.brotherly.♥.love.

We call them Pete and Repeat! Ever since Tucker could walk he has been Troy's shadow. Now it switches up and sometime Troy is Tuckers shadow...
It amazes me how much these two love each other, despite the fights, biting and stealing of toys. They always seem to get over whatever happens real quick and always are right back together playing. I think it is so cute some of the things they do together. The others frustrate me so much! They are two trouble makers that play off each other all the time. They'll help each other then sneak away. Here are a few of the things I have been able to capture.
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Troy always helps him put his shoes on when they want to go outside. Troy will put Tuck's shoes on and they'll come tell me they are ready to go play. How can you say no to that??

Sharing a smoothie Grandma made for them...couldn't finish it before bath time so they brought it with them!

I was going in to take Troy potty during the night, and here is what I found...the picture describes it all. ADORABLE!

I'm so glad when Daddy comes home!!

The boys just love it when Jake gets home from work. They sit on the couch and look out the window every day and wait for Daddy to get home from work. We always know when it is his truck coming down the street because we can hear it from a mile away...they always get so excited when they hear it! This is sort of how it all plays out...almost every night. I really need to clean the windows!!

the Calm Before the Storm

...need I say more? We had a beautiful day yesterday..about 55 degrees outside! We loaded the kids in the stroller, got Cooper on his leash and headed out to the park. It was so fun to go do something outdoors and not have to be way bundled or freeze!

I could totally tell the boys had so much fun at the park. Tuck was so fascinated with the steps that went up and down the playground.

Troy on the other hand was too busy cheesing it for the camera and showing off his big muscles!....

I was pretty heartbroken this morning when I woke up to wet rain that quickly turned into slushy snow. I guess I was sick of waiting for the snow so I started to get excited for Spring...so now the snow decides to come..of course!

Winter is Here!!

After since about November for snow to finally come...it finally came! It may have come a few months too late, but it was well worth the wait! Troy officially decided he loves to play in the snow. The first thing he asked when he saw the snow falling was...Mommy, can we go outside and play in the snow with my "bums"!! (translation...bums=gloves) Troy wasn't scared of anything when he got out there, he had so much fun throwing the snow and me, Tucker and the house... he didn't seem to mind the cold and he screamed when it was time to come inside.

Tucker on the other hand took a good twenty minutes or so to warm up. He stood on the wet porch just watching Troy play, making sure it was safe and all was well...after he decided to give it a try, he loved it too! He wasn't too sure of how it felt when he tripped, but he got right back up and was happy.

Needless to say, we need snow clothes for the boys. After playing in the snow this one time, I realized that we needed to break down and get some snow boots and possibly some snow pants for them so they can play in the snow and not get too cold. We bought Troy some boots finally and if it snows again, I can justify buying him some snow pants too, but I'm waiting for snow again....it could be a while.

it's...still a girl!

Jake kept telling me to stop buying girl clothes and to stop telling people we were having a girl because the Dr. said that he was only 99% sure and that I should keep receipts. Therefore, Jake was using that statement to tease me and tell me it still could be a boy.

Yesterday we had our official ultrasound and we found out...once again that we were having a girl. The only think was that this time, it was a different Dr. and he said he is always only 92% sure.....OH GREAT! All afternoon Jake was telling me, but it's only 92% a girl. I was ready to hit him, he was making me so frustrated!

Anyway, the Ultrasound went well, everything on the baby squared away and we saw everything we were supposed to see for a healthy baby. Here are some fun pictures of the ultrasound that the Dr. printed out for us. You can click on the picture to make it a lot bigger!

It was so cute! The 'scratching head' picture was such a fun moment!! The Dr. was trying to show us a profile picture and our little one started to scratch her head! It was so cute! I'm so glad they record the ultrasounds onto dvd's for us because I will definately wanna show that part of it to our little girl when she's a little older. We are so excited for her to come! We are officially now half way!

morning flights

Jake gets to fly around 7 am before he goes off to his class. He finally has all of the cross country flying done that he needs for his Instrument Rating, now it is just a matter of passing the Stage Check. During his last flight, he pulled out his phone and shot some beautiful pictures. I am so jealous he gets to see this most mornings. I can't wait til he finally takes me up. It'll be so awesome!

it's a.............

We are so happy to announce that we did a sneak peek preview yesterday at the Dr.'s office and we found out that we will are having a little girl! We are so excited to welcome a little princess into our family and I know her big brothers are very very excited!! Woo hoo!!!!