Lots of updates

So, I am so not good at keeping this blog updated! So this will be a hodge podge of various events that have happened since we went on vacation.

Well, to start with Mason is now four months old! Almost five now! I can't believe how quickly the time is going! He is rolling over from back to belly very well but for some reason has some trouble with belly to back. He can do it, it's just harder for him to do it that way. He had his four month check and weighed in at 17 lbs 2 oz and was 25 1/2 inches long. Which is 60th percentile and 80th percentile respectively. He just started cereal this week. He loves it! Everytime he sees that spoon he opens his mouth big and wide. Even from the first day! He is such a happy smiley baby. When I go in to get him in the morning he greets me with a huge smile! I just love that! It makes getting up at 7 o'clock much more pleasureable! He just adores his big sister! He just stares at her and smiles and laughs at her all day long. She can do no wrong in his eyes! I can't wait till they can actually play together and interact.

Sydney's third birthday is fast approaching and I can not believe that my baby girl will be 3. Three seems so old to me. We have been talking about sending her to Three year old preschool but most of them want her fully potty trained and she is just not there yet. We are really struggling with that. She just doesn't seem to care to potty train or want to pee in the potty. She will do it if you make her but she doesn't usually initiate it. We are working on it though! I told her no more diapers once she turns 3! She said ok, but we will see! Syd is so smart and funny! I can't believe some of the funny things that she says sometimes. She is also smarter than I give her credit for. She knows a lot more than I knew...I knew Barney and Dora were good for something! She is so accident prone. She got her fingers stuck in an elevator door (thank God she was ok), stung by two bees and stuck something up her nose (that wasn't an accident but you know what I mean) all in the past two weeks! Crazy girl!

My cousin Mike recently stayed the week with us and it was so much fun to have him. He was such a help with Sydney and keeping her entertained. Mike is 11 so I was worried he would be bored but I don't think he ever really was. We took him to the zoo and the park to play soccer. My sister in law Jessie took Mike and Keith to MSU (where she is a grad student in Athletic Training) and they got to see all the facilities and locker rooms. Mike got to try on a helmet and drink Gatorade that they have on tap in their practice locker room! I hope he had a great time with us because we had a great time having him!

We recently got Mason baptized into our church in Jackson, MI. We had so many family and friends come to celebrate in our special day. It really means a lot to us that people will travel to share in those special times with us. We all went out to Olive Garden after that baptism and then back to our house for socializing and fun! It was so great to see everyone!

We recently visited the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum and loved it! We didn't make it through the whole thing because of the whole hand in the elevator incident. But what we did see we loved! Syd was running around like a kid in a candy store checking it all out. They have special area just for kids under 4! It was so much fun and I can't wait to go back so we can see it all.

I am also thinking about starting some new regular posts on my blog so I can keep my interest in it going. I am thinking about posting a new picture of each child once a week. Sydney Sunday and Mason Monday. So, look out for those! One of my other fellow bloggers Kristen thought it would be a good idea to start a weekly (or maybe biweekly or monthly) recipe post. I think this is a great idea. We can start a What's for dinner tonight post and share all of our recipes with eachother. So, in honor of this I am posting a recipe I found online for some very yummy Lemon Garlic Tilapia. I have made it once already and am planning on making it again very soon!
http://www.ehow.com/how_2325881_cook-tilapia-easy-recipes.html
Also on that link are 3 other recipies for quick and easy tilapia. Let me know if you try any of them! I would love to have a review before I take the leap!