Tough Times

I know I usually write pretty exciting stuff about the kids and how GREAT Jordan is doing in school and how adorable Justin is, but lately it just has not been that way! First off, Jordan has obviously been affected by my return to the workforce. We're coming up on a month, and my hours have been extremely difficult for everyone (I am still at work at 11pm tonight in fact) and no one has been in a good mood. Jordan has been whiney lately, and not being very nice to anyone at home. It's been tough. I know it's a phase we're going through, but sometimes it's just hard to be a parent. That's all.

I'm going to post a video of the boys to cheer William and myself up. Because, after all, we know they are super duper kids and we love them dearly.

He's on the Move!

That's right folks-a day before his first birthday he had started walking. Now we've got the video to prove it. He looks like a little monster.

Enjoy!

Tech Savvy Kid?

This morning William was keeping the boys busy because I was blow drying my hair. An effort in itself with 2 children in the morning...

Anyway, William found an old cassette walkman for Jordan to play with and my dear almost 6 year old shows up in the bathroom all excited about it. "Mommy! Guess what daddy gave me? I got an MP3 player! Can you believe it?" I couldn't help but giggle as he's walking around with this dinosaur of a listening device.

Gotta love em. And you know I didn't have the heart to tell him he did not have an MP3 player!

My budding artist

In an effort to organize my basement, I pulled out the artist easel and some acrylics for Jordan to paint with on Sunday while I got some stuff done. He had such a good time-and mommy and daddy both got nice works of art for valentine's day. Mine is right here in my office. Note: the heart on the bottom right was partially done by me to show Jordan HOW to do a heart :)

Happy Birthday Big Boy!

What a bittersweet birthday! My little round ball of love turned one this past week and I don't know whether to cry of happiness or sadness! He's moving around so quickly lately I'm afraid he's going to leave the front door sooner than I would like him to...how the time does fly!

The day before his first birthday (Tuesday) he took his first few steps! It was very exciting for everyone!

Here are a few pictures and videos of him eating his cupcake. It's clear he truly is part of our family and has a sweet tooth! Enjoy!

New Year (2 weeks late)!

I still can't figure out where the time between Halloween and January 16 went to. Oops now it's January 17th already! See how time flies?

In a nutshell, we've enjoyed the last few months of holidays with friends and family. Justin got to enjoy his first Chanukah, and of course, ended up loving the wrapping paper more than any gift he got. Jordan got a trillion times more gifts than him and our big family gift this year was the Wii system. We even got Aunt Sam and Uncle Mike to visit us for a weekend where Mike managed to teach Jordan some moves. Despite the snowstorm we got in late December we were still able to celebrate Chanukah with Bubbee and Zayda and Nicky and our cousins down in Haddonfield with some yummy brisket that mom made.

Justin has been on the move since about 8 months, around Halloween. He has figured out that crawling on hardwood floors is quite painful, and has figured out a new method to getting around. He uses his right foot as a push to catapult himself forward rather than crawling on it. Take a looksie here. It's really quite funny and he's super fast. Interestingly enough, when he's on carpet he crawls the traditional way.

We've had to put up gates, lock doors and quickly baby proof to avoid any accidents to the little guy. He has also finally healed from his stomach dehydration incident of October. He's back to eating nearly all foods and just over 2o lbs. He has started taking some small steps, and likes to use this small hippo walker to get around. The boys are getting along pretty great, although there has been some jealousy between Jordan and Justin (surprise there :)

Just a few more pics:

Doesn't Aunt Sam have a "Please don't leave me with your kids" look??

We are looking forward to celebrating Justin's first birthday in a few weeks! We cannot believe it is here already!

Fun in the Tub

You know what they say. Don't bother buying toys because they are just as happy in a box. Or a plastic bin :)