The Howard Family Blog

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Just a swingin'

We inherited a really nice swing set from some neighbors who moved and so we bought the boys one of those little tykes infant swings. They were completely unsure at first, looking pretty doubtful about it all...but in the end they had a blast! They are growing up so fast! They will be 8 months old this week and Xavier is starting to crawl a bit. So exciting! Anyway, I just thought I would share the latest photos! It has been a beautiful week!

Xavier James took a while to warm up to it to...

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

We are moving!

We have decided to move to Perkins (a small town about 12 miles south of Stillwater). We were driving through on Saturday and we happened to see a rent sign and stopped on a whim....and it was fate. It was perfect for us! It is a cute brick home with white shutters and a huge backyard with chain link fence for our puppies. It is 3 bed/1.5 bath and even has a 4th room (they heated/cooled and carpeted the garage area) for all our workout/martial arts stuff! It is on a corner lot with lots of trees and space, so there is plenty of room for the boys' swing set and toys...it is all around perfect for us! Here are some pics off of google maps street view!

So we get the keys on Wednesday...and after a quick change in the linoleum flooring in the kitchen by Adam, we will start the process of moving! Shouldn't be hard...we just have 2 babies, 2 adults, 2 dogs and 1 cat along with 4 years of accumulate stuff! WHEW!

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Spontaneous Weekend Fun

So Adam and I decided it was time for a spontaneous family vacation last weekend. We have never stayed in a hotel with the boys, but we thought it was time to try. So we made some calls and 30 minutes later (yes, that is right just 30 minutes to pack up 2 adults and 2 babies...we are goood) we were on our way to OKC! Adam's Mom, Dauna and his niece, Trish decided to make the drive from Muskogee and join us! We got over sized room at a Comfort Inn (you try cramming two playpens and about 2,000 toys into a standard sized room, lol) and had us a little vacation...

It was super-fun and the boys did just great! We got up Sunday morning and headed to our favorite place...the zoo of course! The boys get sooo excited there, it is pretty cute! It ended up being much hotter than we thought it would be, so by the end of the day we were all sweaty and exhausted, but we had a great time....

And Adam made a new friend. :) There was an ancient, HUGE alligator snapping turtle...Adam wanted to bring it home, but the zoo security would not let him. He was too big to smuggle out under his shirt. lol



Thursday, July 16, 2009

Softball and Sunshine

Adam and I took the boys to my niece's softball game last weekend. We lasted about 30 minutes in the 104 degree heat! It was just too darn hot! But Cindy (my sis) got some cute pictures before we left. I have a couple more of mine to add, but haven't had time to download them.

AND...Courtney's team won the championship!! YAY!


Monday, July 13, 2009

Peek a BOO!

Here is the video of me playing peekaboo with the boys. That cracking up you hear is Tavian, he thought it was the funniest thing ever!


Weekend Pictures

Hi there everyone! We did a little photo session yesterday, thought I would share some pictures. We couldn't get a good family picture of all of us, but we caught some cute moments. Tavian is in the orange, Xavier in the blue. I am also adding a video of a game of peekaboo. The boys haven't been so keen on it until yesterday, and then they just thought it was hilarious!

Tavian showing you his big muscles!

Tavian trying to eat me!

Xavier being a little cheeseball! Boy he loves to smile for the camera already!



Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Xavier Sitting

Milestones and Naps

I know, I am getting all excited with these posts today! Last one, I swear. Just wanted to share a few more pics and news. Mr. Xavier James can now sit up all by himself and play with his toys. He still falls over some, but not much. He can even sit in a shopping cart like a big boy!

Mr. Tavian Randall is quickly catching up. He can sit up too, but doesn't like to stay there too long and especially likes throwing his whole body backwards at a seconds notice, so he still needs supervision. The picture below is of him in his jumperoo. He fell dead asleep mid-bounce! Cuuuute!


Zoo trip #5



Well our boys are very used to going to the zoo...they have been 5 times in their 7 months! We went to the OKC zoo on Sunday when it was only 88 degrees and we had a blast! The boys love looking at the animals and since it was cool all the big cats and bears were out and active. We got THIS CLOSE to lions and got to see a grizzly bear inches away. (It was cute, he had his paw over his eyes to block out the sun...see pics).

Tavian loves watching and talking to this little orangutan. The little guy always swings from a rope upside down and stares right back at Tavian. Creeps me out, but it cracks Tavian up! Anyway, just thought I would throw some pics out there.

I also threw in some pics we took last night. Xavier has a new face, it cracks me up. He purses his lips together and tries to smile. He was doing it to Grammy the whole day Saturday and now it is his favorite face! |


Blog instead of Emails

Well here goes. I have decided to keep a blog about our little family. I am always sending out so many emails, I am sure people get sick of me :) So I thought I would just put a post out every few days about what was happening and new pictures and such, that way people could check it when they felt like it.

I have added some recent pictures of the boys and our summer fun.
So...welcome to the Howard Family blog!