Brotherly Love

This is the conversation Zach and I had last night.
Zach:  Mom, will I always be a big brother?
Me:   Yes, Zach.  You will always be a big brother just like Daddy is Uncle Clay's brother.
Zach:  Good.  I love Ty.
Me:  I know  you do, Zach.  You are a very good big brother.
Zach:  I love him to pieces.  I love him.  I love him.  I love him in my heart.

He made my heart melt.  What a sweet boy!

Physicals

The boys both went in for physicals this week.  Zach the beast is 3 feet 7.6 inches tall (97%) and weighs 41.8 lb (87%).  Ty weighs 18 lb 1 oz (64%) and is 26 inches long (14%). They both got vaccinations and Ty has his first ear infection.

Ty wasn't going to let vaccinations, an ear infection and a tooth keep him from smiling!

Sleepy Birthday Boy

Zach had a great 4th Birthday!  He brought Fruit Roll-Ups for his friends at Sunday school on Sunday morning and then Sunday afternoon we had his Birthday party with his friends from school and his cousins at a place filled with bounce houses. They played hard for 80 minutes straight and then we came home to watch a movie.  He made it about 5 minutes into the movie before he was asleep on the couch!  I told him he could have whatever he wanted for his Birthday dinner and he chose McDonalds. I was a little offended that McDonalds is better that my cooking, but I guess my dinners don't come in a special box with a toy!

Birthday Countown

Zach has been counting down days to his 4th Birthday and his Birthday weekend is finally here!!  He is having his first ever friends Birthday party on Sunday.  Monday he is bringing donuts to school to share with his friends for his Birthday.  So fun!!

I can sit!

Ty started sitting by himself on Saturday.  He loves checking the world out with his new upright view!  It is hard to believe that this little guy is 6 months old already!

A long overdue update...

We have been very busy the past several weeks so I have failed at updating our blog.  Zach and Ty had a great time at Halloween.  Zach went as Spiderman and Ty went as a rooster.  We took Ty out to a few of our neighbors houses then came home with me while Zach and Matt went out a little longer.  I put a blanket on the floor for Ty while I handed out candy and the next thing I knew he had rolled onto his tummy and fallen asleep. 

The above picture is a preview of the family pictures we took this weekend.  Ty was Mr. Smiles and we got Zach to laugh and smile by talking about poop.  We have been using this photographer since Zach was 3 months old and I always love the pictures she takes - I cannot wait to see what else she took!

Mom, I can feed Ty.

Zach decided that he was going to feed Ty last night and it surprisingly worked!  Zach decided that Ty should eat apples with his cereal last night and Zach fed it all to him.  I would say 75% of it ended up in Ty's mouth, but I consider that a success.  He would feed him and say "Good grief, Ty.  You were hungry."  A little while later Zach was adamant that he would be the one to feed Ty his bottle.  Zach told me this morning that he is going to feed Ty again tonight.  What a great big brother!