Noah and Jesus' mom

We read the Bible to Levi before he goes down for a nap and bed at night. His favorite character at this point is Noah. I think partly because his friend Hannah's oldest brother is named Noah so he can relate :) On the way to church on Sunday Levi was telling me about Noah and Jesus' mom. The Levi version of the Bible story went like this:

Jesus' mom was missing. We found her at Noah's house. She was upstairs getting ready for the party.

Now keep in mind that the character of Jesus was represented by one of his little GeoTrax men. The party reference was because we were having my MOPS discussion group over for dinner on Sunday and I told him we were having a party. I am loving to hear where his mind is going - it's so neat!

Ezra's antics

Tonight after dinner Ezra was asleep in the pack n' play in the family room (I rearranged furniture last night!) and all of a sudden he started screaming like he was in some intense pain! I went over and picked him up and he was still screaming. It took me a few seconds to realize that he had grabbed onto his hair and couldn't let go! So he was screaming because he was hurting himself. Poor guy!!

In other news, it was beautiful out today!! We had a three hour playdate with some MOPS ladies at a park. The kids played on the playground, ate lunch and then we all took a walk. It was so nice to be able to be outside and smell the spring air! I love that we live in a four season area and get to have changing seasons - it makes me remember how awesome God is at the change of each season. This is a picture of the block house Levi built a few days ago. I see another engineer in our midst!

This is a picture of Ezra sitting on Andy's chest. We have a picture of Levi doing the exact same thing at almost the same age, wearing the same outfit! The one above is Ezra - the one below is Levi.

Update on the kids and SNAP!

So I didn't realize I hadn't posted in over a month! I've finally gotten Ezra's baby announcements out - it only took two months! The difference of having two kids I guess :)

Ezra is doing really well. We were at the doctor's last week and he weighs 10lb 11oz and is 22" long. He's got great head control - and prefers to be held up looking over your shoulder so he can see what's going on. He's finally started smiling the last week - it nice to see that he actually likes me! He also has rolled over twice from belly to back! The first time at 7 weeks! If I put him on his belly with his arms under his chest he can hold his head up really well and will push himself over. Although if I don't position his arms just right he will lay his head on the ground and just look around. The picture with Andy holding him over his shoulder was taken at one month, the one in the bumbo seat at two months. He's getting bigger each day! He's almost out of his 0-3 month clothes already and he's only 2 months!

Levi is doing well also. He loves to hold Ezra and get his picture taken as can be seen by the pictures below. The one with Levi in white was taken on Monday (3/9) and the other one was taken a few weeks ago (2/28). Levi is starting to throw more extreme temper tantrums though - especially when he's eating. He will throw his body back into the highchair seat and cry and talk at the same time. The fit at lunch today was because he wanted to eat the peas from the microwave before he ate his spaghetti! There could be worse things to throw fits over, but it's still challenging - especially when Ezra's crying at the same time. It's amazing how I can be really calm at the beginning or middle of the day, but if he does it at the end of the day I get much more frustrated!

The other weekend Andy and I set up a work out space for me in the basement with our extra TV and Levi's ABC foam mat. I am a much nicer mommy when I get to do some kickboxing about three days a week. Hopefully I can keep up the routine and will get back to my pre-Ezra body sooner rather than later! Other than hanging with the boys I'm getting ready for SNAP's spring production this year. I'm doing production again so I'm busy checking with the theater to make sure they have what we need and coordinating with the band members to make sure they are good to go - among other things. The show is going to be really cool this year as we've added another element this year with a slide show and a story line. We follow the life of a professional photographer through song and dance. It'll be really neat to see it all come together. Check out the website: www.snapcolumbus.org