New nephew

I have a new nephew!

Bennett Rhys Levinson was born today at 12:06pm. He weighed 7lbs. 9oz and was 20 inches long. Momma and baby are doing good.

Congrats Sara, Brian and big brother Cooper!

Some soccer and some water

Carter started soccer two weeks ago and is LOVING it to say the least. He goes to an indoor soccer field where they have the class. It is non-competitive, so they don't play games yet. Rather they do drills and games and learn the basics of soccer. He is having so much fun.








This evening Brady took the boys outside to play in the water. That meant the water table and the Mickey sprinkler. Here are a few pictures of that.










Over and out,
Stef

Favorite things about my week

I think that I'm going to try and start posting on Fridays my favorite things about my week. This is to help me be positive, because let's face it, I'm a pessimist at heart. Also, I need to remember the good over the crappy. And when I say crappy, I mean the tantrums, fighting, biting, hitting, poohing all over crappiness.

So, even though I was sick a good portion of the week, here are a few of my favorite things (yes, I just sang the song as I typed it.)

1)Maddox getting very excited for a banana. I think he might be part monkey the way he LOVES his 'nanas.

2)Carter running up to me and out of the blue saying, "I love you so much, Mom!" That makes crappy days seem so much better.

3)Brady staying home one morning when I was feeling really bad with a fever.

4)My mom-in-law coming and spending the day with us so I could get some rest.

5)Finally finding a double jogging stroller at an affordable price.

6)Listening to the boys "whistle" for Piper. The whistle is really just a high pitched yell.

7)Getting my windows washed in the downstairs and getting a buttload of laundry done.

8)Feeding the ducks at the pond by our house today. There were no geese to runaway from and there were at least 25 ducks that came out of the water and surrounded us. Pretty magical for the boys...and me.

9)Watching the boys wrestle Brady.

10)Getting my back rubbed by Brady TWICE this week. He may not be the best at it, but it's way better than nothing.

Cohen

Out of the mouths of babes

Carter: "My butt is getting drowsy."

Haven't done this in awhile

I haven't blogged in awhile...and that's all I'm going to say about that.

Thanks to a friend, I've decided I need to get back into this thing. If anything, it's a great way to chronicle our lives. It's much easier than me taking the time to scrapbook. I do like scrapbooking, but I don't like getting the stuff out and putting it away. I do too much of that kind of stuff during the day with the kids and hubs.

Right now I'm listening to a very tired boy not fall asleep. Maddox has been up since 6:30am and it is now 1:35. He refused to take a nap this morning when he was getting grumpy, and now it seems he is refusing this time too.

Update: Just went up to Maddy's room and rocked him for 5 minutes. That may have been the trick to getting him to sleep. Right now he is laying down and NOT crying! Have I mentioned that I LOVE my video monitor?

Since I'm sick (sore throat, achy body, runny nose, etc.) I'm going to bring this very exciting post to an end (I hope you can catch my sarcasm.)

Over and out,

Stef

Opportunity of a lifetime

Brady and I will be at Lucas Oil Stadium Monday night to see the NCAA Basketball championship game. Brady won tickets at work (which is the only way we'd be able to go.) The tickets (we think) are in a lower level suite. We are both very excited. Now we just hope that Butler wins this weekend so we can see them. That'll be a ridiculous night if that happens. Imagine if they go and win!