All Better

I think we're finally over the colds! Jared was home sick for almost a week and then Jackson and Jaden both got it within days of each other and that lasted a week. I stayed healthy fortunately. There were a couple nights I didn't get any sleep because Jackson just wanted to be held. Jaden just kind of toughed it out I guess. All in all they were happy babies when they were sick but for a couple weeks I went through about a zillion sanitizing wipes and had to wash their toys several times a day. I'm glad we're back to normal!
Jaden is now able to get things off of tables which is a whole new phase! The boys are interacting more and more which is fun to see especially since their personalities are so different.
Their birthday is coming up in a couple weeks and I can't believe it! I'm SO sad at how quickly they are growing up...BUT I have to say that the fact that I won't be pumping anymore almost makes up for it! :) That's almost 2 hours I'll get back each day - yay!
I've taken a few pictures and videos lately but haven't gotten them off my camera....maybe tonight?

The boys are really moving now. I haven't had to get any regular gates but I did get a really long one good for blocking things or I can make it into a little "pen" in case I need to make lunch or something. They boys LOVE the wood floor. They go right over to it and bang their toys on it. With a large living room to play in they hover around the edge of the wood floor! Jackson still isn't crawling but I'm wondering if he won't bother since he gets around so well. Here's a video of his army crawl. Notice at the end Jaden's new pose - he likes to be upside down and get a new view on the world....

Jaden has a new dance move. It makes me laugh....

Here's a view of Jaden's "new face" Jackson has been making this same face for about a month now when he's happy. Jaden uses it when he's both happy and sad. I wonder if he picked it up from Jackson....

Here the boys are looking out the window together...

Here is Jaden very sleepy....

Growing Up

The boys are growing so fast and I can't even believe it's been almost a year! here's some of what they've been up to.... Jaden is crawling everywhere and has successfully pulled himself up to his knees. he can also get into a sitting position all on his own. He can "dance" on command (no music or demonstration needed!) Sometimes if he hears music he will spontaneously start dancing. He can say "mama" "bob" (our dog), I THINK he said "dada" today so we're really close on that and he's starting to learn his l's and n's. He likes to smile when he sees people having a good time and laughs along if you're laughing. Jackson has turned into a very happy boy. He has a goofy 1 second grin that he'll flash often for no apparent reason. He doesn't say any words yet but has gotten much more vocal than he once was. Jackson is uninterested in crawling so far since he's very successfully figured out how to push himself around with his feet. Jackson loves the worship at church. During the fast songs he grins and waves his arms around in the air. Last week he tried to clap but he couldn't get his hands to meet so he held one hand still and clapped the other hand against it grinning the whole time! When we're at home he'll sometimes try to clap if I ask him to. Both boys can wave and Jaden is just starting to do it on his own when you're leaving and say "bye bye". They are interacting a little more now which is fun to see and both LOVE our pets and try to touch them, smile at them, talk to them, and feed them cheerios. They both think peekaboo in any form is hillarious.
Here's a video of Jaden "dancing" (pardon Jackson's crying in the background)

Here's a picture of Jaden pulling himself up on the window (the video didn't work for some reason)...

Jaden crawled over to talk with Jackson while he was in his jumper and it was super cute. Most of the noise you hear is coming from Jackson....
I put Jaden in the pack and play while doing laundry otherwise he crawls over and unfolds all the laundry. Before I took him out today Jackson decided to scoot over to talk with Jaden....

Christmas '07

We had a nice Christmas, especially since it was the boys first! My parents were in town and then on Christmas day Jared's entire family, including his uncle joined us for the entire day.
The boys had fun "opening" their gifts and having new things to play with.
On New Years day we put the boys new car seats in (still rear facing - boo!) and were planning on heading a couple hours south to pick something up. Rear facing carseats that go beyond being an infant are quite large and take up the whole back seat of our car PLUS the front seats have to be pulled up so far that Jared's knees are in the dashboard. Fortunately they can flip around in a couple months and it will be much better - I can't wait. Anyway, the carseats look quite comfy to me, but the boys have to sit up so much straighter in them. I don't think they mind too much (though it doesn't look very comfortable) except when they are trying to sleep. It doesn't work too well. I guess they'll just have to get used to it. Now when we go to a store we have to unstrap them from their seat and buckle them into the stroller. This is much more time consuming than just snapping their car seat in and out. Lots to get used to! After making a stop about half way down things were getting so ridiculous we just came home. I think we should have chosen a shorter outing as first time out in the new seats! :)
The other day Jaden decided to crawl over to me to get something from my lap. it was his first time and completely surprised me (though we knew it was coming). He's getting better at it and I'll be chasing him before too long.
Here's some Christmas pictures and a video of Jaden crawling a little!
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