The One About the Sitting Baby and the First Tooth

    I would say Callum is officially sitting on his own.  He has been sitting for awhile, but wasn't very steady.  Now he does very well, and sits straight up.  Overnight, Callum's first tooth finally popped through.  It was a rough night for him, so I was thankful he had something to show for it.

 
    On Saturday, I took the boys up to Atkinson to try out a photographer who was offering spring mini- sessions (which is funny since we drove up there on icy roads in blowing snow).  The older boys were not very cooperative, so we only had about two pictures that turned out good.  Oh well, I guess less money I will spend ordering pictures.  She should have them on facebook in a few days.
   This is going to be a crazy week for us.  I had to switch my work week because Asher is having his tonsils and adnenoids removed on Thursday morning.  He is also getting tubes put back in his ears.  I got his medical history to take to the new ENT we are seeing in Norfolk, and was shocked when I counted how many antibiotics this kid has been on in his 3 1/2 years.  Callum has had 2 ear infections already in his 6 months, so I am expecting to be visiting the ENT again in the future.  My poor kids are cursed with ear infections.  We are hoping that the tonsils coming out might improve Asher's sleeping, because that has not improved with age.  Because of the surgery, we are staying home on Easter.  The Easter baskets will be filled with pudding and yogurt, not candy.  I won't have to go back to work until the following Thursday because of Easter break, so hopefully after a week Asher will be back to normal.  We are a bit concerned, because the doctor says no rough play for 2 weeks.....how in the heck are we going to control that?

The One About the Figurine

     Gavin and I were in Mindy's Gazebo today.  As we were looking at all the home decor, I heard him say, "Hey, that looks like Asher and me."  I looked over, and he was right.  There was this awesome figurine of two brothers fishing.  I smiled, and walked away, but just couldn't get it out of my mind.  It really did resemble the boys, particularly Asher.  So we walked back over to it, and as soon as I read the bottom of it I knew we were taking it home with us.  It's just too bad there wasn't a 3rd brother.

Mama Says.....Take Care of Your Brother. 

Mama smiles....for her young angler loves to follow in the wake of his older brother.  Mama prays.....that no matter what life casts their way, her sons will count on each other.   

See Romans 12:10

The sculpture is based on "Mom Won't Mind," a painting portraying brothers Jamie and David, fishing buddies of the artist.

It also reminded me of a book that we have that I love reading to the boys, about two brothers and their mama fishing.  Each boy asks their Mama who she loves best.  In that book there is also a dark-haired boy and a blonde boy with shaggy hair.  I also love that the boys call her "Mama", not "Mommy."  Asher always calls me "Mama."  I also love that in the book the little dark-haired boy is more introspective and calm, while the blonde boy is wild and crazy...like Gavin & Asher.

The One About a Haircut and Puppet Show

      First, here are some pictures that I took of Callum and Asher last week during one of our afternoons home.  I am home with the boys Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and I LOVE my days at home with them.  Not that I don't miss Gavin, but it is so peaceful without him.  Asher and Gavin are fighting a lot lately, and it drives us crazy.  It doesn't ever matter which child is not without you, but whenever you are down one it sure seems to be a lot less hectic.  

I love my big brother!!

I better enjoy the days I can still dress Callum up cute, because I am sure he will soon run around shirtless like the other two.  

Callum went for his first real haircut last week.  He had a slight trim before, but this was a full head cut.  Sue just took some length off his spike since it was starting to curl back and get a little out of control.

   

    One night when Asher was supposed to be falling asleep, he walked out into the living room with a guilty look on his face.  He held out his hand, and I saw olive green.  No, not poop.  :)  He had peeled one of the letters from his wall decal off.  Oh, Mama was mad!!!!!  

   I told him "Well I guess since you tore the /r/ off, your name isn't Asher anymore.  We are going to have to call you Ash-ee.  Wow...that kind of sounds like Ashley."  Perfect thing to say, because he was upset.  He kept yelling, "I am still Asher Hayes Whiting!!"  I still haven't done anything to fix the decal.  I ordered it off of Etsy.  He had crumpled the pieces up so there was no way to piece it back together.  Darn kid!!  I am still mad just thinking about it.

   On Friday night Sue Burtwistle came over with her husband, daughter, and grandchildren.  Her daughter, Brynn, is building onto her house and wanted to see ours for ideas.  The boys were so excited that Sue was coming over to visit them.  Before she got there, Gavin decided that they would perform a puppet show for Sue.  The show would be Little Red Riding Hood.  So they got to work creating the puppets.  Gavin is so artistic.  I really wish I would have taken a picture of their stage.  He had all the characters, as well as little trees made out of paper to create the forest.  It was so creative!!  We taped straws on the back of the characteristics, and the boys planned to hide behind the chair in the basement to perform.  Well Sue and company came, and it was time for the show.  We all sat down on the floor to watch.  I have no idea why I didn't run and get my camera at this point to record it.  I am just kicking myself now.  It was HILARIOUS!!!  First, Gavin popped out and announced, "Welcome to the puppet show."  Which caused Asher to yell, "No, I am the master."  We assume he meant the announcer or something, because then he straight-faced said, "The puppet show begins" as he marched to the side.  Well this whole thing repeated itself again before the show actually started.  We were all crying with laughter.  Gavin tried to get Asher to come back behind the chair to help with the puppets, but he said, "The master sits here" and plopped right in the middle of the chair.  Gavin went ahead and performed the puppet show, even though we could barely hear him.  Of course, halfway through Asher got bored and ran to get his big bouncy ball to do Wipeout tricks for the crowd.  Sue's 2-year old granddaughter joined in and they were doing somersaults and all sorts of tricks.  It was great!  Afterwards, Sue's granddaughter asked if she could spend the night.  She didn't want to leave.  Asher told her, "Yes, but she has to sleep on the floor."  What little performers!!