easter break

Well, we all survived the road trip to grandpa and grandma's house. The kids have already forgotten their carseat woes as Rhett is already asking if we can go to mumpa and mumpa's house again. His real vocabulary is pretty big now ... but he still has some favorite Rhett words! Was a nice surprise to see Auntie Joanne (thanks for coming Auntie). The kids had a great time with all the other kids around (thanks for coming too Michelle, Annie, Jack and Drew). It was also great to catch up with my old friend JoLynn ... and now we have girls that might get to be friends too! Grady was a popular fellow over the weekend. Almost had to start giving out numbers! I dn't think he got set down for more than 5 minutes in 4 days. I apologize for taking a week to update the blog. I guess we need 2 or 3 computers as it seems like the kids are always on it when I "need" it! If I only had dial up internet like mom and dad, I think I would not have internet! Good thing grandpa and grandma have patience to wait for these photos to download! Hope you enjoy the pictures ... I din't take near enough, but the ones I took turned out quite well I thought.

just in case you were wondering ...

Grady is 2 months old now and it seems like he grew overnight! One day he seemed so tiny and now he seems big. Yesterday he had his needles and he weighed in at 8lbs 12oz. Just about what Samara weighed when she was born! Life is good - he can sleep for about 6 hours straight and we (Grady and myself) usually sleep in until 9:00! Avegail has taken over the chore of getting Samara off to school ... so I'm not complaining too much about Samara's clothing choices. Most days are good ... but there are a few questionable outfits!
Keithan has started playschool which he seems to really like. He goes Tuesdays and Thursdays in the afternoon.
Rhett is talking a blue streak now ... in his own way. He makes us laugh often with his choice of word combinations and pronunciations.
As for myself, I am feeling 100% ... with the exception of a few too many extra pounds. I keep telling myself I'll exercise tomorrow as I eat some Easter jube jubes. Those rabbits are rather addicting. Speaking of Easter I'm looking forward to going "home" for a few days ... next weekend already!

the whole family

Grady is almost 2 months old ... and this is the first family photo! Most of us are under the weather with coughing, runny noses and fevers. Grady has been spared so far ... thank goodness.

a new plug

Grady has a new soother - kind of looks like a drain plug! Samara and Keithan used the NUK style of soother and Rhett wouldn't have anything to do with soothers! I bought this one because it was most like the one he was given at the NICU.

beautiful winter day

I love the pictures of Keithan. The kids had fun playing in the snow yesterday. Next year I'll have to have eyes in the front, back and both sides of my head to keep track of 4kids and keep them off the street!

just some more photos

For those of you who are checking for photo updates .... here are a few. I it is very hard to find time to take pictures. And, when I want to take a photo there is at least one child who isn't in cooperation mode. Not much new here. Grady weighed 6 lbs 14 oz on Thursday. I wonder what he would have weighed if he had been born at full term. His due date was Wednesday Feb 13th - glad it was over before that!!!

music lessons

Grady had his first music lesson from Auntie Marci. He enjoys both the piano and the violin. It was soooooo nice to have Marci here for a few days.