The DeWitt Kids

Nothing like 5 am

2009-02-12T16:47:00.000-08:00

So for those of you who do not know I just took a new job with Bona Vista as a QMRP. I am really excited about this opportunity and know that this is what I was meant to do. I love working with people and I LOVE the people I am working with. I am only on week two in this position, but am loving every minute of it. Our schedules have been thrown off a little bit and the kids have been waking up EARLY in the morning. Chase has been trying out shades of lipstick and Preston is loving the extra Dora and Diego time he gets!

Chase is very proud of Mommy Super Bowl beads. This was a big hit at Bdubs for the game. Although the Cardinals lost the company was wonderful. Thanks B.V. friends!!!

Happy Halloween

2008-10-30T10:44:00.000-07:00

While shopping at Target I found a book of different templates to use for our pumpkin carving night. Since the kids love kitties we thought it would be cool to carve a cat pumpkin! It was marked on the top of the sheet as "easy" so we thought, What the heck!
Chase dug right in to the pumpkin, Preston does not like to get his hands dirty, so told us it was yucky!

Preston just wanted it to be done, he did not like how long this actually takes!

Chase got into Halloween candy! Poor kid was on a sugar high!

The finished product! Not bad, but I wouldn't say it was EASY!

Happy Birthday and Retirement Dad a.k.a. PaPa

2008-10-28T18:29:00.000-07:00

SURPRISE!!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy-O / PaPa! Mom through a wonderful surprise party at the Siberling Mansion this past weekend for Dad. many of Dad's Friends from Chicago traveled up for the occasion. We had a wonderful weekend and it was nice to get dressed up and put the boys in their nice clothes! I enjoyed spending time with my sis and can't wait to spend more time with her in the upcoming week. Preston was waiting for Papa to come in so he could say "Happy Papa Day!"

All dressed up for the event...Thank you Malek's for the cute outfit!
Chaser actually looks Innocent in this picture. Little do you all know that he was screaming for cereal.

This bear freaks me out! He was in one of the rooms of the mansion and Preston kept telling me there was a grrr in the other room. He seemed like he liked it and once I saw it I freaked out! I thought my kids might have nightmares for weeks, but both boys loved on it.

Here is everyone at our dinner!

After dinner was over we headed back to the house to Roast my Dad. I never thought I would see my Dad in a pimp hat!

Our Weekend Away to see the other DeWitt's

2008-10-20T17:15:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful weekend! I can't say that enough...Thank you , Thank you, Thank you!

We drove out to Madison, IN for a weekend of fun. We kept very busy from the minute we got there to the minute we left! I was so happy to see the boys around other kids. That is one thing they are currently missing, so it was very nice to see them socializing with other kids. Hannah, Fisher, and Rory take good care of the boys and they all truly have such a good time together.

Chase played with Hannah's beads, which was too cute!
Anytime Preston needed a jacket Fisher would go to his room to help dress P so he would stay warm! I loved the fact that Preston looked like he was wearing a dress, but was so darn proud of it! Preston and Fisher were sword fighting all weekend, due to seeing Peter Pan. P now thinks he is Captain Hook and needs to sword fight. I really didn't think he would catch on to the play as well as he did, but if you ask him about Peter Pan he tells you that he flies and when you say Captain Hook he is ready to sword fight. During the middle of the play bubbles fell from the ceiling and since we were in the second row from the front my son got to catch them! He was several seats away, sitting with Uncle Tom and Hannah. He yelled Mama, Bubbles! Then a dog came to the stage and Chase was yelling Dog, Dog, Dog, Dog......Dog! It was so funny! It was such a nice thing to do and the kids really enjoyed it! Hannah and Fisher enjoyed it as well, they had a sandbox with treasures in it. So the kids all took it upon themselves to help my boys get good prizes...a BAG FULL!

Preston has taken a liking to Rory...in fact he can say her name! That is impressive for a little boy who doesn't say much! He spent a lot of time hugging and kissing on Rory. I don't think she minded all that much!

Tom and Crippled Kristen watching all the craziness our children were causing on the streets of Madison! For just having surgery Kristen looks really good and moved around better than expected!
Chase slept through most of the afternoon, but woke up to get a pic taken!
P was picking flowers from a mum plant in front of a store.
He was running towards me saying here Mom! P is such a sweet little boy. He picked flowers for me all weekend. We filled little tiki shot glasses with water and had all sorts of flowers in the DeWitt house!
When we were downtown we went to this pottery place called All Ways Pottery. I love these kind of places. It has been years since I have been in one. This was very nice because I got to spend time with Hannie, Fisher, P, Rory and Candice. We had so much fun painting and chatting!

I have not been creative in so long that it was a nice thing to do! Preston painted a dinosaur, go figure! What a wonderful memory! I LOVED IT! I painted a plate and had the boys dip their hands in paint for the middle of the plate. I can't wait to see it when it is glazed and fired!

Hannah has grown up so much, I can't believe it! I can remember her sitting in her highchair showing me her Barbie plate when she was little! Has it really been that long! Time flies when your having fun! I just love this pic of Hannah...She's BEAUTIFUL!
This is my adopted niece Rory! What a creative little girl! She made a Halloween plate with spiders on the side made from fingerprints! How stinkin' cute is she!
So we took the DeWitt van everywhere this weekend. I sat with Hannah and Fisher...So everyone stopped for a quick picture and then I had two kids tickling, laughing, trying to make me sit on their hands, it was fun! Fisher actually looked like he liked me in this pic, but that was before the wrestling match where he picked me up on his back in the car and stole my shoe! Don't worry, Aunt Jen prevailed!Before we left we went to get pumpkins for the kids to paint. My children did not understand the concept of painting the pumpkins. Chase decided to eat the paint and Preston painted his arms black. Baths were well needed before we could head home.
I had to get a pic of Tom in front of his latest project...THE FENCE! The time has come to work on the fence and it is looking really good. Tom is priding himself on doing it all by hand and it will be really nice. I can't wait to see it finished!

Tom and I have a tradition of taking pics of each other taking pics. We are photo nerds, and this proves it!

Thanks again for a WONDERFUL weekend! We truly had a great time chatting and spending time with you all!

The DeWitt's LOVE to bake

2008-10-13T19:30:00.000-07:00

So how many posts will I have of my kids baking? Preston was making brownies and Chase decided to carry the box around. They had so much fun, and really thought they were getting away with something. Preston had his hands in the bowl and then licked every finger clean.

Side Note.....If I ever bake for you I won't let my kids help!!!!

Chase, What can I say?

2008-10-13T18:00:00.000-07:00

These pictures are from August, but I forgot to post them. As you all know this summer we worked on potty training Preston. One day Preston needed some assistance after dinner in the bathroom. I left Chase to play, not thinking that he would get in to anything. After awhile I realized how quiet it was, so I went into the other room to find Chase with an adult fork (Oh My GOD) and pudding. Of course he was wearing a white shirt and was very proud of feeding himself. All I could do is take pics of him!

Our Day at Highland Park

2008-10-07T16:04:00.000-07:00

What a COOL slide. There are a bunch of really neat parks and walking areas in Kokomo. We spent and afternoon enjoying Highland Park. Preston thought the wee's as he calls slides were really fun. I was really surprised Preston went right one them without any fear. They were pretty big slides for a little guy. There is a walking path by a creek and a really neat old bridge to walk across. Trying to get Preston or Chase to look in the direction of the camera is very hard, so I think is the best we could do.
Mi Mi had found a really neat bubble blower on clearance. If you ever see one of these it is well worth buying one. The kids are having endless fun with them and the bubbles are really neat. I think Chase is a little scared of the bubbles, but he will learn to love them!

WE LOVE the Indy Zoo

2008-10-07T10:41:00.000-07:00

This weekend Tee Tee came down for a visit. We had another wonderful fall day so decided to go to the Indy Zoo to see the animals This time Chase got out to visit with the sharks a little more. If you look between Tee Tee and Chase you can see a hammer head shark swimming towards Chase.
Chase enjoyed the fish and hit the glass a lot!

At the Indy zoo they have a feeding area for the Giraffe's. I have never been this close to Jeffery, so it was kind of cool. Preston couldn't get close enough.

Me and Mom....Pa Pa and Chaser...
Checking out the Rhinos...
We can't wait to go again!

Our Art Projects

2008-10-07T10:36:00.000-07:00

This is a project Preston did at Church last weekend. He was really proud of it.

Preston has been quiet the artist lately, maybe it is in his genes! HAHA! I think we have a future Pollock on our hands.
This one cracks me up! Sorry L! Preston wanted a picture of him and his friend Langston to carry around so I printed one out. he asked for stickers to decorate it. Preston was SO proud of this. he carried it around town yesterday. To the Post Office, Target, and the bookstore!
These are picture we colored to send to Daddy for Halloween! Preston proudly showed them off!

Hi Daddy!

2008-10-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

Hi Daddy!
We got your care package yesterday and LOVED it! Mommy read the quiet loud book to us and we thought it was really funny! I really liked holding your hand and can't wait to do it in person. Daddy thank you for the cars and all the cool coloring books. Mommy and I talked about Turner, Dusty and all my favorite Handy Manny friends. We love you so so much!
XOXOXOX,
Preston and Chase

My kid is a Superstar!

2008-10-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

Ok so I mean that literally! Preston has been in to this break dancing thing that cracks us up. He has got moves I have never seen before! I taught him to do SUPERSTAR and of course he is a PRO! Cracks me up just looking at the picture. As soon as I find my camcorder I will record this so you can see him in action. We were watching Dancing with the Stars and as they were ballroom dancing my son was break dancing. Here is my favorite move..
He can hop around 360 degrees in this pose! Preston stopped dancing and clapped once the song was over. What a character!
SUPERSTAR!

We LOVE Fall!

2008-10-06T11:10:00.000-07:00

My absolute favorite season is fall. I love football, sweatshirts, the smell of leaves burning, the rosy red cheeks on my kids after running around outside, apple cider, pumpkins, do I need to continue? I love everything about it. I love pumpkin patches and watching my kids run around in complete excitement looking over the mounds of orange pumpkin's that we will pick through to bring home the perfect one. I love that the kids love wagon rides and that they were as excited as I was to be picking out pumpkins. I think we manage to put our hands on every pumpkin in the place. It is so hard to decide!

Chase loved digging his hands in to the pumpkins to find the perfect one. Of course before we got home we already had broke the stem off of it!These green things, I don't remember what they are called are to keep away creepy spiders. I remember seeing these things as a kids and remember how cool I thought they were. I was glad to see my kids enjoyed them as much as I did when I was a kid.HAPPY FALL! Can you tell I am loving it......So is P!

What a perfect way to end our trip to the Pumpkin Patch, two happy kids, pumpkins, and a wagon ride to the car!

The DeWitt's VS. Indy Zoo

2008-09-25T07:20:00.000-07:00

It is terrible that it has taken me so long to get back on this blog and write about the neat things the kids have been up to. Shame on me! Anyways last Friday Hannah, fisher and Rory were out of school because of the wonderful Madison IN Hurricanes that kept them from there education. Darn! We decided to meet up at the Indy zoo for a day of fun. It was so great to see everyone since I really haven't seen familiar faces in our new town of Kokomo, IN. All the kids were excited to get together and spend time with each other. The big kids were excited too!

At the Indy zoo they have a shark touch tank. It was wonderful! What a neat experience. Fisher was the first to dive his hand into the water and Preston shortly followed.We stayed at the shark tank for quite awhile since we wanted to make sure everyone touched a shark. As we continued on we came across the seals ( I think that is where I took this pic). I absolutely love this one! In fact I have another one with the seal swimming that when I get a chance I will put the seal in this pic so it looks like the kids were actually looking at something. In the mean time I thought this was super cute!The Walrus seemed to really like the DeWitt boys! He kind of just hung out there for awhile.Finally we went to see the reptiles. This was Candence's favorite part of our trip! She even sat in the snake. Nothing like getting two pictures of the kids! Poor Aunt Kristen wasn't feeling to hot but managed to make us all laugh anyways. She thought she was stuck, but no worries!

Here is a picture of Aunt Kristen caught in the action with my kids feeding the ducks cheerios. They all enjoyed it!

Chase enjoyed pretty much everything that happened through the day. Hannah took him around and made sure he was enjoying everything. Preston loved going on the chug a chug a boo boo as he calls it. I will post more pictures of our day later, but I just wanted to share a few now!

I really enjoyed my day. It is so wonderful to be close to family. That is truly the most important thing in my life. I hope to be able to continue these wonderful adventures through Indiana and to always keep family close by! I love you all, thanks for a great day!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Time

2008-08-23T10:56:00.001-07:00

Today we decided to make Chocolate Chip cookies. Preston love to help! He is so good and putting all the ingredients in and he even cracks the eggs. Preston thinks he always needs to taste test to make sure we are getting it right! When I was looking for the vanilla I caught Preston talking to himself in the silver part of the mixer. He was baby talking and waving to himself. I cracked up and had to get a picture of it!Aunt Tee Tee called in the middle of our cookie making. Every time the phone rang Preston would scream Tee Tee and was disappointed that is was never her. Finally it was so Preston had to chat with her.
Preston thinks that when he talks on the phone everyone on the phone can see what he is doing so he was showing Tee Tee his cookie dough.
Poor Chase was watching us cook. Normally I hold him up at the counter and let him help, but he is not feeling well. I can tell we started a daycare because by the end of the week we already have a sick kid. Chase got sick on the way home from school and the rest of the day he was fine. When we woke him up this morning he was sick in his crib again. The poor baby doesn't even cry. He is taking a really long nap, which is good because I know he feels bad. Although sick he is still darn cute.

My New Best Friend

2008-08-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we spent a lot of time in the backyard with the kids. Matt found a cricket and wanted Preston to see it. Preston actually took a liking to his new friend. He played with him for a long time. He was very intrigued by this little guy. Preston let him crawl up his arm and then would catch it in his hand and look at it.
Preston even went as far as kissing his new friend. In my opinion he went a little to far, but he such a caring loving little boy.
Preston would hold him up and talk to him and we had to remind him to be very gentle because we didn't want to hurt our new friend.
After a long time of playing with the cricket we told Preston that it was time to let him go. Preston was very upset with the idea of letting him go home. Preston put him on the side of the house and said his goodbyes!

First Day of School (DayCare)

2008-08-23T10:38:00.000-07:00

The boys started at WIU PACT Headstart last Tuesday. I woke Preston up at 6:00am to get him ready and then woke chase up shortly after. I really thought that I would have a struggle waking the boys up so early, but when I told Preston he was going to school he practically jumped out of bed. Preston was ok with getting dressed without watching Sesame Street first! He even went to the bathroom without a struggle. he is very set in his ways and has a morning routine that he likes to strict too. Plus it doesn't help that Preston takes after Daddy and hates mornings! Good thing Chase is a morning person like Mom! At least two of us are happy! (side note, Chase and I are crabby at night when Matt and Preston are happy!) Anyways Matt and I used the boys Christmas money from Grandma and Grandpa Wolff to buy backpacks for the kids. The kids love filling their bags with rocks, dinosaurs, cars, and whatever else will fit! Preston like to wear his backpack when he leaves the house and goes to school. He looks like such a big boy.
The first day went really well. Both the boys looked they were taken care of. When I asked Preston how school was he told me he peed. That is what he tells everyone. After a week of school all I get out of him is that he peed at school today. It is actually kind of funny! He is freaked out by the sound of the toilet in the bathroom and shows me what he does when his teachers flush the potty. On Friday Preston told me he peed and walked. We are making progress! When I ask if he likes school, he says yeah. Hopefully this will continue into our second week!

AWESOME website

2008-07-26T12:47:00.000-07:00

So as you all know I have been really into blogging and reading blogs. I have found three great blogs that I subscribe to their RSS Feed. It is awesome! The one that I can't get over and want to spread like wildfire is babycheapskate. There is updates on any baby product that you could think of that is on sale, at any store at any given time. They tell you about deals like if you spend $25.00 on amazon on playskool items you get a Free Mr. Potato Head. It tells you about products like baby swings marked 50% off with FREE shipping. Crazy! I saw our $150.00 swing on there for $75.00! This week they were talking about cloth diapers and having contests to win a bunch of them. Check it out, I promise after reading you'll find lots of money saving things. They even have a coupon trading forum, which I think is awesome. For those of you who subscribe to RSS you can add this Coupon Trading Group to your list of groups. People are trading all sorts of coupons, or giving them away. I always have coupons for random things, but never what I need. I always have pamper ones and not huggies, on this site you can just trade them! AWESOME!

The other one that I love to read is Simplemom. I have implemented lots of advice from her blog. My favorite is pearbudget. It is a great budgeting system that helps you stayed organized. They have a free 30 day trial and then it is $3.00 a month. I entered a contest through a blog to win a life time membership and WON! I love it!!! I love all her little tid bits and plan on implementing more in my daily life.

Check out these sites and let me know if you fins them as helpful as I do!

First Haircut

2008-07-24T16:38:00.000-07:00

So I struggled with the idea of having Chase's haircut. I loved the little curls off the side of his head. It reminded me of Matt when iI first met him. Matt's hair curled on the sides when he needed a haircut. I use to call him curly. Well tonight during his bath I had a hard time combing the sticky fruit juice out of his hair. I decided that since we already had one year pics of him with his longer hair that it was time for a trim. I first thought I would just trim it and then as a cut it got cuter and cuter. The last cut I made it looked like a little mo-hawk, so I couldn't resist spraying it and taking a picture. He is so stinking cute!

At the park with the Carlock's

2008-07-23T18:57:00.000-07:00

Today Pam and Larissa came over for a visit. We decided to take the kids out to the park for some pictures. These were my favorites out of the 200 pictures I took in the twenty minutes we were out there.

I love this picture of Chase. He just has such a sweet grin on his face!
Preston's little grin warms my heart. It just makes me smile looking at this picture.
Look at Larissa BIG eyes. They are just beautiful!Now I just need to figure out where I am going to put more pictures!

Chase's Birthday Weekend

2008-07-22T19:47:00.000-07:00

For those of you who hadn't seen previous posts, my kids like glasses. Grandma brought the boys some funny glasses to wear. Preston thought they were really cool!
Chase wanted to eat his glasses, so we needed to help him keep them on his face. Even Matt looked great in the glasses. In fact I think this is a pretty good look for him.
For Chase's birthday we traveled over to Burlington Iowa to Fun City. The boys seemed to have a nice time at the water park. We went on the lazy river and then spent most of our time over at the kiddie pool. Preston enjoyed going down the frog water slide and Chase enjoyed just splashing the water. The best part of the whole trip was that Ti Ti (like Tee Tee), Grandma and Grandpa joined in the fun. The boys love having them here and it was nice to finally get out of Macomb.

Since we did a water park for Chase's birthday, I thought a beach theme party was in order. I made a Sand castle birthday cake and we blew up beach balls instead of balloons for the boys to play with. Here the fun begins.......

So the comments were made that Chase looked like Madonna with the cone bra....and here we come to the end of the cake and the start of a sugar rush!

It is hard to believe that a year has gone by, although it is even harder to think that we have only been blessed with Chase for a year. Chase is such a wonderful part of our lives and I thank god everyday for making him ours. It is amazing how much life changes within a little amount of time. Happy First Birthday Little Love!

Kids Rock

2008-07-22T19:34:00.000-07:00

Our Friend Langston came over to play with the boys tonight and they decided to play music. What a great new boy band idea.... Aren't they super cute. We did manage do individaul close ups of the band members.

On the Seasame Street Guitar we have L (aka Langston) closely paying attention to strum the correct sounds.

and Bubba (aka Preston) rocking the plan toy drums. Making sure that they are hitting the same beats.

It has Arived....

2008-07-22T19:26:00.000-07:00

Yes it is true, the Liverpool jersey has finally made it's way to Macomb, Il. This jersey has traveled a long way to get to us, but upon arrival Matt couldn't wait to get it on. Can you feel the excitement? I am not sure where this Liverpool fascination came from, but Matt loves it! He even has Preston involved. Here Matt was trying on the jersey and calling Preston in the room to get his reaction. Of course Preston cheered and was all excited.
Matt is showing love for his guy, "Torres."
After Matt wore his new jersey to work he came home and hand washed it. As it hung in our bathroom Preston screamed and cheered yelling ball when pointing to the jersey. Yes the DeWitt's are not only into their British comedies but now we get to add Euro Soccer or should I say Football to the mix.

Peoria Zoo

2008-07-20T19:28:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July we decided to take the boys and Aunt Ti Ti to the Peoria Zoo. When we first entered Preston went right to the Meerkat exhibit. He was running back and forth trying to play with the Meerkat and I think the Meerkat was playing with him as well.

I just love this picture of Preston. He just thought these little guys were so neat.
Here is Chase by the Spider Monkey's. He didn't looked really impressed, but I know in the inside he was super excited.
They have a small petting zoo where you could buy food for the animals. Preston made friends really fast with all of them.
While we were walking down the path there was a peacock that came out to see us. I was surprised that he came as close as he did.
Preston roared at the tigers. He wasn't as impressed at the zoo as he was at home when I was posting this picture on here. He was really excited and wanted to see all the animals. I guess sometimes pictures are cooler than the real deal!Chase wasn't really wanting us to take his picture, but here was an attempt of us trying to get one anyways. We really had a wonderful time at the zoo. Having Aunt Ti Ti with us made the day even better!Later that night we decided to go out to WIU for some good Old Fashion 4th of July fun. Preston really liked the fireworks this year. Chase hid in Matt's arms and would peak every so often so he didn't miss out of the fun. Preston and Chase both got monkey stuffed animals from the zoo and Preston carried his every where. He named it OW OW AH AH. (a.k.a for monkey) After the fireworks were over we went home where I had some snap pop things for Preston to throw. He thought that was really cool to hear them pop.

We ended up having an adventurous 4th of July and hope that next year we can enjoy fireworks either in Chicago or Galesburg. I am really missing fireworks synced to music. I love good patriotic music. Neil Diamond has it going on!

A Wii Night

2008-07-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

So if you haven't tried the new Wii, it is quite entertaining. In fact I think that Nintendo should sell a DVD of Mel playing Wii as a bonus to all Wii buyers. It was probably one of the funniest things I had seen in a long time. Talk about getting into the game. Mel was a pro. Matt jumped in right along with her and was very action packed. Although I don't think anyone could quite match Mel's commentary. We were all impressed by the games and had a fun time playing, however I am still dead set on playing my Guitar Hero. Now that I can get into! Even Mom and Dad tried Rocking! Wish I would have got pictures of that!Here Mel is boxing. She has quite the moves!
Infact I didn't realize it was possible to move that fast!YES KO!!! Now it is Matt's turn...What a fun night. If you haven't played Wii get out and try it and if your in the neighboorhood come over for a game!

Only in Macomb

2008-07-10T18:20:00.000-07:00

So how often does your Walmart have a petting zoo with everything from camels, zebras, a monkey, mixed with goats, llamas, and donkey's? Of course being the Macombie Homies that we are we went with our friends to check out this exciting event and for only one dollar you have your picture taken with a monkey! WOW!Preston was cracking me up, he was making monkey sounds at him the whole time he was climbing around my head! After looking at these pictures I realized that it wasn't a very cute monkey, in fact it looks like one of those flying monkey's from the Wizard of Oz. Actually he kind of freaks me out, but the kids liked him.
This picture cracks me up. Poor Chase did not know what to think.Poor Langston was more scared of standing next to Chase than the monkey.

Sonya was helping the boys feed the animals. There was quite the crowd of them once the food came out, but the boys did a great job!

It has been awhile

2008-07-07T05:29:00.000-07:00

Wow it has been a long time since I have updated my blog. I was doing really good getting on here every night, but after I fell down the stairs I haven't been feeling to good. I spent about two weeks re-cooping on the couch after the kids went to bed. I just crashed at 8:30 every night. My body felt like I had been in accident. A lot has happened over the last few weeks, and I probably won't remember it all and I don't have all my pictures down loaded to upload either. We spent a weekend in Madison Indiana visiting Matt's brother Tom and his family. We had such an AWESOME time. I can't wait to show off all the great pictures we took while we were visiting. I couldn't put my camera down! In fact I have several pictures of Tom and I taking pictures of each other! Matt reminded me several times that I was a dork, but that is OK, I already knew that! (Yes Matt was making fun of Tom for taking pictures like I do, but who looks like the dork now? Just kidding babe!)We went the third weekend in June so we could be their for Hannah's birthday. She had quite the party. It was nice to see that although they are so far away from their family that they have a wonderful family in Indiana. We had a huge whiffle ball game and of course the girls won, with a little cheating. We went to Clifty Falls State Park which was amazing. We love to go hiking although the boys were a little scared because it was a far way down. I carried Chase and Matt had to carry Preston all the way to the bottom. We all played in the creek and enjoyed sitting around and chatting. I am just such a fan of Madison Indiana. I am ready to move there! We visited a Civil War re-enactment while we were there and as you can see Chase didn't really get to see much.

11 months....

2008-06-18T11:30:00.000-07:00

It is hard to believe, but our baby is 11 months old. We brought him in for pictures today and thought that Jessi might like to join us! Chase was a little scared of the whole process today, you think he would be use to it by now! What a cutie!

One Crazy Father's Day!

2008-06-15T18:02:00.000-07:00

We decided that since Matt had to work on Sunday that we would do presents after dinner on Saturday. Unfortunately Chase could not stay awake for the festivities! Matt was excited to see that he got a Liverpool (Euro soccer) blanket. I am not sure where the fascination with Euro Soccer came from, but I ask him on a regular basis where my husband went. I especially ask these questions when he is cheering at the TV. This is very out of character for Matt and it cracks me up! He also got his new Gavin Rossdale CD as well as several shirts and shorts from Old Navy. Preston was sitting so cute while watching Daddy open his presents. Actually I think he was waiting for some to open himself!

GO LIVERPOOL!

Well we kicked Sunday off with a bang! Matt couldn't sleep so came downstairs at 2am to watch TV and fell asleep on the couch. Both the kids woke me up at 6am. As I got Chase from his crib Preston threw his blanket down the stairs, which are pretty steep. The blanket made it about half way down the stairs and I usually reach it before Preston and kick it down the rest of the way. Well Preston was trying to run down the stairs to get there before I did, so I quickly turned to tell him to slow down and fell down the stairs holding Chase. As I was falling I tucked Chase's head under my arm to protect him and was unable to catch myself as I fell. I hit the steps hard and didn't finish hitting the steps until I got to the bottom. Chase did not cry or even realize what had happened. I kind of sat there to compose myself. As I was falling down the stairs I could hear Matt scrambling towards the stairs. He was able to take Chase from me as I stood up. I am ok, but have a bruise bigger than a softball on my thigh and my body feels like i got hit by a mac truck. We were both very lucky!

I decided in the afternoon that I would let the kids swim in the pool while Matt went off to the gym. Preston thought the water balloons were cool, but didn't like when they popped. He just liked moving them from one side of the yard to the other!
I love this picture of the balloon popping. Preston was not impressed, but mommy was there to get the picture!

Chase loved the pool today. He splashed and had such a good time! Chase would splash Preston every time he got near and Preston would yell "No Baby!" Chase didn't listen!

Once we were done in the pool I fed the kids and got them to bed. Matt came home from the gym and was soaking wet. It was super hot outside so I imagined the gym was boiling. Matt looked at me and said, "Happy Father's Day," I responded, "Happy Father's Day!" He then said, "Don't let the dogs out in the yard." I said, "Did you drive my car into the fence again?" (So when Preston was a week old we went to visit our friends at Bridgeway and when we got home I opened my car door and the wind blew my door open. Mattwas so worried about the baby getting cold he jumped out of the car to get him. As he was opening the front door I was following behind and out of the corner of my eye saw my car driving itself forward. I screamed, "The car's moving," and took off running after it. At this point it was past the point of seeing the car from the porch and Me chasing it. I jumped into the moving car and hit the break, but the car went off our driveway and hit the nice new fence Matt and his Dad built. I backed the car out of the fence and back into the driveway. I went into the house looked at Matt and said, "You have to put the car in park!" After surveying the damage we were unable to let the dogs out in the yard because there was not a fence to keep them in. This is why I laughed when Matt told me not to let the dogs out. Boy that was long story which was suppose to be a side note!)

Anyways Matt looked at me and said I locked the keys in the car and had to run back from the gym. Since our other truck is at the shop I couldn't help him out. The gym is about 5 miles from home! Poor Matt! He had to come home and get keys. Then he took the bike out the backyard (this is why I couldn't let the dogs out) and went back to the gym. Happy Father's Day!

Later that day Chase was crawling around and I caught him drinking my diet coke! I couldn't believe he knew how to hold the can and was actually drinking my soda! Chase drinks water and has never had anything like this before. It looks like he enjoyed it!

Needless to say I was glad when bed time arrived Sunday night. Not only did my kids need it, but Matt and I needed to start fresh Monday morning.

Happy Father's Day My Love

2008-06-15T04:00:00.000-07:00

When I think back to some of my first memories of Matt in my life, I think about the compassion and enthusium I always saw in his eyes. Matt has the ability to warm a room with his smile and sesitivity. Matt is just so darn likeable! I will never forget the day he over heard me talking to a group of friends about a speech I was to give and how nervous I was. Matt piped in and said, "If you give the speech, I will give you a standing ovation." First of all I knew Matt, but not very well, Second this was a lecture class given by Schwartz and she would NOT find this amusing and Thirdly why would he embarrass himself in front of all these students for me? So the next class I gave my speech and Schwartz was known for hammering you with questions after you were done. Once the speech was done, Matt sitting toward the back stood up and cheered. Cracks me up just thinking of it. All eyes were off of me and on Matt. What a wonderful man! I absolutely fell in love with him! ( Matt's wedding band is engraved with "Standing Ovations")

Matt has shown me so much love and devotion over the years, through the beautiful poems he writes me to the daily kind words he shares. Matt is truly a man to be inspired by and to try to live your life like. He is truly a role model for all that know him.

Matt is a guy compassionate for everyone. One time Matt saw a man in distress at a resturant sitting by himself, appearing beat down about something. All through breakfast Matt is worried about this man who he has never seen before, nor has any idea what his troubles might be. Matt excused himself from our table and spoke in private with our waitress. While we were leaving to pay this man came up to Matt shook his hand and expressed his graditude, telling Matt he would pay it forward. I was unsure what had happened, and Matt explained the situation and said that he added that man's tab onto our's because it was the least he could do brighten this guy's day. This little bit of compassion and graditude is expressed daily to all those who come in contact with Matt, a wonderful man.

This Father's Day I hope Matt know's he is our world. The love of my life, the father every little boy would love to have and the kind of guy that any stranger is lucky to meet! An amazing father that gives Preston and Chase so much joy and happiness and a supportive, genuine man who I am lucky to call my husband. We love you baby, Happy Father's Day!

A Rainy Night

2008-06-14T06:05:00.000-07:00

One rainy night this week the kids came into my bed at about 11:45. At 1:00 am it started raining buckets. We heard that we got three inches in about ten minutes. It was a down pour that woke me up and frightened me. The kids seemed to sleep through it. Matt should have been on his way home from work since he had to work later that night. I called him to make sure he was OK and found the kids sleeping together like this. Of course I had to run downstairs get the camera, and stand on my bed to get this shot.

What loving your underwear will do to you

2008-06-14T05:37:00.000-07:00

So for those of you keeping up on this potty training process, Preston is using the potty and loves his "big boy" underwear. He loves them so much I caught him in the closet putting on multiple pairs over the pair he was already wearing. He couldn't not quite figure out how to get his legs in the holes so just pulled them on anyway he could. He was SO proud of himself. laughing, jumping around the bathroom, and actually saying cheese when I was taking his picture.

As the process of pulling on the extra underwear went on, Preston decided to get ready for the day like Mommy does. he pulled out my contact solution, then my deodorant and started putting it on! Kody decided that he wanted to get in the bathtub so Preston took full advantage and grabbed my shampoo and started washing him. Kody did not approve! I thought it was hysterical and couldn't put my camera down!

Inspirational Article

2008-06-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

On a friends blog today she wrote about how "interruptions" from her 3 year old triplets and 6 month old sometimes makes for the hardest part of her day and that she can't get anything accomplished. She wrote to the writer of my new favorite site simplemom to tell her that exact statement. This is what was received back:

A few years ago, a mentor of mine told me something that rings true for me every day - that those interruptions we have every 5 minutes as SAHMs (stay at home mom's ) aren’t really interruptions, they ARE our day. I may have an agenda to pay bills, clean out the fridge, go to the post office, etc., but my primary job really is to be an influence on my children. It’s worth the time to discipline for those little things, because that’s my main job. And it’s worth it to stop what I’m doing and play with blocks.

Stop and play with blocks, or get sand in your underwear like Mindy said. To many of us worry about cleaning the house, doing the dishes, getting the laundry done and forget that our most important job is just being Mom. What an inspiration to see that the things we find to fill are day truly are not the things that count. Although having a clean house is important and things do need to get done, loving our kids, playing in bubble wrap, those are the things that make a difference in our lives!

Meet the "Potty" King

2008-06-11T18:26:00.000-07:00

Is it really possible to be getting out of diapers soon? This is a really exciting concept, but it also a scary one, because that means our little Preston is growing up! Tonight I had him wear his dinosaur, aka ROAR, under-roos all night. I thought the idea of feeling wet might help the potty training process. Preston did AWESOME. He would leak a little and that bothered him so he took off running to the potty. We began a ritual where he tells his wee wee to pee pee and then when the songs and dances are all done he dumps it into the big potty where we say bye bye pee pee a thousand times. All through dinner Preston waved towards the bathroom and yelled bye pee pee. Doesn't that just make you smile!So he looks like he is wearing Grandpa underwear, but we'll work on getting him cuter ones! For now the Roars are a big hit! Preston got a penny after using the potty on his own and is saving it in his piggy bank.

Preston is not impressed with me taking pictures of him. He only sat long enough to get that penny in the bank and then he was off! Can't you just hear Preston saying, "Mommy NO," and pushing the camera away. I think he is embarrassed that I was taking pictures in his underwear. What a modest little boy. By the way Preston is now calling me Mama. This just warms my heart, but now I can't say that he is always asking for Dada to help him (just kidding). I think I woke up around midnight the other night to tell Matt that he is calling me Mama and Mommy after all this time. It just brought tears to my eyes. I never thought I would hear him call me anything but DADA. Although he was being a little stinker because he would laugh when he called me DADA. What a poop! (By the way he is at my feet playing with Rescue Heroes, does anyone see I am excited!)

So once again I have a hundred pictures of Preston running at the camera or away from the camera. Thought he was kind of cute running around in his underwear. This is not a typical thing we allow in the house, but it is helpful with the potty training process!

I asked Preston if I could see the back of his underwear and this was the pose I got! For those of you who saw the family DVD last year, this reminded me of the finger painting picture where Preston peeked between his legs. I guess this is the "Preston Pose!" Don't you just want to pinch that little bottom.

Rescue Heroes

2008-06-11T05:37:00.000-07:00

OK, so I am a dork, but I looked up the Rescue Heroes on Amazon today and the cheapest ones were $24.99. There were several shown out of the box and ranging all the way up to $79.99. I am so glad I bought them, and at the price I paid, I really got a good deal. I know that Planet Heroes are taking the place of Rescue Heroes, but the kids really like them all. Plus we just had a customer come in with their 4 year old son and he insisted he have his pictures taken with Rescue Heroes! How Funny!

Cheap, Clean, FUN

2008-06-10T19:10:00.001-07:00

Who doesn't love bubble wrap? Especially when you get a plethora of it to lay across your floor like a slip and slide. Who says there is nothing to do in Macomb! Good "Red Neck" fun is what it is all about. As you can see Preston jumped right in and had the time of his life. So Preston thought it might be cute to wear bubble wrap. What a fashion forward little man!

Chase joined in the family fun, but I don't think he quite new what to think. This stuff made a lot of noise and everyone was jumping on it. Chase just sat there and pushed on it.

We tried holding Chase up so he could experience our Red Neck fun, but the look on the face tells all. As you can see Preston enjoyed diving into the bubble wrap, hence the foot in the bottom of the picture!

If only my camera would take the picture fast enough, Preston could actually be the next Michael Jordan with the height he had on his jumps!Tonight we had our friends over for dinner and play time. We had a nice time but the kids will have to get use to sharing there toys. Kayla doesn't want to share her toys with Preston and Preston won't share his toys with Kayla. The two of them crack me up! The more they play together they will learn how to share, or at least Andrea and I will keep saying, "You guys have to share!" Preston is not use to being around other kids consistently, so I have hopes that sharing is a skill he will soon learn!

A Few Extra Weekend Things

2008-06-09T19:30:00.000-07:00

Preston and Chase finally got their bike helmets! A big thank you to our friend Jackie who gave them to us. Preston was so excited that he wore it around the house all day. I always knew that my kids needed helmets! Chase is such a bruiser that he really does need one to protect him! Preston just thought it was cute, which we would have to agree.

It took longer than I thought to get the bike seats on the bikes. I bought the cheaper ones, but Matt assured me if I payed a few extra bucks it was because they were already put together. Good thing I have a good husband to safely put it all together. Matt and I use to ride bikes all the time, but since we have had the kids we have not used them. Matt got right back into it and Preston LOVED it! When Matt would arrive back from around the block Preston would point as if he was not done and wanted to go again. Good thing Daddy is a good sport and continued the ride for little Preston. Matt has been working so hard at the gym and it is really paying off. he looks great, which he did before, but now he feels better since he is back into the routine. Bike riding is a whole other story though. You use muscles you forgot you had. What a work out!

As you can see the night was

approaching fast, but Preston insisted

that Daddy keep pedaling.

Preston just wanted to make sure that Daddy got enough of a workout!
So today I did a lot of reading about potty training among a hundred other things I want to bring to our family, but that's another blog.

I decided to created a sticker chart and just force the potty training issue more. Although Preston said no to me several times he went potty on his Royal Potty five times tonight and only wet his diaper twice. I thought that was great for the first night of fun! The one time he went in the diaper didn't really count because he started going in the potty and must have still had some left because I put his diaper on and he peed just enough to make the carrots that fade when wet disappear. I am really proud of the little guy. I must have told him a thousand times because he would look at me and say yeah as if he was thinking, "OK Mommy I know your proud, but get over it!" He was cute, lots of high fives, pee pee dances, and lots of hugs and kisses! Keep your fingers crossed that this continues!

Chase still is having problems with his gums. They don't look any better, but he is in a good mood. I caught him pulling at his ears tonight so gave him some Tylenol, but that is the biggest reaction I have seen him have for this. Poor little guy, we are hoping this goes away soon and Chase is back to his normal self!

Happy Saturday!

2008-06-07T19:32:00.001-07:00

Well we finally got a picture of Chase's mouth, but I most warn you it is gross! This pic was taken three days after we originally discovered it. I think the coloring is fainter than when I first discovered it because it appeared to be black! This is what his poor molars are doing to his mouth. When I brought him in to the Doctor her first reaction was, "Now this is Impressive!" She had not seen teeth do this, but said it is possible, OBVIOUSLY! My poor baby! We would have never known, he is happy s can be! If things don't look better by the end of the week will be making a trip back to Lockard's office, so I will keep everyone updated.

Friday I took the kids to the playgroup and the boys were all going nuts over Rescue Heroes. Didn't know to much about them except what the six year old's were telling me. They had posters in there rooms and assured me that they were cool! Preston jumped in right next to them playing with these guys. My friend said that I should buy them if I ever saw them at a yard sale because they were kind of expensive and the trucks that they drive were hard to find.

Well I went garaging with Pam this morning and wouldn't you know I hit the mother load! I wanted to call Jan because I knew she would share my excitement. As I approached a 22 gallon box it was full of Rescue Heros. I started weeding through the Rescue Heroes I was not sure where to begin, so I asked for a bag! As I added up my $1.00 a piece action figures I stopped at 20. I went to load them in the car while Pam was testing out the double stroller she would soon purchase, and the people having the sale started unloading more rescue heroes. I asked for another bag! After filling my car, Pam and I were cracking up because this was the first sale and we filled my Escape. Before we got down the block I said to Pam, " You think I should ask what they want if I bought the whole box!" She laughed and said go for it. So I did! The family thought I was funny, but these things are $10.00 for the guys and $20.00 for vehicles. Plus the fire engine was $30.00. So I made a killing, $60.00 bucks later and we were on our way home. Now my only worry was explaining to Matt the amount of Rescue Heroes that were now part of The DeWitt Family!

So we now own 22 gallons worth of Rescue Heroes! Let me tell you they are cool and fun to play with. The boys took naps and I lined them all up and researched them on the internet to find out what pieces went with which guy. That is when I realized what a good deal I got. We both found great deals and plan on doing this again, if Matt let's us!

Preston joined the summer reading program at the library and read his first five books! He gets a prize on Monday! I am so proud of him. He is so polite to the ladies at the library. They all get a kick out of him. I took a few pictures of him with the first book he read for the program, it was called "Zoom." It was pretty fitting because it was about a little boy who wanted to ride on the dinosaur roller coaster. It was a pretty good pick since we didn't know there were dinosaurs in it!

Ok, so he won't stand still, but he is holding the book. Preston's new thing when you go to take his picture is closing his eyes and saying "no!"

Cute kid isn't he! I don't know how many pictures I have like this, but I guess this is his thing and someday he'll ask why his eyes were closed tight in every picture and I will remind him of this!

Keeping Busy

2008-06-06T04:53:00.000-07:00

The days have been very busy as of lately, not a lot of time to write on our blog! I have friends who do this nightly and write a book each night. I wonder where they ever find the time or the energy to do this! The kids have been doing really well. We signed both boys up for swimming class on Saturday mornings, so our first class is tomorrow. I am really excited to get them involved in this! Preston is doing a reading program at the library. We went twice this week and pick out books to read, for every five we read he gets a prize and at the end of the program if he reads 15 than he will get Peoria Chief Baseball tickets for the family. Preston likes the library, but looses track that we are there to get books not just to play with all the cool toys they have set up! Chase likes to eat all the toys they have! Preston did pick out one book about a dinosaur roller coaster and this has been his favorite so far. I took a picture of him with the book so I will post it later. Yesterday I couldn't help but pick out one girly book called Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy. A couple of weeks ago I did a photo shoot for the library tea party and the little girls had Fancy Nancy books read to them. They cracked me up because they always new how to finish the story, "because she's FANCY!" Well of course Preston saw all the bright colors on the book and all the dogs so that was what we read last night. It was super cute and Preston barked at every page! We have met a few other Moms in town who have kids around the same age. This has been a lot of fun for all of us. Today we are going to a play group in the middle of the day, so I get two hours during the day to play with the kids! YEAH!!! Hopefully I will get a few pics of all the kids to post, but I don't want to stand out as the crazy mom who can't put her camera down!

Chase went to the doctor yesterday to check his gums. I noticed the previous night that there was a large bump, bigger than a marble, coming off the top of his gums. It was black and green as it faded toward the top of his mouth. I called the doctor and she said it sounded like molars, but she had never seen a child have that bad of a reaction. For piece of mind I took him to the doctor the next day and her response was, "That's Impressive." She said she understood why I was so concerned. At this point we are going to leave it be and hope it goes down. She is pretty sure there will be no problems, but we may have to go back in a week. Chase has been acting just fine. He is not grumpy nor pulling at his ears. There was not a sign that he wasn't feeling good. He was laying on my lap and yawned when I noticed the black bump in his mouth. It looked worse when I saw it in the doctor's office because she was able to hold him down so I could get a good look at it. It looks awfully painful, but chase is still laughing smiling and being his happy self. We'll keep everyone posted on what is to come with that.

Chase is 10 months Old

2008-05-23T05:20:00.000-07:00

Let's get dressed up for the occassion! Ten months old, it is hard to believe. I don't know where the time has gone. It seems like it goes faster with the second one. As much as we try to sit back an enjoy every moment it still is flying by. This picture reminds me of Grandpa Wolff, not that Grandpa normally wears his tie with a diaper, but Chase looks just like him! Dad use to wear a suit and tie to work everyday, infact Dad is taught me how to tie a tie. I didn't do a bad job! I love how Chase is holding back the tie with his right hand, so stinkin' cute! He always tucks one leg under him, like he is posing. He has been crawling with one leg and pivits the other foot on the ground as is he is trying to get use to walking. It is really funny. Preston is really taking a liking to Chase. They are playing more and more. Preston has to be reminded that Chase is still the baby and tackling him will have to wait for a little longer. Poor Chase!

Sunday with the DeWitt's

2008-04-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Sunday to everyone! Our day has been filled with excitement and since it is nap time I thought I would write a little before Preston wakes up and it is time to play outside! Everyone knows how much Preston loves his dinosaurs, so this morning we made a dinosaur park out of tuperware. He thought it was really cool. The morning was filled with lots of rars from the little guy, as he calls them.

Rars get hungry after playing for awhile so we had to feed them cheerios! you know dinosaurs love Cheerios! Preston fed each one of them, so we had to have lots of Cheerios to share. He did snack a few bites, but he insisted that the rars ate the rest!

As much as Preston likes Dinosaurs, kitty kitty's rate the second highest. The cats like the fresh air, and Preston had to ruin their fun! Preston did save a few cheerios to share with baby! however Preston took a bits and only gave Chase half. He didn't have enough to share!Chase has learned to crawl, so it is hard to catch him looking at you for pictures. This was a point where there was a quick stop in between moving towards the door.

Nine Months Old Today!

2008-04-16T11:40:00.000-07:00

What a little tough guy! I think it is so cute. He is wearing Preston's jeans and hat, and they fit!

Chase is usually not allowed to play with this toy since it is his big brother's, but he thought it was cool!

Can you tell that Chase was not happy with me in this picture! I think his little bottom was cold, but I thought it would be CUTE!

It is hard to believe that our little boy is nine months old today. This picture captures him perfectly. I ordered a print of this to go over his crib and I am SO excited to see it! I just loved it! Many people said that Gap should see this picture and that he might be there new baby model. I did send it in to them! Chase is now crawling. Preston is loving telling his brother no when he gets into things. Last night Preston actually tryed to pick him up, by the neck. Oh my, I'm in trouble. Preston is really coming along with his speech. He's saying several more words and when you sing songs he will tilt his head back and forth and try to sing with you. He doesn't know the words, but he sings anyways. SO CUTE! He knows what part comes next in some of the songs, so he always has a kiss waiting and a hug!

Preston is a BIG BOY

2008-04-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone! Mom just reminded me that I have not updated the blog in awhile! Things have been very busy in our house. It seems as though we are always running. Preston used the potty like a big boy last night. I think all the pee pee dancing and cheering Matt and I were doing cracked Preston up. We just wanted to let him know how happy we were that he was using his potty. Preston would dribble a drop and then jump up and clap and cheer. He sat back down and continued doing this for about twenty minutes. The proud Mommy that I am got the camera out although I have been told by Matt and Mom that I am SICK! Hey, I am just a proud mama! I will save everyone from posting those pictures, however I can't promise they won't be on this year's DVD!

Chase is sitting up and trying so hard to crawl. He can get from room to room by scooting around on his butt! I guess that is the Auntie Mel in him, SCOOTER! Chase will say Ah Oh all the time as well as Da Da. Preston and Chase have Ah Oh battles where one will say it and then the other will repeat and it just goes on and on. Preston is really taking a liking to Chase and if we turn and pretend not to pay attention Preston is heard talking to Chase. Chase just giggles. The boys seem to get cuter and cuter everyday. Can't wait to share more pictures as soon as I download them to the computer!

We have a busy weekend coming up, this weekend we are going to Grandma and Grandpa's for a visit. We are excited to see them as well as excited to see the other DeWitt's! I am sure that we will have a lot of fun pictures to post from our visit as well as lots to write about!
Stay Tuned!

Eight Months Old

2008-03-15T14:28:00.000-07:00

Our wild man is eight months old. It is hard to believe that that much time has passed. This picture is typical Chase trying to eat the side of my face. He is so Strong. I don't ever remember Preston being this strong. I actually think Chase is stronger than Preston at this time. Chase is a kid who knows what he wants and will do whatever he can to get it. He throws him self backwards to be able to reach for things that he can't reach when he is sitting. I am actually scared of him crawling. Chase will be into everything. As soon as I get a chance to upload more eight month pics I will, there are several cute ones!

Chaser

2008-03-14T05:24:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it, but Chase will be eight months on Saturday. It is hard to believe! He is having his pictures today, but I couldn't resist putting up my favorite picture of him so far!

This picture is just so Chase. Hair standing straight up in the air and a big old grin on his face. Most of the time Chase is just such a happy baby. Although he can get really cranky right before he falls asleep. Chase has four teeth already. I can't believe it! It is hard to believe that he will be one year old this summer. This time around it feels like things are flying by!

Mr. Potato Head lost his glasses?

2008-03-10T10:53:00.000-07:00

Mr. Potato Head lost his glasses, does anyone know where they went?

Well when you find them will you let Preston know, he's been looking for them! Every time I look at this it cracks me up! He is too funny!

Chase loves his blanket. It was sent to him from Kristin and Chris, his Godparents! They are the BEST! The kids always get wonderful little surprise's in the mail from them. Preston received a Superman music card for his birthday in December from Kristin and Chris and every time I ask him if he wants to read he brings me the card. When he opens it and hears the music he laughs and closes it quickly. It actually gets to the point that I have to take it away for a little while! I know mean Mommy!

Last weekend we had a day where the temperature was almost 80 degrees. You better believe that we got the kids out and went for a long walk. Here are a few pictures from our fun afternoon.After we were done with our walk we decided to let Preston eat one of the ice cream bars that he picked out earlier that day.

Ok so it was a huge mess, but he was proud of himself for eating it like a big boy! Earlier that day Preston and I went to HyVee to get some groceries. I decided since it was a nice day to let him pick out ice cream for later. Preston picked out the Nestle Crunch bars. I tried to by something else but he really wanted the Crunch bars. Preston would not let go of the box he held onto it for dear life. While we were walking towards the cash register Preston decided to let everyone know how excited he was about getting crunch bars. He kissed and hugged all over the box. Those who saw thought it was really funny. My poor kid is so deprived, he was that excited over an ice cream bar!

DeWitt Family Fun

2008-03-10T07:56:00.000-07:00

I always thought shaving cream was an interesting texture and I thought Preston would enjoy playing with it. I have also have heard that it is a good textile thing for kids to play with. We set up a little area in our kitchen to let Preston play. We did take his shirt off in order to control the clean up processes better. Preston really wasn't sure what to think, but it only took minutes for him to get into it. Preston started rubbing it and it just turned to foam. He laughed and giggled and would say WOW!

It didn't take long for Preston to smear shaving cream all over him.

Preston had SO much fun, especially since after we were done he then got to play in the bathtub for awhile!

My Babies

2008-02-21T11:53:00.001-08:00

God do I love my babies, all three of them! I wish I had a recent picture of Matt and I to post, because it almost doesn't seem fair not to have him on here!

New Pictures

2008-02-20T05:07:00.000-08:00

If you listen closely, you can almost her Preston making elephant sounds in this picture!

Yesterday we brought the boys in for pictures. I can't believe it, but chase is already seven months old. We had bought some new clothes for the boys and Chase barely fits in these shorts, which by the way are 18 months size! I don't know what we are going to do with him. Soon Preston will be wearing the hand me downs because his little brother is going to out grow him!

Love the GQ look going here boys. So do you think I am in trouble or what?

Chase is Sitting

2008-02-15T05:52:00.000-08:00

Chase is finally sitting up on his own! Yeah Baby! I can't believe he will be seven months old on Saturday. Chase has developed into a wonderful, loving little boy. Just looking at him puts a huge smile on my face. I love you baby boy. -Mommy

Preston's Speech

2008-02-15T05:45:00.000-08:00

Preston finally had his appoinment with the Developmental Therapist on Wednesday. He was really excited to meet Barb. I think he may have liked her because she brought a bag full of toys! Barb sat down and asked us 101 questions about Preston's Development. Then she proceeded to do several tests. It was really neat to see how Preston did! He is such a smart little boy. He rated above average on his development. Actually we needed him to a little less to get the recomendation for a speech therapist to come! He was a percentage point away from where they would recommend a speech therapist, but they are allowing him to be a part of the program, YES!
I hope the speech therapist calls soon so we can make our first appointment with her. Preston should be saying a lot more than he is and this therapy should help. Preston is trying to say a little more everyday, but we are still behind. This program should provide some great benefits for our little guy. I am hoping that it even gets him into school earlier. I just think that the kids who start before kindergarden are that much more ahead. Keep your fingers crossed! I'll keep everyonr posted on how he is doing!

How Cute Is He

2008-02-08T05:13:00.000-08:00

Preston is really into his blocks! He loves to stack them, sort them and sometimes throw them (which they get taken away). I think his favorite thing to do with them is lace them on a string and drag them on the floor so the kitties will chase him. Preston can run back and forth through our house for hours as long as he gets attention from the kitties! I can hear him giggling right now, just talking about it! He just laughs and laughs to the point he can't catch his breath.

We have been trying to teach him colors and shapes wih the blocks. Matt and Preston sit on the couch and try to review the daily lesson. Well this time they got a little distracted...

Matt decided to look through the block, and the little guy decided to follow suite. I am so glad I had my camera near by! This photo cracks me up. Just like Grandma taught Preston to say "Yes," (This is a funny story that I fill you in later about) Preston now uses the blocks as glasses!

A Sunday at Our House

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Sunday began at 6:00 a.m. Sleeping in seems to be a thing of the past sometimes. Since Preston has been in his "Big Boy Bed," he doesn't understand that although it is cool, he does actually need to sleep in it. Chase also seems to enjoy morning and now wakes up before the sun comes out. The day began with Preston emptying his toy box. Good thing Matt is sleeping in! Not that Matt minds the toys, because he doesn't, but it was quite the mess! Chase has learned that he can jump. Who ever said white men can't jump. He has the strongest legs, and jumps like crazy. Preston really loved his Johnny Jumper and now that it has been passed to Chase, he is getting great use of it. Preston tends to try to help Chase, but that doesn't always go as planned. We have to always remind him that it won't hold a big boy and Chase!

Well I can see this blogging thing might be difficult. I hear Preston waking from a nap. So it's now time for Mommy mode.

The DeWitt Blog Begins

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Hello to all of you who are interested in reading my blog. I guess I am starting this to help keep everyone aware of all aspects of life as a DeWitt.
Keep checking out this blog to see new updates on the kids and the Mom and Dad who make this family run.