Spring is here!!

Scott has been very busy working on the backyard this spring. He decided he wanted to build a sandbox for Jayden, as the turtle sandbox just wasn’t big enough for him anymore. After spending hours chopping through tree roots, he actually had an area for the box. It didn’t take nearly as long to put together as we thought. He is quite a sandbox maker!!

Jayden has been enjoying the sandbox!!

This picture shows the final product of the sandbox as well as Brandt and Scott searching for the ball over the back fence. Notice their size difference??  haha

After the sandbox was done, Scott was even more ambitious. He and a friend from GRCC, Mike Gross, put in our new patio. This was quite the project. Unfortunately there isn’t a really great picture of the patio but as you can see, we are enjoying it.

Jayden was a big help in building the patio. He was sporting his hat and sunglasses while eating his new favorite snack, Twizzlers!!

Everything was completed in time for Jayden’s second birthday which was on May 16th. We didn’t have a party, just immediate relatives that could make it. He of course had a great time and received lots of presents. He is very into the Cars movie and received a ton of toys from cars to a Lightning McQueen big wheels!! Aunt Kelli got him a music set that includes a drum, harmonica, and tamborine. He is really good at playing the drum and tamborine. I think he is going to be musically inclined.

He also enjoyed his balloons!! We forgot to give cousins, Emily and Grace, balloons when they left (sorry guys). Jayden had just as much fun with his balloons as with his toys.

On Monday, the City of Wyoming Public Works had an open house in which the public can view firetrucks, police cars, bulldozers, etc. We took Jayden as he is into trucks and cars. He had a good time. Hopefully this is the only time he is ever sitting in a police car!!

Finally, Alyson and Tyler had their 4 month check up (even though they are only 3 1/2 months old) and Jayden had his two year check up on Tuesday. Everyone got their shots. Alyson cried the most, followed by Jayden (he only got one) and little Tyler didn’t cry much at all. Jayden is now 29.8 pounds and 35 1/2 inches I think it was. I don’t remember the exact length on Tyler and Alyson but they were both right around 24 inches. Alyson weighed in at 13.13 pounds and Tyler is 13.8 pounds. I can’t believe how big they are already. We had a significant event occur last night, both Alyson and Tyler slept through the night!! We aren’t expecting that again tonight as Tyler was screaming for almost an hour tonight before I got him to go to sleep.

Alyson continues to smile all of the time. Tyler smiles a lot and talks all of the time. Alyson almost completely rolled over tonight. Her big head was the only thing holding her back.  The picture below of Alyson is her usual self!!

Hopefully I haven’t forgotten anything and you enjoyed the pictures. There is never a dull moment around here and we are always having fun with Jayden and the new things Tyler and Alyson are doing.