Please don't feed the animals

Carter wanted to share some of his snack with Nestle...

Good morning!

Beautiful Day!

Today was SUCH a beautiful day and I enjoyed spending time outside with my little guys! It is amazing to watch their little minds work and to see how curious and adventurous they are. I am keeping a close eye on them though...you never know what they may put in that mouth!! We were still playing outside when Jared got home from work, so we took a few quick pictures...






Hoping this week continues to be just as beautiful as today!

And....off we go!!

The boys are ALL over the place and are becoming super independent. They want to always hold their own bottles, and are transitioning well over to sippy cups. They also want to feed themselves and pretty much only eat oatmeal spoon fed. Coleman is also able to wave "hi" and "byebye" and blow kisses. It's pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen...Carter will wave also but he's a little bit pickier about who and when he wants to wave to. But, their new favorite thing to do is to take off for the stairs...

We obviously don't want them crawling up those stairs, so I see a stair gate purchase in our near future!

They also enjoy opening any and every cabinet that they can and taking everything out. We have all of our cabinets child locked except for a few that have tupperware or their toys...needless to say, they enjoy these cabinets and drawers!


These two little guys are definitely keeping me VERY busy lately but I am loving every minute of it!

Sunshine!

After having my two favorite little people over their sickness I was ready to get them out of the house and to have some f-u-n! We set up their new water table outside for them to splish splash in and enjoy the sunshine.


Tuesday morning we took a walk up to see and feed the goats that are near our house...I can't wait until the boys are a little older and are able to feed them themselves..I think they'll love it!

Hoping this warm weather and sunshine is here to stay!

Lions, and Tigers, and Sickness...Oh My!!

I had plans to go to the zoo with some girlfriends and their little ones on Thursday and Thursday morning Coleman got sick in his highchair. I attributed it to overeating and thought he would be okay after a nap. Off to the zoo we went and it wasn't long before I was holding him as he fell asleep on my shoulder and pushed Carter through the zoo...I'm sure it was a sight to see! We had a great time with the girls, but I was happy to get my little guy home and out of the sun and crowds. He continued to get sick in the evening and was on water and pedialyte only as I hoped it would get out of his system soon. Friday morning he came around and was feeling better and by Saturday he was good to go! But Saturday morning both Carter and I got sick and while I bounced back by that afternoon, Carter ran a fever and was pretty mopey and run down until Monday morning. It was a long few days for us and the boys both just wanted their Mommy and for me to hold them...I didn't mind that part too much but am glad everyone is feeling better!! Thankfully, I think we are all done with the sickness bug and glad that Jared didn't get it!

Here's the girls with our munchkins:


My pitiful Coleman:


Pitiful Carter:

Pointing

One of our new favorite things to do is to point...at our 12 month check up the pediatrician asked if they were pointing at objects and I realized that they weren't...mainly because Jared and I are not big pointers. I then of course came home and read all about how pointing at objects help build vocabulary and will help them communicate wants when they do not know the word. Soooo...of course the pointing lessons then began!!

Here is Carter pointing at the one thing I think he loves more than anything...Nestle! I really think he's going to say Nestle before he ever says Mommy...and I'm okay with that :o) I love Nes to the moon and back too!