The First Sleepover

Landon invited his best buddy, Reed, over for their first sleepover. They had a great time playing Superman and Spiderman or Woody and Buzz! I made them a bed in the floor and put on some movies. They stayed awake until midnight and were up and playing at 6:30 the next morning. Please visit The Gapens blog to see their play time after the sleepover.

In the car

Before

   

After

  

Since Landon and Reed had play time, Charlie and Chase had to do the same. Chase is 4 months old and Charlie is 6 months old. They really enjoyed watching and smiling at each other. It was so cute!

Charlie's latest trick is blowing his spit bubbles. This picture shows him in action!

Pop and his boys

6 Months Old

Charlie is now 6 months old. I cannot believe it! He is really close to sitting up by himself. He enjoys bouncing in his Jumperoo. He loves to eat banannas and pretty much anything that is not green. He now weighs 18 pounds and 14 ounces. We are having a lot of trouble sleeping at night, because of his teeth. I can feel little bumps all over his gums, but the teeth are just not breaking through yet.

We celebrated Memorial Day at Rob and Kristy's. Thanks for the invite. We had a great time!

Landon discovered the piano while we were there. You can imagine the lovely sounds and he really enjoyed dancing along with his own music!

Charlie and Big

 

Lala and I took the boys to the pool yesterday. Thanks for all your help, Lala! This was Charlie's first time to get into the water. He did not like being in his float; however, he didn't mind Mommy holding him. Landon refused to be in the picture, but that is him in the background.

5 Months

May is always a busy time of year, especially for a teacher, so I am a little behind on my post this time!

Charlie has grown so much! He is now 18 pounds and 4 ounces. He has really started to enjoy eating various types of fruits and a few veggies. He does not like any green vegetable. Oh well, it was worth a try! He has really gained control of his hands and loves to jump in his Jumperoo. He is a very happy baby, who smiles all the time.

I just love Landon's face in this picture.

Landon and his best friend, Bob

  

Charlie and Charlie

 

Bahamas

Chad had to fill in for one of the salespeople at work and had to represent his company in the Bahamas at the Zaxby convention. It was a terrible job; however, someone had to do it.

We stayed at The Atlantis in the Bahamas. The resort was beautiful and extremely convenient. Everything you need is right there and you never have to leave the resort unless you want. The views from our hotel room were amazing.

Our 1st day at the beach

The first night was an 80's party. Below are Hulk Hogan and Mr. Miyagi. We dressed as ourselves since we were born in the 80's. Creative huh?

We were able to do a shallow water interaction with a dolphin. Her name was Sasha and she was a hurricane Katrina victim. It was so amazing to pet the dolphin and watch how much personality she had. I was blown away by how smart the dolphin was.

The Atlantis has a waterpark on their grounds. They had several slides and a lazy river. Chad went down the Leap of Faith, which is a 60 foot vertical drop! I let him somehow talk me into going down two waterslides and my tailbone has the bruises to prove it! Please keep in mind that I am totally frightened by water! I went down one slide where you float through the shark tank at the end!

The beach

We didn't spend too much time at the beach, because there were too many salespeople (jet ski rides, necklaces, coconut drinks, etc.)

This is where we spent most of our time relaxing by one of the many pools on the resort.

Our pictures from our last night in the Bahamas. We attended the Zaxby's Zeggy awards.

FYI

Landon has been full of information lately. I thought I would take a few minutes to share some of his latest thoughts.

1) Landon will quickly tell you that God made him. He says that God glued him together piece by piece.

2) Landon sang his own song to Charlie yesterday morning. It was so sweet. He told Charlie how he loved him so much and the he would take him to the playground every day and show him how to play.

3) We were talking tonight about how he will be staying with his Nana while Mommy and Daddy are gone. I told him that we needed him to be a good boy while we were away. He told me that he would take care of Charlie. He said he would ride in the back with Charlie and pump milk for him out of his tummy. I tried to explain that only Mommies make milk; however, he thinks he does too!

Daddy's Little Helper

Rolling Over

BB is keeping the boys this week since our babysitter is on a cruise. Today Charlie decided to roll over for her. I am so jealous! He was on his tummy and rolled to his back. He hates being on his tummy. He also started eating cereal yesterday. He hated it at first and gagged until I thought he was going to be sick. He did much better with eating today and got upset if I didn't feed him fast enough.

   

  

Last weekend, several of my college friends came to visit and brought their children. It was so great to see everyone and to watch all the children playing together.

Landon and Reed enjoyed every minute of the day. When we got there, they decided to take off their shirts. Those two are definitely trouble in the making!

The two pictures below are an attempt to get a picture of all the kids except for the babies.

Katelyn, Ann Coleman, Catherine, Landon, and Reed

          

Charlie and Chase

    

Easter 2010

This was our attempt at a family picture. Too bad the camera was not as interesting as the barking dogs!

    

The Little Bunny

We dyed eggs at Pop and BB's house. Charlie even lended a helping hand. We made monster eggs!

 

  

On Saturday we attended the Robertson family Easter egg hunt. Landon had been waiting on this event all week. He kept telling me he was ready for Easter egg hunt day! While waiting for the eggs to be hidden, the kids played a game of kickball. It was Landon's first kickball game and he had a blast.  

    

The men were great coaching the kids! Stan (pictured below in his MSU attire) and his sisters always do a marvelous job planning the festivities. They make the day such a joy for everyone.

   

Let's hunt! Landon and his cousin, Matthew Ryan are ready to find all the eggs.

    

Woohoo! The prize egg. Landon told me that he remembered that big tree! Then he told me he wanted the big yellow egg!

  

Big bought Landon a duck pinata. He was so excited to beat that duck! It was almost scary to see how much he enjoyed hitting that pinata!

   

Checking out the basket fom the bunny

The silly bunny sent Landon and Charlie on a hunt for their baskets. Landon found his in the dryer in the Waundry(laundry) room as he called it.