Like Father, Like Son!

Brady's 1st day of Preschool!

Brady's 1st day of preschool!

He was so excited to go and walked right in with no problem! He's had a great time ever since and loves his teachers!

August 12, 2008

Changing everyday!

Since we've been in Birmingham, we've hit some major milestones with the boys. When we lived in Chattanooga, we had a terrible time getting Brady to stay in his bed at night. We moved here and he goes to sleep on his own and stays in bed! And now his naps have gone from 1 1/2 hours to 3 hours! We think he just really likes his room here. Last Sat. (Aug.2) he said "poopoo potty"...so we took him to the potty and he peed! This was the FIRST time he used the potty! And he continued to do so for the next 2 days! Since then it's not been so easy, but at least we know he can do it! For those of you who are parents, you know what a big deal this is!

As far as Anderson goes, the first night we were here, he decided that he didn't want to sleep in his swaddle blanket anymore. SO, now he is sleeping in his crib but unfortunately he still wakes up at night. He has started cereal and sometimes likes it. He also rolled over for the first time! He will be 4 months old on August 15th and he's changing everyday.

Mom's are wonderful!

My mom came to stay with us for 9 days and it was wonderful!!! For those of you that don't know, my family lives in New Hampshire and we only see them a couple of times a year. Hopefully it won't always be this way. I LOVE having my mom come visit and it's evident that Brady and Anderson love her too! This visit she was constantly working, unpacking, moving boxes and helping with the boys. I could not have survived my first week here with Eric gone if she hadn't been here. We would get ready in the morning, go exploring around Birmingham, come home for naptime and unpack boxes, and then we'd be off again!

This is our house!

Also while she was here, we made meals for my freezer! If you haven't ever gone to one of those meal assembly businesses, it is fantastic! You make a bunch of meals in a few hours and put them all in your freezer to pull out anytime for dinner! It has truly changed my life...no more stressing about what to fix for dinner at the last minute. So, we did it ourselves and saved a lot of money! This picture is after we've finished and it is full. She was so sweet to make up several batches of her famous cookies too! So any of you that want some cookies, there's another reason to come visit us in Birmingham!

Thanks, momma, for everything you did for us while you were here! We loved having Nana here to play and stay with us! Can't wait to see you all again!

Birmingham ZOO!

On Tuesday, July 29th my mom flew to Birmingham for 9 days to help us unpack, and to help me with the boys while Eric went to a conference in Philidelphia for 4 days. Before he left we all went to the Birmingham Zoo! WOW! It is huge! We spent 2 hours there and only saw half it! Brady wasn't very interested in the animals, but we loved them! He just wanted to run around! He did go in with Eric to pet the goats. Anderson slept most of the time, but woke up to have his picture made in his hat with Nana!

We've moved to Birmingham!

We've moved to Birmingham!

On Saturday, July 26th we packed up our Penske truck, cleaned the house and headed out. After driving 2 1/2 hours in the pouring rain, we finally got to our house and were so excited!.......Until we started unpacking our stuff to store in the basement and realized that there were termites everywhere! For those of you who know me (Lindsay) well, you know that I HATE bugs, so I was extremely upset and paranoid about this. Fortunately our landlord is great and they took care of everything immediately, but for 5 days we had to store all of our boxes in the living room. Things are finally starting to look normal.

We had so many wonderful people help us pack, watch the boys, pack the truck and clean that we just have to thank them! To Becky, Steve, Kathy, Tommy & Pa- we cannot thank you all enough for coming to Chattanooga, packing us up, driving with us to Birmingham, unpacking in the rain, weathering the termites, spending the night and unpacking more on Sunday! There is no way we could have done it without you all. We really appreciate it! To Alex, Travis, & Patrick- thanks so much for all your hard work and muscles to move our very heavy furniture! I promise we won't be bringing the TV with us next year! To Benson- thanks so much for your help and for discovering the termites! To Julie for coming over to "play" with Anderson while I packed and to all the other people that offered to help- WE THANK YOU!!! The Lord blessed us with so many wonderful friends in Chattanooga and it was evident by how many came to help.

We'll try to keep our blog updated on how we're doing here in Birmingham.

Our visit to the Creative Discovery Museum! July 15th

On July 15th we all went to the Creative Discovery Museum in Chattanooga for the first time. WOW! We should have gone before now! Brady had a blast playing in the water with the boats, and LOVED climbing up into the playground area. We clearly enjoyed our time too...and we've come to the conclusion that when you have children, you get to be a child all over again! If you are ever in Chattanooga, definitely take the time to go to the museum and the aquarium! They are fantastic!