Fair Oaks Dairy Farm

April 6th we went to the Dairy Farm with the Penziol cousins.  We saw a baby calf be born, took a bus tour, saw the milking station, watched a 3D movie, visited the museum and had lunch there!

 

 

 

 

 

Dane- 6 month stats

At his 6 month check up (a couple weeks ago...) he was doing everything he was suppose to!  He's even sitting up w/o support which the Dr said he didn't expect to see until he was 7 months.  He's still nursing and is eating baby food too.  He's had bananas, pears, apples, mixed fruits, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, corn and I'm sure I'm missing some.  He seems to like all of it!  I think he's about ready for puffs since lately he's been grabbing food off my plate and trying to eat it :)  Dane takes a couple naps a day some short and some long.  We don't really follow any kind of schedule. When he's tired he sleeps and when he's hungry he eats!  He's a good sleeper at night (as long as he's in our bed).  He wakes a couple times to eat and goes back to sleep w/i minutes.  Dane is a very mellow kid.  We love to hear him squeal and giggle.  He is reaching and grabbing for EVERYTHING.  He likes his activity centers and johnny jumper.  He doesn't have any teeth yet but I think he's working on it.  He's chewing a lot so his raspberry teether is helping.  We can't believe how fast he's growing and how different he looks every month!  We're 1/2 way to his 1st birthday party.
Stats:
weight: 15.8lbs  20%
height: 26.5 in  50%

head: 17in        25%

 
(Picts are from 3-24-11)

Fun Flatables

My mom had Nolan and Meredith for the weekend (march 19th) so we took the kids to fun flatables in Merriville.  The kids had a blast!!  We played there for about 2 hours and they didn't want to leave.  I can't wait to go again :)

 

 

 

The kids came back to my house to play for a bit and then Mimi took Nolan, Burke, and Meredith back to her house for a sleepover.  I bet it was a night she'll never forget!

Dane talking

These are both from this morning :)  Listen for the ma ma ma ma

Toes!

Dane loves those tasty toes! 

Dane has reached a couple milestones lately- he rolls from his stomach to back (1st time Feb 26), and says  ma ma ( March 4th)!!

Dentist

My happy boys before we left for the Dentist.

 Burke had his 1st dental check up on Tuesday.  He did FANTASTIC!!!   Dr. Kat said she was really impressed and that Burke did better than most 3 and 4 year olds!!  She showed him all the tools ahead of time and let him hold everything and try it out before she used anything on him.  He sat in the chair all my himself while she cleaned and checked his teeth; all 20 of them!!  Ohh and Burke was cavity free. 
He picked out a 'Cars' tooth brush and couldn't wait to use it when we got home. 

Happy Birthday Laurie

I'd like to wish my beautiful wife and mother of my children a very happy birthday today. She is the big 28 today. We love you babe.

Dane- 5 months old!

Dane is 5 months old today!  Last night Dane tried baby food (pears) for the 1st time.  He was a bit unsure of it! (Yesterday I took Dane in for a 5 month weight check and he's 14.9 lbs)

 Burke wanted to eat in the bumbo too!

 I just took this pict a couple minutes ago!  Caught him in sleep smile!!

These are from 2 weeks ago.  I love that smile :}

 Burke is taking him for the ride of his life.  Atleast Dane's smiling

Taken on Valentines day.

 


Another new post below!

Circus

We went to the Circus at the Civic again this year.  Burke was excited to ride on a pony.  (He choose that over the elephant ride).  He LOVED it and didn't want his turn to be over.  I wish I could have gotten a picture of his huge smile while he was on it.  Burke also enjoyed watching the jugglers :)  Dane couldn't take his eyes off the girls doing acrobats spinning in the air.  My fav part was when 4 guys from the audience had to mimic a clown doing dance moves.  It was HILARIOUS!!

 

 




After the circus I went to BW's with Paul's fam.  Wednesday nights they have a craft table set up for kids.    The best part was they have someone to help the kids make the crafts plus they had lots of fun!!

 

Happy V- Day!

Happy Valentines day!

  Paul and I went out to dinner Thursday night to celebrate.  It was just the 2 of us.  First time we've done something w/o the kids in probably 5 or 6 months.  It was really nice to have time to ourselves!  Paul left for San Fran CA yesterday for work.  We'll be counting the days til he gets back...

( Thanks Lisa for the adorable shirts you made for the boys!)

This year Burke picked out Transformer Valentines to send out.  (He LOVES watching Transformers.  His favorite is BumbleBee ofcourse!)  We mailed his Valentines this year.  I thought the kids would like getting their our mail!  As I was writting out the envelopes Burke would pick out a special one for each person :)