Andy started preschool! He is going to a school called CCNS, which stands
for co-operative community nursery school. He really loves his teacher Miss Terry. He asks me in the morning if it's time to go see Miss Terry and usually he is really excited to go. I am lucky enough to get to go to his class two times a month. I help out in the classroom and play with the kids. It's a lot of fun to be involved and see what he does while he's in class. He always brings home adorable little art projects. He LOVES show and tell. He was sooo excited to take his toys Jesse and Woody to class. He told me he wanted to show him his preschool and let them play with the other kids. I'm really glad he's doing so well and enjoying preschool.

Timid little Andy gets a baseball bat.

About a month ago I took Andy to the doctors because he had been throwing up on a constant basis. The poor little boy was blowing chunks everywhere we went. When we got there the doctor became alarmed that he had lost 7 pounds over the course of about 3 months. She sent him for x-rays and blood work. He was a little scared during the x-ray and I don't blame him it was a huge machine for a tiny little guy. Then we went over to blood work and that was a horrible nightmare. Horrible. They poked him several times, collapsed one of his veins, and blood was starting to get on me and him. He was screaming and kicking. I just finally decided to call it quits. We made an appointment to go up to Primary Children's and get the blood work done there. He knew where he was and he was very brave, he cried a little but he didn't fight it, he was just brave.

Lately, I've noticed that he has become a cautious little guy. He's very worried about getting hurt. He used to go on the McDonalds big slide and now he wont even climb into it. The other day he asked me to "catch him" off the baby slide that was less than a foot. It kind of breaks my heart that he's been through so much that he worries so much. But yesterday, when I went to pick him up from preschool he wasn't doing what he usually does; just standing around nervously. Instead this time he was having a blast!!! He was playing T-ball and running around the little bases and into home base. He was so excited that his teachers had to calm him down and make him wait his turn. He was putting his whole little heart into hitting that ball. He'd get so excited when he hit it he'd run around in circles and completely forget to run to all the bases. It made me so happy to watch him. It made my whole month. To see my son so happy and living and playing so hard. You know on the movie 'Fried Green Tomatoes" how Kathy Bateman says 'tawanda'? As he was playing baseball I kept thinking 'taAndy!!!!' He's an amazing little guy and I'm so proud of him. I'm going to sign him up for a little baseball league.

We bought a HOUSE!!!!

Okay, well honestly this post is really, really overdue because we closed on the house at the end of February. However, we haven't moved into it yet because of extensive remodeling. (As in, drive yourself crazy if you try to do it all yourself- get a contractor- type remodeling) There was a fire (we think stove fire) in the kitchen and the house has been gutted. We bought it as a foreclosure from freddie mac. The previous owners were trying to renovate it as well but gave up after not properly getting building permits. (Getting permits= pain in the butt!) It's 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom but we have split into and upstairs downstairs duplex. The part we love the most is the huge yard!


We are so excited! It's feels great to own our own home, it's our house.

One year ago...

Has it really been an entire year? Sam, thank you for gracing us with your presence. We love you eternally.

Updating The World

Andy LOVES washing our car.





What's new with us? Well... a lot, it's been so long since I last updated this blog. Having two boys is proving to keep me really busy and consume all free time that I ever had before I was a mother.

Sam is scooting all over creation. Both of my boys refused to really crawl on their hands and knees. They do kind of an army shuffle and push off with one foot. I used to love watching Andy get around this way so it was a fun surprise when Sam started to do it too. Sam is also pulling himself up on furniture and motoring all about. He is EXTREMELY independent. He absolutely has to explore and move around. He doesn't like to be confined or held for too long. Anything that Andy does Sam has to be right there alongside him doing it too. It upsets Andy because usually Sam wants to undo whatever it is Andy is doing... puzzles, building blocks etc. Sam has an adorable personality and is pretty funny. He's so head strong it makes for a lot of funny situations. He also has a mow-hawk that makes everyone smile. (It just grows that way.)

Andy is in preschool. He goes two times a week. Starting in August he will start at a new preschool that I have been waiting for him to go to for a while. Lately, Andy talks non-stop. He always needs me to follow with a response and at times he his relentless. He is just so fascinated by the world that he wants to discuss it constantly. All this coming from the little guy we were having a hard time teaching how to talk. It's like he bottled it all up and now he's just exploding with conversation. He is extremely affectionate towards me lately. He's a pretty kind brother too as long as Sammy isn't trying to play with the same toy he has. I am trying to grow out his hair because I miss the little guy's long hair. He constantly gets to hang out with his Nana and Papa and his cousins. He is pretty social and is always asking to play with them.

Matthew is in Westminster College studying accounting. Right now he is the Loan Manager at American United FCU. On top of work and children he has managed to stay on the dean's list for his awesome grades for school. That's amazing to me because he works full time and goes to school full time and let's not forget he is a daddy to two little boys!

I am busy, and I mean busy being a mom. Hence the reason the blog never gets updated. I didn't anticipate how much work it would be and how little spare time I would have raising two rambunctious little boys. I've had my mental melt downs and it hasn't always been pretty but I sure do love my family and feel extremely blessed for all of my boys.

The shirt says it all...

Papa

Samwise

We bought a Nikon D90 with part of our tax refund and I decided to break it in by doing a photo shoot with Sammy.

Sammy is 9 months old now and scoots on one foot just like his brother did. He's a bit of an insomniac and doesn't appreciate it in the morning when his older brother wakes him up. He detests baby food and would rather eat what the family is eating. He's much bigger than Andy was at this age. He's still not a chunk but to us he's a big boy. He babbles a few things like "mamamama" and is incredibly ticklish. He laughs at the slightest touch and thinks his brother is hysterical. He is a wonderful little guy.