Smithers can crawl!

Last Wednesday, Smith decided it was time to crawl. It was a very exciting moment and we all (Grammie Myers, Naomi and myself) clapped and cheered. Mason looked on with little concern or care, as if to say, "So what. I have two teeth already and can chew my food." Interesting how each boy develops on his own time line. Keeps me on my toes.


If you've visited Naomi's blog, you know that Naomi and I took all our little boys to Billings for a couple of days. We needed to break up our routine a little bit and so a road trip was in order. All the little buddies traveled marvelously, with little or no tears each way. Naomi and I enjoyed each other's company - getting to spend a saturated amount of time together that wasn't entirely divided by our children. My mom spoiled us with little goody bags in our bedroom, she watched all the babies while we hit the Billings shopping scene, she prepared many meals for us, and just generally gave us a break from running our busy households. Thanks Mom!

We also had a very nice visit with the Schuyler side of our family. Laurie and Dave watched the boys so we could go to the mall (for all the shopping we did, we didn't really buy anything...our husbands were so proud!) and then we enjoyed dinner with Janelle, Seth, Kayla, Laurie and Dave. There is no shortage of comedy and laughter at the Schuyler household - we loved it.






Smith is a notoriously messy eater. Yikes.













Oh my.













Went in to get Mason up from his nap and this is what I found. That's some hair, kid. I think it's safe to say that he gets his weird hair from Matt :).









This is Smitty's alter-ego, Edmund. Edmund is a whiner who parts his hair.










Two little buddies. These hats were knit by Kale's Oma, Becky. Thank you, Becky! Smith - left, Mason - right.