Yes we're still alive...

First off I hate computers. We have 2 in our house and seems like something is always wrong with at least one of them - so for that reason alone I haven't really been in the mood to try and post anything. It's such a pain trying to upload some pictures on our laptop - it has some major internet issues, and our desktop something is going on with the fan inside the tower and it's just too noisy to run when all the kiddies are asleep.

So here is our cutie boy - 3 months! He is such a wiggly, giggly boy! He's around 15 pounds now. He is a good sleeper and goes to bed around 10 p.m. and wakes up once in the night to eat and sleeps til 7 or 8. He's starting to be interested in his toys and starts grabbing (or pawing) at what is in front of him. Love him!

So a couple of weeks ago we decided to take Reese bowling. We didn't quite know what to expect. She loved it! We thought she would be bored of it by the 4th frame but she played an entire game. It was nice everything was all electronic and when it was her turn the bumpers would pop up. The lightest ball we could find was 8lbs so she had to have help rolling it down the lane. {Watching the ball roll SLOWLY toward the pins}

{Todd bowlin'} I actually beat Todd and bowled one of my better games with a score of 162.

Are those just the cutest! {Reese wearing her bowling shoes}

After each roll Reese would lay down and watch it roll down the lane. I'm sure it helped her game.

{Me}

{Cooling off her hands on the fan}

{Getting some help from daddy}

{Follow-through}

{Boston took a nap while we bowled}

{Reese picked out a pink ball of course}

We really haven't been doing too much else. Todd has started his last semester before his student teaching. I can't wait for him to graduate -- I'm tired of this school all day/work all day business I would like to see my husband more than a couple hours during the day. Well that's about it for now. Hopefully the weather starts to improve so we can venture outside.

Photo Blog

I'm starting up my photo blog again -- if interested in joining I need your email. See week by week photo link on side bar to see what I'm talking about. I was a major slacker and after a few months of starting it the last time I stopped -- kudos to those of you that kept it going a little while longer -- I promise to do better this time around.

Hoppy Easter or Christmas?

Well Mr. Cottontail did make it to our house (despite a little girl being a very big poop head the day before). A new activity gym for brother and a new (much anticipated) bike for Reese.

He even nibbled on the carrots we left out for him.

She doesn't have a clue how to ride it but it's just as fun being a big girl and being able to sit on one.

Checking out the rest of her basket.

Some candy and sidewalk chalk (sadly everything she got requires the weather to cooperate).

New shirts for dad! Todd and I got matching shirts to wear to the Jazz game next week. Todd also got a new shirt for school and a Sam's Club size pack of gum (and other candy). I got a new bottle of Moroccan Oil for my hair (since I dropped my last one on the bathroom floor and broke it), New Moon, and some candy.

Maybe with all the snow Santa thought it was Christmas and made an extra delivery.

Testing out the new bike. The best part is the the baby seat up front. She loves it.
Boston loves his new Easter present too! He layed on the mat and just wiggled and wiggled and even hit the rattle around (I'm sure by accident, but we'll pretend it was on purpose).

After we dug into our baskets we had a nice french toast breakfast with some bacon too! Yum!

Easter Egg hunt

Doesn't look much like April? Luckily the Easter Egg hunt we were headed to was indoors. We slept in a little this morning (8 AM) - the hunt started at 9 AM and it was a mad rush to get kids fed and dressed and loaded in the car. Then there was the dang snow slowing us down too -- the roads weren't plowed at all and it was very slippery and the snow was coming down like mad. Luckily we made it to Rexburg's movie theatre (where the Egg hunt was) without an accident and with about 1 minute to spare before the hunt started. There wasn't much competition for eggs in the 0-2 age bracket -- Reese pretty much had her own section to work without any interference (probably due to the horrible weather). She filled her entire bag to the brim with eggs. Boston chose to nap instead (Reese gathered enough eggs for the both of them). I'm glad we made it to the hunt in time I was so worried since they usually last about 2 minutes at the most. Reese had a grand ole' time opening up her eggs, and since she isn't really into candy Todd and I were able to partake of the goods.

Egg-cellent Easter Monsters

We did a little egg decorating today... Todd had a few free hours between classes and work (probably the only free hours this week). We picked up a kit yesterday at the store -- out of all the kits available Reese decided on the Monster kit.

Reese was so excited to begin decorating!

We let her drop all the eggs in the dye.

Waiting for the eggs to dry.

Picking out the perfect face. Reese handled the decisions on all the features while Todd and I did the gluing.

Don't mind me looking like a grease ball.

Showing off one of her eggs (I think this one in particular had about 4 sets of eyes and a few mouths).

Scary Monsters!

The finished product.

Lazy Sunday

So I don't really have anything to post -- things were pretty chill today. Went to church (which I should have taken pics of the kids in their new Easter/Spring outfits-but we were in such a mad rush to get out the door on time that it didn't even cross my mind). After church had some lunch and then Reese, Boston and I all took a nap. Todd unfortunately had to work on his 10 page paper due tomorrow and the worst thing possible happened-- he had it pretty much done and was just going to go through and fine tune it when he noticed it didn't get saved from the last time he worked on it - so he had so redo all the work he'd done on Thursday (5 pages)!! Poor guy!

Home Teachers came over, then we had some dinner and then Reese, Boston and I chilled on the floor and watched Cars. I was trying to take a cute pic of those two but Reese was acting silly and wouldn't pose for the camera.

Our little guy is growing, growing, growing... he's already out grown a lot of his 3 month clothes and is on to some 6 months -- the pj's he's wearing here are 6 months! Hello he's not even 2 months old yet!!!

Our happy funny boy. He just loves when you talk to him.

Reese is getting really excited for Easter. For some reason she thinks she is getting a new bike! A few weeks ago we were down to my grandma's and all the neighbor kids had little trikes and she was pretty jealous and ever since then it's been non-stop bike talk. I guess we'll just have to see what the Easter bunny brings (the Easter bunny may have one already picked out and hiding in the trunk). We'll need to do some egg coloring sometime this week too, and then there is the city egg hunt on Saturday morning. It's at 9 AM so hopefully we can get our lazy butts up and out the door to make it to the hunt in time -- I would be so mad at myself if we missed it.

Funny Boy

6 Weeks!

A few funny faces. Thank you SLR camera for not having a delay -- this was a lot more difficult with my regular point and shoot when I had Reese!

He is 'cooing' right here. He's quite the little talker when you get him going.

Not too much going on lately. Everyone is doing well. Starting to count down the days until Todd and I have a mini getaway at the end of the semester. I am in much need of a vacation.

One Month

So it's actually been nearly 6 weeks since we brought little Boston home. He had his one month checkup this past week and he's already up to a whopping 12lbs 3oz (8lbs 11oz at birth). He's in the 90th percentile for both weight and height (so was Reese at every appointment). I guess we just grow em' big. He's starting to smile and coo when you talk to him. He's a wiggly little guy and it always trying to climb or push off you with his little legs. He also has quite the appetite! He just eats and eats and eats (which probably explains his size). Like Reese he spits up a lot - I know what you're thinking -- he's probably got too much in his tummy -- well you try and take the bottle away from him! So we just have a couple clothing changes throughout the day. For the most part he's pretty easy going throughout the day -except around 10 or 11 at night he's really grumpy for an hour or so (fighting sleep I think) and is only comforted by being held while walking around the house. He still doesn't quite have days and nights figured out. Every other night he usually wakes up and 2 in the morning and thinks it's time to be awake. Todd and I are doing our best to share the night time shift so we can both get a few consecutive hours of sleep. He refuses to sleep in his bed in our room, so we are usually cuddling up with him on the couch or he sleeps in his little bouncer. I'll be glad when the sleeping madness is over. It was almost the exact same with Reese. She refused to sleep in her bassinet at first and would only sleep in the bouncer. I think by 2 months she was sleeping through the night and in our room -- so hopefully it works out the same with Boston.

Not too much else going on in the Welch household. I need to get going on potty training Reese. I'm not going to lie - I'm avoiding it. I just need to get going on it. We have taken her binkie away. We still allow her to have it at night to go to sleep, but at least she's not having it in her mouth all day. We tried taking it away at night first and just have her go cold turkey but that was a nightmare (and I felt really sorry for our neighbors) -- so hopefully we'll just be able to ease it away from her at night. We should have taken it away a long time ago! I suppose the first child is the guinea pig... right? Well it's way past my bedtime so I'm off to bed.

Boston's Blessing Day

Yes I realize it's been nearly a month since my last post. Believe it or not I just haven't had a spare minute to sit down and upload pictures. Somebody in this house seems to always be in need of something. March 7th was Boston's Blessing Day and after much deliberation we decided to just have it here in Rexburg. We knew by doing this that it would limit who would be able to come but we had it here anyways. On Saturday most of my family actually came up and stayed in a hotel so they wouldn't have to get up early Sunday morning to be here by 9:30. My mom made sure to get a hotel with a pool so we could all go swimming. Reese loves to go swimming and I practically had to drag her out of the pool. The Olympic pool was pretty chilly and I kept trying to convince Reese that we should go over to the hot tub. Lost that battle.

{All the kids Ethan, Mason, Brooklynn and Reese}

Blessing Day. We are lucky to live in a complex that has a nice clubhouse - so we didn't have to all cram in our tiny apartment (which would have been impossible). We had a nice lunch -- it was actually quite a feast! BBQ shredded pork sandwiches, numerous salads, funeral potatoes, Oreo cheesecake, strawberry shortcake, and lots of other goodies. {Todd and his parents with Reese and Boston}

{Todd and his brothers: Thomas and Tim}

{A nice open mouth kiss from big sister!}

{My grandma Nan and my mom}

{My big boy and I}

{Father and Son}

{The Happy Family}

{My Big Boy!}

It turned out to be a really great day and we are very grateful to our friends and family that were able to make it and celebrate with us.