Who needs Snow

I decided to try and get a little backing done, and thought this would be a good way to occupy the boys. Yeah, I gave them cups of flower to play with. One cup was not enough, once it was all over the floor they wanted more. It did occupy them, but ended up meaning a lot more work for me. Oh well, they had fun.


Notice Andrew's pants, they used to be black.


Luckily Nana came over at just the right time and helped us get cleaned up.

Santa

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Baby c Belly Bump

Well we are 6 weeks away from meeting our third little one. I can't believe I will soon have three little ones crawling all over me. I am so excited to meet this little boy or girl, and I am also overwhelmed with the idea of still having time with my boys. They light up my life and make me smile all the time. We are really enjoying there talking, nonsense jabber stage. They get more and more personality all the time.

We were lucky enough to do an amazing photo shoot with an old friend. She is great at capturing family and maternity. I love working with her. She is amazingly creating and patient working with two not so cooperative boys. Here are a few (actually a lot) of our maternity shots. I have so many favorites I had to post a ton. I will post some of our family shots soon.














This last one is our favorite.

So these were at 29 weeks. Obviously we are both much bigger now. I will try to get updated belly shots soon.

Here are some of the highlights from the boys first trip to a Zoo. It was a cold day but we all had a ton of fun. Be warned, it is a lot of pictures, Sorry.


*Meercat was the fist animal that caught their attention. They liked watching it dig and hide in the dirt.

Andrew, our tough guy explored the Aviary on his own and didn't mind the birds all around him.

Nathan on the other hand was chased by a little by a bird and wast not feeling quite so brave. Mommy kept asking him if he wanted to see the birds. "No! Bye-Bye!" was his answer every time, as he pointed to the door.


Nathan was very excited about feeding the Giraffes. But only Daddy was able to reach them.

Andrew is very impressed and wants Daddy to feed them again.

Nathan tries to get some more food.

The Camel was moaning and groaning. Both boys just stood there staring, not quite sure what he was making so much noise about. I love Nathan's face.

After walking around most of the park we took the boys to the petting zoo.


Nathan running away from a baby goat. I think he knows the goat is after his sweatshirt.


Andrew is a little unsure of all these animals around.
But seemed to enjoy petting this little guy.

However, he quickly reminded Daddy that he is far more interested in the lady with the broom sweeping up the poop. He would have been ecstatic if he could have played with the broom.

Yeah, that is why Nathan knew to run.


Nathan uses Daddy's hands to do things for him. It is far less messy if Daddy feeds the goats. He did not pet the starfish either, he used Daddy's hands to pet them for him. He is one smart kid.


Petting them was fun but it is much easier to feed them through the gate. It keeps us safe from getting mobbed.

Soon the boys were far more interested in playing in the drinking fountain and we decide it was time to head home. We had a ton of fun and are looking forward to taking the boys again in a few months.

Feeding the Ducks

Daddy showing us how to feed the ducks and not fall in the water.

Nathan throwing in full force.

Watching the ducks eat up all our bread.

Take that ducky!

Andrew feeding the ducks, Nathan feeding himself.

My little "Yes" Man and "No" Man

I have been wanting to blog about the boys talking but I could never seem to find the time. Of course now that I have the time, they have changed things up. Oh well. It was still cute so here it goes.

I have a little "Yes" man and a little "No" man with me everywhere I go. Andrew says "yes" to everything. While Nathans first and only response seams to be "no". Both boys understand what we are asking, understand the difference between yes and no, and can communicate them. If Andrew's answer is yes he says"yeth" in a soft cute voice. If his answer is no, he shakes his head. Nathan on the other hand says "no" first to everything you ask in a loud "Collins Voice". Often times he is in the middle of saying "no" when he realizes that he actually wants to say yes and quickly shakes his head to change his mind. We all find ourselves asking Andrew questions all the time just to hear him say yes, because it is so cute. I also find my self asking a ton of questions to Nathan becuase he says no so often it is hard to understand what he wants. He is becoming so independent and has so many things he is trying to comunicate he just does not have the vocabulary to do it yet. He jabbers constantly, and is so serious when he talkes. He has important things he is saying, we just have no idea what they are. We are enjoying watching them learn how to talk. But the jabber is so funny we are going to hate to see it go.

Halloween

My Two Little Builders. Since N&A love tools and enjoy banging on everything I decided to have two little construction workers for Halloween. At first they both hated their tool belts that Nana made them. But I made them stick it out and they soon forgot they had them on. I am sure Nana's tool belts will be a ton of fun in the future when they give it a chance and realize they have a big pocket to carry things in.



We loaded up into the car and visited our first house, Aunt Kelly.


Nathan was all ready to go build things.

We put the boys on the pool table to try and contain them for a few second to get a shot of both of them. This is the only one we got. The jumped right off the table into Daddy's arms.


The loved walking from door to door and pulling their wagon. We brought it along intending for them to ride in it. I should have known better. They both took turns pulling it the whole night.
They boys knew how to knock on the door but at first they didn't understand that we don't go into the house. Several of the houses had dogs, which excited Andrew and then upset him when we had to leave. About half way through our evening the boys understood how to grab candy out of the bowl and put it into their bags. They also learned how to eat the candy with the wrappers on. Nathan was also good at going in for seconds and thirds. This worked especially well when Andrew was busy going after the dogs. It gave Nathan more time to gather the goods. Brad and I took a break and sent the boys out to the last two houses with Papa, Nana, and Babci. Of course they were on their best behavior for them and only took one candy. With everyone at home Nathan and Andrew sat at the front door with Babci hading out candy. This quickly turned into a game of grabbing candy out of the bowl and trying to escape with it while laughing.
After a fun adventure in trick-or-treating the boys were exhausted and sat down to watch a little movie to calm down for bed.


It was a successful second Halloween. Just think, next year there will be 3 of them!