Update on the Boys

The boys have been having a great time outside (sometimes getting themselves so tired in the morning that they fall asleep eating lunch as you can see below). Thomas has been greatly enjoying eating fresh corn-on-the-cob and raw carrots and stringbeans right out of the garden. They have enjoyed riding the ATVs and picking leaves. Thomas is more vocal then Matthew when it comes to saying words (he loves to repeat what you say) and Matthew loves to scream and say hello. Thomas is very good at pointing to an apple and saying apple (with the c sound rather than the p sound) and pointing at pictures of stars and saying "tar". Thomas has transitioned himself at daycare to taking his naps on a mat rather than in this playpen. One day he just went to the mat and laid down and fell asleep and now he won't go back into the playpen at daycare. Good for him. They have their 15 month checkup next week so we will post those stats. Enjoy the pics below.

Sleeping and Playing Babes

Hi everyone,

We had a fun weekend with the boys. The weather broke a bit so it was not quite as hot which gave us the opportunity to take them to the park. We had a "lobster" feast (not the boys though nor me) on Friday with Sue's sister and then a Pot-Luck party at one of Sue's Aunt's houses on Saturday in honor of one of her Aunt's being home for a bit. We had a great time running around and enjoying the day. Here are some recent pictures and you will see that Matthew has decided that homemade blueberry jam is pretty good:

July Visits

Hi everyone,

Life has been very busy for us. July saw visits with Sue's sisters and a family reunion and Reed's Mom was able to come up for a visit. The boys were sick during Reed's Mom's visit, but we still had a good time. The boys are getting really big and are getting more independent as the weeks pass. They will repeat a lot of words that we say and will understand many of the instructions that we give them (can you go get the truck and bring it to Daddy?). I am going to try and post some pictures from July below.

Update on Matthew's Appointment

Hi everyone,

Matthew had a follow up appointment today to have his ears checked since he still had fluid on the ears at his one year checkup. The fluid is all gone. But the rash that he has on his skin is eczema. So now we are trying to get that to clear up and then do what we can to avoid flare ups. The poor guy, I am hoping that this won't plague him his entire life, but it does run in my family.

Update

Wow, has it really been that long since we posted??? Where does the time go? So lets see what has happened:

--Matthew now has a 4th tooth
--Both Matthew and Thomas like to say Mamma and Dada and know who we are, they both say "ow" if they get hurt, they like to say "cool" if we say it first, they like to say star (but it sounds like tar) and they like to say truck (and other such words).
--Thomas had Roseola a few weeks ago
--We had a very nice visit with Grandma Lilli for a few days and the weather held out enough for us to take them to the park a few times and they loved it. Matthew is now over his fear of the grass and texture stuff
--They are both now on whole milk--no more formula
--Both are mostly eating table food, not much baby food anymore (of course there are still the diapers, but those will be there for ahwile still).

Below are some pictures from June: