Monday, January 26, 2009

Eleven Months Old and Flying High

We have officially survived eleven months! Owen and Bordy were eleven months old yesterday. We spent their birthday weekend in San Diego. So much fun! This was their first plane ride and they did great! Living in Midland, it's a little bit harder to get to your destination. We are extremely lucky to have a nice airport here, but there are few direct flights. We had two stops on the way to San Diego but luckily only one was a plane change stop. Cry me a river, right? It is nice to have that first time under our belt and we now know we can fly with two babies. I'll do a picture recap of our weekend...

Brody started off with Mom and Dad. He looks like a big boy!
Owen was very curious about everything!

When we were on the ground in Phoenix, waiting for other passengers, Owen made sure the ground crew was doing their job. He was glued to that window!

Dad took Owen down to the water. It was cold!

Pa Doss...I think he's pretty proud!

Brody catching a ride with Pa Doss. That's our hotel, Hotel Del Coronado, in the background.

Sweet boys. Brody jumped right in. Owen was a little more hesitant on the sand. Needless to say, they were covered in sand.

Owen's army crawl came in handy while "storming" the beach.

Check out those curls. The humidity did wonders for our hair. You should have seen Mom!

Our little fam hanging out with the ape momma and baby.

Brody is truly my child. For those of you who don't know...I'm not what you would call a bird-lover!

WOW! The zoo is so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!

The giant Pandas were beautiful. The exhibit was neat because they were not behind glass and pretty close to us.

Owen had an amazing love affair with any spoon he could find this weekend.


A chilly day at the beach.

The humidity even got to Brody!

Our new umbrella strollers were very handy as transportation and entertainment.

Here are the boys' prison beds. The pic doesn't do them justice. When we walked in it looked like a sad orphanage. Luckily Mom brought fab sheets and blankets from home.

We are so sad to leave!
If you're a follower of our blog, you know I have been caught without the necessities for the boys on a number of ocassions. I have gotten much better and I'm usually over-prepared. Well...we are flying from San Diego to Phoenix yesterday and Brody is in my lap, facing me, asleep. He stirs briefly and then dozes off, but not before a little bathroom break. All the sudden my lap is warm and wet. That's right. Brody has wet us both. I have extra jeans...for him...not me. He managed to wet my pants just as if I had. Lovely. Guess I need to pack extra for all of us. No!, Phoenix airport friends, I did not wet my pants!
At eleven months we are loving life. Owen has finally decided he can crawl (I think I might have a stubborn child on my hands.) and Brody is a speed demon when it comes to crawling. We eat well. Owen doesn't like chunks in his food. He's not a fan of the Stage 3 foods. We are sleeping go for the most part. Every now and then someone has a bad night and needs some one on one time with Mom and Dad. Patty Cake really gets us reved up. We have loved the warm weather and our long walks. We are getting very brave and sometimes let go when we're standing. Owen has two top and two bottom teeth with a new top one barely peeking. Brody has two bottom, three top, and another peeking. Our locks are growing long and blond and we're not cutting it. Baths are still wonderful. Momma and Dadda are our favorite words, with Momma a clear second. We are looking forward to our first birthday next month. We're going to live it up this last month before we're all grown up!


Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The Price is Right!

I had to post these pictures. The boys have a strange fascination with The Price is Right. I always watched Regis and Kelly at 9:00 during the boys morning feeding. I guess they fell in love with the Price is Right because it comes on after Regis and I never changed the channel. It is so funny! They will be playing and time just stops as soon as that wheel spins or they heard cheering (they think the audience is cheering for them). I was feeding Brody one day and he was starting to doze off, when....beep beep beep...those eyes popped open and he was checkin out the game. We have started to DVR the Price is Right so we have it on standby if the boys need a fix. After our bath Todd had it on while I was getting the bottles ready, they were totally into their kitchen, chatting away, and then...beep beep beep

so exciting!

Cannot look away....

Monday, January 19, 2009

Slug Babies

I am raising slug babies. Let me explain...we are in the midst of the runniest noses of the century. It started with B-boy, and you can only imagine how well he handled it. (My sweet little daredevil does not handle uncomfortable stuff well.) Then he gave it to me Saturday night, Brother started running yesterday and Dad joined us last night. I digress, THERE IS SNOT ALL OVER MY HOUSE. I first noticed the slime trail on the ottoman, then the couch, of course all over me, on toys, on strollers, on car seats...you get the point. I find myself grabbing anything to wipe the slime from their sweet little faces. I started out with boogie wipes, but now I go for whatever is somewhat soft, most of the time it's my shirt. Yes, I'm that mom.

To go a different direction...Todd's cousin and his wife have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of their first child. Chelsea was due mid-March. She woke up this morning not feeling well and went to see her doctor. Her blood pressure was extremely high and they could not get it to go down. The doctor decided it was in everyone's best interest to take the baby today. Chelsea had to be put under for the delivery. We are excited to welcome Cambree into the world. Happy Birthday Sweet Girl. She weighed 4 pounds 2 ounces and was 17.5 inches long. She has fluid in her lungs and is in the NICU. Mom is doing well and I'm sorry I don't have many details. Please pray for them and this sweet little girl. I will keep everyone posted.

I wanted to share some of the pics I took today in my attempt to capture the perfect picture for the regis and kelly baby contest. Look out America. Owen and Brody are pretty stinkin' cute!

good possibility

kinda cute

not a chance (this is what my sweet Owen does when I hold up the camera. Can't wait for those 1 year pictures!)

Brody's lookin pretty cute. (do I enter them as one or separate so I have two chances to win? ha!)




Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Cooking Rogers Style

Todd and I were cooking dinner tonight and dodging walkers when we realized this is an odd way to cook. The boys love to circle the island and they do not miss trying to open a cabinet or drawer. Needless to say...I have the duty of installing safety latches tomorrow. When Owen started pulling out utensils tonight, that chore jumped to the top of my list.

I have to give props to my "Eating for Life" cookbook. Todd and I love love everything we have made out of it. The recipes are for normal, great tasting meals, they just use lean meat and lots of veggies. We don't follow the author's meal plans, we just like the recipes. If you're looking for some new ideas for dinner and so you can stick to those New Years resolutions, I highly recommend it.

Look out Ladies! I could not resist posting this pic. Can you believe those curls? Owen is a rock star! He was screaming because Brody got his bottle first and we could not take him seriously with this do!

Monday, January 12, 2009

No Shame

where were you one year ago today?



Can you believe someone's skin can stretch like this? Can you believe Owen and Brody are in there? Can you believe I'm only 30 weeks. I couldn't resist posting this pic. We had just taken my weekly growth pic and Todd snapped this lovely photo. This goofy snap shot makes me think of so much. I cannot believe a year ago how different my life was. I didn't know I could love the boys as much as I do, or how fun it is to just watch them sleep, play, investigate or just do whatever it is they are into at that moment. We are truely blessed with our two beautiful, healthy boys. Our friends Emily and Will are days away from welcoming twins into the world and I was looking back at how far we've come in one year. Good Luck Osborne Family, you are in our thoughts and prayers. We cannot wait to meet you new additions.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Let the games begin!

We have enter a whole new arena of activity at the Rogers House. I was trying to check my email this morning and the boys were grabbing for my computer. I kept pushing it further away from the edge of the ottoman, thinking I was safe...

I was working away and then a little hand crept over the top of the screen. If I can hear the boys, I know they're okay. I wasn't exactly watching them and this is what happens.

Here's an view of the whole screen. As you can see, Owen gave up and decided to hang out at his music table. NOT BRODY! After this, I ran upstairs to grab a sheet of paper (I close the fence behind me) and found Brody starting to creep up the stairs. Needless to say, the gates are on their way!

Thank you Brock and Hudson for our star blocks, but the box is really the best part! The guys love to put it on their head and make the other giggle.


Mr. Brody wants out. If he manages to make a getaway this is where he heads. Dreaming of an escape!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Busy Tooth Fairy

The Tooth Fairy must be busy! She is not picking up at our house, of course, but she is certainly delivering. Owen popped out one top center tooth Christmas day (wow, those top teeth are huge! looks like he's smuggling Chiclets!) and the other broke through on New Years. Apparently, Owen likes to coincides tooth appearances with major holidays. Yes, his bottom teeth appeared at Thanksgiving.

I was playing with Brody last week and scooped him up by his feet (yes, mother of the year) as he was dangling and giggling I noticed three teeth creeping in. His top left, the the two on either side of the center ones. (yes, the center right is MIA) Needless to say, I have tried to be forgiving of their whining this week, but I would really appreciate the tooth fairy spreading out her deliveries!

Just because I can handle two babies, don't give me too many teeth. Let's slow down! I will try to take some pics of my baby sharks. Stay tuned.

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****On a very sad note..Our dear friend, Ashley, lost her mother this week. Please pray for her and her family during this extremely hard time.****

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Video Trouble

I had a really cute video of the boys laughing at one another, but for some reason I cannot up load it. If you're interested in viewing it...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnEV6RtMtvI

I am also curious how to do a link on this page. Like when I refer to a friend's blog, all the reader has to do is click on her name and her blog pops up. I would appreciate advise and instruction if anyone can help. I'm sure it's pretty easy and I'm totally missing it.

Oh well, here's some cute pics of the boys...

new ottoman = great storage + awesome teething toy

making his daddy proud!

could we be any cuter? mom is making us practice washing the dishes

Lookin cute in our new sweats

Where'd Brody go?

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Happy Late 30th Birthday!

Happy Late Birthday Vicky! My dear sweet friend turned 30 on New Years Day and I was late with my birthday wishes. I have been trying to scan in some old high school pics and not having any luck! Vicky got lucky because I found some doozies. I was having trouble picking which picture to use because they were quite terrible of me. Vicky and I have been through a lot. We tried out for Highlandettes together at 15, lived together for most of college and made many memories, she was my maid of honor, and she rushed out to Midland to see my boys as soon as they got home. We've come a long way and she has always been there for me. Hope you had a great birthday Vicky! I can't wait to celebrate with you in February!

Vicky is on the left holding Owen. The boys were about a month old.
We love you Vicky!

Friday, January 2, 2009

Happy Birthday Grammie!

Happy Birthday to our favorite Grammie! Thirty never looked so good! Todd's mom celebrated her birthday today and we took her out to dinner. We had a great time and the boys got to try ice cream for the first time. Brody loved it, Owen was happy with the Cheerios.
the boys with the birthday girl

Here's Owen (again, doing his favorite face) with his new riding bull-dozer. We went and exchanged some duplicate gifts and got this nifty ride. We can't ride it yet, but Owen pushes it back and forth so it will light up. Whatever makes him smile!

Daddy does a great Elmo impression! "Elmo loves you, kiss, kiss!" When the boys hear this they smack their lips and try to kiss. Pretty stinkin' cute!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy 2009!

Thought I would start off with a flash-back to one year ago...oh, how our lives have changed!

twenty-seven weeks pregnant and ringing in the New Year in Honolulu

This man is now the father of two!


Hope everyone had a Happy New Year's Eve and New Years Day! We rang in the new year with some friends and had a great time and got to spend the whole day today hanging out with the boys. They were extremely excited about 2009! It's going to be a big year for us, I can just feel it!

This is the latest piece of furniture I have added to the house. The gate is not pretty but very necessary as the boys are into EVERYTHING! It's kinda Ultimate-fighter-ish.

Could this shirt be any more true?

Owen had was more into the school spirit today.

This is our new kitchen Uncle Scott and Pilar got us for Christmas. Dad put it together today and we absolutely love it. It dings and beeps and opens and shuts, so fun!

We ate our black-eyed peas for new years. Todd and I feel very strongly about this tradition and felt the boys should start from a young age. They actually loved them.

Brody has taken to pulling his hair during meal time. This is the result. Lovely?!

Owen is showing off those new teeth and this is his favorite new face to make. Again, lovely?!





The boys are doing so much these days, I can hardly keep up. That is why I have been so bad about posting. I'll give a quick update of our achievements.

OWEN

  • Got his top right tooth on Christmas day and the other just peeked through today. I was kinda shocked at how large they were.
  • We are still doing the army-crawl/drag-your-limp-body move, but at high rates of speed
  • waving, right had only
  • trying to pull up
  • he has become fascinated with bouncing a ball on the tile so he can hear it click

BRODY

  • the top right tooth popped out New Year's Eve
  • loves to clap
  • climbing the stairs (mom is not happy)
  • waving. He has not been waving or even attempting. While we were in Dallas, my parents friends stopped by to see all the boys. Dave waved bye to Brody and we said, "Oh, we're not waving yet" and out of no where, our little man waved! Who knew?
  • favorite new word: daa-dee (translate "daddy")
BOTH OF US
  • eating everything in site. I have started buying baby food by the case.
  • laughing at one another. this is the cutest thing. One just starts laughing and gets the other going.
  • going to bed at 8:30 and sleeping till around 8:00
  • trying sippy cups
  • walking in our walkers
  • chatting
  • quite the dancers
  • INTO EVERYTHING, EVERYWHERE