Quick Recap

I know that it has been a long time since I posted about the boys. Rather than try and remember all that has gone on, I'll be quick.

1. I got a job!! I'll be working as a part-time counselor at Heritage High School in Littleton. I think it is a great balance that will allow me to work and spend time with the boys.

2. The boys and I went to Lubbock last week while Greg worked in New Mexico. We had a great time with family.

3. The boys are saying "please" and "thank you." They will say please when they want something, but will only say thank you when asked to, but at least it is a start.

4. We can finally start looking for a house. Greg and I are having a good time looking at houses online and we're anxious to start looking for real. Our main criterias are a good kitchen and a big backyard for the boys.

5. The boys are now in love with Sesame Street, as well as Cars. They love "Momo", Cookie Monster and Ernie. L knows that the remote control will get Sesame on (due to TiVo), and he'll play with and listen for the TiVo sounds to get as far as the Now Playing menu. Pretty soon, he'll have it all figured out.

6. L has become completely obessed with his pacifier. We've only allowed them to have their pacis in their beds for almost the last year. However, with his new toddler fits, he becomes totally unglued and wants his paci for comfort. He calls it "bobo" which sounds nothing like paci, so we're not really sure what that is all about. At any rate, we've been fighting the paci battle almost daily. He's real polite about demanding his paci between screams, he does say please.

7. R has good days and bad days. Fortunately most days are good, but when he has bad days, they are awful. Today was one of them. I was on the verge of getting him the t-shirt "My Mommy Drinks Because I Cry." His bad days consist of constant whining and crying for absolutely no apparent reason. His good days are great. He's a sweet loving little boy who loves nothing more than to make us laugh. Thank God he has mostly good days or we'd go completely nuts.

8. L is a budding artist. He loves to draw all of the time on his magna-doodle. Below is his smiley face person. If you look real closely you can see its eyes, nose, mouth and hair (which is all around his face).

Below is a video clip of the boys playing Uncle Kent's drums. We went over a couple of weeks ago for Kent's birthday and R and L found the best toy to play with. They are playing with Kent's friend, Vince, from Las Vegas. He's a real professional drummer who is the musical director for Blue Man Group in Vegas. He had a great time letting them bang on the drums.

My Aunt and Uncle

This is Jane and Charlie, my aunt and uncle. I want to thank them for being so wonderful and caring throughout my entire life. Besides my wonderful grandmothers, these are the two family members who have always been there for me and my family. They are the most kind, loving, giving, and nonjudgmental people I have ever known. This picture of them is when they came to visit the boys a few weeks after they were born. They were so excited for Greg and I the moment they found out we were pregnant, and they have continued that love and support since the moment the boys were born. In fact, Jane and Charlie are the two people that Greg and I went to when we were so young and wanted to get married. We didn't know how to tell my parents, and Jane and Charlie gave us nothing but encouragement. Below is a quilt that Jane made the boys before they were born, it we'll always mean so much to me and R and L.



Thank you for loving me, my brother and sister, my children and husband, and most of all for always loving and supporting my parents. You two are one of the constants in my life and I think of you daily with nothing but love. Thank you for being an example of Christian love and family. I pray that Greg and I can be half the parents that you have been to your own children. We look forward to seeing you soon!!

Car Show and New Clothes

One of my favorite things about the boys getting bigger is that they get to wear new clothes. New clothes means lots of new pictures. I have washed 2T clothes that I had gotten the boys earlier and also went shopping. The result is their cute shirts in these pictures (at least I think they're cute).

We went to the car show on Saturday. We met Greg's dad there, who was actually interested in looking at cars. I went along because I knew that there was no way to look at cars and watch the boys at the same time. I also went in hopes that I could help Greg catch the new car bug, but I don't think he gave in (he still insists that no new car until the boys are in kindergarten). R and L loved the car show. R had to get into almost every car. The boys were funny in that they knew that the car door needed to be closed when they were in the drivers seat, so they would say "door close." Greg's dad ended up pushing an empty stroller around in order to really look at cars and Greg and I ended up chasing the boys around and letting them sit in all of the cars. Below are pictures from Saturday.

Picture these 2 boys driving a car in about 14 years.

R says, check out my cool car t-shirt for the car show.

"Door close."

"Let me in, let me in."

New things this week:

L is putting 2 words together (sometimes). He will say things like "Bro's shoes", "Bath Time", "Snack Time" and so forth. He also is in love with ketchup and likes to shout "Shesup."

R is in love with going outside. We took the boys out earlier this week and let them ride their tricycle and run around. I walked up and down the block at least a dozen times with R. He then proceeded to completely fall to pieces when we brought him back inside. He loves to be outside. Hopefully we can buy a house with a big yard where he can run around until he collapses.

When L is happy, he turns in circles, which is what he is doing here.

R in his new airplane shirt. I got matching socks with their shirts, but I had to con L in to wearing them, because they were not what he would normally pick out.

R wearing 2 pairs of sunglasses, he thought he was so cool.

I leave you with a picture of all three of my boys watching Cars in complete fascination.