State Champs!

Aledo did it again!  State Champs 2016!  I did not get to go to the game because of Steel, but the boys had a blast!  It was such a nerve wracking game.  Aledo won, but it was close.  Steel and I watched the game at my parents because for some reason the game did not play on our TV.  Some black and white movie played. I was so frustrated.  I was in bed with my pajamas with a glass of wine, and then had to high tail it to my parents in freezing cold weather.  By the time I got there it was the 2nd quarter. 

1 month!

Steel Jack turned 1 month on December 8th!  I can't believe he has been in our lives for a month!  He is just the best baby. He is laid back and really only cries if he is hungry or needs to be changed.  He likes to take his bath, watch his brothers, and sit in his daddies lap.  We love him so much!

Spelling Bee!

Slade is one of the top spellers in his grade.   They had to take a test and he scored a 100!  His teacher told me that he was the only one out of his two classes to make a perfect score!  Since he did so well, he was chosen to participate in the spelling bee for Stuard Elementary.  We studied a 2 page long list of words, and we were amazed at how well he did.  Billy and I are not spellers at all.  

The day of the Spelling Bee finally came, and Billy took him to get a new outfit to wear.  He got a new pair of blue jeans and converse shoes.  He looked sharp!

We were so nervous!  I just did not want him to get out on the first round.  The first round came and he spelled his word! The second round he made it! His word was paint.  Third round he spelled varsity correctly.  Fourth round he spelled cavalcade correctly.  The fifth round his word was perpetrator and he spelled it perpAtrator.  He got out. But, he was the 5th person left.  We are so proud of him!!!

STREP!!

Branty Haze came down with strep throat this past week.  I noticed on Thursday that he was overly tired.  I just thought it had to do with him playing outside in the really cold, but by Friday night, he had a temperature of 102.8!  Friday night was Aledo's semi final game, and we went to watch it at my parents.  Brant fell asleep at half time, and that is not like him at all.  He was so sad that he was sick because he had his Championship game on Saturday morning for flag football.  His team ended up winning, but he did not get to go.  

We did go to the Urgent care down town and he was diagnosed with strep.  He thought it was the best place ever because they gave popsicles.  He was so afraid of having his throat swabbed.  He did great though.  It only took about 2 minutes to convince him to do it.

Getting so strong and smiling!

We do tummy time every day with Steel and he is getting so strong!  He will lift his head up a little more and more each day.  He also is beginning to smile.  Today, I said, "Peek a boo" and he gave me a little grin.  He is also starting to see things better.  I have noticed that he will look at the toys that are dangling from his car seat or bouncer.  

3 in the bed!

Our boys love our bed.  They always want to come get in bed and snuggle with us.  We have a permanent pallet at the end of our bed for them to sleep on, but usually, they will ask really sweetly if they can lay with us.  Steel has not started to sleep with us yet, but we will put him in bed with us in the mornings and cuddle.  

Bathtime!

Steel had his first bath!  Finally his circumcision fell off and we were able to give him a bath.  He loves baths.  We will usually give him one around 9 and he just loves to lay there and have the water poured over him.  After we bathe him, I will feed him and then we put him down in his rock and play.  Usually he does not fall asleep, but he will just lay there and look around.  Then, I will usually feed him again before we go to bed and he falls asleep.  He is such a noisy sleeper though, around 2 or 3, he will start to grunt and make all kinds of noises.