Let them in?

Two nights ago while among peaceful dreams I barely am aware of the door opening and pitter patter to Gordon's side of the bed. Dylan had come into our room and he always goes to Gordon's side of the bed because guess who is always on my side, Parker. Parker usually doesn't come in until 5 am and crawls over me (I sleep on the edge hoping for my own space). Sometimes Parker wakes me up asking for me to hold him. I have to be touching him. He is a mommy's boy. Anywho, 2 nights ago after Dylan has been in our bed awhile he gets up and leaves. I wonder why until I roll over and hit the dreaded wet spot. Oh sure pee in my bed then leave to change into dry clothes and hop in your DRY bed. Well what do I do at 4 am. I roll over hoping Gordon doesn't find out because he'd make me get up and change the sheets. Minutes later he realizes Dylan left and asks me where he went. I played dumb and rolled over. Well he felt the wet spot got up grabbed a towel put it over the wet spot and got ready for work.
Not a good morning to have to strip the sheets, mattress pad, feather bed thing and the mattress was soaked. I go through spurts where I let them come in then I tell them to stay out of our bed for awhile and threaten to lock the door. Sometimes I think that their little it won't last much longer and they'll be to big or too cool for snuggles with Mom so why not enjoy it. (except for when they pee us out of the bed). My Mom says I did the same thing when I was little. Sorry Mom and Dad I now know how frustrating it must have been.

Merry Christmas!

Don't they look like angels? Sam did not like Santa, he would look up at him and cry then look at us and cry then back to Santa. I think it is their cutest Santa picture so far. The boys wrote Santa a letter and our elf "Ralphie" took it to him when he flies to the North Pole at night. The next morning Ralphie had a letter from Santa to us saying they were mostly good boys all year. Santa also sent some gold reindeer dust and told the boys to sprinkle it outside the house on Christmas Eve to help the reindeer with their landing. I loved this Christmas with them. So full of excitement, innocence and they BELIEVE. I caught Santa sneaking in their rooms on Christmas Eve. I'll post pictures of that later.

UH OH

Sam's favorite word is uh-oh and he says it so cute. On Saturday I heard him wake up from his nap and he was fussing but not crying, so I thought I would give him another minute. Next thing I heard was THUD! Gordon and I looked at each other and ran to his room I could hear him behind the door crying. I asked the boys if they went in and they said no. Parker has gotten him out of the crib before. Sam evidently climbed out of his crib, fell and crawled to the door to get out. I tried to soothe him and Gordon lowered his crib all the way. I have no idea how he did it but he's a smart one.

This is the weekend funny. David and the girls spent the night on Friday while Tara was on her girls trip. We put the kids to bed and Gordon wanted to watch some T.V but couldn't find the Tivo remote. (We don't watch T.V. unless it is on Tivo). We looked for an hour then David said look in the trash. Gordon did and dumpster diving was negative. We kept searching and even took flashlights into the boys rooms to look. I was done and told Gordon maybe this is a sign we watch too much T.V. He wouldn't have it. I asked if he check the trash he said yes and I asked about the recycling. His comment why would I check in there. I went outside and the remote was in the Frosted Flakes box. I had the box next to the door that afternoon to take out and Sam (Gordon's not so sure it was Sam) put the remote in the box and I threw it away. There was a pop can in the box so the rattling didn't phase me. Yes, we are back in front of the T.V.

Happy Birthday Dianna!

Happy Birthday to me to me! I can't believe I am 31. Gordon let me sleep in today then he fixed breakfast and put a candle in my blueberry muffin which the boys blew out for me and then sang Happy Birthday to Mommy. The boys took turns opening my presents and they were all wonderful. Thanks Mom for the watch, shirts and cute purse. Gordon got me a Garmin watch, a hint to get me back running. It has been 2 weeks since I ran last. Our family is doing a Turkey run (5k) on Thanksgiving morning. We are going to stroll the boys while we run. I bought myself alpine trees to go in the family room for Christmas.
Gordon also gave me a special something something to be revealed in a couple weeks he said. So stay tuned for the special something something surprise!!! :)


I've always loved Panda Bears, they are cute and cuddly looking.

MY current likes are: 1) Biscoffs (the cookies that Delta passes out for a snack), 2)sewing: current project hooter hider for Edon and I'm still working on the boys rag blankets. 3) I Like to watch biggest loser and Prison Break 3) sneaking the boys Halloween Candy 4) Forever Strong, the movie about Rugby. It was a good show and made me miss the good ole' days where I'd run and score and Danielle would tackle for me. We think we'll have the boys go to Highland High just to play. 5) currently listening to Music and Lyrics cd, best song Buddha's Delight.

Children of the Corn

We went to Cornbelly's which is a corn maze and this year the corn field maze is shaped as American Idol singer David Archuletta. They had more activities than I thought for the kids. They had a big jump on it pillow and pedal carts and we can't forget the mini-cow train ride. We did the corn maze and after a 1/2 hour of following the boys directions we saw the emergency exit and told them they did it! They conquered the maze.

I tried to semi-coordinate all of us in orange. We don't have very many family photos done.

Parker took this picture of Gordon and I. He is a great photographer. He says he wants to be an artist when he grows up.

Don't be surprised if this is our Christmas card photo. It turned out cute. You never know what your gonna get when strangers take your photo. This girl actually asked feet or no feet?

The Tooth Fairy

This photo was taken moments after Parker lost his first tooth. He's been playing with it all day and it happened to come out in the car on our way home from the zoo. Gavin and Dylan were yelling "Parker's bleeding" and I almost gave everyone whiplash from swerving to the side so fast. He was so excited to have lost his first tooth and couldn't wait for the weekend to be over to show his friends and teacher. That night I put his tooth in a baggie and I labeled it with the date and how he lost it. I did this because I was talking to my Mom and Dad who where in town for the weekend; and Dad said he has a drawer full of teeth he kept and has no idea what mouth they once belonged in.
Parents who have had children loose teeth what do you do with them after the tooth fairy arrives? Keep them or throw them away? I don't think kids will care to have their baby teeth given back to them as an adult.



Parker put his baggie under his pillow and the next morning he stormed into our room holding up the baggie. Our hearts sank. The tooth fairy forgot. I told him the first tooth his speical and the tooth fairy wants him to keep it. I ran to the purse for his gold dollar and shook his pillow and wallah money appeared. Then all was forgiven. He now has another tooth loose and the tooth fairy said she wouldn't forget this time.

SAM's first birthday

SAM our little man!! He is now a mover and a shaker. He stands on his own and takes 3 steps before crashing head first. He climbs our stairs and has started to turn himself around and go down the stairs.
We haven't been able to take his 1 yr old pix yet because he always has a goose egg and bruised on his forehead. And he has this face rash that won't go away. But, despite this he is still all smiles. My daycare ladies threaten to take him home. So he so snuggley. You pick him up and he lays his head on your shoulder. It melts my heart. Lately, he is become a daddy's boy. I tried to take him out of Gordon's arms and Sam had a death grip on his daddy and started screaming. Gordon loved it he says he doesn't get enough of Sam. But as a Mom i'm sad my little baby is ready to venture on his own with the big boys. I wonder if he'll want me after Gordon takes all the boys this weekend while I run my marathon. I'm sure, boys always come back to Momma. (I'm gone and Gordon goes to his Momma). Boys do have a special bond with their Mom's.
Sam loves his walker and to trhow balls. He grabs his neck while drinking his bottle or if he is really tired. He also loves to give people wet kisses and he and mommy do eskimo kisses before bed. He'll grab my face his both of us chubby hands and try to move my head back and forth nose to nose. He just laughs. We love this little toe-head. Which we are suprised he is so light when he was so dark for the first 6 months. WE LOVE YOU!!!