More videos

Here are links to new videos:

Here is Patrick first crawling, he's a pro now!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_98tAVo5n0U

This one is great! Jack is doing all kinds of things to get Patrick to laugh:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWBWevoE2aQ


An update on Patrick's appointment today... He did really well. It was much easier than Jack, mainly because Jack was older and wanted to run around. We'll get the results in a couple weeks. Next week Patrick meets with the urologist and we'll schedule his surgery. Can't wait for it to all be over!

Oh, 1 more thing! I took a picture of Patrick a few days ago when he was trying to pull himself up to stand. I have almost the same exact photo of Jack at the same age! Photos are below. Crazy how similar they are, almost twins!!



Jack at 7 months standing


Patrick Standing at 7 months

Finally a new update!

I know, I know I'm finally getting around to updating this. A lot has been going on over the past month, I don't even know where to begin!

First I should say that I havn't had the time to update this or much of anything else lately now that Jack has decided to NOT nap! I try every day and at least give him some "quiet" time in his room, but very rarely will he fall asleep. If it's nice then we'll go for a walk, and of course he falls asleep then! It's frustrating and exhausting but just something else I need to adjust to.

Another thing I need to adjust to is Patrick crawling! Yup at almost 8 months he is officially crawling. I have some video I am uploading now so will post that when it is done. I forgot what it was like to have to constantly watch and pick up and move him, all the time! Jack and Patrick "play" together and laugh and is so fun to watch. I have video of Jack making Patrick laugh and will post that soon too. Patrick loves to laugh and loves the camera! You can see in every picture of him he's always smiling.

Last weekend Mike's mom Debbie and Frank came to watch the boys over night while we had a "date night". We stayed at a hotel downtown and went to dinner and actually got to sleep in! It was so nice and we are so thankful to them for doing that for us. They had a great time with the boys and really tired them out! Mike took Jack to a hockey game, which he loved. He still keeps saying: Fun, hockey :)

This weekend is the Irish Festival so that will be fun. I made the usual corned beef and cabbage for St. Patty's day and even went all out and made Jack green shamrock pancakes . But of course forgot to get pictures of that. Next year....

One last thing, tomorrow Patrick has his appt. with the Hematology to get tested with the DDAVP. This will be a looong appt. I'm not looking forward to it, we'll be there for about 3 hours! Thankfully my friend is watching Jack. Hopefully he'll do fine and will post the results when we get them in a week or 2.

Enjoy the pictures! Check back in a day or 2 and I'll have the links to the videos.


First bath together


Asleep after a nice long walk


Drawing with chalk


Always smiling for the camera

New video of Patrick

Here is another video of Patrick moving and babbling:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2blhwRJgA

Cat in the Hat and the Circus

Last week I took Jack and Patrick to see the Cat in the Hat at storytime. There were tons of parents/kids so you couldn't really hear the story but the kids were able to get their picture with the Cat in the Hat. I think Jack liked it....



We missed soccer this week because Jack and Patrick seemed to have another cold and runny noses. We bought tickets to the circus for Sunday and we didn't want them to get any sicker so we stayed in Saturday to make sure they were well enough to go. The circus was fun! Jack sat in complete amazement for the first hour. Patrick fell asleep - as shown in this picture! I don't know how he fell asleep because we sat right under the speakers and it was LOUD!


Patrick sleeping during the Circus.


Jack enjoying some french fries at the Circus.

I spent all afternoon Saturday pureeing vegetables. I bought a new cookbook to "sneak" in veggies in foods so Jack will eat it. It's not that he doesn't eat vegetables, he does. He actually seems to like all the green vegetables. But it depends on his mood. So if I can sneak them in other ways it's even better! Plus Patrick can eat the pureed food now too. We'll see how long I keep it up though :)

It was an even more interesting weekend since we didn't have any hot water all weekend! It's now fixed, thankfully. The boys will be getting a nice warm bath tonight :)


Just playing around.


An update on Patrick - his Hematologist called and he does have Von Willebrandts. So the next step is to schedule an appointment for him to test to see that the DDAVP will work for his surgery. I'm hoping he will be easier than Jack since he's younger and not fight it so much. I will keep you updated.

I posted some videos on YouTube :

Jack counting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPwfVuG6HfY

Patrick moving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6J4ifwmvg

I have another one of Patrick creeping and babbling that I will post the link to after it's done uploading so check back soon!

Update on Patrick

Tuesday Patrick had his appointment with the Hematologist to be tested for Von Willebrandts. He had blood drawn and we'll get the results in 1-2 weeks. He did really well, considering. I am really hoping he doesn't have it, but of course it's a 50/50 chance.

He continues to be very active and I have a feeling he will be crawling before the weekend is over! He pushes way back on his knees and feet and just last night pushed himself into a sitting position! I am working on getting some video to post, so keep checking back for that. Jack was crawling at 7 months so Patrick will be right there as he's 6 1/2 months.

I finally have a double jogging stroller and with the warm weather have been going out for walks/jogs. It is so nice to get out again and they both seem to enjoy being outside. Too bad the weather isn't going to stay warm. That's all the updates for now. I'll post some photos as soon as I get them downloaded.

New pictures of the boys

Yesterday we took the boys to get their pictures - Jack's 2 years and Patrick's 6 months. They did surprisingly well and they came out great! I will be mailing some out this week.
Not much else new. Jack is doing well with soccer. Patrick is rocking and rolling and ready to crawl any day.
It is finally going to be warm this week so we can get out for some walks in the "new" double jogger I bought.

Patrick laughing

Finally! I was able to upload some video (just for you Sheila) :) I have another one of Jack that I'm working on next.