6 months

Galvan C is 6 months old!  Half way to one year already?!  Aaahhhh!

He has had a busy month of rolling over (both ways now), sitting up (still with a little help), spinning around like clock hands on his tummy, swimming and hanging out with his big brothers!  He loves his exersaucer and making it rock.  His first little tooth (lower right) has started to pop through, so he's been chewing on teethers more and not sleeping quite as well, but still better than his brothers did!  He has his 6 month well visit in a week or so and I'll update his stats then.  For now we're just going to keep enjoying his super grin, little laugh and chubby legs!  We love you new boo!



2 yrs + 7 months

 Just 5 short months away from being 3 years old!  Aaahhh!

I can't even imagine what it's going to be like:)

Conall D is just too much for us some days...his laugh and smile are his saving grace because this little guy is trouble, but we couldn't love him more!  If he isn't zooming his trucks across the house, building blocks or playing with trains then he's making his little brother laugh or making his big brother upset in one way or another!  He's finally starting to eat pasta, but will always eat pancakes:)  He no longer takes naps, unless he randomly falls asleep on the couch.  He really has grown fond of Galvan as you can see below.  We love you boo 2, keep growing and laughing!

4 yrs + 7 months

Our Declan B is even closer to being 5! 

He is so happy to be back in school after a wonderful Christmas break.  He's been busy working in his work books, painting and playing with his race car.  He got a hair cut (you can tell from the top and bottom pictures), it took us 2 times for them to get it right!  He is so self sufficient right now, combing out his own hair, zipping up his coat and buckling himself in.  Declan is still a bottomless pit, he eats more than I do at dinner!  He is full of the best questions and my goodness is he funny....the other day he told me he didn't like black beans, I asked him if he liked green beans or lima beans...no, no..."but wait mama, I do like one kind of beans, jelly beans!".  Here he is hanging up his bird feeders that he made at school this week:)  We love boo!

igloo and a snowman

 Here's the awesome igloo that the 2 big boys and dad built a few days ago!

They all worked so hard on it, making a big pile of snow and digging it out.

If you look close you can see their little snow boots:)

 Peeking out!

 

And here's a look at the boys before heading out to build a snowman!

Yes, he is wearing an awesome Purdue hat, BC had been wearing it while they built him and thought it would look cool on the snowman!)  His carrot nose got snatched by a squirrel, along with his raisin mouth and grape eyes shortly after.

5 months

 Galvan is 5 months old!  My goodness these months have gone by too fast.  This month has been filled with lots of time with his brothers, trips downtown, Christmas and poop.  He can roll over now and is quite good at it, just like his brothers he rolls from back to tummy.  Once he's there he's stuck though:)  He's sleeping in his crib at night and is taking a few good naps a day.  He's a great eater, you can probably tell by his thighs:)  He's doing well gripping and grabbing toys.  Poor little guy even had his first cold, it's been a rough couple of days/nights, but we think he's on the mend.  This little boo does not like to have his nose wiped, but thank goodness for Boogie Wipes, they make it so much better!  He had a great first Christmas and we're looking forward to happy new year with him and his brothers.  We love you new boo!

 This is what I found after BC had been holding him for awhile...funny how he didn't notice he was poopy!

 Declan and Conall built a bed for Galvan one afternoon:)

 Getting some advice from Conall...this can't be good!

Spending some time with his biggest brother Declan.

 

And here's the big roll!  Conall ran out to the kitchen to tell us that Galvan "roll over", sure enough he was on his tummy when we ran in:)  Way to go little buddy!

 

Christmas 2012

 Merry Christmas!  What an awesome holiday we have had...we went to Christmas Eve Mass and actually got a seat!  The children's choir was singing and it was fun to think that someday our boys might be singing too.  We came home for a great big dinner, made cookies for Santa, put on our jammies and got tucked in bed.  Conall was the first to wake up and after waking up Declan (we let Galvan sleep as he had a little cold) the boys quickly made their way downstairs to see if Santa had visited...he did!  Declan helped pass out presents while opening at the same time.  "This is what I only wanted" was Declan's response to everything he opened!  Conall loved all of it, but opening up Curious George was a real surprise.  The biggest gift (for all three boys) was a basketball hoop (I can't wait for it to be warm enough to get it out)!  Their stockings were packed with treats, stickers and I even found Galvan's shoes that I had been looking for!  You can probably guess which one hid them in there:)  After opening gifts we all sat down for breakfast of fruit, cinnamon rolls and egg sandwiches:)  It was a very merry day!

Christmas with the G's

G's being grandparents of course!

 

We had a wonderful Christmas with the O'Rourke's...full of good food, great gifts and lots of laughing between everybody!  All four of the boys and their ladies, plus 8 grand kids all stayed the night.  The kids had just as much fun playing around as did the big kids:) 

 The kids table:)

 BC and Kienan opening gifts.

 Hot Wheels!!

 A Hex Bug...it's remote control!!

Galvan hanging out with Uncle Seamus.

 

 

A few days later it was off to the Butler's...more good food, more great gifts and more laughter!

An awesome game for the coveted Christmas Bucks was played twice this year...Jon won the first night and BC won the second night! 

 

  A new dinosaur!

  A magic kit...he even put on a show for us!

 Rainbow flip flops for the boys!

 Galvan just hanging out:)

 Playing for Christmas Bucks!

And we even got to visit with one of my best friends Abby and her new little boy Pierce!  They were up for from FL and oh goodness is he sweet! Here we are with our boys:)