Valentine's Day Fun with Cousins

For Valentine's Day we went to my sister's house and decorated cookies...Stratton wasn't sure why the decorations had to go on the cookie first. Why not just eat them straight? Gabriella was quite a bit more prolific. And Dashell got to show off his big belly to Noah. Noah is 3 weeks older than him, but I think it's clear that Dashell is the fatty of the family.

One Big Baby

Dashell is growing up so fast! It feels like he is getting big even faster than Stratton did as a baby. He is a wonderful baby boy, and in a big hurry to catch up to his big brother, or at least be able to get out of his way! We are so glad to have another boy in our family! I just wish I didn't feel like he was growing up so fast.

We love snow!

For those of you who don't live in the Cleveland area, we have had a very snowy winter so far. We have had several feet of snow on the ground for quite a while, and we all loved it! Especially now that it has all melted this past week. We are missing it already and were sad to see it go. So to celebrate how much the Neibaurs love snow, I am posting some pictures from the past few weeks of us out enjoying it.

Some seriously tame sledding- Stratton has no fear of anything except a face full of snow, so after a few face plants in snow drifts, sledding has really slowed down to a crawl.

Out for a winter hike. Notice Dashell's boots actually getting some use. He was totally ready to walk on his own.

A House Full of Boys!

Stratton loves playing in the snow with his dad and his dog, especially being pulled around in his sled.

Dashell is ready for some serious snow trekking...at least his feet are!

My three favorite boys cuddling on the couch! I'm a lucky woman to have a house full of such cute boys!

Our New President

I watched the inauguration this morning with the boys, not wanting to miss participating in this historic event in some small way. I though that President Obama gave an amazing inaugural speech and definitely renewed my patriotic spirit. I don't think Stratton quite got the message, though. I tried to explain to him that we were watching our new president and asked him if he knew who the president was. I was surprised when he said yes, so I asked him who it was and he said "Santa". I thought that maybe he thought I was saying 'presents' instead of president, so I tried to clarify that they were different and pointed out President Obama on the screen and said "This is our president" and he said " Yes Mama- Santa!" Either he has funny ideas about politics or about what Santa looks like, but either way he thinks our country is being run by someone who gives presents to everyone!

Small Victories

I just wanted to share that today I wore a pair of pants with an actual button, zipper and waistband. Perhaps some day in the next year I will make it through a whole week without wearing a single piece of maternity clothing. Oh, to be done hitching my pants up.

Life in the Neibaur House in Pictures

I know I pretty much just post pictures, but I'm proud of posting anything, so I thought that I would write my update on life in our house through some of our recent shots. We love having a house of boys!

The boys are getting to know each other better and Stratton loves spending time with Dashell, although the whole family feels like laying down in the middle of the floor and giving up alot of days!

Dashell is very worried that his parents have no idea what to do with another baby boy...just because we have one boy, doesn't mean he has a lot of confidence in us at this point.

Hanging out with our Cleveland cousin, Noah, who is just 3 weeks older than Dashell ...if you can't tell, Dashell likes to eat and is catching up to his older cousin in size pretty quickly. From that, you can probably tell how his mom spends a good portion of each day (and night!) By the way, this was on Dashell's blessing day. I don't normally dress my children, or myself for that matter, in white...we are a stain- prone family.

It has been very cold and very snowy in Cleveland!!!! We are all bundling up, but the rest of us don't look quite as cute as Dashell!