Knock, knock…

So last night we were playing, having a regular night. Typically we keep all of the doors shut in the hallway, and I thought they were all shut last night. So I’m piddling around in the living room with Emily and I knew that William was in the hall and I kept hearing him knock on the wall. This went on for a wall, me not paying too much attention, and so I wandered down the hall to see what he was doing. Lol – well apparently he had gotten himself into their bedroom, in the dark, and closed the door behind him, and he was knocking so someone would let him out! Lol – it was sooooo funny, I went and got the video camera and got a little of it on tape, him knocking, every so often, I guess he was seeing if anyone would come! He wasn’t crying or upset at all, just knocking….so funny.

Tonight was another ordinary night, which is just fine by me!

Emily looking at Jag

They really like to take timer pictures, even though you can’t tell from William’s face in this one!

And yes, we all look slightly homely in these pictures, BUT – it’s the end of the day. Emily’s hair had been in crazy pigtails that she’d taken out, so her hair was WILD! And – since they were getting a bath anyway, I didn’t bother to clean their faces off AS clean as they could have been…so sue me! ;-)

Happy Tuesday!

At 20.5 months

I'm a terrible blogger, I can admit it. I think about it, I think of witty things to write...but then I never take the time to sit down and actually do it. Not sure why, I guess there's no excuse really.
Anyway, just a short post to get some tidbits about what these babies are doing at 20.5 months:

1) William still loves doggies - imagine that. He says Doggie alllll the time, but it's very hard to tell between that and Daddy, they sound almost identical.

2) He is all boy, he climbs, gets into things, sits in time out every day and is also so sweet. He is the one that likes to hug Emily and rubs her back when she's crying. He will also bring her her blanket or kitty when she's crying, to make her feel better. It's so cute.

3) He loves to help do stuff. He helps Billy cook on the weekends. He helps me with the dryer and loves to help pull clothes in the laundry basket. He still loves to vaccum.

4) Emily is going thru a very....NEEDY phase right now. Only with me, only when it's just us 3 at home. It's pretty terrible. She wants to be held and carted around constantly. And while it's endearing, yes she loves her Mama....I cannot hold her all the time! She pitches fits and cries constantly if she's in one of her moods and I can't have her with me all the time. Nighttimes are a bit more challenging right now because of this. If anyone else is around, this doesn't happen, only when it's just us 3.

5) She still loves books and will sit and look at books for a long time. She likes to take all of them out and loves to sit in your lap and read. She still backs up and plops down, only now she says "sit."

6) Emily talks more than William. She can say pretty much anything. She is just learnign the word NO here in the last few days and has been saying it constantly. Anything you ask her, she says No.

7) Both love to brush their teeth themselves, but when I do it, they hate it! With a passion. They get so upset each night when I do their teeth first, and once they get the brush, they're fine. My friend that's a hygienist said we should do it that way, so that's what I'm going with for now.

8) Please don't ask about potty training. We'll do it. When the time is right. It's not right yet.

9) Emily has been having something going on with her GI tract, not sure what. I won't get into too much graphic details, but her poopy diapers have been very distinct for a few weeks now, and we can't figure out why. We are thinking it might have something to do with dairy products, so we are trying to take away yogurt and milk and see if that helps. So far we've had mixed results.

10) We now have a fish named Jag thanks to Aunt Christie and Uncle Chris. The babies love fish, and they like looking at Jag while they eat ( he lives on our kitchen table for now).

That's all I have time for now! Happy Thursday!

Last day at 30

Well, this is my last night as a 30-year old. When I wake up tomorrow, I'll be 31. Tonight I spent my last time as a 30-year old driving home from work, picking up 2 babies, sitting in traffic ( not even sure why there WAS traffic), going by McDonald's ( yes, I know, unhealthy) and getting home almost 2 hours after I left work.
We attempted to eat a hamburger. William threw his on the floor. Emily ate about 1/4 of hers.
Billy bought them new stuffed animals today, Mickey Mouse and Pooh. Emily loved Mickey at first, until she realized William had Pooh and then she decided she wanted him too....needless to say, that didn't go well. They got into several fights that ended up in kicking and screaming.
I gave 2 babies a bath.
I got 2 babies ready for bed.
I picked up toys.
Drank a sweet tea.
Read some blogs.
Talked to the sitter about what William did today - during his nap, he took the poop OUT OF HIS DIAPER and SMEARED it everywhere! He didn't take the diaper off, but just took the poop out - GROSS!!!! I about died when she told me. I have to say - I was secretly pleased this happened at someone else's house, lol, that is very mean of my to say. I hope this will be a one-time thing and he's not going to start liking this very disgusting thing. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
Happy Thursday and here's to 31 more wonderful years for me!

Monday, Monday….

The days just seem to move so fast, I can hardly believe it's already August. In just a few short days I'll start my 31st year, EEK!!!! I have a wonderful husband and 2 fantastic babies to show for it, and I am hoping for big things in my 31st year.

Just a few tidbits about what all is going on around here:

1) William is still obsessed with doggies, to the point of being ridiculous at times. He goes to bed with about 2-3 doggies every night, and carries them around almost anywhere he goes. It never fails that any doggie Emily may be playing with, he always wants THAT one. It's still hard to tell "doggie" and "daddy" apart sometimes.

2) Emily loves panties. Anytime I use the potty, she points out my panties, and says it over and over. When she's around if I'm changing clothes, she points and says "panties." She loves to feel them and wear them if the occasion arises. She also likes bras, if you remember from an earlier post.

3) Emily likes saying her name right now. She recognizes pictures of herself, or seems to, and says "Enileeee" or something to that effect.

4) William knows when he has a poopy diaper. He will come up and grab his diaper in the front and shake it a little and sometimes will say something that sounds like Yuck. My Nana says he's ready for "training" but I'm not so sure....I think I'll wait a bit longer!

5) We love it when family comes to visit. Wish we had more visitors, but we enjoy our time whenever they come!

Happy Monday!

Randomness

Well, not much has been going on with us, just normal, everyday life…whatever that may be! We played outside on Sunday afternoon and so we came in and gave the babies a bath. Billy was dirty too, so he took a shower while I bathed the twins. So normally when I’m home alone, I give them their bath, get both of them out, let the first one go naked, hurry with the 2nd one, put a diaper on, and then get the first one to get a diaper on them. Well, I did the same thing on Sunday, only since Billy was home, our bedroom door was also open. She was naked, with her towel on her head.

So I get a diaper on William quickly, and let him go, and go to get Emily. This is what I find:

OH MY GODDNESS! GROSS!!! Emily had diarrhea on the carpet. I quickly yell at Billy to get out of the shower NOW and proceed to take Emily into the bedroom to get her cleaned up. I’m trying to be soothing, asking her if her tummy hurts and why she went poopy all over the carpet. A few minutes later Billy strolls in and says “ It’s not diarrhea, it’s Coke.”

*sigh*  Coke.

Emily got a hold of a glass of coke that her DADDY left on the nightstand…lol…we were so relieved it was Coke and not diarrhea, needless to say…

Today the babies are 19 months old. We didn’t weigh them today, maybe later this weekend. My mom and nana are coming to visit, so they can help do stats.

Other than that, I’ll just leave you with a few pictures of all the fun we have around here!

Happy Tuesday!

I’d like to teach….

The world to sing…In perfect harmony….

Does anyone remember Mr. World!?!?!? Janet gave me a Mr. World DVD on Monday night, straight out of 1986, that’s what the copyright said. I immediately knew it had to come home with me, and I couldn’t wait to watch it. We watched Mr. World in 1st and 2nd grade and I distinctly remember everything about this video. We watched it tonight and the babies were somewhat interested, they danced a little and Emily was very impressed with “Dayo” as it talks and shows bananas. Anyway, music class wouldn’t have been the same without Mr. World and I’m thrilled to have the DVD at my house now. I doubt I’ll ever part with it!

We played with the camera while watching Mr. World tonight:

When my mom was down last time, she tried to teach William to wink. When you wink at him, he does the funniest faces, trying to do it back at you:

Yes, he also loves to do the “cheese” face!

Billy lets Emily go outside in all kinds of ways, this just happens to be barefooted, with a broom and a bra:

And last but not least, William wanted his picture taken with his favorite things right now, his doggies. He loves doggies. He wants one in his hand constantly, and pitches a FIT when you have to take it away. I might have already said this once, but i't’s worth repeating.

Happy Wednesday!

18 months and counting….

18 months sure has gone by fast! I can hardly believe that these babies have been in our lives for that long. At the same time, I can barely remember what life was like without them…what did we do with our time?!!?!? Lol, I guess we’ll figure that out in about 20 years!

We had a great holiday weekend. My mom and nana came to visit and so did my sister and her friend Lauren. My baby-sitter is on vacation, so my mom kept the babies and then stayed thru until Monday. We had a family gathering with Billy’s family and then just came on back home. No fireworks for us this year, maybe next!

Aunt Christie took all the pictures of the 4th, and they aren’t on my computer yet, so I’ll have to post those later!

We took their 18 month pictures today at JC Penney since I’m a member and all. I like them alright…for being a member and being able to take pictures whenever you want, it’s not a bad deal. Neither baby wanted to cooperate though. Emily was in a good mood, she laughed and smiled, but she wanted to walk around and NOT sit/stand where she was supposed to. William refused to crack a smile. He climbed, ran around, shimmied away, but no smiles were given. Oh well, we take what we can get!

Right now we like doggies, blankets and books in our house. William loves doggies again. He wants to take them everywhere and pitches a fit when I won’t let the doggie sit in his highchair when he eats. Sometimes I give in and the doggie DOES sit in the chair…so sue me! Emily loves books, she goes thru the basket of books on a daily basis and just carries them around everywhere. She has always liked them, and I hope she continues to. I loved to read as a kid, and though that love slowly changed….I’d like for her to be a bit of a bookworm. She is also very into blankets right now. Not just one special one, any blanket. Or towel. Basically anything that resembles a blanket, large or small, it goes with her. And she pitches a fit when you take it away.

Our life with these 2 munchkins is exciting and tiring and so much fun. They get into everything, but they come back at you with a hug and a kiss and it makes it all Ok ( most of the time, except when your daughter drops a thick book right on your toe from high up in the air). Thinking about them just makes me laugh, lol…these are good days!

Happy Tuesday!