We are Rockin' ...and Walkin'

Thanks to our new chairs! Thanks, Grandpa for making them for us! We love them...

Oh, and also check out how close we are to walking. (so in other words I may not blog very often anymore because I will be too busy chasing around little boys...ha!)

Cam

Sullivan

all of our tricks....all of them.

The boys are learning lots of things every day. Ahhh. They can sign the motions for "more". They can (sometimes) sign "please". They can (sometimes) stand on their own for a few seconds. They can scale across the wall (while holding on). They can put their sippy cups in the little cup holder things on their highchair trays. etc. etc. etc.
These are all of the wonderful things they can do.

They can take off their own diapers when they get bored after their naps (illustration one) and throw it in their brothers crib (illustration two).
These are all of the "not-so-wonderful things they can do.

(Illustration one)

(Illustration two)

On a completely unrelated note...A little dinner date with mommy. Yummy! Love kids eat free nights!

(disclaimer: this event (the diaper incident) was actually Cam. Sullivan was just the innocent victim in this. Luckily the diaper was relatively clean.)

Play Dough. Yep. We tried it.

...and they loved it.
They squished it.
Rolled it.
(nibbled on it)
Stuffed it back in the container.
Mixed the colors (yikes!).
...all the while I was able to clean the floor.
It was so much fun to give them something new to explore.

16 to 0.

The significance:
15 months ago
each day I prepared 16 bottles.
Today
I prepared
zero.

Today my babies became toddlers.

I am sad. But happy. But sad.
ugh.

Wheres my tool belt?

This is probably what Sullivan is thinking as he watches his Dad do some work in the kitchen. So cute! He just couldn't stop watching. (Irony: the "project" Chris was working on was child-proofing the kitchen).

(or maybe he is just that much of a genius baby that he is watching the installation so that he knows how to unlock the cabinets...heehee)

August Rush.

First of all, I loved that movie (August Rush).
But it brings new meaning now.
This month is flying by.
School is starting.
"Fall things" are out (yippee!).
And the stores have holiday decorations out.
The month of August is just passing us by.

Here is how we have been keeping busy.

Cam enjoying a snack at Market Street.
Sullivan just checking it out. Probably wondering how he can get in the water.
A little picnic. Cam is learning to Share (which is a really big deal since he loves to borrow/take his brothers things.)

Me and my boys. Love them!

Vegas Vacation.

Chris and I took a little get away.
What a fun time we had with great friends! We ate dinner without rushing to feed the kids. We didn't change diapers. We dressed up. We walked very far. We didn't carry diaper bags. We laid out by the pool. We were entertained by wonderful shows (I highly recommend Phantom of the Opera, Mike Hammer comedian, and Le Reve), and got to stay out past "bedtime" of 7:30.

Getting away made us realize....how much fun we have together as a couple. It made us realize how much we love spending time with good friends. It made us realize how much we love being at home with our boys.....

Just a few shots from the trip.