Easter Weekend

I love Easter. We had a great Easter weekend, doing all the fun Easter stuff. It is great being with family, seeing my son's face light up when he opens an egg filled with candy, and remembering the true meaning as we think of Christ and his great sacrifice and wonderful resurrection.

We colored eggs with Autumn, Doug and Braxton. Gavin was a little too hands on, and wanted to do it himself, but the eggs turned out great, and we had no spills!

On Saturday morning we got wet in the rain as we went to the Easter egg hunt at a park near our house. It was crazy! They let parent's help, which is a joke, because all you saw was a sea of parent's out there trying to get as much candy as they can. Poor little Gavin and Braxton ended up with a few pieces of candy, so we went back to my house and did a little Easter egg hunt there. They got much more candy and had fun. That was all Braxton could talk about was the Easter egg hunt at Brynnie's house.

Later we went to Casey's Aunt's house for the annual Easter party. Gavin is a pro at finding candy and eggs. He knew just what to do! He got quite the bag full!

On Easter morning we had a little visitor visit our house. We were so sick of Gavin eating candy and making a mess, we were glad the Easter Bunny only filled his eggs with cars. He loves playing with his cars.

See Casey! He DOES smile!

Casey didn't believe me that Kyson smiles...so here is the proof!

Kyson is a month old!

It amazes me how fast the time has flown! Our little Kyson has had quite the month. The poor little guy caught that lovely cold that visited our whole family as soon as he got home from the hospital. As soon as he got over the cold, he got thrush. We didn't know he had thrush, and I just thought he was a little colic because he was so fussy. He is now on some medication, and it is great to have our happy baby back.

Kyson:
-Weighs 8 lbs 11 oz
-21 inches long
-LOVES to cuddle...which makes it hard to get him to sleep in his bassinett
-loves his swing
-loves the Baby Bjorn
-sleeps 3-4 hours a night (hopefully this will get longer!!)
-nurses and drinks from a bottle good
-loves his baths
-loves his binkie
-and the EXCITING NEWS...but I haven't captured it on camera yet...he smiles!!

Fun with Brielle

Last week, when it was beautiful weather, Gavin had fun playing with Brielle. They went to the park, played with bubbles, and had a fun wagon ride.

Playing with the bubbles

Trucks!

Gavin LOVES LOVES LOVES trucks. Or, as he says, "Gucks". We will be driving in the car, and he'll see a truck and yell "Guck!", then when he can't see it anymore, he'll say "Bye Guck." Last week, he went to the park with his little friend Brielle. He found a broken truck while he was there, and insisted on bringing it home. He loved the truck, and even wanted to sleep with the truck. So, Casey took him to Wal-Mart, and let him pick out a big truck. He was so excited about his truck. He carries it everywhere he goes, and he also insists on sleeping with it. What a boy!

Happy Spring!

It's official...it's the first day of Spring! Too bad this beautiful weather isn't going to last. We have been enjoying this warm weather. We went to the park, went for walks, played in the yard and today I even got out to weed. Gavin was such a big helper and helped me weed and Kyson just slept.

Photo Shoot

I took some pictures of my boys today. Kyson was an angel, Gavin was the one who was the stinker. He really didn't think it was too much fun. So hopefully I'll get more of the both of them later.

Hats

I love it when babies wear hats. Here is Kyson sporting a cute little hat.

Adjusting

For those who know Gavin, know that he is a mamma's boy. I thought he'd have a hard time adjusting to a new person taking my attention, but he has done really well. Today he was really cute and wanted to see "Baby". He kept going in our room and peeking into the bassinet. A little later, I got Kyson up and was changing his diaper in his bedroom. Kyson started crying, and I could hear Gavin, who was playing on the stairs, say "Baby! Baby!" He came running up the stairs and runs into our room to check on the baby.

He has already been a big helper by throwing the diapers away in the garbage, or hand me diapers when I am changing Kyson's diaper. Each day it gets a little easier, and hopefully that continues!

Baby Kyson is here!

Kyson McKay was born on Tuesday, March 3 at 4:04 pm. He was 7 lbs 2 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. This labor and delivery was SO EASY. I went into the hospital at 9:30 that morning to be induced. When the nurse asked me if I had any concerns, I just said, "Get me the epideral as soon as I feel pain." and she said, "How about before you feel the pain?" So, I didn't have to feel any pain, and pushing was so much easier the second time around. Only a few pushes, and he was here!

He is such a good baby, and hopefully that continues. He sleeps really good and eats really good. He does spit up a lot, hopefully that is just temporary. He has about the same amount of hair Gavin had, but he doesn't really look like Gavin did when he was born. He has his own cute little look. It was fun seeing Gavin's reaction. He thought the baby was neat for 2 seconds, but he thought the room was much more fun to run and play in. He had no problem leaving us either. He had too much fun with Grandma and Grandpa Losee and Spence.

Things are great, but wish me luck when Casey goes back to work and I have to battle two kids alone!

Happy Birthday Camille! She was so excited to have her new nephew born on her birthday.

Brielle came to visit. She and Gavin had fun playing together.

Gavin holding his little brother.

Dressed ready to go home!