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Sunglasses, Slides, and Toilet Paper

The boys had a pretty good week. R is feeling much better now, and is no longer quite as weepy as he has been. They got their flu shots on Wednesday, so I brought them to school before their appointment. L had a fantastic time walking up and down the hallways. One person said that he leads with his belly and a few kids mocked how he walks like Frankenstein. I took them yesterday to the local Methodist church's pumpkin patch for pictures. I need to go through them before I post, so check back with that later. The picture above is of the boys watching Sesame Street with their sunglasses on.

R has discovered his slide. The boys have occasionally tried to climb up the slide part before, but R figured out how to climb up the ladder and go down on Thursday night. This has turned into a great toy that has provided him with tons of fun. He is such a monkey. I find it funny that he cannot walk, but he loves to climb up on everything. I discovered him standing on our ottoman and reaching for a lamp earlier this week and Cindi has said that he is now climbing on her couch. He is so afraid to walk, but he wants to get on top of everything.

While getting bath ready on Thursday, R and L discovered the toilet paper. They have played with it a little before, but this night, they unrolled the whole thing and had a great time doing it. Greg thinks it is waste and I should have stopped them, but I think a few cents can be lost for their amusement with a toilet paper roll. They laughed the whole time they were unrolling it.

New things this week: R and L have a new favorite show, much to my disappointment. They love Wheel of Fortune. I personally hate the show, but they love watching the wheel spin around. It comes on at about the time I am getting dinner ready, so it is good distraction for them while I get it done (rather than them yelling at me through the gate). However, I am not going to encourage this new found entertainment, and we will either keep the TV off or watch a Baby Einstein video.

State Fair

On Saturday, R and L had the first experience of a state fair. Tim and Stephanie went with us for the day and we had a great time. Everyone else in the state decided to join us on the same day, but we managed to brave through the masses. Greg's favorite part is the car show. We spent a long time in there until I declared that I was car showed out and we finally moved on. We saw a dog show, ate a ton of food, went to the petting zoo and rode the big slide. L had a great time walking all over the place and R had a great time eating all of the sweets that we would let him. The boys had a corn dog, dippin dots ice cream, strawberry juice (the best thing any of us had the whole day), lemonade, and catfish. Greg tried a fried twinkie and I tried a fried latte (coffee ice cream with funnel cake pieces). Above are R and L petting a baby goat.

Here is L in the front seat and R and Greg in the back seat of a car at the fair.

L loved to knock on the side of the cars and try to open the door.

R and Greg in the front seat of a super huge old person car.

L trying to pet a baby pig at the petting zoo.

R and L eating a corn dog, their first fair food.

Today, the boys wore their second set of Halloween shirts. They had a pretty good evening at home, minus the refusal to go to bed tonight. Greg is off to New Mexico tomorrow, so we'll check back in later. Have a great week. Enjoy the last few pictures.

Mid-Week Pictures

It is way too hot here for the boys to be wearing long sleeve shirts, but it is October and they have Halloween shirts to wear. So today, we wore them with shorts. These are from Nana and Grandad and they came with cute matching socks.

L and his Boo shirt reading a Halloween book.

R, now feeling much better, in his Bat shirt and socks.

L loves to read. He is also so smart. Tonight I asked him to bring me "Owen's Marshmallow Chick" and he stood up and looked around for it, found it and then brought it to me (that's his favorite book). So we then went through a dozen or more books and he could find "Goodnight America", "That's Not My Train", "Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee", and so forth. R in the meantime was crawling around like monkey under the coffee table. But he sure is a cute little boy.

Greg had been gone for a few days and I swear that they behave better when he is gone. Don't get me wrong, I would much rather have him here. But they don't throw their food on the floor and they don't fight for attention as much. The boys love their Daddy and they are always so excited when he comes home. I love to see them so happy.

Rough Week #2

Both boys got really sick last week. On Tuesday, Cindi called to tell me that R had thrown up when he woke up from his nap. I left school immediately and went to pick them up. We wrapped a towel around him for the trip home in case he threw up again. He had already done so when I got to her house and he threw up on my dry clean only shirt. Anyways, R made it home ok, but L threw up twice all over his car seat. The three of us spent the evening in the living room catching vomit and calling the doctor (Greg was in Denver). I stayed home with them the next morning and we made it through the day ok. They were both fussy and lethargic, but no more sickness. On Thursday, I got them ready for Cindi's and we made it to her house on time. However, when she opened the door, she said that her daughter had just thrown up. So we left and spent another day at home. That worked out nice for the boys. They were able to rest and we had fun together that day (plus I got to stop by Starbucks on our way home). The real negative to all of this was that I was home alone. L's carseat had to be cleaned up and washed and I needed more Pedialyte, but the boys were in no condition to leave the house (plus L's carseat was out of commission). I had to call a friend who sent her husband over with Pedialyte and apple sauce. Good times!

New this week:
We are trying so hard to get R to walk. He is so cautious. When L walks around he falls over half the time. R would fall to pieces if he fell, which is why he chooses to crawl. I'm hoping that we can get him to walk by Halloween because his costume will look so much cuter if he is standing. But things don't look too good in that department right now.
L is talking, but we don't really catch what he is saying. I think he might have said banana this morning at Cindi's. He had the right number of syllables, but not the pronunciation. He has also been working on the word car.

We are going to go the State Fair this weekend, so I'll take some cute pictures there. Greg is off to New Mexico this week so we're on our own again. We'll be fine as long as everyone stays healthy.

Rough Week, But It Started Great

R got sick this week. On Monday night, he was drooling excessively and he was really horse and fussy. After typing a few key words into Google, everything came up saying to call your doctor. So, we called the nurse on call at 8 that night and she said that we should take him to the hospital because his drooling suggested that he couldn't swallow. We decided to go to Cook Children's hospital, thinking that it would be best to take him to a peditrician. We got there at about 10, and the waiting room was packed. After waiting for about an 1 1/2, we were starting to go backwards in line. Greg decided at that point we should go the new Mansfield Methodist Hospital, which is 10 minutes from the house (as opposed to the 40 minutes to Cook's). We got right in to see a doctor and they gave R a cute little hospital gown to change into.



The doctor ordered a chest x-ray,which I didn't go to because the radiology tech didn't want me there (apparently they strapped him into some kind of vice and he screamed). We didn't get home until 3 the next morning. Anyways, R has croup and to top it off, I took him to the doctor on Friday and he now also has an ear infection in both ears. He is miserable and has been weepy all week. When L is sick, he gets made, R just cries and cries.

Our week started off great because Greg and I went to New York for my birthday. Here are a few pics from the weekend. We stayed at the Waldorf Astoria and I think we must have walked a million miles. We did get to go to the Daily Show and Bill Clinton was the guest, it was a lot of fun. I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but Greg is standing at the corner of the building below the Daily Show sign waiting in line (which we did for a long time).

This is on top of the Rockefeller Center. The girl I asked to take our picture managed to not get the Empire State Building which is what we were trying to get. You can see the very top of the spire coming out of Greg's head.

New things that the boys are doing this week:

L can now hold up and show you the different foods that he has on his tray (for example, if you tell him to find the carrot, he can hold it up in the air).

L can also now find Goodnight Moon on the table, bring it to you and then put it back on the table when the story if done.

R hasn't done much of anything this week, he hasn't felt good. But he is able to stand on his own for a few seconds.

Cindi said that L loves to play with the toy vacuum at her house. He apparently pushes it around the house. In our next house, I want hardwood floors and I'll get L a Swiffer Sweeper and let him clean our floors.

I'll try to post again by next weekend. We are putting the house on the market on Friday and Greg has started his weekly excursions to Denver, so time is very limited at night. Nana was here last week to help out, but I'm on my own this week.

Another Week

Last week, Greg and I had the chance to take the boys on a little walk around the neighborhood. We haven't done that in a while because it has been too hot. The boys love their wagon. We used to take them in the stroller, but they enjoy it so much more like this. Hopefully now that it is starting to cool down, we can get out more. Maybe we can even manage to take the dogs along with us (that is definitely a 2 person job).


Week 2 of football was the past Sunday. I'm not sure how many more weeks there are to go, maybe 14 (that is probably being too hopeful). Nobody cried this week, although Greg almost did. He can't handle close games like this, he's going to have a heart attack, or a nervous breakdown, or teach the boys some inappropriate words.

I check on the boys every night before I go to bed and make sure that they have a paci within reach and put their blanket on them. When I checked on them this night, R had managed to lose his pants down to his ankles.

L is now walking all over the place. We have these bats that we got at the Rangers game and L loves to carry it around with him when he walks. I'm not sure how long it will take for him to figure out that he can hit his brother with it.

New this week: R and L are now sort of playing with a puzzle. They can roughly put the right pieces into their correct spot. It is not perfect, but it is close. L clearly said Mama during dinner. I walked out of the kitchen to get a washcloth, and L turned his head and said it. L is also playing with the pyramid ring toy. He correctly put all of the rings in the correct order on the tower tonight. L also said "car" today. He said it at Cindi's and he briefly said it at home, but we're going to have to work on it more to really hear it, he does not perform on demand. R has had a pretty good week. He is happy most of the time. Our least favorite time with him is during dinner when he starts to groan and turns red in the face to demand fruit. Other than that, he loves to play and climb all over me and Greg. Greg said that he stood on his own for a few second tonight, so maybe walking is soon to follow. My favorite time of the day with R is in the morning when I go into their room and his face lights up with a huge smile when he sees me and then screams with joy. L stands by the corner of his crib and dances back and forth and then throws his pacis over the crib.

Greg and I are off to New York City Thursday for my birthday trip. Nana and Grandad are coming to take care of the boys. This will be our first long trip away from them, but we know that they will be in good hands. We will miss them greatly, but we are also looking forward to eating out at a restaurant without them and waking up on our own.