Busy Busy

The twins with nana and papa

At the pumpkin patch!

Scary spider!

Christian sleeping in the car on the way to Fort Worth... so cute!

The twins

Grady at the park

Christian swinging.

Brock... push me higher!

We have two VERY active toddlers around here these days!! They had a great time with nana and papa last weekend while Brandon and I went to FL for a quick weekend trip. The boys ate, went to the pumpkin patch and had a great time hanging with their grandparents!

This week we have just tried to keep them safe while they blow through our house with the speed of light :) Today Sara and I took all three boys to the park. In the past I have had one mobile baby and one not so mobile.... today, all moving and going and that makes for one tired mama and auntie. Sara and I chased them around while they tried to steal chicken fingers from a little girl, crawl into another ladies stroller, steal a truck from another group of unsuspecting kids, Brock licked a tree, ate grass and dirt all while Christian tried to take Grady's bottle. Yikes.

The twins also got to play with Sara's dog Maggie today... priceless. Christian loved it and Brock was terrified.

We are also attempting to get our house ready to market (yes, still). It is so hard to get anything done with the twins so what I feel like we could have done in a couple of good weeks is still an on-going project. I REALLY hope we can finish up this month.

The babies are still loving Mother's Day Out and playing with all the kids. We have their 15 month check up at the end of the month and I can't believe we are already here!!! Hopefully soon they can sit at picnic tables and eat like calm children at the park :) (I am not holding my breath).

Over our Illness!

Our playdate last month with the Williamson triplets!

Christian making his way to the bath tub.

Christian and grandma Barefoot

Christian on left and B on right. They LOVE bath time!

The Barefoot family. Don with Brock and Karen with C.

Yeah, water! C on left and B on right.

The boys are finally better and over their cold, ears etc. After a trip to the ER two Saturday's ago and a full 10 days of meds they are finally on the mend! We had Brandon's parents in town two weekends ago and they got to spend lots of time with Brock and just a little with Christian since he was one sick puppy. He spent most of the day on saturday sleeping then we drove his to the ER at around 430p since he would not eat or drink. He pepped up at the emergency room (of course) but I am glad we took him in anyway. They said we were doing all the right things. He is better this week and got to have a play date this last Saturday and go to an OU/Texas party with his cousin Grady. Fun!

Brandon has been traveling quite a bit so not as many pictures. We have just been cruising a long. Brock is a sprinter now and can also figure out how to get in most gates and everywhere else. He loves to explore and is very active and fun. LOTS of grunting and noises from him. He is getting more hair and has 6 teeth. Brock is "over" napping a lot and we usually get 1.5 hours to 2 hours all day with him now.

Christian stopped walking and moving for a couple of weeks with his illness but seems to be more on the move again this week. He will walk from table to couch and dart to things in his line of sight. He still loves to be held and cuddled. He is such a little sweet child and we love to see him do all his new things. He has finally gotten good a pulling up on things and he is more mobile than he has ever been. He has 8 teeth that I think is turing into 10. Christian LOVES to sleep. He is almost always woken up by Brock... I think he could nap for 3 hours a day if he was alone.

Both boys eat a TON of food. I steam and chop, steam and chop. They are going to eat us out of house and home in high school. They love meat, cheese, veggies (orange) and fruit. The only thing they don't really like is green veggies and califlour. Apparently those are yucky.

They are going to stay with my parents for first time without Brandon and I this weekend. I am sure they will all have soooo much fun!

Brandon and I have a busy fall this year, such a contrast to last year. We are so looking forward to having the guys dedicated at our church on the 17th and also taking them to the pumpkin patch this year! It will be a very different winter now that we can take them out of the house!

Ear Infection, Pink Eye and Diarrhea oh my!

What a crazy couple of weeks! As I think I mentioned in an earlier post Christian has been VERY cranky lately. Turns out he had an ear infection. We took him in last Tuesday and got him all checked out and he got 10 days of antibiotics. Then, Brock got diarrhea later that week and we have been battling a terrible diaper rash since. Finally, Brock had crusty eye this morning which turned out to be PINK EYE! AHHHHH. Apparently very contagious so we are doing LOTS of hand washing. So now we have drops for the ears, drops for the eyes and pink antibiotics for C. I guess this is what happens when you put your kid with other kiddos after a very sheltered year. I guess the boys are working on their immunities.

Also at the end of last week we got to hid in the bathroom during the twister and on Monday we woke up to a VERY hot house... our air conditioned died. After a consultation, LOTS of sweating and bargaining, we have a new trane unit outside. It is nice and cool in here today. Yeah!

Hopefully we will have two healthy kiddos to drop off for our third MDO day... I hope we are getting all built up with our immunities.

On the plus side, Christian is walking so much better. We call his walk the "frankinToddle". He holds his arms at a 90 degree angle and darts for a wall or furniture. So cute. He started to get more adventurous last Thursday and has been just doing great! He can make it from our living room table to the front door if he wants to. Brock is a spitfire these days. He practically runs around now and walking is his major form of locomotion.

They are becoming little men before our eyes. We will try to take more pics this weekend. We all have their once a year NICU reunion on Sat. (we can only go for a few minutes) but I hope we can see some of our wonderful nurses and staff.

MDO

Brock making a new friend down the hall

Brock, super excited to see mommy at 2p!

Christian is deciding if he likes it here...

The boys going to their class room.

The boys had their first day of school today and they did great!! We arrived a little before 9 and picked them up at 2. Apparently no one napped but they must have had fun since they are still asleep :)

Christian has had a VERY cranky week and we don't know if is because we weened him off his acid reflux meds to fast or if he is getting a tooth or what. We just know he is crying and isn't able to be comforted. Needless to say, we were not to sad to have a couple of hours of quiet around here. We have re-started him on his medication and I hope that helps.

Park Fun

Brock far and Christian close

B

Brock on the far side and C close. They love their new house. Thanks Nana and pops!

B loving the swing.

The boys and I had a pretty fun weekend although we all (except Brandon) had the sniffles. On Saturday we met the Brazelton's at the park for swing time! For some reason Christian's photo's didn't turn out on the phone so he gets few photos this week. They were to little for lots of the bigger stuff so we will have to grow into it.

Our sniffles have started to clear up and we are having fun playing these days. They start MDO school on Thursday (happy and sad mommy!) so we will have pictures of that I am sure. Brock has been starting to play independently and C has been cruising like a champ. B is a walking fool these days and likes to grab a toy in each hand and one in his mouth as he walks around. so cute.

We have finally started to bath the boys in the big tub and they LOVE it! C and B fight over the toys, grab all the bars in the tub and laugh and scream and play. Pure joy for them!

Funny story... while I was at my Moms of multiples mixer on Thur. night Brandon bathed and fed the boys alone. Brock ran down the hall naked and unrolled all the toilet paper while he was bathing C. Brock then ran back down the hall after his bath, wet and naked and was licking the fridge when B was able to get him. Ha! I wish I could have been a fly on the wall!

Weekend Fun

C and mom looking at the manatees.

Family photo shoot in front of the waterfall.

Dad and boys near some birds.

Boys at the entrance of the aquarium (in their new shoes)

The family was VERY active this weekend and on Sat. morning we loaded up the boys for their first family outing to the Dallas World Aquarium. They really seemed to love the ride and all the animals on display. We liked it because it had air conditioning!!! After our tour, we took the boys for lunch at the Purple Cow (super kid friendly) and then later in the day for a walk to Whole Foods.

Yesterday we took the boys to church (new room for them... we put them both in Crawlers) and then had a playdate with our friends the Williamson's and their triplets. I can't believe how big all the babies are (triplet's turn 1 on Sept 24th). We have had several times where the babies and trips have gotten together so it is fun to see them grow up :) I will upload these pics later (different camera).