Quentin is 9 Months Old

At his last checkup he was: 17.8 lbs. (13%) and 29" (69%).  His latest tricks are:

• clapping
• scooting on his bum to move around
• giving kisses
• playing peek-a-boo
• rolling over

It's President's Day

How did you celebrate?  We went bowling.  I'm pretty sure there's a bowling alley in The White House, so it seemed like an appropriate way to spend our day off!

I won the game!  (So if you talk to my hubby in the near future, please remind him of this fact.)

January Happenings

Military Appreciation Night at the Rensselaer vs Harvard Hockey Game.

John's office with Puckman.

Gabe drew a picture of a hockey player & the score board at the game.  I thought it was cute : )

Sorry, for the blurry pics, but it's hard to take a picture and hold the camera (my phone) steady when I'm also holding Quentin, whom we affectionately call Mr. Grabby Hands.  

The boys earning their keep at the Air Force recruiting booth : )

The boys started swimming lessons.  This is the first time Porter's taken lessons and he's doing great!  And Gabe has turned into a fish and is swimming awesome all by himself this year!

One of Gabe's Lego creations.  The boy's got some imagination and skills : )  I really should take more pictures of the things he builds.

 

One of my latest craft projects.  I got the veggie tray from Hobby Lobby for around $3.  Then I used ModgePodge to cover it in paper "tiles" to give it a mosaic look.  It took a long time to glue all the tiles on, but it looked great up until I dropped it and it cracked.  Oh well, it's still use able.  C'est la vie.

 

We saw this opossum walk through our backyard the other day.  I've never seen one alive before . . . they're usually dead on the side of the road. 

Happy January!

Winter Storm Nemo

With the potential of being snowed in this past weekend I decided it was a good weekend to get a project done around the house.  So Friday just as the snow was starting to fall I went to Home Depot and picked up some green paint.  We only got about 8 inches of snow from the big storm (we were supposed to get 15), and I got our kitchen and living painted and got a vinyl quote put on the kitchen wall.  Not too shabby for snowy weekend : )

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Aunt Jenny Visits

My sister came to visit us this last week!  With the help of her husband (thanks Philip!), grandparents and neighbors she was able to leave all her kids at home and stay with us for almost a week!  

While she was here we went to Vermont.

This is a statue of John Stark, hence, the Iron Man pose.  Get it?  Iron Man . . . Tony Stark . . . cheap thrills, I know.

 I think my kids actually licked this statue.

 We took Jenny to experience the healing waters of Saratoga.

Here she is, ready to sample the natural spring water.

I may have "forgotten" to mention it's naturally carbonated sulfur water.  Yuck!

But she was brave and kept trying more.

At last, success, yummy spring water!

We went to the National Museum of Horse Racing.  

(Free for military, woohoo!)

Little piece of history for you, did you know Andrew Jackson loved horse racing and actually operated a racing stable during his presidency?  He often entered runners in races undo the pseudo name of AJ Donelson.  And before he was president he killed a man (in a duel) over a racing bet (and for insulting his wife).  

  And of course, the obligatory visit to Cohoes Falls : )

 And then we were off to Palmyra for some church history.

Jenny's father-in-law lived in the frame house as a child and his family worked the Smith farm for the church.  The frame house was built by Alvin Smith and is 85% original.  It was very neat to see where the Smith family lived and to imagine someone we know living in the same home, using the same kitchen, sleeping in the same rooms, using the fireplace where Joseph hid the gold plates, etc.  Amazing.

Thanks for coming to visit Aunt Jenny!  We love you and can't wait for you to come back!