April Recap

Whew!  This has been one hectic month!  I feel like we blinked and May is already here.  Good news for Shane since that means school is almost out, bad news for me since it means pools are almost open.  This Saturday is our big 5K that I oversee so I'm hoping I get a week to catch up on some projects before I'm fully engulfed in aquatics issues.  I won't bore you with too much talk and get straight to the photos.

 Aunt Nancy bought Gray a letter "G"

canvas for him to paint.

 Ok, so mommy may have helped alittle.

Someone gave up before it was finished.

 Spending some time with my littles.

 Remove the pacis and flash forward 10 years

to see what these two will look like as teenagers

that are fixated by anything on television.

In this case, "Wreck It Ralph".

 Gray loves Beckett, or as he likes to call him,

"my Beckett".  He wanted to go get him up from

nap time.

 Already working on puzzles together. 

A fun game of "I hide".

Yes, that is Beckett under the patterned

blanket.

Here is a funny video of Gray trying to play

"I hide" with Beckett.

Last Thursday my cousin, Casey and his son, Athan, were in town on their way back to Virginia.  They came over for a quick dinner and a mini play date.  Grayson is only 3 months older than Athan so I think they had a good time together.

After they left that night, I took Beckett to urgent care.  I could tell he was not feeling himself and did not think I could get him to the doctor the following day.  I'm glad I went.  Another double ear infection and his right ear had a bulging ear drum.  He is now on his second round of antibiotics in less than a month.  I will take him for a follow-up on Monday to see if the infection cleared up.  We might then be making a trip to our ENT.  Looks like this could be the year of ear tubes! 

Last Friday I had my night out with Courtney.  I headed over to Rockwall that afternoon (after an unexpected call from daycare to come pick up Beckett because he was fussy...luckily I have the greatest parents in the world who took great care of him) and got a massage before we met up at the hotel.  My brother is the Director of Engineering at the Hilton on Lake Ray Hubbard so he got us a good rate.  That night we went to dinner at The Fatted Calf in downtown Rockwall.  It is really good, home cookin.  There were storms in the area so we attempted to get the check and leave before the next big wave hit.  Unfortunately, we didn't time it properly and ended up driving right through the storm.  The hotel was only 3 miles away, but it took about 20 minutes with the amount of rain that was coming down.  Saturday we had breakfast, went shopping and got mani/pedis before grabbing lunch and heading back home to our little ones.  It was nice to get away and spend quality time with Courtney.  We had hoped to get better sleep but some people on our hall were pretty noisy and we were both wide awake at 7:15am.  Oh well, we will sleep again one day! A big THANK YOU to Shane for organizing the night and taking one for the team by watching both boys! 

View from our room after the storm passed. 

The boy's had their school photos taken at the end of March.  The school will actually allow the boys to get their photos taken individually and with their siblings.  The first morning they went to take pictures they lost power, so after 30 minutes Beckett wasn't interested anymore in taking his photo which meant I had to bring both boys back the next day ready to go again.  Apparently Beckett wasn't ready then either.

 Wait for it...

 And there's complete meltdown.

Look at Gray keeping his composure during

the entire photo shoot. I seriously believe he would 

have done well as a kid model.

Remember the phone Gray stashes in his pocket during the day?  Well, he had it in his pocket the morning he took his photos and busted it out while they were trying to get the power fixed.  The photographer thought it was cute and we found this photo amongst his proofs.  I know the kids are allowed to have props, but that prop wasn't exactly what I had in mind.

This morning Gray's school had a Trike-a-Thon to raise money for St. Jude.  I went up to the school and snapped some photos of him and snuck in some time with Beckett, too.

 He still hasn't figured out how to use the

pedals, but he's working on it.

 Gray and his girlfriend, Eleanor

Max, Gray and Eleanor

These 3 have been together since they were just 

a few months old.

 Beckett playing on his mat at school.

He is pretty much crawling now!

 Beckett making it super difficult for Sam

to change his diaper and clothes

After I left he did his craft for the day.

Such a sweet smile!