If I were them..I would be sick of my voice too

Here are some phrases that I am so tired of saying:

Lilly, STOP teasing Drew!

Drew, she just wants to play with you. Don't tell her to go away and get out of the house.

Have another bite of food please.

Water stays in the bathtub, not on the floor outside of the bathtub.

Another bite...please....one more bite of your dinner.

Lilly, do not touch the mud, sand, water, or dirt right now. Lilly do not touch it.

What did I just say?(this must be said 1,000 times per day in our household)

Take a bite of your food.........long slow exhale....please

No, you can not have cheerios in bed.

What is it about boys and guns?

Does every boy have a fascination with guns and shooting everything, while doing laser sounds, and ninja rolls to the ground behind a couch so the rocket ship doesn't see them? Okay, I guess that is a rather specific example, but it seems to be all about the guns. In our defense, it is not like they are watching Terminator or Die Hard...mostly disney movies.

This picture says so much. These actions figures were actually Todd's when he was Drew's age and Drew LOVES them!!


Thought this shot was appropriate with the Olympics in full force right now. Concentrate more on the American flag and less on the army guys.


Can you see the laser noise coming out of his mouth, and the army guy that is knocked over because of the laser?

PS..do you like how I call it laser...like it makes the guns less real and the shooting at things not so bad?

Lilly wanted to join the action.


This video is included mostly because we captured the line we most dread out of Drew's mouth....

Ohhh, and go ahead and ask me what I am doing in this video?

"Hey Lindsey, what are you doing in this video?"
"Just cleaning dried-aged puke off my Uggs"

I am so glad I had my camera.

You know..I have been bad about having my camera with me lately. It used to be the first thing I packed when going out for the day, and now it sits in the drawer yelling to come out.


But I am glad I had it today because these series of shots are too sweet.

She just adores him....enough said



The spontaneous hand-hold...usually initiated by Lilly


It was like Lilly's special day- flowers and Drew liked her today(so sad when it is the opposite)


I don't do enough black and white.

Did I mention....

What Todd got for Valentines day? There are only a few other things that he might have liked more than a 16 ounce Rib eye.
Poor guy never gets red meat any more. It's not like it has been banned from our house, but he doesn't want to cook a steak and red wine reduction sauce just for himself. Although maybe Lilly would go for it?

When they are getting along....

I walk in on them sharing a chair and Drew is literally reading to Lilly(and she is enjoying it) Drew has ridiculous retention skills. I had just got this book at the library that day and had read it once to them. I just got the end of the book, but he read the entire book to her accurately. Such a scholar.




As you can see at the end of the video, the love never lasts longer than a fleeting moment :-) But I will take all the moments I can get these days and fall asleep thinking about those loving moments.

Welcome to the private world...

I have to say, I kind of like it. Knowing exactly who is looking and wondering about us. It's rather cozy.

A entirely new freedom...

So, the transition to big beds have occurred. Todd and I always agreed that when it was NECESSARY, we would make that change. And Lilly free basing from the top of her (inch and half) railing made the big beds a necessity. We did not want to just get her a big bed and not Drew, so Drew kind of gets the shaft right now, with the crib(remove one side and whala) you have a toddler bed in full effect. He doesn't really care, although he does go and get on Lilly's bed quite a bit. For now, bedding is hand-me downs and configuration of the rooms is in trial mode. All of those details will be worked out in due time.




They are doing so great!! I would have predicted that naps would no longer exist after this transition, but my kids proved me wrong, and with something like naps...I was happy I was wrong.