Vacation to the cabin!

We took a long vacation to the cabin in MN. The drive was long, but the boys did wonderful in the car. We stopped at McDonalds on the way there for a quick snack. Kian went to visit Ronald!

At the cabin in the pool with cousins.

Daddy and Kian warming up after pool time.

Mommy and Ethan warming up after pool time

Hanging out in the lake, jumping off the raft into the lake with Uncle Jeremy and cousin Jason

Going for a boat ride

Hanging out with Mommy on the speed boat!

Driving the speed boat...going 5 mph!

Me too!!

At the pool!

Another summer day at the pool! We spent some time there on father's day and almost every other day since. It's been pretty hot outside so we can't spend too long there. We're 18months old. Can you believe it??

No news is good news!

Not much of an update. Boys are doing well. Mom and Dad are doing well. We're enjoying the summer and being out. Our favorite activity is being in the pool. Our next favorite activity is going to the park with our nanny. Couldn't ask for a better start to summer! Lots of splish splashin' going on!

A very busy but very fun Memorial Day weekend with family. We went to Omaha to visit Auntie Buffy, Uncle Steve and cousins Maris and Tiffany.

We went to the Tulsa zoo on Thursday before we left but this zoo in Omaha doesn't even compare. It's AWESOME!! We spent some time petting the goats and LOVING it!

A group picture with a goat on a rock


Playing (aka fighting) in the playhouse we bought for Maris and Tiffany for their 2nd birthday!

Uncle Ash filling up the pool for Maris and Tiffany's birthday party

Morning snack time by the pool organized by Auntie Tammy/Mommy

And who thought 2 sets of twins 2yrs and under couldn't be organized???? Lunch time before the birthday party!

Cheesing for the camera before jumping in the pool!


Very tired, but very HAPPY!!! Loved the time with our cousins!

Our new favorite things...

#1

Singing...doodo...doodo...doodo in our new big pool Mom and Dad bought us.

Yes, its 9:00 in the morning and we are having a great time. We're trying to beat the heat and the worst sun times and stay busy while we're transitioning to our 1 nap a day (and we're exhausted by 10:00 AM).

#2

Being two little monkeys jumpin' on the couch...one fell off and............
#3
Playing with our hose in the little pool. We've both learned how to drink from the hose and splash each other with the really cold water!


#4
The BEST of all...
OUR NEW NANNY!!


Introducing... Ms. Natascha
We pulled the kids from daycare due to illness and Mom's uncomfortableness with it. Nothing happened, Mom just had that uneasy feeling about it. So, we are now at home with a Nanny. Natascha moved here in December from Germany with her US soldier husband. They have 2 younger kids both in school ages 5 and 7. She lives less than couple blocks from our house.

She is FABULOUS so far. She is working with us, does what we want her to do and more. Ethan HATED shoes, but Natascha was able to get him to wear them without a problem and he even boasted to Mom when she got in the door about his "big boy shoes".

Natascha has started us on our 1 nap transition and so far, so good.

Natascha has cared for our sick boys (fevers of 104) when normally we would have had to take off work. Bless her!

Natascha cleans up after the boys, and the house looks even better than when Mom leaves in the morning. No, she doesn't do house work, but its not hard to keep a clean house when you have someone picking up after the boys.

We feel very blessed that Natascha came in to our lives at this time. She has been wonderful. Its a scary transition for someone to come in to your house that you don't know, but its worked out great so far. We pray everyday that things continue to go well.


WE LOVE SUMMER!! Can't wait to spend more time outside. Just wish Daddy could have weekends off with us!

Roses for Mommy on Mother's Day!

We picked our own roses to give Mommy on Mother's Day (of course with Daddy's help!). Mommy was sure surprised. As icky as Kian feels he sure can put a smile on Mommy's face all the time!

We've been back to the doctor with poor Kian for his ears and they are really infected. He's on another round of antibiotics and the doctor even suggested tubes. So, as much as we are trying to avoid them and the cost of a minor surgery, it seems inevitable. Mom and Dad have even been interviewing nannies so that we don't have to go to daycare and be exposed to all those nasty bugs and germs but they believe the time has come. Yes, being preemies predisposes us to nasty ear infections. Mom and Dad are hoping that with fixing Kian's ears his speech will rapidly pick up too. So, off to the ENT doctor. (Good thing Mom just dropped us from her medical insurance...not so much!). Kian has been a trooper through these past couple weeks.

Roses for our Mommy

Kian in the pool playing with hose. Thanks to our "boys day" with Daddy!

Tunnel Fun...

Hello! We've been pretty sickly lately. Of course, it's to be expected since its our first few weeks of daycare. Mother's day is coming up and we're going to plan a nice, quiet day together since its our first Sunday together in weeks. Mom is not going to work this weekend and we're excited. Maybe we'll take our first trip to the Tulsa zoo???!!!

Ethan playing in the toy box

We got a new tunnel we LOVE to play in. SO much fun!!

Tunnel Fun!
(Please disregard the disastrous, messy house)