Brother Love

Anthony loves his little brother so much and Austin just lights up when he sees Anthony. If I am trying to get Austin's bottle ready or if we are traveling in the car and Austin gets upset - Anthony can always make him laugh and stop crying. I pray they continue to be the best of friends!! I put Austin on the floor to play one day as I was putting away clothes. Anthony got the Kindle and found a Power Rangers movie (really into that right now!) and got down with Austin so he could watch it as well!

Finally got the bouncer set up for Austin and he really likes it - of course Anthony is right there to help!!

Anthony

Anthony is such a fun spirited kid. He is so easy going - rolls with the flow - and you never really know if something is bothering him because he doesn't complain. He makes me laugh so much! The first picture is Anthony at his spring concert at school last week. Tony and I are seated in the middle of the gym and it just so happens that his class comes in and sits down beside us. We wave as he comes in and sits down then Anthony looks at me and does the two fingers at his eyes and points at me!! Ha. ( I can see you!!). Where does he come up with this stuff! I just so happen to be taking a picture as he did it. The second picture is his Pre-K spring picture. He is really growing up fast!

Time

Ok so I still am not posting as much as I should and I feel that I am forgetting lots of stuff to update but here goes what we have been doing with our time lately. We had a great Crawfish Boil at the house for our good friends that are getting married next month. We had about 60 + people come they received lots of good things and we had a good tiring visit with my parents who thankfully are always there to help - which we needed! Setting everything up, cooking, and cleaning up afterwards! Anthony just has a couple of weeks left for Pre-k. I went and registered him for Kindergarten. He has really learned alot this past year - he can spell and write his name as well as identify and write his ABC's! He can also count almost to 20 and identify his numbers up to 20 as well. I just have to try really hard to keep it going over the summer so we don't forget it! That will be the most challenging thing for me this summer as I know he will want to play and swim. ME TOO!! This past weekend we made a trip with Tony to Jonesboro - he had work to do and we really needed to see my grandmother. She is 89 now and has dementia and lives in a nursing home there. My Aunt Yvonne and Uncle Gordon came to see us and meet Austin as well so it was a good -well needed visit - short and tiring as well.

Austin 5 Months

5 months old! Austin has finally mastered the roll over and does he ever! Rolls on his stomach as soon as I put him down and now he can roll onto his back as well. The first few nights were tough - Austin would roll over in his sleep and almost be face down and could not roll back and didn't want to we would get up and roll him onto his back and before either of us could get back in bed he would be on his stomach again. Finally would just turn his head to the side so we could feel comfortable with him sleeping!

Rice Cereal

A couple of weeks ago I started Austin on rice cereal once a day - just a little bit and he seems to like it and is getting a good handle on eating - today I made it thicker and he really ate it up!

School Field Trip

Friday Anthony went on a school field trip to the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville. It was his first time to ride a school bus - Austin and I followed and help chaperone the class. There were so many different schools there it was crazy - but the kids had a great time! Had a picnic on the grass then played on the playground before heading back to school before dismissal.

Little Play Time!

Last weekend - Tony had a couple of free hours and we walked down to the Lake with the boys and puppies and had a nice relaxing time. Lots of stuff on the TO DO list but it was so nice just to have a little time as a family to have some fun time!

Here we are at the park!! Austin's first swing - Mr. Serious!!

Happy Easter & Austin at 4 months

Well of course we are still busy here as you can see from my lack of updating. Austin is now 4 months old. Wow he weighs 14.8 pounds now.

Easter went by with a blink of an eye. Anthony had several egg hunts and as always had a great time. Here are a few of the pictures from the hunts and egg coloring. He was so excited when he found a $1.00 in one of the eggs from the hunt in Tioga!

These past two weeks have flown - we are hosting a couples shower for some great friends this weekend so doing double time to get everything clean and still unpacking stuff from moving here - got everything out of storage and the garage has been full of boxes - weeding through all of that and pressure washing the porches - cleaning the pool up from the winter, etc. etc. I can't complain my life is so good - even when I am having a rough and busy time I am reminded of really how good I have it!