Just for fun

I thought it would be fun to compare pictures of Isaiah (who is 5 weeks) to Jack and Patrick at that age. When Isaiah was first born I thought we had another little Jack. And while he certainly does look more like Jack than Patrick, he is definitely getting his own look. His eyes look especially different to me.

Jack at 6 weeks.

And our little blondie... Patrick

And for one more comparison - here is a before and after shot of our house. So far we've removed all the rocks and mulch from the front yard, grown grass from seed and removed the tree. It's not a true "after" shot since we have new windows coming this fall, a new tree and shrubs to plant. Next summer we want to install new garage doors and paint the house.

4 weeks

This little guy is going to be a month old tomorrow! He's such an easy little guy and is very content to sit in his bouncy chair and watch all the events around him. It won't be too long before he's running around with his crazy brothers. He's already rolled from front to back (he had his arm stuck under him... but at just 3 days old, that's still pretty impressive) and he ooches all over the place. Just the other day he ooched his way off our bed right onto the floor. Looks like I probably have another early walker on my hands.

Patrick takes his dinner very seriously. Actually, he doesn't. But it sure looks like he does here.

I try really hard to get good pics of the boys together, and this is what I get.

It has been very crazy around here since Isaiah came along. I say this as Monkey #1 is hanging around my neck. Both boys have had the flu and colds here (Isaiah got in on that one too.) We're healthy here, except for the baby. But Jack's dropped his nap and Patrick's not sleeping well at night. And Patrick seems to have the baby blues too. So uhm... yeah... this is what results....

Fun times with Grandma, Grandpa and Gracie

My parents and Gracie came our for a week-long visit last week. We had a wonderful time hanging out and even went boating up in Coeur d'alene with them.

The boys warmed up to them immediately, even though they hadn't seen them since January. Thank goodness for Skype!

Isaiah is a bit more aware of his surroundings now.

I'm trying to wean the boys of this activity. Needless to say, when there are three crying boys, one of whom needs to be nursed, the cartoons are turned on.

This is supposed to be fun?

Thanks to Gracie for the pictures!