"All aboard the Baby Express".  Austin says that quote over and over while pulling Gavin around the living room and kitchen.  He is good at giving Gavin rides, he also picked Gavin up and put him in the "Baby Express", so Gavin didn't have much choice in the matter.  Austin gave Gavin a blanket and couple of toys to play with while he was getting a ride around the house!

Colton and Austin did some paint with water on Sunday.  Colton and Austin took pictures of eachother with their art work.  This is about the only picture that turned out!  We enjoyed a beautiful weekend outside.  We got to play outside quite a bit, both Saturday and Sunday.  We went to Charlee and Zoey's on Saturday to jump on the trampoline.  We walked to the bridge on Sunday to throw rocks and then played kickball and foot ball and baseball!  I put Gavin down in the grass to see what he would think of it and he crawled around in a little circle and then wanted me to hold him.  He was starting to get a little panicked by what the grass felt like.  But you could also tell he was torn, he wanted to crawl over to where his brothers were wrestling in the yard too!  It was wonderful for Gavin to get to spend time outside!!!

I also wanted to update everyone on Austin's size!  I took him to the Dr. on Friday (he's fine) and he is 3' 9&3/4" long and he weighs 49.1 pounds.

Left to right, this is Raelyn (Rae Rae), Kambryn and Colton.  These are the lovely ladies Colton gets to hang out with most days!  The girls are wearing matching shirts and Colton is just being his silly self!  And of course Colton is wearing ISU gear to cheer them on for tonights game!!!

Three's a Crowd!

This was a pretty exciting bubble bath for all three boys!  Austin and Colton were thrilled when I said they could get in the water with Gavin.  Gavin, was excited but I think he also enjoys having room to splash and he didn't have as much room to move around!  The boys did a good job getting all cleaned up and played with Gavin really well.  They helped wash his back and his hair, of course.  After Gavin got out, we put more water in the tub so the big boys could continue their bubble bath time without Gavin.  I would say it was a success but I'm not ready to have every bath time be this crazy!

And I love this picture of Austin!  Well, I love this picture of all three boys.  Austin just has a fake smile in so many pictures that it was great that Brian captured a true smile!  

To the store!

Colton was trying to be silly for this picture!  Colton loves going to the store.  He is a pretty big fan of the grocery store and Target.  Of course, it doesn't hurt that when we are with Annie, he has a pretty good chance of getting to pick out a treat!  So this past weekend we went to the grocery store to get a few things.  Gavin got to sit in the 'race car' with Colton.  Gavin did a great job holding on to the steering wheel.  Colton thought it was great that Gavin could sit there with him.  Both boys were so good the entire time we were in the store!  It's amazing that Gavin can sit up and ride in the cart now.  He turned 10 months old on Saturday!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 We had a great weekend in Emmetsburg celebrating St. Patrick's Day!  We got there on Friday night, so we were ready to go bright and early on Saturday morning.  Jill took Austin and Colton to the donut shop so they could pick donuts out for everyone.  Austin got the biggest chocolate donut in the case and Colton picked out a big one with green frosting!  We went to a juggling/magic show in the morning that was pretty entertaining. The boys were impressed with all the things that the juggler could balance on his chin . . . a pole, a feather, a folding chair!  It was pretty impressive.  The only disappointment was that Austin wanted to be a volunteer so bad but he didn't get chosen.  After the show, we waited in line for balloon animals, face painting, made a craft, did some coloring and had a caricature done.  This was all before lunch!

 

After lunch we went to watch the parade.  The boys got so much candy!!  We were able to sit right in front of Brian's grandparents house and watch the parade.  It was a pretty great location because it was right at the beginning of the parade and there were not many other kids around to compete for all the candy!  After the parade, Nate and Amanda took Austin and Colton to the movies.  Brian, Gavin and I went with Brian's parents to the Corley's for a gender reveal party . . . where we found out that Matt and Kirsten are having a girl!  It was a very fun day!  Needless to say we were all pretty exhausted all day on Sunday.  Now Austin and Colton get to spend the rest of this week in Emmetsburg with Jill and Dan.  Gavin gets to hang out with mom and dad and get our undivided attention for an entire week!

 

This is a picture of Gavin this morning before we headed out the door!  I don't think he misses his brothers yet, but I'm sure this evening he will be rather confused by how quiet it is going to be!  Happy St. Pat's!!!

Happy Tuesday!



We had a great weekend!  Gavin spent most of the weekend indoors because it was so cold outside again.  The big boys had swim lessons, went to the library, went to the movies and got to play with Keller over at his house on Sunday.  We were busy and it was a lot of fun.  Gavin is still trying to get over a runny nose/cough this week.  It appears he may have more teeth coming in as well, because he isn't sleeping well and is constantly wanting to have his hand in his mouth.

 Here is a picture of Austin and Colton from this morning before heading out the door for our day!  Austin is howling like a wolf and Colton is growling like a bear!

And here are the lyrics to the song Austin was singing at breakfast this morning:

 

My mommy is beautiful and I love her.

My brother Colton is great and I love him.

My brother Gavin is the cutest baby in the world and I love him.

My daddy has no hair, but I love him!

 

I sure can't wait to tell Brian the newest song the boys are singing.  I'm sure they will sing it again for him tonight, as I laughed out loud when Austin sang the last line of the song.  There's nothing like a little laughter to encourage them to repeat something over and over and over!!