the baby. He was just chillin'! This was before he fell asleep. It's funny how they get worn out doing nothing!

Here's Kaiden and Kelsey riding the Carousel. Of course Kaiden had to be an ape! He's such a little monkey himself!

It's been too long!

2008-09-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

I want to be able to post and keep up but there just aren't enough hours in the day. Right now we are inbetween dinner and baths and my computer doesn't have enough space to save new pictures onto it so that I can post them. Hopefully I can post tomorrow or tonight. I have picks from our trip to the zoo, Hunter's three months pic, trip to the pumpkin patch (so fun) and new pics of both boys! They are getting so big. But alas, the job of a mother and therapist are never done and with my husband working, doing an internship and in school he hardly has time to see us let alone blog on here himself. So, we haven't forgotten....more to come in the future but for now it's bath time! (Let's see how wet I get tonight! haha)

Our boys!

2008-09-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

I am a very frustrated mom at the moment since I have put my 2 1/2 year old in bed about 20 times now. Yeah, the whole SuperNanny thing doesn't so much work at my house! But I guess I will just keep putting him in there. At some point tonight one of three things will happen...he will finally get the hint and go to sleep, Jerry will come home from work and it will be his problem, or I will lose my mind!

Anyways...Here are some super cute pictures of the boys. They are getting so big. We are taking Hunter in for his 4 month check up tomorrow so I"ll have to post all the details. Kaiden is such a little man. He is like a rebellious teenager trapped in a two year old body. Heaven help us all when he really is a teenager!!!

Here's a pic of the boys on the couch....one of those you have to take a picture of it moments. Hunter is sleeping and Kaiden is getting ready for his nap.

I know that moms with more than one kid can feel me on this one...when your kids are little it can be so hard to get a good picture of them together. I have tried...oh how I have tried. I have been successful a few times and this was one that I thought was cute, well at least of Kaiden the baby kind of has this look of why is mom torturing me again! Kaiden was so excited to have his picture taken that he sat still holding the baby while I got the camera and then while I had to go and put batteries in it too.

Well..now Kaiden is running around the house (mind you it's after 10pm) and the baby just woke up. So anymore posts will have to wait!

Rides, Rides, Rides

2008-08-25T19:37:00.000-07:00

So here is the last of our State Fair adventures. Letting Kaiden ride rides! Can I tell you how crazy expensive ride tickets are now. When I was a kid you could get a bracelet and ride all day for like 6 bucks! Now the bracelets are like 20 dollars or more. That is crazy for one kid let alone more than on kid! Kaiden rode on a little roller coaster, a dinasour ride (which the twins went crazy over and my son just had this look on his face like 'seriously all this thing does is go around in circles...how boring!'), a car ride and a ride with tractors and trucks and stuff. I would have to say that my little dare devil loved the roller coaster the most. I don't even think that he was technically big enough to ride it by himself, but he just walked right on and sat with Kylie (who is also fearless. I later learned that she threw a fit that she couldn't ride the Vortex at Kings Island!) Anyways...I had better post the pics and go do paperwork before I fall asleep, so here ya go!

Here we are driving the car. He refused to look up at me for pictures!

He thought this ride was alright because he was with Kaleb and again, he got to drive something.

Here he is loving the roller coaster with Kylie who has her arms up.

I mean really...how cute is this. Daddy was so proud. He'll get a roller coaster buddy after all. (as I am not a fan of them!)

Dancing the Night Away

2008-08-23T11:40:00.000-07:00

After we went fishing we got something to eat and then watched a concert on the free stage. The baby hated it!!!!! (see pics below) and Kaiden had a blast clapping and dancing the night away. Hunter got to have his first slow dance with a girl...Kylie, and Kaiden partnered up with Kelsey for the most hilarious video ever! Here's the proof.

Not so happy baby...just a little too loud for his taste.

A little happier Hunter dancing with Kylie. So cute!

Not the greatest pic ever, but here's the family at the fair! I love that the boys are both looking off in different directions. They need a bit more training on how to pose for picutres in this family! haha

OK...here is the moment you've been waiting for. Sorry it is side ways...if anyone knows how to rotate a video let me know, but for now you get the picture. I love it when Kelsey tries to kiss Kaiden and when Kaiden starts doing some strange clogging thing with his feet! Anyways...enjoy!

Gone Fishing

2008-08-23T11:09:00.000-07:00

This is the first of probably three posts on our one night at the Indiana State Fair! I know...pathetic, but we have lots of pictures..go figure. Anyways...Kaiden got to go fishing for the first time. I know Grandpa Webb will be very proud of these pictures! I am not sure who had more fun, daddy or Kaiden because daddy is now talking about getting a fishing pole to take Kaiden out fishing again. I was impressed at how still Kaiden was and how patient. If you know my child you know he is always running from one thing to the next. He even helped put the fish back in the water...braver than his mother is! This is definately a daddy/son thing!

Here's what Hunter was doing while Kaiden was fishing. Just watching and taking it all in!

Here's daddy and Kaiden fishing together.

Here we are again..and you can see Kylie fishing next to them. She caught three fish!!!

Here's my fish guys!!!

Here's Kaiden putting the fish back in the water. These poor fish got caught and put back all day for I don't even know how many days! The poor fish, but it is definately better than not putting them back. I think we've found something that Kaiden loves to do, so daddy and grandpa will have to go on a fishing trip soon!

Hunter's Dedication

2008-08-11T18:15:00.000-07:00

We can back up just a bit. We had the baby dedicated on August 3rd. It was great. We had him dedicated during the first service and we were the only ones that time. It made it a bit more special, at least for me. It was fun because the pastor's got to personalize it just a bit more to our family. It was also a lot of fun for us to have our family here and have everyone over to the house. It is always such a special time for us to let everyone know that we want to raise our boys to be men of faith. My prayer is that they will come to know God and how much Jesus loves them through the example that we as parents and others in our children's lives can show them. Here are some pictures from that morning and everyone who came out to support us!

Here we are with our best friends Josh and Melissa and their kids Kylie, Kaleb and Kelsey. They are the boys' Godparents and we are their kids Godparents.

This is my side of the family. (left to right) My Aunt Gail, Grandma Roe, Kaiden, Jerry, me, Hunter, cousin Krista, Mom and Dad.

Jerry's side of the family that was there...his Mom and Grandma. His dad couldn't be there, but we missed him lots!

Here are our good friends Chad and Angela and their little guy Landen. He was dedicated that day too in the second service! I'm sure that he and Hunter will be the best of friends! We were due one week apart, but the boys ended up being just shy of 3 weeks apart!

Here's the baby with his cake...he even got to lick some icing. He wasn't quite sure what was going on! haha

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream

2008-08-11T17:59:00.000-07:00

So we decided to have a little family night tonight and spend some time together since our time together will soon become very scarce due to our crazy schedules we will have for the next year. Even worse than that will be time that Jerry and I will get to spend together. *sigh* So sad. But anyways, we went to the park to play and then to Fraizer's Dairy Maid to get some ice cream! Kaiden always wants it but never eats it because it is too cold. He asked for "red" so we got him strawberry. He refused to lick the ice cream, but finally decided he would eat some of mine off the spoon but he only wanted the "white" kind (I had chocolate and vanilla twist). After that he thought that he could eat the cone he had, but still wouldn't eat the ice cream. Oh well, we are thrilled that he finally ate some ice cream! Hopefully it will start a new trend for him. haha Anyways...here's the cone pic!

The Cone of Silence

2008-07-27T21:27:00.000-07:00

I wish I had one of these. To acquaint you to our family you should know that we are a young family of four. Kaiden is our oldest and he is now about two and a half. We also have a newer addition. Hunter is coming up on three months old. We are about to embark on a very crazy upcoming year. Tia has gone back to work as a school based therapist and is continuing work toward becoming licensed. This requires her to do another internship even though she has already completed her degree. She will be working on it this fall and hopefully sitting for her test in the spring to become a licensed therapist. Since she is going to be doing all of this and I am still working on my master's degree I have left the banking world and have become a stay at home dad/student/hospital chaplain student/target employee. Our life is about to get crazy and hopefully I will remember to post updates so sit back and enjoy the ride. Oh, and I will charge admission.