Duke Crawling

It is so exciting to watch Duke crawl! Jackson never crawled, he went straight to walking. It is like a whole new world has opened up to him. He looks so happy moving around the house and exploring. Here is a little video of Duke crawling. Just so you know he actually learned to crawl the other day but every time we turned on the camera he would stop crawling. Finally we got him on camera. Enjoy!

Milk Attachment

As many of you know for many reasons I was unable to breastfeed Jackson so when Duke came I really wanted to make it work. It took a lot of work but I was able to push through the jaundice and the lack of weight gain and get him to breastfeed. I was so afraid of losing my milk I pumped everyday. Soon I had a freezer full of milk. I thought this was great because I could leave Josh with the kids and he would have plenty of food for Duke. Well, best laid plans... Duke has never really drank from a bottle so...I have a freezer full of milk. It was such a struggle to get him to breastfeed that I am so attached to the milk I can't do anything with it. A few weeks ago I tried to throw it away, because it is 5 months expired, but I just couldn't do it. So it sits in the freezer as my badge of honor, a symbol of all I went through, as literally a part of me. Who knows when I will be able to bring myself to throw it away...maybe when it starts to stink?

Mommy and the Boys

Easter

For Easter this year we went out to Grandma Lanpher's house and had an egg hunt. The kids had a great time. Jackson got a ton of eggs and ate way too much candy, and Duke was just happy to be outside with his family. At one point in the evening we had races. Josh and Travis tied. Gage beat Papa. Jackson beat Daddy. It was great. As Grandma would say, "Good food and good company." Happy Easter!

Buckle Up!

Okay so I know that I posted a while ago how great coupon sense was but...I had another absolutely amazing trip! It is so easy to get a years supply of food with coupons! On this trip I spent out of pocket $9.54 and then got a $4.00 back so total all this cost me $5.54!
In case you can't see everything, I got
7 boxes of Fruit Roll Ups
5 boxes of Gushers
3 bags of Nut Clusters
2 boxes of Granola Bars
12 boxes of pasta
6 jars of salad dressing
22 boxes of cereal
I was on a high when I left the store. I had to call my fellow coupons friends and brag about how well I did. Ahhhhhhhhhh! I LOVE COUPONS!!!

Jackson Turns 3!!!

Here is Jackson blowing out his candles and him opening a present from Nana Jan and Papa Phil.

Duke VS the Bitter Biscuit

Here is a video of Duke eating his biscuit. AHHHHHHH! He is so cute! That stuff is like spackle, it is impossible to clean off!