Boiler Up?

Every parent has a list of things that they hope that their children are able to experience and things that they pray their children will not see in their lifetimes.  One of the things I hoped my boys would never experience is them witnessing Purdue lose an Old Oaken Bucket game to Indiana.  Unfortunately, this year it happened.  Now we can only hope that this kind of rare occurrence never happens again.

Purdue got off to a quick start and the boys were enjoying the beat down and feeling confident that there would be another "P" link in the Oaken Bucket chain

Starting not too look too good.

Kai is devastated by the Boilers ridiculous end of the game melt down by the good guys.  Dad clearly doesn't understand the enormity of the moment here as he's just flashing his big dopey smile like everything is all hunky dory.  

Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. - 1 Samuel 1:6

1 Month Pictures

It is amazing how quickly time passes when you don't waste any of it sleeping.  It hardly seems possible that our Bubba is 1 month old.

He is growing like crazy and is putting on about a pound and growing an inch each week thus far.  Now some of that crazy growth is probably due to him coming a few weeks early, but I figure that most of it is that this is going to be a big boy.

Grandpa isn't sleeping in this picture but Eli is.  Although this shot looks pretty peaceful, it did not make Kai very happy.  He does not like to share grandpa!!

A recent shot of the Lesnet family of 4.  

The boys with Grandpa and Grandma Eridon.

My beautiful wife and our baby boy.  Bubba don't look too cozy here...check out that face!

Bubba's 1 month photo.  We will be taking a picture of him with this here cow every month to show how much he's growing.  It's a lot.

Baby Cow with a toy stuffed cow.

He looks HUGE in this shot!

Kai holding Bubba after his 1 month photo shoot.  Kai still loves his little bro and gives him lots of hugs and kisses every day.

The boys were done with the photo shoot here.

Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger. - Job 17:9

Halloween 2011

The Indiana Lesnets enjoyed a fantastic Halloween as a new family of 4.  The boys went Trick or Treating with Master P and Special K on a gorgeous Indiana Autmn evening.

Here is Bubba going Trick-or-Treating for the first time.  He could hardly contain his entheusium!

Here are the big boys out getting some candy.  They had it figured out this year and used their super powers of being really, really, ridiculously good looking and scored some good loot.

Kai refused to wear the hood on his cow outfit so most folks thought that he was a dalmation.  His costume was a little small so I think it was uncomfortable around his boy parts and bottom so we didn't push him to wear the cow head hood.  The costume was a 4T so it should have fit, I guess that's what happens when you don't have the kid with you when you buy the costume.

The happy Trick-or-Treaters.  By this time Special K had already shed the land shark get up and was just cruising around being Special K.

With the cow head on.

Don't they look happy?  Neither boy (or cow) particularly enjoying this moment.

I think that Stephanie looks super hot in that Lesnet Farms hat!

After all of that Trick-or-Treating Kai got to eat 2 pieces of candy.  He chose some Dum Dum suckers.  2 fisting...that's my boy!

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth - Psalm 119:103

Month #1 of the Lesnet Family of Four

Eli, who has been nicknamed Bubba by Kai has now been with us for nearly 3 weeks and we are getting settled in to our new reality.  Adding a child to our already hectic lives has been a huge adjustment as having 2 boys to take care of is more than twice as much work.
At this point, Eli will only sleep at night when he is being held by either mommy or daddy.  We are tired but know that we need to enjoy this time as there will come a time where he won't want to be held any more.

Here is the Lesnet family of 4 getting ready to leave the hospital for the real world.  Kai was so excited to have someone to ride in the back seat with him that we couldn't get him to sit still for a picture.

Bubba was born during some incredible weather here in Central Indiana.  Check him out soaking up some rays!

Although Stephanie and I are still trying to get the hang of this new family structure, Kai is having no trouble with it at all.  He is completely in love with his little brother and always wants to know where he is at all times.

Here is Kai doing the piggies with Eli.  I love this picture!

Here is mommy doing Kai's bedtime with Kai and Bubba.

Bubba has had a pretty action packed 3 weeks as he has had visitors every weekend.  When Aunt Jessica came to visit, we took a lot of pictures in hopes of getting some good ones to use in Eli's baby announcement.  Here are a few pictures of Bubba during that photo shoot.

I call this one "Blue Steel"

This one is "Ferrari"

Here is the ultimate.  He has already mastered "Magnum"

Hey!  Eli says "Boiler Up!!"

Kai's favorite TV show is Micky Mouse Clubhouse and here he is holding Bubba and watching some Mickey Mouse.  Eli didn't seem quite as in to the program as Kai.

The Indiana Lesnet boys with Grandpa and Grandma Lesnet

Those same boys with Grandma and Grandpa Eridon.

One morning, we let Kai pick out Bubba's outfit.  He was already wearing his new monkey outfit that the Lesnet grandparents got him and was excited to see this monkey outfit in Bubba's dresser.  Once Eli was all dressed and ready Kai wanted us to take a picture of them in their monkey shirts.

In addition to visitors, Bubba has already made trips to such fun places as the pediatrician, the playground, a couple of restaurants, and the Indianapolis Zoo for Zoo Boo.

This year we once again went to the Indianapolis Zoo Boo at the Zoo with Master P, Special K and their parents.  The Lesnet boys are both dressed up as cows and I'm a farmer / Detroit Tigers fan.

I think I rock that DeKalb hat like a natural, don't you?

Master P the angler.

Special K is cute but too cool for a costume.  I hear that she will follow in big bro's footsteps and be a Land Shark on Halloween though.

Kids with giant spider and a poser farmer with his hat on backwards.

honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.” - 2 Samuel 17:29

Elijah George Lesnet

Elijah George was scheduled to join us via a scheduled cesarean on October 20th.  Instead he came nearly 2 weeks before that via emergency cesarean on October 7th.

Eli was an extremely active baby in mommy's tummy but on Thursday morning he really slowed down his movements.  Stephanie was worried and called the doctor (from the office parking lot) and they told her to drink some coke and lay down and see if that helped and then come in to the office at 1.  Steph followed nurses orders but still didn't feel much movement.

While she waited for 1:00 to roll around, she came home and listened to the baby's heartbeat on the at home fetal monitor that we have which helped give her some comfort until her appointment.  When she arrived at the doctors office, they gave her a non stress test and then sent her over to labor and delivery.  Immediately upon arrival she was admitted.  She then called me and I arrived at about 2:05pm.

The doctor was pretty worried about the baby so they got Stephanie in to surgery very quickly and Elijah George was born at 2:52 in the afternoon.  He was 18.75" long and weighed in at 6.5lbs.  He was born at 37 weeks.

Due to the unexpectedness of our new arrival, all of the early pictures were taken by camera phone.  Here is the first one taken with a few more mega pixels.

 Stephanie and Eli

Here is Eli being held by Grandma Lesnet

The first picture of the Lesnet family of 4.

Kai is crazy about his little bro!

Here is Eli wearing a Purdue shirt for his first college football game day.  Boilers win!

 

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. - Proverbs 27:12