Snow Week!!!!

Wow! What a crazy past few weeks we have had. Last week, we missed 4 days of school due to snow and ice, and this week we missed yesterday. It has been sooo much fun. Every day last week when I would get the call that we did not have school, Slade and I would do a snow dance!!! We were home so much and the boys got used to me being around, and the first day back when I dropped them off at Brennas, was terrible. They cried and cried. But, as soon as I walked out the door, they were fine. :)

This is Slade on his 4 wheeler. He feel off of it and got a tiny scrape on his hand, but he acted like his whole hand was going to fall off. The funny part was that Billy was pushing him and Billy wiped out, so Billy was more hurt than Slade.

Another picture of Slade in the snow on our back porch. We need to get him better gloves, his poor little hands were frozen!

Slade and I would play in the backyard where the aerobic sprinklers would go off and it was really icy. He liked trying to slip and fall.

We were snowed in from Monday night until Sat., and Slade and Billy got a little cabin fever....

Our house in the snow.

My aunt Peggy gave Slade these finger puppets of the manger. Slade had them on his fingers saying, "We love you baby Jesus." It was funny.

There was so much static in our house from it being so dry, even Pickles hair stood up!

These next two pictures are of our family tower. Slade loves to do stuff as a family. He will always say things like, family hug, or in this case, family tower. Brant is always on top, but in the first picture he had fallen off.

I took the boys to Chick Fil A the other night while Billy was at the basket ball games. They were happy, even though they are not smiling in this picture.

This is one of my favorites from the break. Slade will hug and kiss Brant at random times. Mostly when Brant is asleep, he will give him a quick sugar.

Brant LOVES to throw this orange ball and chase it all over the house. He even will play catch with you for a minute or two. Maybe he will be a baseball player???

We did not let Brant go outside with Slade, but he would just sit at the window and watch Slade play.

We finally let him go out with Billy and check the mail.

This is just a cute picture because they both have tobagons on. It was such a fun break. It made me want to stay home! They are just so cute and precious!

Bubba and Teeth!

It has been so cold lately that we have not gone outside and played much, but we got to go spend a few hours outside this weekend, and this is a hunk of ice that was in Slade's dump truck.

Brant can't walk yet, but he likes to crawl all over the drive way and pick up sticks. I have to watch him closely because he will put acorns and sticks in his mouth. Yuck! Then, last night Brant crawled towards Slade and said, "Bubba, Bubba." It was precious! This morning, he was crawling around the living room say, "Dadda." My boys are just angels, I love them sooo much!

Oh, and Brant's top right tooth poked through this weekend.

Another Ear infection!!!!

We have had an interesting week. Brant had another ear infection! Bless his heart, he has felt awful, but things are finally turning around and he is playing again. This weekend he could not be put down and would cry and cry.
This is a picture of our "toy room." It is filled with Slade's geo traxs. Slade does not like for Brant to go in his toy room because Brant will just crawl all over the trains and pick them up and tear the whole track apart. If you notice, Slade has a mad face. He was so mad that Brant was in the room. ha ha ha.

Slade decided to put the potato head glasses and hat on... He is soo cute!! Look how serious he is .

After Slade put them on, we decided that Pickles would be the perfect fit!!!!

The difference between Slade and Brant can be seen in these next two pictures. Slade is very serious and Brant is wild!!! He is into everything. He loves the fireplace also. I now wish we would of built it a little higher. He will just crawl in there and hang out!!!!!! Good thing we have not started any fires yet. He would be all covered in ash.
Last night, I gave Brant green beans and he ate them!!! It was a miracle!

A month worth of stuff

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! This is a picture of Slade on his new 4 wheeler! We had a great Christmas break. As always, we go to church Christmas Eve and then to open presents with my parents. Santa brought the kids bikes and Caroline and Slade rode in the garage with Poppy. Then we wake up Christmas morning at our house and open presents, then to Billy's Popa's house for chinese Christmas. Then for round 3 at my parents for dinner.

So much has gone on in the past month! This is a picture of when Billy got home with the boys. Brant is passed smooth out. During Christmas, Slade would not take off his santa hat. He even had his picture taken with Santa with it on. Brant also has been pushing the chairs as a form of exercise! He has fallen once and now I get real nervous.

Jump ahead to New Year's Day for this picture. Slade and Riley are playing on the i phone while we all watch the TCU game. They were sooo cute. They would chase each other around and had a great time!

Slade got his hair cut over the break. He has such thin hair that we can't buzz it just yet, but he did get a 4 on the sides. He is sooo precious! I can't believe how much he has grown and how much he learns. We went to my grandmas and he read her apartment number. 253!

We also made a ginger bread house during the break. I think now it will be a tradition!

Brant LOVES hats! He will try to put one on if it is around and he knows that he looks precious in them. He will just grin and grin!

We kept putting bows on Brant's head while we were unwrapping gifts. I guess this is what Brant would of looked like if he was a girl.

My boys love to snuggle. If Brant is not in bed with us, Slade will always ask where he is and if we can go get him. He is such a good big brother. He will give him kisses and hold his hand in the car. ;)

This is how I grocery shop these days. I strap Brant in and they drive!
Other things that have happened include:

Brant got his two bottom teeth! Finally!

Slade still loves to tell train stories.

If Slade is talking about yesterday he calls it "lasterday"

Brant has started eating puffs.

Brant has had 2 double ear infections. YUCK.

Trains, Santa, Swings, Kisses

We have had a fun few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Slade has loved listening to Christmas music and his all time favorites are: Grandma got run over by a reindeer and the Muppets 12 days of Christmas. He will just go around the house singing. He will sing, "Jingle Bell Jingle Rock... " So stinkin cute.

Slade is tooooo big for the baby swings. Makes me sad!

I took the boys to the park this week because it was great weather and Brant had his first experience with the swings. He LOVED them. He would just laugh and scream. He thought Slade was hilarious swinging so high. He loves his brother. In the mornings, he will crawl next to Slade and put his head on him. It makes my heart melt.

Brant has started to give kisses. He is just so sweet and smart. These are pics of us giving him a kiss, and of course, Slade is trying to eat his head....

We also took the boys to see Santa. Slade was so excited! He even wore his Santa hat. Brant just loved watching Slade, so he was not scared. Then, Billy, Brant, and Slade rode the train around the mall. I don't know if I have mentioned before, but Slade LOVES trains!!!He almost had a heart attack waiting for the train to come around. He has even started to watch Polar Express a million times. In the car, he will ask you to tell him train stories. I think Billy and I have told him over a hundred. If he hears a train, he wants you to pull over so he can watch it.

Something cute

Every night when we go to sleep I sing a little song to Slade, or I did before Brant came along... But, Slade now sings it to Brant. It is so cute. I usually sing it through the first time and then hum the rest of the time, and Slade will tell me to hum if I sing anymore than 1 time through.

It goes...

night night baby

night night baby

night night baby

it's time to go to sleep.....

Really cheesy, but it is our little thing. They are sooo cute, I love them soo much.

Toss your turkey

Wow, what a Thanksgiving! Billy started feeling bad on Tuesday night and into Wednesday, then Slade started to say that his tummy hurt and as soon as we got into the car and left my parents, he barfed!!! Then, at 3 a.m. he leaned over and barfed all over me and Brant!! Yuck! He felt better after that and never barfed again. Thank goodness! Thanksgiving was fun. We ate way to much. I tried to give Brant mashed potatoes and he did not like them. He is soo funny! All Slade wanted was nuggets, he doesn't even like macaroni. I guess they get my pickiness.

We went to Ava and Sophia's birthday party in Southlake during the break. It was at an indoor safari place that was pretty neat. They had a train and motorized animals. Slade loved it, of course, becuase of the train. They even had an area for Brant to play in. Everytime we got into the car after the party, Slade would ask if we were going to Southlake to ride the train. He is soo cute!

Brant is having the hardest time at the church nursery. He just cries and cries. The ladies that are always working his class asked me if I ever left him!! I told them I was a teacher and he gets left every day, but I don't they believed me.

Slade spent the night away at Mere and Poppy's house on Thanksgiving. He and Caroline stayed the night together so they would not be scared. He told me that he slept on the edge and Caroline slept in the middle. It is neat that he is getting to the age that he can spend the night and I don't have to worry about him.

I already can't wait for Christmas break! I miss my babies already!