Grandma Time

We are so blessed to have both of the boys' grandma's so close!  They are spoiled so much with love.  With my mom just a few minutes away, she stops in to say "Hi" once or twice a week & the boys eat it up! 

Sweet Baby Henry

I won't be able to call him a true baby for much longer, as his first birthday is quickly approaching, but here are a few pictures of my sweet baby Henry at 10 months.

 Enjoying some yummy banana's :)

Fun Day with Baby Drew!

For the first day of February, we were having GORGEOUS weather!  The boys and I loaded up and went to town to play at the park.  Danielle Hecktor and her sweet new baby Drew joined us for some fresh air and then Imos!  Yumm!  As you can see we had lots of fun, especially at the swings!  If there is one thing I'd like to have for the boys at our house it would be some swings...they enjoy them so much!

 Andrew Gregory Hecktor (oh, and his mommy too!)

Who's Who?

I don't usually think our boys look much alike.  But sometimes Henry will shoot me a look that reminds me so much of Eli.  When you pair those expressions with hand-me-down clothes, I can see the resemblence!  So, can you tell who is who?

 

(the pictures taken next to the penguin are Eli)

Snoozing Schneiders

Late in January Eli, Henry and I met up with Jennifer and Ava Schneider for a much-needed trip to the Magic House.  It was a drury, wet day...perfect for indoor play!  We had a great time, unfortunately I couldn't take pictures, play with the kids, carry a diaper bag and so on.  So I decided to live in the moment  and not snap any pictures.  But I couldn't resist the opportunity to catch our little two year-olds sleeping off the great time they had :)   

Eli Joseph

Ava Catherine

Check out the kids 1 year ago for our January trip to the Magic House :)

Magic House 2011 via our blog

Magic House 2011 via Jennifer's Blog

Mr. Smarty Pants

The last few months Eli has really perfected his knowlegde of his letters, both uppercase and lowercase.  So he's found other ways to explore letters...his favorite past-time.  Here he is matching his puzzle letters to the "Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom" letters. (an alphabet book)

 On this day Eli would tell me which letter comes next so that I could finger paint them. 

 We find Eli spelling his name with his puzzle letters as well as his blocks.  He also assigns each of us our letters each night, "M for Mama", "D for Dada" and "H for Henry".

My personal favorite...Eli holds up the corresponding letter when it's called on Wheel of Fortune each night.  I'm not kidding, we do this EVERY night, Eli thought of this little activity himself & can't get enough.  I just love how engrossed in letters he is.  It definitely makes my life easier, there are always letters and numbers to distract him.  In the car he already reads the letters on road signs, billboards, throughout Walmart, etc.  It's so much fun for the teacher in me! :)

 My mini Picasso...



Oh ELI

 We have had BEAUTIFUL weather this winter.  Yesterday morning (Jan 10th) Eli and I played outside while Henry napped.  Here he is on his bike from Santa (still working on using the pedals).

 Saying "Hi" to the cows, literally.  He says "Hi" and "Bye" every time he sees them. 

 Such a beautiful day. 

This is a picture of Eli sleeping in his big boy bed.  We are still letting him choose which bed he sleeps in, crib or big bed for now.  Pretty soon we are planning on taking down the crib and moving him permanently into his big bed.  He's so precious while he sleeps.

"Let him sleep, for when he wakes he will move mountains" -unknown

Henry's Happenings...

Here is the latest and greatest on Henry...

Henry is SUCH a spunky little man.  He's always smiling, chasing Eli, getting into mischief, etc.  When he starts heading down the hallway to make trouble & we call out his name he crawls faster!  At 9 1/2 months he is walking along furniture and standing without support for a few seconds...this guy wants to walk BAD!  Henry is a pretty good eater, enjoys table food more than baby food and loves to feed himself.  His favorite game is to throw food/cups off of his high chair and have us retrieve them.  Henry takes two naps and is a great sleeper at night, going to bed around 7:30 and waking around 6-6:30.  We are just so blessed with another wonderful little guy!

On my birthday Henry's 2nd tooth broke through!! 

 After his nightly bottle Henry crashes!  Which is great because we get a chance to snuggle him!

 Brushing Henry's TWO teeth! 

Happy 25th Birthday to ME!

This year I turned a 1/4 of a century!  We celebrated by doing a little shopping, dinner and then home for some ice cream cake with my two favorite men!  Henry took the liberty of jumping right in! 

 Oh yeah, and this sleepy mama treated herself to an early bedtime for her birthday...8:30! 

Welcome 2012!!!

For New Years Eve we had a few friends over to celebrate.  While the boys had a bonfire in the backyard, us girls stayed in the house to watch "Bridesmaids".  Eli thought he'd stay up until midnight...not my intention, but he screamed every time we tried to get him to lay down.  Too much excitement I guess, plus I think he just wanted to ring in the new year with us!  Here is Eli kissing daddy to wish him a "Happy New Year!"

 And mommy's New Year/Birthday KISS! 

 Even though he was up until 12:30, he really was pretty good if we left him alone.  This is what Eli does ALL DAY LONG...read Chicka Chicka BOOM BOOM (or as Eli says, "Chi-Chi Moom Moom") and play with his alphabet puzzle.  I hope this means he is going to be an early reader!