Take me to the Zoo

sometimes there is nothing better than a fall day in Colorado...that being said we thought we would head out to the Zoo!! What a great day we got there right as they opened, and ended up staying for 5 hours.Each time we go the boys get more and more interactive with the animals, though we still cant get Colin to feed the giraffes, its something about that tounge. Well thought i would share some pictures!

1st Dentist visits

Gavin had his 1st dentist visit scheduled a couple of weeks ago, he has been pretty excited about it!
Well we got there and he was just fine in the waiting room
once they called his name he, he got very nervous, hid behind
me and held my hand. When we got back to the room things
werent much different, he didnt want to sit in the chair, even
though cartoons were on in the TV above the chair. i sat next to
the chair and held his hand. The tech tried to get him to open his
mouth, there was no way Gavin was going to let her in his mouth.
So we decide to let Colin go first, why is a 2 year old at the dentist you ask,
weeeelllll, Colin lost a bottom tooth this last weekend. Yes your right 2 year olds arent supposed to loose teeth. So Colin got to tag along to the dentist, with big
brother Gavin. Colin hopped right up in the chair, she asked him to open his mouth
he opened right away, let her look at his teeth, count them and clean them.
Now it was Gavins turn again, well after seeing what she did to Colin, there
was no way Gavin was getting back up there. So i layed down on the chair and put Gavin on top of me, he did much better after that! They also counted his teeth and cleaned them. Then the dentist came, now this dentist has seen me since i was probably 10 years old. He noticed Gavin was having a hard time, so he just swooped right in got in Gavins mouth before Gavin could even say no, it was perfect, Gavin passed with flying colors. Colin was a next to see the dentist, once again did great, opened right up, Dr. Smith checked him out and checked out the tooth that i had brought in. he said it was a baby tooth, not an extra tooth. It was was "helped"out, if he feel on it a couple weeks ago, and then finally loosened to fall out, there could be a hundred scenarios. I guess we will never know what happened, but he said Colin is great, nothing is wrong with him, just an accident that happened. With 3 boys and no trips to the ER yet, i guess we were in for something. just glad nothing is wrong with him, just a gap in his mouth for the next 3 or 4 years. I guess he is trying to live up to us always telling him he is just like Jason, when Jason was little he knocked out his 2 front teeth, which gave him quite the gap fore a couple of years. Well that has been the excitement for here lately.

Nolan is 2 months old!!!!

I took Nolan for his 2 month appt today, he weighs 12lbs and 9 oz which puts him in the 80% and is 24 in. which is 90% and his head is in the 98% he is just perfect, and the doctor agrees, he also got his first shots and did really well!! All in all he just keeps getting bigger and keeps staying perfect.

Day out with Thomas

Today we went up to Golden Colorado to have a day out with Thomas the train! Last year Colin was sick so only Gavin Jason and Papa went. But this year it was ALL of us!!! It was so much fun, really it was even fun for us adults. We saw Sir Topham hat, and got tattoos, Colin got Harold the helicopter and Gavin got James but Nolan was just a bit too young for a tattoo. Then we saw a fire truck and got fire hats. Next was playing with train tables, the boys did great sharing with all the other kids we were very proud!! Then they got to play on all the old trains there. Finally it was time to ride on Thomas they thought it was awesome, and it was!! They took us around the loop 3 times and Thomas tooted his little horn all the way. What a fun place for the boys, they were just in heaven!!!!! We even stopped at Krispy Kreme on the way home, the boys sure do love doughnuts.

The Uncles!!!

They are my brothers and of course i love them but, the boys are lucky to have cool uncles!! What a bunch of goobers...

The Birthday party

Gavin had the best birthday party, he was so apprecative of his presents, and so happy to just have people over! It was another perfect day!! Thanx everyone!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Gavin!!

Wow, what a little man you have become!! We are so proud of you and who you are. You started this all for us, you will always be my little man. 3 years really have flown by, but you have grown so much. You are a wonderful son, and big brother! Those guys look up to you so much. Birthday happy Dude!

lots to do...

So after we had landscaped, we thought take a break, nnoooo, so we went to the balloons Sat morning which was so much fun. The boys ad a great time and did great for being up so early. Colin couldnt stop talking about them all day,

the babboons he calls them. So we watched the first wave be blown up and take off then we watched the 2nd wave tkae a dip in the lake, i think this was the boys favorite

Then we decided to go to Santas Workshop, we did this exact same schedule last Labor Day, and with the same company, My cousins Joe and Jordan. Between the 3 boys and the 2 of them they all seem to adore eachother, and it is so much fun to watch them interact. Gavin seems to LOVE Jordan, holds her hand when they walk around, she seems like a big sister to him and she seems to love having him tag along. Colin on the other hand took to Joe, Joe was so good to him. And Nolan well he slept almost the entire time, ahh to be a babe.

Sants workshop is like six flags for toddlers, they went on every ride they could, i mean every ride. Colin was a little timmid of the rides at the beginning, but then once Gavin and Daddy went he saw it looked fun and so came Colin and mommy, and not but a footstep behind Joe and Jordan. We all had the best time. Grandma and Papa were gracious enough to walk around with Nolan. The boys were asleep once we hit the car.

intentionally going crazy

Yes thats right, we are trying to make ourselves crazy! So we decided that having 3 under 3 wasnt enough, we needed to landscape the entire backyard. YIKES!!! So yes we did the whole thing in about 2 weeks. It was insaine, but glad to be done with it now. And man it is beautiful if i dont say so myself, so that is why i have not been on here in awhile. But life has calmed down now, so i am back! I will take you step by step to show you how it went!

First we layed rock down all along the fence

Then we poured concrete, that added on to our existing patio
Then we built a dog run for the girls, with chain link fence.
With our yard being so uneven, we built a retaining wall
Then laying about 1000 sq. feet of sod began!
And this is what we ended up with