Tired little monkeys

Bath time must have been exhausting tonight. Will is sleeping with his behind in the air with his thumb in his mouth (his favorite way to sleep lately). Nate is on his back with his binky.

Let's play Will

Natey is asleep so I get big D all to myself. Can I play? Can I eat the camel?

Will and Nate update

Our little smilers are doing well. Will is quite the inch worm traveller. He is now on the traditional hands and knees and rocking. Nate is content to stay in one place. Will may be more physical but Nate is our talker. He also seems to be the thinker. Both boys are 13 pounds. They are quite scrawny for 7 months (real age is 9 months). While they are lightweight,s they are still growing fine without concerns. They loved pureed foods and talking with us at the table. Both are genuinely sweet and easy going boys. They love Derek's toys which is bringing lots of talks on sharing. They are still wonderful sleepers (woo hoo)!

Sawry baby

In a house with a 2 year old, sometimes somebody gets run over. Usually it is a baby and usually it is not on purpose. Today D ran over Will and yells sawry baby. Just to make sure Will (in orange) is ok, he wants to hold him and give him a snuggle. Then D decided that Natey needed a snuggle too. Natey got D back for Will and poked D in the eye. There is a lot of trampling and a lot of lovin' around here.

The zoo

On Saturday Mike suggested we go to the zoo. Usually we go during the middle of the week and Mike misses out. It was a chilly morning but we had a blast. D loved the snap snaps (alligators) and the penguins. We even rode the zoo train. We haven't taken it before. It is a 35 minute ride. We got on in the nick of time as all later stops had tons of people waiting. All 5 of us were on a bench made for 2 but we had enough room. D loved the train and Will and Nate were great on it as well. We had a great morning.

Holding both brothers

The present

MIke had a very sweet idea for a birthday present for me. I think they are adorable. The back story is even better so whenever I look at the frames I will giggle.

Mike's idea was to have the boys put their handprints on the frames so he could decorate them. All the supplies were ready. I was to hide so he could work his magic... but really I needed to help. Have you ever tried to get 3 boys under 3 to do handprints- both hands? Ha! Mike was bummed that he had to ruin the surprise to get my help. So last weekend, I held the boys and Mike dipped their hands in washable blue paint. Ha- we all looked like smurfs for a few hours! D was a riot. We should have done his last (lesson learned). D spent more time washing his feet in the bucket than his hands. His "helpfulness" also was pretty funny. The bottom line.. we laughed very hard trying to do this. Then Mike took away the frames and added the names and the dates. In hindsight, I should have let Mike do it on his own and set up a video camera. It would have been a you tube sensation!

It is such a sweet gift. The frames came out great and it was fun!