Another lost tooth!

I was a tad nervous for last week to start...Monday was MLK, Jr. day, so there was no school/daycare...and it was my first day home alone with all 3 boys!  Thankfully we had a ton to keep us busy so it wasn't as bad as I was anticipating!  First, I asked Julia to come over and take some photos of Bryce and the boys.  Anxious to see how those turned out.  My friend from school Maggie came over during the photos, and having her here was such an amazing help to us!  She just stepped in and took care of the big boys while I finished photos with Bryce and Julia.  Then when those two left, another friend from work, Michelle, and her two beautiful girls came to visit us also.  So really we were only "alone" for a few hours...and we survived!

Biggest and littlest brothers!

As Michelle and her girls were leaving, the doorbell rang and I thought "wow, I didn't want to be alone so I guess I got my wish..."  When I opened the door, a man was there holding this:

Beautiful bouquet, monkey, and chocolate bar sent from my school's PTA!  So sweet!

The rest of the week was fairly uneventful...just enjoying my time cuddling and loving on Bryce!  I really started feeling much better this week...not that I felt bad...just recovering slower than with the other two.  So naturally I wanted to be out and about...Bryce won't know what it's like to not be on the go all the time!  We did some shopping, went to see Matt at work a couple of times, and also hung out at home.  Bryce is easy to take care of...I just forgot how much time it takes to feed, burp, change, pack up, go somewhere.  Our lives run on HIS schedule!

There's nothing good on Mom!

I just can't get enough of this little guy!

Precious!

Zane has done so well at school since this quarter started!  He's had green days every day (green is the best you can get).  We are so proud of him!  I told Zane that I would come and eat lunch with him this week and bring Bryce also!  So we looked at the menu and picked Friday because they were having corn dogs.  But then he decided he wanted me to bring him McDonald's.  I checked to be sure it was okay, and it was, so that's what I did.  It was surreal to be on the parent side of everything...signing in...waiting on the bench for his class...sitting amongst the 5 year olds and feeling "famous" for about 20 minutes...made me miss my little darlings slightly, but also made me sad that my maternity leave is already half over!  While waiting for Zane, I noticed this bulletin board outside the gym:

And looking closer...this:

Our all-star!

We knew Zane had received this - he brought home a certificate.  But naturally he couldn't tell us what it was for or anything about it.  So I also took a picture of what he did to earn it:



So proud of you Zane!

Seriously...I almost had tears over that...how am I going to handle him growing up and graduating?  Here are some more photos from our week:

I've had it!  Don't worry...I took the blanket off his face...and I was right there the whole time!

My little man!

Sorry...but I just love this guy!

In church...looks like he's participating!!!

The older 2 playing Mario...gosh they want to do this all the time now!  It's hilarious to watch them...they're very animated and jump along with the characters!

Zane has had his last front tooth just hanging by a thread for awhile now.  It has looked very awkward for a long time!  I am just not good with teeth...can hardly even look at them when they're loose, let alone pull them out...so was hoping it would just come out on its own.  Thursday evening Matt's parents stopped by on their way home from St. Louis.  His tooth started really bleeding and he came up to me and said, "Mom, can you just pull it?"  I just couldn't do it!  Luckily, grandma to the rescue!  She tugged a little bit and it came right out!  So now Zane has lost a total of 5 teeth...Matt thinks we should get a discount at the dentist when he goes the next time!

"I can stick my tongue through there!"

What a face..but the only way I could get his huge gap in a picture!

Little pumpkin!

Guess I should put Bryce in "real clothes" more often.  Usually I have him in sleepers.  I put this outfit on him for church and the boys were both oogling over him saying, "Look how cute he is in his clothes!" 

This boy is already growing too quickly...he loves to push up from our chests and check us out!

We are all just so in love with Bryce!  Zane and Mason can't get enough of him...we are working on respecting personal space.  They love to hug, cuddle, kiss, and talk to him all the time!  Mason went up to Bryce this weekend, hugged him, and said, "I love you Bryce!"  I hope all three of them are great friends forever!