Last Wednesday we made a trip to Battle Creek to visit Binder Park Zoo! It was such a blast, the boys did great and Grayden loved it!

On the way home I asked Grayden what his favorite part of the zoo was and he said “the animals!” haha! My favorite part was feeding the giraffes! They were so cool!

Funny story: On the way down there I realized my camera could be running low on batteries, it never gives me much warning so I always like to take an extra set along with me on important things, like trips to the zoo, but I didn’t have any! Robb was so kind to make a stop at Wal-Mart on the way so I could pick some up. Sadly they didn’t have the batteries I like ( lithium, they last so much longer) so I settled for the normal kind and hurried back to the car.

A half hour later I picked up my camera to delete some pictures to make room on the memory card only to find out I didn’t have the card in my camera!! I had left it in my computer at the cottage an hour away! I was so bummed but at this point there was nothing I could do, we were almost to the zoo and it was my own fault. I was disappointed but determined to have a great time and capture the memories in my head!

Robb so sweetly asked the ticket lady at the zoo where he could get a SD card and she directed him to another Wal-Mart just a few minutes away. Me and the boys watched the kangaroos and I fed Sadler while we waited for him to get back!

SO thankful to have these pictures!

 

 

turns out my batteries lasted the whole time!

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Robb had a week of vacation time he had to use up in the next month so we planned a quick trip to my parents cottage on Hutchins lake!

Turns out it wasn’t much of a “vacation” per-se; we were really busy doing stuff for the house and just having 2 kids to entertain alone makes for a lot of work! But we also had lots of fun! We went to the zoo one day (more on that in another post) and spent lots of time outside, did some reading, took some boat rides and even watched a few movies!
Here are some pictures from our week!

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you eat 30-35oz a day.
you wear 3-6 months clothes.
you go to the pediatrician next week but I’m guessing you weigh around 15lbs! you’ve chunked up these past few weeks!
you started giggling a few weeks ago, its the cutest thing EVER!

your nap schedule is unpredictable, we just never know what the day will bring! but you sleep great at night!

you LOVE your big brother, you look around the room to find him when you hear his voice and constantly stare and smile at him!


you started playing in your exersaucer this month! you like it for short periods of time.


you’ve become fascinated with the TV, you love to watch Little Einstein's with Grayden on mommy’s computer

you always have your hands in your mouth!

you love to sit up, and look at the world around you!
but you do love to be held!


we still swaddle you at bedtime, we tried going without it for a few nights but it didn’t go so well ;)

you went on your first trip to the zoo last week!
you LOVE to be outside, if you’re fussy we just take you outside and you calm right down.

we love you bunches boo!
~mommy and daddy

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Today as Grayden and I were talking over our chicken nugget lunch he started asking me where daddy was, where makenna was, where sadler was...and on and on naming every member of our family.
When he was done naming everyone and I finished answering I asked him where his brother brenham was. He got a sad look on his face and said "on the lamb". I thought for a second and guessed that maybe he got that idea from the cemetery where there is a lamb figurine by his headstone. I smiled and pictured Brenham riding on a lamb in Heaven. (who knows! that does sound like a fun thing for a 3 year old to do in Heaven!)
I told him "he's in Heaven isn't he!" He nodded his head and said "with 'fowlers' (flowers) too" I told him "yes I bet there are lots of flowers in Heaven"
Then this next part brought tears to my eyes. He said "i'm sad". I asked him if he was sad because he missed Brenham and he said "Yes! And Mommy sad too, and Daddy sad and Grandpa sad too" I said yes, we're all sad sometimes and miss Brenham but he's not sad, he's happy with Jesus. And someday we'll all see him again!
Then with a pouty look on his face he said "Jesus sad when Grayden naughty!"
Love that kid! I was so shocked to hear him say those things. It reminds me just how much he listens to our words when we talk about him and watches our actions and expressions. He picks up on everything!
I wanted to blog about it so I can always remember our little conversations about Heaven and his big brother!
We sure do miss him lots!
Hope you're riding 'on the lamb' with all the flowers today Brenham! We love you!

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(its been a whole week since I've blogged last! I almost forgot what to do! We sure have been busy, but we're looking forward to some much needed relaxing family time next week! Hope you all haven't been to busy to enter the giveaway here!)

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My friend Val gave me this great idea early on in our building process, she suggested we take a picture every couple weeks of our family in the same spot. I was all about it, such a great idea!

I love to watch the changes in both the house and our kids!

Watch them grow:

4/30/11 (Sadler 11 days old, Grayden 23 months)

6/9/11 (Sadler 7 weeks old, Grayden 2 years)

6/14/11 (Sadler 8 weeks Grayden 25 months)

6/30/11 (Sadler 9.5 weeks)

8/3/11 (Sadler 3.5 months, Grayden 26 months)

103 days to go! We’re SO excited! I’m loving the building process! It’s a lot of work but I love decorating and designing our future home! Pinterest has been a lifesaver more than once!  I’m finding so many fun ideas on there and having a blast ‘pinning’ anything that catches my eye!

 

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