Puddles

It seems to me that the very word "puddles" is reminiscent with childhood memories. Of little boys discovering their love for getting dirty, of embarking on an adventure all their own. I have two boys now and I think I am beginning to realize and embrace that unique aspect of them. They have such an innate desire to explore, to discover, to conquer. They are teaching me to squelch the desire to think ahead to the time and energy involved in cleaning up these "adventures" but rather, to focus on the joy and fun of being "in the puddle" right now.

He did good.

Well, I had to share about my husband and what a great valentine's day we had. I got a rose with a handmade card and then he took me cross country skiing (which we have been doing a lot of together lately). It was the perfect day to be outside. It was warm and the snow was lightly falling. We found a bench and sat down and had hot chocolate that he had brought along in his backpack. Then he gave me my present which was an ipod inside of a box he made out of birch wood. I was really surprised because I hadn't even asked for one. He had just enough time to download one song on it for me "it feels like home". So, I sat and listened to the song and cried because I really do have the best husband in the whole world. When he wants to be, he is the most creative and romantic person. After that we headed home and he made a pasta dish for dinner, we put the kids to bed and watched "Titanic" and had dessert. It was a great day. Honey, I'd say you did good. You did very good.

One month old

Well, Levi is one month old already. So,I thought I'd post a newer picture.
We went down to Sparta last week to visit aaron's family. My dad got a chance to meet up with us and see baby levi for the first time. I was so glad it worked out. Here's a few pictures of baby levi with his grandpa and a few of his cousins.

Here's a picture of my dad holding Levi for the first time.
Cousin Elsa holding Levi.
Cousin Jonah holding baby Levi.

Home Again

Jessica and Levi came home from the hospital on Thursday afternoon. Jacob was very excited to see Levi and MOM. Two days with only a couple hours of Mom time was not enough. Jess spent some quality time with Jacob that made him very happy. The last couple of days have been good. Levi has be doing well. I will let Jess share about the late night activities. All in all things seem to be going well.

This picture is of Levi in his little plastic container and cart that he gets to drive around at the hospital. I really wanted to take this thing home. They are pretty sweet.

Levis first day home and his big brother was very excited. Here he is holding Levi. This moment lasted for about two minutes then Jacob went back to bashing all the balloons that came with his new little brother.

I took this picture of Levi lounging on the couch yesterday evening. I couldn't resist getting an close up. He was completely content on the couch enjoying his last meal from Mom.

Who is Who

Here are two pictures one of Jacob on his Birthday and one of Levi on his Birthday. Everyone was trying to decide if Levi looks like Jacob. Well now we can look at two pictures side by side at the same time to see if the brothers do look alike. So what do you think? Do they look alike? What do you think?

Jacob 10/09/03

Levi 12/27/05

Jacob Michael David Broberg

Levi Mark James Broberg

So who do you they look like?

Levi's First Hour

Levi has survived his first full day with his parents and older brother. His day consisted of sleeping, sorta eating and looking around. All of the real excitement was between 8am and 9am. I put together a short video of Levi's first hour. The video is about a minute long and was saved for the web it shouldn't take you along time to download unless you have dial up. If that is the case it may take you 10-15 minutes. Enjoy

To watch the video CLICK HERE

Here are a couple other pictures to hold you over until later this week.



Jacob checking out his little brother.



Dad and his new little boy...with lots of hair.

Levi Mark James Broberg

Levi Mark James Broberg was born today at 7:50am. He is 7lbs 13oz 19" long. Here are a few pictures and a movie for your enjoyment.


Hopefully by this evening we will have a 1 min video of Levi's first hour. Check back tonight.

Hospital

We are going to the Hospital as we speak (type) I am sure the next post will be about the baby.

Eating Snow and Playdough

Well, I thought I'd post a few pictures to show you what jacob and I have been up to lately. We have spent a lot of time playing with playdough. Although I must admit that I have been having dreams (some would call them nightmares) of yelling at jacob to stop EATING the playdough. Now, I realize a small amount of it will probably not hurt him, but lately he has been literally taking handfuls of playdough and sticking it in his mouth. As a rough estimate, I'd say he's consumed a good half to 3/4 container of playdough over the last week or two. So, now I have to play "playdough cop" and watch guard that he doesn't try to sneak in another bite or two. He also decided the other night that he wanted to eat snow. So, we got a bowl and he went outside and collected some white (emphasis being on white) snow and ate most of the bowl of ice cream along with a glass of hot chocolate and many many mini marshmallows. I realized part way through that he was probably wanting me to make "snow" ice cream for him like grandma broberg did when she was up last visiting. I have never made snow ice cream before, so I had to surrender to husband's unlimited knowledge and get the recipe. (which of course is simply vanilla and sugar added to the snow.) So, until the baby comes (soon hopefully) the two of us will continue playing and eating...snow and playdough.

thanksgiving weekend

I thought I'd post some thanksgiving weekend pictures. Jacob helped mom and grandma in the kitchen preparing the thanksgiving meal and got some beater licking time in. He thought he'd share the whipping cream with grandma. The day after thanksgiving we hired a babysitter (thanks molly!) and went shopping ALL day. It was a lot of fun though. We bought jammies that were gonna be for christmas, but grandma wanted to see him in them before she left, so we decided to get some good pajama snuggle time in. On saturday we went and got our christmas tree. Grandma and grandpa came with and it was a lot of fun. We got some good pictures of jacob running around in the field. We had a great weekend. I am so thankful for all the many blessings in my life, especially those of my family. Happy Thanksgiving!

hanging out

The other day jacob and I spent the day just hanging out. I was in my pajamas most of the day and he spent the day with a shirt and no pants, the belt to my robe and a box of graham crackers close by. At one point during the day I realized how silly he looked and decided to take a picture. We read books, played trains, did lots of arts and crafts and just generally hung out. Jacob helped me do laundry and followed me from room to room as I picked up. It wasn't the kind of day most people would look at and think was very productive, but it taught me a lot about just relaxing and enjoying my kid and not being so worried about how my house (or myself) looked. Thank you God for the simpleness of life at times. May we as moms always take the time out of our busy schedules to stop and look at our children, give them a hug or kiss and see if maybe there's something they're trying to tell us or teach us about the beauty of the simple things.

Auntie Meredith

Here's a picture of jacob and auntie meredith taking a nap together. Meredith was up last weekend to visit. Jacob got some good quality time in with her. He also loves his birthday gift she got for him, an aqua doodle mat. I think it's a great toy, and has definitely earned it's title for toy of the year award. So, thanks mere for a great toy that is mess-free! We love you and miss you already around here. Hugs and kisses-aaron, jess and jakers

Choo! Choo!

Jacob has recently become obsessed with trains. (choo-choos) I got a great deal on one at a garage sale this summer and kept it to give to him for his birthday. He has had a lot of fun playing with it. Then someone gave him a Thomas the tank engine book for a birthday present and we are now approaching our 277th time reading it! My husband despises the book because it's very wordy and some of the words are very hard for a little kid (or a big kid-aaron)to understand. Last night he was reading it to Jacob and he just started going off about how poorly written the book was and how he might as well write a children's book because he could certainly do better. Which, I must admit I agree. Anyways, he said he was going to blog about the book specifically because he is so annoyed by it and cannot believe someone actually published it the way it was written. It was a very funny little "soap box" moment, but I guess you would've had to been there to get all of the amusement out of it that I did. Anyways, I thought I'd post a picture of jacob with his screwdriver trying to fix the train. He is a determined young boy to say the least!

Bug Bash

Well, this past saturday we celebrated jacob's 2nd birthday by having a "bug bash." It was a lot of fun to do. We had bug themed games like pin the spot (a.k.a. oreo)on the lady bug and the ladybug beanbag toss. We colored pictures of bugs and ate bug snacks like spider crackers and caterpillars (made out of grapes and cheese). We also had "bug juice" to drink. For our cake we had "dirt" served in a wheel barrow with a garden spade. We also had lots of creepy worms crawling around in the dirt. When the kids arrived they could go to the "local tattoo artist" (aaron) and get a bug tattoo. Some kids weren't real sure about that but jacob that it was a great idea. He had one on each hand and one on each cheek. The kid loves bugs! Here's some pictures from our party.

Isaac's Birthday

Well, jacob and I just got back from a quick visit down to the cousins house for Isaac's birthday party. Aaron was pretty busy this week, (as he has been lately) so it gave jacob and I chance to get away for a little bit and freed up some time for Aaron to get a lot of work done. We had fun. As you can see-it was a Star Wars themed birthday party. The kids had fun....the parents were tired by the end of the night. Rachel invited 8 boys over and then of course there was my 1 kid, rachel's 4, and jen's 4. So, we had a house full. Actually, she had it in the garage, which was a good idea. About an hour before the party there was a pretty bad storm brewing and a tornado watch. But, by the time the party started it had ended. It kinda rained off and on, but that didn't stop the kids from running around and playing outside.

Darth Jacob & Darth Ben

My son and his cousin have been taken over by the dark side. If they weren't so adorable, I'd be worried about it. May the force be with you!