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Happy 4th of July!

We had such a great 4th of July with friends as we went to the pool, grilled out some yummy food, and then headed to a local high school to join in the festivities for a little bit before the boys bedtime. I had bought some fireworks for Jared to shoot off since we would be missing the "real deal", but we also had a LOT of rain come through so it looks like we'll be celebrating another night!

AND...on June 29th the boys started walking! They both have been taking a few steps for weeks now, but they finally got everything in sync and now they are practically running...fitting for "Independence Day"...

Summer Days

One Long Legged Little Boy

Coleman and Carter are definitely going to be tall little guys (I wonder where they get that from...), so maybe I should have thought about placing them sideways in their cribs when they were infants. Both of the boys still really enjoy sleeping this way, only now their little feet don't quite fit like they used to. This is what Jared and I found when we went to say goodnight to the other night (Coleman)...of course we put those little toes back into the crib where they belong before we left, but something tells me they were probably right back out...I could just kiss those little toes all day long! :o)

Trucks

I have learned one thing over the past 15 months (Okay, maybe a LOT more than 1)...boys will be boys! I honestly think that God creates these adorable little boys with an instantaneous love for trucks, sticks, and anything they can flip over and ride around the room. Not that I don't love having my kitchen furniture pushed around the room, or my pillows thrown on the floor, or my cords tested to make sure they're plugged in by pulling on them...all of these things just add to my smiles at the end of the day, and my stories to tell these two cuties one day.

Coleman and Carter LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to push anything and everything around. Anything. They will even open up a book and it becomes and instant toy as they push it around our house...absolutely hilarious. So, I am happy when they decide to push something that was actually meant for pushing...and of course these guys are waaay too busy to hold their sippy with their hand and push just one car, what's the fun in that?! L-O-V-E them!

Firehouse Subs

I think ever since I was pregnant and read that I could not eat deli meat during those 9 months that I have gained a new found love for the sub sandwich. Mom and I took the munchkins to Firehouse subs the other day and while they weren't too keen on sharing my sandwich, they sure did enjoy the people watching and snacks that I had brought along for them. Carter flirted with one of the ladies working there by showing off his "bye bye" waves and she was so sweet to then give the boys their very own fire hats. They were a HIT! The boys love playing with Jared's baseball caps, so I think that a plastic red big boy hat was the most exciting thing that happened to them that day, and hopefully they'll learn to love sub sandwiches just as much as I do! :o)

VanGough

Okay, so maybe we aren't QUITE VanGough status just yet but the boys sure did have a good time painting in the yard! We pulled out all of the colors and created a "Masterpiece" for Jared to hang in his office (or at least tell us that he's going to anyway). The boys were definitely a little more into it this time around than when we last experimented with finger paint, and I had the pool filled up and ready to go for us to splash in and get all of the paint off which made for an easy cleanup.


And of course you can't contain boys in a pool for too long...there are sticks to discover!