Uncle Mark

My brother Mark is pretty cool.  He is a very busy person trying to keep up with his business, All Signs and Tint, I think he and his business partner Ryan work at least 6 days a week.  Despite his busy work schedule he has always made time for the boys.  And not just for a quick 5 minutes, but for some real quality play time.  The whole time he is over at my parents house he is throwing a ball, playing with trains, reading a book or having silly conversations with John and Gus.  The boys just love their time with Uncle Mark.  I'm very happy they are able to spend time with him.  I have fond memories of my parents dropping my brother and I off at my Aunt Diane's house for some quality time.  I loved spending the night with her every year and it wasn't just because of the pound of bulk candy she bought us.  Maybe when my brother buys a house the boys can spend the night with him...hint, hint.  I'll even let Mark use my car to transport my children....Mark is a little particular about his car.  You become a little less particular about your car when you have kids.

 Lots of books were read by Uncle Mark.

 Lots of nose picking was done by John.

 After John was done with his nose he thought Uncle Mark's could be cleaned out.  **John isn't actually picking Mark's nose...it just looks like it.  I felt this must be mentioned as not to let people think I actually encourage my children to pick other people's noses...or their own.**

I love that my children have great relationships with all of their aunts and uncles.  They are very, very lucky boys.

6 Months

Another month has flown by.  I can't believe my little boy is 1/2 a year old.  It is also amazing what has changed in just a month.  He doesn't have any teeth yet, but he is eating all kinds of foods.  I think his favorite is sweet potatoes.   He hasn't had anything that he won't eat, but he doesn't care for green beans.  Anders falls somewhere in the middle as far as food is concerned, John loved everything and cried when it was all gone and Gus didn't eat until he could eat exactly what we were eating.  Anders seems to be fine with eating baby food and has no problem reminding me if he goes too long without eating.

He sits unsupported now and finally rolled over, both ways.  He decided to do things his own way and sit unsupported first and then rolled over.  He can also bring his knees underneath him when laying on his stomach and is trying hard to move forward.  He just isn't sure how to go about doing that yet.  I'm not encouraging the crawling or the walking.  The last thing I need is another kid getting into everything while I'm trying to paint a new house.  After I'm done painting and unpacking he can crawl.  Cause you know it is all about me.

We went to the doctor today for his check-up and he is 19 pounds 12 ounces and 27 1/2 inches long.  I'm not sure what his head measured, although I know he was in the 92nd percentile...Gus must be off the charts!

We Did It!... Sort of

We finally bought a house!!!  Sort of.  I say sort of because we haven't closed yet.  Closing is supposed to happen sometime in early May.  I've known too many people to close so much later than they expected that I'm not holding my breath for a specific date.  I'm just glad we found one that would accept our offer.  I think we made some where around 10 offers on different places before we found this place.  It is in the Village of Minooka which is the neighboring village of Channahon.  The village lines are somewhat obscure so it is really like one big village commonly referred to as Chanooka.  We are very excited about our first home and can't wait to move in and paint!!  I'll post more pictures as we move in, for now I'll show you the front and back of the house.