Silly Boy!

This is what Nick came out in after Dave asked him to go put his underwear back on. I guess I should move the underwear drawer from the top to the bottom. :> Hope everyone is having a great week. We met with Drew's reading teacher and found out that he is doing better than we thought, but he still has some areas that we need to continue working on. Dave has been working with him each night here at home to help him. It is a great feeling to see that all that effort is paying off. Please continue to keep our family in your prayers. Drew is really trying so hard and we want him to be successful and really love school. We are hoping that this is just an immaturity issue and that he will grow out of it. Thanks! Love, Heather

He's such a Big Boy!

Watching Drew play Mario Kart. We are in the beginning stages of potty training, hence the nakedness.

" I love wearing big boy underwear."

" I'm so cool now that I have big boy undies on."

Nick in his big boy undies. Not sure why he has his hands down there. Crazy boy!

I've waited to blog about this because I really wanted Nick to be completely potty-trained before. Nick has been using the big boy potty for 3 and 1/2 weeks now and I am happy to report that we are fully potty trained. Now hopefully I'm not jinxing myself, but he has been dry at night and nap time for 5 days now. Yeah! It is really exciting to have all the boys potty-trained, but sad, as this is my last one that I will potty-train. Oh, but the excitement of not having to change a diaper far out ways the sadness. :) Here are some pics of Nick. Enjoy! The other boys are doing well. Drew is going to be celebrating his 7th birthday this coming Friday. I can't believe I have a 7 year old. He is pretty excited about his birthday party. Stay tune for a blog about the party. Joel is doing great. He is active as ever. I still have to remind him that jumping is for the floor only and not the couch for bed. He has couch privileges taken away on some occasions because he constantly jumps. I think it is time for a trampoline. All the boys are so much fun and so loving. They got the WII for Christmas and so that has been the source of their entertainment a lot this winter. However, they are really ready for the warm weather so they can be outside.

We are excited to be traveling with Mary and Anna to Florida for Spring Break. Drew wore his Hawaiian shirt all day the other day because he was so excited about going to Florida. He was sad that daddy and Uncle Tony were not going, but was okay once I told him he could call them daily. :) He keeps telling everyone that we are going, but daddy and Uncle Tony have to stay home and work. Such a thoughtful little guy.

Well I hope everyone has a great week. Love, Heather

Visit with Bradley

Bradley and the boys! They love their Uncle Bradley
Laura, Bradley, me and mom

The Auch, Hamilton, Nichols and Albrecht Family

Laura, Bradley and I

Laura, Drew, Landon, Bradley, Joel, Drew, Micah and I

We had a great Christmas and a nice visit to Pennsylvania to visit Dave's family. My brother, Bradley, was able to be home for Christmas so we were able to spend time with him as well, which was awesome. We were very sad to see him go back to Texas. Upon arriving home from PA we discovered that our basement was flooded. YIKES! There are pics below of before and after basement demo. We currently have a demoed basement, new sump pump installed and a check waiting to be put to use restoring our basement back to one piece. It will be a long process, but it will get there some day. :)
The boys are doing well and growing like weeds. It seems we are constantly going to the grocery store for more food. They are 7,4, and 21/2 and they are already eating us out of house and home. :)
It's hard to believe that Drew will be 7 soon, Joel is 4 and my baby is 2 1/2. YIKES! They are such energetic sweet little men. I'm so proud of them! Drew is doing well in first grade and really enjoying it. He is playing basketball this winter and loves it. Joel loves school and his trains! He is missing his train table, but the wii is a nice fill in for now. :) Nick is almost completely out of diapers, as we are in the midst of potty training. We are still using diapers at night, but are almost completely potty trained during the day. Dave took him out to run errands in undies today and he didn't have one accident. I think we will venture to church tomorrow and see how he does. Yeah!
Well, hope you are all doing well. Have a great week. Love, Heather