Corban made my day today. We were sitting on the couch this morning watching a cartoon and he gave me a huge hug and said, " Mommy, wubbu." In Corban speak this was, "Mommy, I love you." It's the first time he's said it without one of us asking him to! Ten minutes later though, he threw his head back and cracked me in the nose. I'm afraid I'm going to be the one with bruises this Sunday. All of a sudden, he's become a little chatter box. Yesterday we called Poppy so that he could tell him he saw a squirrel. Corban calls them "agirrlll." He's also started telling Caden to "Be quiet. Snuff"

Caden isn't to be outdone. He is crawling now... kinda. He's doing that same army-crawl that Corban did, but he does act like he's going to crawl up on his hands and knees too, he just hasn't gotten there yet. Both boys are sleeping great and Caden is learning what he thinks about cereal. We haven't tried veggies yet, I guess that should come soon.

For those of you who don't know, Laura is having a boy! She's due in the end of July, so Caden will be just at 1 year when he's born. We're pushing for Holden James, but they haven't made any decisions yet as far as I know. Well, Caden is NOT happy in the swing anymore, so I've got to get going. Not much on the schedule for today or tomorrow, Monday things start getting busy.

Our weekend was wonderful. We had an early dinner at Buca, took the incline (a glorified roller-coaster used for commuters that has a beautiful view of the city at the top), had dessert at another restaurant, and then got to sleep a whole night's sleep... until 9 am! Saturday we lounged around and then got ready, had lunch, and went to see the play. It's been a long time since I've been to a professional performance, so that was cool. the whole weekend was desperately needed and we're so thankful we were able to take the time away.

Today Corban was in the car and said, "Get it woosels." For those of you who watch My Friends Tigger and Pooh, you know that they always talk about woosels, but you never see them. This came out of the blue and totally cracked us up. Caden is sitting up on his own now and pushing himself up on his hands and knees, but he's not quite got the crawling thing yet. He's such a cutie though and crinkles up his nose when he's talking to us, it just melts my heart every time I see him.

Life is good. I have a clean house, my kids are being well behaved, and Johnny and I get to go away for the night! We're just going downtown to spend the night and then go see "Fiddler on the Roof" tomorrow. His parents are coming down to spend the night with the kids. We've hardly had dinner together, much less a whole evening, since before Caden was born. I think the thing we're looking forward to the most is getting to sleep late in the morning.

Caden sat up by himself yesterday! I don't think he even realized what he did, but Corban and Caden and I were all playing on the floor and all of a sudden I realized Caden was sitting up when he had been laying down. I can't believe how fast he's growing. And Corban is such a little boy now. He's talking all of the time and making so many connections with things. He's "reading" now too. We have this Boynton Dinosaur book that he loves that just says thinkgs like, "Dinosaurs Happy" and "Dinosaurs Sad." He was looking at it by himself the other day and saying the right words with the right pages. His nose is looking better too. We're pretty sure that he broke it, but there wasn't anything to do to help it, so we haven't even taken him to the doctor for it. Poor baby, I don't think he even noticed it though. Well, gotta get some laundry done before we can go this afternoon!

The top pic is of the toy chest that we were given on Saturday. Johnny was supposed to build one with Dallas (Bonnie's Dad - she's the one we go swimming with) for the boys, but Dallas passed away before they could get to it. A friend of Dallas' wasn't here when he passed and wasn't at the funeral, when he heard about it, he just built one. I think they said they talked to him about it one day and by the next weekend he said he had finished it. They are such a wonderful family and have been a blessing to us here in Turtle Creek.

The second pic is of Corban's boo boo. Before church yesterday he was sitting on a pew and fell forward into the book holder on the pew in front of him. He has a cut across his nose and he turned blue instantly. Today the cut looks better, but the bruising is even worse. He's starting to have racoon eyes. Poor kid, it took the better part of church to calm him down. Thankfully I was in the nursery so I just got to stay with him.

Today we got groceries and did some cleaning and then went to family swim at the Y. I still haven't gotten in the pool yet, Corban has a ball in the pool though. Tomorrow Johnny is going fishing all day and I've got to get to the mall at some point to pick up Caden's pictures. Friday night John and Paulette are coming to stay with the kids so that Johnny and I can stay downtown and go to "Fiddler on the Roof" Saturday. I'm looking forward to that.

We've had a pretty busy, but normal week. Last weekend though, we took Corban halfway to meet up with Johnny's parents so that he could spend the night. Hayley, Johnny's cousin's little girl, was having a birthday party and Paulette thought that it would be nice for all 4 of the kids who were born at that time to be there together. This was the first time since he was 7 months old that we've been away from him other than the hospital stay for Caden. He apparently didn't cry or cause any problems at all. Johnny and I got a babysitter for Caden and went out to eat and to a movie, something we hadn't done since last May. It was such a quiet weekend at our house!

Caden got his 6 month check up Tuesday. He's 50% for length, 30% for weight (16 lbs, 9 oz), and 10% for head. He's so little compared to Corban! Everything else is looking good, and he's done well with his shots.

I had MOPS this morning, it was spa day in preparation for Valentine's Day. I won a free haircut and it is so cute! I feel like I'm "stepping out" on Brenda though! I didn't get a massage, b/c I was getting my hair cut at the time, but I did get to do a parafin treatment on my hands and eat lots of yummy stuff dipped in the chocolate fountain. I just woke up for a nap, and I think both boys did too. It's been very VERY windy here since last night and it bothers me.

You can see the difference in the marker stains on the couch, but it's still not gone completely. We're living with it though :(

It's been a busy few days. Of course we watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. We went to Diana's and it was just her, Nadine, Luke, and us (Craig works Sunday afternoons now). I had a hard time watching because there were two little boys to take care of, but I got the major gist of it and I got to see the two big plays as they happened, so I was OK with it. Monday was a family day, Johnny has been taking Monday as his day off, so we worked out at the Y in the morning, came home and had lunch, the boys took naps and Johnny and I got caught up on some shows. Nina came, and later Johnny took Corban back to the pool at the Y. He LOVES the water and every once in a while he'll just say, "paddle, paddle" out of the blue. This morning Johnny had a Bible study in Oakland and then he and the guys are at the Steelers Parade downtown. I think they got their free grandslam breakfast at Denny's too. I tried for it after the boys and I went to Target this morning, but it was just too much to deal with. Corban fell asleep on the way home, and I actually got him in the house and in bed without waking up. There's no telling when he'll wake up now since it was so early. That's OK though, because they're all Johnny's tonight. I'm going to a game night at one the girl's from MOPS. I might even stop by the mall on my way and see if I can use my Lerner coupon.