Pictures!

Since I've been such a poor-picture-poster lately, I decided to snap some pics last night. I took them on my phone, so please excuse the quality.

I read on on of my mommy message boards that Big Lots sells Yo Gabba Gabba dolls for $5 a piece. I made a trip to snag a set for the Peas. Evan loves Broby! He got the biggest grin on his face and snatched it out of my hand!
These two have yet to learn their lesson after all! Sneaking to the TV are we? Notice that Broby is now a co-conspirator!
Evan is surrounded by most of his Gabba friends. They were sold out of Muno and Plex. Guess who'll be making trips to Big Lots until the Peas have a complete set!
Ryan deciding to have a turn with Broby. He wasn't too impressed with this new toys at first, but he gave them a shot eventually.

Happy Friday!

The TV and the Sock Monkey

Funny Story #1

Ryan is obsessed with his new hat! I saw these hats on Friday and I had to buy them. I wanted something super warm to weather the brutal New England winter, and of course it had to be cute! Enter this adorable sock monkey hat! I put the hat on Ryan as soon as we got home, and he walked around with it on his head with the biggest grin you ever did see! Plus, he was carrying around the bag I carry their bottles in.(He loves to carry things!) I was in a fit of laughter! Daddy P announced that he would not allow me to dress his children for my amusement! This only made me laugh harder! It is amusing, but it's CUTE! I love that he loves his new hat. This will be their weekend-fun hat. Their main hat is newsboy style that matches their navy blue pea coat. This is Ryan playing in his hat just last night! Okay, now I'm about to laugh again...:)

Funny Story #2

So the Peas have learned that buttons are for pushing. They waited until I left the family room for a quick second to practice this new-found knowledge. I was walking back to them when I hear both of them screaming bloody murder! I was thinking, ohmygodohmygod who fell? What happened? I high-tail it back to the family room and I see Evan running towards me and Ryan crawling as fast as he could! Tears were streaming and they were screaming. Meanwhile, I realize the TV is blaring in that loud obnoxious way it does when the TV is changed from it's cable-set channel. Yep, these two messed around and turned the TV and scared themselves silly! I laughed and laughed at them once I realized all was well. Poor Evan was clinging to me for dear life and Ryan looked plain devastated! They have yet to touch the TV again! LOL:)

Funny Stories...

coming right up! You gotta read this! I'm sitting here chuckling as I think about now:)

Catching Up

Let me start by saying this...I have no pictures to post.

I have lost the happy medium of living life and documenting it. What with two VERY active babies running around, a husband and a house to take care of, a full-time job, and a long commute there are just simply not enough hours in my day.

2peasmama is tired, y'all.


Having said that, I did get some rest this weekend thanks to the little ones deciding that they wanted to take 3 hour naps this weekend. Their schedule was a little off whack, but it worked to my advantage since I was able to get a ton (well, not really a ton) of housework done and take a few moments for myself. See, when I do get a few minutes that last thing I feel like doing is sitting at the computer uploading pictures. I know there are phone calls I need to make, and chores I need to complete, and a dog I need to walk, and so many many more things I could/should be doing, but sometimes I just want to be still. Sometimes I just want to have a cup of tea. Sometimes I just want to not say a word. At least for a few moments until a baby wakes up.

But enough of all 'a that! This is about the Peas and I really do enjoy blogging about our lives together. These two are every.single.thing. to us and boy are they a hoot! There is never a dull moment around these parts. Never.ever.ever.

They had their 15 month well check-up, and all went well. They are doing great, which makes us soooo happy! We have been given the all-clear by the pediatrician to give the boys any type of food that we eat now and to stay in the real-world even though RSV season will be upon us soon. I'm not so sure how I feel about that last part. The boys had their flu shot, but they don't qualify for Synagis this year. They actually have an appointment with the pulmologist tomorrow since he wanted to see them in September. The last time he saw them was in April when they had their last Synagis shot. This doctor is a bit more conservative than our pediatrician, I think. I'm fully prepared to take my Peas and hunker down in our home this winter if he says that we should. We shall see. This was the first doctor's appointment that I missed! Daddy P and Nanny J took the boys to the doctor this time, as they will tomorrow too. Apparently it was hot in the doctor's office and they were talking about this. Evan, they tell me, wanted to add his two cents and announced that it was "HOT!" That boy has been trying to say everything lately! The Baby One is something else! The doctor commented on how big Ryan has gotten, and he really has. That boy is heavy! It's so hard to carry him around now, not that he really lets anyone carry him! They both have decided that that they are so over being carried! The doctor's verdict? They are doing awesome and are right on track with their development! He has no worries at all! Music to any preemie parents' ears! It is nothing short of amazing, and we give praise where praise is due--our Heavenly Father!

Praisin' & Fussin"

I know it's been a long time since my last post, but things have been especially busy. The Peas are doing well; they are learning new things daily and keeping us on our toes! Here is a video I managed to shoot a couple of weeks ago. In it you can see Evan and his daddy doing a praise dance. Evan usually claps too, but he felt more like fussin' than he did praisin' this time. At the end of the video you'll see his newest thing. He puts his hands in the air, our cue to pick him up, but now he says (I mean yells), "Up!" This boy is demanding, I tell you!

Twindemoneum

This is what happened 10 minutes after The Peas and I got in their nursery last night. As you can see, Ryan took it upon himself to choose his own outfit, and Evan was pulling out wipes to find the perfect one for me to use on him. What you can't see is the dresser where I was standing to take this picture. All the drawers were open and there were clothes strewn about. By the time this was over I found my slipper and a toy cell phone in the hamper and a measuring cup in one of their drawers. **sigh**

First Haircut!

On Saturday Ryan and Evan got their very first haircuts! I have to admit, I was NOT ready for this! Daddy P had been talking about it for awhile now, and I made excuse after excuse why they shouldn't get a haircut. Finally, Daddy P had had enough of my shenanigans. He said, they're going to get a haircut this weekend. What's a mama to do except tag along and bring the camera and ziploc bags for the hair?! (is this the best way to preserve their hair??? I dunno!)

I do have pictures of them actually getting their hair cut; I'll update this post with those pics soon. I gotta say, these two handled their first haircuts like CHAMPS! There were no tears and no squirming. That's not surprising since these kiddos of ours are nothing less than AMAZING! The barber said he'd cut their hair any day! They were the best behaved babies he's ever had! These were taken just after they were done.

Ryan is escaping with his bag of hair...

Evan is munching on his bag of hair!

I must admit, they look so grown up and even-stinkin'-cuter than they did before the haircuts!

While Daddy P got his hair cut the boys and I waited in the waiting room. We did not have a stroller with us. Big mistake...HUGE! I couldn't keep these two still for the life of me. Good thing I could close the waiting room off, so at least they couldn't get out. They pushed chairs all around that little room, tried to knock the gumball machine down, and wanted to pick up every thing they saw on the floor. Let's just say the waiting room of the barber shop and the Peas sans a stroller do not mix! A little boy came into the room and saw them pushing the chairs around and he said to me, you do know that's a video camera right? ROFL! I was sooooo tickled! That little boy was too much. Bless his heart! He helped me straighen up the chairs and Daddy P came and got us just in time.

We spent the rest of the morning going Costco shopping. We snagged their Octoberfest costumes ( that's IF we go this year) and we even saw one of the nurses from the NICU! She kept saying how good they look:) The Peas came home and played on the deck for a little while. I'd say it was a good day:)

Finally, I have to say that I spent the day with a remembering heart as we marked the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We will never forget those who perished, nor their loved ones.