Forts inside a fort

The boys are playing so well together lately. The other day, I went out back to see how they were doing. I couldn't see them, but I heard their voices coming from inside their log house.

 Fun times!

1st Campout

The boys decided they wanted to go camping. Since we've never been, we decided to have a camp-IN. We started with a bonfire and smores.

Then, the boys "camped" in a tent in our basement. Colby & Logan slept there all night long, and they had a great time! Not sure if they're ready for a night in the woods, but they're definitely looking forward to the next time...mostly just the smores though I'm sure!! :)

Ainsley Rae West

Our sweet niece, Ainsley Rae West, was born Oct 13th. She's gorgeous, and we all love her so much already! We can't wait to get back to see her again soon.

Silly cousins

Fall 2012

I love fall...the changing of the leaves...cooler temperatures...soups...cider...pumpkins...and Fall Festivals on the weekends.

On Saturday, we went to a community fall festival where they had a moonbounce, rock wall, face painting and pony rides - all for free. The boys and I had a great time!

SuperBrothers

Children's Fair

The Anne Arundel County Fair had a Children's Day, so I took the boys. Again, Gavin was great and slept the whole time! They had lots of animals to pet and rides.

Logan was a bit afraid if the animals, so Colby said, "Don't worry buddy. I'll hold your hand". Love these two!!

Colby also rode a camel!

Lefty??

Lately, Logan has been picking up crayons and markers with his left hand. Today, he started cutting paper with his left hand too. I asked him to try it with his other hand to see which one is more dominant. He tried and then said "that hand doesn't work".

He tends to throw balls with his right hand though, so we'll see. Maybe he'll be ambidextrous.

1st shopping trip with 3!

I took the boys to Walmart for our first shopping trip alone. They were great, and luckily Gavin slept the whole time. I'm sure it helped that I found a cart to strap them all in! :)

Hair

Lately, Colby and Logan have become a bit obsessed with doing their hair at night after their bath and in the mornings. They definitely get this from watching Jason do his hair! :)

Colby is very particular about how his hair is done. First, he blow dries it. Then, he combs it down flat. Then he puts gel in it and combs it back.

It's so cute, but I'm not looking forward to the preteen years!

2 weeks...

Here's what Gavin has been up to the past 2 weeks...sleepy smiling, cuddling, sleeping, and observing. :)

Colby's 1st Day of Preschool

Today is Colby's 1st day of Preschool this year. He's been going to a preschool type program for the past 2 years, but this year he actually let me take his picture! :) He's going 3 mornings per week. Logan wanted to stay and play with the toys too, but I'm not quite ready for him to start school yet.

Here's my cute 4.5 yr old ready to head to school!

 A little silliness for the day too.

Gavin's 1st photo shoot

I decided to try to take some photos of Gavin this morning. I wanted some sleepy shots, but he was wide awake through it all. That's ok. I love the photos I got.

Three Brothers

Brothers

 

Colby and Logan love holding their baby brother!

Gavin Owen Winters

Our 3rd beautiful son has arrived! I had my 40 wk checkup this morning, and I hadn't progressed much. I was also measuring small, so they sent me over for a sonogram to make sure everything was ok. Everything was great, thankfully!

I started having contractions while we were out to dinner, about 7pm. I've had a lot of contractions over the past 9 weeks, so I wasn't sure it was really labor or not. We headed home, and I asked Jason to put the kids to bed because I wanted to time the contractions and rest a bit. Well, over the next hour, the contractions because stronger, so I knew something was up. I called my neighbor to come watch the kids and we headed to the hospital at 9:30pm. As we made the 3 minute drive to the hospital, my contractions became closer (2 min apart) and much stronger.

At 10:06pm, Gavin Owen Winters arrived! The cord was wrapped around his neck, so that was a scary few minutes, but everything turned out just fine. He's happy, calm and easy going so far. Colby and Logan are loving every bit of him!

Our new family of 5!

Sweet smiles

While we wait for baby brother to join us (he's due today!!), the boys and Emma helped me make homemade chocolate biscuits this morning. They were delicious!

Logan even said "Thank you mommy for making muffins. They're good. I like em!" Love him! :)

I got these sweet smiles while they were eating them.

Walking hand in hand

Love these two!

Potty Training Logan

Logan decided to start potty training himself a few months ago. At first, it seemed like a fluke since he wasn't even two. He wasn't very consistent. Just going once or twice a week. Now, he wants to go all the time. He just tells me he has to go to the bathroom.
This weekend, he woke up at 2am both days to go potty. That is not fun for mommy!

He also knows he'll get a treat (M&Ms) if he goes.

I bought him Lightening mcQueen Pullups yesterday, and he thinks they're big boy pants.

I think we've been 15 times this morning! :) a little crazy, but to only have 1 kid in diapers does sound great!

Logan Says/Does...

I keep forgetting to write this down, but I wanted to document some of the things Logan is saying these days:

- "Mommy is Tricia. Daddy is Jason. Colby Mitchell. Yogan."
- Logan can say most of the words to Baa Baa Black Sheep, Hey Diddle Diddle, Hickory Dickory Doc, Humpty Dumpty
- He counts to 20...sort of. Usually it's 1,2,3,4,6,9,10,11,12,13,16,19,20!
- He knows his colors. Blue is his favorite.
- "My tummy hurts. I need to go bathroom." - Then, he pees on the potty!
- He tells me that he likes mac & cheese, chicken, salad (cesear), and snacks.
- His favorite books to read (or be read to him) are: Thomas: A crack in the track, Thomas: Stop Train Stop, Trucks, Planes, Hush Little Digger, Monster at the end of this book (1 of my faves as a kid).
- He loves to pretend. I love listening to Colby & Logan playing pretend together with their guys or riding their trikes around the house.