HAVING FUN!!

EATING CEREAL!!

THIS MORNING WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE GIVEN THE BOYS CEREAL WITH MILK. THEY EAT CEREAL SOMETIMES, BUT NOT WITH MILK. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING GOOD WITH THE SPOON AND FORKS ,SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A TRY. THEY ENJOYED IT AND DID REALLY GOOD UNTIL THEY WERE FINISHED. AFTER THAT THEY PICKED THE BOWLS UP AND DUMPED EVERTHING ONTO THEIR TRAYS! OH WELL, AT LEAST IT WASN'T THE FLOOR! I GUESS NEXT TIME I WILL HAVE TO GET THE BOWLS AWAY FROM THEM ALITTLE FASTER!

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

SORRY THIS POST WAS SO LONG, BUT I HAD NOT UPDATED ALL THEIR NEW THINGS IN AWHILE AND I'M SURE I FORGOT SOME. I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!

BIG BOY UNDERWEAR!!

WELL, WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE VALENTINE'S PARTY YESTERDAY. AUSTIN HAD AN UPSET TUMMY ON WEDNESDAY WHILE AT SCHOOL AND THEN AGAIN YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT HE HASN'T HAD ANYMORE SINCE THEN. I'M NOT SURE IF HE JUST HAD ALITTLE BUG OR WHAT, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE HIM AROUND ALL THE OTHER KIDS. WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO EXPOSE THEM TO ANYMORE GERMS NOW THAT THEY ARE FEELING BETTER, EITHER! SO INSTEAD, WE STAYED AT HOME AND PRACTICED ON THE POTTY TRAINING. I LET AIDEN WEAR HIS BIG BOY UNDERWEAR ALL MORNING. AUSTIN HAD TO HAVE HIS OWN TOO, BUT SINCE HIS TUMMY HAD BEEN UPSET WE LEFT HIS DIAPER ON:)!! AIDEN NEVER WET HIS UNDERWEAR, BUT HE NEVER USED THE POTTY EITHER-I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD THING! WE WILL JUST KEEP DOING IT ALITTLE EVERYDAY AND I'M SURE SOON THEY WILL BE USING THE POTTY LIKE BIG BOYS! I'M NOT PUSHING THEM OR ANYTHING, BUT THEY ARE FASCINATED WITH THE POTTY SO I AM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT!

HELPING MOMMY.........

YEAH RIGHT!!! I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE BED AFTER WASHING THE SHEETS AND THIS WAS ALL THE BOYS DOING EVERYTHING, BUT HELPING ME! THEY LOVE TO JUMP ON THE BED OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER. I REALLY THINK WE SHOULD INVEST IN A JUMPIE THING OR A TRAMPOLINE. AS YOU CAN SEE DALLAS WAS RIGHT THERE WITH US. WHEREVER WE ARE HE IS GOING TO BE, WHICH WE LOVE! HE HAS REALLY GOTTEN BIG AND NOW BARKS AT ANYTHING OR ANYBODY HE SEES COME NEAR US. I REALLY LIKE THAT AND THINK HE WILL PROTECT US WHILE DADDY IS AWAY ON HIS BUSINESS TRIPS!

YES, THEY ARE NATURALLY ADORABLE!!!

THAT'S WHAT THEIR SHIRT SAYS AND I CAN'T AGREE MORE!! THEY ARE EVEN ADORABLE WHEN THEY ARE FIGHTING OVER SUCKERS THAT ARE THE SAME! YES, THEY BOTH HAD THE EXACT SAME SUCKER TODAY, BUT THEY BOTH WANTED THE SAME ONE FOR SOME REASON! I HAD TO FINALLY THROW THEM BOTH AWAY SO THEY WOULD STOP FIGHTING!! ANYWAYS, WE JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TOMMORROW! THE BOYS HAVE THEIR V'DAY PARTY AT RECREATION STATION TOMMORROW AND I'M SURE THEY WILL HAVE A BALL. THEY HAVE ALL THEIR VALENTINE'S READY TO GIVE OUT WITH SOME GOODIE BAGS FOR THEIR CLASSMATES AND I'M SURE I WILL HAVE MANY PICTURES TO SHARE OF MY LITTLE VALENTINE'S TOMMORROW!

HE'S BACK!!!!

FINALLY, AIDEN IS FEELING MUCH BETTER!! HE STARTED ACTING LIKE HIS NORMAL SELF YESTERDAY AND WAS READY TO GO AS SOON AS HE WOKE UP!! I AM SOOOOOO GLAD AND I HOPE HE STAYS THIS WAY FOR AWHILE! I HATE IT WHEN HE IS SICK AND I MISS ALL HIS PRETTY SMILES, BUT THEY ARE BACK!!!

PLAYING PEEK A BOO AND EATING V'DAY COOKIES!!

AUSTIN WAS TO BUSY EATING HIS COOKIE TO PLAY ANY KIND OF GAME! HE TAKES AFTER MOMMY AND LOVES HIM SOME SWEETS! AIDEN WAS JUST BEING SILLY FOR THE CAMERA AND TRYING TO HIDE FROM ME!!

HE WAS NOT HAPPY.......

ABOUT HIS BROTHER TAKING A SURPRISE OUT OF THE "POTTY" BOX. AUSTIN PEE PEED IN THE POTTY YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO HE GOT TO PICK HIM OUT A SURPRISE. HE CHOSE THE TRUCK THAT HE HAS, BUT WHILE HE WAS PICKING AIDEN SNUCK IN AND GOT HIM SOME CANDY!! LITTLE STINKER WASN'T SUPPOSED TO GET A SURPRISE BECAUSE HE DID NOT USE THE POTTY AND AUSTIN WAS TELLING ME ABOUT IT! AS YOU CAN SEE HE WAS NOT HAPPY! YEAH AUSTIN, WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR LIL' MAN!!

STILL BATTLING SOME BUGS!!!

I THOUGHT THE BOYS WERE FINALLY FEELING BETTER, BUT THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET RID OF THIS STUFF! THEY ARE BOTH STILL COUGHING AND HAVE RUNNY NOSES. AUSTIN WAS UP ALL NIGHT WITH HIS COUGH AND AIDEN HAS JUST NOT BEEN HIMSELF FOR AWHILE NOW. I THOUGHT MABEY HE WAS CUTTING SOME OF HIS BACK TEETH AND THAT WAS CAUSING SOME OF HIS PROBLEMS, BUT HE'S NEVER BEEN THIS MISERABLE WITH THEM. HIS STOMACH HAS BEEN UPSET FOR 3 DAYS NOW AND AUSTIN'S STARTED YESTERDAY, SO I THINK THEY MAY HAVE ALITTLE STOMACH BUG ON TOP OF THEIR OTHER STUFF! I CALLED THE DOCTORS OFFICE AND SHE PUT AUSTIN ON THE SAME COUGH MEDICINE AIDEN HAS BEEN ON AND SAID TO CHANGE THEIR DIETS TO HELP WITH THE STOMACH ISSUES. I GUESS WE WILL JUST HAVE TO SAY A PRAYER AND HOPE THEY ARE BETTER SOON! IF NOT WE WILL BE HEADED TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE TO GET SOME RELIEF OR SOMETHING!! I HATE TO SEE THEM THIS WAY ESPECIALLY FOR SO LONG! I WILL KEEP YOU ALL POSTED, IN THE MEANTIME SAY A PRAYER FOR THE BOYS!

WORLD OF WHEELS!

WE TOOK THE BOYS TO THE WORLD OF WHEELS SATURDAY MORNING. THEY HAD FUN FOR AWHILE AND THEN THEY WERE BORED AND WANTED OUT OF THEIR STROLLER TO RUN AROUND THE PLACE LIKE TWO WILD INDIANS!! THEY DID FIND THE BIG JUMPIE THING AND WOULD NOT STOP SCREAMING UNTIL THEY GOT TO JUMP IN IT! THE SWEET LITTLE PEOPLE RUNNING THE THING LET THEM GET IN THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES BY THEMSELVES SO THE BIG KIDS WOULDN'T HURT THEM! WE ALL STILL HAD A GOOD TIME AND THEY WERE POOPED BY THE TIME WE LEFT! MABEY NEXT YEAR THEY WILL BE OLD ENOUGH TO ENJOY IT!

THIS BOY IS A MESS!!!!!

AUSTIN IS SO FUNNY THESE DAYS! HE IS STILL SO SNEAKY AND MEAN! I CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH AT HIM SOMETIMES, BUT OTHER TIMES I WANT TO BEAT HIS LIL' BUTT!! HE STILL BITES HIS BROTHER AND IF I GET ON TO AIDEN ABOUT SOMETHING AND HE HEARS ME, THEN HE WILL DO IT TOO! HE CAN'T HELP IT HE ACTS LIKE HIS MOMMY, BUT I DO THINK HE IS STARTING TO LOOK MORE LIKE HIS DADDY! I AM GOING TO LET HIS HAIR GROW OUT ALITTLE THIS TIME INSTEAD OF CUTTING IT, SO AIDEN WILL GET HIS 3RD HAIR CUT WITH HIS DADDY SOON!

BOYS, BOYS, BOYS, AND MORE BOYS!!!

SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD SOME FRIENDS OVER TO WATCH THE RACE AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A HOUSE FULL OF BOYS!! THEY ARE ALL REALLY CLOSE IN AGE AND HAD SO MUCH FUN PLAYING TOGETHER! IT'S FUNNY TO JUST SIT AND WATCH THEM ALL PLAY! WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR BATHS WE PUT THEM ALL IN THE TUB AT ONCE AND OF COURSE HAD TO GET SOME PICTURES TO SHOW THEM LATER! I'M SURE THEY WILL ALL WANT TO KILL US ONE DAY FOR THESE, BUT THEY WILL HAVE FUN LOOKING BACK AT THEM TOO!

TALK ABOUT A MESS!!!

LOOKS LIKE THE BOYS ENJOYED THEIR CHOCOLATE PUDDING ALOT!! THEY WERE SO MESSY I DECIDED TO GIVE THEM A STICKY SUCKER TO ENTERTAIN THEM ALITTLE LONGER! YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GET JUST 5 MINUTES TO WASH DISHES, OR PICK UP ALITTLE! I KINDA OF GOT BEHIND ON ALL THE HOUSE STUFF AND ESPECIALLY LAUNDRY WHILE DADDY WAS GONE! I WAS WITHOUT A WASHER AND DRYER FOR 4 DAYS!!! YOU CAN IMAGINE THE PILE I HAD ON DAY 4, BUT WITH THIS NEW WASHER AND DRYER I GOT CAUGHT RIGHT BACK UP IN JUST A FEW HOURS!! I HATE DOING LAUNDRY, BUT I THINK THESE WILL MAKE DOING LAUNDRY ALITTLE BETTER! WE HAD FUN AND I'D MUCH RATHER SPEND TIME WITH THEM THAN DO HOUSE WORK ANYDAY:)!!

WE ARE SO HAPPY DADDY IS HOME TOO! HE WAS GONE FROM MONDAY- THURSDAY AND WE MISSED HIM VERY MUCH!! HE TOOK OFF ALITTLE EARLY TO SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH THE BOYS TODAY AND MOMMY GOT TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND HAVE SOME "GIRL" TIME! WE ARE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD OF WHEELS IN THE MORNING, SO I'M SURE I WILL HAVE MORE PICTURES TO POST! HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!

HAVING FUN!!

MI MI AND WESTON CAME OVER YESTERDAY TO PLAY! IT WAS SO NICE AND WARM OUT BEFORE THE STORMS SO THEY ACTUALLY GOT TO PLAY OUTSIDE! AS YOU CAN SEE IN ALL THE PICTURES THEY LOVED IT! THEY WOULD HAVE STAYED OUT THERE ALL DAY AND NIGHT IF WE WOULD HAVE LET THEM!