Grandparent's Day at Preschool!

Today was grandparent's day at Sean's Preschool.

He was fortunate to have all of his grandparents attend with him.

Mmm..Mmm... Good!

Sean and Papa Joe are cooking up some tapioca. Good thing they like it...

cause no one else is going to eat it!!!!

Just me and Grandpa

Last Monday, while Mommy was at her Research class, Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch Sean and Ryan. Looks like they were having fun.

Get your motor running... head out on the highway!!!

Sean's Preschool Artwork

On Monday Sean brought home his first work of art from Preschool.

I was so proud I thought I was going to cry...again!

Now if he would only do what he says he does!!

Maybe you've already figured this out...maybe I'm slow... if you click on a picture you can get a full screen view. Give it a try!

Ryan is getting SOOOO Big!!

Yesterday (9-14-06) Ryan turned 7 months!!

At his last checkup he weighed in at a whopping 21lbs... the same as Sean at 1 year!

He's been rolling and "scooching" for a couple of months, but

look out world he's all but crawling now! He uses his knees and legs to

push himself along... if he could only figure out how to get that belly up! If

he sees something he wants he's after it until he gets it or gets distracted!

Sometimes he ends up in some odd places!

Cute as a button!

We had to stop using the carrier around the time

Sean turned 3... way to heavy to carry. Still in use when we take the truck out though.

Check out those baby blues!

Ryan has been suffering from acid reflux since he was about 1 month old. It has been under control on and off with medications. Over the last few weeks, things started to get bad again and our poor little guy was suffering. He cried a lot and slept with us...when he slept. He usually spent the night rolling around in discomfort or pain. We finally got him to the doctor and he is now on new medications and we're experimenting by taking wheat out of his diet. We've seen a HUGE difference. The old, happy go luckie, "good time Charlie" is back! We go for a follow up on Monday and we'll find out if he can go back on wheat. Here's hoping the progress continues and he can outgrow this. I too have been diagnosed with acid reflux and can attest to the fact that it is NO FUN AT ALL:(

Brotherly Love... the boys are bonding!

Sometimes they giggle so much with each other, I think they must be conspiring already!

Yippee Sean turned 3!!!!

On August 20, Sean enjoyed his second 3rd birthday party! This one had a "Cars" theme. Mommy used her new found cake decorating skills to bake a "Lightning McQueen" cake. Unfortunately, her computer skills haven't caught up and this picture couldn't be turned!

Cheese!!
Cousin Jake and Sean enjoyed cake and ice cream at their own table.
Grandpa put Sean to work, loading up his barbeque.
"My new bike ride"
A picture of Mommy and ME now that I'm 3!Enjoying a birthday dinner at Texas T-bone!

Preschool has FINALLY begun!!!

After an entire summer of "Mommy I want to go to Preschool" the first day has arrived. Tony came home from work so that we could accompany him as a family on his first day. We managed to get some nice pictures while we were there. So, here I am the teary eyed mommy of a preschooler. I can't even believe it!

Father Frank was there meeting and greeting the kids this morning. Sean was eager to have his picture taken with him. He loves to say hello to him as we arrive at church on Sundays. Once he even shouted out "hi Father" during the silence after communion!
Having a chuckle while waiting to go into the classroom.
It took some convincing for him to see that this was his backpack NOT his suitcase. He thought we were going to the airport, but was just as happy to hear we were going to preschool. Here is our little scholar heading into class.

Renovations Are Complete...okay they've been finished since Christmas, I'm just slow!

It has been brought to my attention that I was good at sending updates about our renovations, before Ryan arrived. Since then I've been a little busy!! So here we go. As I am still new at this these are not at all in the order I wanted... deal with it!

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Livingroom After... before is MIA!
Familyroom After... non-existent before

Sean's big boy room
Nana and Papa Joe's room! Spare room but no one else uses it!!!
Ryan's nursery

Before.. one year ago today we raised the roof.
After... taken today

Well here goes nothing. Dave has assured me that this blog thing is an easy way to keep family and friends up to date on the goings on at the Staab house. We'll see... I'm going to attempt to make postings on a regular basis...I said attempt. So, check frequently to see what the boys have been up to and how they're growing.

Hangin' with the Boys!

Ryan and Jack (Dave and Amy's little guy) hanging out at Jack's place today.

Sean and I took Ryan for a stroll last week.
Off to Preschool!! Sean begins preschool at Blessed Sacrament on Wed. Sept. 6. Mommy has taken a personal day from work to escort him to and from his first day. Last Wed. night we went to open house to see the room, meet some classmates and see his teacher (Mrs. Zach again). Sean can't wait to get started.