V Day and B Day

We celebrated Valentines day with our friends the Helgerson's while they were in town for a visit. Uncle Brad and his girlfriend Dana were able to join us for a home cooked steak dinner with kids included at the dinner table for a family valentine's. On Valentines day we woke up and had heart shaped pancakes before heading up to Elkhart to say goodbye to a fabulous lady, Grandma Heaton. She loved her family more than anything and it seems right that we all got to honor her life on the day of love. She will be missed greatly.

When we got back home tuesday, there was a box of flowers waiting on the door step for me from my 3 boys. I Love astramarias (sp?) and the bouquet is so bright and beautiful even now a week later.

Poor Brian with 2 "holidays" in a row gets to deal with my birthday just 5 days after valentines day. My mom and dad came into town to help celebrate my 29th birthday. Brian brought home my favorite kind of cupcakes (RED VELVET). and we just enjoyed a weekend at home with family. i really like low key birthdays and it was just perfect ( minus the bad service at dinner )

The only thing I wanted for my birthday was the 1/2 wall taken out in the basement - wish granted and demo complete thanks to dad and brian. I was spoiled rotten with many other things as well and even got to go shopping on saturday with my mom and NO KIDS. armed with a 30% off coupon for Kohls and a credit card, Of course I would be the one to find stuff for everyone but myself. If you know what I am talking about when I say "Bazinga" you would appreciate what i found for Brian :)

The boys, although they are completely different, are ridiculously similar as well. We have been thinking all along that Cullen was going to be bigger than Clay in no time at all. At his 4 month check up last week we found out that Cullen is 24.5" long (exact same as Clay when he was 4 months) Cullen is 14 lbs 9 oz. (Clay was 14 lbs 3 oz. ) and their 4 months pictures they totally look alike as well. Pretty sure Cullen's hair is growing in dark though. I don't think there will be any question they are brothers even with different colored hair.




Spring is coming soon and we have gotten a little taste of it these last couple days and got outside to play a little... now I just want more of it!

Ready for Spring?

We have been having a wonderful winter (and I actually like the snow) but I think it is time for spring to roll around. We are ready to head outside and play and run and get dirty. The boys have been doing great.
Cullen is almost 4 months old and I swear he is in a different size clothing every other week. I forgot how fast they grow when they are this little. He FINALLY is enjoying tummy time (not a fan before) since he can hold himself up on his elbows now and loves being able to look around. He already has figured out that he can roll onto his back from that position too. I don't know if it is just a 2nd child thing but he is so relaxed and calm most of the time. Just goes with the flow and rarely has any crying fits. He has been drooling a ton and chomping on his hands so we think there may be some teeth attempting to make their way already. Clay was really early with his teeth as well so we are hoping that they won't cause him too much pain. Cullen is still King of the Powernap. I wish he would just take a nice long stretch at some point during the day so i could actually get something done around here.

Clay is being a great big brother and is always looking out for baby brother. his favorite line right now it "its ok Culky, its me, Clay Brian Heaton" he is a silly guy. We had an appointment with a Gastro specialist from Riley Children's hospital on Monday to check further into Clay's constipation problems. The good news is the specialist doesn't think there is any reason to see him further and got us on a medication regime that should have Clay all better in about 6 months and totally off any meds. Our poor baby has been having issues for over a year and ahalf and has been on a prescription that long as well. things are going better and we are so happy that pooping will no longer be scary and painful for out little man.

Cullen is "calling" for me so I am off... hope you are all well!