Sunday, May 23, 2010

Growing up so fast!

I can't believe how much can happen in such a short amount of time. Ok, so it has been a while since I posted, but number four has been quite the change for us. There isn't as much spare time as there used to be. But it has been a good time filler. Andrew continues to grow and is now the next Cottle boy to suck his fingers.

Liam and Ethan have enjoyed the outside, once in a while it does stop raining here, but not much this spring. They love to go out and run in the sprinklers, play with their soccer or baseball, or just explore in the garden. Ethan in particular loves to be out in the backyard. He will run out there at any time of the day.


I even got a nice shiner from our little Ethan. He kept getting out of bed and I would have to run him down (we put the lock on the door so he can't get out now). I got him and set him down. I reached behind him to get his blanket and he bucked back giving me a sweet bump within seconds. The eye went pretty black the next day and I couldn't open my eye to well. After a week of "are you wearing make-up" comments, it is finally almost back to normal.

Brooke took an abserd number of photos of the boys, so I will post a few for you. They are pretty cute though.







Finally, we got to have Elisa over for her 21st birthday! It was fun to celebrate the day with her. Elisa was very excited to get her "cheap" haircut and gifts. It is always nice to have family around on those occassions.


5 comments:

Kirsten said...

Your kiddos are so cute. I like your black eye story better than the one Jonathan shared a couple years back. P-man was swinging a play fishing pole around and the plastic tip hit Jonathan in the eye scratching it and the string gave him a big swollen puffy eye, he told everyone I got really mad : ) Such a punk.
I'm with Brooke, the more pics the better : )

Betty said...

Two finger sucking is in the genes! Nice shiner Brady, I'm trying to remember the last time you had a black eye. Those cute boy pictures made my day!

Unknown said...

These Cottle boys are adorable! I love Andrew's bright blue eyes.

Betty said...

Brooke, the more I look at little Andrew in these pictures, the more I think he looks like you!

sara said...

The Cottle Family is beautiful!!!! It is fun to catch up. We can't wait to see you in person in McCall!