Beach

We are at the beach right now having the best time! Unfortunately, Scott could not make it because of work :(

We have hit the beach, funland, Nicholas pizza, thrashers fries, and ice cream on the board walk. Luke had so much fun on the rides at funland. He has no fear and was even the only child on the ride at times. He went on the boats, fighter planes, fire engine, cho-cho train, and helicopter rides. Ba was not so into it :( I think the loud noises bothered him. I have some great pictures and videos of it all. I just need Scott to help me upload them.

Luke was not so interested in the ocean but loves digging in the sand and chasing after seagulls. He also ran up and down the boardwalk screaming "go, go, go". It's the little things that make him happy :)

My mom is a total hero and helped so much with the guys. She somehow managed to get EVERY one of Luke's dirty diapers (ha ha). I got to sleep in one morning until 8am. I think my mom now needs another vacation from our vacation. I can't leave Pop-pop out. He took Luke on about 100 "tours". Lukey loves the tours!

Such a wonderful time and as my auntie fran would say we made lots and lots of memories. Can't wait until next summer to do it all again (plus my parents need about a year to recover!) .

1st tooth

Ryan is getting his very first tooth! It is the bottom left tooth. I can not believe it. Luke was about 9 months old when he got his first tooth. So, this will begin the END to breastfeeding. Sort of a great excuse. Momma does not do teeth! So, I am happy but also a little sad. He is only 5 and half months old but still - time is flying by. I really think Ryan will be crawling in a few weeks. He can get up on all fours and scooch across the room. Luke was an early crawler too. I remember Luke doing his army crawl by 5 or 6 months. So, Ryan is following in the steps of his bog brother :)

Luke is wonderful. Talking up a storm in a language that I can sometimes understand. We are on a major playground kick. We go at least once a day. Luke loves it and I have fun chatting with the other moms.

So, that is about it for now. We are looking forward to grandma coming here today for the weekend. Yay for dinners out without the kiddos!

shhhh

It is 8:41am right now. Luke is still sleeping and Ryan is taking his morning snooze. I'm on the computer reading about tofu shirataki pasta while drinking my coffee. Such a nice quiet morning. It is rainy today so I plan on taking the guys to Toys R Us and then to Whole Foods to find this tofu stuff. This afternoon we playgroup at Charlotte's house.

We have had a nice week. I found a great new playground that Luke and I love. It is right by the King Street metro. It is a great walk for me and Luke gets to see all the "cho chos" (metro buses) go by. This is the only playground that I can get Luke to leave without him crying. All I have to do is mention that we will get to see the cho chos on our way home. He really does have a thing for heavy machinery :)

I am on bed time duty alone tonight - ouch.

Oh, What a Night

Friday was the first time Luke slept in his big boy bed for the entire night! It took him a solid 2 hours to fall to sleep but once he was out he was good to go. Unfortunately, last night was a little bit of a disaster. Luke woke up at 4am screaming. He ran to his door where we have the gate up and knocked it down. So, that loud noise woke up the whole house. Thankfully, Ryan feel back to sleep on his own right after that. BUT, about 10 minutes later Luke got up again and decided to pay Ryan a visit in his room. Ryan of course woke up for that and we had to put Luke back in his crib. Good news is that Ryan slept in to 8:15am and Luke slept til 9:00am. YAY. Other good news - Scott decided to make our award wining Chili this morning. Yum :)

Nap time for both boys starts in about 10 minutes! Mommy might join in on this :)