Growing Pains

Each of the boys is growing in his own way...

Jacob is learning to dress himself.....in Adam's clothes.

Adam is learning to eat new foods.....with utensils....and sometimes without.

Stray

She may look scary...but we love her.............And sometimes we pretend she's a dragon.

Happy Birthday, Adam!!!!

B-Ah is one!!!!

Adam is one today, and hard at work sweeping the kitchen floor. He still LOVES his Nuk but I'm working on a game plan to slowly get him away from it. He usually only uses it in the bed, but if he happens to find one laying around it goes straight into the mouth. Sometimes if he can't find one lying about he'll go into his bedroom and reach through the slats of his crib to get one. He will soon be bigger than Jacob, and take his revenge for toy stealing. This revenge, I'm sorry to admit, is somewhat deserved :(

I can't believe our miracle baby is a year old. I keep thinking about the day I saw those two blue lines and wondered if I had picked up some sort of weird pregnancy test. We are so blessed to be his parents and so grateful that our Heavenly Father sent him to us!

Adam Footage

Adam takes steps! But prepare for the pain at the end of the video :(

Pooh Bear's Brother

It finally happened. Pooh Bear was somehow lost....inside the house. It was Friday evening, around bedtime, when we discovered that Pooh was not around. We somehow made it all the way to Sunday evening without him. Lee and I had scoured the house several times, looking in cabinets high and low, drawers, under furniture, in closets, etc. It seemed that Pooh Bear had suddenly gained use of his stubby little legs and hobbled away. So, we brought out Pooh Bear 2. Jacob immediately recognized it as a sham, just as I said he would. So we said it was Pooh Bear's brother and he was going to keep him company until Pooh Bear returned.

Later in the evening I reached down into the laundry sorter and........there he lay....sad, lonely, curled up in a ball, crying his little eyes out......there was Pooh Bear! It was like finding a lost child!!! Yay!!!

So what happened to Pooh Bear 2? I think we've decided that Pooh Bear's brother will be trusted to the care of "B" "Ah".

Super-Cuties

It has been so long since I posted, so I wanted to get some pictures up. Even though I should be napping right now!

Adam's rare moment alone with Daddy
Jacob's Pulley

He saw an episode of Sid the Science Kid that explored the world of simple machines. Then he made this with minimal help from me. I only tied the laces for him.
Adam, feasting on something he shouldn't have in the first place

The coveted chair

I wish I were so happy when I clean the toilet

FAT and Happy?

This morning Jacob and I were discussing movie night. We have popcorn and M&M's for our movie nights. I asked Jacob if we could just have popcorn tonight and he said yes. I told him that was good because Mommy and Daddy were trying to stay away from M&M's right now. He then wanted to know why. I explained that M&M's make you fat...but that he certainly didn't have to worry about that. He thought about it for a second then said to me...as if I were an idiot..."M&M's don't make me fat...they make me happy!!!" How can I argue with that?

We're still skipping out on the M&M's, though.