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Roman has become obsessed with Super heros. I find him climbing high and jumping off of everything.

 I'm into smoothies- adding spinach makes me feel healthy :) i'm thinking nursing is holding onto my last lbs of baby weight like it did with Rome- BUT nursing trumps dream weight- being a mom means sacrifice right? Totally worth it to nurse!

I find this often- melts my heart how they love each other 

I love how my boys love their daddy- daddy is there favorite 

 I've been exercising with the boys since our schedules don't really allow me to go the gym- trying to do 3+ miles a day (except in the rain!) The boys are fans 1/2 the time.  Rough crying sometimes- still trying to figure out the perfect time to go...

 sweet boy

 Romes been loving bowling (thank you bowling for free in the summer!) He got his first strike here :)

 who is this big kid??

 We went to a movie night here in Siloam.  Maggie came with us- so fun!

 More exercise :)

 Daddy had to shave and Roman wanted to join :) Watching Rome learn from daddy was just precious for this momma!

The Siloam fire department was doing some drills on our empty street- we went to watch- perfect for this boy who LOVEs firetrucks right now!

Aunt Mimi came and stayed with us for a week.  She brought a spiderman kite for Roman to play with He LOVED her so much.

After Roman's last soccer game, he and Ty went to watch the NCAA golf championship in Fayetteville.  Kerwin's friend who helps with the Kentucky golf team was there also.  Rome got to meet some of the golfers and got some high 5's and some golf balls- it was hot, but he had fun!

 

 We've had some scary weather! I told Rome that we were going to go in the closet when the storms got bad- he put all his valuables in the closet- so interesting to see what he deemed "valuable"

 We lost our 1 little tree...

 Rome's friend Ryan came and played with us for the day- so fun!

 Rome and baby's first bath together

 Date night #1 away from 2 kiddos- Thank you my friend LAURA!

 We went to our first naturals game of the season- BEAUTIFUL night, perfect weather! one of the best nights :)

Baseball hit with the french fry

Ty was gone this past weekend and the boys and I spent a little over an hour in the closet under a mattress- I truly dislike these storms- especially when i'm single parenting it!

iddy biddy soccer

The end of April and the beginning of May brought our first time in an organized sport. Rome did Iddy biddy soccer and LOVED it.  He was all about playing with friends and scoring goals.  It was so fun to watch him run and play- he went HARD each and every time and took amazing naps those afternoons :)

Ty interviewed Roman before the first game....

for some reason i can't load it so here's the link :)

Roman's Interview

Here's a couple videos of him in action :)

4 and 5 months old

4 and 5 months:
Gray is growing so fast! he is a little chubster :)
It's crazy how he's changed between months 4 and 5- just look at the picture!

 

We started baby food at month 5- he was nursing and just still crying when we were done.  It made me feel like he was still hungry so when we went to our monthly check up, I talked to the dr and he said he was pro starting baby food. So we bought some baby food after the check up.  He LOVED it.  It seemed so early to be starting him but it helped us so much! he was so much more content! at the end of month 5 we added sweet potato- peas- and apple sauce- he loves it all :)

Ty was in boston for part of April- we bought some fun toys to play with and show daddy:

They LOVE each other :)

Gray spitting

The Swansons in NWA

The End of April, Mike Shelby and Sloane came down to stay with us while Mike and Shelby interviewed for some possible jobs.  It was fun to get to host them while the prepped and interviewed.  

I'll never forget riding in the van on the way to deliver Thank you cards after their interviews when Mike got his call.  He got the job! He was driving and he quickly pulled into Caseys to talk where he could concentrate.  Shelby and I were trying our best to keep the kiddos quiet.  It was such a great memory!

 Playing in the sand

 cousins :)

 hiking up at JBU

 Rome was to start Iddy Biddy Soccer the saturday they were here.  It ended up getting canceled because of the weather- BUT since we had talked about it with Roman, we decided to do our own little soccer game :)

 Eating at Sams after we got the news of Mikes job

 Shelby got Gray to sleep- another plus for them moving to NWA :)

We went to the dogwood festival on the rainy saturday.  It was fun to get to go with them 

A few days after they returned back to NE, Shelby go the call that SHE got her job too! They're moving to NWA!!