Spaghetti Boys...

The crew enjoying their spaghetti and turkey meatballs this evening... (psketti and meatbulbs)

Seriously? 10 months has gone by that fast?

Jim and I constantly say that we can't believe Griffin is going to be 1 year old in a couple of months- absolute craziness. He's been on a milestone tear this past month and although he hasn't mastered crawling yet (still army crawls with half of his body looking paralyzed), he has learned he can sit from a laying down position, call us Mama and Dada, stand up, creep, and has also stood for a little bit of time without any support. He's still up a bunch at night but he goes back to sleep quickly...one day we will have a baby that sleeps through the night, I hope.
Riley is well, he's Riley...sweet, crazy, athletic, artistic, and a total sassy pottymouth! Well, not really, but the last few weeks Jim and I have been battling the "toot", "heiny", "poopy" talk. In fact, as I type, Riley has lost the privilege to play with both his Bat cave and his Duplo blocks because he thinks it's hilarious to say the word poopy over and over. To be honest, it IS usually funny, but we have to be parents, right? Riley is loving school and is a master letter tracer...and all we hear is "X" is for Xander, who is one of his buddies at school, whenever he sees the letter X. ha ha.
This month brings us a new challenge as Jim had arm surgery this past week and is pretty much incapacitated for most of the daily ongoings of the boys and the house since it is his right arm. However, once he gets the bandages/stitches out next Friday, I think he'll feel a bit more human again. He should be good to go to hold the boys in a month (eek!)...as his one major restriction is not picking up anything over 15 lbs.

First Swing (Griffin was wholly unimpressed)and Riley (yes, he is THAT kid at the park)



Laundry Basket Boys

Cheesey Monkey Face (he LOVES Ginger)

The Holidays are over...how soon is summer?

Yup, another holiday season bites the dust. It's 2010- wooo! Christmas was great- Riley really had a great time opening gifts (he was extremely patient and loved everything (even the clothes)!) and Griffin just enjoyed all the hub bub of the holidays (well, and gnawing on wrapping paper and bows too). The Monday after Xmas, we took the boys into the city to the Museum of Natural History with Poppy! Both boys were well very well behaved and aside from a poo-'splosion in the parking deck of the Museum from Griffin...it was a perfect day! No traffic, no meltdowns, a sleeping Griffin during an awesome Mexican feast post-Museum and it was pretty neat to see Riley get excited about all of the dinosaurs.
The rest of our winter vacation has included lots of playdates with friends and running around town as the weather has been nice and the boys have been raring to go- every morning, Riley tells us that it is not a school day and then asks what are we doing today? ha ha. He's in for a rude awakening come January 4th (as are we, I suppose) when we all go back to work and school.

Some pics...Pre-Xmas and Xmas Day















Natural History Museum






NYE at the Stoudts' shore house!