Cute boys

Most Popular sayings

Caleb has a few popular sayings lately. Here they are.
TJ did it!
TJ's done!
What are you doing?
What happened?
Mommy likes that.
Daddy likes that.
May I be excused?
Me's turn.
It's your turn mamma.
Me's like that.

Some of TJ's favorite sayings are.
Mamma
Dada
And dada
stop

Outside boys

This week we have had some great spring weather...but as my mom said our weather might feel like Florida's right now, but we'll still get another frost before spring really hits. That's okay...we have enjoyed the warmth and playing outside big time. We had some great times playing with our neighbors again. The boys are so used to the warm weather that every morning after breakfast, they put their shoes on and are ready to go out. TJ even gets his shoes and goes to our back sliding glass door just waiting for it to open! They are 100% boy! It is fun to see them explore!

The Zoo

It is finals week for Kevin, but he finished all his finals so he had an extra week off this week. Next week, is his spring break and his parents are coming to visit. So, on Tuesday we went to the zoo. It was a first family trip to the zoo. We had a great time. The boys loved the animals especially the monkeys, gorillas, and the aquarium. The boys could have watched the fish all day long. It was a very nice zoo. We had checked the weather for the week and found out Tuesday was going to be sunny and high of 65. Perfect spring weather. So, we loaded up the van and headed on our journey.

Pajama boys

Grandma Fagley bought matching pajamas for the boys so we had a photo shoot before bed the other night. Thankfully, Caleb's pajamas will fit him for a few more months before they are passed onto TJ. Its very nice having the boys birthdays so close together...TJ can wear all of Caleb's old clothes. What a blessing!

Doctors

On Friday, we took both boys to the doctors. Thankfully, neither one of them is sick...but, Caleb went to the dentist for the first time and TJ had to get blood drawn for anemia and lead levels and he needed his 1 year shots.

Well, Caleb did great at the dentist...we prepared him to see the tooth doctor (thanks, Adrienne for that name) and told him to say AHH. So, we practiced opening big and wide and that really helped. He seems to have good teeth so far. Yay!

While Kevin took Caleb to the dentist. I took TJ to get blood drawn and the shots. TJ was such a champ about getting blood taken. He didn't make a peep at all and they did it just like they do us adults...not just a little prick. The blood flow had slowed down and they were trying to get more so I watched a little bit. Not a good idea at all for me...I'm a huge wimp when it comes to giving blood. So, all of a sudden I started getting whoozy and the techs were like "Mam, are you okay. Do you need anything?" I said...I think I'll be allright. Yeah, my one year old boy is getting blood taken out of HIM AND I am the one almost passing out. : ) If you know me, you'd believe it. I've been known to pass out.

Anyways, thankfully no one passed out and TJ was also a champ at getting his 4 shots the same day! As a reward for both boys, we went to the playground for a little bit before going home.

TJ's haircut

This is after the haircut...much more big boy like!! My little baby is getting so big.

TJ

This is before the haircut....he took his pants off after church and we just didn't put them back on him before naptime. This is also a picture of him when he learned to walk...now he is cruising around everywhere.

TJ finally got his first haircut last week. I made Kevin wait till he turned 1. I don't know but I have this weird thing that my boys can't get their haircut till they turn 1...so, for a few months people thought TJ was a girl. He didn't look like a girl...I thought, but you know. Anyways, here are some pics of before the haircut and after the haircut. Enjoy!

Neighbors

I am ever so thankful for the neighbors that the Lord has given us here. Mike, Betsy, and Andrew have been such wonderful friends for us. They have let us borrow a number of things to help with the house...like glue for our fence which came apart a little when we had a huge wind storm and like carpet cleaner to help clean up all the sick messes we had the other week. They also were so awesome because they took care of the boys when I got really sick the other week...I got the bad stomach flu that has apparently been going around...anyways, they took care of the boys for us for a few hours and that was so nice especially because then Mike got the same thing a few days later.

Their little boy, Andrew is 18 months old so he is pretty much between the ages of Caleb and TJ. So, its perfect to play with him...it is such a huge blessing. It is so nice to just walk next door and have other toys to play with and a friend to play with. We have also been able to play outside this week with Andrew also. It really makes the time fly by when you have a friend to play and talk with...for the mommies also! : )

God has been so good in providing this house for us and has given us great neighbors. We are so thankful...we are praying now for our next house and our next move. We could use your prayers also for a house that is good for us and some nice neighbors to play with. We move this summer...and we don't know where yet either...but, its always good to start praying ahead of time.

TJ is one

TJ turned one years old this weekend! I really can not believe he is already 1. He was only 7 weeks old when we moved from Germany back to the states and now he is walking and trying to keep up with his brother. Now that he is walking he uses Caleb to help him stand so he can get walking...and it has turned into a fun game that they enjoy playing. Pretty much TJ uses Caleb to balance and ends up tackling Caleb. They laugh and do it over again. I didn't think they would start tackling at such a young age, but they are full up boys. They even did this rough housing at nursery at church the other day...we'll see how long they are allowed to do it at church. : )

TJ also says mama and dada and will repeat the beginning of a few words. He is definitely not my little baby anymore...its sad, but exciting at the same time. I miss my little baby, but I enjoy watching him grow too. He is still very much my cuddler and hugs and kisses boy! So that is nice! TJ also loves to play in their wagon and have Caleb pull him around. He only eats food that he can feed himself...he is way done with being fed.

We had our neighbors over to help us celebrate TJ's birthday last night. I made apple cake and we had ice cream also. TJ seemed to like the cake pretty well and Caleb had 3 helpings of ice cream! We opened presents from family members and the boys enjoyed that also. TJ got some instruments from my parents and a fun pull duck from Tommy and Jenny. They all enjoyed playing with the new toys. The first thing Caleb said when he woke up this morning was "Andrew, TJ"....Andrew is our neighbor next door. I asked Caleb if he enjoyed the party last night...he did! And so did TJ!!!