Walking Tall ~ May 22, 2010

First of all, thank you everyone who came to the boys' first birthday party. I am sorry the weather was not as perfect as a mom could hope, but we made due with a few blankets and the boys definitely had a great time. Unfortunately birthday pictures are on another card at the moment, so I don't have any of those to post. But I will try and get those up as soon as I can.

So we made it a year. WOW, I know! The boys are almost walking now... they each can take about three steps on their own before they fall, or squat back down and crawl. Here's a video of Matthew:

Matthew's first steps

Soon the days will get that much more hectic for me, with them running in opposite directions. I can't wait! Here are a few more videos from the past few weeks:

Lunchtime shenanigons

Chasing puppy

Here are some pictures of the boys enjoying their new toys from their birthday.

More pictures to come once I find that other card from my camera!!

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One more week ~ April 28, 2010

I know, I have to start posting more than once a month. Sorry about that! Things are busy here, but I will try and drop a picture or post a little more often. It should be easier now that the boys are sleeping all night consistantly now. (YAY!) But I find other things to do with my free time at night.

Anyway, can you believe the boys will be one year old in a WEEK?! No, neither can I. Time has just flown by! I have a few quick pictures and videos to share, it's late here and I need to get to bed... just in case it is a rough night (you never know when teeth will bother Ryan).

Matthew standing... yikes! (notice he's unsupported at the beginning of this video, we'll be walking soon!)
Daddy gymnastics

Helping with dishes

He took my toy!!

Eleven months old!

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Silly Boys ~ March 9, 2010

Just wanted to share some silly videos we have of the boys.

Dancing

Silly Faces

More Silly Faces

They certainly keep us entertained!

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Odds and Ends ~ February 18, 2010

A bonus post since it has been so long! Here are some of my favorite pictures and movies from the last month.


Noisy boys

I'm gonna eat ya!

Matthew dancing

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Haircuts ~ February 18, 2010

My it has been a while since I have posted. The boys continue to grow... everyday they seem to do something different. Matthew is finally crawling, one day he just decided to go and ever since he hasn't stopped! So now we really have our hands full, as one seems to go in one direction while the other is off the opposite way.

Ryan is really smart. We have a gate up in the living room between the couch and the kitchen, keeping the boys out of the kitchen and out the dog bowls and computer wires. Well, Ryan has learned how to pull the gate open at the couch and every once and a while I will hear his excited noises and I turn around and off he goes into the kitchen. He gets really mad when I hold the gate shut too... I can't wait until he starts to move faster! He will be keeping me on my toes.

Matthew, on the other hand, started pulling himself up on everything. As soon as he learned he could crawl, it seemed like the next day he was off and trying to walk already! He is a little stinker too. He pulls himself up on the coffee table, and when I tell him "no" he will look over and laugh at me. Off course, I can't help but laugh too, he's too cute... so that doesn't help matters!

But anyway, back to my post. A few weeks ago I decided that we were going to need an electric hair trimmer, since I will have to cut the boys' hair often, can you believe Ryan has had his hair cut three times already? So the other day we tried the trimmer out on the boys. Here are pictures from that adventure.

And the after pictures:

Ryan could have used a little more cut off, but we were still learning on his haircut. He'll need another one soon enough!

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Peek-a-boo ~ January 27, 2010

Just wanted to post a quick video of Ryan and myself playing peek-a-boo in the car trip up to Chicago a few weeks back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9ePyO3OIvA

I have some more pictures and videos to get up soon, hopefully I will get some time this afternoon to post more.

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Laundry Time ~ January 15, 2010

Happy New Year and belated Merry Christmas everyone! Things here have been about the same, busy! Ryan is still keeping us on our toes, getting into everything when we are not watching. He really enjoys the dog's bowls and the knobs on the coffee table. Matthew still isn't moving, but he might be getting close. He likes to bounce on his bottom, scooting just a little when he does. But I think he will be crawling in no time, especially since he sees how much fun his brother has. But Matthew still seems to get into things, even though he doesn't move yet... as you can see in the pictures below. We had just stepped out of the room to get the bottles ready and not even a minute later Matthew decided he wanted to help me out with the clean diapers. ☺

I can't wait until they are big enough to start unloading their dresser drawers!

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