Boys wave Bye-Bye

Today the boys waved bye-bye for the first time. Ben was going back to work after lunch and both boys waved bye-bye to him. They are growing up so fast. Blaine has figured out to move the fence and go behind to the no-no zone where all of our dvd's are. He lets his brother go too. I asked Abby if she was watching the boys while I was doing something and she said 'yeah I am'. I asked because I saw Blaine on the other side of the fence smiling so big!!! She jumped up and said 'Oh my gosh' and got him. That's what happens when a six year old watches the boy and the TV is on. She is an awesome helper though, and I have to keep reminding myself she is only 6. Well, I need to go watch the boys and hopefully someday I can get all of this down in their baby books!!!!

Where has the time gone?

OK- I know I have not done a good job at keeping the blog up to date. If I could function without sleep, I could do so much more. Anyway, that's not going to happen so I will do the best I can. Here is an update- now I need to get these updates in baby books!! Ahhh!!

Abby- she has been great this summer. Her piano lessons are going wonderfully and she is excelling!!! We do have our moments with practicing, but overall she is amazing. We went school supply shopping the other day (my most favorite thing to do). I can't believe she is going to be in the 1st grade!! She picked out a grown up backpack that I absolutely love (and it was on sale too!!!). She is so excited to go back to school and be in first grade!!! She is swimming a lot better than last year which is great. Hopefully by next summer she will be an awesome swimmer and bike rider. It is difficult trying to do so much!!

Boys- Now the boys!! They are getting so big so fast. Blaine is walking with an average of 5-6 steps, the most being 10!!! Christian is not far behind, with an average of 4 steps. It would not surprise us if Christian starts running before Blaine!!! They both have 6 teeth now!!!! Their fangs are disappearing because the top 2 are starting to come in :( They love chasing each other still!! Blaine makes lots of funny faces while Christian loves to talk and almost scream!!! Christian is our 'worm in hot ashes' while Blaine likes to cuddle. Overall Christian beats up on Blaine, but every once in awhile Blaine stands up for himself against Christian. They love their morning nap at around 11:30am after waking up around 8 or 9!!! Of course they don't go to bed till around 10 but that's OK. They are really GOOD boys and LOVE to PLAY hard.

Us- Ben is still working hard at Village Pharmacy and will stop when I go back August 2nd (which is when Abby starts also). I believe he will have to work part time in the evenings when I go back to work!! Not much time for us, but at least the boys and Abby will be with their dad in the day and mom in the evenings!! We will see how this works. I am definitely not ready to go back to school and have not done a lot!! I will be teaching Ecology and Anatomy only- no Bio!! (at least that is what I knew when I left). I have a lot to do but all I want to do is spend the last of my summer with my family!!! AHHH!!! We will see what happens!!

Boys and the Pool

We have been staying at Rada and John's because our AC was out. Thanks to them for letting us crash!!! We had a blast. The boys and Abby loved playing in the sprinkler and the baby pool. Christian is our little water dog. He loves putting his whole face into the water. He doesn't even get choked. I think he has learned how to hold his breath!!! We are going to have to watch him- he reminds me of his big sis. On Wednesday, the water was chilly but they went swimming anyway. I put both boys in and Christian got down and started playing immediately; however, Blaine just stood there and would not sit down. He was so funny!! I think he reminds me of someone (myself who does not care for cool water). He just kept looking at me like 'do I have to?'. He finally got in and started playing some. Christian loves to splash and goes wild- Blaine is more laid back. Eventually, Blaine just leaned over the side and started picking the grass. He was so cute!!! I looked at his hands and he had 2 huge fists-full of grass. He would lean real far and try to get different types of leaves and grasses. He then attempted to eat some and throw it all in the pool. It was time to get out!! All the time they were playing Miss Abby-do was running in the sprinkler and laying out getting a tan. They boys are very busy and are extremely fast crawlers. It's about time to tie them together so at least they go in the same direction!!!! They both have 4 teeth- 2 front bottom and 2 fangs (that's what I call them). So much fun!!! I wish I had more time to update things and put things in their baby book. Maybe I can take a few days just for that. Now- more laundry to do.