Cousins!

The boys had a blast with the sprinklers!

We were excited to have my brother and his family visit last week. For the first time, all SIX of the Thomas-Wells cousins were together! As you can imagine, it was often a madhouse, but we had a great time with them, and the boys loved having each other. No one was ever in need of a playmate!

Above are some photos from the week, including our trip to Jamestown. Thank you for making the drive up here, Shawn and Erin. We hope we can see you all again soon!

TV time gave the tired parents a break- and some peace and quiet!

The baby boys were SO sweet!

Chris and Andrew (who slept the whole time) at Jamestown

Aboard the Godspeed

The boys in their armor

Andrew: Two Months

As I was trying to get a "sweet" photo of the boys on the floor, N&D kept trying to goof off, and the more frustrated I got with them, the sillier they became! The above photo was worth the silliness. :-)




Andrew is still a "dream baby" at two months! He is truly a delight, and has begun smiling from time to time (when he's well-fed and rested). He is sleeping for longer stretches at night, and even made it from 7:30 p.m. last night until 4 a.m. this morning!

At his last doctor's visit, he weighed 11 lbs and 10 oz, and had grown from 20 inches to 22! Looks like he will take after his big brothers in appetite and girth. :-)

Daniel Turns Three

Our at-home celebration (Unfortunately, we were so busy video-taping Daniel w/ his cake that we forgot to take still pictures!) This was his big gift from us
(with Grandma Jo's PlayMobil fire truck).

Daniel wanted a Thomas cake like the one Grammie got him last year.

His party was at the park!

There were about 20 kids present! We almost ran out of cake!

Daniel is our verbose three-year-old! He has had to deal with some big changes this summer, but he has handled it pretty well, despite the occasional lapse into baby-talk and lots of silliness. Daniel still loves construction trucks and trains, and I wouldn't change it for the world. Let him enjoy these "little boy things" as long as possible!

After a few weeks of diligence on our part, he is FINALLY almost potty-trained. There are still accidents, and we have to remind him often, but he has had several dry days lately.

Daniel is definitely in the "questioning" phase! In the car, especially, he asks about a million questions- about the trucks going by, why people throw trash on the road, the list goes on... He will start preschool on Monday mornings at the home of a friend, but we are learning letters during homeschool time right now.

We love our sweet, happy boy so much!