It's OFFICIAL!!! Noah is walking!

He isn't walking everywhere yet, but BOY is he trying! The new shoes from Stride Rite have definitely been a HUGE hit in this house! They are both standing on their own, which Noah has been doing for awhile, but Nicholas has always been a bit unbalanced..haha. Yesterday, Noah was walking all around the apartment! It was amazing. My mom and sister came over for a visit, so we have eye witnesses to the event! I love to watch him! And it's hysterical that he will pretty much walk anywhere for a "treat". haha. Nick is a big supporter of his brother...always clapping! And if you listen closely, most of the time he makes a noise when he claps that sounds like "YAY!!!" Oh, it is soooo cute! We are hoping Nick will start walking soon too so they can both walk around on their birthday!!

The countdown to ONE begins!!! 13 DAYS!!!

Birthday Party information, and some FUN updates!

Hi everyone!!
I hope you all got your birthday invitations! We are so excited for the boys FIRST birthday, and of course, we really hope to get to spend it with all of you! It should be a great time! We are just way too excited to watch them eat cake for the first time! We have dibs on Noah trying to steal Nick's cake :)

We have had a lot of people ask us for ideas for their birthday gifts, so we made another wish-list registry like we had previously done for Christmas. Instead of Babies R Us, we put a few things on Target wish lists. Just search under any of our names! Other ideas from those would be the Fisher Price laugh and learn kitchen, or if you dig the gift cards we seem to always be frequenting The Childrens Place, Target, Kohls and of course the always lovely Walmart :) If you go the clothes route...they are in 12-18 months in most things!


In Unrelated birthday news..haha... NOAH IS WALKING!!! Well...not full on walking, but as close as he's ever been! This has been an incredibly fun week for us so far watching him start this new adventure!! Melissa, my DZ little sis and the boys godmother, came by to visit us on Monday, and Noah took the most steps he ever has! It was one of the best moments in my life! I'm so proud of my babies....I just can't believe how awesome they are! God blessed us with the BEST babies ever, there's no doubt in my mind about that. I can tell that Nick is jealous of Noah's new way of getting around, and we've noticed him standing up more on his own....so I'm sure it's only a matter of time for him too! He doesn't seem to like Noah getting any more attention than he gets!
A few nights ago when I was home alone with the boys...Noah started to get fussy. I looked right at him and he was looking at me and he said "Mama" a few times....I about started bawling. I'm going to put that moment right up there with him walking. It is so amazing! Now, I'm intensely working on Nick to follow suit :)
Jared and I took the boys to the Castleton Mall today to get sized for their new shoes at Stride Rite. Gammy and I had taken the boys a few months ago for their first pair of real shoes, and they both measured to be a size 4...Nick a medium, and of course, Noah a wide..haha. We went today, and they have grown a FULL size, and the shoe we picked out for them had to be an EXTRA wide for Noah!!! Cracks me up.

That's all my bragging for today!! Just wanted to fill you all in on the past couple days! We really hope to see all of you at the party!!! Woo!!

First birthday party!!

Just thought I'd let everyone know that the boys FIRST birthday is coming up!!! In case you didn't already know :) We will be having their big get together on February 7th!! Details to follow....but just wanted to give you guys a heads up for the date!!!

First post of 2009!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!

I have been meaning to update since Christmas, so sorry that I am a little behind!

I think it's safe to say that the boys had a great first Christmas! The proof is all over my living room floor! I don't think I've even seen this many toys at a daycare! The boys love every single thing they got too...so that's amazing. The Fisher Price Little People are a big hit...but we are noticing that they aren't that great at sharing with each other :) Something we will have to work on I suppose. This past week we took the boys up to Goshen for a quick trip to see Jared's family and came back with another car load of great stuff the boys love.

Things have been super busy here with the holidays. We've been doing lots of wedding planning too, so things are getting done!!! We are planning the boys FIRST birthday party now, so we will let you all know the details soon!!! Can you believe they'll be ONE?! I can't believe it!

So without further ado, here are tons of pictures for you to look at!

Noah with his first Christmas gift!!

In the middle of all the stuff!!!!

The boys and their new Colts footballs!!!!

Our little family at Grandpa and Momo's!

Santa Babies :)

This is how they are all the time now....fighting each other!!

All Nick needed for Christmas was the container of golf balls outside of Hannah's room..He was set.

Starting presents on Christmas morning at Grandpa and Mimi's house!

They loved their GIANT stuffed animals!!! Now...where do we put them?? Haha

Noah passed out on me after presents!!

Noah on his GIANT panda bear from Uncle Jeff and Aunt Tanya

Nick lovin' on his GIANT lion!!

The boys with Jared's neice

Jared's grandparents and the boys