The "wrestle" shirt

One day Andrew was picking out his own clothes and wanted to wear this tank top. For some reason (I think maybe Daddy told him this), he thinks it is a wrestle shirt. From that day on, when he wears it, he walks around flexing his muscles. He will wear it for days at a time until I sneak it away and wash it. He is happy to wear it under his normal clothes, but usually ends of taking those off so he can show off his wrestle shirt to everyone. I was getting him ready for bed tonight and he picked out his own jammies. Here is the pic of the final outfit. Note the Halloween socks. :-)

Playing catch up...

What better to do on a snow day than catch up on my blogging?? I have been completely slacking. Andrew has been having fun helping Daddy shovel all the snow. He got his own little shovel and was so excited to help. I have no pictures of it becuase I was too lazy to bundle myself up to go and take some. I will try to get some pictures up of the "andrew snowman" that he and Daddy made.

We started the boys at a new sitter last week and so far, she is wonderful. I was so glad to get them out of the other place. Andrew has another little boy to play with and loves going over there (he is actually upset that I didn't got to work today! I guess that's good...). I ventured out last weekend and took Andrew to the library in Delaware for the first time ever. We picked out a couple of books and picked up a Curious George movie (which we are watching now!). Once he saw the computers in the kid section, that was all he wanted to do. So much for an exciting trip to the library. Oh well, he had fun and we got some new books to read. I wanted to get some books on photography so I can learn to take some good pics with my new camera (Christmas present from Dave).

William finally started crawling a few weeks ago. He is following us all around the house now and loves to get into the cabinet with the pots and pans. He also likes one that has some glass dishes in it. I am going to have to babyproof that. Although he is not skinny by any means, he is finally starting to lose his little Buddha belly. :-)

Christmas cards and more

I attempted to do our Christmas cards last week and I am getting them sent out today. Here is a sneak peek at them...

The boys also start at a new sitter next week. We are planning on taking them over there 1 or 2 days. It is a mom and daughter that run a daycare out of their home. One of the guys that used to work at McGraw-Hill takes his kids there. They are about 5 miles from my work and have some other kids there that are both the boys ages. I am so excited we found somebody, but still a little worried at how Andrew will react. They do "group" naps where everyone is in the same room, and neither of the boys have ever done that, so we will see if either of them get any sleep.

William is still not crawling yet, just rolling everywhere. He has been sick with a bad cold this week. We didn't give him his pacifier at night the past 2 nights because he couldn't breathe and suck on it at the same time, and luckily he did just fine!

P.S. Andrew now has new nicknames for William - Veggie and Will Will. Don't ask me where those came from!

A new sitter...

Well, it is official...we are looking for a new babysitter. Missy accepted a job work for Grant Hospital so we have to find someone else. She starts on 12/15. We knew this was coming, but it still stresses me out. Everyone that I have talked to is either too expensive or cheap, but in the ghetto. I am finding out that noone is good enough to take care of my precious litte dudes! I have looked at quitting my job, but Dave's insurance just sucks & I would still have to work somewhere part time. I just really, really hate the idea of having to leave them with a stranger all over again. It is bad enough to have to leave them every day anyways. Oh well, if anyone has any ideas, let me know. Sorry, this is a depressing post.... on the upside, William isn't crawling but he gets his little arms and legs kicking and looks like a beached whale laying on the floor.

Trick or treat

Tonight we went Trick-or-Treating around the neighborhood. It turned out to be a beautiful day. Little William was a pumpkin and Andrew wanted to be Spiderman (or "Spiderman Andrew" as he would say). We went down the main street and back around our block and Andrew made friends with everyone we saw, as usual. It was little over 1 mile, so quite a ways for his little legs, but he did pretty good. Now we have WAY to much candy to eat here!!

to poo or not to poo....

I know everyone will think I am a little nuts, but I have started to put William on the potty when I know he is getting ready to poop. I have been using cloth diapers and it makes life so much easier not having to rinse them out! I have to say that until yesterday, I had not changed a poopy diaper in about a month. It was fabulous...I would put him on the potty every night right around dinner time and he would poop. Easy as that. That is until I jinxed myself. I was bragging to people at work about it and of course he had a poopy diaper the past 2 days. I thought for a minute there I might have had a little genius on my hands! Oh well, I of course am not "potty training" but hey, every little bit counts!

Doctor Appointments

I took Andrew and William for their "well child" checkups yesterday. William is weighing in at 20 lbs, 5 oz. and Andrew is up to 35 lbs. (By the way, for anyone worried that William is too fat, I asked Dr. Lisko if it was possible to over feed him and he said no). The little dude can't help he is a pig. :-) Anyways, they always give me a sticker with their height and weight on it, which I eventually put into a scrapbook. I was looking in Andrew's scrapbook, comparing his stickers to William's, and it turns out William is the same size that Andrew was at his 9 month check up! Andrew better watch out picking on William now, he will catch up fast! I thought just for fun I would show a pick of Andrew at 6 months (in white shirt - couldn't find a picture of him at this age to show all his rolls!) and William at 6 months!