October 2009 Pics

Nolan was so cute sitting on the couch with Daddy.

Me and my lil' punkins

Daddy, Nolan, Aunt Steph, Colvin, and Uncle Jeff at the pumpkin patch.

Nolan

Colvin

Colvin likes to hang out with this orange bowl on his head.

The boys like to take rides on our backs and stomachs when we are trying to do floor exercises.

I think Nolan is trying to do a pushup too.

Colvin says, "Come on, Dad, you can do 10 more pushups!"

Colvin getting a ride while Dad does pushups.

Colvin

Nolan thought Mark's pushups needed to be a little tougher so he added 32 pounds or so.

Nolan

Mark and Nolan in his Giraffe costume.

Colvin in a Zebra costume that we took back and traded for an elephant.

Colvin and Nolan

Nolan - when I first put these costumes on the boys I laughed so hard I got hysterical and nearly peed my pants.

Sunday bike ride to the park. Colvin was doing a safety inspection.

Mark and Nolan

Nolan

Nolan playing in the park.

Colvin and Nolan. Colvin was mostly interested in playing in the woodchips. It made me think how much he would have loved visiting the saw mill where my Uncle Dave Fiscus worked back in Indiana when I was a little kid. They lived out in the woods and I loved going to visit.

Peek-a-boo.

Colvin working on his pile of woodchips.

Nolan and Mark

Colvin and Nolan LOVE to swing.

September pics

Colvin got some new gloves for a camping trip we were planning (didn't get to go since both boys ended up with colds) and he didn't want to take them off. I think he actually wore them until the next morning.

Game Day

Touchdown!

Those spots are a giant herd of elk around Mormon Lake. My parents watched the boys overnight so Mark and I could take a couple days off and drive up north.

Mormon Lake with the storm that we went through in the background.

Hail!

This was an incredible hail storm outside of Strawberry. The temp dropped to 42 degrees. It was awesome.

Soup please.

I found Nolan sitting in his old jumper one day. I guess he found a new way to play in it.

Colvin poking out his tummy and riding backwards.

This was from our trip. This is up near Flagstaff. I don't know why the pics are so scrambled. I need a blogging lesson.

Also on our trip. We drove down through Sedona and up Schnebly Hill on our way back up to Flagstaff.

I can't believe it's been a month since I've posted anything. I'm such a slacker. It's been really busy around here. The boys have had one fever or cold after another which has meant that they aren't sleeping well. It's been no fun around here. Now Mark has a cold too. I've managed to avoid the sickness so far. We also joined a gym so extra time is going towards workouts. Maybe one of these days we'll post some before and after pictures. :) Today was the first day that I finally felt like the boys were back to themselves. It was wonderful to have them back. Colvin is still having bad allergies, but the allergist has me giving him some extra medication. We'll see if it helps. I hate having to give him meds but he has been really miserable. His nose runs all the time and he is constantly scratching at his eyes and nose. His eyes are black and sunken in and all scratched up. Poor thing.
It's finally cooling off around here so we can get out for more walks with the boys. They love to go for rides in their wagon, although Colvin wanted a ride on my shoulders tonight. He rubbed his hands in my hair the whole time so it was really huge by the time we got home. Well, I think I'm going to log off for tonight so I can wake Mark up off the floor and get him to bed. I'll try to post some pictures in the next couple days. I hardly even took any this month. :(

Little Things I don't Want to Forget

This morning my little Colie Olie woke up at 2:30am and never went back to sleep until naptime at 10:30. We ended up just sitting on the floor watching TV all the wee hours of the morning. For a while he was playing with my hair and eventually stole the hair band from my hair. After he played with it for a while he came back over to me and put it back on top of my head. It kept falling off and he kept putting it back on. It was so cute.

Later, after their naps and while they were having a pb&j sandwich, the three of us starting running in place. That's something Nolan has been doing for a while but Colvin just figured it out.

Nolan was watching a cartoon with the cookie monster and it made him crack up. I love those giggles.

We've been trying to teach the boys the names of some of their body parts but I hadn't done any of that today. Colvin just walked into the room with his finger in his belly button and, out of the blue, said belly button for the first time. Too cute.

They are playing together in the other room and I don't know what's so funny but they are both just giggling like crazy.