The Boys

It's been a while since I've posted anything.  It's not that amazing things haven't happened, it's just that we've been super buys.  Jude is back at school, Liam is cruising all over the place but still not walking and we finally had our garage sale!  Here are some random pics of the boys - all three.  Liam is talking up a storm lately and is SO funny!  My Dad was right - he said that Liam was going to be really funny the first time he saw Liam in the hospital and boy was he right!  I think Liam gets cuter every single day!  I know, I'm the Mom and I'm more than a little bias, but it is what it is.
Look at this face, they eyes and facial expression say it all..."Really? Come on Mom!"
Had to take some picture of his crazy hair.  He gets so super sweaty when he sleeps, just like Jude.  I loved the face he made here too.  He is definitely keeping me on my toes and making me laugh a LOT!
I don't remember what they were looking at, but everyone is intrigued by the iphone and all of its awesome capabilities. Jude and Daddy just finished their first run/ride together.  Daddy ran three miles and Jude kept up with him the whole time on his big boy bike.  When he got back he said, "wow, that was really hard. I don't want to do that again!"  tee hee hee.  You'll notice he is wearing the basketball jersey Ma gave him.  Today he used his awesome imagination and said, "Mom, can I wear my basketball jersey as a cycling jersey when I ride my bike?"  Absolutely!!!!!  The Tour is rubbing off on him!
Ugh, those eyes get me every time!  He is so beautiful.  I told Adam just last night that we make beautiful babies.  God definitely takes the best of us and puts it into our boys.

Happiness is...

A clean room that is lived in and played in often by two loving, silly and crazy boys!  Jude found the perfect spot to keep all of his Bakugan balls where he can play with them and Liam can't reach!  The metal posters above the bed are from Christmas.  It only took us 6 months to get them hung!  Geez!

Goggles from Aunt Sister that are yellow and only cost $1.00!  Even more happiness would have been found had he actually taken a shower outside with Uncle Stevie rather than throwing a fit.  Ok, I'm pretty sure most of the happiness would have been mine here, but you gotta take it where you can get it right?
New shoes, like Daddy's, that make you run SUPER fast!
My husband making me laugh!
A perfect date night with the man of my dreams!  The "perfect date" entailed mexican food, margarita, video games, cherry lemonade, a movie at home with a pint of ice cream and sleeping in 'til 9:00! Aaaawwwwwesome! Can you hear me singing that? 'cause I did! 

Over the Woods and Through the Hills

to Grandmother's house we go.  Except, we go by highway - lots and lots of highway! 
This is the after shot of a short swim and lots of unintentional diving.  While I was drying Liam's hair it looked so crazy and cute.  Oooh, I could just squeeze him and eat him.
Awwww...poor thing. He went under one two many times.  It was at this point that we called it quits on pool time.  Looking back, I think the reason he kept slipping and going under is because his little but was so slippery against the plastic pool.  Maybe a swim suit or diaper would have helped.  Nice one Mom!  Gosh just remember him going under and how he must have felt not being able to breath is giving me a sick stomach and a bit of a panic attack. Yuk!
Karen and I were laughing so hard at just how white trash we were for the afternoon  -flamingos in the yard, plastic pool and naked kid.  All we needed was beer and some smokes. Oh, and maybe a little Skynard playing in the background.  Tee hee hee. I know, I just took it too far!  When I showed the pics to Adam we were laughing at how Jude looks like he is taking a MAJOR potty in the pool. If I could just get Adam to photoshop the hose out of the pic.

SO BIG!

Notice the proximity of Jude's chair to Laim's highchair.  This was not set up for the photo - just ask Papa Dude!  When Jude loves someone, I mean REALLY loves someone, he wants to be all up in their business all the time.  Jude doesn't get to see Papa Dude as much as he would like so while he's in Texas, this is how close Jude is to him! ha ha ha.  When it's just the four of us, this is how close Jude is to Liam every single solitary time we are at the kitchen table!  But, with that has come this cute little thing the boys do with their heads. They lean on one another and love on each other.  The image above captures one of those precious moments.

On to some serious business...it's bad guy battle time and they better watch out!  Jude was shooting his new yellow (current favorite color) watergun that Jamesy gave him and I asked him to give me a mean face that would show the bad guys that he means business.  This is what I got.  I'm scared, are you?
tee hee - just a little fun in action.  He's getting so big.  boo hoo hoo.  Every time I look at him lately I am reminded of how quickly they grow up.  Mmmm - soak it in - every minute.  That is my Summer '09 motto.

If you can't stand the heat...

Make your sand box a pool!  It's freakin' hot here and the need to stay inside all day long is killing us.  I love the image above and the several others that I captured of this special moment. Liam is learning how to stand on his own and Jude is more than eager to help him out.  I am so blessed to have two boys that love one another so much.
The proud big brother and the little achiever!  This didn't last long though.  Once I snapped the photo Liam stood for another second or two and then PLOP! back down in the water.
I think that if Liam could talk he would be saying, "look, if you're going to shoot me, I'm outta here!"  They had so much fun playing in the pool and I had so much fun watching.  Life has been really great with the boys lately.  I have been praising the Lord every day that I have these two amazing little boys and that I have been able to thoroughly enjoy them lately.
Boys can not bet kept indoors - especially Jude!  Thank goodness Aunt Sister gave us TWO sandboxes when Jude turned 2 and that we never got rid of this one - we had never used it before this.

Things are changing...

And I don't like it!!!!  Not one bit.  The first year of Liams' life was pretty laid back once we got past the first 6 weeks of the breast milk crisis.  Everyone commented often on just how laid back Liam was.  I would smile and say, "I know, God gives you what you can handle and I can't handle much so I prayed for both my boys to have their Father's disposition."

Well, that was then and this is now.  Liam has decided that he has an opinion about pretty much everything.  And in his world, that encompasses food, play time and sleep.  The sleep is managed pretty well for the most part.  But, the food thing and play thing is getting a little crazy.  If he doesn't want something he lets me know about it by screaming, pointing at what he DOES want, pushing things out of his way or spitting it out of his mouth.  Lovely.  Yesterday Jude tried to take something away from him and Liam tried to bite Jude.  What?

I think he is going through some type of new developmental stage or something.  He desperately wants to walk and can't, and he wants to talk so badly.  Poor guy, he just doesn't realize that he can't do the things that everyone else in his world is already doing!   How frustrating is that?  But I have to be honest, if he screams or pushes my hand away while I'm feeding him just one more time, I may officially lose my mind!

Getting Old

There are no pics for this post, just a quick little something from Jude.  Yesterday we were sitting down eating (something I have decided we do WAY too much of lately - 7-10 times a day? Come on!) and I asked Jude if I was old because I was feeling a little out of it mentally and very tired. He said, "no."  I asked, "Really?  I don't act old or look old?" His reply, "Really.  You don't.  No. No. No." I was feeling pretty good about this so I asked him, "Do we know anyone that is old?" His quick response was, "God!"  Tee hee hee.  I love it!  I was laughing so hard I forgot all about being old.  I thank God for kids and their honesty; it keeps me on my toes.