Happy Valentine's Day!

Yesterday we:
-slept "late" meaning we took the boys' morning naps with them
-got Lucille's BBQ take-out (salads, biscuits and apple butter, chicken, ribs, and tri tip, mac n cheese, shoestring fries, and cobbler -YUM)
-took a walk together for the first time around the park and enjoyed the 80 degree weather
-assembled the Exersaucer which Tony is almost ready for...just a little more head control...Alex still has a few weeks to go
-played with the boys
-got Olive Garden take-out (chicken parm, soup, salad, and breadsticks YUMMY)
-Passed out after watching about 15 minutes of the Olympics...I like it better when we're in a different time zone I think

Hope you all had a great day too!

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Happy Birthday Grandma Barbie!

Grandma, we hope you have a great day today! Mom says you will because you'll be spending it with our close friends and family and are on strict orders to NOT do any chores and just play with us all day - diaper duty optional ;) Thank you for helping our Mommy and giving her so much extra time to just play with us. Thanks for always being on the hunt for whatever thing we need to be 110% happy. We are so lucky that we get to see you almost every day. We love you! The Lil Dudes

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Murphy's Haircut

How today's schedule was supposed to go:
10 pick up Edible Arrangement
10:15 pick up Striker's meds
10:45 pick up lunch
11 eat lunch/feed boys
11:30 Costco
1:00 hair cut at home (love stylists that make house calls)
3:30 KFuj's for cupcake baking/decorating
5:40 Family pictures at JC Penney
7:30 Olympic Opening Ceremony while finishing favors and gifts for Kyle and KFuj

All was on schedule until 1. Jason got caught in President's Day weekend/Valentines Day weekend/weekend traffic and didn't arrive until 2:30. Realizing I was NOT making it to KFuj's, I began baking 4 boxes of cupcakes at 2:15 and coordinating pick up of cupcakes and decorating materials for 3:30. Jason cut Striker's hair while I baked. 3:30 pick up became 4ish. Gave Jason a deadline of needing camera ready hair by 5:20 with specific instructions that he was to give me quick and easy non-mom hair...no pressure. Made panicked phone call to my mom asking for back up. While I can get myself and boys ready in under 2 hours while solo, Striker is not experienced in doing do, and I was getting my haircut until the 11th hour. Jason refused to talk me thru haircut and just started chopping...mild panic attack occurred. Mom arrived, Striker got ready, Jason finished AWESOME haircut, and we were
out the door without a minute to spare! Mom stays behind and takes care of every single chore I'd have had to do when I got home...seriously, she's AMAZING...I think Striker called her Wonder Woman when she changed the sheets on our bed while getting the boys ready.

Arrived at JC Penney for photo session...boys start crying because they're hungry...feed them their bottles. There's 1 picture I LOVE and several that I like. Yay!

Pick up Pei Wei, put boys to bed, wait, and wait, and wait for Opening Ceremonies to start. Anti-climatic and rather lame ceremonies put Striker to sleep. I start blogging about my crazy day instead of finishing making and wrapping KFuj's gifts...decide I'll go to bed and finish everything around 2:30 AM when the boys wake up...wish me luck!

Murphy's Law, you suck!

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1 CPA 4U

Ever since 1/1/09, my license plate collection has failed to grow at the same rapid pace it once had. This morning I received an email from my father in law with this plate. It made me miss photoing while driving, but not necessarily driving.

Happy 2 Month Birthday!

Didn't I just write their 1 Month Birthday post?!

Both of the boys are wearing 0-3 Month clothes now. I went through today and pulled out all of the Newborn clothes to add to the boxes of Preemies. They really do grow too fast!!! The good news is that they can now wear matching outfits since all have been purchased in the same size. We'll see how long that lasts since Tony is gaining/growing at a faster rate than Alex. I've been doing a much better job of dressing them in matching/coordinating outfits. Still a much bigger fan of coordinating though.

Updates on photo and changing table goals (because I know you're all wondering):

I am getting my hair cut on Friday and have aspirations of getting a professional family photo taken by 3 months. I NEED a haircut and we have a busy few weeks coming up...there's a chance I might just go do it Friday night or Saturday morning though...

Changing table and nursery still have not been used. HOWEVER, they are just about too long/tall for sharing a crib and we have declared this weekend time for the big move...update will be coming soon.

To celebrate their 2 month birthday, 2 NFL teams played in the Super Bowl AND Isabelle was born...pretty cool huh? ;) I dressed them in their matching football outfits...thanks Aunt Cindy and Uncle Vic!

Tony's hair is growing back (dark) and his cheeks are possibly getting even bigger than his brother's! He's getting really good at controlling and holding up his head and can straighten out his body like a ski jumper and hold himself up. He's a strong little guy! He loves watching TV and the ceiling fan. He's still a talker and babbles and flails his arms about. He's almost always happy and never cries unless his hungry or really tired.

Alex stopped being such a fuss butt towards the end of the month and is a super snuggler. I love snuggling and cuddling with them both, but Alex has started wrapping his arm around my neck and sort of tucks the other under my armpit. He's been much happier, though still cries when he's not 100% content. Luckily I've gotten better about diagnosing the problem faster, which means less crying.

Both have started drooling...yuck. they're a little behind on a few of the developmental milestones, but of course they're right on schedule for drooling. yay. so excited. NOT!

We survived being home alone together while Striker returned to work. There were a few rough days, but overall I think we did pretty well. I'm REALLY good at juggling and multitasking and my super planning/organizational skills have paid off. I'm a FIG according to Striker, but we'll see how he does with Mr. KFuj on Monday while KFuj and I are gone for approximately 6 hours. ;)

We had a few outings at the very end of the month to watch Striker bowl and play hockey, and to Grandma's house to watch the Super Bowl. I had a helper for all outings, but will be making a 100% solo trip this week. This next month will be spent mastering outings and refining the routine/schedule to accommodate them so that the boys aren't on a 9AM-9PM routine like they were today...more of a 7-7 or 8-8...maybe I'll shoot for 7:30-7:30?

Snuggle Time!

While Mommy got things ready for our trip to Grandma's house, Daddy and the boys napped.

Belongs in a Museum

Possibly the original heating pad...and yes, Auntie B still uses it.