Made with lot of love a long time ago...

My Nanny made me a quilt when I was just a little baby.  Obviously it is something I held on to and cherished but have not had much use for it since then.  She also had the foresight prior to her death to make one for all of her grandchildren's first child.  I have been holding on to that quilt since it was given to me and have waited for the day to be able to pass it on to my first born.  I never expected that she would also give me the gift of twins, and since she did give me that wonderful gift, I will be passing along my quilt at the same time as the other one.

Zachary being my first born, gets the quilt that my grandmother intended for that child.  It is blue which is one of his favorite colors.  Nicolas gets to inherit my quilt which is green... a color that he is drawn to and loves.  It could not have worked better if we had a crystal ball all those years ago and could look into the future.  I have taken a few pictures of the boys' beds with the new quilts.  Hopefully when they sleep they will have beautiful and peaceful dreams while being kept warm with these quilts.  They were made from very loving hands by someone who loved them long before they were born.  My Nanny would have been so proud and happy with her great grandsons.  I wish she were here to see their excitement when I have them their new "blankies"...

Zachary's bed:

Nicolas' bed:

Zachary with his quilt:

I will post this picture once I can get a good one...

Nicolas with his quilt:

 

Zachary sleeping in the middle of the night:

Nicolas sound asleep in the middle of the night:

Knitted Sweaters...

I was given two gorgeous knitted sweaters from Brenda at my baby shower.  The boys finally fit into them and since the weather has turned cooler, they have been able to wear them.  Here are the boys playing outside in them this morning...

Zachary:

Nicolas:

Zachary jumping over the yellow line:

Nicolas enjoying the walk:

Pacifiers...

Anyone out there have an good and useful advice on how to get rid of the boys' pacifiers?  The only use them when they sleep.  It is my next project with the boys and I am just wondering if anything other than cold turkey works well...

Conversation at Dinner

We were all sitting around having dessert after dinner.  Steve starts to cough and Nicolas turns to him and says, "Daddy have some my chocolate milk to feel better."  He slides over his cup of chocolate milk to his Daddy.  After having a few sips, Daddy says, "Thank you Nico".  To which Nicolas replied, "No problem, Daddy!".

I love having conversations with two year-olds.  You never know what they are going to say!

Playing in the rain

It was a gorgeous rainy day.  The rain was coming down very gently and it was reasonably warm.  The boys wanted to play outside with their big cars and I could see no reason why not.  So, we got all dressed up and headed outside...

Pushing their big cars through the puddles:

Zachary:

Nicolas:

Racing:

Life is a Highway....

As most of you already know my boys are obsessed with race cars due to the Disney movie "Cars".  They also love the music in the movie.  They are constantly asking us to sing the "race car song".  What they mean by that is Rascal Flatts version of "Life is a Highway".  So, I got them singing along today...

 

Crazy hair

The boys were having a blast in the tub tonight and so I snapped a few pictures.  They were, for once, actually willing to sit still and smile so I took advantage...

Zachary:

Nicolas:

My little men:

Zachary with crazy hair post washing (and boy does he need a haircut!):

Nicolas with crazy hair post washing (he also needs a haircut but not as badly as his brother!):

A Cute Sleeping picture

This is just a cute picture I took of Nicolas in the middle of the night (which explains the fact that the picture is off center).  He obviously loves his new pillow...

Very, Very Busy...

We have been very busy lately.  Mom-I and Pop-I are now pretty much moved into their new house.  We have been spending a lot of time over there lately trying to get the house ready for them.  The moving truck arrived on Thursday and as of Friday morning we were there to help unpack lots and lots of boxes.  As of today, the house is really coming together and is looking great.  They have cable, a phone connected, a functional bedroom and kitchen now so it is the real deal.

So, that's why we've been missing in action as of lately.  But thankfully the boys have been fabulous during this whole ordeal.  They have been so good and cooperative.  They played nicely at the house while Steve and I worked.  Hard to believe that two two-year-olds could be so wonderful!