Milestones and the Treehouse

Each of our boys hit milestones today!!!

Jace finally rolled over (while we were watching)! He has actually been rolling belly to back for over a month now, we just have never witnessed it. I would put him on his stomach and run to the other room, when I got back, he'd be on his back. Another time Rick was sitting in the room with him and still didn't see it. Today I had just missed it again while across the hall doing laundry so Rick rolled him over and he rolled 4 or 5 times in a row for us! It was fun to see him figure it out.

Levi hit a milestone of his own... He pooped in the potty!!! The past few days he has been wanting to sit on the toilet a few times but never accomplished more than playing with the toilet paper and frustrating me (though I did sit there patiently with him). Today before nap he wanted to go on the toilet and after 15 minutes and me asking several times if he was done... he pooped!

Last Monday Rick didn't have to work so we took Levi to the Children's Treehouse museum. He had a great time...

sitting in the "oval office"

"going" to Japan and many other countries, and just being a kid. He didn't care much for the slide, it was too fast and flipped him upside down.

Last week my best friend Kertsi was in town from Chicago with her girls and stopped by for the afternoon. Levi was not in a sharing mood and wasn't very nice to Ava. The next morning he kept asking "Ava play?" and was sad she was gone.

Left to right... Jace, Ava, Amelia, Levi.

Kertsi and I have shared so many memories together. We met in college about 6 months before my mission and for the 3 months prior were inseperable. Since then we have done a lot together, traveled to Europe, camped, shopped, played and have even shared many milestones of our own together. We were married 2 weeks apart, had our first kids 1 week apart and the second kids 1 1/2 months apart. I wish we lived closer so that we could see each other more.

Levi discovered stickers this morning, not really a milestone, but he had a grand time.

Oh sooo gooodt and "snow fun"

Levi received some scratch-n-sniff books for Christmas and he loves them. I read one to him and scratch-n-sniffed it and said "oh, so good" the first time I read it to him. Now he loves to scratch-n-sniff it himself and says "oh, sooo goooodt". He also loves to cheese it for the camera, if you couldn't tell. I'm hoping to get a video of him rocking out to the music while we're driving sometime. It makes me laugh every time. I'll try again later to download the video, but can't get it to work right now.

Jace always wants to sit up now. We have to make sure to strap him in everytime we put him in the swing or bouncer.

The other day we went to my friend Erin's house (she watches the boys while I'm at work). I had originally planned on going to my parents but due to the snow I opted to stay close to home. She was kind enough to let me use her washer as mine died and the new one is on back order and I won't get it till Feb. (I got it the day after Thanksgiving) Her husband was off work that day so while we stayed in with the little kids, he played out in the snow with them. He taught them to make and throw snowballs, pulled them around in the tobaggan and then built a little ramp at the top of their 5 ft hill for the kids to sled down. They were all laughing and having a great time. I had to run out and get some pics of Levi's first time sledding. We finished the morning off with hot cocoa and then headed home for naps. Thanks guys for helping us so much. It's awesome to have such good friends.