Visit with Grandma Mimi

We had a great visit with Grandma Mimi last week. The visit started out great with the boys meeting Grandma Mimi in the driveway to say hello and hug and kiss her upon her arrival. They boys were so excited to have her visit and played with her and their toys each day, took Grandma Mimi for stroller walks, ice cream, the local fair, and loved reading books with her. Below are some pictures from the visit:

2 year appointments and new haircuts

The boys had their two year checkups Friday and the weight difference is growing between the two:

Thomas: 35 pounds and 36 inches tall
Matthew: 27 pounds and 33 inches

The checkups went very well. But we had to take them up to the hospital lab for some blood drawing to check a few things (mostly allergies and a CBC count for Matthew) and that was a BAD experience, they could not get the vein in the first arm for Matthew and had to do the second arm (he almost passed out). Thomas was difficult as well, but they got it in the first arm. And all this after getting a new vaccine in the leg. Poor little men!!!!!

Then on Saturday, we took the boys to get yet another haircut and we chose to do crew cuts this time as Thomas runs so hot that we are hoping the crew cut will keep him a little cooler. Not to mention that they both hate to have their hair dried so this will make that whole process much easier. Below is a picture of the new do's, I will try to get better pictures this next weekend and post some more.

Sayings

Hi everyone,
I just had to share with you some of the boy's sayings:

Matthew: Daddy, Mommy, Thomas, Matthew---FAMILY (Matthew and Thomas like to name all of the members of our family and then yell FAMILY)

Thomas: after drinking a full cup of juice and me asking him if he would want more, he grabs his belly and says "No, belly all full"

Thomas: after asking me to fix the safety lock on the door and me saying in a minute, Thomas says to me "Get off chair, fix it"

Thomas: all last week Thomas spent at my parents because Monday daycare was closed due to a funeral (so Matthew was with him), Tues, Wed and Fri he was not feeling well (all week actually) and Thursday both boys were at my parents. So Thomas started saying each morning "Matthew Daycare, Thomas Pepere and Memere's" and of course Thomas would do this right in Matthew's face.

And many many more sayings, so many that we split our sides laughing so hard sometimes. They are truly getting more vocal and expressive!!

The Boys Birthday

So another birthday has past and for the second time, the boys were sick on their birthday!! Lets hope that next year will not be a repeat of this one. However, they did have some fun playing outside a little last night with some of their new toys:

The boys turn 2

At this time two years ago we were just starting the inducement process. At 10:11 PM Matthew arrived and at 10:19 PM Thomas made his appearance. That was a great day!!!! And the two years between then and now have been the best (even if both boys are sick with head colds right now). Thank you everyone for all of the help you have given us these past two years.

Love,
Reed,Sue,Matthew and Thomas

Aunt Erika and Aunt Petra Visit!

We had a very good visit with Reed's sister Erika and her wife, Petra (which the boys loved saying "Erika, Petra"). Even though Reed and Sue had to work Erika and Petra were able to try to catch up on a little sleep (and I say try because Matthew had nightmares all night one night keeping everyone awake and then of course the boys are up with the sun (which is VERY early here)). But we had good times in the evening and even took them to a local ice cream place which has a great area for the boys to play. Posted are some of the pictures from the visit.