Fun Weekend

We had a great time this weekend. On Friday, I took the boys to The Little Gym for their play class and on Saturday we went to Ryan & Michal's (Ryan is Jason's cousin) for Ryan's 30th birthday (happy birthday Ryan!!!). They have a great fenced backyard and the boys had a fun time playing outside.

This is what happens when mama goes outside...

Yesterday, I went outside for a few minutes to take a picture of an item in our barn that we're going to trying to sell on Craig's List and came back toward the house and saw this (luckily I had our camera with me)...

They love me, they really love me (notice Ethan's bottom lip is sticking out and even daddy got in on the action).

Jumping Boys

What happened?????

Is it just me, or does it look like Ethan turned into a 5 year old overnight???? He looks so grown up in this picture...what happened to our 22 month old baby....boohoo!!!!

Hanging on for dear life...

Today, after work, Jason and I took the boys to a toddler park near our house. We all had a good time (despite Mommy's cold - ah, the sacrifices we make for our kidlets). Jason often puts the boys on his shoulders (which they love) and John always holds onto Daddy's ears like his life depends on it...it's a long way down. It's too funny and I caught a picture of it today...

Big Boy Beds

Well, the inevitable time came for us to move the boys out of their cribs and into toddler beds. They are so tall that they're able to climb out and we felt it was only a matter of time before someone did a "header" off the top rail. So....we got them really cute Little Tikes blue race car toddler beds (that fit their mattresses) and I redecorated their room in a car & truck theme. We really wanted to make a big deal about their "big boy beds" and "big boy bedroom". They LOVED it and we spent a lot of time playing in their room on Sunday before the first sleep in the new beds.

Jason and I were prepared for a long night of "get back into your beds", "it's not playtime", etc., etc. So we put them to bed at their normal bedtime (about 7:45) and I sat outside their door to listen for the inevitable. John cried for about 5 minutes and I went in to check on them to find Ethan sitting on John's bed patting his head (it's ok brother, it's ok). Too cute...but I put Ethan back into his bed and kissed them both night-night again. Twice more (after 5 minute intervals) I went in to check on them and put Ethan back in his bed (he was like a deer in the headlights when he saw me and went running like the wind back into his bed :)). After only 15 minutes and three "get back in your beds", they were both asleep and slept until 7:30 the next morning (their usual). That was Sunday night and since then they've been sleeping in their beds (naps and overnight) perfectly...no problems at all (which is basically a miracle).

Today, after putting them down for their naps, our nanny checked on them to find this:

...sleeping together. Made me cry I wasn't there to see it. How cute is that?????? Our baby boys are growing up (insert Mommy bawling her eyes out)!