Saturday, July 5, 2008

Basement is Finished!!!!!

We had our carpet installed last week so our basement is now complete (well, we have a few little things to do but you know how that goes!) We moved the toys down to the new playroom and boy is it a tight squeeze!!!! We downsized from our old playroom, so now we are trying to figure out shelves, etc. to make everything work. We also have a big empty room upstairs that just has a bed, TV and treadmill so that looks a little silly too, but oh well. We might just have the boys share that room one day if Andrew ever transforms into a good sleeper. For now, we are excited to have the basement finished. It is a great space for our family to spend some time, and with all the toys down there the kids are content too. We love it!!!!!

This picture was taken from our office and shows the view of the stairs looking into the family room.
This is the playroom.... Andrew picked the color. He said "I love green, I want green playroom!"

This is our family room. I don't have a picture of the office area. We also have an unfinished storage room.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Misc. Pictures

I put a ton of pictures on this update-- sorry! Last weekend we went to a water park in Cincy with Rick's sister and her family. It was a lot of fun! Both of the boys had fun playing in the water and Andrew didn't want to leave when it was time to go home. Things around here are the same as always!!!! Matthew is as happy as ever, Andrew still loves to play the computer, play outside and watch Go, Diego, Go!!!! He starts school in 6 weeks and I am excited. I think he is going to love it and it will bring about many great changes for him!!!! I forgot to mention on Matthew's 1 year update that he weighed 29 pounds and was 32 inches. He is in the 95th percentile for height and just over 95th percentile for weight. I was surprised, he actually lost a few ounces from the last time he was there! I guess this is when he starts to slim down :) Anyways, here are the pictures.

Matthew was chasing me around the house. He is always so happy and excited!!!
This is so cute! Whenever we are in the bathroom, whethere I am trying to go or I am taking Andrew, he always comes and opens the door to play peek-a-boo. I finally decided to just sit in there with the camera so I could get a picture of how stinkin' cute he looks when he does this!!!!

Well, this is the difference between grandmothers and mothers. I would NEVER give my 1 year old an ice cream cone in the backseat by himself, but I guess my mom felt like it would be OK. She took them to get ice cream the other day. It is one of Matthew's favorite foods, as you can tell by the smile on his face!!!!
I love the look on Andrew's face!!!! He gets ice cream in the backseat all the time, I guess my mom felt like she needed to be fair to Matthew!
As usual, my pictures are out of order. A picture of the park is at the very bottom. This is just one of the many things they had to play in.

Andrew is playing with the spraying water, although it looks like he is peeing!!!

We pushed Matthew down this slide-- aren't we mean?????

We went with Rick's sister, Colleen and her family. This is her daughter, Isabel enjoying the water!
As always, Matthew is having a blast!
I couldn't believe that Andrew actually let the water spray him, not in the face of course!!!!

Here is the picture of the park-- a kid's dream!!!!

This is a random video-- Matthew is enjoying one of his birthday presents. He rides it like a wild cowboy!!!!!

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Zoo Pictures

I took the boys to the zoo the other day and we had a good time! There is a little splash park in the zoo and I let them run around for a little bit.

He played with this the entire time we were there!
He loves the water (but didn't like it splashing his face)

Andrew wasn't a fan of the spraying water, but he still had fun. Look at Matthew in the background-- still playing with that little water hose!

Birthday Pictures

We went to get Matthew's first birthday pictures this morning. They turned out great! He actually smiled and had a good time!
One of the few times he stood in the same spot-- he was busy running around. The photographers have to be really fast!!!!
Look who's one!!!!!
Our family picture

I love this picture!

He looks so much older than 1 :)

I didn't buy this pose, but I love the tongue sticking out!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Happy Birthday to Matthew!!!

My little boy turned one today. It was such a fast year, but a great one! I couldn't have asked for an easier, happier kid!!!! Here are some pictures of the birthday boy!

I tied this balloon to his diaper and let him play outside. He was so darn cute :)
This picture is totally out of order-- since we did the whole birthday cake thing on Saturday, I just stuck a candle in a cookie for him today. We sang happy birthday and Matthew actually ate the cookie (scroll down for that picture!) :)

Playing in dirt-- one of his favorite activities!

Both of my boys love to dig in the dirt. I couldn't get him to look at me he was so interested in what he was doing :)

Big smiles for the chocolate chip cookie!!!!

Here is one of Andrew-- he sure does love his chocolate chip cookies!!!!

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Pictures

Here are some more pictures. None of Andrew, he doesn't cooperate for pictures these days! It is hard enough to catch Matthew looking at me!!!!

Matthew got a tunnel tent to crawl through for his birthday. He loves playing in it!!!!
Matthew is riding his 4 wheeler from his cousin, Isabel.

Let me outside!!!!! Andrew was already out in the baby pool and Matthew wanted to join in the fun!

Does this swim diaper make me look fat????????

Birthday Party

We had Matthew's first birthday party on Saturday. Here are a few pictures from that. I will put his birthday picture on here tomorrow and his 1 year pics as soon as I get them done. The pictures on here are totally out of order, but I don't feel like fixing it right now :)
I had high hopes that this kid would eat the first birthday cake-- Nope! Didn't want to eat it and didn't like the mess on his hand either!!!!
Blowing out his candle on his birthday cake!
Opening gifts-- all of the new toys were big hits with the other kids, especially Andrew, who thought that everything was for him!
Opening gifts....

Matthew's first birthday cake :)