No intervention required...

The boys were obviously happy to be home and back to sleeping in their own beds.  They went to bed without a peep and they did not wake up until 7:30 this morning.  I was so tired and in need of a good night's sleep and they happily came to my rescue!  I did not even roll over until 6:00 this morning and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the clock.  Hopefully this means that there might not be a need for baby boot camp... but only time will tell...

There's truly no place like home...

We decided to make the trip to my in-laws yesterday since we were all feeling better.  The boys were in great spirits despite the colds and I knew my mother-in-law really wanted us there.  So, we packed up early Sunday morning and headed down.  The drive there wasn't fantastic since the boys just didn't want to be stuck in the car seats.  But we made it there with minimal tears.

We had a great meal with Steve's parents as well as his sister, her husband and three of our beautiful and wonderful nieces!  They were so great with the boys and entertained them so much that they went down for their nap almost an hour late and the boys did not want to sleep because they did not want to miss out.  I do not know how long they slept, but they almost made it to their normal bed time. Sadly, I was too busy enjoying watching them play that I forgot to snap some pictures of the boys with the girls...

Sadly, the boys do not sleep well when they are not in their own beds and at home.  It is our reality right now and I have to accept it.  However, it makes overnight visits really hard and both mine and Steve's parents are just a little too far for a one day visit.  So, for the time being, these trips will have to be limited... for my own sanity.  Zachary was awake for over two hours in the middle of the night and Nicolas was awake and ready to start the day at 5:30 this morning...

The only good thing is that they were so tired this morning on our way home that they both slept, just long enough that it allowed us to drive straight home without stopping.  And not too long that they didn't take a good nap this afternoon.  Steve and I both took a nap this afternoon too.

Here are some pictures taken from the front window at Grandma and Garndpa's:

Zachary and Nicolas (excuse Nicolas' runny nose!):

Having sick babies sucks!

Both of the boys (as well as myself) are now sick.  Nothing to major, just runny noses and low grade fevers from time to time.  I  feel so badly that they are sick and that there is little I can do to make them feel better.  Last night I got little to no sleep because Zachary was up almost every hour (starting about an hour after we put him to bed).  He is so congested and since my boys love their pacifiers, he has trouble breathing throughout the night. 

I am not opposed to picking him up and helping him regain his ability to breathe through his nose.  But the problem is that it takes him about an hour before he needs the same help.  Steve thinks we should just let him cry until he falls back to sleep on his own.  My biggest problem with that is it just makes his congestion worse and he is then awake again sooner.  I also know that they are too young to understand that they have a cold and that's why they are feeling so crappy.  I also want them to know that we are there to take care of them and make them feel better.

I know that we will need to have another session of baby boot camp after the colds are over.  But that only lasts a few days (usually by the third night they are back to sleeping through).  I am just torn as to what to do...

Also, these colds probably means that we will have to miss Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa's.  I don't want to be spreading this cold around.  Since Grandma and Grandpa are in the midst of getting over a cold they got from my nephew last weekend, I think the decent thing to do is stay away.  We were only planning on heading down for the day on Sunday, so it will be a last minute decision.

Caught in the rain

As we were about to leave the grocery store today, I glanced out the windows and noticed that it was raining - HARD!  There was even some hail coming down.  So we waited for a few minutes, long enough for me to realize that we would stay there for a very long time waiting for it to stop.  So, when it died down a little, we made a run for it.

As I was running towards the car, the look on the boys' faces was priceless.  They were having a blast!  They were getting soaking wet and loving every second of it.  They were laughing so much that other people, who wrtr also trying to get to their cars, were stopping to look at us.  By the time I got them in the car, we were all soaked.

When we got home, I let them out of the car to walk into the house on their own.  They were splashing around in all the puddles in the driveway.  Not like it mattered since they couldn't get much more wet than they already were.

Here are some pics of them I snapped when we finally got into the dry house:

Zachary:

Nicolas:

Viva La Vida

A few afternoons ago the song "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay came on the radio and the boys just both started to dance. It was so cute and funny. Luckily, I was already filming them so I was able to catch it without them altering their behavior. Here it is... check out Zachary in the background at the beginning of the video. It just cracks me up how he dances...

Working from home

Steve worked from home while the boys were napping this weekend. But as soon as they were up, the work had to stop. Here is the reason why...





I don't know how anyone would be able to be productive and get work done with two little guys running around...

Me and my boys...

I don't post many pictures of myself since I am generally the one taking all the pictures. But Steve took this one the other night while I was reading to the boys and I thought it was cute...