Life with Two

 We celebrated Grandpa Mel's birthday at the park on June 7th.  He had just taken a pretty bad fall a few days before, as the Parkinson's has made it really hard for him to get around.  His memory is not great anymore either, as he seems really confused and disoriented, but he still loves to get together with family.  This was grandpa's first chance to meet Will and we thought it was necessary to get another 4-generation photo!

 Will has been so alert recently.  He is more aware of his body - constantly waving his arms and legs around.  He was taken off oxygen last Friday.  After 6 long weeks on oxygen, we were all excited to be a little less "tethered"!  The photo below is of me and Will right after we got the news that he could be taken off of his oxygen!

 For Father's Day, we headed up to the family cabin in Allenspark.  Here are the boys down by the pond.  Unfortunately, it was a windy weekend, keeping us all inside more than we wanted!  We did get to see a momma moose and her calf - living just yards away from our cabin!  Wyatt spent as much time on his bike as possible and gave us all a little break from playing baseball!

 Happy Father's Day Daddy!!

 Will has started to smile a lot lately and not just after a really good poop!  He has become so interactive!    

 Yeehaw!

 Will is such a sweet boy!  He loves to cuddle!  Most of the time he only cries if he is cold or really tired.  He makes the cutest little grunting sounds and is really starting to "talk" more.  He is so patient with all of Wyatt's snuggles, as you can see from some of the pictures below.

 Wyatt has so much energy and is as compassionate and helpful as ever!  Don't get me wrong, he has his days filled with 2-year old whining, but overall he is one happy kid!  His greatest love right now is baseball.  It is all he wants to do.  Bren and I love baseball, so we are happy to feed this interest!  If we aren't playing baseball at home, we are watching the Rockies on tv, going to our church softball games, or singing songs about baseball.  The other day I asked Wyatt what team he plays for and he said, "Team Tebow".  Too cute.  Besides baseball, Wyatt still loves to play his guitar, ride his bike and play with his Mickey pals.  He also loves to snuggle with Will!  He is so loving and usually gentle!  We feel so blessed to be the parents of these two incredible little guys!

Will Adams Huff

 Will Adams Huff arrived in our arms at 7:21 pm on May 3!  He weighed 8 lbs and was 20 inches long.  Big brother Wyatt got to meet him before bedtime that evening, and was taken by him from the very first moment.  We've been home for a couple of weeks now and things are going really well!  Will was placed on oxygen the day after we got home, as his blood oxygen levels were about 10 points low.  We're not sure how long he will be on the O2, but he is taking it in stride!  He is so sweet and cuddly, and is quite the overachiever when it comes to pooping.  We are totally in love and couldn't be any happier with our two precious boys that the Lord has blessed us with!

 One proud Daddy!

 The happy family of 4!!1

 Mema and Will

 Grandpa Mark and Will

 Grandma Lynn and Will

 Uncle Quinn and Will

 Wyatt on the dirt bike

 Granny and Will

 Wyatt is so helpful and loving.  He wants to help take care of Will and loves to give him kisses.  He is especially interested in his little hands and little ears!

 With my mama and the boys on Mother's Day!

 Wyatt with Quinn's girlfriend, Sheena.  He loves her!

Catching Up

It has been too long since I've blogged, so in a last ditch effort to get our winter adventures documented before our newest arrival comes, I'm creating one big catching up blog!

Wyatt is 2 and a half and is so excited to have a little brother.  He has been so sweet during this pregnancy, kissing my belly and telling Will hi and good morning and singing to him often.  He has told me a couple of times to "sit down, relax Mommy - I'll cook you dinner."  He has recently enjoyed hearing how he can help us take care of his brother and loves the idea of being our helper!  We are so excited to finally introduce our boys to each other!

 As grateful as we've been for an early and warm spring, we had a lot of fun with the major snowstorms from the winter.  Bren and Wyatt finally had a chance to build a snow cave as things started to melt.  I have a feeling Bren had more fun than Wyatt!

Aunt Tiffany and Uncle Adam came out for a ski vacation in February.  We had plenty of snow for some extreme sledding!

 Wyatt still loves hats and boots!  Here are a few of his favorite looks from the winter!

 Our families gave us a membership to the Butterfly Pavilion for Christmas.  We've been up there several times, and Wyatt loves it just as much each time!  He loves to touch the crabs and starfish, but fortunately (for Mommy) he isn't old enough to hold Rosie the Tarantula yet!!

 Wyatt loves music.  He plays his guitars daily and just recently, wanted to stop after every song he played to pray.  It was precious.  Our little boy seems to already have a heart for the Lord.  He is so eager to pray at bedtime - thanking God for so many things and telling Him all about his day.  Just yesterday, he was reading his Bible to all of his stuffed animals and telling them that God made all of the animals. 

 Wyatt loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and has started using Mickey jargon!  When frustrated, he usually says "ah, pickle juice!" - apparently this is one of Donald Duck's favorite sayings.  Last weekend while at a store, the automatic door started to close and Wyatt said, "Wait for us Handy Helper!" - the character from Mickey's clubhouse who opens the door when the doorbell rings.  Wyatt makes us laugh on a daily basis, especially when repeating things we've hardly heard of!

 We spent Easter with some friends again this year.  The crowd wasn't as big, but the weather was better and the food and company was great!  Here are the big kids - Atley, Caris, Boden and Wyatt enjoying their ice cream!

Wyatt and Mommy before church on Easter Sunday - about 37 weeks pregnant!

It's a . . .

Boy!! That's right, another boy!! Wyatt is so excited to have a little brother and we can't wait to watch these two in action! The ultrasound tech said she has never seen a baby with such active hands and arms. This may be a sign that our days with a mellow boy are numbered! We're expecting this new little guy at the beginning of May.

Christmas

I really must update this thing more than once a month to ensure fewer than 50 pictures per post! This was meant to be our Christmas card however; I never quite got my act together. If only the thought was enough!! We have had such a busy December. We spent almost an entire week celebrating Christmas between our 3 families. Wyatt loved every minute of it, and got plenty of attention and presents to last an entire year!! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends, celebrating our Savior's birth!

We ended our festivities with Mema and Grandpa Terry where Wyatt got a ukulele - (he calls it his guitar), and a great pair of Carhartt coveralls. Wyatt loves music and immediately had everyone find an instrument and said "let's rock." Here are a couple pictures of Wyatt and Daddy and Wyatt and Mema "rocking".

We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with the Horneckers and had a great time sledding the night of Christmas Day.

Uncle Quinn!!

Wyatt loves boots and hats. As you can see from a lot of these pictures, he's got quite the array!

We started our Christmas celebration with the Huffs on Friday, for a nice brunch and presents. Here's a great picture of Wyatt with Granny.

I resorted to bribery (5 marshmallows) if Wyatt would just let me take one more snowman picture. Pretty sure I'm getting a defiant look while he "complies".

Daddy and Wyatt in the BIG snow pile!

Wyatt, Mommy and our snow blob - not enough wet snow to really make a snowman!

Wyatt had a school program - he was an elf. He did great until Santa took a little too long with his speech. Wyatt is NOT a fan of Santa!

Wyatt and his buddy, Boden playing in the snow.

Trying to help Daddy get the truck un-stuck!