WSU Track Meet

On Saturday, Jared was off turkey hunting and the kids and I made a trip to Pullman to watch Jared's cousins, Courtney and Christine, throw javelin versus UW. It was a nice, but chilly day. That didn't stop Ellie and the kiddos from having fun. They made a fort with blankets, ran away from Butch the Cougar (except Ellie who high-fived him this weekend as opposed to her freak out from last weekend), and ate a ton of food. We also made a trip to the Bookie and Grandma spoiled her babies.

Ryan is 2 Months

Geez, our little boy is getting so big! We went to the doctor yesterday for his 2 month check up and found he weighs 10 lbs 6 oz (40%ile), he's 24 inches long (87%ile), and his head circumference is 15 3/4 inches (53%ile). This is clearly much larger than Ellie was at two months of age! I looked back at her 2 month post and she weighed 8 lbs 7.5 oz and was 22.5 inches tall!

Sitting together...

Sooo cute....

WSU Crimson & Gray Game

This weekend we had beautiful weather!! Seriously we were in the upper 70's or maybe even 80 for the first time this year. It was perfectly timed too! Saturday was the WSU scrimmage game at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane. We tailgated prior to the game with both sets of grandparents, the Simmons family, Joel, Tony, and one of Jared's co-workers. We had beers and brats and the girls busted a munch on some Cheetos! It was soo much fun - for everyone but especially the girls!

We also managed to snap a picture with Ryan and Butch - we tried to get Ellie in the pic, but she decided that she "no like Butch, no more" and cried when she got close to him. Silly girl.

Ellie and Ryan

Ellie has finally expressed interest in holding Ryan more often. I am sure this comes from Case and Carter who frequently fight all the adults for the chance to hold him. I also love how he looks at her in this picture. He's always looking for her when he hears her nearby. So sweet.

Back in my post about Easter, I mentioned that Ellie wanted to take pictures once she saw Nana taking them. Same thing here. I took the above picture and then she wanted to take them. Again I had to show her how to aim the camera, but once we got Ryan centered in the screen, she was a picture taking fool....but we ended up with a few cute ones of Mr. Ryan.

Finally some nice weather

Earlier last week, we had some of the first nice weather we have had this spring. It was almost 70 degrees on Monday and a little cooler on Tuesday but still worth a trip to the park both days. Ellie loves the swing and usually swings by herself in the 'baby' swings but wanted to go on the big kid ones with dad.

Another busy weekend

We had another busy weekend last weekend - Jared headed out to Seattle to hang with the boys and the kids and I headed to Moses Lake again for another baby shower for my girlfriend. Thought I would share some cute pics from the weekend. Jared with the Dave Neihaus memorial at Safeco Field.

Ryan sporting his super cute dino camo overalls from Great Aunt Sue.

Ellie had a blast playing with Case and Carter as usual. Here's a cute video of them riding in the Jeep at Grandma and Pop Pop's house. Note that at the end of the video Carter stops driving - as I walked closer to them, I noticed that he had an old phone in the Jeep, had pulled it out and was saying "Yup, we'll be right there" and then puts the phone down and drives away againg. Sooo funny.

Easter

We started off the Easter weekend by dying eggs at Grandma and Pop Pop's house! The kids had a blast and really showed their little personalities as we dyed 4 dozen eggs. Case was eager to dye his eggs, but stil1 learning how to be gentle with the eggs. Carter was the pro, he was gentle and efficient at dying his eggs. Ellie was the patient and soft one. She was slow to get her's in the dye and liked help from mama. On Sunday, our family went to breakfast and then when we got home headed out to fly Ellie's new kite. She was pretty cute trying to hold it as it pulled her (walking) down the street since the wind was pretty strong. Jared stepped in to help and she ended up stripping her coat and boots off as she got distracted and played with other stuff.

Ellie saw Nana taking pictures of her with her iPhone and then she subsequently wants to take pictures. The challenging part is that Ellie doesn't really aim anywhere in particular. So in order to help her out, Jared got down way low where Ellie was 'pointing' the phone/camera and posed for her. Too funny!

She also managed to take this super cute self portrait, along with a few others (but this one is my favorite).

Ashley's Baby Shower

Just a few more weeks and we will get to meet our newest nephew "Baby Sledge" as in sledge hammer - Ryan's partner in crime. This past weekend we celebrated and got Ashley and Kyle ready with all sorts of goodies.

Here's the pretty mama to be and her friend Dani from nursing school.



Becky and I had lots of help with all the decor and games from Mariah, Whitney and my mom. It all turned out sooo cute!

Big Sister and Little Brother

Ryan's not so happy, but they are awfully cute in their little outfits!