Long time, no post

Okay, so it's been a really long time! But really, not all that much has happened since Christmas-time that's very interesting. Just everyday life. But I thought I'd better write something before the next exciting event occurs (hint: Ian's counting down the days, there's only 12 left!). So here's a little recap of our lives....

John: this is what he spends his time doing - writing!

When he's not at work or at scouts, of course. But, he's almost done! His project paper presentation will be done by Spring Break, and that's it! He just has to finish writing the paper before then :) He works in the living room, with only a baby gate to keep others out. So he wears those huge headphones to try and ignore Levi coming to the gate 10 times a day asking, "Daddy, are you doing homework?"

Cathy: I'm still the chief cook and bottle washer, although I don't wash bottles anymore....I finally put them away around Christmas :( I guess at 2.5 Levi should be done with them.
They may not be playing with my pans in the mud, but I often have to search the house for pans and pitchers these days - Caleb's new favorite is the hand mixer he's played with ever since going to a friend's house (thanks Laurie :) ).

After it snowed a few times weeks ago, and the front entry way was covered with wet coats, mittens, boots, and snow pants, I had to take a picture - it made me so happy to have the floor covered with little boy clothes! Even though there's a lot of work, it's wonderful to have such sweet little boys with me every day. Every time I take them somewhere (which really isn't too often) I hear several times, "boy, you have your hands full!" and I do, but it's great! It's kind of funny taking them to the store, first people notice their hair, "look at all that red hair!" and then usually say, "are they twins?" I've seriously had at least 2 (possibly 3) people ask if they're triplets, and many more saying they could be triplets if Ian were younger.

Ian:

Lost tooth #3! His bottom two are already in, and he lost his first top tooth. He still loves school and is a great help to me!

Ian got all his blankets out for his brothers and tucked them in and then read them a few stories :)

Caleb: He's very resourceful, using whatever he can to reach the light switches - he loves them! His molars, two months later, are STILL coming in! He's not eating too much and is joining Levi in a feeding group to try and help with trying new foods. He likes to use a screwdriver to "fix" things and "change the batteries". One day he spent a full hour with a screwdriver and various toys. He can't really open the screws (thankfully!) but it still holds his interest.

I have no idea how his hair got like this, but it must have been one good nap!

Levi: Levi is so talkative and friendly, he likes to talk on the phone and sing. He looks like he's making some undercover secret phone call here, with the electric skillet cord :)

Caleb and Levi: I realized that together they are almost 50 pounds - at birth they were almost 5 pounds. They're just about 10 times their birth weights right now. Levi was 2.5, he's now almost 25. Caleb was 2.3, and is about 23. Interesting! I finally let them sit at the table, they still use the high chairs sometimes, but sit in chairs most of the time. I'm not sure it's improved their eating, but they like it.

Levi and Caleb reading on the couch, mirror images.

Levi and Caleb reading in the closet, of all places.