The Boys

Brendan was wide awake yesterday and the only thing that seemed to make him happy was being propped up on the couch next to his brother. Perfect picture time!























They even watched a little Handy Manny together!

Liam is 3!

Yesterday Liam turned 3! I can't believe that he really is already 3 years old. It feels like those three years have just flown by. We started out the day by opening a present from Aunt Lisa and Uncle Matt and then he got his prized possesion, a new vaccum. This is something he has been asking about for 3 weeks. It is not a real vaccum, but a toy Dirt Devil vaccum that he found at daycare, and decided he had to have it. He has been playing with it ever since he opened it. We skyped with my sister and her family and then decorated Liam's cake! We made a 3-tier 3" round cake. Just Liam's size!

















Later in the afternoon, we headed to Jump Zone so Liam could do some jumping! He fought us so hard that day when it came to his nap, so this is how he looked when we got there!
















We have never been to the jump zone before, so Liam was a little hesitant to just jump right in, but he finally warmed up and got into the jump areas where there were kids his size! It was really hard to get pictures because he was running all over the place. Afterwards we headed to Red Robin for birthday dinner. The waitress even surprised Liam at the end with a birthday ice cream!














Then we went home and ate birthday cake!



















We are having a birthday party on Saturday, in which I have agreed to make Liam a Batman cake. This will be the biggest baking task I have taken on, so we will see how it turns out!

Four Weeks Already?!

Brendan is 4 weeks old today, and the time has just seemed to fly by!




















Some of the things that Brendan is doing... other than sleeping, eating and dirtying his diapers :)
*He's awesome at lifting his head. He lifts up his head and looks around already!
*He has super strong legs and likes to use them to climb up Mommy
*He has given both myself and Deron a smile already! (and it was not while he was sleeping or passing gas)
*He's growing like a weed and he is eating so much!

He is such a good baby and really only cries when he doesn't want a diaper change and during every other bath. We've been having some spit up issues when he nurses, but he seems to do much better when he is feeding from a bottle, so we'll see what changes we have to make! All in all, things are going great in the McCandless household, and Liam tells us daily that he loves his brother, even if he wakes us up at night!

My Handsome Boys

3 week stats!

Yesterday we took Brendan to his 2-3 week check up, and he is really growing. He had lost some weight in the hospital (went from 8.4 lbs to 7.13lbs) and had gained back 2 oz. from the time we left till the first check up on Dec. 21st. Yesterday he weighed 9.1 lbs and had grown an inch! He is only about an inch shorter than Liam was when he was born now, and he is almost not fitting into his newborn clothes anymore. Such a change from swimming in his newborn clothes. He is such a piggy baby too! That must be where all the weight is coming from :)

Brotherly Love

Liam loves holding his little brother. The other night he was so excited to cuddle with him that he insisted that I take pictures of them together :)

Ready for the New Year!

2010 and is gone, and our family is so ready for 2011. This past year has definitely been a difficult one and we have really been tested, but God has provided and we are making it. The year ended with the birth of Brendan which made all the struggles that we have faced so much better! We stayed home this year and Deron and I made a great dinner that was delicious. Liam had only had a 20 minute nap in the car that day, so he was out at 6:30pm and Brendan was asleep as well.





















We were all in bed by 9pm anyways, so we rang in the New Year on New York time! Brendan did wake up at 11:50pm, so I was able to watch the ball drop at the real time :) We hope that everyone had a great New Years and that you all are blessed in this New Year!