Dylan's B-day

Dylan is 3! Wow, my little guy is growing up so fast!

Dylan, you are becoming a little man! This year, you have learned so much. You speak so well now. Everyone is so surprised to hear such a deep voice come out of such an adorable little guy. You are quiet when Ty is around, but can't stop talking when he is in school. You are learning your alphabet and are starting to trace letters by yourself. You have a huge love for books. So many times, I go to check to make sure you are asleep, only to find you sitting on your bed with 4-5 books sprawled around you!

You amaze me all the time with your long-term memory. Yesterday, you remembered a part of a book that we had not read in close to 4 months. Today, as we passed the middle school, you remembered a time 6 months ago when we picked someone up from there.

You have started preschool and are meeting new people. You love your teachers at school and at church. You are learning to put your shoes on by yourself. You love your brothers and are a great example. You have no problem sharing and waiting your turn. You love snuggling with me and watching Avatar with Daddy.

For your birthday, you got legos, transformers, and bakugan. At your request, we went out for pizza and had cupcakes for dessert.

I love you buddy!

Birth

1st Birthday
2nd Birthday
3rd Birthday

Austin - 2 months

Tyler's B-day

I can't believe I have a 5 year old! I remember the day he was born, I started to cry thinking that he would soon be leaving me for college. At the time, I was able to laugh it off as crazy emotions, but now I am realizing I was right. The years have passed too quickly.

This was a big year for you, Tyler! You have really begun to read well. You love looking at bus stop numbers, doing your workbooks, getting stickers on your charts, and watching Avatar with Dad. You are a huge help to me as you have started to walk your dishes to the kitchen counter, put your clothes in the hamper, and bathe yourself. You are so great with Austin. I can trust you to keep an eye on him for a few minutes.

You have started kindergarten and love everything about it. You are on your first soccer team and although you have lost every game so far, you still are excited about it. You have a great zest for life. I love you, buddy!

For your birthday this year, Uncle Aaron was able to come celebrate with us. You got lots of Legos, Transformers, and a Dart gun set. You spent most of the night running around shooting everyone with darts.

Happy Birthday, Ty! We love you!

Birth

1st Birthday
2nd Birthday
3rd Birthday
4th Birthday
5th Birthday

Age Comparison - 6 weeks

I like to see how my boys compare at different times. Here are pictures of each of my boys at about 6 weeks.

Clearly, Austin resembles Tyler quite a bit at this time:

Tyler

Dylan

Austin

Austin's Blessing

Arthur had to travel to a computer graphics conference in New Orleans last week. So, I did not want to spend the entire week alone. I went up to Sacramento to visit family (and get a little help while I could!). We arranged to have Arthur fly into Sacramento after his conference so he could make the drive home with me.

Because we would all be there together and both our families live in Sacramento, we decided to bless Austin. He was calm and content the entire morning. I was able to sit back and enjoy the moment fully. The blessing was wonderful and the spirit was felt very strongly.

My sister and her family were there, but they had church commitments after the blessing. Unfortunately, we did not get pictures with them.

Before church - I wanted to make sure we got a clean picture of Austin in his outfit before the potential sweat and spit up-filled pictures that could be present by the end of the day. Can you tell I have been through this 2 times before?

Just Us:

Arthur's Parents and Us:My Parents and Us:Almost the whole group:Uncle Alvin with my 4 Boys:This was taken about 2 seconds after Austin was placed on the wet grass:3 seconds after being placed on the wet grass:Cute shots of Austin: