Owen + 3

The kids are really enjoying our warmer weather.  They turned 15 months this month -- very hard to believe.  May finally reached 19lbs at her 15 month check up, Grant was up to 22lb 12 oz and Mason was 23lb 4oz.  They're doing great, but we are moving forward with First Steps evaluations for speech for all 3 of them since they're not saying much.  I'm not concerned...I'm sure in just a matter of a few months I'll be wishing they would go back to not saying much.  ;o)  Mason is trying to walk, sometimes.  He can walk and he does, just only when he really wants to (which isn't very often).  May is testing her boundaries and figured out how to climb UP the slide and climb the latter on the play house.  Grant LOVES to swing and walk around the backyard with a blue bat -- I call him Baby Bam Bam when he does this because he looks just like BamBam from the Flintstones.  He also loves to give hugs to mommy and daddy but is quite the bully with the other kids.  May is a major drama queen when she doesn't get her way and will fling herself on the floor and cry like her heart has been broken, but when she knocks her head on the table, not even one fuss or tear.  too funny.  Mason is doing better at asserting himself and isn't afraid to tell the world when he's not getting his way and really enjoys his alone play time when Grant isn't trying to steal his toys.

Owen is loving his new school -- he's in a classroom full of boys and the best part....the firetruck playground.  He often asks to go to school on the weekends and fusses a little when we tell him it's not a school day.  He's vocabulary and imagination is running wild --- tonight he told me that "it's good to have a blanket to make sure you don't shiver".  Where did he learn the word shiver????  He's starting to recognize more letters and numbers and often asks what letter a word starts with.  He's also into telling stories and recently told me a big tale about how dinosaurs come to play ball in our back yard.  Very cute.

We're all looking forward to a visit from Grandma and Grandpa this Father's Day weekend and then the big Rudolph Family reunion (and some vacation time for me!) over the 4th of July.

See the links below for some recent pics.

Pictures from May 2010

Chocolate Chip Cookies


Monkey Joe's