Now that we're 1...

I have been so bad lately at updating our blog, so I'll try to fill everyone in on what we've been up to now that we're 1. Mitchell started taking some steps at 12 months and now at 13 months he's doing a lot more, but still prefers crawling when he's in a hurry to snatch something from brother. Is it bad that he's already NOT sharing?? We went over to Hollis' house this weekend and he was a BIG BULLY!! Parker played much better with Hollis than Mitchell, probably b/c Parker's used to having Mitchell take things from him all the time! We're working on Mitchell's bulliness. Parker is crawling all over the place!! They have recently discovered each other and they crack each other up...it's very sweet!! They got this tunnel thing for Christmas and have had a ball chasing each other through it. They are currently trying to transition to 1 nap a day b/c they started only sleeping 20-30 mins. in the afternoon. This has become quite the challenge, though, as they are zombies by 10:30. They love chasing after anything that rolls including: balls, water bottles, canned veggies, trucks and riding toys. They also conquered drinking out of a straw. Their favorite time of day is still bath time. They love splashing, standing up and plopping down, putting their hands under the faucet, reading their bath book "Spot Goes Splash", and playing with all their bath toys!! They still are NOT sleeping through the night every night. Last night, for example, Parker was up at 12:30 a.m., 3:40 a.m., and 5:45 a.m. and that is getting REALLY old!! Since they share a room whenever I hear one of them, i run up there asap so they won't wake up the other one. I know i know, I need to just turn off the monitor and let them duke it out, but for some reason, I am paranoid that if I do that, they will somehow jump out of their crib and get hurt and I would never know~isn't that ridiculous?? Anyways...my sweet babies are getting so BIG and it's very hard to believe hot fast they grow up!!

"Mommy Diaries"

Well, life with two 1 year olds is quite entertaining to say the least...the other night we (mainly mommy) were anxiously awaiting daddy's arrival from work. Once he walked in the door the boys took off after him (quite cute!!). Anyways, daddy said, "ewwww, somebody pooped..." and I thought, "ahhh, perfect timing!!" So, I am in the kitchen making dinner, when all of the sudden I hear a scream, "HELP!!! Mitchell pooped without a diaper!!". I came running to see what happened and I didn't see any poop!! Kyle said, "Julie, look it fell out on the floor." I got so tickled I could hardly help!! Mitchell had on a one piece fleece outfit and his diaper had somehow fallen down his leg. Apparently, that fleece on his hynie felt cozy enough to POOP on!! And, on a side note...our children ALWAYS twist and turn when changing a diaper so you can imagine how much fun that is. So, I grabbed Mitchell's legs and kyle turned to clean up the mess only to notice Parker had something in his mouth...he immediately did the finger swoop and unfortunately he pulled out poop. I was in disbelief when he showed me. I totally thought he found a lima bean on the floor until kyle said, "Julie, smell it...it's poop!! Should we take him to the doctor?? He could get ecoli??" I couldn't help but continue to laugh!! I told him that he's probably not the first kid to eat poop, however he could be the first kid to eat his brother's poop, though. Ha ha!! Had I been alone during this fiasco, I'm sure I would have a much different attitude!! We did eventually get them both cleaned up and we haven't noticed Parker being sick from it, so that's good too!! Boy were our lives BORING before Mitchell & Parker!!

Our 1st Birthday Bash...

Mitchell, Parker, and Uncle Jim all share the same birthday, December 3rd. We had a really fun party for them with our family at Nona and Dandy's house. The theme was "Praise Baby" which are videos that the boys just LOVE!! "We love all of our presents"~Mitchell & Parker
"Let the party begin"~Mitchell
"I'm ready for that cake"~Parker

Uncle Jim was tickled to be in his birthday hat and he just loved his cake~ha ha!!
"Oh my goodness, where has this yummy cake been all my life??"~Parker
"I'm over it...it's past our bedtime!!"~Mitchell
"Don't we look happy??"~Parker (left) & Mitchell (right)

More Party Pictures...

Uncle Jim's "Dixie Crawlers" Cake
Our Smash Cakes
Our "Praise Baby" Birthday Cake

More Natchez Trace...

Parker
Mommy's attempt at getting a picture with her babies~ha ha!!
Mitchell
Parker (left) & Mitchell (right)

Natchez Trace...

Dandy & Parker
Cole, Nona, Mitchell & Parker
Nona, Mitchell, Cole, Parker & Dandy
Nona, Cole, Mitchell, Dandy & Parker

We went out to Natchez Trace yesterday with Nona, Dandy, & Cole to try to get a good picture for them to use for their Christmas card. Mom always wanted to send out a picture card for Christmas and every year it was over before she got around to doing it. Now that the grand-babies are around, she really wants to do it, so we'll see what happens. Anyways, this was our attempt at getting some shots with everyone...it was quite the challenge!!