I'm gonna be a....

Due to our recent news, yes, we are pregnant again. We decided to reveal the information to Joyce, Andy's mom, aka Grammy, by letting the boys tell her. After dinner with my folks who were in town this past weekend, we went over to Grammy's house. James and Judy (Andy's uncle and aunt), Granny B (Andy's 94 yr old grandmother), Amber and Daniel (Andy's sister and husband), and Wren and Rachel (Andy's cousin and daughter) were all over there. We let the boys do the telling for us with their shirts. Everyone was quite shocked!

Muddy bottom boys!

Since we built our house in the middle of the woods, we had to clear everything. We've put out grass seed - but grass doesn't grow real well on red clay. Needless to say - we don't have anything that resembles a lawn. Last time we used the baby pool - we put in on the driveway - well, Nate wont stay in the pool - so we were constantly chasing him and worried he was going to fall on the concrete. This time, I said - forget it! The pool is going out in the yard - no matter what mess we create. The boys were due a bath anyways - so we just let them be boys. I have never seen the boys as happy. They played in the pool for a while - but then they discovered that if they leaned on the side of the pool - water will spill out onto the dirt - which would now be called mud. So they decided to get out of the pool and play in the mud for a while. Then, they discovered rocks and sticks. They would throw all the rocks and sticks in the pool. They were as happy as pigs in slop!

Covered in Cornstarch

I have been battling some of the worst diaper rashes ever with the boys. I feel so badly for them. Anyway, I decided to go "old school" and get some cornstarch to load down their diapers w/ before they go to bed every night or for each nap. Well, I so foolishly left the bag of cornstarch on the changing table w/in Eli's reach or "Mr. Handsy" as I like to call him! I came back in the bedroom to find this....



Eli's bed looked like Christmas morning in a not so southern state. The sheets, blankets, and toys were covered. Eli's red pants looked the lightest color of pink. Eli's shirt has stripes on it, you could barely see. His arms, feet, and face were also covered. When he blinked you could see it on his eyelashes - it was in his ears! Quite frankly - it was a white mess!

But absolutely HILARIOUS! I just had to get a few pics.

I am the worst blogger ever!

I'm very disappointed in myself. I am the worst blogger ever. The worst part about it is, I used to keep a journal. I wrote in it at least once a week. I stopped when I started this blog because I decided to do it instead. Well, that totally hasn't worked. My boys are growing like weeds and I'm not documenting nearly as well as I'd like to be.

I think I'm just going to list random things the boys can do now so I can have it all listed somewhere. Where to start?

• Eat sandwiches, chicken fingers, apple slices...basically anything now
• Not walk, but RUN EVERYWHERE
• Open doors - we have lever door knobs - I can no longer contain them! yikes!
• Climb - my lord, can they climb! on the couch, recliner, ottaman, fireplace, toybox, crib..basically everything
• Chatter - they are complete chatterboxes. Nate has discovered the "hard G" sound...and uses it often
• Words: Cracker, bite, ball, down, hi, momma, dada, nana, bye bye, juice, bubbles, diaper, gus, bibby (libby), "what's that?", bubba (that's what they call each other - so cute!)
• They comprehend: "out", "no" or "unh unh" (but it's mostly ignored), "put it back", "go get a diaper", "where's bubba?", lots more - but not coming to me right now
• They love to play outside - they pick grass through the fence i have set up around the back porch - and bring each blade to me
• the fight! and I mean FIGHT! They get very aggravated w/ each other. Imagine if you had someone around that was ALWAYS there - must be so annoying. (If one wakes up w/out the other - I try to get them out of the room to have a moment to themselves before the other gets up)
• They give hi-fives!
• They fake arm wrestle w/ daddy - so adorable!
• Andy is the only one the get overtly excited to see ever!
• YELL! You have never heard 2 children as loud as these. Just ask my mom. We are rarely able to hold a conversation - unless they are asleep or I've already dropped them off for work
• They give Libby hell! Poor dog - they are constantly harassing her. She kinda deserves it because she can totally get places they cant - but nope, she sits right in the middle of all the chaos.

Well, that's enough random memory making for now! I feel a little less guilty now.