Happy Hoesli (Whitmer)

Stone's first day of Kindargarten

2009-08-20T13:04:00.003-04:00

All went well for the first day of school. He was a little nervous and had a hard time with me leaving but when I picked him up he said he had a great day! (hopefully he keeps that same attitude by the end of the school year!) I will keep you updated.

I love it..............

2009-08-20T13:00:00.000-04:00

Tic Tac anyone?

2009-06-25T16:41:00.003-04:00

Stone and Max dug up a worm in the backyard the other day. It was too funny! Stone HAD to wear the gloves and Max thought it was cool but had no interest in touching it!! I don't blame him.

Stone thought it would be a good idea to capture it and keep it forever in a tic tac container. We ended up putting dirt in it and I think it was left outside.

Shane probably threw it away!! Thanks honey! Yuck!

Insert foot

2009-06-09T10:06:00.002-04:00

Owen's favorite thing during Stone's t-ball games is to lay on a blanket and eat his feet. He will do this for the entire hour. He babbles, smiles, and laughs. It's very entertaining!!

Happy Easter!!

2009-05-02T08:15:00.002-04:00

Here are a few pictures from Easter. We had Shane's family over for a nice Easter lunch/dinner. Then we had a quiet evening at home and ate lots of candy!

Here's a few for ya......

2009-03-10T10:56:00.001-04:00

.........to be continued

Warning.....

2009-01-23T11:40:00.001-05:00

All I can say is "Look at that belly"!!

His bottom is pretty cute too!! Hee hee. Sorry Owen!

Potty Time

2009-01-23T11:35:00.002-05:00

It's about that time. Max has been wanting to use the potty more often now. I wish I had more time to really work on this because I have a feeling he is going to be an easy one to train. He turns 2 next month and I think he's ready to be a big boy. He gets so excited after he "goes potty in the big boy potty". But sometimes it takes 30 minutes to get to that point. Wish us luck on our adventure.

Owen

2009-01-15T08:57:00.003-05:00

As you can see from these pictures, Owen is a very happy baby. He smiles so easily and loves to babble.

We've been trying to give Owen as much time on his tummy as we can these days. At his 4 month check-up his doctor told me that he wants Owen to be seen by a developmental therapist to evaluate him. He is not pushing up with his arms, he isn't reaching for toys, or bearing any weight on his legs. We have our first apt. on Wed. Hopefully he is just a little behind from being born 5 weeks early. I will keep you all informed when we hear more from the therapist.

Boys, boys, boys

2009-01-15T08:53:00.002-05:00

Arn't my boys so handsome? I sure think so but I may be a little bias. Have a look see for yourself.

Come here

2008-12-25T22:21:00.002-05:00

Max learned this after me trying to get him to "come here". It is so cute that I felt you needed to see it. Enjoy!

Winter Wonderland

2008-12-21T20:33:00.003-05:00

Brrrr......we've had some very cold temperatures, an ice storm, and a couple inches of snow. The temperature got below zero today and by Friday it should be in the 40s. Only in Indiana can you see such extreme weather.

I wish I lived somewhere warmer.

Meeting Santa

2008-12-19T12:40:00.002-05:00

Tired from waiting in line. (we were at the very end)

Max didn't care for him much, can you tell? Maybe next year will be better.

Sleep........anyone?

2008-12-19T12:38:00.000-05:00

Hoesli boys

2008-11-13T15:32:00.002-05:00

Here's our first picture of all three boys together. Don't mind the clothes.....I think all three are in their pjs. Stone and Max are great big brothers to Owen. They love any chance they get to hold him. Owen does not mind either, as long as someone is holding him he's happy!!

Happy Halloween!!

2008-11-13T15:25:00.002-05:00

This was Max's first year trick-or-treating. He loved it and made sure to tell everybody bye-bye as we were leaving the door. This was the first time he's really ever had any candy and he loved that too. He makes quite a good little bee don't you think?

Stone wanted to be a ghost pirate again. That made it easy on us in the costume department.

Owen stayed at home with grandma and passed out candy. We didn't dress him up or even take any pictures with him because he was sleeping and I didn't want to wake him.

Fall 2008

2008-10-06T20:25:00.005-04:00

After being in the house all week I decided it was time for an outing. So we packed up the diaper bag with snacks and plenty of diapers (we now have 2 kids in them) and headed off to Hilger's farm for a day of fun. This is a yearly trip we take. It's only 15 minutes from the house and they have so much for the kids to do including picking out a pumpkin. Owen did great. Max loved all the smells and pumpkins. Stone had fun on the moonwalk slide and running through all the hay mazes.

All and all it was fun for the whole family and the boys were pretty tired when we got home. Which makes it nice for bedtime to come!

Welcome Owen Ryan

2008-09-21T13:44:00.003-04:00

It was a bumby road, but we are happy to announce that our newest addition Owen Ryan is here. He was born on September 4th, almost 5 weeks early. I went into the hospital Wednesday night with bad stomach pain. I started having contractions a couple hours later. He was born by c-section the next day at 6:14 pm. He was in the NICU for respiratory distress. (This is very common for early babies and c-section babies.) After a couple days of not getting any better they did a spinal tap which revieled that he had meningitis. So, to make a very long story and hard couple of weeks waiting for a dozen antibiotics to work, he finally came home on September 21st. Here are some pictures of the experience we had. We couldn't be happier to have him well and home!!

Visit from Ryan

2008-07-28T14:40:00.002-04:00

Ryan came to visit and decided he liked it so much here in the Ole Fort that he wants to move here. So, Shane got him a good job training as an electrician and he is staying with us until he finds an apartment.

The kids LOVE him being here and he has helped me out a lot due to the fact that I'm tired all the time and can hardly walk at other times. Here's a few pics of brother bear with the kids and well, just being Ryan!!

Bike saftey

2008-07-28T14:34:00.000-04:00

Okay well we went to a kids fest and they were giving out free helmets with elbow and knee pads. Both kids got a pair and well they wanted to wear them all day that first day. Lets just say it only lasted a couple hours due to the fact that they were hot and neither one of them wanted to ride their bike. (Well Max still is too short so he didn't have a choice.)

So here are a few pics of them modeling their new gear. We shouldn't have any cuts or bruises for the next couple weeks. Yeah right......these are boys we are talking about!

A few of my favorite things

2008-06-19T21:22:00.001-04:00

Priceless

2008-06-19T21:16:00.000-04:00

Is this not the cutest? I just had to share this with everybody!!

New Jersey visit

2008-06-13T12:19:00.000-04:00

We visited my mom for a long weekend. We ate LOTS of food and just hung out at the house. It was a relaxing weekend and the boys had a blast with their Gramma Tina!!

Just kickin it

2008-05-13T20:16:00.000-04:00

Here we have featured Max and Stone in their new and very stylish shoes. Stone is very proud of his and even after he got a blister from wearing them without socks he still insists on wearing them. This time with socks. Max maybe does not care as much for his shoes just as long as he can go outside in them. Just thought we would share our little fashion shoe (show) with everyone!

News

2008-05-13T20:11:00.000-04:00

For those of you who don't know, we are expecting our 3rd, yes I said 3rd child. We wern't sure we were going to have three but looks like we are. Due October 6th. So anyway this is a picture of me.....taken by Stone......at 19 weeks. Only 21 more to go!! I have a feeling it's going to be a long HOT summer for me.

Fun in the sun!

2008-04-10T20:22:00.000-04:00

We had a blast of warm weather for one short weekend so we took advantage and played outside. Stone had a blast at the park and finished the day off by doing a little fishing.....this has become one of his favorite things to do since last summer fishing with grandpa! Hopefully this weather comes back soon. We sure are ready for it!

I don't like grass!!!

2008-04-10T20:20:00.000-04:00

As you can see Max refuses to touch grass. This suprised me because he loves getting his hands into everything messy. Hopefully some outside practice will improve this fear.

Here's to warm weather

2008-04-10T20:16:00.000-04:00

A few pictures of the boys playing with their Christmas present from grammaTina. This is the first time it's been outside and actually filled with water and sand. Max loved the water and Stone loved the sand. I'm willing to bet this little activity will provide hours of fun this summer.

Max's first birthday!

2008-03-04T21:14:00.000-05:00

I can't believe my baby is already 1. It seems like yesterday we only had Stone around...crazy how fast time goes when your having fun! Here are some pics of Max having a great time with his cake!!

It was quite the mess to clean up!

Rock On!

2008-01-09T21:04:00.000-05:00

Here's a little fun we had with Shane's family and Guitar Hero. In case you don't know, guitar hero is a game for Nintendo Wii. And oh what a blast it was!! Stone had a fun time pretending he was playing also!

Thanks Gramma Tina

2008-01-09T20:58:00.001-05:00

We had a blast making and putting together this gingerbread house Gramma Tina bought for the boys. We had to hurry up and take these pictures because all Stone wanted to do was eat it.....and he did!!

Christmas Time

2008-01-09T20:50:00.001-05:00

With Christmas brought lots of family, friends, and great food. We were able to see most of Shane's family and most of my family. Stone really loved opening presents. He even got to open all of Max's gifts due to the fact that Max is still clueless on opening his gifts. Plus he loved playing with the paper after his gift was opened. Here are some photos of the excitement.

2007-11-03T16:29:00.000-04:00

Okay, between writing a 36 page paper, school, and doctor visits, we have had a busy last couple months. Stone had pink eye in both eyes, then a cold meanwhile Max gets a rash, fever, and now a double ear infection. We've spent about $200 in co-pays at the doctor's office this month! Stone is better and Max is starting his second dose of antibiotics because the first one didn't cut it. So anyway that is how life has been for us lately.

Thes are some pics of Halloween. Stone loved trick-or-treating this year! He got so excited every time he recieved more candy! He was dressed up as a ghost pirate from Scooby-Doo, his new favorite show. Enjoy!!

It's been awhile....sorry

2007-09-10T08:19:00.000-04:00

I have no good excuse besides school for the reason I haven't posted anything. I've been a bad blogger and I'm sorry. Here's some pics of the fam. Overdue of course.

Max is now 6 1/2 months. He's such a happy baby. He loves his big brother and Stone does a great job helping me with him. He weighs almost 19lbs (Stone weighed this much at a year!) He's not crawling yet, but I have a feeling it's right around the corner.

Stone will be 4 in November. He loves to learn new things and also enjoys pretending he's a monster. (Too much Scooby Doo I imagine) He loves to play with his brother and is getting quite helpful around the house.

New trick!!

2007-08-06T11:52:00.000-04:00

2007-08-01T14:32:00.000-04:00

Just updating some pictures....

2007-06-25T20:47:00.000-04:00

All smiles from here on out

2007-04-29T12:56:00.000-04:00

After many attempts to capture this precious smile, I finally got it. His smiles are becoming more and more often so keep checking for more updates of this cute little face.

Taaa Daaa

2007-04-20T17:17:00.000-04:00

I've finally done it!! I took my sister's advice and am starting a blog. Now everyone can keep tabs on us Hoesli's. Here we are. Enjoy!!