Our gabber (sorry for the pee pee shot)

Phone talk

HE COULD TALK ON THE PHONE ALL DAY!!!! It is so frustrating when the phone rings. He screams when he can't talk and refuses to calm down. He screams, kicks his feet and screams some more until I get off! I tried wearing my blu tooth in the house the other day! That worked well until Brad informed me that my cell minutes are sky rocketing....so...he got me a land line, however, I can't call long distance. Compromise, that's what it's all about.

It was a Thomas Day!

Thanks to my dear friend Amy, we had a Thomas the Train party!!! She supplied all the arts n crafts, I supplied the mac n cheese and hot dogs! What more could little boys and girls want???? The boys had a great time coloring and making their very own Thomas book that Amy put together for them. She holds the talent I don't have patience for!!!! Katelyn and Matthew enjoyed jumping on Sam's bed and refused to wear the hats, but accepted lunch with open arms!

Web Cam

For the love of Technology...who ever designed our web camera is selfish! We had a perfectly working web cam, until we installed the cam on our new computer. Now, either no one can hear us, or see us. So, now, we have to wear this silly looking headset to talk to our loved ones...that is if it works!!!! It's on our list for upgrade along with everything else these days. However, the boys think it is the coolest thing to wear this..however, they always get in a big brawl.

Waiting for cake

Look at those patient hands! The mouth was watering and the eyes were as big as his stomach! Just waiting, patiently to eat cake at Ben's Birthday Party over this weekend! Love this picture. Thanks Kelly for capturing it for us and another Happy Birthday Hug for Ben, the birthday boy!!!

Bubbles!!!

I just wish I could sit and soak in the tub full of bubbles and fun every morning and have someone wash my hair, scrub my back and have fun! I think some days, when we don't have to hurry the boys can sit in there for a full hour..that is until someone decides to dump water over the others head. Then the screaming begins!

This is for you daddy!

Daddy thinks Matthews Flip Flops, or, "Fitops" as Matthew says are hilarious! So, here they are for you daddy! You can even see the defined teeth marks :)

The little peanut lover!

This is what I found in my kitchen today after I put sleepy head Matthew in his room. I literally was gone for about 5 minutes (granted I had all the sandwich ingredients on the counter already). However, I did leave Sam in the family room, in front of the TV and told him that I would be right back. Mr. Independent had to do it himself. Life just hasn't been the same since. Lunch anyone? Teplin house? PB&J sandwiches????? I have a peanut chef in the house!!

Doesn't this look great!!!!

Once a jelly lover, then a hater, and now since he can do it himself, he is all about loving jelly again!

And....The finished product. He is so proud!!!

Another famous sleeping pose

Let's see....maybe if Matthew would not visit his mommy and daddy a few times a night this wouldn't happen. Maybe if Matthew would not wake up so early in the morning, this wouldn't happen. You see, maybe if Matthew would not demand every ounce of me to help him build him a train track, he wouldn't be left in the toy room to do it himself, and this wouldn't happen. And yes, those are tears of sadness soaking through his blanket, but he was very content on the hard, cold, tile floor all by himself.

Sam

Sam asked me to put this picture on here for him.

For some reason, he laughs every time he sees this picture!

So, here you go Sam :)

The boys

I just had to share these pictures of the kids. I love them!

You know it is totally true....when you least expect it, you get the best shots of your children. We were literally playing in the backyard, I grabbed my camera to get a picture of the lizard that was climbing up a fence and the boys started posing. They were so fun!!! This is how picture sessions are supposed to be. No screaming involved. No fuss to get dressed.

Enjoy below!

Pink eye, San Marco & child protector door locks

Sam and I (Erin) have been blessed with pink, red, itchy, irritated swollen eyes! Who would have thought pink eye would be so painful. It is horrible, for me that is. Sam seems to be handling this with no frustration, imagine that. We got a script for Sam from his doctor, but I am headed there tomorrow to get some relief! I would rather be in pain than Sam, however, this pain is so hard to handle. We've seriously been in dark lock down all day. I guess if any day is a good day to stay inside, today would have been the day. It is freezing outside. It went from a 90 degree weekend, to a 55 degree day today. And believe me folks, 55 back home used to be warm and pleasant. A 55 degree day in Florida is killing me. So, here we sit, indoors. Just waiting for Matthew to start complaining about eye pain. We think Daddy is going to grab his sleeping bag and stay at work tonight. We all know how sensitive he is with his eyes :).

Some shots of our weekend in San Marco Fl.

Last night, as we were unloading our van, Sam disappeared in the house. We bought the boys some rocks for their sand 'n water table and we figured that Sam was headed to the back patio to wait patiently for the rocks to be delivered by daddy. No more than 2 minutes pass and Sam came running out in the garage where Brad and I were. He was completely frustrated with us. He looked at us and said, "mommy, daddy. Why do you always do this to me? You know I can't get out of here if these are on (holding 2 pieces of the child protector cover for the door handle). I'm throwing this out now, you know I don't like these things". Yes, Brad and I laughed and explained to him that he wasn't supposed to take this off, this was to prevent him from going outside....Well, try explaining that to a 3 year old. In his mind, he probably thought we locked up all his toys.

So, we think it's time for little man Matthew to get a hair cut! Check out the length!!! Stay tuned for pictures of the traumatic event.

We're here!

The boys LOVED the HUGE TRUCK!!!

The truck is unpacked and our family has spent the first night in our new home! Moving day went well. We spent all morning and afternoon on Friday packing, unpacking, driving and entertaining the little men. Thankfully the little men decided to awake rather early Friday morning. I think we had the first bed stripped and packed up ready to go at 7:15 a.m. We had to arrive at the new house by 10 for the cable man to be here to install our lovely babysitter ON DEMAND!!!! We arrived here, at the new home in plenty of time to meet him.

The temperature was a little on the hot & on the sticky side as the temps teetered around 85 with strong wet humidity. All in all, it was a great day. They boys thought the whole thing was rather amusing as the NO word was overused, and by overused, I mean overused. I think NO was used in almost every sentence. Brad and I just laughed every time we would talk to them. There was one moment that Sam was running up the truck ramp with shoes on the wrong feet, holding a rake while Matthew was wobbling behind him with a shovel, in one hand and broom in other with bare feet. Seriously, they were just trying to be helpers, and did great, however, Brad and I were both ready for our glass of wine at 8:00 a.m.

Regardless, we are here. We love our new pad. It has such great space for us. Last night going to bed was a little difficult for Matthew. He thought it would be fun to wine and cry and thrash all night. We weren't sure if he didn't feel well or he was just being flat out ridiculous. We figured it was a combination of both, so we dealt with him, and made him comfortable and decided to break the rules and cuddle with him last night. Well, our thought to make him comfortable backfired because he really didn't want anything to do with us. So we think he may have just been testing us! Well, he won last night, but tonight, we may have to turn monitors off.

We are in the organizing, re-organizing and hanging picture stages! This is fun for me!!!! Brad seems to think he is the designer and has strategically placed pictures and stuff all over the house. After all, he lives here too!!!! But, not every picture frame has to be displayed on the mantel. Not every Peggy Carr platter needs to be hanging out. Love you dear :).

Picture of the house coming soon. Sooooo, you stay tuned.

Good night, we're off to bed, even though Sam is still up trying to convince us that he 'just can't sweep'!