It has been an exciting past few months. Thatcher is almost walking now, he took four unassisted steps last night. I had predicted he would be walking by his first birthday and he is almost there. Thatcher had his 1st birthday on Friday. He got a walker, some bath toys, and clothes. He wasn't in the best of moods that day so it was a short lived Birthday but Seth and I loved the cake! 

Since my last post Seth, Megan and I went to an airshow and we celebrated Halloween. Seth went as an astronaut (there is a shocker) and Thatcher went as a sea turtle. Here are some pictures I took of the events.

More Pictures

Don't have a lot of time. I hope you see the videos below. I also posted a few pictures on Shutterfly. Been nuts around here. This is the first free time I have had in weeks.

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Thatcher Crawls and Eats Solid Food

Thatcher is crawling now! We got some good footage of him crawling with Seth, looking at himself in the mirror, and eating some solid foods. Enjoy!

Seth's 4th Birthday (Video)

I finally got around to making Seth's 4th birthday video. Enjoy!

New Picture Blog?

Shutterfly has a new blogging tool. It seems way more advanced then blogger. I have started to play with it. Depending on feedback, I may decide to switch over to it. Tell me what you think. You can view the site by going to http://thefaylings.site.shutterfly.com

Car, Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Visits

June/July is the busy time for our family. In the past few weeks we have bought a new car, had three birthdays, a 50th wedding anniversary, and three separate family visits. I purchased a 2007 Chrysler 300c. Since I drive about 120 miles a day for work I needed to get a car that was better for my back. My old Monte Carlo was giving me horrible back pain. I have had it now for a few weeks and I haven't had a single day with back pain. It was the best purchase I have ever made!

Seth turned four June 28th. We went a little overboard on the presents this year. I think Megan and I learned something important this time around. Anything over 4 presents is just to much. Seth had so many presents he actually got tired of opening them! Seth is doing much better with his speaking now and is talking in full sentences. He is still seeing a speech therapist but I don't expect him to be going for much longer.

As for visitors, we have had my mother, grandfather, cousin (Jenice), Kim, Brandi, Nick, Morris and Doris all visit us within 10 days of each other. As you can expect it has been very hectic around here. Brandi and Nicholas stayed with us for over a week. So we had a four year old, 18 month old, and a seven month old all at the same time. You can imagine the days around here. Brandi and Nick just left today and it feels a little too quite around here.

Morris and Doris Nicholson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with us. The family threw them a surprise party and it was a success. We also threw Jeff a 50th birthday party. The whole family is a little sick of cake right now.

We have a TON of pictures for you to view, and expect another compilation video in the next few days (It takes several hours to compose, and finding time is getting more difficult these days.)

Enjoy!

Summer is here

Nothing that exciting to report (Jason Mantel always writes War and Peace on his blogs making me feel self conscious about mine.)

It is summer, so that means it is hot! My car showed 106 degrees a few days ago while I was sitting in traffic. Since the weather has been so hot we have been trying to do more indoor activities with the kids. Last week I took Seth to see Kung fu Panda. He sat through the entire movie. I was very impressed. I think our world just got a little more fun, now that movies are open to us.

Thatcher is sitting up like a pro now. He loves to watch Seth and I playing. His current favorite: Seth and I throwing paper airplanes at each other, and Seth dropping his "parachute guy" from the top of the stairs. Thatcher has also become a Teletubby fan. Surprising Seth is still into the show! I thought I wasn't going to have to endure any more of that show... Oh well.

Here are the pictures we acquired over the past few months and a short compilation video I created.

Spring 2008

Happy Easter,

Just wanted to give everybody an update. The family is doing well. Thatcher has started to sleep more during the night. Last night we only had to get up 6 times. WOO HOO!

Seth and Thatcher are starting to play together. Seth will come over when Thatcher is crying and try to cheer him up. Thatcher loves it. Thatcher is 20 lbs now. When you have Seth and Thatcher next to each other it is shocking how big Thatcher is. Other then that everything else is status quo.

Enjoy these pictures.

Winter 2008

It has been a few months since our last post. Life has been hectic with a newborn, a toddler, and a long distance job. Seth is in school now, Thatcher is able to smile and laugh, and I have added over 6,000 more miles to my car since our last post.

Seth is doing well with school, bringing home new projects every week. We have started to see a difference in his attitude, and he is asking us "What's this?" all the time.

Megan and I are still not getting any sleep. I do the 10 PM - 2AM shift, sleep from 2 AM to 6 AM and then head into the office. Megan does 2AM until the morning. We have managed to take a few pictures, and I have created another compilation video, so enjoy!

Xmas 2007

Thatchers first Christmas was action packed. He had a visit from his grandmother Brown, and his aunt and uncle Mantel. We had three kids running around the house (actually one running, one waddling, and the other laying on his back).

Megan and I have been getting on average about 4 hours of sleep each. One sleeps while the other watches the kids. Adding visitors just made it more interesting. Added to all of this Seth is currently potty training now (he is almost there!) and he starts his first day of pre-school on Monday!

I have created a short video that sums up the holidays as well as posted more pictures. Enjoy!