Random Picture Challenge

I was invited by one of my blogger buddies to participate in a random picture challenge. The challenge is to go to pictures taken last May and select the 21st picture in the file. Our picture was taken on May 5th and is of Brice playing in his room with his dinosaurs. At that time he's an only child. Unbeknownst to all of us, his world was going to change in about two months. Rogan was born on July 9th.
If you'd like to participate in the challenge, pick the 21st picture from your May 2008 file and blog about it.

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Rogan is 6 months old!

We took Rogan to the doctor this morning for his 6 month check up. He is right on target in his development. He weighed 17.1 lbs and was 26 inches long. His weight is in the 50th percentile and his height the 40th. He has definitely caught up since he was only 5 lbs 9 oz when he was born. He is getting so big and rolling all over the place. He found his feet the week of Christmas. Watching him play with his feet is hilarious. He is pushing himself around on his belly on the floor. He'll be crawling and sitting up before we know it. We've been lucky the first 6 months, no colds, flu, or ear issues. He is happy and healthy. We cannot believe it has been 6 months already!

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The Zoo

The weather was great today, so I got the boys around early, we went out for breakfast, then headed to the zoo. I was shocked when we were one of the few people there. It has been pretty cold and I figured everyone was ready to spend a day outdoors. We sure were ready for some fresh air. We spent about three hours at the zoo today, and we're usually only there about an hour and a half. Brice was so good. I was going to take advantage of his good behavior and stay as long as we could. I was hopeful that all the walking, and playing on the playground, would wear his 3 year old behind out. No such luck. He napped for about 10 minutes on the way home and has been up ever since!

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Manny's Apprentice

We took Brice to Target yesterday so he could get some more track for his new train set. We made the mistake of letting him walk down the toy aisle. We ended up coming home with a Handy Manny tool set and no additional track for the train set. As if, our kids didn't receive enough for Christmas, we had to get just one more thing! Brice now thinks he is Handy Manny. He goes around the house "fixing" everything. It is pretty funny. We had not seen these tool sets during our Christmas shopping, or he probably would have received it anyway. Here are a few pictures of Handy Brice at work and hanging out with his brother. You'll notice that every picture of Rogan includes a lot of drool and his hands in his mouth right now. We're still working on getting those first teeth.

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Second Christmas

We had our second Christmas over New Year's. Brian's parents came down and were able to stay for a couple of days before heading back to work. Brice got more toys! His favorite toy had to be Spike the Dinosaur. He loves the remote control dinosaur and makes it walk all over the place. He also likes to make Spike bite his foot and thinks it's hilarious. Brice's Grandpa Mitchell got him his very own camouflaged hard hat with his name on it. Brice loves it. It will probably come in handy because the child needs to wear a helmet most of the time :) He's a crazy dare devil! Rogan had fun too, he loves having his grandma rock him to sleep and sing to him. It was nice to have more hands here to hold Rogan while he's teething and fussing.

We had another great Christmas and enjoyed spending a few days with Brian's parents. They also brought with them gifts from Brian's family in Neosho. We were all spoiled again. Thanks everyone!

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2008 Was Great!

• The Mitchells became a family of four.
• Brian started his own business- Out South Wine & Spirits.
• Hotel Mitchell is still going strong - if you don't already know, this means we had family here about once a month, which means we are very loved.
• Brian continues to have too much work and too little time- a good problem to have.
• We are all happy and healthy!

We hope everyone enjoyed 2008 as much as we did.

Happy New Year!

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Christmas

We had a great Christmas. My parents were here for the long weekend and had a lot of fun with the boys. Santa was very good to our kids this year. Brice got a tent and sleeping bag from Santa. He loves his new tent, he took all of his presents inside of it to open them.

Brice also received a GeoTrax train set (thank you Sarah for the suggestion), more dinosaurs, rubber snakes, Hot Wheels and so much more. Rogan got toys, teethers, and new clothes. He is getting so big he is outgrowing everything in his closet.

Rogan's favorite gift was his bouncer he received from his Grandma and Grandpa Goldsworthy. He loves it and would stay in it all day if he didn't have to stop and eat every once in a while.

We had a lot of fun over Christmas and we are excited about spending New Year's weekend with Brian's parents. Happy Holidays!

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