Nolan's 19 Month Pictures

Nolan was such a turkey trying to get him to sit still long enough to take a picture! He cried through most of them. If you look close, you can see the tears!

Ian's 1 Month Pictures

I know, I know... I was just complaining about how I don't take any pictures of Ian. So I did something about it and went to get his pictures taken today! Enjoy!

Sleeping Babies

There is nothing that reminds me of how much I love my children more than watching them sleep. If it wasn't for nap times, I think I'd be insane!

Sweet Baby Ian

I have been really, really bad about taking pictures of Ian. One would think that I would have taken pictures of Ian with all of my family that came to visit... but I didn't take a single picture for about 3 weeks. I now know why there are no baby pictures of me... my mother had way too many kids to take care of to stop and take a picture. Poor Ian! He's going to be the only child of mine to not have a million pictures, but I'm working on getting better. I promise!

I did manage to pull out my camera to take a few pictures of Ian when he was laying on the floor. Isn't he such a cute baby?

(He looks like of scared in this one!)

While Ian was lying there and I was taking pictures, Nolan decided that whatever Ian was doing, he should be doing too~ So he got down and laid on the floor next to Ian. He wouldn't pose for me~ he just wanted to lay like Ian!

Coke Addiction Part 2

As I've said before, my children have a slight coke addiction.

Exhibit A:

As I was sitting at my desk, updating my blog, Nolan starts whining from the other room. I just ignore... until I hear this loud thump. As I turn around to look at Nolan, he is carrying in a 2 liter of coke to me. He drops it off at my feet and runs into the kitchen to get his cup!

Exhibit B:

After the initial ignoring of Exhibit A, Nolan proceeds to bring me another 2 liter of coke.

Exhibit C and D:

Followed by another and another. I have 4 bottles of coke sitting on the floor of my office and a 19 month old pointing his cup at the bottles. Once I've stopped laughing, I said no. That was following by a few fits. The fits stopped when he found a cup of mine from lunch that contained just a few drops of the nectar of the gods!

Once he was satisfied with some coke, he rolled the bottles back to the pantry. Such a funny boy!

Questions

From Steph's blog to mine~

* Was your first pregnancy planned? No. I'm that 2% that birth control didn't work for. I was meant to have Brennan!

* Were you married at the time? Yes, for 8 months

* What were your reactions? Scared Senseless!!! and then after the initial shock wore off, quite happy!

* How did you find out you were pregnant? I was really, really tired and even before I found out that I was pregnant, I knew.

* Who did you tell first? Stephanie, then Tammy, then my mom... and my mom was really upset that she wasn't the first to know.

* Did you want to find out the sex? Yes, but I knew that it was a boy before we had the ultrasound. It was one of those weird premonition things.

* What was your due date? December 17, 2001

* Did you have morning sickness? Not at all

* What did you crave? Wingers Hot Wings

* What is the sex of that baby? My sweet baby boy

* How many pounds did you gain? I refuse to publish that information on the Internet!

* Did you have any complications? Yes. Brennan was nearly 2 weeks overdue and his placenta had started to separate from the uterus walls, so he wasn't getting enough oxygen. Since I wasn't dilating AT ALL, they decided that Brennan wouldn't survive the stress a normal delivery would have on his heart, so they did an emergency c-section.

* How many hours were you in labor? 14 before the C-section

* Who was in the delivery room? Rustin, Dr. Lameraux, the drug Dr. and some nurses

* When was your baby actually born? December 28, 2001

* How much did he weigh? 8lbs 8 ozs

* What did you name him? Brennan Alma after my dad

* Will I do it again? can't, and after 4 boys, would I really want to?

Nolan's New Style

It's Official! Nolan is no longer a baby. I got his hair cut again (not nearly as traumatic as last time). It has made him look like a totally different child. Just look at that face~ He is a toddler. My baby is growing up!

Valentines Day

For Valentine's Day this year, I decided that I would not say anything to Don about it and if he remembered, Great! But if he didn't, it wasn't going to be any big deal: I know he loves me and he's really busy at work. Yes, I would have been disappointed, but I would have understood.

Lucky for me, Don is better than I thought at remembering! On Thursday, he sent me an arrangement of fruit from Edible Arrangements (think yummy chocolate dipped strawberries and Pineapple!). Then on Friday, he sent me a eighteen red roses and the sweetest necklace~ it is a silver heart with four pearls inside, one for each boy! I love it! On Friday, Heidi came to visit and offered to watch the boys for us while we went out. Can I say that I love my sisters?!?!? We went to see "He's Just Not That Into You" (very cute and funny) and then went out to eat at September's (something new). All together, a very, very nice Valentines Day!

While I love getting things (and who doesn't?), I really love giving things! I started a tradition of making sure the boys get Valentines from me and Don every year so they know that they are important in our family. I know Nolan doesn't understand, but Brennan does. He even made me a Valentine! The boys got their favorite candy (Krabby Patties) and their favorite toys (Brennan= Bakugans, Nolan= Cars and Books). Don was a little harder. That man can buy anything he wants and usually does! I found his favorite Cinnamon Popcorn (a true rarity) and decided on a new Wii game, NCAA Football. I didn't really know if he would play it, but it looked fun~ you can play mascot against mascot (I'd love to see the Razorbacks play the Cougars). Turns out he really likes it! I think I did good this year!