Typical Boy

Rylan is so much fun to watch.  He loves cars and other toy vehicles.  He gravitates to them.  When playing alone, he will line all of them up in a row.  If I disorganize them, he will reline them up again.  So funny. 

We have been going to garage sales these past few days, and he scopes out the garage sale until he finds any cars and immediately start playing with them.  He also loves to make the noises too.

Elsie is such a silly girl too.  She has such a big personality, she keeps me laughing.  I can see her in some sort of drama or theater production, she loves the attention she gets when people are listening to her or watching her.

All three kiddos are so sweet to each other.  I have really enjoyed watching them be so loving to one another.  Rylan loves to give hugs to everyone, and snuggles all the time with each of us.  He is so funny when he gives kisses.  He will keep smacking his lips until they land on someone.

Rylan has a new eye tooth coming in, it is his bottom left one.

At the chiropractor the other day, I had Elsie and Rylan with me.  He asked me to show him one of the exercises I do each day to make sure I am doing it correctly.  After I started to get up from showing him, Elsie quickly got into the same position and did the exercises for him.  Then we were all surprised when Rylan did it too.  It was the one where you lift opposite leg and arm up and then back down.  Elsie did it correctly, and Rylan actually was in the right pose but only lifted his leg up and down.  When we first went to the chiropractor, Rylan was pretty upset watching him work on my back, but now he is used to it.  He does stand by me the whole time and hug onto my neck to protect me.

I feel so blessed that God gave me my kiddos, they are amazing. 

On a side note, my back is much better after almost two years of pain.  It is still not perfect, but the chiropractor has worked wonders on it.  I am so thankful.

Random

Rylan has an eye tooth and a molar coming in right now.  He also just developed eczema on the back of his leg and a bit next to his nose.  I decided to try coconut oil and it has definitely helped with the redness and scaliness.  Thank goodness!  I love facebook for this, so many friends and family will offer ideas and this was one of them. 

Rylan has been saying so much lately...he says "Come mere!" and gestures with his hand to get someone to come along with him.  Yesterday, he and Ruby were chasing each other around the table and he was calling her after him and saying this.  He also says "More! More!" and grasps with his hands while asking for more food.  He also says "Ball" when he sees a ball.  He is also saying "Ow!" when something hurts, "Uh!" when he wants up, and "Uh oh!".  He has this cute nervous laugh he does now, super fun to listen to!  So sweet!

It feels like Elsie has a few loose teeth on the bottom.  She is so excited!

We met up with my mom yesterday to exchange so items between here and the Plaza exit.  It was fun to chat.  I gave her some earrings that I got her for her birthday, and they matched her outfit exactly.  After visiting for a bit, the kiddos were still asleep, so I decided to drive back out to the Hole in the Ground area between St. John and Pine City.  So beautiful out there, totally unexpected.  I drove out at sunset the other day, but wanted to go back to see in daylight and get some pics.  Loved the beauty of it all.  Elsie and Rylan woke up and enjoyed looking at the beautiful fields of flowers.  Elsie commented on how it must have been hard to plant all of those flowers, and I told her that God placed them there. 

Once we got home, it was time to pick up Ruby at school.  It was a lazy afternoon, the girls spent hours at their friends house next door.  Thankful for this amazingly nice weather.

Rylan

Yesterday, Mike and I heard Rylan say, "Eye!" and point to Mike's eye.  We both looked at each other curiously, and then Mike started asking him to point to other features of our faces.  He was able to recognize eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.  I have stopped a few times to have him point to these features on my face and his, but only a few times.  I had no idea that he had them down so well already.  He also is saying "Oh man!", "No way!", "Mine!" and "More".  Fun to hear his vocabulary expanding.

 He also loves to say words like "shoe" and "sock" because he enjoys putting them on so much.  He gets super excited when we go out to get the girls from school or to go for a walk or car ride.  He will actually pull out his own shoes, have me put them on him, and then go get mine for me.

He was fighting me when it came to brushing teeth, he did not want me to do it.  Now he isn't too happy about it, but gladly lets me use a finger brush for his teeth.

He LOVES to flush the toilet, and watch the water swirl down the drain.  I think he may be getting close to time for starting potty training.

We were super sick the whole month of April, I am thrilled that everyone is back to their normal self.  Thank goodness, bring on May!

Finally back!!!!

I have been trying to get into this account for a year now :(  Finally was able to gain access again by trying tons of passwords, finally one worked! Yay!  Excited to be able to post again on here!