The Barefoot Babies

Well it has been WAY to long since I have blogged! We have been very busy as always. Brandon has done three trips in the last months (ahhh!) the boys are a mile a minute and mom has just been trying to keep up! Brandon has traveled for work and personally all through the southern states of the US, we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday in Fort Worth and finally cooled off here in Dallas!!! We had 60+ days of over 100 (mostly 110) and we just melted. The boys and I spent all our time indoors and we were all just ticked pink when it dropped to the 80's two days ago. We are back to biking with the boys and outdoor time!

The boys are saying more and more. C loves animals and works to say all their names, can identify his snack, and has started to identify more people and places. He is a master at getting what he wants. Just last weekend he got two women to pick him up at the museum and convinced an older volunteer to pay for a ride for him. He is a tiny genius. Brock continues to ask questions and he now tells me when he has a poopy diaper (yeah!) he also digs in it and shows me to poop (boo) and then sometimes wipes it on me (double boo). He loves shoes and sunglasses and wears his rain boots, my shoes, dad shoes and every pair he finds all over the house. Brock is getting his last four teeth finally! Yeah! We hope this helps him sleep since he has moved to a 830-630 or 7a schedule (boo).

The boys are on everything, in everything and seem to be always awake. Mom is tired, getting older and getting slower compared to these guys! The other day Christian broke into the kitchen through his baby gates, found the keys to the car and I found him in the garage attempting to unlock the door to the car. All this while i was cutting fruit for dinner. Brock figured out how to open the car door while we were moving (ahhh!) and we found our child locks pretty fast. They are smart, organized and fearless..... luckily they are also VERY cute!

They LOVE their cartoons (I call them their stories) and scream "NOOOOOO" when you turn them off. Brock is starting to be a good listener and will sometimes stay and come to you when you ask. He will lay down for a diaper change and hold your hand sometimes when you ask. Christian will NOT listen... not because he can't but b.c he doesn't feel like it. He laughs and laughs when he runs away from you. He loves to be chased and is a good little runner :)

We are into playing together, pulling each others hair, fighting over the same toy, finding new ways to help each other out, stealing each others sippy cups and food, hugging, blowing kisses, talking to each other, their monkey plates, hitting, pulling each other diapers off if exposed, fighting over the red bike (why not yellow?), fighting for mom's lap and dad's horse rides and overall being just a hoot for mom and dad.

New outdoor chairs, thanks aunt ashley!

Happy 60th Grandpa! They love to say " Where Papa?!" They LOVE them some grandpa.

Brock wearing mom's church shoes.

playdate! We had LOTS of kids!

mom's shoes.

Blue house bike....red bike lives outside.

indoor play at the mall

Christian!

Brock fell asleep in his chair on pizza night, Christian went in for the kill.

mummmm... table meal with Nana's food... yummy.

Head bump.... goose egg swelling for one night... bruise for two weeks. I swear we might save on wedding costs with boys but we make up for it with grey hair.

All the family made it through the stomach flu this months.... yuck. Brock and Brandon took the brunt of it and C and I had it more more like 48 hours. I will try to post better next time, no more 4 weeks!

What a busy couple of weeks! Mom took a trip with her friends to Austin for a weekend (fun!) and then we had Don and Karen for several days over the boys 2nd birthday. We had a school party and a family party at home for the munchkins. Brandon and I had a new island counter top installed the day before the party and then mom and boys caught a summer cold. All in a few weeks time.

I will make our post short and sweet since we have lots of pics. Boys 2 year stats: Christian, 28 pounds, 34 1/2 inches and 50% head. He was in the 50% for everything and perfect! B was 28 pounds 12 oz, 35 inches and a 60% head. He was about 60% in everything. Also perfect! Except he escaped from the doc office naked and made it to reception before I caught him.

Brock is a jumping machine! We call him the flying badger since he will crawl on everything and jump off. You really have to watch for him. He has dove off the coffee table and dining room chairs, the couch and everything he can get on. He also got his foot stuck in our coffee table hole and I had to butter it out. He has started to ask "why" and ask more questions.

C has been figuring out how to open our front door (oh no!) and he can take off the baby proofing door knob (smarty). He knows so many animals names now and loved to blow kisses. He is a feisty little man :)