March 16, 2010

Will be Brady's birthday! I have my scheduled c-section planned at 7 am. I'm quite excited to have a date so I can plan ahead.

The boys second Christmas

The boys had a blast.

My parents came up on Christmas Eve. We went over to Andy's mom's house, aka "Mimmie's" and hung out - Amber, Daniel, Mom, Dad, Joyce, Andy, Eli, Nate and myself. The boys put on a show as usual. It started snowing around 8pm so we started wrapping things up so my parents could get back to my house and nestled in for the night. We put the boys down - went home for a bit - then we came back to spend the night at Joyce's.

Christmas morning the boys actually gave me a give and slept until 7:30. I was able to get up and about before they were stirring - so it was awesome. When the boys got up - they wandered downstairs to find that Santa had visited.

Their "big" gifts this year were tricyles and "Elmo's restaurant". Nate, very typically "natish", was more into the tricyle, and Eli, very typically "eli-ish" was more interested in the restaurant.

Daniel and Amber came over around 0830 and the present openning commenced. Joyce outdid herself as she always does. Andy and I were overloaded. The boys handled the gift opening experience differently of course. Eli was more interested in what was inside the wrapping paper - and Nate just wanted to unwrap. He unwrapped all of his gifts and Eli's gifts. He moved on to open Amber's gifts. He then got into my gifts - we had to stop him before he went under the tree to start opening all of the gifts in sight.

We "wrapped" things up there - and took the boys home to get a nap before heading over to Nanny and Pops for the remainder of the Christmas festivities.

My mom came to Nanny's with us this year - but my dad decided to stay behind and do what he does best - read and sleep.

Nanny's was fun as usual. Eli and Nate put on a show - running around shooting their guns. They "shot" Granny B alot because she seemed to have the best reaction.

After eating ourselves sick, we opened gifts, hung out for bit - then went back home to hang with my folks. All in all - it was a wonderful Christmas.

Healthy Baby Brady

I went for my "big" ultrasound 11/24/09. Brady is still a boy and is super healthy. Everything is measuring perfectly. He's a mover too. She had a hard time doing the measurements because he was moving all over the place. The ultrasound tech is the same lady that I had for the boys, so she's very familiar with me. She made the comment "boy, those twins must have really stretched out that uterus, because he has tons of room to move around".

If this was about anything other than my uterus - I probably would have taken offense!

Blankets and Belly-button Dog

The boys have found their comfort items.

Eli has been a blanket sucker for quite some time now. His blanket of choice was our living room throw - but to prevent him from dragging the big blanket around and tripping on it - one of the last times the boys were at my mom's she cut the blanket in 3 pieces, hemmed it, then so crudely (because this is my family's sense of humor) monogrammed "Eli Sucks (blankets)" on it. Whenever Eli is tired, bored or fussy - all he has to do is go get is blanket and go to town!

Nate's comfort item is more recently acquired. For the boys baby shower, Joyce, or "Mimmie" as they are now calling her, got them a TV-interactive stuffed dog. Well, as my children are way too hyper to sit through a video - we've never really used it for that purpose. It's always been on a shelf in the boys room. Nate discovered it not too long ago - and he LOVES IT! It has a blue button for a belly-button. It lites up. When you push it - the dog giggles, barks, or sings the "belly-button" song as we refer to it in our house.

These are must have items for bed times!

bee bye bice

Nate's new favorite thing to do is sing. When we're riding around town and he's strapped in his carseat, he NEVER stops singing. Unfortunately, he doesn't have such a variety. But, what he does sing is absolutely ADORABLE!!

"BEE BYE BICE" - or more commonly known as "Three Blind Mice" is his favorite. He only knows the chorus though - so you will here "bee bye bice, bee bye bice, CHOP!", that of course is when the farmer's wife cuts off the tails. Then he will repeat.

He sings one more song that we think is Jesus Loves Me. I sing this a lot to them...and I can pick out the word bible in the lyrics.

We are working w/ the boys on their alphabet. They can say most of the letters by just repeating us.

It's amazing how quickly the boys are learning things...

2-3 months ago I could list the things the boys know...now, I dont even know how that'd be possible. Every thing they see or hear, they pick up and retain. It's amazing! I'll try to list some anyways...

• they say "coat" and point
• they say "more, more"
• If one gets up before they other - he puts his finger over his lips and says..."shh, (eyi or nate) seeping"
• shoes are dooshes
• socks are cocks
• phones are "hellos"
• gus stays "ouside"
• we have to spell outside or there will be a small fit thrown
• they tell us when they've "poo poo'd" or "tee-tee'd"
• they will go get their diaper and wipes when they need to be changed
• they say "wipes"
• when asked "what does leanne (babysitter) say?", they say "no, no, no"
• they spot every truck (chuck), car, cow, plane (pane) and choo choo
• they say "moo" for what a cow says
• "mow" for kitty cat
• "raahhh" for tiger
• they say "down" for when they want up or down
• they ask for juice and bites
• they LOVE spaghetti o's and chicken pot pies
• also, love jello fruit cups and yogurt

I'm sure there is much more - if i think of more - i'll post again.

Halloween 2009

The boys were the cutest pirates you've ever seen. There really aren't a lot of houses to go around to trick-or-treat at in Mountainburg, and with the boys being so little - we thought the best plan was to hang out at Amber and Daniel's house. Their house is the "hot spot" in Mountainburg.

The boys handed candy out to every kid that came by. They would get so excited - pointing and saying - KIDS! KIDS! Then they'd put a piece of candy in their bag - and say "DANKU". Most of the kids go to Mt.burg Elementary where Joyce teaches - so she would say - "see you monday". Well, Eli picked that up and started saying "see you monday" to every kid. It was awesome.

OH - and I'd like to apologize to the kid that got the chewed up M&M from Eli. Whoopsie!