Cousin Time

Mom and dad watched Aubrey and Kaden while Babara and Wes went to Key West.  Since I'm not working I figured that I would take the kids down and let them spend some time with their cousins.  I think that Emma and Aubrey were pretty much attached at the hip the entire time.

We headed down on Wednesday morning and Dad, the kids and I meet up with Tina at McDonald's for lunch. After lunch the kids played in the play area for awhile before heading back to mom and dad's for nap time. 

Then it was off to the shelter house for some fishing and playing in the sand.  The kids lost interest in fishing pretty quickly but they had fun playing in the water and sand.

Thursday it was a picnic at Jaycees Park followed by bowling at night.  We also stopped by Tina's house so that Aubrey could make sure that Zues was okay.  She was worried about him.

 This was Emma's first time bowling.  She did a pretty good job and enjoyed herself which is what really matters.

 Thank god for the bumpers otherwise I would have done horrible.

Friday it was cold and windy outside so we stayed in the house and played and then took Aubrey and Kaden to meet up with their other Grandma and Grandpa to spend some time with them.  It was kind of funny because the girls were talking nonstop on the drive and Kaden kept telling them to be quite. We meet them at Cracker Barrel and ate there before heading back to mom and dads.   
                  The kids decided that the crib would be a good place to play.  At one point in time I had Freddy in the crib and he started to fuss.  I was in the middle of something so I asked the girls to go in and keep him entertained.  The next thing I knew he was screaming bloody murder and when I went in to check on him the girls were in the crib with him.

 Craft Time

Saturday Mom, Emma and I went to a few yard sales and Emma helped dad plant some flowers outside before we headed back home.  At one of the yard sales Emma found a pair of skates for at grandma and grandpa's house. 

Overall the kids all had a great time and they played really well together.  I'm glad that they were able to spend more then a couple of hours playing together and we will have to try and do it again sometime.

Garden

Mom and dad came up this weekend and helped us put in a raised garden bed on the side of our house.  They brought up the dirt from when Dad and Steve took out the garden at mom and dad's house last fall.  It is a 10ft x 5ft bed and around 14 inches tall in total.  Hopefully that is high enough to keep the rabbits out.

Emma and I had started some green bean plants, tomato plants, green peppers, and spaghetti squash plants in the house about a month ago.  It is early to plant the green beans outside however they were getting to big to have inside so we went ahead and planted them outside.  We will just have to see if they live but they were not going to last inside any longer. Also we planted some of the tomato plants outside with milk jugs over them for protection.  The spaghetti squash was planted outside last weekend in some pots.  Now we just have to wait and see what lives and let the pepper plants get a little bigger before planting them outside as well.  Hopefully we will be able to enjoy some fresh veggies this summer.

 I had a plastic roll here from a project a couple of years ago so we used it to create a green house of sorts for the green beans so hopefully they will thrive.

 Emma had fun putting stickers on grandpa.

 
There is another post below from today which is Freddy's 4 month checkup.

4 Months Old

Freddy turned 4 Months old on Thursday and went in for his checkup on Friday.  His official stats are 20lbs 13.5 oz and 27.1 inches long.  This is a gain of 3lbs 12.5 oz and not quite 2 inches in the last 2 months.  He has completely outgrown 3-6 Months cloths and only a few 6 - 9 Months outfits / sleepers still fit. 

Reaching for objects: Yes
Rolling over: Not Quite.  He has started going side to side and wiggling around.
Sitting up:  For just a couple of seconds some times.
Talking: Gabbering like crazy and laughing
Sleeping: Most nights 7 hours
Eating: 6 Times a day most of the time.  The majority of the time he will not take a bottle. Started on cereal at night time.
Teeth: None yet however he is slobbering like crazy and chewing on anything he can get in his mouth.

 First time trying cereal.  Freddy would not open his mouth for the spoon and I think that he probably spit out the majority of it.  He did a little better the second time around.

 Drew decided to give Freddy a carrot to chew on while we were eating supper.

 Instead of the carrot Freddy wanted to eat Drew's hand.

Play Time

It was absolutely fantastic outside yesterday.  The sun was out and it was up in the 70's.  Needless to say we did not let the day pass up by but went out and played.  I had bought a swing for Freddy so we put that up and played on the swing set.  At first Freddy was not sure what to think of swinging but them Emma starting swinging with him and he had a blast.  Emma also took Freddy down the slide a couple of times though I do not think that he cared for that much.  It was so nice being able to get outside and play.

Emma and I also did a little playing in the dirt.  We re-potted  a rose bush and also transferred a couple of spaghetti squash plants that we had started in the house into pots outside.  This weekend mom and dad are supposed to be coming up and we are going to put in a little raised garden on the side of the house.  Hopefully we will be able to put in some green beans, green peppers, and tomatoes.  Last year when we tried to plant some veggies outside the rabbits got to them so we will see how things go this year.

There are several other posts that I backdated to do a little catching up if anyone wants to check them out.

Easter

Drew was actually of Easter weekend this year which has not happened in several years.  We headed to Jasper Saturday as soon as Drew go home from work and came back on Monday morning.  While we were in Jasper Mom and dad had some of the Hartings's family over for an Easter party.  We were also able to visit with Drew's family as well.  I however forgot to take my camera down so I did not get to take any pictures.

Dad decided to surprise the kids this year with a baby bunny and chicks.  They were all a really big hit and the bunny was so tame it would just sit in the kids laps and let them pet it. Brook took a cute picture of Emma with the bunny and sent it to me and Sandy got a cute one of Freddy that she sent to me so I thank them for the pictures.

Also here are a couple of picture of the kids with their Easter baskets that I have taken here at home.

Linda got Emma a new T-shirt for Easter.  It is one that can be colored and then when you wash it the color comes out and they can start over again.  Here is Emma's first round with it.