Busy Babies

The boys enjoying their new dump truck! Thank you Eckman's. Lexie is standing by the boys.

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Family photo by the cupcakes.

Christian and Grandpa Linn

My beautiful boys before the party!

Our family photo, right before the party... not our best shot.

Another photo... a little fuzzy.

Grandpa and Nana Linn before the party.

We have been a fun busy life around here these days. The babies are moving and grooving around our house and loving all their new big boy toys! Last week we spent the night at the ranch on Thursday since our bathroom was being painted and the fumes were BAD! My parents were so lovely to take us in last minute :) The boys had a great time at Chick-fil-a with my mom and I and then we took them in the pool. Yeah! Last weekend we worked on our newly painted bathroom and then took the babies to run errands on Sat.

This week the babies have their 1 year doctor appointment on Friday which is a bit delayed but we are hopeful that the babies will be good for momma! It has been SOOOOO hot here! I feel bad taking the babies outside since it feels like 110 degrees! We have mall walked, and run air-conditioned errands lately with them. We have also been working on some first shoes! I brought home several pairs this week and they were all too small so I looking for bigger I guess!

Christian has been a little better about moving around on his own. He has been scooting a little on his bottom and working on pulling up. He will try to do things, fail and then get frustrated and not try again. That is so frustrating for Brandon and I too! Poor guy! He is starting to be able to scoot himself around a little more and I hope that helps his confidence a little. He is still cruising and will take a couple of steps while cruising furniture. It has been so funny to us that he seems to do everything backwards. He is VERY vocal these days! He is always babbling, talking and singing. He has been so cranky these last couple of days... we don't know if it is the transition from formula to milk (which he is not a fan of) baby food to finger foods (also not a fan) or what... we are so ready for his "cranky spell" to be over. Christian loves to grab at EVERYTHING... we call him hands since he can get stuff off the counter as you walk by holding him.

Brock has been in full speed since he started moving. He does a combo of walking, cruising, crawling and grunting to get to his target. He is a baby on a mission! He talks, lots of mama's and dada's and baba's. He is so much fun to be with these days since he is a big hugger and cuddle monkey :) He loves taking toys out of his bin, knocking down blocks and sprinting toward open doors and gates. He tends to try to use Christian as an anchor these days and it always trying to pull him down and step on him. One of Brock's biggest new things is his new shorter nap time and shorter sleep time. Terrible for mom and dad... he has stopped napping in the morning lots of mornings and only sleeps 1.5 hours in the afternoon... doesn't he know we need at least two?!? He also usually sleeps from 8p to 7a (we used to get 12 full hours). He also wakes up about 5 times a night these days crying and fussing. I think it is night time separation anxiety. He has full on day time separation anxiety these days and I think it is carrying over into night time.

For Brandon's and my lives my sister and I have put an offer in on a business here in town and are in the due diligent stage. We have 60 days to investigate the business and if all goes well we will be the new owners of a promotional products business here in town! So many mixed emotions for mommy on this one but lots of hope as well. Brandon has his four month cancer check up this week and has been traveling for work quite a bit as well. We are so excited to travel up to OKC in a few weeks for a night away at his fraternity brothers wedding. My wonderful sister has agreed to take the babies on Sat. night!!! Thank you Sara!

Quick Blog

Birthday boy on the 28th! B

Yeah me!

DG ladies at the b-day party. Suzanne, Karen and Sara

Mummm... cake

Babies, babies and more babies. The first babies to arrive at the house.

Brazelton family at the party

Elizabeth Koury at the party with Brock

The boys with their b-day cupcakes!

Yummm... cake

C and dad in their matching shirts... I think C will pout on his b-day if he wants to :)

Birthday pudding... night before b-day. B

Chocolate.. yumm. C

B & C

Right before surgery. C looks less nervous than mom.

Right after surgery. He did great!

So much has gone on around here and I am soooo behind on my blog. I will try to go fast and hit the high spots. Both babies had their first B-Day!!! I have pictures that need to be downloaded but the babies and mom and dad had a great time at their party. We had like 20-25 people and TONS of babies. The babies had such fun at the party and so did mom and dad! The babies both are saying "mama" and "dada" now which we LOVE! C said it right before punishment last week (great for him, bad for punishment). Both babies took their first steps last week too! C was first on Thursday and not to be outdone, B stepped on Friday. B is now taking lots of steps in a row and I am sure C will follow him. VERY cute! They are both in a clingy phase (B more than C) and want to be holding on to me of be carried by me a lot these days. I don't mind so much since they have both been out of the "holding" phase for awhile. I can also hold one hand for each now and walk together.... super cute! We are eating lots of finger foods around here and except for baby oatmeal in the morning we have cut most baby food out of the jar. Nice but much more work for mom! C has cut two more teeth and is now up to 8 while B holds at 2. Funny, B is a faster eater with just a couple bottom chompers... I guess that goes to show that teeth don't make all the difference.

We have been so blessed with our little men... I feel so lucky.

I have a TON more pics of the party to be downloaded (hopefully soon!). They need to make a new word for mom busy....We have been CRAZY these last few weeks.

July 2010

Chloe Newby and Grady Brazelton at the pool party

Brock, Chloe and Christian in matching outfits at the pool party.

Mary Michael Shuff and C at the pool party

Mom and C last week.

Brock eating his finger foods last weekend.

Mom and B last weekend.

B before his bath.

C before his bath

C brushing his teeth before bed.

B before bed time.

C and mom.

C at the pool party.

B, Chloe Newby and C.

What a fun month we have had with the babies this month. They are really turning into little me. Brock is all over the place and can no stand on his own sometimes and Christian is all over the furniture moving about. Nothing is safe in our house :) We take C in for his pre-op surgery apt. tomorrow morning and then meet with the developmental ped.'s office tomorrow afternoon. He has his surgery scheduled for next Wed. in the morning. Brandon and I are dreading it but I know it is for the best.

This weekend we have a low-key weekend planned and I just can't believe my little men are turning ONE next week! Really, where did the time go?!? What a pleasure it has been having them in our lives for a whole year. What did we ever do without the munchkins?!?

Hawaii and more

Grammy Karen with C.

B and C's feet.

All the Barefoot Men

B and C.

C

B and J at the Lu'ua

Polo beach in front of the condo

Sunset cruise

Zipline tour

Live music in front of the condo

Hi- We have been SOOOOO busy around the Barefoot house and haven't had time to blog. I will run through really fast what we have been up too. All of June, Brandon was in and out with work so the boys and I had lots of alone time. We made it through and Brandon and I took our first alone trip over July 4th to Maui. We had a great time, some much needed fun in the sun, but also really missed the guys too. Brandon's parents, grandma Pearl and Aunt Kris all spent time with the guys while we were gone and you can just tell the boys had a great time!

We got back from our trip and had a doc apt with C last week for his "stress induced fat pads" that developed during his NICU stay. Our plastic surgeon will do the surgery on 7/28 (his b-day poor little guy) and remove the pads. It is day surgery so we should be home in the afternoon.

The boys made lots of leaps and bounds while we were gone. B now says mama :) He is cruising all over furniture and could "out crawl" me in a competition. C is more comfortable on his tummy and can also cruise furniture. He will not crawl right now so we are just not sure if that is a skill he is going to do right now. He loves to "walk" when you hold his hands. They are turning into little men before our very eyes :)