Funny things my boys say

1.) The other day, Gabe and Tyrone were being very silly together. Gabe was trying to tell Tyrone something and Tyrone was being very difficult, purposely not understanding, misunderstanding, mis-quoting, etc. (very much in the vein that my father used to do to us, for those of you who know him...) This was eliciting giggles, but finally, Gabe had enough and yelled loudly "DADDY! Do you hear me talking to you!?" (Normally, this would not have been funny...but Gabe was so provoked....we all had to laugh)


2.) After we had Gabe's birthday, we were making a big deal out of the fact that he's 3 now, trying to get him used to saying it. Well, a little while later, we were in the car, and Gabe was whining about something. Kaleb said to him "Gabe! You are NOT a little baby anymore, you are 3! Get it together!" This was one of those times when Tyrone and I just had to turn away from the boys and laugh quietly as possible.

3.) This morning, I decided that the boys could have pop-tarts for breakfast. I asked them what flavor that wanted, and Gabe's choice was cinnamon. But Gabe can't say cinnamon....When he said it, it sounded like this "I want Limaninin!"

4.) Last night, we let the boys stay up ALOT past their bed time, they were watching a movie with their Daddy. They normally go to bed between 7 and 8, and it was after 10 when we tucked them in. Needless to say, they were completely exhausted by then. Gabe, however, didn't think that he was ready to give up for the night. We did our usual bed time routine, and then he started crying. I left the room but stayed close by, and this is what I heard "I don't want to sleep. I don't want to sleep. I don't......" At this point, I peeked back in, and he was out cold!

The Army version of fun...

...play in the woods and get very dirty

Gabriel is 3!!!

Today was Gabe's birthday, and we had a grand time. I can't believe he is 3!! We ate at Applebee's (Gabe's favorite), and had a fabulous Diego cake and presents. Then, Tyrone took us to Alexandria Bay, which is absolutely gorgeous. We had lots of fun, and we are all exhausted now! Here are a few pictures from cake & present time.

Here's the Diego cake. It was quite something.

Gabe's first look at the cake. He was a little taken aback by all the server's singing to him!

Gabe thought it was good!

The good part about your little brother having a birthday is that you get cake, too!

Opening the cool flashlights from Grandma

Mommy showing Gabe how his brand new talking Diego rescue pack works

I'm going to try this again!

Okay, I'm back, AGAIN! We have been having issues with the computer, but hopefully that is really all over with (cross your fingers!)

Well, I had my ultrasound done, and it turns out that the baby is measuring just fine, exactly where they expect her to be. I also had my 28 week blood tests done, no gestational diabetes, so whoo hoooo! I had my latest appt. on Thursday. They didn't do much, just measured and listened to the baby, but she seems fine. As usual, she made them chase her around a little with the doppler, kicking the nurse several times in the process. Well, she's one of us, what else did you expect!? :)

They only other baby news is that as of Sun., I will be officially 30 weeks, or 75% of the way through this pregnancy! Only 10 more weeks! Well, more posts to come soon (barring more computer problems!!!)

The Watertown Zoo

There is a small (but great) zoo not to far from us here, and a while back, Tyrone and I decided that it would be worthwhile to become members (it has been.) There are some wonderful programs for kids out there every few weeks, and it's fun to have become familiar with the different animals and see the changes with the seasons. They boys love it, it's like going to visit friends. We took our *new digital camera* (Thanks for the early b-day present, Mom!) with us on our latest visit, and here are the pics.

This miniature horse is part of the petting zoo. The boys thought he was a little small after their real cowboy experience in Moira!!

All of my boys as we were walking along the nature trail.

Kaleb climbing the trees!

Kaleb did it, you know brother had to do it, too!

They just opened their beautiful butterfly garden for the summer...It has gorgeous flowers everywhere and was a blast for the boys, you couldn't take a step or stretch out your arms without touching a butterfly of one sort or another!

Close up of one of the inhabitants of the butterfly garden.

Daddy and Gabe looking at the fish and turtles

Kaleb in the aviary.

The long awaited Moira post!!!

Me, feeding the horse

Tyrone, getting his excercise pumping water

Me, Kim, and Tito

The newest raccon baby, Winnie

Our wonderful hosts, sitting around the fire.

Look at these 2 cowboys!!

Kim and Gabe feeding the horse

Kaleb enjoying the great outdoors

Sorry for my long absence....we have been having internet issues, which hopefully are over for good!!!! I have been dying to get this posted, we had SUCH a great time. I have missed Kim so much, and it was great to finally get to meet Eddy and introduce them to my family! How wonderful that after getting transferred up here to Siberia we found we were so close to someone I love so much!!!

For those of you not in the know, Kim rehabilitates raccoons that for one reason or another find themselves in need of her help. Well, we hadn't been there for maybe 15 minutes when Kim got a brand new raccoon baby! This was so exciting for all 4 of us to get to see! We got to see the first feeding, and watch the new baby (who Kim let Kaleb name Winnie) get EXTREMELY attached to her. When she finally put Winnie back in her cage, Winnie cried and cried for her new mommy.

And, of course, there were the horses. The boys helped with the feeding chores (although I'm not completely sure that they didn't just make more work for Kim!) and were thrilled to get to hand feed them apples! And, later, they got to ride the horses, a first for both of them...they did so well! What an experience for them!

When Eddy got back from running errands, it was so nice to get to meet him! He was so good with they boys, especially with Gabe who had thousands of questions about everything, and I do believe that Eddy answered everyone of them! Also, the man can cook a mean hamburger!!

All of us, but Tyrone in particular, were fascinated with the fact that the house was completely solar powered. How cool is that?! I didn't get pics of the panel or anything like I guess I should have, but it was to neat to not mention. We also took Tito, who, as Eddy put it, "found his inner canine." He ran around and became one of the dogs!

We all had such a great day out there, none of us wanted to leave, and they may not have gotten rid of us at all if we hadn't had church the next morning. Thank you so much, Kim & Eddy, and I hope that we can do it again before we leave!!!

Playing with cars...all boy!!

I love this pic of Gabe because it is so HIM! He was so totally involved with his cars that he never even knew that I was taking his picture. Also, the child truly loves not wearing clothes, hence only the pull-up (we insist on the pull-up!)

P.S. The post of our wonderful trip to Moira should be up by this evening!