Slade has been such a "better" baby than Hendrix was. He is always happy and content and he is already sleeping through the night in his crib upstairs. Last night from 8pm until this mornign at 6am. We went for Slade's 4mo check last week. He had his shots and showed his stuff. She usually asks if they are rolling over and this check up but he continued to roll on the table during the whole appointment so I think she got the idea. I hope he remains this active because he will need it......he is almost 18 lbs!!!!!!!That is the 90th percentile for weight, oh yes he is large and in charge. He is also 90th percentile for head circ and 80th for height in case anyone cares, which I don't. It's amazing how things change with your second child. Now I focus on such different aspects of their growth and development than I did with Hendrix. Speaking of Hendrix he is now sleeping in his bed again thank goodness, though it took some jeddi (sp?) mind trick by mommy AND dare I say.............................he is potty trained!!! No accidents in almost a week. It was like a switch was turned or something. Our couches seem like they will never arrive but when they do I'll take the "finished" pics of our basement and post.

Hello again. Well, the we're busy as usual around here. The basement is finally done!! Pics to come because the furniture isn't coming until next week.

I finally found probably my favorite thing in Dentistry so far....Endodontics. Doing root canals is surprisingly fun to me, but I won't be specializing so I'll just dabble in a little endo instead of going hard core. We had Kat's first bridal shower at my house weekend before last. It turned out really fun. We actually ate outside then opened presents inside. I had asked Travis a bunch of questions that I then asked Kat....some were about her some him, to see how much they knew about each other. It was hilarious. They really do know each other very well already!

The boys are doing good. Slade has had his first illness, a cold that has lasted 2 weeks, thanks daycare!

Hendrix is an absolute mess. He has decided in the last week that he is no longer sleeping up in his bed so we are dealing with that, he has recently been caught twice spreading syrup in his hair and all over his body because according to him it makes him look like a tiger. He also has been trading socks with his friends at school on the playground. He will leave with his very nice Gymboree socks and come home with some ratty plain white boy socks. Finally after asking him, I find out he wants ratty white boy socks.............and the testosterone begins. Lastly, here is what he does when he is really bored and yes he does know better

Brandon has been playing quite a bit of guitar, and getting paid so not so bad I guess. Here is a small clip that I shot of the band messing around at a friend's party. They play all kinds of stuff, but crowd pleasers are a must at thess parties so it ends up being 80s music instead of B's favorite, the Blues.

Well, finals "month" is over. Our household survived and I did well, by some miracle. We are also finishing our basement....finally!! I'ts been slow since we have done most of it ourselves. Now I will have somewhere to herd my boys. We are still not having much luck in the potty training department, although he seems to be excelling at everything else that he wants to in life. I think we will be spending his college fund on pull ups. Slade is doing well, eating more than he should and already rolling over and wanting to sit up. Here are some pics of the boys and of our basement in mid-finish. It will have an entertaining area and play room for the kids and a music room. Brandon can't wait!

Hendrix discovers performing for the camera