Too fast!!!

I wasn't ready for this....not yet! This morning M woke up and attempted to climb out of his crib. Will caught him mid-climb, which was a good thing as his foot was stuck in the bars and had he gotten any farther he would have hurt himself pretty badly. M bounced on his mattress and tossed his leg over the rail and Will saw the whole thing. So, now we have to move him to a big bed. It will be an interesting transition with all that is going on here this weekend. When will we have time to take apart the crib and replace it with a big bed. Not to mention that there are a lot of guests here this weekend, which makes it hard to stick to a schedule anyhow. My baby isn't a baby anymore. Yikes, I was so not ready for this to happen and didn't think he would climb out since he loves his crib. It will be a rough and sleepless weekend and I am not ready for it.

M peed in the potty!

I can't even believe it! For the past couple of days M has wanted to use the potty. Every once in a while (about 3 times a day), he will say "potty, potty." So, I encourage it by taking him right to the potty and letting him sit. Well, today right before nap when I told him we were going to change his diaper he said, "potty, potty." and off we went to the potty. Then he did it, he peed. Big brother E was so supportive and proud of him saying, "What a big guy you are now M. You need some big guy underpants now." Then he went on a search for some big guy underwear for M. We found some of E's that were too small in the basement and E gave them to M. I put them on right over his diaper but he was so happy. We'll see what happens but it's an exciting day at our house.

Lovely weekend...but

I am having a lovely mom's weekend off but, I miss my boys. I volunteered earlier today to gift wrap for Mocha Moms, one of 2 moms groups I am a part of. When, I got home after a quick stop at the grocery store and local chinese place for some lunch I found a message on the answering machine. "Hi mom, this is E. We miss you. Check your email." Isn't that sweet and in my inbox I found these pictures of my boys looking happy as can be at Grandma & Grandpa's. I just had to share because just look at these beautiful faces.

Bedtime music

It occurred to me the other night that my boys have always loved music. They listen to it every night before bed and it has always been that way. I also have noticed how their favorites change over time. For E, the only song that would calm him down for a long time was "The itsy bitsy spider", for M it is "Somewhere over the rainbow." E used to listen to an African lullaby cd, then Norah Jones, and then his "My little bird" cd. That is until he didn't want his cd player in his room anymore because he thought it was scary. When we brought M home I started to sing to him at night because that was the only thing that would calm him down. I always sang to the boys but M really prefers for me to sing. For a while Will couldn't even put him to bed because he didn't sing "Somewhere over the rainbow" (aka: somewhere over the ye ye). Now, his choices have grown to include "Favorite things" (aka: raindrops), "Doe a deer" (doe a dee), "Tomorrow", "Goodnight Sweetheart" (aka: Do, dee, do, do), and that lullaby from "Mr. Holland's Opus". Now, they even let me make up songs and M is very particular about which song he wants and will make requests. My boys crack me up and bedtime is far and away my favorite part of the day. I do think I need to add some new songs to the repertoire as a little variety never hurt anyone.

Snow Day

Do you ever have that most perfect day? When it's all over you look back and realize how perfect it was? Well, we did on Wednesday, Dec. 9th. Will had a snow day and so with no expectations we had teh absolute best day. It was such a fun day full of snow play, with 2 little boys that are old enough now to actually play in the snow. M proclaimed that he did not want to come back in. E actually lasted more than 10 minutes outside. We had a delightful lunch with 2 really hungry & quiet boys and then M went to nap. E and I put together the gifts for our friends while daddy spent 3 hours outside shoveling. It was the most amazing and lovely day and all because there were no expectations. Just a day filled with nothing that turned out to be completely magical. Oh how I love my boys. I will post pics from the snow day soon.

Seriously, is he old enough!

Will and I were touring preschools today and we just kept saying....we can't be old enough for this right. We can't have a child who will be 4....nope we can and well we do and it is completely crazy. It just seems like yesterday he was just a peanut! Where does the time go? We have one more preschool to see next Wednesday but right now we have our top 2 and would be happy at either of them. Now, how to pay for it?

Crafting....

The crafter in me comes out when my to-do crafting list gets smaller, although it is not completely empty. I still have 2 big & simple projects to do before Christmas if possible. When I am done I may move onto some of the crafts I found on blogs today. I don't spend much time on the computer playing around, since there isn't much time, but I was at my parents today and so I got a little free time and found some awesome and fun sewing/crafting blogs. I can't wait to check out some more! I will have to add them to my blog lists.

M is almost 2!

Yikes! I can't even believe it M is almost 2. It seems like just yesterday he was my little baby and now....almost 2. He is a little boy now and growing up too fast. I yearn for his baby days sometimes and other times am so happy we're all mobile, even if that means me trying to go in 2 different directions.

Now, to figure out how to make his 2nd birthday cake. We started by making E some pretty spectacular cakes and now well we will need to do that for M too. I was thinking a dinosaur out of cupcakes or creating a train cake. I think I will head over to Ubake sometime this week and get some chocolate filling for in between the layers if I do the train cake. Any ideas? Feel free to toss them my way.

Figures!

Yep, yesterday we took the boys all the way to Dodgeville for an H1n1 vaccination clinic. I was tired of waiting for Dane County and our health care provider to get theirs. So, I decided to find somewhere else to do it. Of course, this morning our health care provider is accepting appointments for the H1n1 vaccination. Ah well, I will hope to get the second dose at M's 2 year appointment.

Right on the money!

Yep, we (Will and I) were right on the money in picking M's birthday gift for this year. We decided to get him a ride on car toy. In an effort to save some money we also decided to find it on craigslist. I searched every week for a couple of weeks and finally found one that wasn't too far away and worth the money they were asking. Will picked it up on his way home from a convention and we hid it in the garage under a big blanket. E never even asked about the appearance of the big blanket. Well, today Will had the boys and they were driving through a Madison neighborhood when he spied the same car we purchased out on the curb. Neither of us are too proud to make someone's trash our treasure so he pulled over and put it in the car. E noticed and was super excited and as Will was asking him to keep it a secret E says to M "M, look we have a new car, turn around M it's back here." M, of course, turns around and he beams. He is so excited about it. So, after all our hard work we were foiled by a free ride on car on the side of the road. M is just so happy to have his own car. I had actually been wondering if we could just give it to him early since the weather was so nice. Looks like I got my answer...it's all in the signs...sometimes you just have to let the world decide for you.

M's language & other stuff

M's language has exploded. On Halloween his first 4-word sentence ever. "mommy daddy help me". He can say so many things and puts 2 word phrases together all the time now. We are practicing the colors but everything right now is "geen". I was so proud the other day because I asked him what color his cup was and he said "geen". He was right. Then I asked him what color E's cup was and he said "geen". That's when I realized everything is "geen". He was a "saurus" for halloween and he would roar. He knows some animals and their sounds but sometimes everything just quacks. He really likes ducks. He can jump on 2 feet and actually leave the ground. He has no fear and jumps off of stuff.

He loves to say "ow, bodie yickin" followed by "no, no bodie yickin". He is overly dramatic and everything hurts and causes a lot of crying and then comfort from only mommy, daddy will not do. He is a rough and tumble kid that loves to wrestle and climb. He is getting so big...so much like a boy and no longer a baby. He will be 2 in less than a month. Yikes! He is growing up so fast.

Pumpkin Patches and fun with friends and family!

The Little Farmer with our friends the C's

Green Thumb with cousin MM

The funny things kids say!

Well, I have some stories, comments, conversations with my oldest that are bound to make you laugh.

We have a new name for the taint here at our house, well technically it could only be used for the male taint. E has named it the penis chin. Wait, he has good reason for this name. He has butt cheeks and he calls his butt hole his "butt mouth", so of course he is missing a chin. He decided his taint is the "penis chin". Just in case you wanted a new name for your taint, now you have it.

Oh, and he also asked his daddy. "How come I don't have any fur?" Yep, daddy is furry.

Halloween!

E & M so excited about their rockin' costumes!

Now I remember why....

Today, E was slightly under the weather. We decided to stay home and see if he got a fever or other symptoms, which he didn't and by the end of the day we were all stir crazy. I was calm as I didn't have to get anyone going or anywhere on time but by the end of the day E was a mess. He was crying and crabby. It was not a pretty evening here. I can't wait until tomorrow, when we get out of the house.

Too smart!

Uugghh....so my 3 y.o. has already figured out one of my tricks. Yes, I employ tricks to get him to do things but it seems he is smarter than I thought and figured this one out pretty quickly. When he hasn't drunk enough milk I require that he drink while I count to 10. Well we all know how to make it look and sound like we are drinking a lot and really aren't, so does he. I think he figured it out a couple of months ago but wasn't sure until just a few minutes ago. Looks like I will need to employ drink races, like I did with my cousin Jon Paul, to get him to drink his mealtime beverage. I will also need some more tricks as that one will get old soon too.

St. Patrick's Day is when?

Coming from an Irish family the date of St. Patrick's Day is etched into my memory, my husband on the other hand is a different story. He decided to lighten my load and take M to the grocery store and do the weekly grocery shopping. I don't relinquish this often because it means having to be really specific on the grocery list and I know we don't save as much money either. Anyhow, he took M and on the list it said corned beef, I had mentioned we were having rueben sandwiches and apparently he didn't hear that, he looked all over the meat department and there was one brisket left (this should have been his first clue). (Clue #2) He was thinking that it was kind of expensive and he knows I usually buy it when it's on special. (Clue #3) Sauerkraut, rye bread and swiss cheese were also on the list.

After a trip to another grocery store to get the deli corned beef he mentioned that when he was looking for the brisket he said to M, "why does she want this? Is it St. Patrick's Day soon?" A woman gave a little chuckle, at the time he thought it was because M is so cute but upon retelling the story he realized she was laughing at his stupidity.

Maybe now he will remember that St. Patrick's Day is in March.

The first of many...

Yesterday when I sent E into a timeout he exclaimed the three dreaded words of a mom, "I hate you!" My my sweet little 3 year old proclaimed his hatred for me over a timeout for who knows what, I can't even remember anymore. I just ignored the comment & went on with life like he didn't say anything. I hope that little ploy extinguishes itself for now but I know they will resurface at some point in his life. I know then those 3 little words will pack a much harder punch and be much harder to ignore. For now he is just testing us.

Is feeling badly about letting the blog fall by the wayside...

Yep, I feel badly. Not only because I know there are people that were reading it but because family members relied on it to keep up-to-date with the boys. My family that don't live nearby used it as a looking glass to see what was going on. It is now my goal to update it at least twice a week. If nothing else it was a way for me to keep track of the boys milestones and funny comments. Oh how I miss that! So, here it goes....time to get back to blogging.

Too long and so much has changed...

Wow, so it has definately been too long, in fact an entire summer since I last wrote. Since my last post my little sister got hitched, M has started talking up a storm, and E is completely diaperless.

So let's look back at the past 2 1/2 months. My sister's wedding was gorgeous. A little rainy but completely beautiful. My mom altered my dress well enough so that I no longer looked pregnant, which I am not, and my boys were the absoulute cutest children at the wedding (okay so I am a little biased) baby J was pretty darn cute as well. My husband also looked fantastic...we were quite a handsome family if I do say so myself. E performed his job as ring bearer. There was a little concern as he fell asleep literally minutes before pictures as I was getting him into his tux, but he woke up just 10 minutes before he had to walk down the aisle and was all business and ready to go from then on. It was hilarious....oh and he did not walk down the aisle but sprinted instead.

M is now talking like crazy....let's see what can he say. Here is the list for (my future reference):
Mommy, Daddy, Eyi, Bo-ie, come, dit (sit), pease, dank you, Nana, Pa-pa, Weeya (Will), Dosh (Josh), No, Yes, nuk, moak (milk), duice (juice), rain rain go way, car, car deat, food, and I am sure there are many more.

E is diaperless 24/7, which is completely awesome. He had been diaperless all the time except at night. He was still wetting a diaper on most occasions. Then one night as we were getting him ready for bed he declared he didn't want to wear a diaper. Well, we have a waterproof sheet on his bed so we figured why not. Turns out that kid knows his body well. We have been diaperless for well over 4 weeks and he has only had 3 accidents. Hip hip hooray!

Other than that not much to tell here. We are enjoying the summer with Will off and are really excited about our venture to eat more local food. We are also attempting to preserve more local food for the winter.