Big snow and Big Brothers to a _____?

Landen had a dentist appointment for a regular checkup and cleaning and I was afraid he would be nervous since he got a filling the last time we were there. Suprisingly though he enjoyed being there and seemed to not even think about our last visit.

We had a huge snow, I'm pretty sure it broke records for our area. So of course we had to get out and play in it...

We even hooked the inner tube up to the UTV and man was that fun! I, of course, didn't ride due to being pregnant but Inhad a blast watching everyone else!

Landen and I made our annual Valentine's cupcakes and he did the sprinkles ALL by himself this year.

His new favorite card game is "Go Fish" so we have been playing it A LOT! 

This month we finally got to find out if we will be welcoming a sweet little girl or boy...

We all found out together at our gender reveal party...

And the balloons were pink!!! So the boys will be having a little sister. Ethan is thrilled! Landen on the other hand is slowly warming up to the idea. He kind of had his heart set on a little brother but we have no doubt he'll fall in love as soon as baby girl arrives.

This morning Ethan was recognized during a ceremony at school for achieving distinguished in reading on his 

K-prep test and proficient in math! 

He makes us so proud!!

Landen's Recent Shenanigans...

So this little cutie lost a tooth on January 5th! He had barely been five for a week. He bit into an apple and out it came! I was so unprepared for this milestone as his older brother was at least a year older when he lost his first tooth.

 Landen was very concerned and teared up saying "I don't want to lose my toof!". He calmed down after we explained that it would come back in and he was thrilled about the tooth fairy coming to visit. We can now see two little white spots where the new tooth is coming in and he checks every single day to see if it's made any progress on its journey. Love him!

This boy is a riot! 

He torments our 11 month old lab, Axel, daily. And luckily we couldn't have chosen a better dog to take the aggravation from a rough and rowdy boy. Axel just takes it in stride and never even stops chewing on his bone or toys. Those two are best buds!

Last week after watching Curious George, Landen decided we should make a funny hat from a shoe box. Well we succeeded. That hat is over the top!

We spent one recent afternoon working on writing his name. He's making great progress!

And scrambled eggs are his new obsession. The kid can eat a dozen eggs in less than five days!! I told him he may turn into a chicken, ha! 

Landen Turns Five

So on Landen's actual birthday, we celebrated with a family dinner and cupcakes at Shogun (his absolute favorite restaurant)...

Landen loves Shogun so much that he practices being a hibachi chef at home. He has a hibachi grill set and he will bang his spatula on the grill and make the train noise like they do at Shogun, ha!

Since Landen's birthday is so close to Christmas (12/28) and everyone is still either celebrating with family or recovering, we waited a couple of weeks to have his party.

We celebrated at Chuck E. Cheese (in the middle of flu season might I add) with a TMNT themed party! Even though I was very wary of this party venue due to the fact that we get sick every single time we go there, the party turned out great! So great in fact, Landen has his heart set on the exact same party next year (let's hope he changes his mind...shhh!... fingers crossed). And I'm happy to report that luckily we didn't come down with any kind of sickness in the weeks following, yay!

Landen really enjoyed the games. This is his "Take it quick Mom, I'm busy!" half smile.

 

The bigger "boys" enjoyed the games too.

He LOVED his cake!

Chuck E. is his new BFF.

And his 5 year old's dreams were realized in the ticket blaster!

Oh, and he was thrilled about his presents too!!

Can't believe that this...

...sweet baby boy is now FIVE years old! What joy he has brought to us in those precious five years!!!! We love you Landen Tate!

Our BIG news!

So, we shared this ExCiTiNg news with the boys and the rest of our family over Christmas....

We can't wait to add another sweet little one to our family. Ethan is in hopes of having a little sister but not Landen...he wants to keep it all boys! Josh and I are just excited that he's now willing to talk about the baby. For the first few weeks after we told him, he just refused to. He's warming up to the idea though, a little more each day. He'll be a great big brother...they both will. Boy or girl this little one will always have two big brothers who are his/her biggest protectors/fans. We're SO thankful for this newest blessing!

Christmas 2014

I failed to take hardly any pictures of Christmas Day. At least I got one of each of the boys though...

We had family in visiting from PA during Christmas so we went to see the movie "Annie" and went to ICE! 

Christmas 2014 was a great one! It was just low key and laid back time with family, which was so very enjoyable. Ethan was really excited to get lots of new Lego sets and LANDEN was thrilled over all things TMNT this Christmas.

Halloween through Pre-Christmas

Halloween 2014:

        My jedi knight...

      And my Captain America...

Love that smirk! Waiting for Ethan to get out of Super Saturday @ WKU...

Building with blocks together...

Showing off his new hat from Uncle Shane...

Proud of his new Star Wars toy that he bought with birthday money...

Our puppy is now a giant! He's 9 months old in this pic!!

Landen and his Thanksgiving dinner at Mother's Day Out (yes, his name is spelled wrong on his headpiece)...

Making banana pudding for Thanksgiving dinner....

    Silly!

Supporting his favorite travel baseball team even in their off season (he chose this to wear to MDO)...

Ethan in his school Christmas play...