Standing up...

Zachary and Nicolas are enjoying the freedom of standing up and are wanting to do it all the time. Zachary has figured out how to get himself from either a sitting position or a crawling one to a stand. Nicolas still needs help getting up, but it won't be long before he learns to do it himself.

So, now I am finding them standing everywhere they can. Zachary especially loves looking into Nicolas' crib while standing at the end of his. This is so cute! Nicolas wants to stand to look at his brother but since he still needs our help, it's not as spontaneous.

Here is a video I took of the boys this morning. They are standing by the chairs that are closing in their play room. We have not put up a gate yet but it is coming...

Nicolas thinks it's funny (for some weird unknown reason) to make this hyperventilating noise which you see him doing in the video. I have no idea where it came from...

Here is just one of them "talking" to one another...

Fun in the tub!!

Zachary and Nicolas were given these great Fisher Price bath toys by their Auntie Mel. They absolutely love them! Bath time has never been a struggle and now the only struggle we have is getting them out of the tub! They enjoy being in the water and playing with all the toys. I just hope that they will enjoy the pool as much this summer.

Zachary:

Nicolas:

Showing off our teeth while being cute!

These are just some random pictures I took yesterday that showed off both teeth on Zachary and Nicolas. They are also just two very cute pictures...(keep in mind that I am completely impartial!)


Zachary:



Nicolas:

The Chaos....

We built the boys a play area in our basement which is right next to our living space (ie. where we watch TV). We made sure that everything in the room was theirs and could be played with and /or climbed on. It is a pretty big area and will definitely grow with them.


It makes me laugh how they are always playing in a small little corner of the room together. They have all this open space and yet they choose to be confined to a small corner where they are constantly getting in each other's way. The picture only shows 3/4 of the room but you can see them playing in between the exersaucer and the toy shelving units. The buckets are constantly being pulled out and dumped and the level that can be reached keeps getting higher since Zachary can now pull himself up to a stand...

11 months old!

Zachary and Nicolas are 11 months old today. In one month my babies will be a year old! Where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday that I was pregnant with these little angels that we had yet to meet, and now they are on the verge of celebrating their first birthday!

They have grown a lot in the last 11 months and they are thriving! They learn something new every day and I am sure that walking is going to be one of those new things in the not so distant future. Zachary constantly wants to stand up and is trying to pull himself up... with more or less success. Nicolas seems much less interested but that was also the case with crawling and he ended up doing it first. I think he is letting Zachary do all of the legwork and he will just observe. Once he has it figured out, then he will just do it.

I had the boys weighed today. Here is where we stand at 11 months:

Zachary:

He now weighs 21 pounds 15 ounces (up from 21 pounds 14 ounces on March 3rd, 2009)

Nicolas:

He now weighs 19 pounds 15 oz (up from 19 pounds 8 ounces on March 3rd, 2009)

There is 2 pound difference between the two boys and I think Nicolas is going to now start to catch up to Zachary. It is quite obvious that hey have become mobile since their last weigh in. They have been eating so much more and have put on very little weight...

Out of the house....

We (I am using the royal we...) are refinishing the kitchen. So, the boys and I have been kicked out of the house so that Steve and his brother Dan can do the work. I spent the first few days with my parents and I am now with my in-laws. We are hoping to be able to return tomorrow.

The boys have enjoyed their time with their grandparents but they miss their beds and their Daddy... so do I!

All tied up!

Zachary cut his second tooth a few days ago. So both of the boys now have two teeth. My days of gummy smiles are officially gone...