New Things

The boys seem so grown up now!
* Jackson especially is revealing much more how much he understands by his responses to us which is fun to see (though I'm sure he's understood these things for a while.
* Both boys have been terrified of nature. they won't touch it. Just last weekend we got Jackson to sit in the grass. He's still a little nervous. Jaden thinks he might die if he touches a blade of grass. Today we finally got him to sit on a blanket in the yard (he wouldn't do this before either)
* Sometimes when Jaden is walking around Jackson thinks it's funny to push him over. Jaden thinks this is funny too and they both laugh hysterically about it.
* Jaden copies any dog barking he hears. Even if it's on TV or off in the distance.
* Jackson thinks the word bow (I don't' know why or even why it was said in the first place) is the funniest word in the world. He'll laugh and then try to make his mouth into an o but then laugh some more because he can't get his mouth to do it while he's laughing.
* Jaden is always very proud of his sandals
* Jackson would live on fish crackers if I let him
* They are becoming finicky eaters. Lame.
* They are both getting several more teeth. Jackson has at least 11, maybe more. Jaden has at least 8 with at least one or two coming in right now.
* After we say our bedtime prayers Jaden is often heard saying "yen" after we say amen. So cute!
* Jaden does some weird dance (?) moves with his arms and head. I don't really know why but it's pretty funny.
* Sometimes the boys think it's their job to hand feed me my lunch.
* I think Jaden would drink until he floated away if possible.

Jackson is getting better with his walking over the past day or two. I don't' think he really cares about it though so he just takes off without thinking and then falls over shortly after. Jaden likes to practice his walking. He'll walk back and forth across the room studying his every step. here's a picture of him practicing and then some recent pictures.



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More Steps!

Jackson was a little quicker than I anticipated! He's been walking on his knees lately which is really funny. yesterday he took 5 steps! he wasn't as stable as Jaden and doesn't seem as interested in doing it as Jaden did so it might take a little while for him to choose to walk often - we'll see. I couldn't get a good video but this one is still cute. it's a little longer than most videos and the beginning is sideways...but still fun!

Fixed

I fixed the video in yesterday's post so it isn't so wide.

Jaden's First Steps

Ok, these aren't his VERY first steps. But it's within 5 minutes of them! He's been doing the one-step thing for about a week. This afternoon he took 6 steps. then a minute later he took 4. Then I tried to get him to do it for this short video. Excuse my breathlessness. I ran and got the camera and then had to keep scooting back while recording :)

(By the way, I found a great free software program you can download that will rotate your video if you forget and use you digital camera sideways...it's called Video Flip and Rotate)

Mother's Day

This is a late post! I had a great Mother's Day weekend. Jared was home some on Friday so I had a little break :) He got me a crepe maker and made me crepes Saturday and Sunday morning. YUMMMM!!!! (Special thanks to Dave Kaplin for searching high and low for a coupon! :)) Saturday we had strawberry crepes and on Sunday we added nutella....SOOOOO good. Sunday was relaxing and we went to eat for dinner at Jake's grill - also yummy! I felt very loved! :)

Passing Time

I haven't posted a blog about our trip with pictures. I haven't had time and I don't have alot of time now.....but..... I finally got the pictures uploaded so here they are.....
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The trip was good and I'm glad we made it. It was a little exhausting keeping up with the boys especially since they had a hard time adjusting to the time change, but overall they did well. We were all sick the last several days and I missed out on seeing some people I really wanted to.... but I still got to visit with some people and had a great time!
The boys and I are STILL sick but I think we're reaching the end.
They each grew 2 new teeth while in NC so that made things interesting :)
The trip home was AWFUL! Dad and I (Dad especially) were both sick, we had a 4 hour layover, and the boys (Jackson especially) wouldn't sleep and had TONS of energy. We felt like we weren't going to survive, but we did of course :)
Glad to be home and getting back into the routine!