And Christmas is Over

Our last Christmas stop was in Michigan. Here the boys are posing with their newest cousin, Cole. He's a fiesty one! Nathan was not in the mood for a photo shoot.

William is sitting in his Poompa's 1979 Firebird Trans Am. It was his first visit with the car. He also got to try out sitting on the hump in the backseat. (Uncle Dustin's favorite spot for cruising)

Nathan loved the rocking cow and I think William could have used a hand check in the top photo. He also has a guilty look on his face.

Aside from the obvious cuteness..

Aside from the obvious cuteness...

Nathan has been standing unassisted, eating any amount of food scrap that he can find under the table, growling when he wants something, tearing stuff up, getting into everything and all of the other usual stuff 10 month olds do.

William loves reading and doing his sticker books. He eats the same 4 foods all of the time. Things come out of his mouth that make me dred the teenage years. He knows everything already. I didn't think that came for several more years.

The matching sweaters and hats were courtesy of grandma Barb. I do love matching clothes.

All I Want For Christmas Is..Man Boobs

Will got the dinosaur he had been begging for. Nathan got the boose he so desperatly needed.

Waking up to a butt load of presents.

Keith's dreams have finally came true. Judging by the amount of guys groping him after he had them on, I'd say their dreams had also come true.

Have A Very Spidey Christmas

My kids do wear clothes the majority of the day. It looks like a Christmas star above their heads. "Follow the star to the nudes" Nathan looks bigger than William. He actually will be pretty soon.

Merry Christmas!

The Christmas Angels

Nathan is on the go, go, go. He is starting to sleep through the night. He will go a few nights in a row and then he will regress and start all over. I would think the kid would be worn out everynight.

William, much to his delight, is learning how to use scissors. We made some Christmas crafts. He is unmoved by the phrase "Santa is watching" which is very disappointing. I wanted the opportunity to hang that over his head for a few weeks. Doesn't care.

Who Needs Teeth?

Things are as usual around here. Nathan is on the go go go. One of his top teeth is through and the other has been giving him a heck of a time the last few days. I got my top 2 wisdom teeth out yesterday. They were the only ones I had (thanks dad), however they were impacted, so Nathans crying isn't getting much sympathy from me. It wasn't so bad.

The Sight of Blood

Took William today for his 3 year check up. He is 33 pounds and 39 1/2 inches. He was so grown up prancing around the Dr.s office in his Incredibles undies answering all of the questions he was asked. Then we found out he had to get his finger poked for an anemia check. He didn't flinch when she did it, but when he saw the blood smear (the size of a pin head) on his finger once I took the bandaid off, you would have thought his finger had been amputated. He didn't cry but he was very put out that there was any amount of blood on his finger. Obviously he hasn't gotten hurt very much.

The Force Will Be With Us For A Long Time

We play this a lot. Santa may be bringing ones that actually light up and make sounds, but don't tell.

Friday night they had their first bath together. It was a splash.

William looked so cute as Frankie Stein on Halloween.

Nathan, The Mindless Animal

One of my co-workers said that having a small baby about in the house is like a mindless animal running around. He has only been pulling himself up for about 3 days and he managed his first facial bruise last night. It is hard because he doesn't grasp the concept of not getting hurt. William doesn't help much either.
I don't know how he gets his little chubby body off the ground!

Game On

Nathan is crawling and pulling himself up.

William isn't changing much, but he can count to 14 (sometimes) and he is really good at being a pest.

Halloween at stoy time. He usually runs around and does his own thing. He sat and listened so well when he was younger, I guess he is to comfortable now.

Trick or Treat, Nathan's First

It was a Trick or Treat hayride sponsered by the Naugles/Littletons. Get it Buzz and the Alien. Nathan enjoyed his first hayride and William enjoyed all of the loot.

Dustin and Tera's Wedding

What a fun day! The bride and groom looked awesome and so did the reception rooms??? William wouldn't cooperate for me to take a picture of him but Nathan looks darn cute in his wedding gear.

Nathan cut his first tooth last week!!

Birthday Parties Rock

Our little preemie is 3.
He got his very own John Deere tractor from Grandma Barb.

He had been asking for a few weeks for a Buzz costume. He looks so cute in it. He will be wearing it for trick or treat.

The "Hippo" game is one of his new birthday favorites.

Nathan is 7 Months

Nathan is finally getting it together during the night. It is great to sleep more than 3 hours at a time. He loves playing in the clothes basket. He is a busy, busy baby. He is very anxious to catch up with his brother. It won't be long.

William The Big Brother

William is napping again! Hallelujuh! A few days out of the week they both even sleep at the same time!!!

He looked so cute sleeping with his Charlie Brown under his arm. He is really asleep, he wasn't posing.

I can't believe how he is growing. He will be three in just over a week. It goes to fast.

Nathan is Part Groundhog

Nathan is always getting himself stuck under beds, couches, tables (any variety), swings, car tires and chairs. He seems to have this need to burrow, but then once he gets where he is going, his groundhog instincts don't kick in. So many weird things happen when you live in the country.

Bad Baby-6 months old

What a cute little devil. Speaking of devil. He was awake and playing mysteriously quiet in his bed the other morning. Here he had managed to pull a shopping bag ( not a flimsy one) partly into his bed that had cardboard reinforcing the handle. He chewed up the cardboard and there were little pieces all over his bed. He is my little deviant. I have made sure to get all objects away from his bed that he could pull inside. Yes, I realize I am very lucky that he only chewed up cardboard.

The boy is constantly getting his arms and/or legs stuck through the rails of his crib.

Perry Reunion

I love having matching kids because matching outfits are so much fun! Dustin and Tera had bought them the shirts and I go the pants.

Willaim enjoys some swatter bubbles. I didn't know fly swatters would make such good bubbles.

Funky Hair Don'ts

It was decided that Nathan has inherited his Poompa's funky hair do.

Labor Day

Visited family in Ft. Wayne over the weekend. Here the boys are enjoying some time with their Nana and Poompa. William was too busy with his slush to look at the camera and Nathan was too busy watching William with his slush to look at the camera.