Time flown by

We have been a little busy around here so I am sorry that it has taken so long to post these pictures. I figured I should do it before Halloween so I wasn't even more behind. We have been enjoying each others company mostly so these are just some fun pictures of our time together. We did take a trip to an apple orchard and when Aunt Amie was here we went to the Olympic Training Center. That was really fun. We loved having her here to visit. Thanks Aunt Amie! Anyway enjoy our fun pictures.

Joke time

So Vance really likes to tell jokes and gets on this kick of non-stop Knock-Knock jokes. To try and stop him from his Knock-Knock jokes I threw in this one and this is his response:

M: Vance, why did the chicken cross the road?

V: When there weren't any cars.

M: No not when did the chicken cross the road but why did it cross the road.

V: Because it's a nicken.

M: What?

V: It's a nicken that's why.

What an answer. He came up with it all on his own. Silly guy!

Our Boys

Here is a sweet picture of our boys for all to enjoy. Aunt Amie took this for us while she was here. Thanks Amie! I had to post it for all to see.

Baby Blessing, Family, and more!

We have had a busy couple of weeks and I know many have been anticipating pictures so here you are. We had several events over the last weekend. I had a birthday! I am so glad that I got to spend it with my parents. It was so fun. And that was the kick off to the weekend. It was Merek's baby blessing and it was wonderful.

We had my mom with us for 3 weeks and we are so grateful to her for all her help. She is amazing. THANK YOU MIMI!!

Merek looks so happy in his Mimi's arms.
Curtis took the boys to a Minor League ball game and they had a blast.
Big bright eyes.
OOOH look at my hand!
Silly big brother.
We made "Birds nests" for the new neighbors and had a ball doing it.

Over the blessing weekend we had a lot of family here and Holly and Hans surprised us and came as well. We decided to go and have a picnic at this great park we found in Manitou Springs and when we got there they had a little arts festival. It was fun to walk around with the kids.

Merek protecting his eyes from the sun.
The giant bubbles for the kids to play with.
Did I say the kids? Okay everyone had fun with the bubbles.

Grandma and Grandpa enjoying a little Merek time.
Sweet boy.
Vance waiting to get his face painted.
Tough guy face.
All done. Pretty scary huh?
Merek's big day! The whole family. What good looking boys.
Sweet baby.
Oh big brothers kisses are the best.
He sure loves his little guy.
The star of the day.
Mimi and Papa with us.
Grandma and Grandpa with us.
My whole family that came.
Sweet Kelsie and Zach!
Oh what a face. I love this kid.
Sleeping boy
Look at how long he is. He is just growing so fast.
What?
Look at how alert he is.

Week One in review

So we have had our sweet Merek for almost a whole week now and it has been wonderful. The boys just love their little brother and can't give him enough kisses. This little guy is pretty resilient because Kael doesn't always control the speed at which he comes down to kiss and he has knocked heads more than once. But overall they are very sweet and as gentle as possible. Vance tells me all day "Ah isn't he cute!" He also keeps saying "Can we keep him forever?" So sweet. We love our awake time and seeing his sweet little eyes. Daddy is sad to go back to work tomorrow but it was great having him here with us this week. Mimi is here and is amazing. We are so thankful to have her here. Thank you Papa! Enjoy our pictures.
Sweet moments.
Vance loves holding his Merek.
Kael being cute.
Eyes!
Monkey toes!
All that dark hair.
Cute boy
Getting dressed to go home.
Not too happy about clothes.
Toes!
My going home outfit.
Look at how little I look in my car seat!
Sweet brothers welcome us home.
They love him.
Karate chop action!
Sleeping
My first smile!

Hello world
Cheese.
Cute Merek

Daddy and Merek
On their way to church today they boys both brought something for brother to keep while they were gone. Vance gave him his bears and Kael gave him his blanket. So sweet!
I didn't get a picture last week so this is Kael's second week in Nursery. But boy is he handsome. Vance was so good and helpful.
Silly Kael wouldn't look up long enough to get his face.
Brother with his gifts.

So since this is kind of like my journal I am going to go ahead and post the birth story. I know not all are interested so you can leave now if you don't want to know but for those that do here you go. At 1:30 am on Monday my water broke and we got ready to go to the hospital. We dropped the boys off at a friends (Thank you Julianna) and arrived at the hospital at about 2 am. They checked me and I was about a 4 1/2 and so the night began. My contractions didn't really start until about 2:30 am and continued through the night. By about 6:30 I hadn't progressed past the 4 1/2 so we decided to get the epidural before they started the pit. I got the epidural at around 7 and was immediately at a 6 so that meant they didn't have to give me the pit after all. In about 20 min I was at a 10 and ready to push. We pushed for quite a while and they the doctor came in for the final pushing and he arrived at 8:24 am. I was so lucky to have a relatively short (for me anyway) labor. He is perfect and we are enjoying every moment.