Happy Mother's Day!

This post is dedicated to our mothers out there whom we love very much. We want you to know how much more we have come to appreciate your efforts and patience now that we are parents too!

The top 10 things we've learned about motherhood...

1. A mother's work is never done.

2. A mother never stops worrying about her children, no matter how old they are.

3. ALL mothers are working mothers

4. Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs, since the payment is pure love.

5. It kills you to see your children grow up, but I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.

6. We never know the love of a mother until we become mothers ourselves

7. Every day of our lives we make deposits into the memory banks of our children.

8. When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.

9. Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.

And..........drum roll.........

10. Mothers are:

Multi-tasking

Outstanding

Tender (tired)

Heaven on earth

Encouraging

Reliable

Grandma Wheeler

Thank you for listening to me through my ramblings and rough days!


I love the memories I have of our outings and activities together. I will keep them forever!


I am a better person because of the love you have shown me throughout my life.

I love you mom!

Grandma Rose

I love you Gran'ma Rose!

We love your squeezes, and your visits.


I love you mom, thank you for all that you have done for me. You are the greatest.

Today's blog: Smiles and Sleepers

Smiles...

This is what I have the pleasure of seeing every day!

Sleeping...
Unfortunately, the boys have been sick for the last two weeks. It was so sad to watch Aaron crawl to a pile of blankets and snuggle himself in. He just laid there for a while looking miserable until he finally fell asleep.

Logan did the same, crawling in my bed and dozing away. As a mother of two VERY active little boys, this was extremely unnatural behavior to witness. Needless to say, I got to spend the last two weeks snuggling my sick little boys. You couldn't hear me complaining, though. :-)

Now everyone is healthy at last, just in time for Aaron to get a bloody nose. *sigh*

What's a mother to do... poor kid.

Robins

When we first arrived at our apartment here, we discovered a birds nest on our back porch lamp. We have been delighted twice now to find it occupied by little robin families.

The other day I found these three eggs in it, although a 4th egg followed shortly.

Here are the brand new baby robins, fresh out of the egg! It is amazing to watch the parents swoop in to feed the babies. The tiny robins stretch their necks up as far as they will go and cheep furiously for the rights to the first worm.

Speaking of wildlife, we found this guy while washing our car. He was sleeping contentedly when our little Logan decided to investigate. Luckily I saw what was going on and grabbed hold of Logan, or I don't know who would have gotten the bigger surprise, Logan or the possum.

Colonial Williamsburg

Due to his hard work and efficiency, Paul earned a 4 day weekend pass. We were originally planning to use it to go to Cleveland to paint our house, but before we could go, some renters moved in!!! That meant we had a last minute 4 day vacation we could take, so we decided to go to Colonial Williamsburg, which is a few hours away. Paul has an aunt uncle and cousin in the area who were kind enought to take us in on such short notice. Colonial Williamsburg is an old fashioned town where history has been preserved.

Our first sight was a horse that Logan was thrilled about. Aaron could care less, since all he could see was the back of daddy's shirt

Here is Logan taking to the life of an old fashioned outlaw...

...and here he is after being tried and covicted for his crimes. His sentence: 1 minute in the stocks!

Paul thought he would keep the little guy company while serving his sentence.

Aaron didn't have nearly the fun we had. He cried the whole time.

The next day we went to some Revolutionary War battlefields. Aaron was much happier that day, and Logan was enthralled by the cannons! He kept peeking his head in the barrel. Good thing they're not loaded!

Then we went to the beach in Yorktown.

We saw jellyfish in the shallow water! A first time for me, outside the Monterrey Bay Aquarium that is.

Logan loved wading his feet with Aunt Marilyn...

...while Aaron was content to play in the sand.

What a wonderful day, and a fantastic vacation!

We used to say that Logan had lead in his pants. The kiddo never climbed on anything. It took him forever to even learn how to climb onto our couch. That carefree stage of our lives is now over as Logan is becoming quite the climber. He likes to shimmy his way up our pantry and get the cereal from the top. He is getting pretty good at it too.

Up he goes...

Coming down with the prize.

Here are some more pics of our adventures in DC. The capitol building is HUGE! And the inside is fantastic. We'll have to take a tour again while we are here.

Aaron loves shoulder rides. The problem is that I have to worry about it raining drool on my head. It will be nice when he is no longer teething, but I would never wish these moments away for anything.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone!!! The roads were actually busy on the way to chuch this morning with all of the people who attend for Christmas and Easter. There were cars parked up and down the road near every chapel.

Anyway, yesterday we had a ward Easter Egg hunt. Logan is now old enough to remember how much fun Easter was last year, so he was extra excited. He has been asking me all week to hide the eggs for him so he could find them. Well he finally got his chance.

He's showing us his haul.

Aaron and daddy just chillin'. Actually they were freezin' because it was super cold outside! (hyuck hyuck) It really was cold though.

Logan and Aaron eating all of the fun Easter goodies. I love that they are good friends,(as long as Aaron doesn't touch Logan's Buzz Lightyear, that is). It has been great to have two boys in a row. They are so much fun!

Aaron's 1st Birthday

On to phase 2 of our blogging extravaganza! Our little Aaron turned 1 this week! Where has the year gone?! We are so blessed to have this sweet kiddo in our lives. He makes me smile every day, and our family is more complete with him in it. Happy birthday Aaron! I love you!

One of his new toys. Get a load of the smile! An apparent success.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the presents! Big brother helped open them. He tried to snitch a few of them too, at least the ones that were sugar coated!

His first taste of cake. Need I say he never hesitated for a nanosecond!

He picked the whole piece of cake up and tried to shove it all into his little mouth at once.

When that didn't work, he tried it piece by piece.

So yummy!

By the end of the day, Aaron was all tuckered out.

Posting at last!

Hi everyone! I know, I know. We are such slackers! It seems like we go through weeks where nothing eventful happens. Then suddenly we have tons happening! After a long dry spell, now we have a lot to add to the blog.

First off, last week we had a visitor from Germany. Our friend Aaron Brooks came to stay with us for a week while he and Paul took a Forensic Dentistry course over here. His visit was packed full of sightseeing and game nights. (We'll send you the pics soon, Aaron!) We sure miss our dental school buddies!!!

Here we are inside the National Archives (Remember National Treasure, where the Declaration of Independence is kept). While we were there, we saw John Adams. We thought he was Benjamin Franklin at first. Oops. He said ol' Ben is shorter, and more rotund than he is. :-)

We are in the National Botanical Gardens here. Logan loved throwing pennies into the fountain pool. I won't tell you where he got the pennies, though. We might be arrested, or something. "He just likes to recycle, officer, that's all!"

My sweetie and me! I sure love hanging out with my husband.