Goings on lately

Charlie is getting so big so fast. Soon enough he and Jack will be driving before we know it.

Charlie is an easy going little boy who just wants to go and do everything that Jack does. He loves to watch Jack. I know he is going to be a quick learner.

Charlie loves to laugh also. He finds things so funny. He is also a ham. When grandma gets the camera out, he feels the need to have his picture taken too. He can't be left out of the lime light.




Jack has started swim lessons two weeks ago. We joined the local YMCA and love being part our our community. Jack loves the idea of swimming and he enjoys spending time with the other two girls in his class, but does not like to have his face in the water. He enjoys swimming with the noodle that you see in the picture. It has become his safety net. We are working to overcome that.

Jack is talking in sentences and he is so bright. We are looking into sending him to school early/gifted school. He has quite the imagination and loves to use it. He also loves his brother and loves to play with him and becomes very concerned when Charlie is crying. He is loving the warmer weather also. He loves going outside with the grandparents and going to the park.

They change so much

Well, life has been so busy since Clint left. The time has gone so fast some days, yet so slowly other days Clint is almost half way done. We can't wait the end of summer.

Jack just had his second birthday. The picture of him was just after his second birthday at a breakfast for daddy. (Daddy was here for his second birthday. What a great surprise that was.)

Charlie has two teeth now and is trying to walk. He would rather walk and not crawl. Crawling is too much work and too slow. Charlie is trying to talk. Lots of things are called 'dada'.

I have been busy chasing the boys and trying to work out at the local YMCA in my spare time. The boys loving going to the gym where they get a chance to play with other kids and Jack and I have started swim lessons.

I am sure that once it stops snowing and being grey and the sun comes out, the time will pass so fast and Clint will be home even soon.

Mr. Charlie

This is Mr. Charlie. He is such a wonderful baby. He is so mellow that it is hard to believe that I got another well mannered child. Charlie loves hanging out with Jack and Jack loves talking to Charlie and showing him his toys. They are going to be great brothers and buddies.

Before he left

Here are a couple of pics we had taken just before Clint left for Iraq in August. The boys are growing so fast that I find it hard to keep track of all the changes.

Charlie

Here are a couple of Charlie's ultrasound pics. The first two were done about a month and a half ago and the other picture was our very first ultrasound of him at week 7. He is a very active young boy but lets mommy sleep at night. He seems to be very active like Jack was, it just took him a bit longer to get moving.

Easter

This is Jack with the Easter Bunny and Jack with his friend Penny. The two kids wouldn't sit still so this was one of the few pics that turned out where they are both looking at the camera and sitting. Jack liked the Easter bunny from a distance and found him to be soft and friendly. But after he had been sitting on his lap for about three minutes, he had had enough and started to cry. He did so great. He did better than I thought. Plus, most other kids wont even get near the crazy looking stuffed toy that is as big as his dad.

SNOW!!!!!!!!

Jack got to play in his first snow since his birth. It snowed just enough over night to play in the next morning. He was quite curious about the funny white stuff on the lawn. He held it and squished it. Finally he started to walk in but with some reservation. Once dad got home from work that morning, he got to go out again and make a snow angel. He wasn't sure what to do about that. Jack had fun in his first snow even if the snow was gone in 2 hours.