Too Funny I Just Had To Share!

I was giving Ajay a bath the other night and Will decided that he just had to get in the tub with Ajay! He said, "Mommy, can I take a bath too?" So I was thinking he would get in the big tub, but, no, his thinking was that he was going to take a bath literally with Ajay! I can't believe they both fit! I put a washcloth over any sensitive areas, so hopefully they won't kill me when they get older (lol)!!

From the look on Ajay's face, I think he was a little shocked by the whole situation!! Will sure did have a blast though! At least I got them both bathed at the same time (one less thing to do!)

Easter Dinner

This year it was my turn to host Easter Dinner! It was a lot of hard work, but everything turned out great and it was wonderful to have everyone over to my house that day! My parents came, as did my grandmother, and Nelson's parents as well. It was a good day, a busy day, but a good family day! The food turned out pretty good if I don't say so myself.

If you can see the Easter Egg Tree on the table, that is what Will and his babysitter (Aunt Richie) made for us for their Easter holiday project! It turned out soooo cute! They blew all the egg goo out of the shells and painted them then hung them on the tree they made! It was just the cutest tree ever!

I guess it was a long day for Will (for Mommy too) after his bath, he just crashed! I guess his sugar high was over!! He was just sitting straight up on our bed passed out! What a great day!

Easter

We had a great Easter! I woke the boys up early that morning so they could check out what the Easter Bunny had brought them before we headed to church. Will was very excited to see all the CANDY!! I think he thought he had won the chocolate lottery! That boy has such a sweet tooth!

Ajay didn't really grasp the holiday, of course, but that doesn't mean he wasn't happy as could be getting into all his goodies!

Since it rained all day long, we hunted Easter eggs at church inside. Will got quite good at it and made a haul! During church, Father Blagg called all the kids up to the front for a little show and tell part of his sermon and Will headed up there (he made his Grams go up there with him). And Father Blagg was showing them the anointing oils and ashes and holy water and was blessing each child up there and he got to Will and was about to bless him and Will jumped back and said, "No Thank You" really loud! He got the congregation laughing (about continued making them laugh during the 10 minutes he was up there!). He cracks me up sometimes! Then he kept marching up and down the pews the entire time (note to self, do not give your child Easter candy before church). It was a good day though!

I finally got the boys to sit (note the chocolate in Will's hands and mouth) but at least he sat still for 30 seconds, long enough for me to at least snap a picture of them together. I had a vest for Will to wear that looked like Ajay's but Will said, "Mom, please don't make me wear that vest." So I figured, he is at that age, no more baby cute dress up clothes, my boys are growing up too fast!!

Look Who's Crawling!

My little baby boy is growing up so fast! He actually started crawling about 4 weeks ago, but I am just getting to post about it because our computer suffered a major virus (thanks face book) and it deleted EVERYTHING! Thus, sorry it has been a while since I posted anything, but I will try to catch up!

Anyway, little Ajay (well, he is not very little), came in at a whopping 21 pounds at his 8 month checkup! He is a very big boy! He is starting to look more and more like a little boy instead of a baby (tears). They just don't stay little for long! He is into EVERYTHING! He is getting pretty fast at the crawling too! I can put him down in the living room and run to do something, and in 10 seconds I am having to play "hide-n-g0-seek" to find him. He is also starting to pull up too! Nelson walked into check on him this morning and I hear, "Mama, you better get in here and see this. . . " So I get in there and there he is standing up in his crib holding onto the sides jumping! He is going to be a little monkey I can tell!

We also have gained two teeth over the last few weeks! (Thank goodness that is over) Now only 20 more or so to go! Yeah!

Ajay's Court! Yeah!

After 6 long months, we finally got to finalize our adoption of Ajay!! He is now officially, legally

Ajay Richter Edgeman!!!

We are so excited to have that little piece of paper that makes him ours forever!! He was always ours in our hearts, but it just feels soooo much better to have him ours legally. We had a crazy, busy weekend up in Kansas City, but is was great and wonderful! We did have the same judge (who was not very nice at the first hearing), but thankfully he was very nice on Friday for us this time around! Here is our first picture as the "Legal" Edgeman Family.

We had been telling Will over the last month about "Ajay's Court" and what was going to happen and how he had to behave. He was very excited about going to see the judge and have Ajay's court. He asked me, "Mommy, when is my court?" So we had to explain that he didn't need his own special court and that we all got to share Ajay's court day, but I don't think he really grasped the concept. But he did decide that is was a great idea that we all go as a family to Build-A-Bear so that we could make keepsake animals to remember this special day forever. Thank goodness that worked, I don't think we could have pulled off an extra court hearing! (haha) Here is a picture of the whole family.

We had started our day early that morning, around 6:00am, in order to get to court in downtown Kansas City by 9:00am. We had breakfast at the hotel where Will discovered Fruit Loops, to which are now his "favorite" cereal. Everyone in the lobby just couldn't get enough of my two little hams! It may have been that they were dressed alike?? I figure I have to enjoy the cuteness now because there is no way they will agree to it when they get a little older!

Anyway, after court we headed, as promised, to Build-A-Bear. Will got to pick out his animal, an elephant, who he named Pooka (don't ask, I have no idea!) and then he picked out a panda, who he named Booma (again, no idea) for Ajay. He had a blast making the animals and getting to pick out everything down to the shoes. He put the elephant in safari clothes, but then found a pair of black rubber rain boots that he just had to have?? I don't think he is going to go into fashion!! I have to admit though, his little Pooka turned out pretty cute!

Will cracked me up while we were there at Build-A-Bear. He is getting to that age where we have talked about "Stranger Danger" and that kind of things and nice people and bad people. Anyway, he looked at the girl who was going to be helping us make the animals and kind of gave her the worried look. "I asked him what was the matter?" And he said, "Mommy, is that girl a nice girl?" I said, "Yes, Will, that girl is a nice girl." He said, "Well, what is her name?" I looked at her tag, and said, "Her name is Brittany." He looked at me, smiled and said, "Ok, Brittany, you are a nice girl, thank you for helping me make by elephant." It was very cute and he found a new friend, she was very good with him! Anyway, I guess all those "Stranger" conversations did sink in?? Here is Will showing Ajay Pooka.

After we made the animals, Will was hungry for lunch and saw the pizza place at the food court in the mall, so we sat and had a quick bite to eat. I guess making animals is hard work because he ate, and ate, and ate! He had the toppings of a huge slice of pepperoni pizza, the frosting off the top of a huge cinnamon roll, and then had all the frosting off the top of a huge sugar cookie. It was good to see him eat good though!

After lunch, we headed to the Kansas City Zoo. We have been there several times, but just loves zoos, so we did that for the afternoon activity. Since it is winter, they had closed half the zoo (Africa), so we didn't get to see his favorite animals, but he had fun anyway.

We had a wonderful, fun filled day Friday, one we will NEVER forget!! Such a great day! After our action packed day, that started very early, we were all starving and headed to get some dinner, Kansas City Barbecue, it was great! Then we just headed back to the hotel and I think everyone was in bed by 8:00pm! What a great day, exhausting, but so wonderful!! We feel so blessed that we have such a wonderful little family! It took us a long time to get here, but we wouldn't trade our experiences (well maybe some of them) for anything!!

Ajay is Sitting Up

Well, look what Ajay learned to do today!! Yeah! He is has so much belly it is hard for him to sit up for more than a minute or two, but he is doing it!! YEAH!! He is getting to be such a big boy!!
When I had the camera out taking pictures of Ajay sitting up for the first time, Will said, "let me take a picture with baby Ajay too"! So I grabbed this shot of my two boys sitting up together.
It was a crazy day today. It was the first day I have had off since last Monday, so I had a lot of things to get done today after not doing them for 8 days. Even though my wonderful husband does so much for me on his days off, there is still an overabundance of laundry all the time?? I don't know where it comes from, just appears out of nowhere! Anyway, I spent the morning cleaning house and doing laundry (well all day actually), then we went to the farm so Will could ride the tractor this afternoon, followed by lunch, naps, and more laundry. Anyway, you know how crazy a five minute time span can get when you are a mother. Multitasking has always been my strong suit, but today, all I could do was just to sit down and laugh (or else I might have just ran out the door crying). I was trying to get dinner started, the potatoes were boiling over, Will missed his nap and was on a sugar high from the ice cream sundae he had just eaten and was screaming and running around with a banana in his hand, Ajay had just woken up from his nap and was starving and wanted his bottle five minutes ago, my phone was beeping from the three text messages all from work, I am yelling at Daisy to get off the table and stop eating Will's food, he is so obviously not going to eat (now anyway), and then Nelson walks in the door not knowing what direction to head to, and all I can do is just stand there and laugh. Best of all, when I open up the dishwasher to load the dinner dishes, there is that banana. All in a days work I guess?? Good times, good memories, good family fun!

Will Got to Ride a Tractor

OK, it is not news that Will LOVES tractors, he is what we like to call a John Deere Man (well boy), anyway, he finally got to ride a BIG tractor. His babysitter, Aunt Richie (Ritchdie as he calls her), took him to the farm today to ride the tractor as a prize for making it all week without ANY kind of potty accident!! Yeah Will!! He will probably kill me for this when he gets older, but, this was the reward he picked! It was cold and windy, but that didn't seem to bother him. He also got to see some newborn calves (one was just a few hours old) and thought that was really great too! He is such a little farm boy! Anyway, he went off on the tractor with Richie while Mommy and Ajay stayed in the warm car out of the wind.

He kept telling us he was too scared to drive the big tractor by himself (not quite sure why he thought he was going to get to drive all by himself), but he wanted Richie to ride with him. I think he had a blast and hopefully he will keep this in mind as a bribe for potty training and keep doing it!!