man.

i LOVE my boys. love them. but man o man, sometimes life can be hard with two babies! for example... we are starting a church here in austin, and last sunday was our second service. everyone eats together afterward and gets to be social and hang out. however, owen was pretty fussy, which was driving me crazy. about 10 mins in to being social, caleb starts crying. so, i went to a tiny room by myself and fed him for 15 mins. then, after feeding him, he projectile spit up. but instead of hitting the floor, the spit up went into my hair (i had forgotten a pony tail holder, yeah..). needless to say, i took my disgusting self, now content 3 month old, and fussy 20 month old home. booooo for no socializing. on top of that, both babies have been congested and coughing, and caleb has been up so much during the night because he cant breathe. LOVELY. im just tired.

on a different note, nana and aunt libby came to austin last weekend and we had a wonderful time! we went to the market, the jumpy gym, waterloo icehouse, and kerbey lane. the boys loved having them here and nathan and i loved it too! we played a couple killer games of rummikub and although nathan thought he was going to dominate, me and nana were both able to snag a win :) here are a few pics.

100th!!!

its my 100th post!! here are a few videos to make you smile.

first, owen just being a goofball...



and second, owen has figured out that when im nursing, he can do whatever he wants and i cant do anything about it. he dumped an entire box of chex cereal on his train table and on the ground. then, because he knows he normally cant play with the flyswatter, he found it and had a good ole time. i just caught the end of it, but here ya go...

Mom n Marla

What a great visit I had with my mommy and aunt marla. they drove over from florida on wednesday and left on saturday afternoon. we went to dinner at maudies, carinos, and jasons deli, ate amys icecream, went to the market and the jumpy gym, went shopping where owen rode the train, and got to hang out and chat lots! i have the BEST mom and aunt in the world! my favorite quote from the trip-

as im sitting on the couch holding caleb while he is sleeping...marla: "do you want me to put the bimbo under your arms?" lol that would be the boppy, but no thanks! easy mistake since we also had the bumbo around too. but quite humorous for me, as my mom and aunt try to use all the new baby gear terms :) the boys got spoiled as usual. owen's new thing is thomas the train, so we ended up buying him a a small set and a train table. aunt marla and mom got him thomas, gordon, and henry. he LOVES them and wakes up in the morning saying "choo choo!" i love this kid.

here are a few quick pics from the trip. it was so great, im already looking forward to being in florida for thanksgiving! theres also a pic of owen on his new train table... does he look excited to you?! :)

T&C

thats what we call aunt tracy and uncle claudio :) they were here for a night, and this is the only picture we got with them-



we had a wonderful time. we went to chuys, went to the farmers market, and then went to tacodeli. owen got a little sick so we didnt end up hanging the rest of the day, but they went to barton springs and the oasis for dinner. what a great trip! we love aunt tracy and uncle claudio!


here are a few pics of a few of our purchases at the market this morning- i decided to be gutsy and try a thai melon. still havent cut it up yet, but will soon. i also got another "yellow flesh" watermelon since the one last week was so good! and the italian peppers we got last week were so great too. i like trying new things!




heres a quick video from today. owen is so goofy. gotta love this kid!

ahhh

nathans at a staff meeting, both boys are sleeping, and im getting some stuff done around here. it feels good! i even used the wet vacuum this morning to get up spots on the carpet(mud from dog feet and milk spots from the sippy cup). caleb loves the sound of the vacuum and owen gets his lawn mower out and pushes it next to me. clean floors and a quiet house- unheard of!

i thought id post a quick video of some bad parenting techniques... i know i know, youre supposed to put the baby in the crib and let him fall asleep on his own. but when owen is sleeping and i know i only have 2 hours before hes up, ill do whatever it takes to get the little one sleeping too! so, here you have it- (i also included a glance into our closet. caleb is staying downstairs with us until he sleeps through the night, so i keep his clothes in our closet. i just think they look so cute hanging in the closet next to our grown-up clothes :))

O&C

the difference between owen and caleb at the jumpy gym-

OWEN:



CALEB:

evening run

me: honey, im not in the mood to run tonight.
nathan: ya gotta pay the cost to be the boss.

such the encourager.