Roper Rendezvous’

We have been SUPER busy these past couple of weeks. I have yet to feel "normal" and back into things, but each day gets a little better and we are all adjusting pretty well.

A couple of weeks ago, we got a visit from "SUPER NANNY." Well, at least she was super nanny to us. My sister-in-law, Marlene, came to town to get some dental work done, but what she REALLY did was save my life :)!

Mar is a kindergarten teacher and was filled with several ideas to help control my out-of-control :) kids--especially Wade! 3 has been pretty crazy for me and the biggest challenge has been entertaining my older 2 and keeping them from seeing how far they can"push the limits" before we send them to timeout.

She created a "Wade is the Bomb" sticker chart and it has worked like a charm. He is awarded stickers for every hour he behaves. If he is sent to timeout during the hour (after receiving 3 strikes) he doesn't get a sticker. If he gets 10 stickers in one day then he gets a reward of his choice (which is usually playing the Wii!)

Wade loves this system and is so excited to put his stickers on his chart. The first few days, he carried the chart around with him and even fell asleep with it:

Hopefully this will get us through the summer!

Some of the other activities Mar did with the boys were watercolors, slip-in-slide, walks, dancing and singing to CD's and reading books. She is a wonderful Aunt and we were all sad to see her go!



A couple of days after Mar left, we headed up to Cedar City to celebrate Gary and Shirley's 50th wedding anniversary! It was a pretty good drive up and back. Trent was fabulous (thank
goodness) and it was WONDERFUL being in one of our favorite places on Earth!

Most of Matt's family was there and we spent our days visiting and hanging out. My boys were in Heaven as they ran free and wild with their cousins. It wore us all out--even baby Trent :).
We were able to get family pictures on our sacred :) SUU campus. The boys loved running around and playing on the grassy hills.




We had such a great time. We ALWAYS love to be with Matt's family and feel so blessed to be close with them. They LOVED seeing all of our boys, but some of them met Trent for the first time and had a ball holding and snuggling with him! He is such a sweet boy and LOVES to be held.

Congratulations to Gary and Shirley. They are wonderful couple and such an amazing example to Matt and I of a good marriage. They are also fantastic parents and grandparents. We love them so much!
Finally, today, Trent had his 1 month well-check. Time is flying! Our little guy LOVES to eat and is weighing in at 10.1 lbs and is 21 inches. His weight puts him in the 54th percentile. He is gaining fast and we are excited to see what next month will bring.

This is a pic of him asleep on the couch. He zonked out after his immunization and looked oh, so comfortable:

So far he loves his bath time and, like I said, to be held. He also likes his binky, but still has a hard time holding it in on his own.

Matt's mom swore he smiled at her this past weekend, but he has yet to smile at Matt or I. The doc said he would be smiling and laughing all the time soon--that is always so much fun! He has been focusing in on our faces a lot better and has more "awake time" everyday. We are so happy he is here and look forward to the many milestones that are soon to come.