Baby Eli and Zacary

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 15 & 16 --

2012-02-16T16:50:00.005-05:00

Day 15 -- phone. -- My new HTC Inspire phone I got a lil over 2 weeks ago and I am just now adjusting to and getting it down and can finally say... it's a winner :]

Day 16 -- something new. -- My brand spankin NEW baby nephew is here and that is awesome!!! He was born last night at 8:24pm -- 7 lbs. 15.5 oz and 20.5 inches long!!! Him and my sister-in-law Lydia are doing wonderful and he is indeed a lil cutie :]:] Here is his pic that was sent to me after he was born :]:] CONGRATS to Lydia on becoming a Mommy -- she is gunna be such a great Mommy too!! Can't wait to see you and baby Carter and the rest of my families in 3 weeks :]

Welcoming the NEW Carter Alexander Zehr into our family :] --

* March of Dimes * :]

2012-02-15T15:30:00.003-05:00

Hi there!! I am officially announcing that my boys and I are walking in March for Babies with our Mom's Club we are in and raising money because I care about healthy babies. I know this cause is important to you, too. Can you help me reach my goal by making a donation to our walk? It’s easy, just click through to my fundraising page.

Your gift supports March of Dimes research and programs that help moms have full-term pregnancies and babies begin healthy lives. And it’s used to bring comfort and information to families with a baby in newborn intensive care. (more information on March of Dimes is listed with different links below)

You can make a secure donation with your credit card, or, if you prefer, cash or a check is fine, too.

Thank you so much for your support -- it is greatly appreciated! :]

Love--
Jess, Noah, Eli, & Zacary

--Visit http://www.marchforbabies.org/jzehr85 to donate or to walk with me.

--The March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

--Please click below to donate as well if you would like!! It is for a wonderful cause -- thank you sooo much!!

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14 (eeeek I am behind) ***

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Day 10 -- self portrait. - and yes indeed i did take this while looking what day 10 was when my baby boys were napping and i was def relaxing on my big ole bed getting ready to blog annnnd watch cmt hehe!!! :]

Day 11 -- makes you happy. -- my 3 boys make me verrrry happy beyond words and i am so extemely blessed :]

Day 12 -- inside your closet. -- ehhh kinda messy woof. (and yes that is indeed my wedding dress on the far right) :]:]

Day 13 -- blue. -- the boys' shirts for Valentine's Day this year are blue :]:] What lil hunks they are hehe!!! Love them so so so much <3

Day 14 -- heart. -- here are the boys' heart crafts they made this morning at McDonalds playland (sorry the pic is sideways) where I threw them a lil Valentine's Day party with snacks, we made their favorite boxes they wanted to make with me (in the pic above -- Eli wanted his baseball and Zacary's is Elmo :]), handed out candy and valentine's, ate lunch, and ate some cake pops too -- we had a great time!!! :] It is so cute too b/c I told the boys happy valentine's day and Eli says "happy valentine's day I love you Mommy" and Zacary runs and smiles and hugs my legs awwww melt my heart!!! I have the best 3 Valentine's evvvvver :] (Eli's heart is the pink one and Zacary's is the red one) :]:]

AND another heart for today too hehe --

This free digital ecard customized with Smilebox

Happy Valentine's Day to you all :]:] Have a great day!!! This is my 8th Valentine's Day with my Noah Bob woooot!!! Thank you for being you and for all you do for me and our babies!!! I love you so much babe! ♥ Spending the day full of fun stuff with my lil Valentines then off on a date with my 3 loves tonight :] I am one blessed girl and love my 3 boys soooo much!!!! <3

I also want to share this -- Valentine's Day every year from 2009 when Eli had his first Valentine's Day until now in 2012 --

Looook how much my babies have grown -- crazy and so bittersweet! Eli at 2009 (1 mo), 2010 (13 mo), 2011 (25 mo), and 2012 (3 yrs) -- Zacary at 2011 (4 mo), 2012 (16 mo) :]:] My sweet and cute lil boys that will always be my lil babies no matter what :]:] I LOVE U Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 9 --

2012-02-09T23:23:00.003-05:00

Day 9 --Front Door.

I wanted to take a pic of my front door from inside my house b/c 1- it was cold out today and 2- my lil babies' penquin crafts are on it :]:] Annnd a cute lil boy decided he wanted to be in this pic too -- being a silly boy in his undies and stickin out his tounge hahahaha :]:]

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2012-02-08T22:47:00.008-05:00

Today we...

1. had a fun lazy day at home... Eli was up earlier than normal and came and snuggled with me in our big ole bed... watched cartoons and just layed there snuggling and then my Mr Zacary woke up and joined us :] LOVE! If only Daddy would have been home too!!!

2. We played games, sang songs, learned animals noises,letters, and numbers, played baseball outside, watched a lil cartoon, played a lil bit of the wii, and after lunch we also played in shaving cream :]:] The boys loved it haha! We wrote out names and numbers, letters, shapes, and just had a good ole time. Zacary wasn't too sure wht to think about it at first -- but then once he saw Eli and I had shaving cream on our hands too playing -- he was alllll for it :]:] I put some of the saving cream on the table for Eli and on Zacary's high chair tray for him -- I was afraid his lil self would fall sitting on a chair! It was a blast! Whoever knew shaving cream could be so fun haha!?!?

3. We made our Valentine's Day boxes... pics to come soon! The boys loved making them and love them (Eli picked baseball for his and Elmo for Zacary's) :]:]

4. We ate some conversation hearts too -- yummy -- and my baby boys are 2 lil fans of them and love them (the soft ones) --

5. Zacary loves my headbands I wear here and there when I wear my hair back in the lil pony I do sometimes. Today he wanted one in his hair -- no joke haha! He was getting frusterated he couldn't get it in his hair so Eli and I helped him and wa la -- he is a pretty lil "girl" too hehehe! I think this is soooo cute, Daddy may think different tho haha! Actually Daddy gave me a "why would you do that" look when I showed him hehehe :]

6. On the way to dinner at Steak n Shake Eli says "Mommy can I wear your sunglasses!?" why of course you can my buddys!!! Digging the PINK hehe :] Him and Zacary have their own lil sunglasses so so cute but he always wants mine hehe love it!!!

7. We went bowling and to the arcade games in bowling alley as a lil family tonight and had such a great time! The boys loved bowling!!! The lil things were in the gutters for the boys when they bowled and seriously the 2 of them together beat me hahahaha!!!I got a 90 (yes I suck at bowling) and the boys got 103. Noah won over us all, but I was laughing and laughing that the boys beat me hahaha! OH well it doesn't matter to me... all that matters is we all went together and had a wonderful time :]:] We will def be going back every so often!!! Zacary would cheer us all on and get so excited awww and Eli would hollar and give high fives when all of us and himself would do so good awww :]:] LOVE!!!! My lil fam is theeee best and I am beyond blessed -- LOVE LOVE LOOOOVE THEM so so so much!!!

8. We ended our day with cuddling all in our big ole bed watching a lil bit of the Wiggles and the Zacary was ready for bed and we sang songs and he went to sleep with his baba! It is sooo adorable when we sing him songs b/c Eli gets out his lil guitar and sings with me awww!! LOVE! My baby boys are beyond the best :] Then Eli went to sleep shortly after him and now I am the only one wide awake of course hehe! I am suuuuuch a night owl and Eli is too -- he could stay up as late as me any night haha!!! BUT that wouldn't be good for his lil self -- he would be so so tired everyday -- so we let him stay up a wee bit later then Zacary but he still goes down at a good time for his lil 3 year old self :] I guess I better get to the laundry now waiting for me arrrg. Laundry is my enemy barf!!! I look forward to my each and everyday with my lil family -- they are my everything and my heroes!!!<3

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 7 & 8 --

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Day 7 -- Button.

I will say the buttons for the keyboard on this phone are so hard to get used to with touchscreen! I am slowly but surely getting it down though.. although I do indeed miss my ole blackberry :[

Day 8 -- Sun.

How I ever can't wait to see the sun over the beach this year -- and we get to be on the beach TWICE this year woot! In June for my brother-in-law's wedding and in September to our lil fam long weekend vaca we take to Panama City Beach every year since we have been here since it is indeed 4 hours away!!! The sun is a wonderful thing... it's so gorgeous out today! When my babies wake up we are going to play our daily round of baseball outside woot! Eli puts his lil helmet on and swings at all th pitches I pitch (and I do not bounce them on the ground) and he hits them soooo good!!! He hit one yesterday and it almost hit me in the face haha! Zacary helps me with handing me balls, he loves to go get the balls Eli hits and brings them to me too and it is so cute, and he loves to hit balls off the lil tee we have and Eli stands out there cheering him on and getting all the balls he hits -- soooo much fun and so awesome with my lil babies :]

Anyway, yeah -- my sun pic... I always get on a rant hehe :] I can't help myself!!!

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 4, 5, & 6 --

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Day 4 -- Stranger.

We went to the children's museum on Saturday and they had a lil play for the kids. Therefore, these people in the play are strangers to me :]

Day 5 -- 10am.

We tried out a new church yesterday called Southcrest... and LOVED it -- always a great great feeling! At 10am... we were there in the family section of the church :] The boys did so good and loved it too!!! We def will be going back!!!

Day 6 -- Dinner.

I am the new treasurer of our playgroup and we had a board meeting tonight and met at the McDonald's playland to sit and chat while eating and then after our lil talk and eating with my babies, I played with them of course in the playland and basketball area :]:] Therefore, dinner tonight was Mickey D's :]:]

* Crafts, Hats, lil Heart Breakers * :]

2012-02-06T13:50:00.010-05:00

We did some fun Valentine's Day crafts today -- love it and I love to see how excited my babies are to do crafts too :]:]

We made cute heart butterflys with suckers as their lil faces -- so sweet!! Zacary kept pointing at the sucker and saying "ooooo sucker" hahaha!! So I gave him and Eli both one :] They did such a wonderful job I am so very proud of them!!!!

I also found this idea on pinterest (LOVE that website) --

MELT ME!!! This couldn't be more true foooor sure and I love my lil baby boys so so so much! I kinda messed up on their hands but it still looks cute and love it! Have to add the L D in on Zacary's since we accidently went over (had to move fast before my walls had a handprint on them instead of the paper hahaha) :]:] I LOVE YOU MY BABY BOYS SO SO SO MUCH and always have so much fun with you!!!

AND we made heart marshallow treats too :]:] they love these and loved making them :]

PS -- Days 4, 5, and 6 are coming later this evening for the Feb Photo a Day :]:]

PPS -- we went back to the children's museum this Sat with our frends for the Clifford theme and afterwards went to this restaurant called the Varisty -- here are my sweet, hilarious, and awesome lil boys in their hats there :]

PPPS -- here are their sweet Valentine's Day jammies too -- soooo true and adorable -- even Daddy approved to buy them :]:] What lil studs ;]

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 3 --

2012-02-03T15:32:00.004-05:00

Day 3 -- hands.

The sweetest lil hands. My baby boys' lil hands!

Soooo stinkin cute! Zacary was actually petting Eli's hand like a puppy dog as Eli said haha awwwww melts me! :] They are wonderful and I just love them so so much <3<3

Happy Friday everyone -- have a great weekend! We have a busy weekend of the children's museum, trying out a new church, and a superbowl party woot :]

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 2 --

2012-02-02T21:58:00.002-05:00

Day 2 -- words.

I have to share a funny story for words...

I recently got a new phone (went from a blackberry torch to an HTC inspire and I am learning slowly but surely how to txt from a touch screen and not a keyboard) today as I am talking to my sister via txt I had just snt her a pic of the boys in lil shirts for the baseball teams Michael played on... after sending the pic...

Kt replies --
"I LOVE THOSE SHIRTS -- awww they are the cutest!"

I reply --
"We thank you!"
"ohhh oops I meant we thank you not we"
"UGGGGH I am trying to type aw thank you not we thank you this danny phone"

Kt replies --
"hahaha that is ok I knew what you meant"

I reply --
"I MEANT DANG PHONE NOT DANNY PHONE I HATE THIS AUTO CORRECT!"

Kt replies --
"I am dying laughing and laughing out loud at you right now!"

I reply --
"me tooooo and Eli just said "what is so funny Mommy!?" :]:]

*moral of the story -- TURN THE DARN AUTO CORRECT OFFFFFF hahahaha gave me and my sis a wonderful chuckle tho :]:]

* Feb Photo a Day Challenge * Day 1 --

2012-02-01T22:53:00.007-05:00

I saw this last night on FB and decided I want to do this for everyday this month :]:] --

Day 1 -- Your View Today...

started with this...

*he wanted my headband and put it on like a necklace hahaha!!! then he wanted my finger nail polish which I used last night and both boys kept tellin me "sooo pretty Mommy/Mama" awww :]:] Eli would always do this with my girly suff too when he was younger and it cracks me up :] Now when he sees it he likes it still but says "that is for girls like you Mommy" :]

Then our view was this --

*my lil man is officially signed up for t-ball!!!! he plays in april and we are so so excited and he is too -- he is such a good lil player and can now hit the ball when you pitch it to him without bouncing it on the ground first! he is a lil albert pujols in the making for sure!!! sooo proud of my precious babies!!! :]

I know this is a photo a day -- but it may be PHOTOS for me most days haha -- so bending the rules just a tad I spose!? BUT still want to do this everyday for sure :]:]

Our last view today was to see a brand spankin new sweet baby girl! My cousins Brandon and Kelly had their first daughter today -- baby Arianna Zehr!!! 6.5 lbs and 19 inches long and her and Mommy are doing wonderful! (I will post a pic for this view when I have the permission to do so -- don't wunna post pics of her online until of course her Mommy and Daddy do first but still wanted to add this in with day 1 :]:])
AND HERE SHE IS -- SUCH A BEAUTY!!! --

My boys had their 3 yr and 15 mo chk up's today and are both looking wonderful and doing great -- passed with flying colors :] Eli did great and only got upset when the nurse pricked his toe and other then that did so so so good - so proud! My poor Zacary had to get 2 shots and it was so so sad -- he was miserable :[:[ I hate shots, and Eli didn't do well when he saw baby brother cryig too :[ So sweet to look out for his baby brother! Zacary is 28 lbs and 32.5 inches (Dr says very tall for his age and average with weight! He is the same height now as Eli was at 18 mo!!) -- Eli is 32 lbs and 37.25 inches long! Soooo crazy how close they are in weight -- but Eli was the same when he was Zacary's age and Zacary will start thinning out an growing taller just like Eli did so soon... ahhhh my babies are growing up soooooo fast!!! so bittersweet :/ ... but love them so so so much! And this lil paragraph also has to do with photo day #1 as our view b/c our flippin view was the Dr's office for 2 hrs waiting for all this to get over with b/c the nurses acted like we weren't even there waiting to get in a room (3 people came in AFTER us and went in before us grrrr I was getting a lil irritated with the nurses for sure) -- the boys did great though... very very good!!! Eli kept sayin "I am bein such a good boy aren't I Mommy!?" Hahaha!!! And Zacary entertained us with making farting noises with his mouth haha and then dying laughing hahahaha -- ohhhhh boy he can be ornery but oh soooo funny I just can't help but to laugh! Eli and I laughed and laughed -- couldn't blame them one bit after being in there that long! What lil troopers and such great lil boys!! :]

* January 24, 2012 -- Happy 16 Months my Zacary Brenden * :]

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It is so crazy to me to think in 2 months my lil Zacary is a year and a half! How nuts!!! My babies are growing like weeds -- and are oh sooooo fun in every single way :]:]

The older Zacary gets, the more personality he has and he is one funny funny lil guy! He reminds me a lot of Eli and they both just crack me up so so much! I will say Zacary is a bit more active then Eli was and is now, but he is still such a good lil boy and oh soooo sweet :] MELT.MY.HEART!!! <3

Let’s see- what is Mr Zacary up to these days!?

He is more and more vocal and full of laughs and smiles always! Makes me one proud Mommy for sure :] He says: Mama, Dada/Daddy, Ewi for Eli awww melt me, cat, hat, dog, quack quack, mooooo, hi, bye bye, ni-night, uh-oh, oh no, baba, balloon, ball, apple, yeah, no, all done, choo-choo, and all gone! He waves, he blows kisses, he gives hugs and wants kisses on his forehead awww and he is also one heck of a lil dancer and it cracks us upppppp!!! (I will post a video at the end this post) :]

He will tell you what a duck and cow says when you ask and he also knows all types of objects and if you point to something he will try and say what it is or will say it, and he will find it and bring it to you! He tells us as good as hecan what he wants! He will go to the fridge if he wants a drink, go to the snack closet if he wants a snack, and he also likes to go the light switch and point to it to turn it off when he wants it off haha!!! Soooo stinkin cute and smart! He will also say please and tries to say thank you too -- we are of course working with him on these words :]:]

He really LOVES to watch Elmo still of course, and now Mickey Mouse Clubhouse too. Those are his top 2. He also likes Happy Feet, The Chipmunks, Cars, Toy Story, the Wiggles, Thomas the Train, and Clifford (all of course what big brother loves and he loves absolutely everything big brother loves and I just looooove it so so so much how adorable and cute they are) :]:] When you ask him what Elmo says he says "la la la la la la la" awwww so so cute and Eli always did the same exact thing at his age too sooooo sweet :]:] He also loves to dance to the hotdog song on Mickey :]

Other activities that Zacary enjoys are: playing with any of his toys at anytime of the day, Benny, Belle, and Bo, his new rocking Harley Davidson bike that he can also get up on by himself and rock back and forth aww, playing outside with his tractor and mower and of course with his big brother and following him every single step awww, playing on swing sets, playing with stuffed animals and hugging them (he is a huge stuffed animal lover) :]:], laughing, smiling, going to the libray with Mommy and big brother, playgroup, drawing on the easel, making treats with Mommy and big brother, going to the playgrounds with us too, trying to sing the songs we do and do the motions too awwww, taking baths with big brother, coloring and doing crafts (he loves to help glue and color away it is soooo cute and so adorable how proud he is of his crafts like his big brother is too) :] ) He hates to have his diaper changed and clothes changed haha, but what child does like that hahaha!?! He loves to read books, listen to music, be with his big brother and is always so excited to see him, cuddle with Mommy, his baba, his blankeys, be held and sit on our laps, snacks, give hugs and pat me on the back too awww and blow kisses, and he loves to be sang to and read a book before nap and bed. Eli and I sing "you are my sunshine to him" every single day :]:]

His current favorite foods are ANYTHING… literally. He eats anything in front of him and seriously there is not one food so far he has not liked! Not a picky boy at all :] He is really loving strawberries and pineapple these days too and he loves macaroni and cheese and pizza!

He still sleeps all night- goes to bed around 8:30pm every night and wakes up around 7:00 or 7:30am every morning! He still takes one 2.5 hour nap a day, but it is a different time everyday! Usually it is around 1pm but it depends on what our plans are for the day, etc :] He is a very good sleeper just like his big brother and they both love their beds and love their sleep! :] Whenever he is ready for bed at nap and bed time I ask if he wants his baba and he says "yeah" and runs to the fridge with me and then tells everyone "ni-night" awwww!!! :] so sweet!

He has 9 teeth now and one more coming soon! He wears 18 mo/24 mo shirts and 18 mo pants! He wears size 5.5 in shoes and has very wide feet like his Mommy... but we find shoes to fit him very very good in his size and his feet are still so adorable :] He wears size 4 diapers!

Zacary loves to climb up on the couch and chairs, ride his lil toy 4-wheeler, riding in the jeep outside with Eli and also riding the Budgee helicopter ride with Eli when we go to leave Wal-Mart :] They love it and it is soooo cute!!! They are 2 lil peas in a pod and it is absolutly adorable :] They are such good lil friends!!! They hug each other, give kisses, look out for each other always, and just play together always! They do have their times of disagreements ha but that happens and it always works out just fine!!! Eli always protects Zacary and looks out for him in every single way and never steers him the wrong direction and it just melts me to see how close they are now and always will be!!! They are both my lil heroes and just melt my heart and make me so so so so happy in so many ways!!!

Yesterday Zacary had to poop and I noticed it and ran him to the toilet and put him on there just to see how he would react and what he would do! He went poop on the potty!!!! I could not believe it hahaha!!! I am not even training him yet of course since he is 16 mo and I will try and train him the ages I did Eli but this is soooo good and so so smart!!! It is a great way to introduce it more too!!! I am soooo proud!!! Afterwards we gave him a sucker and Eli kept complimenting him along with us!!! Then Eli had to poop and went and said "I doooo soooo good Mommy" haha sooooo sweet! I sad "yes buddys of course you do -- you always do so so good going potty on the big boy potty" -- my babies are amazing and oh so wonderful :]:] I am very very very proud!!!

Zacary and I have one on one time every morning before Eli wakes up and then I have one on one time with Eli before he lays down for nap and right when Zacary does lay down for nap since Eli doesn't sleep as long as Zacary! Zacary and I in our time are learning with animals and their sounds and reading more books! He is very smart and so cute and funny!!! He loves to have me there to play always just like his big brother -- we do crafts, games, play, go out on a lil play date together, anything and it is always so much fun no matter what we do :]:] I think back to when Eli was growing up and remember everything sooooo good of course and Zacary is just right in the same places as Eli was and is the same sweet lil boy as Eli always has been too -- I JUST LOVE THEM SO SO SO MUCH and how much alike they are and always have been and how much love and care they show me every single day -- they are the best and soooo wonderful!!!!

My lil guy you make Mommy, Daddy, and Big Brother smile so much every single day and do the cutest things in the world- I swear on it haha! My whole world begins and ends with you my Zacary Brenden and Elijah Andrew, and your amazing Daddy too. LOTS of love always from Mommy!!!!! Happy 16 months my lil guy :]

Here is the video of my Zacary Brenden's lil dance moves -- so so cute and hilarious!!! Eli also plays the harmonica very good too :]:] Luke Bryan is a huge fave in our house -- thanks to Mommy hehe! The boys love his music too and he is a great country singer if you ask me :]

Eli and Zacary also love to sing "Mommy Mommy/Mama Mama" to the theme of Bob the Builder haha! It is sooo sweet and adorable :] Melts me!! Eli started singing it one day out of the blue and Zacary caught on and sings it with him now too awwww LOVE IT and my babies so much -- here is the video :]

* Is It Baseball Season Yet!? *

2012-01-25T23:54:00.003-05:00

B/c I know 2 lil boys that are so ready for it... and so is their Mommy and Daddy :]

My 2 lil St Louis Cardinals fans -- soooo stinkin cute and sweet! This pic is Eli (right) at 16 months and Zacary (left) 16 months :] I can't believe how grown up they both are and esp how much Eli has grown from then til now -- tears. I love my baby boys more than any words can explain <3<3

* January 16, 2012 -- Happy 3rd Birthday my Baby Eli * :]

2012-01-22T14:53:00.007-05:00

My lil man is officially 3 years old- and that blows my mind away!!! It seems like just yesterday he was born and now he is a handsome grown up lil boy with a cute baby brother growing up just as fast right behind him!!! I just can't get over that he is 3 years old- it is very bittersweet!!! It makes me tear up! He is such a sweet and loving lil man – and oh so wonderful too :] I am blessed beyond blessed for the awesome hubby and 2 sweet baby boys I call MINE :]:]

Elis birthday festivities started out on Sunday January 15th! We had a lil birthday party for him with his lil friends at a bouncy house place called Jump 2 It and all the kids had so much fun!!! We played games, played in the bouncy houses, and then sang happy birthday, ate cake, and opened gifts! He loved every single second of it and when he told me he had to go potty once we went into the bathroom and he said “thank you for doing this party for me – I am excited and it is so fun!” awwww!! Such a sweetheart!!! I love him so so much! Zacary sure had a fun time too!!!! We got him a lil truck to open while brother opened gifts and he loved it!!! There were a total of 13 kids there :]:] I loved seeing Eli run around and wanting us all to come with him and jump and show us what he can do – everywhere he went he wanted Mommy Daddy and Zacary to come too awwww such a sweetie :] He is growing up sooo darn fast and I just can’t believe it! He got all kinds of neat gifts!!! Noah, Zacary, and I got him some of the Disney Cars and Cars 2 race cars he does not have yet and he loves them so much that since he got them he has slept with them at nap and bed time awwww!! We also got the 4 of us tickets to go to the circus in Feb for his birthday too :]:] He is so excited to go but says he does not want the clowns to touch him hahaha he is so cute! He went up to all the kids and told them thank you for the gifts and it was adorable – he kept telling Zacary “thank you so much for getting me a present Zacary” awww melt my heart!!!

After his party we went and ate dinner where Eli wanted which was a pizza place close to our house called Stevi B’s :] He looooves that place and loves the macaroni and cheese pizza the best! Zacary is also a huge fan and they gobbled their pizza on up :]:] We went home and relaxed the rest of the night and then on the 16th his actual birthday we took the boys to an NBA game (for a grrrreat price) for Eli’s birthday! It was so much fun :]:] Both boys did sooooo good and loved it and the nachos they ate too :]:] I am so glad I found the tickets out of the blue because we all had such a fun time!!! We stayed til the 4th quarter and then decided to go because the boys were getting hungry for dinner and in order not to spend an arm and a leg for dinner at the concessions ha we decided to go out to eat :] We let Eli decide of course, and he wanted to go to McDonalds so we went there and had a fun time playing with the boys in the playland and then came home and relaxed for the night :]

Elijah Andrew- you make me smile in so many ways and it makes me and my heart so so sooooo happy! You are such a sweet boy full of love and smiles and are always so happy! I will never forget the day I found out I was pregnant with you and how I surprised Daddy and how extremely excited we were to meet you and just planning everything for you! You are my lil hero and one of the best things that has ever happened to me! You make me so so sooooo happy and I enjoy seeing your sweet face every single day!!! Even though you are my son- you are a great great greeeeat friend to me and always will be. I pray every single day that the love we have for each other now and with as close as we are now is how our friendship is our entire lives. I will always do anything in the world for you and I hope you always know how much love I have for you!!!

I remember seeing your sweet face for the first time- and that moment will never ever go away! You bring me so much joy, peace, and love in my life! You and your baby brother both do and I am so thankful to be able to stay home with both of you every single day and spend all the time in the world with you. I cherish every single moment with both of you and will always always love the 2 of you so much and do anything for you boys! <3

You are a very sweet sweet boy always full of love, laughs, and smiles! You are so hilarious too! You say and do the funniest things and it makes me laugh so much! There is definitely not a day that goes by that you don’t bring me so many laughs and smiles and I just love you so so so much!!!

***What are you up to my Mr. Eli!?***

--You are talking very good and in sentences all the time! It seems you learn more and more to say everyday and it is adorable! You will talk our ears off and it’s so so cute! You have a shy side to you, especially around people you do not know all that well (you get that form your Mama hehe) – BUT there is not one thing wrong with being shy if you ask me :]

--You know your shapes, days of the week, the weather, colors, you count all the way to 16 by yourself, you know numbers 1 thru 10 when they are wrote out and can tell me which number is which, you are starting to learn your letters and so far are good with A, E, L, I, and Z! Of course your name letters are a given ha, and then when you see a Z you say “that is Zacary’s name” awww :] I sit down and do lessons with both boys of what their age should be learning at that time everyday during the week! This week we worked on the letter A and the number 1 and some nursery rhymes and others too! He knows how to trace an A and a B and his number 1 too! It is soooo cute and I am sooo stinkin proud of my babies!!!

--You are very good at matching things!! You can tell when 2 things look alike and what a difference is in them! We play bingo and you help Zacary play and can match each object I call out and cover it with a bingo chip! The objects are animals, fruit, letters, numbers, sports items, etc. It is so much fun and you are so so very smart!!! You also will see letters or numbers anywhere (store signs, books, TV, magazines, etc) and point out a letter or number and tell me what it is all on your own! When he sees an E he says “hey that is in my name” :]:]

--According to our scale at home you are 31 lbs! We go for our 3 yr and 15 mo checkup very soon and I am anxious to see how big the 2 of you are! I know Zacary is only like 5 lbs less than Eli – but Eli was the same built as Zacary… the exact same when he was Zacary’s age and it is sooo cute! You wear size 11 in shoes and you are in 3T and some 4T hirts and 3T pants! You still nap everyday – between an hour and a half or two hours! You take good naps and need your nap still! If you go without a nap you are one sad boy and it breaks my heart with the meltdowns you have :[ So we do good with taking naps for you my buddys!! You go to bed around 9pm and are such a night owl (you get that from your Mama too hehe) :] You wake up between 7:45am and 8:30am!

--You love Happy Feet, Cars and Cars 2, Lion King, Barney, Mickey Mouse, Dora, Little Bear, and Toy Story! You also love to play toddler learning games on the computer, going to playgroup, going to Barnes and Noble and Monkey Joes, you love to do toddler learning workbooks with Mama, you say the sweetest lil things and are such a good lil boy and always so happy, you love to color, play the wii (and he is so good haha), play baseball (he is playing t-ball in the spring woot woot), play your learning baseball game that involves matching letters, numbers, and colors too! You love to eat and you are not too picky (even though sometimes he goes through picky stages b/c that is just the age thing!!) – your favorite meal is breakfast, you love snacks, going to the library and your classes we go to for you and baby brother, love being outside, playing at parks, bathtime, being with Mommy Daddy and Zacary, being such a great big helper and you are always so proud of yourself awww, snuggling before nap and bed, reading stories, football, watching baseball and football games, playing with your brother and giving him hugs and kisses and saying “I love you Zacary” awww melts my heart!!!! You also love to look out for your baby brother so much and you are so protective of him… it’s sooooo adorable! You both have times of lil arguments and disagreements with each other which does happen with all kids haha… but it always works out good between the 2 of you and you both would do anything in the world for one another :] You 2 are good lil buddies and so close and I adore you both so so so much! It’s waaaaay cute!!! You love to sit on our laps, have your back runned and hair rubbed, have us hold you, you love for Mommy to lay with you a bit before nap and bed and read a story and sing songs, you say "I love you" to Mommy and Daddy so so much and it is soooo awesome and an amazing feeling :], you love listening to music, watching the Wiggles, and I would say your favorite music is country music and all the toddler lil tunes – with “old mcdonalds farm” being one of your faves :] You know all the songs very good and sing them and like to sing with Mommy when we sing Zacary songs before bed too awww :] You are a huge hugger and kisser too – it’s so stinkin sweet :]

--He has been potty trained since last May 2011! He does sooooo good!!! I can’t even tell you the last accident he has had (knock on wood haha)!! He gets in deep sleeps and has to wear a pull-up to bed at night still but that is just dandy with me – he can’t help it and it is very common!! He does great with nap though, just only at night time is when he has to wear the pull-up. He is very good with telling us when he has to pee and number 2 and always does a great job – very very proud!!! My Mr Zacary loves to try and pull toilet paper everywhere while we use the bathroom too hahahaha such a funny lil guy he is!

--Eli still loves to play in his room and Zacary’s so much with Mommy and brother during the day! It is so much fun and I definitely soak these days up with my boys!!! Eli is still a wonderful helper and gets so proud to help me out with things :] It is so cute!!! He will bring me anything I ask him to and is so proud of himself! He likes to get it by himself too and says “I did that all by myself” :]:] He loves for Mommy and Daddy to play with him and be with him and I just love that so much!!! His baby brother and him are great friends and it is so much fun to watch them grow and play together!!! It is the best thing ever having 2 lil boys so close in age and so close to each other already!!! <3>

--Eli can tell you tons of baseball players names, he knows most of the teams for baseball and football too haha! He is one sports lover!!! I love it!! He asks why already at times too hahaha, he can put how old he is on his fingers and knows how old Zacary is too, he tries to read books esp to his baby brother awwww, he can draw a smiley face, can tell what his name is when I write it out and Zacary’s as well! He does not know how to write yet but that is expected at 3 years old and we plan to work on that more later on!!!

--Eli has one heck of a memory!!! He remembers things sooo good and can tell a story in the order it happened and just remembers everything, literally! It’s soooo cute! He loves to say I love you to us, lay with us in our bed before nap and bed with baby brother too of course, he loves doing puzzles too and is good with them!!! Zacary watches every step Eli does and loves to do the same! He loves doing craft and coloring with us during the week and Eli does as well and I just love that! They are such sweet lil boys!!!!! Zacary looks up to his big brother and it melts my heart!!!! They are just too cute together and will always be so so close and I am so happy for them that they have that relationship!!! They are both always such sweethearts to me- it melts my heart so much how sweet they are and how much love they show me everyday- I am so truly blessed in so many ways!!! He also tells me what his full name is, Zacary’s is, and me and Noah’s too! When you ask him how you spell his name he says “E, L, I” :]

Daddy and I talk about you and Zacary every single day and night! We are so thankful and blessed for 2 sweet lil boys and love looking back to our great times with you 2 and can't wait to see what the future brings for our lil family too <3 You both are so wonderful and awesome and absolutely amazing in so many ways! I can’t say it enough with how much I love you, how proud I am of you in so many ways and always will be, and how no matter what you 2 will always be my sweet lil babies that I will do anything for! Thank you for all the smiles, laughs, times of love, and all the joy you bring in my life! You 2 baby boys are my true lil heroes and I love you sooooo much!

*This is Zacary (left) at 15 months and Eli (right) at 12 mo awwww my sweet babies* :]

*My baby Eli in 2009 (1st pic -- newborn pic in the hospital), 2010 (2nd pic -- 1 yr old), 2011 (3rd pic -- 2 yrs and baby brother is almost 4 months), 2012 (3 yrs and baby brother is almost 16 months) -- soooo cute and makes me tear up how much they boh have grown!! Such wonderful lil boys and such sweethearts!!!!*

I feel like 3 years old is like an official time to say "yes Jess -- your lil baby boy is 3 and a big boy!" it has hit me all at once! 3 years means they aren't free at some restaurants anymore, they cost more to go to Monkey Joe's and the movie theatres, they are moved to the big kids' room in church nurseries (as I found out today and that did not go over well -- I had 2 very sad baby boys that did not want me leaving... so I took them back with me b/c it broke my heart!!!!) -- it just seems like all of a sudden 3 is the age where people have different places and rules for them! Why 3!? I can understand 5, but 3!? It really hits me hard ha! I know my babies will always be my babies forever though, that indeed is the truth! I just do not want them to grow up so so so fast on me... I cherish every single second with my baby boys... and I love that!!! I just don't want them walking out on me for college before I blink again! AHHHHHH breaks my heart ... OH but how I love every single darn second of being a Mommy and wouldn't trade one thing in the world for it!!!!!!! LOVE my babies to pieces!!!

Happy 3rd birthday my Mr Eli! I LOVE YOU SOOOOO MUCH and so does Zacary and Daddy :]:]

Here is a slide show of his birthday pictures :] We had such a great time! I loved it we did a party with fam at Christmas too b/c Eli loved it also, it is so close to his birthday anyway, and it gave us time to do a family and be with family for his birthday too! I plan to do this with Zacary even if it is a lil early too for when family is down in summer or fall to visit! It will be fun!!! Here are his pics for his bday party with friends and when we went to the game too :] (I really hope this slideshow doesn't cut off the pics -- but if it does all his bday pics are under the January 2012 album on FB!!!) :]

Kizoa slideshow: elibday - Slideshow

* Eli's 3 Year Pics & some of Zacary too * :]

2012-01-09T23:02:00.011-05:00

I took some pics of my babies last Fri since Eli is 3 in one week and since it was so beautiful out!! I think they turned out great!! I am no professional by any means but had a fun time for sure :] The boys did so so good too! Zacary was kinda sad b/c of his lil teefers at times but I still got some cute pics of him too... and the ones of them together just melt my heart too :] I really can't believe Eli is gunna be 3 in a week... ahhhh tears! It's so bittersweet and I just don't know why my babies have to grow up!!! He is getting so stinkin big and so tall too and is so smart, adorable, and hilarious! My babies are always making me laugh!!

We have been working on work books and he is getting into letters now by his choice :] He can trace letters and does pretty good and I am soooo stinkin proud!!!!! :]:] He also can tell me what numbers 1 thru 8 are when I write them out and loves to count things by pointing his finger and counting them out or putting a dot on each item until he counts them all out awww soooo cute and smart! I am soooooo proud of my babies so so so much :] He knows his name starts with E, Zacary's does with Z and he finds E and Z in words around (books, restaurants, stores, TV, movies, etc) and if he sees an E and Z he says "that is Eli's letter and that is Zacary's letter" awww :]:] I am seriously soooo proud and love I can work with him on these things and watch him learn all this too :]

Zacary is huge into giving hugs right now and it is sooooo cute!!! He is so sweet and adorable :] he wraps his lil arms around you and hugs and hugs and smiles aww and then kisses too :]:] He is saying Mama and Daddy so much and now starting to say Eli too and it's sooooo sweet -- he is an all around adorable baby boy just like his big brother :] It melts me and I am so stinkin proud of him in so many ways too!!! He is growing so much and learning so much and I just love it I can sit and teach him all he knows too and watch him learn -- from the start of teaching Eli all the way til now has been absolutely amazing and I love love love every second spent with them and every second of what we do together every day :] I am so so soooo proud of my baby boys and love them so very much :]:]

Here are my pics of my sweet lil men -- LOVE --

* My Sweet Lil Men * :]

2012-01-09T01:09:00.002-05:00

It was so beautiful out on Fri so I took the boys out to the park to play and have a picnic and while we were there I got some pictures of them since Eli is 3 in a week (sniff sniff tears rolling down my face) ... so so so bittersweet!!!

I am going to post all the pics I took tomorrow b/c I am overly exhausted right now and must go to sleep for the night asap but before I fall I asleep I did this... look at my sweet, precious, handsome lil men --

My sweet baby boys awww they are my lil heroes!!! I love love this and the 2 of them so so very much ♥♥ Man does it ever feel like Eli was this age yesterday and he is gunna be 3 and my lil guy is 15 mo now -- tear!! In this pic Zacary is 15 mo and Eli is 12 mo :] Do you think they look like brothers!? Ha, just a lil... or quite a bit :] They have their own look to their cute lil faces, but it's not hard to see they are cute lil brothers :] I love how they have the same eye color and hair color -- it's presh :]

More pics to come tomorrow!!! I hope you all had a great weekend :]:] G'night y'all hehe :]

* Just Some Randoms * :]

2012-01-05T21:58:00.006-05:00

Not much going on in the Zehr house this week. I will admit I am sad Christmas is over... thankfully for us the next event is Eli's birthday in January -- so we don't have too bad of the winter blues... going from all this fun Christmas stuff to having to take it all down... our focus instead is for Eli's birthday yay :]

I have yet to take down our trees -- I don't have the heart to do it quite yet! Every time Eli sees the Christmas lights are off of all the houses he says "I am so sad Christmas is over" break.my.heart!!!! So our trees are still up haha! We plan to take them down this weekend and I have explained to Eli that next year all of this will be back for sure and the next is for his birthday and then Valentine's Day and that has made him so excited so I hope the trees going down isn't an emotional time awww :] I just love love to hear my babies love the time of year like I do -- Christmas is so much fun -- esp with the kiddos :] Or heck... better yet, I could keep the trees up year round and we could decorate it with each holiday and birthday that comes up ha ;] I am JK! hahaha that would be so funny tho :]

Zacary is more and more of a toddler each day and it just makes me realize even more how much he is growing and how big he is growing! I feel like Eli was just his age and now look, Zacary is 15 mo old and Eli is 3 in 11 days! My oh my!!! It's so bittersweet but I do indeed cherish every single moment with my sweet babies! Zacary is saying more and more words... today after breakfast he said "Mama alllll done" awwww so stinkin sweet :] He smiles all the time and is one smart boy! He loves to mock Eli these days too -- anything Eli does, Zacary does the same haha! It's so cute and funny! He sees Eli after Eli wakes up each morning (he always wakes up after Zacary) and Zacary says "Hiiiiiii" and is so happy to see his big brother :] Melt my heart!!!! He is such a stinkin sweetheart just like Eli and I love love love them so much!!!

Eli is learning more and more with numbers and letters. He is counting things very good and counts in order very good too! He sees letters and will say "that is in my name" awwww :] He can spell his name too and tries spelling it out on paper -- it's rather adorable :] He knows his full name, Zacary's full name, and me and Noah's too :] He is oh so smart and such a sweetheart all the time. The things he says just melt me!! The other day he told me I am a superwoman and thanked me for making dinner for them! Awwwww :]:] He says something all the time that is just soooo sweet and cute! Not to mention -- the words "I love you Mommy" is one of the best things to hear out of your lil child's mouth :]:] Melt me!!!! Eli always looks out for Zacary and always tells me "Mommy I look out for Zacary to make sure he doesnt hurt" awwww :] It is one of the cutest things ever to see how protective he is of Zacary -- they are closer and closer as the grow and it makes me smile so much :]

We have Eli's birthday plans all in action and I am so excited! We have a small birthday party for him at a place like Monkey Joe's on the 15th for a couple of hours where the kids can jump and play and go down the slides, eat cake, open gifts, and then of course play the games and everything else too :] Eli picked his party to be Finn McMissile off Cars 2 so that is what his cake is, his favor bags, and I made him a big 3 and his name on the back of a Finn McMissile shirt :]

Then on the 16th, his actual birthday -- Noah has the day off for MLK's day which works out so awesome! We are gunna let the boys hit a Cars 2 pinata when they wake up and get all the candy, have Eli open the gifts from us (we got the 4 of us tickets to the circus for Eli's birthday and I am soooo stoked!!! -- then Zacary got him some Cars 2 race cars Eli doesn't have yet -- of course we got something small for Zacary too since he is young and won't understand!) -- I am sooooo excited haha!!! Birthdays for my babies are soooo fun to plan and to do for them :] Then on his actual birthday the 16th we are also going to an Atlanta Hawks NBA basketball game too that Eli wanted to go to when we asked him if he wanted :] We got tickets for $8 a piece and Zacary is free so that is awesome for an NBA game, and very close to us annnnd great seats too!!!! Then Eli wants to eat at Stevi B's for dinner as he picked of course -- which is a very yummy pizza place close to our house :] I am stoked for his big birthday :] I can't believe he is gunna be 3 though -- makes me so sad, in a good way tho! I just can't believe how fast my babies are growing and want them to stay little forever... thinking of the day they are off to school and move out already breaks my heart and makes me so so sad... ahhhh I just can't think of it!!!! Ohhhhhh how I love them SO SO SO much!!!!!

I hope you all had a great holiday season! We had a great time and the boys' were priceless at Christmas time... I swear it gets even better each year! We went to a friends' house for NYE and had a good time! The kids were out pretty early (I layed with the boys like I do every night and LOVE LOVE til they fell asleep and it didn't take long at all -- they were so exhausted from not napping very well that day awwww) b/c they were so tired and then my hubs and I played games with our friends and stayed up til midnight for the ball drop and had a great time -- we were up so so late but it was sooo worth it and so much fun with my hubs! I love it that we do stuff like this and just sit and chat together as our date nights when the kids go to bed -- it's so fun and good to do! I love him soooo and I am one lucky girl to have such a great hubby!!!! He's my bestest friend :] I am so so happy with my hubby and sweet baby boys -- life is so awesome and I am truly blessed :]

We did a birthday craft for Eli today and also did a penquin craft this week too -- the boys love their crafts and loved gluing and putting glitter on the caterpillars :] Zacary loves to lay on his belly and color awww so so so cute! Eli loves to be a part of every step for his craft also -- I love it and my sweet boys so much :]

Tomorrow's high is 65 and sunny so I am going to take the boys to a park and have a picnic and play!!! I am going to take some pics of the boys for Eli turning 3 too -- I will of course post them sometime this weekend :] I hope you all have a great weekend!!!! :]

* December 24, 2011 -- Happy 15 Months my Zacary Brenden * :]

2011-12-31T00:52:00.006-05:00

My sweet baby Zacary turned 15 mo on Christmas Eve – December 24th! He is getting quite the personality as he grows and it is soooo adorable! I just love it and love having 2 sweet, precious, and cute lil boys :] They are both my lil heroes and I love them so so much!

What are you up to Zacary!?

You now have 8 teeth! Yes this is right, he went from 4 teeth to 8 teeth!!! Poor buddys had 4 teeth come in at once and was such a sweet trooper with it!!!! He was up twice in one night before and it was because of his teeth – other then that you would have never knew he had 4 teeth coming in at once awww!!! Such a big big boy!

He is in size 4 diapers, size 18 month clothes, and size 5.5 wide shoes. Poor lil buddys has my wide feet… so we have to find all velcrow shoes for him awww but they look so so darn precious on him! He is taking one 2.5 hour nap a day in the afternoons and sleeps through the night… going to bed between 8:30pm or 9:00pm and sleeping until 7:00am or 7:45am! My boys are both such great great sleepers!!!! They love their sleep, cuddle time, and their beds!!!

We go to the Dr for Eli’s 3 yr check up and Zacary’s 15 mo check up at the end of Jan! It is easier to get the two of them in at once rather than 2 separate times! I don’t believe we will need any shots… crossing my fingers and toes on that anyway!!! On our scales Zacary is 24 lbs still :] He is very active with his cute lil walk and is full out running now too :] It is sooooo cute!!!

He is oh so funny and always making me smile and laugh! He has a cute lil laugh that sounds like it is going to be like Noah’s laugh haha – which is a very loud and funny laugh I love it!!! He is saying: “ni-night, hiiiii, byyyye, blows kisses, gives hugs, says Mama, Dada, tries to say Eli, brother, puppy, uh-oh, candy cane, football, he knows where his toes and belly are, and his nose too! He is getting oh so smart and now is getting into wanting to climb up on Eli’s twin size bed all by himself which he is able to do. He likes to climb up on the couch and chair just to sit there and look so so cute! He can be ornery (sp!?) and is a bit active but I love love him to pieces!!! He likes to get in my cabinets haha, he is becoming very interested in our stairs and I do not let him go up them unless I am behind him but my lordy it bout gives me a heart attack then too haha! You do not want to make him mad b/c he is like his daddy and hits things haha and throws a lil temper tantrum awww!!! We are working on him with this tho and so far it has gotten better awww sweet boy!

He likes to do absolutely everything his brother is doing… walking with him, playing with him, such a big big boy! He loves to go down slides, go into the library like a big boy with no stroller and walk/be held with Mommy and Brother and he is soooo cute! I do not make him sit in his stroller since he is older and he loves it to pieces and it is soooo precious to watch the boys together – I just love love love it in so many ways and in ways I really can’t explain b/c it is just that wonderful :]

He loves Mickey Mouse, coloring, looking out the windows, babies, Cars, The Wiggles, walking with you and holding your hand, allll stuffed animals, Elmo and is now saying “la la la” when you ask him what Elmo says awwww and says “quack quack quack” when you ask him what a Ducky says :] He loves to cuddle, smile, laugh, eat any food out there, snack, be held, run to you with your arms up awww, hugs, kisses, likes to show you what he wants by coming up to you to pick him up so he can show you, loves legos, Thomas the Train, dum dum suckers, books and to have them read to him awww, train tables, being outside, cookies, mac and cheese, hot dogs, pears, bananas, playing with his brother at all times, playing with his barn and animals with Eli too, baseball bats, baseballs, putting items into a box and shutting it and then opening it, helping clean up and being so proud, he will clap his hands and say “yaaaaay” awwww :]:] He also will see pics of Noah, Eli, and me and say our names awww bless him! He makes a funny noise when he is excited haha it makes us laugh so much! He is all around a very precious and wonderful lil boy and I am soooo very proud of him in so many ways!!! My babies are the best and make me one proud Mommy always always!!!! I just love them so so much!

Him and his brother do have their ordinary, normal, lil fights everyday buuuut they love each other and are good lil buddies. Every kid has their fights and they work it out with Mommy and everything is good to go! They are doing good with sharing and taking turns too and it is soooo good!!! Zacary is now able to eat off a plate without throwing it to the ground hahaha and he is starting to want to eat with silverware too! His favorite songs are the itsy bitsy spider, you are my sunshine, I love you off Barney, and the wheels on the bus, as well as mr golden sun too :] It is so so so cute to see him do the motions to the songs with us and dance and look oh so sweet of course :] soooo darn smart!!! He also love loves his baths and to take them with his brother too!!! He gets so proud of himself so very fast when we shower him with how good he does awww! He loves his lil cousins and they are all very very cute together!!! He also likes to take off his shoes and socks in the car and cackles about it hahahaha sooo silly!!! He loves to stick his face in the bubbles and dies laughing hahaha!!! It will be so fun to watch them swim together next Summer :]:]

He is looking sooooo grown up it is crazy!!! His lil voice sounds like Eli's did at his age and he is so funny when you ask him a question and he shakes his head no or yes hahaha!!! He wants everything and to do everything just like Eli -- such a big big boy awwww he's sooo stinkin sweet like Eli too!!! He pats his head when he wants me to rub it before nap and bed awww, loves to shop with Mommy and Brother, loves going to playgroup, the library, monkey joe’s, all animals, any type of food he can munch on haha, baby Einstein, Happy Feet and he now does the dance that Mumble does with his feet haha it is sooooooo adorable!! I will get it on video soon!!!! He also loves to dance and gets down and boogies and we all laugh and laugh!!! He loves to run in a circle too :] he gets so excited to see me at anytime and when Noah gets home from work it is so cute too! he does have a bit of a shy side to him but he warms up and is good to go. He loves for Mommy to snuggle and hold him tho and to sit on my lap too – LOVE that my babies always want Mommy to snuggle, hold them, sit on my lap, and be with me so so much – I pray it is always that way with our relationship!!! THEY ARE AMAZING AND WONDERFUL and make me even more of who I am!!! I LOVE being a Mommy to my baby boys so so so much!!!! They make my every single day complete even more than I ever could have imagined <3

I really can’t believe how big my baby boy is getting!!! He is soooo very smart, brave, and wonderful! He loved seeing Santa and will try anything! Eli wants Zacary to try things first and then he will do it haha it is soooo funny and cute!!! They are so so cute together and Zacary always sticks by Eli’s side and Eli will always make sure he is safe and around him awww!!!! Melts my heart!!! They always make sure I am there and I love every single second with them!!!! We do crafts, read books, sing songs, play games, and everything of that plus millions more is the best with them ever!!!! It is crazy to me that maybe soon we may try a toddler bed, and potty training process… my oh my is he ever growing so so so fast!!! It makes me tear up to see how fast my babies grow but every single second with them is sooooooo amazing and I cherish everything with them every single second of every day!!!! I LOVE YOU AND HAPPY 15 MONTHS MY ZACARY BRENDEN – YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE AND MY LIL HERO AND MY SWEET BABY ALWAYS!!!! <3

* Laptime & Santa Again * :]

2011-12-20T16:09:00.009-05:00

The boys and I have been attending a Mommy and Me class at the library for a year now and it is called Laptime! We go once a week and it is so much fun -- it is pretty much a lil preschool class but the Mommy's stay to watch their children learn too! It's soooo much fun and we have enjoyed it tons -- the boys are always so stinkin excited to go and so is this Mommy :]

I know I have mentioned this class before in a post -- but I am mentioning it again b/c sadly... it is near an end for us for Eli. The class ends when they are 3 and with the holidays coming up and all... we have THREE classes left :[ We are so sad! BUT there is also an awesome story time/play time on Tuesdays that is so awesome for the kids too and we will go to that for sure every week we can! The boys love love going to the library and love to also play with the train table and get books to read there and at home too -- it's adorable and seriously so so much fun! Zacary is at an age now where he doesn't need to be in his stroller the whole time too -- so we don't take a stroller anymore and he just walks with us or I hold him wherever we go and he is soooo happy as Eli is the whole entire time and just loves it and understands so much like Eli does too!! I LOVE IT :]

For the class you start off reading books with your child(ren) Then Miss Michelle (the teacher) starts with some songs (the chickie song, the itsy bitsy spider, a spider song, and Mr Golden Sun too) :] We also do the wheels on the bus, story time, we do the weather, the days of the week, craft time, and we do a matching game where Miss Michelle gives an item to each of the kids (example: Eli got a drum this week!) -- and when she puts your child's item on the board they run up and match theirs beside it and come runnin back to their Mommy! When we first started this class Eli was so shy and wanted me to hold his hand and go with him everywhere -- so precious! Then one day he says "Mommy you watch me right here and Eli will be riiiiight back" awwwww such a sweetie and he is growing so darn fast! And he is so darn proud of himself b/c he comes a smiling soooo big and flying back to me and runs into my arms to the point where I almost fall backward haha!!! It's sooo adorable and just melts my heart!

He also will lay on his belly during story time now too but says "Mommy I want you and Zacary to come with me for the story" so we scoot closer to him and sit and listen to the story with him while he is on his belly listening soooo good awww! Zacary also does the motions to the songs and smiles ear to ear and loves to follow Big Brother up to the board when he takes his item up to match and also comes runnin back to me with a big smile and hugs when he gets to me awww I LOVE LOVE LOOOOVE it :] My lil babies are my lil heroes and I just love them to the moon and back -- they make my each and every day with the littlest things they do sooo sweet and make my days soooo complete! When we are done with the class we play with the train tables, sometimes have snacks, get books, and see the big fishies before we leave in the tank there! Eli always says "I have so much fun at the library with you Mommy" Awwww :]:] Everyone always gets such a cute kick out of Zacary and how cute he looks dancing and doing the song motions/name game motions and goes up to the board with Eli and runs back to me too for hugs and kissies -- it's soooo adorable!!!

We will def miss this class but will continue to come once a week for the amazing story time too! Andddd Zacary will begin this laptime class in Sept when he turns 2 (my oh my is that ever crazy to say!!!!) We are looking forward to it and Miss Michelle let's all siblings come to so Eli will get to go back in Sept too of course :]:] Such a neat neat thing for the kids and helps them learn sooooo much!!! My boys have gotten so much out of the class and we also go over the info from the class once a week at home too and they just love love love it :]

Sometimes Eli even says "Mommy Zacary and Eli will sit in their chairs in Eli's room and we do library class?" awww :]:] There is also a name game you do where you pat your lap with your hands and the boys both do the lil pat to their lap and we say the names around the room... at home it is hello Eli, hello Zacary, and all the lil stuffed animal/toy names around Eli's room to and then hello Mama at the end :]:] We say hello Daddy too hehe!!! :] Here are some wonderful pics from the class I took -- usually I am so busy with the boys it is hard to get pics but I am sooo glad I got pics yesterday b/c they are soooo adorable and such great memories!!! I am def one proud proud Mommy of my lil men -- they do sooo good and are oh so smart!!!! I LOVE YOU MY BABY BOYS and it is sooo cute to see how proud they are of themselves too :]:] I praise them with so many compliments on how good they are and how good they do throughout the class and always -- it just melts my heart!

Here is a slide show of the pics I took -- and the stupid thing cut off some parts of the pic arrrrg but as always I have them on my FB under my December 2011 albums :] The one pic of the back of their heads together is them both sitting on my lap and Eli was hugging Zacary awwww just love it!!! They are wonderful :]

Laptime1 - slideshows

We also went and saw Santa one last time today at story time at the library and we sat by Santa! There were no tears shed and they held on strong and did so so good even though they both were a lil scared awww -- but I just love the pic we got and my sweet baby boys :]

* Santa Cow at Chik fil a* :]

2011-12-19T22:13:00.006-05:00

Last Tues night (a lil late sorry) we went to Chik fil a here in Newnan for Santa Cow night! The cow was there all in Santa gear and with his lil elf too :] The boys loved it and we got good seats! They played a lil frosty and rudolph movie while we ate dinner and then could get a pic with the Santa Cow if they wanted to! Eli was a lil scared (he gets that from his Mama hehe) and Zacary walked right on up to them hahaha! It was soooo cute and funny! I got a pic of me and Eli by him and one with Zacary with him too! Then the kids all got free cookies and milk -- soooo neat for the kids and they just loved it! We had a great time the 4 of us as always too!!!! The boys both walked up to him to say goodbye and gave him a high five! It was so so cute too b/c Eli had Zacary go first and then he went haha -- he has been wanting Zacary to do stuff first and then he will -- soooo cute and funny! Zacary is my lil brave lil guy and it cracks me up how funny he is!!! My babies are always making me smile and laugh! We had a great time and will def go back next year again too :] Here are some pics :] As we left Eli said "ohhh my gossssh I had so much fun!" I just love hearing those lil words -- sooooooo sweet! :] Then the boys said bye bye cow see you at the Braves games next year haha!!! So adorable :]

* Our lil Fam Christmas 2011 * :]

2011-12-19T21:46:00.005-05:00

Our Christmas this weekend was beyond amazing and oh so wonderful! The boys had such a great time and were so so so excited!!!! My blogger will not let me post all the pics I took for our lil Christmas the 4 of us but if you look on FB under my Christmas 2011 album -- there they all are :]:] They are great pics!!!! It was beyond so much fun! The boys woke up and Eli was yelling "presents presents Santa brought presents and wrapped them in Happy Feet paper!" awww and Zacary pointed at them and was trying to say what they were awwww :] Zacary also noticed a candy cane on the tree too and said "candy cane" awwww he is starting to talk so so much!

The boys were pretty spoiled for sure hehe -- we wanted to tho and they are such great boys!!! They loved absolutely everything they got and Noah and I loved our gifts too! The boys and I got Noah a wii and he is innnn love with it and played it 4 hrs straight Sat night and then 6 hrs total yesterday hahaha!!!! I am so glad he likes it though :]:] The boys and him got me some shirts from VS that I love, some amber romance spray, and Luke Byran and Jason Aldean CD's :]:]:] LOVE!!!! We stayed home all weekend and played with all their toys and it was so much fun to relax and not have to go anywhere and just play all day long with them! We love that we do our Christmas the 4 of us before traveling to IL so we don't take the time away from us that we would have Christmas morning and then we have even more Christmas time together for a whole stinkin weekend woot :] It was amazing and so so much fun! I have the best lil fam a girl could ask for and I am sooooo happy and blessed!!!!

Eli said "I love what we got for Christmas Mommy -- thank you and thank you to Santa too" awwww :]:] It was so fun watching him so excited as he opened gifts and Zacary too -- he would laugh and laugh and run all over and just loved it too hehe! Eli also said he heard Santa on the roof in the night when I asked him haha -- he said the reindeer made a noise like a wolf howling (he literally said aaaaooooooo like a wolf hahahaha!!!!) sooooo funny! The boys got their tball bats, tball helmets, and baseballs that they both looove and Eli has been asking for in so long awww their faces were so priceless!!! The boys also got a baseball learning game that teaches them more on colors, numbers, letters, and shapes too and its sooo cool! It's such a good learning game and while they are at it -- they can play baseball with it too which they love!!! Eli is so good at it and does soooo great with matching them all and hitting the right ball with the right shape number letter or color on it I am soooo proud!!!

We all 4 of course played the wii together too and I help Zacary play and it's so cute how he smiles with how proud he is of himself awww! Eli also goes and does it all by himself and can hit home runs on the home run derby and get points in golf -- amazing and soooo smart haha!!!! I love my lil family sooooo much!!!!! My babies are my lil heroes that I am sooo stinkin proud of and my hubby is beyond the best ever too!!! He came home from work today saying he dreamed of the hunting noises and animals during a work meeting today hahahahaha omg!!! I died laughing!!!!

We also left cookies, carrots, and milk for Santa and his reindeer! We also wrote him a note and Eli drew a circle and Zacary made lines for him :):) Looooove my babies so much!!!

I also added a pic of the cute cute reindeer cookies we made last Fri too!! They are sooooo cute and were so easy! The boys loved making them too and putting on the eyes and red nose :] I added a pic of the boys in the same jammies AND Santa hat too when Eli was 11 mo and Zacary 14 mo and it is beyond adorable and makes my heart melt!!! They are both so so awesome and def look like cute lil brothers :] The pics of me with the boys side by side is from Christmas 2010 (on the left) and Christmas 2011 (on the right) -- look how much my sweet babies have grown!!! TEAR!!!! They will always be my babies no matter how big they are tho!!!

* This & That * :]

2011-12-16T01:01:00.004-05:00

Well we have our Christmas this weekend the 4 of us and I am so stinkin excited already!!! The boys are too -- esp Eli since he understands more with his age! He keeps saying he does not want to sleep in his room b/c he is scared of Santa awww but he is so excited to see what Santa is gunna bring him and Zacary and to also make him some reindeer cookies and milk and carrots for the reindeer :] We are going to write him a letter tomorrow for the table too :]

I am thinkin bout taking my lil men to the new Chipmunks movie tomorrow afternoon sometime! The boys are free since they are under 3 and Eli is 3 in a month and I just can't believe it one second!!! It is soooo darn bittersweet and makes me tear up! I have his birthday party allll planned out though and can't wait eeeek :]

I have had kind of a rough week this week. I found out a great great friend of mine that lives down here in Newnan as well is moving to Pittsburgh. I can't quite understand the concept of it either :/ My main thing is... why was it meant to be for me to meet her and become friends like we have known each other for years and now she is moving away with her family and we will prolly never see each other again :[ It makes me even more thankful that I get to see my families a pretty good amount for living as far as we do! It would just be so so sad if we didn't see each other... and I am thankful for the support we get with that from all fam and friends and that we are able to go back to IL and visit at times too. I just really hope I can see my friend Tiff and her adorable family again... it hurts to know you may never see them again. We have already talked of doing skype quite a bit -- and I have yet to find the time to tell the boys since Eli will definitely understand! Tiff's girls are 5, 3, and 1 and the 3 year old and Eli are so funny and cute together. I just know he is gunna understand and ask ?s and it already breaks my heart for when we tell him.... ahhhh it's all a part of life though and we will make the best of this :/

The boys and I haven't had too busy of a week which is very nice! We went to the park today and played all afternoon! It was 70 degrees out on Dec 15th woooooot we loved it! They have been a lil under the weather so yesterday was a day full of even more snuggles and lovin!! They are feelin much better today though thank goodness I so hate to see my babies sick and not feel good :[:[ The extra snuggle and lovin time is priceless tho!!! We went to the family night at Chik Fil A on Tuesday night and the cow was there dressed up as Santa and the kids all got free cookies and milk! It was soooo neat and so much fun! Eli wasn't a huge fan of the cow but Zacary was such a brave lil soul and went up to them and everything -- it was soooo cute! Then the boys held hands and walked up there together awww! Eli wanted me to hold him by the cow and gave the cow a high five and then Zacary also gave him a high five when he was up there with me and then sat on his lap!!! He did not cry but he did not smile either but he did a good job -- he is my brave lil soul lil guy :] And bless Eli's lil heart -- he is scared just like his Mommy was when she was little too!!!

We have a busy time coming up -- Christmas for our lil family this weekend, Christmas in IL next weekend, and then back home the 28th and hanging out with our friends here in Newnan for NYE!!! It shall all be a good time!!! We have to drive though so I really hope the snow staaaays away!!!!!! I do not miss that nasty stuff one bit!

Here is some pics of my precious babies --

* Santa 2011 * :]

2011-12-11T23:32:00.008-05:00

We went and saw Santa this weekend at our subdivision clubhouse party :] The boys did so so soooo good!!! They are both a tad scared of him.. Eli is more than Zacary though aww! I did this portable Santa thing for them on the computer as I posted before and since then Eli has been more calm and everything about Santa and I am so proud! Zacary will go up to him and like him but doesn't like to be held by him awww -- my babies are so precious!! But I did get a 2011 Christmas pic with Santa eeeek! Daddy got the shot while I got my babies over by Santa!! Eli did not want me on his lap at all awwww so we sat beside Santa and Zacary had his lil body tight around me and Eli wanted to stand on the far side of Santa but we got a cute cute pic and I love it!!! :]:]

After Santa we got some cookies and juice and then we stood around lookin at the pretty water outside and then Santa came over and asked if the boys wanted to see the geese flying outside with him out the window! He picked Eli up while asking and Eli did soooo great -- I'm so so proud!!! I was in such shock that I said "hurry Noah grab the camera hurry hurry hurry" hahahahaha :] We got pics of Santa with both boys lookin at the geese and Mommy stepped in with them once too :] I am so stinkin proud :]:] Afterwards Eli kept sayin "Eli and Zacary did soooo good seeing Santa -- I like him!" awwww soooo stinkin sweet! Zacary tries to say Santa too :] It's rather precious :]:]

We all went home and had a very successfull trip as you see :] We spent sometime outside -- the boys rode their jeep and they love it and it is so so cute to see them on it together having so much fun!! They are such great lil boys and I just love them to pieces :] They were chasing Mommy on the jeep and laughing and laughing haha soooo cute!! I got some great shots :]

We also went to hear Santa tell all the kids a story at Barnes and Noble the other day and the boys did great and loved it!!! Santa read 3 stories and they listened so so good!!! Then afterwards we played with train tables too :] They loooove their train tables they can play with there and at the library too!!! Zacary got up on the platform by Santa but then came back to us! Eli wanted to stay by me awww!! What great lil boys I have :] I had pics to put up of that too but of course the photo thing won't let me -- how annoying! They are on my FB under the December 2011 album tho if you want to take a gander ever hahaha!!!

I also went and got the boys pics taken by me myself and I on Friday after we also took a freeee carriage ride around our mall and it was so so so much fun!!! I got great pics that are also under my December 2011 album of the boys in their cute lil outfits that were soooo darn handsome and then some pics of the carriage ride too!! The boys LOVED the carriage ride!!!! Eli was sayin "Mommy look at this and Mommy look at that -- oh my gossssh a horsie is taking us on a ride" awww and Zacary was so excited and loved looking at the horsie :]:] LOVE my precious baby boys so so so much -- we have so much fun together :] I will try again to post my pics later and see if it lets me then!!!!

Santa comes to our house this weekend and I am very excited :]:] We did this last year too with Santa coming a week early before going to IL on actual Christmas day and it was so fun and we loved having the time to ourselves the 4 of us still and never wunna take that away! The boys also will have all week to play with their toys before we road trip to IL for a few days -- we get there late the 23rd and leave the evening of the 27th! Noah has off the rest of the week and wants to be home to do nothing and I can't say I blame him but it will also be so good to be back in IL for Christmas with our families and friends!!! I am soooo stinkin excited for our Christmas the 4 of us this weekend too eeeeeek :]:]

* It's Santa & Our Craft Time!!!!! * :]

2011-12-06T17:50:00.011-05:00

The boys got to hear Santa talk to them today and they wrote him a letter as well and got a letter back!!! It was so so fun to see their lil faces -- Eli was in such amazement and loved it and Zacary started walking backwards when Santa said his name hahaha!!!! Sooo adorable and really something neat to do for your kids!!! The light in the video of Santa talking to them turns green if they are on the nice list and when Zacary's video was showing Eli said "Zacary's light will be green too cuz he's a good boy too" awwww :]:] Eli now likes Santa a bit better -- and I am hoping that lasts the rest of the week hehe b/c Thurs we are going to hear Santa read a story at Barnes and Noble and Fri we are going to go and try to sit on his lap again :] We also are taking a free carriage ride -- so much fun!!! :]

We also wrote Santa letters today and Santa wrote them back to us!!! I had to print the letters and as they printed Eli thought it was Santa sending the letter through our printer awww :]:] He told Santa he wants a t-ball bat, books, and a glove in his letter and Zacary wants a Thomas train rug, an Elmo book, and animal books :] Waaaay toooo precious! It was so much fun to do this with my babies and to see how much they loved it!!! I am going to keep doing this every year! We did it last year too but Eli didn't understand as much as this year and it will be cute to see Zacary understand more and more as he grows too awww :]:] I am so in love with this time of year -- and my sweet baby boys and hubby :]:]

I have the videos posted -- first is Zacary's and then is Eli's :]:] Eli has already asked to see them again and again so I have them saved in a good spot to come show him again when he asks :]:]

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/gPBpWo-OgWU2NMlG2iK1_AQ - Zacary

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/gN0NVwooyg-e-jO6IdsxCDA - Eli
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We have made some very nifty Christmas crafts as well which I am very proud of hehe :] I have found most of these crafts at Pinterest.com -- which is one website I am way obsessed with hehehe :]

We have made a reindeer out of their lil feet, we made a Santa face out of their lil hands, we made a Christmas Tree and Santa hat and then used their lil fingers as snowmen, we made snowman donuts with candy corn as the carrot nose, we made door handles in Christmas decorations as well and comin up we are going to make another reindeer craft, wreath craft, yummy reindeer cookies, and another Santa craft and some Christmas brownies too :]:] We made a special ornament with the boys' faces on it for our tree and also made one for my rents of the same and my Grams -- and also made one with my boys' faces and Jasmine and Jayde's sweet lil faces too and Carter's name added to it to (my sister-in-law Lydia is due with her first baby in Feb and it's a boy she is naming Carter aww) :] I hope they like them and think they turned out super cute -- however I can't show them until after Christmas since it is a gift hahaha!!! :] The boys and I love love to do crafts!!! It's so much fun and I just love it when Eli asks to do one too for him and Zacary!! Zacary is loving to color and tries to glue now too just like big brother -- so so cute!!! :] LOVE my sweet baby boys!!!

I also made them their 2011 ornament too!!! :] I get them a new ornament every year -- so far they have one of their hospital pic on an ornament with their full name and birthday and then they have one of their first Christmas pic and the year of their and I also got them each an ornament of the year they were born and their names too!!! You will see the Lightning McQueen ornament for 2011 below hehe :]

* Turkey Day and Christmas Stuff Too * :]

2011-12-02T22:07:00.003-05:00

Why yes, we had a great Turkey Day this year! This was the first year since I have been born that I was away from family during this holiday. It was hard on me, but yet at the same time, my boys kept my mind off of it! We started new traditions for the weekend too -- which was fun! I love my lil family to pieces... they are amazing!!! I did think of my families even more that day too (Zehr and Peek) -- We are thankful to have our lil family as we do and also very blessed for our two families too!!! We are blessed we can be back for Christmas though which issss just around the corner :]

Our day started out by getting up, spending some time in our big ole bed together snuggling, then I made a monkey bread for breakfast while we watched the Thanksgiving Parade :] The boys were loving the parade so much -- it was rather cute!!! They esp loved Elmo and Buzz Lightyear and Santa at the end too!! I cooked our Turkey Day lunch -- which resulted in the menu made by my hubby: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, rolls, and beef and noodles! It was rather yummy if I must say so myself, and I did not mess anything up :]:] Then we of course had punkin pie for dessert :]

I will add some pics of our day as well -- we had a wonderful time together, as always!! We decorated our house with more decorations that evening and put up our tree too and decorated them! Eli loved to help put ornaments on them too -- and Zacary well... he loved it so so much, and also loved to take off the ornaments we were putting on hahaha!!!! :] My babies are thee best! Noah also let me put up a tree upstairs this year too with all PINK ornaments on it and a PINK star at the top.. LOVE!!! The boys each have a tree in their room which they love and they also have a snowman window cling and a paper snowflake they made as a craft on their windows and every single morning we look at the windows and Zacary just points away and smiles and tries to say snowman and Eli says goodbye to his everytime we leave to go somewhere (b/c his window is right above the garage) :] It is rather adorable to hear them :]:]

On Friday we went shopping a bit and then we went downtown Newnan to watch Santa arrive on a firetruck and then he lit the huge Christmas tree!!! It was such a neat thing to see and the boys loved it and loved seeing Santa come on a firetruck!!! We did a lot of snuggling, Christms movies and songs, we went and looked at Christmas lights, and just had a very relaxing and fun time!!!! It was nice to not have to travel and haul everything everywhere! We are going to keep a tradition to be at our house every year for Turkey Day and travel for Christmas!! Which reminds me also -- the 4 of us never wunna take away our Christmas together so in 2 weeks from now -- Santa comes to our house that night for the boys :]:] I am soooo excited and can't wait! Then the boys will have all week to play with their new toys before we have to leave on the 23rd to head to IL til the evening of the 27th for Christmas there with our families! We did this last year too and loved doing it this way -- we had all day to be in our PJ's, open presents, play with them all day and weekend and week -- and then this year I am also cooking a roast and noodles for us too :] Eeeeeek!!! I love this time of year and so do my boys soooo much!

We are taking a trip to Callaway Garden sometime soon too -- which is a Fantasy of Lights! I so can't wait!!!! :] The boys love the lights and Eli has already asked to go around looking at lights again so they will love it!! This Sunday is also Newnan's parade too!!! Fun stuff!!!

We went to LaGrange for their Christmas parade last night which was so much fun! Beforehand I took the boys with one of my friend's and her daughters to see Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph! Eli was not a fan of all 3 of them and he told me he also did not want Mommy or Zacary to sit on Santa's lap either awww poor baby and the way he looks out for us is so stinkin sweet!!!! He gets it from me... I was absolutely scared to death of him every single year when I was little! I did not make him sit on his lap at all or go near Frosty and Rudolph if he did not want to! Zacary loved Frosty and Rudolph and walked up to them awww!!! He also sat on Santa's lap but he was not a fan and it did not last long awww my sweet babies! Eli did not like that Mommy and Zacary went close to him awww such a sweetheart! Then Santa gave them both candy canes and Eli really thanked him and told him goodbye and later that evening in bed told me he wants to go see Santa again and will sit on Mommy's lap when we see him with Zacary awww -- so next Fri we are gunna try her out again :]:]

Here are some pics from our Turkey Day and Christmas Parade in LaGrange -- so so so much fun :] I also want to say as well that it was so awesome to have my hubby home with us for the 4 day weekend last weekend and to be at the parade with us last night too!!! I missed him terribly come Monday this week bc he was home with us so so much and we had a great time! I love him so -- he's the best darn hubby in the world :]:] He has this weekend off too woooot -- and as he snores in my ear I don't even care... I love to see him as much as I can :]:]

My lil family means the absolute world to me... I am one lucky and blessed girl beyond words!!!!! I love them so so so much and they always make me one happy wifey and mommy!!!!! Happy Holidays everyone... I really can't believe that Christmas is in 23 days eeeeeek and I have my shopping alllll done wooooot :]

SO this will not let me add pics for now so I will try again sometime tomorrow -- promise!!! I love you Blogger but why do you seriously have to do this to me!? GOODNIGHT :]

* November 24, 2011 -- Happy 14 Months my Sweet Zacary Brenden * :]

2011-11-30T00:10:00.006-05:00

My Mr Zacary turned 14 months on Nov 24th – which was also our first Turkey Day at home the 4 of us! (post to come soon on Turkey Day) :] It seems my babies are always learning something knew, as I know you are all experienced with too :] It seems Zacary has learned so so much the last month and it makes him seem older then he is – sloooow down time haha!!!! Weren't both of my babies JUST BORN!?!? They are growing so so so fast and I just can’t believe it!!! My babies are my lil heroes and I just love them so so so much :]

Zacary loves to give us kisses and hugs!! He puts his lil forehead to our mouth for a kiss, he will blow a kiss, and then for a hug he lays his lil head on our shoulder or lap :]:] It melts my heart!! He does the same for Eli too of course and it is so so so cute! Eli just smiles ear to ear the whole time too!! Zacary also loves to hug Elmo and Mickey Mouse too (his 2 faves) :] Every single night I make time for both of my boys before bedtime, and our first stop is Zacary's room to say goodnight to him and Eli always joins us too :] I sing “You are my sunshine” and “I love you, you love me” from Barney and read a story and when I blow a kiss goodnight lil Zacary blows one back smiling ear to ear and drinking his milk – sooooo sweet and adorable :]:] Hearing Eli say "I love you Mommy" all the time and kissing me on the cheek too and seeing Zacary smile and blow me a kiss is one of theeee best things ever!!!! I just love every single second with my babies!!!

He is walking very very good and starting to run now too :] He gets so tickled when I chase him and starts to pick up the pace even more haha!!! He is still eating the same which is awesome!! He is such a good lil eater – the only thing he does not like is cottage cheese!!! He always is such a good lil eater – and def loves him some sweets too haha! He is a good fruit eater as well and Eli is too and always has also!!!

He has 4 teeth with 2 more coming in on the top! My poor lil guy was going to show me a toy the other day and he ran into a plastic chair and fell and chipped his tooth a lil. I got him into the dentist Mon morning and they aren’t gunna do anything about it since he will lose it at 5 or 6 yrs old! They leveled it out better and it doesn’t look bad at all! I feel so so bad it happened to him though the poor lil baby!!! He has been such a trooper about it though awww bless him!!! Mommy’s cuddles of course have helped out too :]:] Love me some cuddles with my babies!!!

He has a fabulous love for Elmo, and still loves Mickey Mouse too. He isn’t watching as much Praise Baby as he used to, only because Elmo has taken over haha! He loves to play with any toy and loves loves loves books!!! He tries to sit and read them too haha- it’s just so cute! Eli will actually pretend and read him stories and it is adorable!!! We read stories everyday before nap and bed time and I just love love love it!!! He also will bring us a book when he wants us to read to him… how adorableHe loves his Mommy and Daddy time- and is becoming more and more social with us the older he gets- and I absolutely love it!!!

He loves to be around his brother and watch what his brother is doing at all times :] They are 2 peas in a pod and it melts my heart! Eli is such a good big brother and lil helper and he is always looking out for Zacary to make sure he is doing what is right and all and it’s so so cute! With Zacary still being so young to understand some things sometimes, Eli sure does a good job helping out and steering him in the right direction versus egging him on!!! Soooo cute! My babies always know how to make my day in the smallest ways ever… they bring so much joy to our lives!!!

Zacary loves to laugh, smile, loves to be in the bath tub with his big brother and splash the bubbles, loves to play with Thomas the Train, have Mommy hold and cuddle him, loves to feed himself, drink his sippys so good by himself, and his one baba still at night time of milk :] He loves to have what Eli has at all times and of course I never leave him out evvver and he just is thrilled to be included awww!!! I have included him in everything from day one and it really shows and is so cute!!! It’s so funny too b/c now Eli wants Zacary to try something first before him, and then he will try it hehe!! Zacary is a lil brave lil guy and Eli isn’t as brave and they both look up to each other --- sooooo sweet! Zacary is a busy body, a very sweet lil guy like his big brother, and very brave haha! It makes me chuckle :] The boys love to hug, kiss, play together, and are really the cutest lil boys evvvvver and I am beyond proud to be their Mommy :]

Zacary is taking one 2.5 or 3 hr nap a day and he goes to bed at 8:30pm and gets up around 7:30am or 7:45am! He is a good lil sleeper just like Eli always has been too -- very lucky!!! He is sleeping the same as Eli did at his age too – they both love their sleep and like to kind of sleep in – 7:30/7:45am isn’t too bad at all!!! Eli doesn’t wake up until 8:30am or around there so I have a good hour of time with just Zacary and then when Zacary goes down for nap he always sleeps longer then Eli does so I have a good hour with Eli before he goes down for nap and then Eli sleeps 2 hours and Zacary is still asleep and wakes up 1.5 hrs/2 hrs after Eli goes to sleep so it works out great and I love my one on one time with both of them every single day – I feel it is very important to the 2 of them, as well as all of our time together too everyday :]

Zacary is wearing size 18 month clothes and size 5 in shoes! He now says: football, baseball, quack quack quack when you ask him what a duck says, he knows where his nose is, he says Dada, Mama, kitty cat, uh-oh, sucker, cookie, hi, bye, he will shake his head yes and no when you ask him a question haha, he also says dog, baba, juice, and is learning more and more words everyday!!! He waves hi and bye, is beginning to love to play baseball more (he throws the ball or brings me a ball to throw and he goes and gets it and brings it back -- he will also get the balls Eli hits and bring it to me or Eli awww!!!) -- He is so darn smart just like his big brother!!! He loves to try to go up the stairs ha, and loves to hold my hands and walk up and down the steps aww!! He likes to take off his socks and shoes all the time haha, play with toys, go to Monkey Joe’s and the playland at McDonalds, see all the Christmas lights and our tree (and take the ornaments off) hahaha! He gets a temper like his Daddy when he is mad and it makes me laugh!!! He is such a loving and carring lil guy and oh sooo sweet!!! You just do not want to make him mad just like his Dad hehehe -- I love my lil family ohhhhh so much :]:]

We go to a Mommy and Me class at the library for 2 yr olds and Zacary has picked up on the songs we sing and does the action to them (Wheels on the Bus, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Mr Golden Sun) I also work with them on the stuff we learn in this class at home too and it is so fun and in the class we also play a matching game too where Miss Michelle gives the kids an item (a puppy dog, fruit, type of ball, animal, letters, etc) and when she puts what they have up on a board the kid who has it is suppose to take theirs up beside hers and put it beside it! Eli had a puppy dog this week and as always he went and put it up there, turned around and smiles, and then runs back to me as fast as he can with his arms out to give me a hug and he is oh sooo proud – it is sooooo darn sweet! Well this week lil Zacary was right behind Eli doing the same, and he was soooo proud of himself and put his lil turkey on the board and ran back and was sooooo cute and happy what he did and to see me and give me a hug awww!! I JUST LOVE IT!!! Soooo sweet, smart, and cute! Our lil moments everyday are absolutely priceless and amazing!!!!! :]:]

The boys have this new thing where they will make a scream noise back and forth to each other and it is hilarious! I can’t help but to laugh haha! They are also biiiig into dancing and it is soooo funny!!! I laugh and laugh and will be posting new dancing videos oh so soon!!!

We don’t plan to make any changes to my Mr Zacary anytime soon – we wunna try and see what a toddler bed does for him when he is 18 months or so like Eli did since he is also a bed hog like my Mr Eli is too hehe :] I want to try and potty train closer to 2 but we have awhile for that for sure! I continue to work with them every single day on new learning styles for their ages and love love it!!! We also do crafts, sing songs, play games, watch some movies some days, and just play, and hang out :]:] LOOOOOOVE my babies absolutely so so so much! They are my lil heroes and always will be, and also will always be my lil babies :]

Happy 14 months my sweet sweet lil guy, we love you so so so much!!!! <3

(Thanksgiving post and pics and dancing videos to come soon) :]

* This & That & Happy Thanksgiving * :]

2011-11-22T23:32:00.002-05:00

I really do not know how my babies went from this --

To this --

In ONE YEAR! I am sitting here so sad... not a bad sad though... it's just so bittersweet how much they have grown!!! My lil babies!!! I love every single second of them and their ages -- and I will forever and ever and EVER!!! I just look at lil Zacary who was such a lil peanut and he is such a toddler looking lil guy now awww!! Eli looks 4 years old now and so lil in his pics too awww. I just love them to pieces -- they are the best lil boys in the world <3 They are just growing sooooo fast!!! They are 2 of the best things that has ever happened to me!!! I am sooo very blessed and thankful for my hubby and 2 lil men!! I'd never be me without them!!! <3

I want to post some videos as well -- b/c my 2 fellas as just hilarious and keep me smiling and laughing allll the time :]

I laugh and laugh everytime I watch this -- he gets down and shakes it everytime he dances and it is always just like this hahaha! Soooo cute and hilarious -- Eli cackles every single time aww :] It reminds me of Noah's dance moves hahahaha!!! I love you my lil guy!!! :]

Last night I was acting silly and like Steve Earcle (sp!?) and Eli wanted to wear his pants like him too haha so we did it and he was posing all funny hahaha!! Then this morning he wanted to look like him again and sing part of the Footloose song and have me "take a picture" of him doing it as he said to me haha aww!! My babies are always making me smile and laugh -- soooo cute! I love you my lil man :]

I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving!! We are starting a new tradition this year -- staying home and I am cooking our meal and then we are putting up the Christmas tree in the evening wooooot :] I also bought stuff for breakfast too -- it is gunna be sad and rather weird not being in IL for Thanksgiving but we can't do both between that and Christmas so I am staying as strong as I can about it. I know Noah and the boys will keep me so occupied -- they are theeee best!!! I hope my family has a great Thanksgiving so so so much -- they will be on my mind a lot!! LOVE them all!

I want to also add that I did this today while the boys napped and they were so surprised and looooved it -- Eli said "oh myyy gosh LIGHTS and Eric the penquin off Happy Feet" awww :] Zacary kept pointing at the lights and mumbling awww! SO STINKIN SWEET! I loved doing this for them too :]

* I'm Alive -- I Promise * :]

2011-11-17T23:43:00.005-05:00

Wow I have so been behind with my blog lately how bad of me! I mean – going 2 weeks without posting is such a shame on my end ha! Really, it is though. I love love to keep this updated :]

We have been in quite the Christmas mood lately of course – and the boys are realllly excited for it! We go anywhere and see Christmas galore and trees and lights and the boys get soooo excited!!! Eli sees the pink trees too and says "Mommy you looove that color -- are you gunna get that!?" awww!! Then we saw an elderly man that looked like Santa without the hat and suit on and Eli was stoked to see him and yelled "SANTA" and waved to him and said "Mommy he is gunna be at our house sometime soon!" awwwww :]:] I am going to take them to see him soon but I don't think they will want anything to do with him awww but this Mommy will sit on his lap with them :] I swear though, anymore stores go from Halloween decorations to Christmas and totally skip Thanksgiving!!! I really can’t even believe that Turkey Day is next week ahhh! It just doesn’t feel right!

We will be staying in GA this year and from now on for Turkey Day! We will be making our own traditions from now on – which will be nice! At the same time it will be mighty weird not being in IL – esp this year since it will be our first time away from family at this time! But we have to choose between Thanksgiving and Christmas and can’t do both – we did both last year b/c it was our first year away from IL and b/c Zacary was just born too! But from now on, it’s one out of the two. And Christmas it is and I am excited for this! Last year we picked a day to have our Christmas the 4 of us which was the weekend before Christmas and we are doing that again this year too! Call me selfish ha but I love it this way! We get a whole DAY to ourselves and don’t have to go anywhere and to top it off – the boys have alllll week before we go to IL for Christmas there. We have 3 Christmas’ and it is great! The boys will always understand it that way too and love it just as much! It seems like anymore around holidays it is a bunch of running around and sooo crazy so this will be a nice tradition to keep up for us and to see family and friends too!!

The boys are learning so so so much! I think this month Zacary has learned sooo much and he is so darn smart just like Eli! He is saying more words, such as: ball, up, more, juice, drink and really anything we say he tries to say words of it back and it is so darn cute! He is beginning to run now too and it’s so funny to watch – with his lil self and age he looks so cute walking so good and he is also picking up on how to play baseball more too -- he holds a bat up and goes and gets a hard hat and wants to have me put it on his head!!! Sooo smart!!! Eli has been a singing machine lately and singing his ABC’s, counting to 15, singing all kinds of country songs (including Shake it for Me haha) annnnd now sings Footloose too and it is hilarious – I laugh and laugh every single time! I am going to post a video oh so soon! He is really into puzzles lately and will take all the pieces out and match them back where they go and is very smart with it -- it's so cute to watch him concentrate and say "Mommy, Eli put this here, is that right!?" awww!! Zacary is also pointing at everything he recognizes and also showing me everything he gets out or wants me to see – it’s stinkin sweet! My babies are beyond the best :]

This weekend Noah is in a slow pitch softball game and we are chilling! I am going to clean out my closet and the guest closet and also swap the boys clothes around – which means, get rid of more clothes Zacary doesn’t fit into anymore :[ and put it in storage and then take the 2T clothes Eli doesn’t fit in anymore and put them straight in Zacary’s room! That is how it has been so far – Eli outgrows clothes and they go straight to Zacary’s closet to wear after he is out of what he is in now!! Nice :] I am so beyond thankful for my lil family so so much – always giving me a reason to smile, and I enjoy every single second with them! They make me who I am and I’d be lost without them!!!! I hope you all have a great weekend :] Here are some recent pics of my sweet and precious babies lately – they roooock and I just love love loooove them so so much!!! They are 2 lil sweethearts that is fooor sure :]

PS -- we made Turkey Day shirts yesterday and they are so so cute! I made them with the boys' handprints and painted the feather colors Eli picked out for them over the brown of their fingers! They turned out SUPER cute and we had tons of fun as always :]

* Eli & The ABC's -- Zacary Sayin Cheese & Laughing *

2011-11-04T19:28:00.001-04:00

I've been working on ABC's with my babies and Eli has been singing his ABC's and it is soooo adorable and awesome! I just LOVE this video so much and how cute he is :] I am soooo proud of my babies -- so so so sooooo proud in so many ways!!! Great job my lil man -- you do sooooo good and are so smart!!! I love how Zacary says "cheese" too at the camera haha soooo smart and sweet - he's so precious! My babies are THEE BEST!!! I LOVE YOOOOOU :]:] (we were playing in his room and that is why it is so messy haha annnnd I am sorry if this video is sideways!!)

We were watching the Wiggles and Zacary started standing up and laughing histerically hahaha!!! This is soooo precious and cute -- I just love it!!! You're adorable my lil guy! One of the best sounds ever is to hear your kids lil voices, laughs and see their lil smiles awww!!! Love my sweet baby boys to pieces :]:]

* Our Life Lately * :]

2011-11-03T22:34:00.005-04:00

What have we been up to? I feel like it's been so long since I blog sometimes -- really I am just one busy Mommy and Wife -- and wouldn't trade anything in the world for it all :]

The boys and I have relaxed more at home this week which has been nice! I always am sure to stay home atleast a couple days a week and it's always so nice to be in PJ's all day and not do a thing with myself somedays too haha! We play all day long -- do learning things too -- and crafts of course -- and we could never forget the baseball we play :]

The boys are growing like weeds!!! Eli is now counting from 1 to 15 all by himself, and he will sing the whole alphabet song too and it is rather precious! I am trying to get a video of it to post but he has been camera shy awww but I will try and get one for sure -- either way, it's adorable and he is growing so so fast! I can't believe in almost 2 MONTHS he is 3 ahhhh!!!! He has really learned tons from 2 to 3 and is talking soooo good!!! He loves to tell Noah and I he loves us and it just melts my heart so much! I love it he says it when he wants and says it quite a bit -- it's sooo awesome!!! I am proud of my lil man so so so much and always will be :]

Zacary is getting more and more hilarious and sweet every single day! It's adorable! He likes to climb up on the toy shelf in Eli's room and be silly and drag all the toys down off of it and he will also show me different toys he loves to play with all the time!!! It's precious! He sings a lil "quack quack" song to this lil duck doll he has that sings it too and when we play baseball Eli will hit the ball and say "did you see the pretty fireworks? did you hear them" and Zacary throws his hands in the air and says "BOOM BOOM!!!" awwww :]:] He loves to run with his hands up to be held aww and he is his big brother's shadow and it's adorable! I am proud of you too my lil guy soooo much and always will be :] My baby boys are my lil heroes!!!!!!

I hgave both of the boys an old cell phone yesterday and the one Eli has happened to turn on with a lil pic of him with a shirt on that says "I love my lil brother" on it awww!! It was right before Zacary was born!! He looks so lil! He tells me it is his phone and he wants to take it everywhere with him and it happens to work with my phone charger so he wants me to charge it every so often hahaha! He puts it up to his ear and says "Hi - hello - good talking to you" awwww :] It's soooo cute and funny! I am sure Noah is thrilled too bc it has a pink and white zebra stripped cover hahahaha!!! Zacary puts his to his ear upside down and babbles words and then plays hide and seek with it!! It's sooo cute! He also loves this lil creature thing we have that moves on a ball like a fake animal that moves like it is real (I don't know the exact name for them ha) and he laughs and laughs and chases it and catches it and hoots and hollars hahaha!! My babies crrrrack me up and are soooo cute :]

Noah hasn't been working as late which has been nice -- I am always so excited to see him!!! He has this weekend off too which is so cool -- he never has weekends off hardly and we really don't have jam packed plans which is nice! We are taking it easy tomorrow night and then Saturday too and Saturday night some friend's of ours and their lil girls are coming over for dinner and to hang out -- it should be a fun time as always :] Noah went boar hunting in Oct in TN and got a boar the first day of hunting -- a 180 lb boar ahhhh!!! I am so so proud of him always, he amazes me how he succeeds so much in life... it's awesome! -- and I am really not at all surprised he got a boar so fast -- he is pretty amazing like that :] We have TONS of boar meat in our fridge -- and it's ok! Noah loves it and yeah me... well... I saw the pic of the boar it came off of so it gags me just a lil -- maybe I will get over that though ha! I love love my hubby and spending time with him when he is home from work -- I am so thankful for my awesome lil fam!!!!!! They mean the absolute world to me and I'd never be ME without THEM!!!

I have been in the Christmas spirit already my friends. The boys and I went to Wal-Mart to get Cars 2 on Tues and CHRISTMAS GALORE was going on in there and it put us all in the spirit already! As a matter of fact, I will admit -- I have listened to Christmas music haha!! Our tree is gunna go up Turkey Day night and then the next night we go downtown Newnan to watch Santa light the Christmas tree! Eli is so excited but says "I don't wunna sit on his lap Mommy!" awww! I will def NOT make him if he doesn't wunna but gunna attempt to get a pic of him with the boys! AND prolly me on his lap again this year too hehe! We will hafta see :] I was always terrified of Santa when I was lil -- so I don't blame my baby boys :] I have the boys gifts all bought almost and Noah too! I have some friends and family done but some left too! I AM ON THE BALL MY FRIENDS haha! I like to try and be done by Turkey Day every year and do all my shopping ONLINE with great deals so I don't have to fight people in crowds in stores with the boys! It's easier on us all to just be home and me sit on my lap top and do it when they are napping :] I love Christmas but the crowd of people drives me nuts -- I can't handle it and get irritated after awhile ha! The boys really love the Christmas trees and Christmas stuff up around here in Newnan and Eli talks about Santa coming sometime soon and landing on our roof with his deer awww! Zacary points at all the lights and gets so excited it's so precious and he is just in awe about it all!!! :] We will be in IL for Christmas so we are having our Christmas the 4 of us the weekend before we leave for IL so we can enjoy time the 4 of us and have our special time with the holidays and so the boys have all day and week to play with their new stuff!!! I can't waaaaait :]

You all are prolly tired of hearing me talk Christmas so I will call it quits here haha!!!! HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND :]

*This is the toy thing I was talking about that I mentioned before haha! It looks like he is screaming but really he is super excited for catching it haha soooo funny and cute*

*Me and my lil man before bed last night! My lil Zacary Brenden fell asleep on us right before and we were watching a movie while Daddy was on the computer! I love it we have snuggle time the 4 of us like this every single night!!!!*

*Riding Budgee the Helicopter before leaving Wal-Mart the other day! They love riding this lil toy -- and they are precious brothers!! LOVE!*

*We made turkey crafts with the boys' handprints!!! I love how they love to do crafts and color and learn -- SO MUCH FUN!!! Love you my baby boooooys! You both are thee best lil boys ever!!* :]

* Happy Halloween 2011 from My lil Superheroes * :]

2011-10-30T22:57:00.003-04:00

Here are my lil superheroes for Halloween this year!!! :] Eli picked out the costumes for him and Zacary and it is such a cute lil idea – loooove it and my sweet lil superheroes :] I JUST LOVE HALLOWEEN :]

We went to a Halloween party for playgroup last Tues Oct 25th and wore our costumes! We had a fun time eating snacks, making crafts, and also playing at the playground there too! The only bad thing was Eli fell and busted his lip open and it was so very sad! :[ He is all better now thankfully!!!! My poor lil man! But Mommy's cuddles sure made him feel better and like a strong super hero -- he was back on his feet in no time :]

We went to a Halloween party at the library last Thurs night the 27th and that was so fun! They had diff lil games for the kids and they won prizes at each of the games and then there was also 2 crafts for them to do! The boys had so much fun!!!! It was very neat for the kids and we will def go back next year!

Today from 10am til 12pm we had trick or treating down town Newnan at all the lil shops and they give out candy to the kids :] I was so excited for this hehe I love Halloween time for the boys :] We had a lot of fun and it was jammmmed packed with kids but the boys loved it and got lots n lots of candy :] We did our punkins yesterday as well and Eli picked out to do his pumpkin as Iron Man this year and Zacary’s Elmo so that is what we did hehe! Eli just loved his pumpkin as Iron Man and Zacary kept looking at Elmo and trying to pull him out of the pumpkin haha! I will post pics of the pumpkins below with other pics as well of course :]

Tonight we went trick-or-treating around the neighborhood :] FUN times and the boys are just loving every second of this Halloween stuff – so sooooo fun and my lil superheroes look very handsome if you ask me hehe :] Eli loved going from door to door to get candy and he would say "trick or treat" and "thank you" ohhh so sweet!!! He loved walking with us and if someone didn't answer their door he would say "oppp no one is there time to go get candy somewhere else" hahaha too adorable :] Zacary would hoot and hollar when he saw all the candy bowls and candy and get so excited to get more candy in his lil punkin hahaha soooo cute and funny! We had a wonderful time and I just loooove Halloween and so do my lil men :] They sure got their lil punkin buckets FILLED to the TOP of candy awww :]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!! I hope you had a good time and enjoy your candy :] I know my boys will love theirs of course haha! They may be on a sugar rush for 3 weeks -- hehe :]

Here are all our Halloween Festivities pictures :]:]

Kizoa slideshow: Oct 2011 - Slideshow

* October 24, 2011: My Baby Zacary is 13 Months! * :]

2011-10-29T22:39:00.004-04:00

My baby Zacary is 13 months old!! He is looking more and more like a toddler and it’s so bittersweet!!!! He is walking soooo good and so fast now and also starting to try and run now too haha!! I feel he is really picking up on a lot within the last month and he is so very smart and such a cute lil guy! What are you up to my lil Zacary Brenden?

*You are always happy and content! You play with whatever toys you want with us in the room and your new thing is to show us the toys you have and what you can do with it and you are so darn proud of yourself :] You also will bring a baseball to me and want me to throw it so I do and then you go get it and bring it back soooo proud and excited – it’s so stinkin cute!!!

*I love to watch you walk all over the place with your awesome big brother! You 2 are 2 peas in a pod and awesome lil pals and it just melts my heart sooooo much!!! I wouldn’t change a thing in the world with having my 2 baby boys so close in age – it’s absolutely wonderful in so many ways!!! Lots of people out in public say to me “oh wow you have your hands full” and it irritates me sometimes haha! One… I love every single second of it and it’s so awesome having 2 lil boys so close in age – they are both so wonderful and we always have so much fun together!!! Two… it is not hard at all!!! I love love love it and I am pretty sure everytime people say it to me I just chuckle and say “it’s not bad at all – we have fun!” :] I have always wanted to have my kids close in age and going through every moment with my 2 baby boys shows me even more how much I loooove it!!!!

*You are eating very good as always and you only have 1 bottle every night of milk and also have more milk during the day that is in your sippy. I always gave Eli a bottle at night too after turning 1 for a lil bit – and this is b/c I just want you 2 to stay my babies forever… and of course you always will be my lil babies :] You refer to your sippy and bottle as “baba” and you are doing very good with juice and milk in your sippy!!! Your favorite foods are: pizza, fruit loops, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, apple sauce, fruit, mac and cheese, grilled cheese, and really just about anything – you are such a good eater!!!

*You go to sleep every night between 8:30pm and 9:00pm and you sleep the entire night until about 7:30am or 7:45 am in the morning!! You take one 2.5 to 3 hour nap a day and that is usually around 1:00pm ish to 4:00pm ish. You love your sleep, love to cuddle before you go to sleep, and love your bed too!!! We also are starting to read more stories before bed now too! Eli loves to pick out the story and we all sit in our big ole bed and read it and then Zacary goes to sleep or cuddles a bit and we take him to bed for the night and he goes to sleep! Eli also likes to read Zacary the book after I read it too and it is sooooo cute!!!! LOVE :] Zacary loves to listen to the lil stories too awww!!

*Your favorite TV shows are: Elmo, Barney, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and the Wiggles since big brother does too hehe :] You also love Clifford!! You are a big fan of Elmo and just adore him! You love to have your stuffed animal Elmo and Clifford pals with you and it’s so so cute how you kiss and hug them :]

*You are in size 4 diapers and are wearing 12/18 month clothes. You are in 18 month shirts but 12 month pants! Eli was always like this at your age too – and still has the same problem now with the length being fine on his pants but the waist being too big and that is what is happening with you too my lil Zacary :] You wear size 5 in shoes and also have 4 teeth with more coming in!!

*Your favorite things to do are: SMILING, laughing, see and play with our pets (including trying to poke the cat's eyes out hahaha), walking, playing with any toy possible to get to, clapping, waving to people, giving high fives to us, being a good baby all the time, playing peek-a-boo, babbling and trying to have a convo with us and tilt your lil head to the side when you do awwww! Running to me when you see me and getting so excited :] (LOVE it when my baby boys do this and then Eli says "I love you so much" awwwww :]:]) Playing at the park when we go, saying words such as: hi, ba-ba, mama, dada, ouch, quack (when you ask him what a duck says haha), ow, uh-oh, and hot! He also knows where his Thomas the train and Elmo is if you ask him where they are and knows what all objects are called around him and when you ask him where it is he finds it and brings it to me awww!! He also will say “quaaaack” when you ask him what a duck says :] You love to color, you love love love babies, and of course spending time with your Mommy and Daddy and Big brother :]- you are sooo wonderful lil guy and make our days complete each and every single day by all the love you show us and just how great you are in general! You can be shy, but you are so friendly!

*I have to laugh b/c you are such a sweet and happy lil boy but when you get mad -- you get mad!!! It makes me laugh b/c it is exactly how Noah is! Allll Noah haha!!! I of course help you out and you get all better and Eli will bring toys to him to make him feel better too awww he is such a good big brother!!! :] BUT it is all Noah and it cracks me up! Eli and Zacary also get into lil arguements sometimes over toys and it is so funny to me too b/c Zacary grunts and groans at Eli back and tries to fight back haha!! BOYS :] I just love it and most of the time let you 2 work it out yourselves since it is something so small and you both work it out very well and in lil time for sure! You both look out for one another... Eli never wants anything bad to go on for Zacary and always makes sure he is okay and if he gets hurt... he is very concerned! It's adorable! He encourages Zacary into the right direction (ex: don't go near the stairs, the stove is hot, don't get in toilet or trash, don't climb up on the bricks by fireplace, etc just as I say to Zacary too -- it's soooo sweet how they look out for one another!!!) :]

*You and Eli are a lot alike and it is adorable! I think back to Eli as he was a baby and growing and they do so much the same as their ages have been the same and it is soooo cute! I feel like I have a lil twin of Eli as Eli was growing (only Zacary is more active and tries to get into the toilet, trash, things of that nature then Eli did hahaha!!!!) As a matter of fact if we are somewhere outside of being home Eli wants you to try something out first before him – how adorable! You get so excited when I get you up in the mornings and we spend one on one time together before Eli wakes up! (I also have one on one time with Eli for an hour after Zacary goes down for nap and before Eli goes down for nap and I love it I find time for one on one time with them every day b/c the boys love each other foooor sure but love to have one on one time with me and get so excited! I will do this with all of our kids every single day… I feel it is very important and they love it!!!) :] You love to walk around with your arms in the air when you want held, and you now will also lay your head down when you give hugs awww!!! :] You watch big brother every move and want to do exactly what he is doing – and that’s what we do – we alllll do the same thing together and you love it and have learned so much from it!

*My lil baby Zacary- I love you dearly!!! I am so proud to be your Mama and so thankful for a lil boy like you!!! You and Eli are the best babies- and I will always be here for you 2 and love you both so much! Mama can’t wait to see your sweet faces every single day and be home with you both every single day. You and Eli have made my life even more complete then I ever thought it could be. I am so thankful for a wonderful hubby and 2 lil sons… who I love more than anything in the world. LIFE IS WONDERFUL!!!!

HAPPY 13 MONTHS LIL ZACARY- my sweet baby boy!!!!

* My Sweet n Precious Babies * :]

2011-10-13T15:50:00.008-04:00

My 2 sweet babies rock my world and are thee best!!! They are my lil heroes :]

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Daddy cut off Zacary's curls last weekend boooo :[ I will say it was beginning to look like a rat tail on his head ha but I am sad they are gone. Maybe they will grow back!? I dunno -- Eli never had curls!!! Either way he still looks very very handsome annnd so much more grown up too!!! Lovin his lil stage he is at! I love every single stage my babies go thru and right now Zacary is becoming more vocal and gives hugs and kisses all on his own awww melts my heart!!! :] I love you my lil guy!! <3

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We made Halloween cookies this week :]:] The cookies are shaped as pumpkins and ghosts and Eli and Zacary both put icing and sprinkles on them aww! Eli loved to eat the sprinkles plain while Zacary went to work on the icing on a cookie haha!!! It was a lot of fun to do with my lil men for sure -- we always have so much fun!!! This year Eli picked out their Halloween costumes again :] He wants to be Superman and Zacary is Batman -- adorable idea my lil man :] Eli also painted bobble heads for Halloween too -- one is a witch and one is frankenstein! He painted them with glow in the park paint and said "one is for Eli's room and one is for Zacary's room too" awwww sooo sweet and he is always so darn proud of his art work crafts/food crafts we do!!! He is talking so so good and clear it just is soooo adorable! LOVE to hear him say "I love you" all on his own too -- it makes every day even better than it already is!!! :] I love you my lil man!! <3

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We went to Buttsmill Farm last week too! We met Noah for lunch which was so so fun and to see him was awesome too -- LOVE my hubby!! While we were in the LaGrange area I decided to take the boys to a family farm -- they were free to get in and I was all that cost so what the hay :] It was so fun and we were there for 3 hours!!! We played on the firetruck playground, played basketball, fed the animals, saw the horses, played in a discover zone that had a huge ball pit, swing sets, slides, lil play houses, lil trampoline, and a lil rollarcoaster thing too! We also jumped on the big trampoline, went down the inflatable slides, played on more playgrounds and went mini golfing too!!! They have so much there and it is so much fun!! The boys loved it and had a blast and were tuckered out on the way home awww!!! We went on a hay rack ride too and they had train rides also! The guy would not let Zacary ride b/c he is too young and he wouldn't let adults either but Eli said he wanted to and it was sooooo cute! They circled around us and the whole time he was the only one talking to us awww!! He was saying "I SEE YOU MOMMY AND ZACARY ... BYE BYE MOMMY AND ZACARY I BE BACK ... LOOK AT ME MOMMY AND ZACARY ... THIS IS SOOO FUN ... I LOVE YOU MOMMY AND ZACARY!!" It was sooooo sweet! :]:]:] LOVE! Zacary loved watching Eli with me too and was smiling and laughing! He really was trying to get down and follow Eli too but the guy wouldn't let us :/ I was so sad for Zacary but made it allll better for him of course!! :] Eli's favorite for the day there was the firetruck playground/trampoline, and mini golf :] I'd have to say Zacary's favorite was the ball pit and basketball -- he would get so stinkin excited haha :] LOVE my lil family and we will DEF be going back to this place again for sure -- great place for kids :] The boys got the biggest laugh out of the animals when feeding them too! I helped them feed them and when Zacary was feeding the animal licked his hand and they both cackled and cackled hahahaha!!! LOVE <3<3<3<3

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That's all for now hehe :]

LOVE!

2011-10-08T10:46:00.006-04:00

God gave me you for the ups and downs...

God gave me you for the days of doubt...

And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you...

On my own I’m only
Half of what I could be
I can’t do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo <3

This is my song to my 3 boys I love dearly! LOVE!!! Whenever we hear this song Eli says "Mommy this is your song -- you love this song!" Yessss this is so very true my lil man... I LOVE MY BOYS and I am beyond blessed <3<3<3<3

* Zacary's 12 Month Appt/Shots/Stats *

2011-10-08T00:09:00.005-04:00

Zacary had his 1 yr Dr appt with Dr Rice Thursday afternoon 10/6! He didn’t do very good and was oh so sad! He really did not understand what was going on – and I really can’t blame the lil guy! He was trying to break loose and be all over the floor walking haha and having a snack like big brother was hehe :] Eli and I kept him busy with some books though and it turned out good for sure! He is getting quite the personality on him the older he gets and it is oh so cute! His new thing is laughing and holding his mouth as he laughs hahaha!!! He is more and more vocal everyday and learning so so much and it’s just so so adorable! He also just adores Elmo -- which is so cute b/c when Eli was around 1 he start loving Elmo too and it's precious :] Zacary pats Elmo and hugs him and just smiles! When you ask him where Elmo is he looks for him and walks real fast to him awww :]

He is a very healthy and growing lil guy and looking great! He now weighs 24 lbs and is 31 inches long! Very close to what Eli was at 1… Eli was 26 lbs 9 oz and 32 inches long! What a big big boy he is becoming, and looking like too ahhhhh bittersweet!!!

Zacary is now off of formula for good and moving to 2% milk. He already is used to this and likes it, so that is a plus. He still will eat table food as well. The shots went absolutely terrible. My heart is still crushed. He had to get 2 shots and it felt like 10. I dug my face beside his and he just cried and cried and cried, and Eli was right there hanging on to my leg crying too and saying “I don’t want Zacary to be hurt, I don’t like shots for Zacary!” awwww it broke my heart sooooo much and I had tears in my eyes as well. Eli is such a sweet and loving big brother to Zacary – always caring about him awww I just love it but at the same time it broke my heart to see both of my babies oh so sad! Mommy’s cuddles helped this out HUGE tho of course :] Since then Zacary has done great – no fever or anything!!! I am sure the bubble gum Tylenol helped out too :]

His top 2 teeth have popped thru, leaving him with 4 teeth now woot!!! Such a big boy! He is now also saying "hiiii, byyyye (while waving to both), Mama, Dada, uh-oh, alllll gone, hot, baba, and juice!" :]:] It has really hit me this week how much he really is growing and a 1 yr old now! His personality comes out more and more and he has just been the most vocal he ever has been and he is one cute boy just like his big brother -- and very sweet too!!!! I just looooove it love it :] The shots were definitely the worst and it was so so so sad. He was even babbling words to tell me all about the pain :/ One more set of shots in March for 18 months and then no more til Kindergarten- woot woot!!! I hate shots and soooo remember Eli’s shots too – the older they get the worse it is and it just breaks my heart into pieces!!

We are very blessed to have 2 healthy and awesome lil boys!!! We go back to Dr Rice for Eli’s 3 year appt and Zacary’s 15 mo appt in January!! I am thinking I am not going to do flu shots for the boys this year (crossing the fingers sicknesses stay away from us this Winter!) I have so many feelings about the shots I just don’t think I want to do it for them quite yet! I only had Eli get the flu shot once and that was when the swine flu was so bad! Other then that, I just have too many feelings and thoughts on flu shots for babies! Maybe I am a worry wart or weird… it’s just me tho hehe!

* Cagle's Family Farm Visit * :]

2011-10-04T14:58:00.002-04:00

On Sunday we went to Cagle’s Family Farm which is about an hour away from us! We left around 8:30am and were there for most of the morning!! Eli woke up and said “I WANT TO GO SEE PUMPKINS” hahaha! It was so cute and funny! We went with a group of friends we met down here and we all have kids around the same age! It was so much fun – Noah and I really enjoyed it and the boys just looooved it! We went thru a corn maze, hayrack ride, saw cows, and all kinds of animals to feed and some pumpkins too! We also got to jump on pillow things in the ground that were like bouncy houses too!!! Eli reallllly loved jumping and seeing all the animals! Zacary jumped with me too and then also would grunt and make noises at the animals haha!!! :] At the end of the hayrack ride we all got a lil pumpkin and the boys just loved that too – they played with them the whole way home aww :] We went out for lunch afterwards too at Chili’s and then headed for home! It was such a fun time and very nice weather for it too!! We got lost in the corn maze but we did make it out just fine haha! Eli loved hiding in the corn stalks and leading the way aww! Zacary was also walking all over too and had a look like “what is this stuff?” LOVE my lil family it was a great time and I am so glad Noah was there to spend it with us too!!! :]

This is off the farm subject ha but it was so funny b/c we go to a library class for Eli’s age and we go Monday mornings! Yesterday Miss Michelle (the teacher) says “did any of you guys go to the fair?” and Eli says “yessss we did! We saw monkeys with gross bottoms!” hahahahaha I laughed and laughed – he is so darn funny!!! The things kids can say is just way too hilarious! He is saying so many funny lines lately too and it just makes me laugh so much! Then yesterday when I got up to get some toy tractors for the boys to play with that Eli wanted Zacary got upset that I got up and Eli says “it’s ok Zacary Mommy isn’t going to leave us!” awww soooo stinkin sweet and melts my heart!!!! :]:]:] I love his lil voice and his lil talking stage :]

Zacary now says “all gone!” haha! We went to McDonalds playland after library yesterday and he ate all his lunch and I said “ohhh good job buddy! It’s allll gone, you ate it all!” and he yells “ALLLL GONE” real clear haha! He was sayin it at dinner last night too awww!!! He also does this new dance thing where he tries to shake his head side to side like Eli does and it makes us laugh so much and is so stinkin cute! He is one smart cookie just like his big brother and he blows my mind away at how fast he is learning things from us!!! I think one part of this too is I still feel like he shouldn’t be ONE yet!!! So crazy to me! He melts my heart and I just love his lil sweet face and stage he is in now too :]:] I love every lil stage my babies go thru :]

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* Fair Time for my Boys * :]

2011-10-02T16:34:00.004-04:00

On Thursday night Noah had to work late blah so I took the boys to the fair! I had already planned on taking them sometime Thursday or Friday anyway -- so it worked out perfect. Daddy really wasn't big on going since he worked so much this week and was tired and b/c we had plans all day today to go to a place called Cagle's Family Farm so it worked out good!!! I understand with him working he wants to come home and chill and I can't blame him -- and he told me to please take the boys still... so we went for it! The boys had a blast and so did Mommy! We first got there and saw a big cow and Eli yelled "IT'S THE CHIK FIL A COW!" hahaha!!! And then this led him into saying that a chik fil a cow says "EAT MORE CHICKEN" in a deep voice hahahaha he makes me laugh so much!

Zacary was digging the cow too -- and making grunting noises at the cow haha!! We keep trying to teach him to say "moooo" when he sees a cow! He will get there soon I just know it :] The boys both caught a duck in this tub full of water so won a spiderman blow up doll... then they played in the bouncy house, they rode a car ride with Mommy that looked like the cars off the Wiggles haha! Eli loved this! It was on a lil rollarcoaster track but only went around in circles and Eli kept saying "I'm driiiiiiving the Wiggles car Mommy!" It was so so cute :] Zacary sat there and just smiled and laughed while we rode around awww!!

We went to a toddler playing center that had slides and different toys for them to play with which was fun, and then to the petting zoo which was so funny!!! They had goats, monkeys, ducks, camels, tigers, and chickens! We fed the goats and Eli would chuck food at them instead of feeding them out of his hand haha!!! Then the goat grabbed my whole cup of food and took off with it and Eli cackled and cackled it was sooooo funny! Zacary would put his lil fingers up by the fence by the goats and just smile and love it -- waaaay too precious :] Then we saw a baboo monkey with the nasty pink bottoms and Eli said "Mommy look at the monkey's tuckus" and I look over to see it is big pink and bubbly! YUCK! It was so disturbing haha!!! He laughed and laughed about it and kept sayin "that's soooo gross" and shaking his head back and forth hahahaha!!!

Before we left the fair I showed Eli the fishy ride and the boat ride. These were rides for kids his age and were just built for toddlers to where I couldn't ride with him! At first he had no part in it and did not want to ride any of them alone! I kept assuring him I wasn't going to leave and me and Zacary would stand by the gate and watch him and promise to stay there until he was done and he was allll for it and soooo excited! He got up in the green fishy and I helped him up and buckled him in and went out at the gate and the whooooole entire time he smiled, laughed, waved to us and yelled out "HI MOMMY AND ZACARY!!!" He was the only toddler talking to us and waving to us and it melted my heart soooo much and was one of the cutest things ever!!! I was so proud of him for riding the rides and he just loved it!!! He was so excited each time he went around (even on the blue boat ride too he reacted the exact same awww) and when he was done he kept saying "Mommy that was so fun!" Awwwww makes me smile and melts my heart!!!! Zacary would smile so big when Eli went around each time, he sure does love his brother!!! I absolutely love how close they are!! I felt so bad for him he wasn't big enough to ride and was watching his brother ride BUT he had a great time with me watching and talking with Eli and he loved the spiderman blow up doll too :]:]:] Next year will be fun again to go... Eli will be 3.5 and Zacary 2 -- they will both be riding the rides then awww!! I LOVE MY BABIES AND HUBBY SO MUCH they make my heart so so so happy! I just can't ever imagine life without them!! I AM SO THANKFUL AND BLESSED <3<3<3<3

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* God Gave Me Yooooou *

2011-09-30T22:51:00.009-04:00

Just wanted to do a lil post on my sweet boys!!! It seems like they are learning something new everyday -- and I have to write it down/blog it asap! :] I just love this blogging thing hehe!

Eli is singing songs by every word and it is so darn cute! He sings the theme to Veggie Tales, Big Green Tractor (and says it is Zacary's song haha), Honey Bee (and says it is his song), and the Clifford theme song! It is one of the cutest things I have ever seen!!! He plays his guitar (or an air guitar) and is off in his singing world!!! I have a video off my phone I am going to post soon on him singing :]:] And while I have the song "God Gave Me You" by Blake Shelton in my head since it is the title of this post haha annnnnd I made it the title b/c Eli says "this is Mommy's song" whenever it comes on!! LOOOOOOOVE and ohhhh so true my lil man :]

He is also in love with baseball! Everyday we play baseball! He hits the ball, I pitch, and brother plays in the field with us... with a ball in his hand and a lil glove and bat for his size! I just loooove it and his love for baseball :] When Daddy gets home we all play together the 4 of us and it melts me!!!! I love my lil family time and the love Eli shows for this sport! I taught him how to get down for grounders and pop flies with a glove on and it is sooo stinkin cute!!! I think we may have a lil Albert Pujols on our hands! :] You can play t-ball down here at age 3 so in April he will be playing t-ball and I am one stoked Mommy!!! :] Makes me so so so proud!!!

He is saying "I love you" to us alllll the time! He says it all on his own at anytime and I just loooove it! It's one of the best feelings in the world and melts me once again :] He wants to eat chicken nuggets so much I think he may turn into one haha!!! He is a great lil helper always!!! He loves to help me get Zacary bottles, diapers, and lotion out each morning when we get dressed. He isn't a big fan of getting dressed but when I say "baseball players get dressed" he is allll about it hahaha!!! He then goes and gets the PINK baby lotion out and helps me rub it in on him and baby brother :] It's the cutest!!!

He loves painting, coloring, trying to draw his shapes, playing games (he can play memory and remembers where matches are and it just amazes me and is soooo awesome. I am so so soooo proud!!!) We are continuing to go to our library class every Mon morn until he turns 3 when the class stops (and Zacary learns so much from this class too it's sooo much fun to be there with them and watch every single step of what they learn and do!!!!) We also still go to playgroup as much as we can on Weds! He loves his cuddle time each and every single day before nap and bed and loves to read stories too!!! He can't ever go to sleep without a story first and it's sooo precious! I JUST LOVE EVERY SINGLE BIT OF IT :] I love how he has his opinion of his own and shares thoughts and feelings! The talking stage is soooo much fun... as is every other stage too! I LOVE MY BABIESSSSS!!!

Zacary is growing, growing, growing as well! He is walking all over the place and beginning to get more speed in his step too haha! He is oh so sweet and loves to be involved in absolutely everything we do together, which is soooo cute and sweet!! He loves to grab markers that have lids on them and just hold them forever haha! He also found a closed glue bottle and doesn't want to let go of that either and just rubs it all over a piece of paper awww sooo stinkin smart!!!

He is getting to the stage where he loves to give kisses and hugs and it melts me!!! He will come up to me and just lay his lil head on me and pat my back and then when I say "Let me give you kisses" he puts his forehead up to my lips awww!!! It is just so darn sweet!!! He loves his cuddle time everyday before nap and bed too just like big brother and I just love this! We all cuddle together before going to sleep and watch a small movie :] He waves all the time, is a lil dancing machine, loves to do what Eli is doing at all times, and doesn't cry when he wakes up anymore. He sits in his crib and makes noises and mumbles away and then has thee biggest smile ever when I open his door to get him -- melts meeee :]:] He is my lil follower, which I love!! The boys both follow me while Eli says "Eli go with Eli go with" and Zacary walks real quick behind me to wherever I am going! Just loooove it!!! :]:] He is saying "uh oh" a lot anymore and starting to say "Mama" more too awww :] I just love his lil stage too -- every single stage my babies go thru is the best ever and I just love them both to pieces!!!

If you ask him "where is Elmo?" or "where is Thomas the train?" etc he knows where they are and he goes and gets them and brings them to me awww!!! Verrrry smart and makes me ohhh so proud :] He loves food, he loves when we get out the markers to color, and he loves to play baseball with us which is adorable! He loves our kitty cat, watching Elmo and Mickey Mouse and gets very excited when they are on, and doesn't have a care in the world when it comes to opening my kitchen cabinets and tearing out all my pots and pans hahaha!!!! His cute lil face makes up for this -- it makes me smile and laugh! :] He also likes to find any toy and just throw it into the toybox and laugh hahaha sooo sweet! He loves to be right beside us at all times which I love and adore! He plays very well with Eli and loves his new birthday toys he got -- his fave being lil CAT tractors and the toddler piano Mommy Daddy and Eli got him :] JUST LOVE BEING A MOMMY TO MY SWEET BABY BOYS! <3<3<3<3

P to the S -- can I get a WOOOOOOOT for my hubby having the weekend off!? Saaaay what!? I am loving this -- I miss his awesome self too much -- but it could be worse so I won't complain! I am proud of the hard worker you are babe! So glad you get to be with us for family time allll weekend :] LOVE YOOOOOU!

* Zacary's 1st Birthday Party * :]

2011-09-28T00:08:00.006-04:00

Zacary had a wonderful first birthday!!! We were in IL for the weekend to be with family and friends as well for his big 1st birthday party!!! He had a tough time of teething the whole weekend but all in all he was a trooper even if he was sad quite a bit!! My poor poor baby and those darn teeth – I wish they would just come in already for his sake :[ I love you my sweet lil guy so much!!!

His party was so awesome and amazing. I was in total shock all day that he is seriously 1 and I was so busy too! I just can't believe he is one though- can't believe it one bit!!!! He is such an awesome baby though and I will never ever ever forget the day he was born! One of the he best days ever and so absolutely amazing... but when I think back to if it felt like it was seriously a year ago... no way- time flies by so so so fast!!! Didn’t I just have him and Eli yesterday!? And didn’t I get married and meet Noah two days before that ha!?!? :]

Zacary’s birthday party was from 10:00am to 12:00pm at my Grandma Peek's coffee shop in Stanford the day after his bday, Sept 25, 2011. There was a total of 35 people there and it turned out so nice! We got there a bit early and had everything decorated since the day before when my Mom, Grams, sis, Grandma, Eli, and I went up to decorate while Zacary napped at the house with the guys! Eli loved playing baseball aww and Zacary was loving to play with the party horns and balloons as long as they were on the wall! It was so cute! It was SO good to have everyone these too!!!

Some of the kids sat in front of him while he opened gifts and we opened gifts first. (Lane, Cheyenne, and Matthew) :] He did good- however, had no idea what was going on so Mommy and big brother ended up opening most of them haha! He really loved the stuffed animals, Thomas the Train, light up toy, and CAT tractors!!! He then ate some cake and did dig in, but was not very messy at all just like Eli did when he turned 1 haha tooooo precious! He always eats his food and is very gentle when he does- so I wondered if that is how he would be with his cake. It was so cute to see him though- so so precious. When we lit the candle for him to blow out I kept blowing for him to see me and he would blow too- and the both of us together and Eli, we got his candle blown out :]:] Everyone clapped and he clapped too haha! He's such a cute lil guy if I must say so myself :]

Everyone else also enjoyed cake and ice cream too- the cake turned out so wonderful I was so excited! It was a Lightning McQueen theme that big brother Eli picked out awww and the cake was so perfect and we loved it!!! I didn't eat any however- so I hope it tasted good too haha! Misty made it, which was the same lady that made Eli’s cake and she did such a wonderful job on both cake – that lady rocks!!! Aunt Molly and Grandma also made cake pops and I thank them so much for doing that for me – soooo nice and they were so good too :]

Thank you to EVERYONE who came to Zacary's birthday party and also for the gifts too. It means so much and was so nice!!!! We had a wonderful day, and Zacary was such a good boy and so happy all day for having such bad teething deals my poor poor poor baby it breaks my heart! I know he really is too young to know it was his birthday- but in a way- I believe he knew ;] We flew back home that evening and the next morning I got out alllll the toys baby brother and big brother got and we had a blast playing with them! We got Eli these favorite book things he loooooves that has a story, figurines, and a play mat and he was soooo excited and said “thank you soooo much Mommy!” He is soooo sweet!!! He kept sayin “Zacary’s birthday is coming up and he is having a birthday party!” awwww :] Such a great boy and a wonderful big brother! He did a great job helping Mommy out with his birthday and Zacary was soooo cute to watch!!! He loved everything he got and was such a cute and good lil baby boy!!!! Being a Mommy is absolutely wonderful!!!! I wouldn't trade one part of it evvvvver for the world!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BOY! You make Mommy, Daddy, and Big Brother so so so happy and so proud! Typing this right now is bringing tears to my eyes because you just mean that much to me. You, Eli, and Daddy have made me a better person and have shown me that beng a Mommy, a wifey, and a stay-at-home Mommy is something so natural to me and I absolutely love every single second of it and would never trade one single thing of any of it for the entire world. Because of you 3- I have come even farther in my life and I know where I am in my life is where I truly belong! I love you so so so much! Mommy, Daddy, and Big Brother will always love you to pieces lil guy and are always going to be here for you no matter what!!!! I am one truly blessed girl… and one very lucky Mommy and wife!!!! I love you soooo much my lil guy :]:]

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BABY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!! :] Please enjoy our pics from our wonderful day! (There is a lot so I am only putting up a few and the rest are on FB hehehe :] I am trying to add more but as of right now it gives me errors so will try again in the morning before the boys wake up to add more pics of the party for my Zacary Brenden :]

Both of my boys when they turned 1 at their birthday parties!!! So.hard.to.believe how much they have grown! TEARS!!! I love you my sweet baby boys so so so much!!!!!!! They sure look quite a bit alike if you ask me :]

* September 24, 2011 : Happy FIRST Birthday Zacary Brenden * :]

2011-09-27T00:26:00.004-04:00

My lil baby Zacary is ONE today!!! I can’t even explain the feelings I have right now… I am so excited, but at the same time, so sad my baby is growing up so fast!!! Time really did fly by- it seems like just a month or so ago he was born. Now you look at the lil guy and he looks like a toddler that has grown so fast, and has a big brother that is 3 in 4 months… ahhhhhh!!! Zacary Brenden you have been so wonderful and awesome. You are such a good baby, and Mommy and Daddy love you so so much to where words can’t even begin to explain the love we feel for you. Mommy and Daddy’s love for each other showers over you- and you and Eli are the best lil boys and gifts to us ever!!!! Life with you has been so amazing and we can’t wait for the many more memories ahead of us and our family! Your smiles and personality make us laugh each and every single day, and you are all around a great lil baby that we adore. Happy birthday sweet boy!!!!! You’re our lil birthday boy woo hoo! You and Eli will always always always always be my lil babies! Mommy and Daddy will always be here for you and Eli and will do anything in the world for you! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIL BUDDY- MOMMY, DADDY, AND ELI LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

Zacary goes for his 1 year check up and shots on October 6th! I will be sure to keep you all updated on everything from his appointment of course :] I am soooo dreading the shots tho :[:[ Soooo sad!

Zacary is still eating table food and is doing great! He is not a bit picky at all and would eat anything you put in front of him haha! He loves loves to eat! It’s so funny to watch him too, even in public. He eats so gentle and quietly. He barely makes a peep when he eats, he is down t business folks! He loves to feed himself too!!! He hasn’t accomplished eating with a spoon and fork by himself yet, but he is a pro with his hands!!! I have tried out some milk with him already too with no formula added and he loves it which is soooo good!!! I will continue with the milk after Saturday for sure… although I think at times he is going to miss his formula poor baby! He has always loved that formula which surprises me… that stuff stinks like crud haha! But he is my lil baby and still a baby in my eyes, heck so is Eli hehe!!!! So if he wants his formula at times I will give him a tad bit… it’s not gunna kill him hehe :]

Zacary’s favorite foods are: chicken nuggets, mac n cheese, grilled cheese, hot dogs, noodles, sweets haha, any type of puffs, bread, apple sauce, any type of fruits, cereal, butter cookies, yogurt, and mashed potatoes. He loves to eat breakfast and eats the same as Eli does (pancake, waffle, eggs, muffin, cereal, poptart, oatmeal etc) and then eats table food for lunch and dinner too. (he has been eating table food for quite some time b/c it’s the only thing he can eat and keep down with the reflux he had my poor poor baby BUT I am so thankful table food works great for him!!!) :]

Zacary is now just having a morning bottle and night-time bottle and no bottles during the day at all. He has become a pro at drinking out of any type of sippy cup and I am so glad!!! He has been a pro from day 1 and I am sure him watching his brother have one has helped hehe! Now they get in small fights at times over who’s sippy is who’s hahaha! It all works out in the end tho :] He is in size 4 diapers and wears 18 month clothes. It seems like all of a sudden he went from 12 months to 18 months in a hurry! He now wears size 4 in shoes too and actually his poor feet are so think I can only fit these sock shoes on him that have souls on the bottom and he can wear those with pants or robeez shoes too and those are so cute and comfy for him as well!!! He has wide feet like his Mommy!!

He has 2 teeth total and 2 more working their way through on top!!! I feel soooo bad for my lil guy b/c he goes thru bad teething times at times.. he cries and cries and doesn’t want anything but Mommy’s cuddles and orajel and then calms down! He bites his gums with the 2 lil teeth he has and makes them bleed :[ It breaks my heart!!! I hate that my babies have to teeth!!! Can’t they just be born with teeth ha!? Then again I am so glad they are young and won’t remember the pain forever!!! I sure hope they break thru soon my poor lil guy :[ Mommy loves to cuddle you and do anything I can for you tho of course :]

He takes one 2 to 3 hour nap everyday from around 1pm to 4pm. He faces forward in his car seat now and it is a total different story added to the plate. HE LOVES IT and tries to have conversations with us, it is so cute!!! He laughs and laughs and LOVES to be by his big brother and just tries to talk away to us!! I’m so glad he is so much happier now- that backwards junk was so sad anymore. We had him sit rear facing for as long as we could but it was so overwhelming we decided it was close enough to him turning 1, so we did a lil switcheroo just like we did with Eli hehe:]

Zacary still doesn’t talk a whole lot but he does say some words, such as: uh-oh, hot, ouch, hi, DaDa, MaMa, baba, and he also waves hi and bye bye all the time and when you say the words hi and bye bye he waves instantly… it’s so so so cute! He loves to clap his hands and is starting to go the “Biiiiig boy” too with putting his hands up and then back down! He is walking absolutely everywhere and doing such a great job with it!!! He loves to come up to my pants and pull on them for me to pick him it, it is rather precious!!!! He eats all by himself very good and we still help feed him too of course! He will also take a piece of food and want to share it with one of us and it’s so so cute! It is also so precious to see Eli help feed him and Zacary gets so tickled that his big brother is feeding him and laughs and smiles so much!!! I love how close they are and how they are always going to be such great buddies forever!!!

He loves to play with any kind of toy in the world haha! He loves to play with the drum set we have always had that is up in Eli’s room… Eli has always loved it too so maybe we have 2 drummers in our house someday!?!? :] He loves his musical activity table and he will rock and dance to any song he hears and it’s so cute!!! He loves music in general, throw his sippys across the room ha (trying to work on him not bein so violent with this hahaha), he loves his bath time, watching any TV show that Eli loves but especially loves Elmo and Mickey Mouse!!! :] He loves to sleep with stuffed animals, especially his Elmo and T-Bone off of Clifford. He loves animals, likes to try and poke Bo in the eyes haha, loves to try and get into my cabinets any chance he can get hehehe, chase us around the house, play with anything with his big brother… my fave is when Eli goes to race off and Zacary follows and then Eli turns around and Zacary gets all tickled and turns around and tries to run away from him and is laughing soooo hard haha! It’s sooooo adorable! He loves to play with Thomas the Train, any of Eli’s race cars, my hair brushes (I think it's bc he wants a sister someday hehe), loves to be rocked by Mommy every night before bed which I LOVE love LOVE love LOVE!!! My babies snuggles are thee absolute best always!!!!! I love it that they both want cuddled and all before nap and bed :]:]:] He loves milk and is now drinking it with 1 bottle in the morning and 1 before bed! He also will give lil hugs and when I go to kiss him he leans in for me to kiss him awww :] He watches his big brother's every single move and just admires him so much... it melts my heart in every single way possible to see them 2 together!!!!

I love spending time with my babies every single stinkin day at home!!! It is the best and so wonderful to me!!! I am soooo thankful in soooo many ways!!!! My boys are the best, they are the cutest with each other, love each other, are the bestest buddies forever, and make me one proud and happy Mommy every single stinkin second of my life!!!! They are both Mama’s boys and I just love it!!!! I also love preparing them everyday for when Noah gets home… we go and play hide-n-seek and Noah acts like he can’t find us and Eli jumps out and says BOO hahaha!!!! And while hiding Eli whispers and if Zacary makes a noise Eli says “you’re suppose to be quiet” in a lil whisper hahahaha :] I love love my baby boys sooooo much and will forever and do everything in the world for them always!!!! I pray we can be the bestest friends we are forever!!!!! I love my hubby and my sweet babies so so much and I am one lucky girl to have them :]

Our little Zacary- you are so wonderful and honestly, you and big brother make Mommy and Daddy better people! We are very lucky to have such healthy and wonderful lil boys like you 2 and wouldn’t trade a thing in the world for you precious baby boys!!! We are so lucky to have you 2 and you both show us even more love then what we could have ever imagined seeing! :] From the first day I found out I was pregnant with you both, we were a pair from there! I will never forget the day you were born and the first time I held you and how much I thought you looked like Eli and I couldn’t wait for Eli to see you and be such a great big brother to you!!! I snuggled you tight and have every single day since then! It is the best feeling in the world! I love you and brother being so close in age and I am so thankful for every single bit of you boys and Daddy – you make me happy in every single way, and one complete Mommy and wife!!! I can’t wait to see what our future brings and for all the remaining wonderful memories we will always share!!!!

You are such a joy in our lives, and both of our families lives too!!! We are so very proud of you and can’t believe you are one now!!! Mommy and Daddy are always here for you buddy- and will always be here forever!!!! We always always will love you so much, and hope you always know that!!!!! :]

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY LIL ZACARY- WE LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH!!!!! :]

(first born, 6 months, close to 12 months) :] He's grown sooooo much!!!

I can't believe how fast my babies are growing! And when we sing "happy birthday" is when it hits me the most... 1 year older... my babies will ALWAYS be my lil babies forever!!!!

* Our New Lil Family Car * :]

2011-09-22T15:58:00.004-04:00

Yes my friends, this car indeed is our NEW LIL FAMILY CAR eeeeeek :]:]

We decided the other day we prolly should look into something bigger. I loved my car so much and miss it -- but with my 2 boys and Anslee that I babysit here and there, and with us knowing we are going to have more kids in the future -- we decided to just look around for now!

Well we found this vehicle online... it's a Suzuki XL7 with third row!!! I always said I will not be a Mommy that drives a van haha (there is nothing wrong with vans I am just stubborn) but I will say we did look at a couple of vans and we didn't like the style so much! We wanted the SUV style so looked a bit. This was the 2nd car place we went to and we GOT THE CAR WOOT! It is ours baby hehe :]

I love it, love it, LOVE it!!!! The boys can see so much better, Eli talks about how we have a new car and it's black and it is Eli's car hahahaha! Zacary looks allll around and out the windows and loves it! :] There is 3 seats in the middle, 2 in the back! It seats 7 people :] I am so excited!!! We plan to keep this car forever!!!!! We got such a great deal on it too, and it has low miles! We won't have much longer of any car payments and I am one stoked girl about that woooot I hate car payments!!! I am proud of US :] Love our new lil family car!!!

PS -- this was at a car dealership an hour away! Noah got home from work early, all 4 of us piled in the car, and off we went! This was the nicest car dealership place I have evvvver seen! They had a HUGE lounge area with a big screen TV, and all these toys for the boys. What a fun car shopping day this was -- I got to sit with the boys and have fun and watch TV while Daddy did all the paperwork hahahaha! I will take that as a car shopping day anytime -- the boys did soooo good and we had fun :] (and we went to bug Daddy a few times hehehe)

* Zacary Turns ONE Pics * :]

2011-09-18T14:34:00.006-04:00

I went and did the boys' pics on Friday and had so much fun! I know Zacary is officially ONE in 6 days but since we have a busy weekend next weekend being in IL and all I decided while we had the time, to go for it!!! I reallllllly loved how they turned out :]:] Noah thinks this is the best pics I have taken of them :] I by all means am not the best photo girl but it saves money to do them myself annnnd it's so much fun for the boys and I :] Eli poses all by himself and smiles and is soooo great with it awww and Zacary is good for an almost one-year-old too! He tried to crawl/run away at times hehe but he has no idea what the heck Mommy is doing :] LOVE MY SWEET BABIES BOYS :]

FOUR YEARS :]

2011-09-15T01:08:00.004-04:00

4 years ago today I married my best friend-- I love you so much Noah Bob♥ Seems like just yesterday we were meeting each other for the first time! From then until now we dated for 3.5 years, got married, and have the best lil boys ever! :] I have had the best years of my life with you baby and look forward to many many more! We have always had such great times together and will forever and I am so excited to go through even more wonderful memories with you and our sweet babies! You have taught me sooo many things in life and I would never be the person I am today if it wasn't for you! You are my rock -- and even when we learn our wrongs and rights with each other,I still always love you more and more every single day and always will! I love you more than life itself! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABE ♥

September 15, 2007 -- <3<3

I will always remember every single thing about our wedding day forever -- it was such a perfect day!!! I couldn't ever imagine life without you -- I am one blessed girl and LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH! Thank you for being the wonderful hubby and daddy you are... the boys and I are soooo proud of you and thank you so much for all you have done for us <3

Our song -- the first song that we heard together that fit us perfect. Our song that we danced our first dance to :]

* My Babies *

2011-09-13T16:32:00.003-04:00

December 16, 2010 --

September 6, 2010 --

Practically 9 months later and look at how much both of my sweet baby boys have grown!!!! Makes me tear up! I love these pics of both of my babies tho -- soooo stinkin sweet and melts my heart!!!! Annnnd just to think that within the next 9 months Eli will be almost 3.5 years old and Zacary will be almost 21 months -- then they are realllllly gunna look like big boys!!! Stay babies forever for Mommy ok my lil men!?!? Although you will ALWAYS be my lil babies no matter how old you are!!!!! This Mommy is alllllways gunna be here for you and do anything for you always!!!! I LOVE YOU MY 2 LIL HEROES :] #always&forever

LOVE it! :]

2011-09-09T16:17:00.007-04:00

Days at a park with my lil family is so much fun!!! Anytime spent with them no matter what we do is such a great time! At the parks we have been to the last couple of days we got to play in the water sprinklers, have a picnic, watch the ducks, feed the ducks, play, talk, laugh, make great memories, watch our cute babies together and seeing them so so so happy as always -- we have the time of our lives :]:] I just LOVE it and my awesome family!!!! I am one truly blessed girl and LOVE being a mommy and wife!!!<3<3<3<3

* Then & Now * :]

2011-09-08T15:43:00.006-04:00

Isn't it really something special to look at a "then/now" picture!? Right now I was looking through my blog posts while my sweet boys are napping and came across this picture of when I was about to pop preggo with Eli and then a year later! I wanted to do the same with my lil guy too so went right ahead and did that hehe :] I compared a preggo pic with both boys to a pic now that is also on the same date today last year orrrr a couple of days before/after! Isn't it crazy what a difference makes in a whole year haha!? :] I think it is truly special though and something I will cherish forever! I of course had all the love for my lil precious boys even when they were in my belly- that's such an amazing feeling too! Elijah Andrew and Zacary Brenden . . . you 2 are one of the best things to ever happen to me and I love love love you!!!!! You 2 boys and Daddy are my absolute world <3

"God gave me you for the ups and downs -- God gave me you for the days of doubt -- And for when I think I lost my way, there are no words left here to say it's true -- God gave me yooooou!" -- these words fit me perfectly and are for all 3 of my loves! Without the 3 of you I would never be the person I am today! When anything wrong happens in life I have the 3 of you that pick me back up WITH a smile instantly!!!! I love every single second of being a wife and mommy! LIFE IS GOOD and I am truly sooooo blessed and one very lucky girl!!!!! <3<3<3<3

And here is my lil Eli's too for when I did this with him too -- LOVE that I did this for both of my sweet boys -- way too stinkin precious annnnd yes I look like a huge barn in both when I'm preggo hehe :]

:]

2011-09-02T15:50:00.006-04:00

It’s times like this week that have led me to realize even more how my babies – are growing.up. It’s like they woke up and bam – Eli looks like he is over 3 years old and Zacary looks older than a 1 year old! It’s so amazing how they can learn something in just a blink of an eye!!!! I love every single stinkin stage my kids go through for sure and I am so blessed to spend each and everyday with them!!! I will say looking back at pics brings tears to my eyes – good tears tho! It’s just nuts how much they have grown and the itty bitty infants they were! OH does it ever give me an itch… a lil baby itch again! BUT we are waiting a bit longer for sure haha! I think one thing with it this time is for a lil girl possibly sometime down the road!? If not – lil boys steal my hearts in an instant too :] I promise you I will not be the next nuthead on TV that has a TV show for having 19 kids hahahaha! :] I love kids but never in my life will I have 19, or 18 of that matter!!!

Eli is talking soooo much and so clear and it just blows my mind how smart he is and the cute and sweet lil things he says and does! I have been working with him good on numbers, letters, shapes, and colors. He has his shapes and colors down soooo good and is doing wonderful with letters and numbers too! I know he is only 2.5 but I figure what the hay!? It’s fun to work with my kids in anyway I can – so this is fun for me to do!!! The other day I drew shapes on a piece of paper and then layed out different colored markers and asked Eli to color each shape a different color and he colored the right shape the right color on every single one of them!! Soooo stinking proud :]

Last night before bed while cuddling with my lil family Eli was coming to my side of the bed and saying "mommy want some water and fruit... ok Eli got get some for u beee riIiight back" and he would run his cute self out of our bedroom door and come back with imaginary fruit and water and hand it to me and say "time to eat - its watermelon oranges and blueberries" and i would pretend eat it - sooo stinkin precious!! :)

Last night after story time Eli asked me if we could go see the Smurfs today and I looked up the times and saw there was a show at 11:40am so thought it would be perfect to go :] It was so much fun! I took lots of snacks and Eli loved the movie and Zacary was dancing and making noises at the screen haha! I can’t wait til the movie comes out to buy it!!! It is so darn cute :] As we were leaving the theatre I asked Eli “did you like that cute Smurf movie buddy” and he said “yes Mommy I loved it” :]:]

Zacary is walking all over the place and loving every second of it! It’s so cute to see his cute lil self walking! He looks so so little! He is getting so confident too and holds objects while he walks now too haha! He is communicating more with us so much! He has always been a huge fan of coming to me and pulling on my pants for me to pick him up and hold him :] He now puts his hands up in the air so far for us to pick him up and tries telling us stuff too and makes an “ooooo OOooOOOo” noise :] When something is hilarious that has happened in our house he laughs too. He is understanding so much and of course he should be – he is 1 at the end of the month. I just really can’t believe he is gunna be 1 oh so soon so sometimes feel like he is so much younger! He loves to get in my cabinets in the kitchen and try and pull out all my pots and pans too hahaha! He is such a sweetheart just like Eli – they show us love in such cute and adorable lil ways and it just melts my heart!!!!! :]

My lil guy is loving this walking thing so much :) He woke up while I was doing my eye makeup so I took my mirror in his room to finish and he walks real fast, takes all my eye makeup, and walks fast all around the room hahahaha!!! There is something bout my hair brush, blow dryer, and eye makeup he loves!!! I think all in all it just means that sometime down the road him and Eli want a sister :) It’s so darn sweet to see him walking and loving every second of it!!! :]

Zacary has a new helper when he gets dressed in the morning too :] Eli always loves to help me get the lotion out and diapers, and pick out their outfits somedays too! Well his new thing this week is to help Mommy put lotion on Zacary and to put some on him too! It’s sooo cute and he is so gentle and adorable about it! Zacary is so funny too b/c he just sits there so still and lets Eli put the lotion on awwww – they are sooo cute :] LOVE my babies!!!!! <3

* August 24, 2011: Happy 11 Months my Baby Zacary * :]

2011-08-30T23:19:00.005-04:00

Welp its official my friends – in less than ONE month my lil Zacary will be ONE!!!! It feels like I seriously just had him yesterday! I know I always say the same with Eli too but I am so so serious! I am so blessed to be able to cherish every single moments with my lil men – time just fliiiiiies!!!! I have absolutely loved every single stage my boys have gone through and just love them to pieces :] I am excited for Zacarys birthday but at the same time a big sap too haha! I just cant believe it!!!!!! Eli is super excited to help his baby brother open presents and to sing happy birthday to him :] He already is telling him Happy Birthday awwww :]
This is what you are up to my lil guy --

*You are 23 pounds according to our scales ha and a very good lil eater. There isn’t one thing you do not like so far that you have tried!!!

*You wear size 4 diapers and are still in 12 month clothes, moving forward to some 18 month clothes as well- biiiig boy!

*As of August 15 you are WALKING and becoming more and more confident and walking alllll over the place!!!! Its so cute but at the same time you look soooooo little!!!! I always knew you would walk before you were 1 b/c of how much you watch your awesome big brother :] You love love love to stand up by the TV and watch any show that Eli is watching and you just laugh and smile so much!- You also love to walk to Mommy Daddy and pull on our pants and want up to be held and it is soooo stinkin adorable! You wave to people as well. The other night we went to the football game and I took Eli potty and on the way back Noah said the minute Zacary saw me he made a grunt noise and then Eli and I were watching him and Noah and Zacary started waving at us for soooo long it was sooooo cute!!!! :]

*You are eating table food for lunch and dinner and you are doing so so good I am so proud of you baby boy! You really love- mac n cheese, bananas, french fries, grilled cheese, pb&j sandwiches, cheerios (the reg kind annnd honey nut), chicken nuggets, any type of puffs, yogurt bites, and yogurt nibbles too. You like a lot of fruits and one of your all time faves that we have tried lately is pizza :]:] It makes me laugh too bc I loooved eating pizza when I was pregnant with you AND Eli and this is one of your favorite foods and Eli definitely has always loved pizza too :]

*You eat whatever Eli eats for breakfast in small lil pieces (pancakes, waffles, muffins, cereal, poptarts, eggs, etc) and you are down to 2 8oz bottles a day, one in the morning, and one before bed. You are doing so good with this- however, this Mama is havin a hard time giving up that afternoon bottle… and some days you have a hard time with it too but all in all you are doing oh soooo good!!! I just am not ready for both of my kids to be bottle free and see them both with sippys! They are growing so so so so fast – but I guess growing up has to happen sometimes haha I am just a sap! Of course Eli has been with sippys for so long but seeing them both with one always is gunna be so weird at first :]

*You love your sippy cups and I have also added some milk to your formula and you love the milk too which is so good for when you are off formula and on to milk!!! You and Eli race to who gets what sippy first and it is a hoot – I just sit and laugh!!!! SO good you love sippys tho :]

*You still have those 2 lil teeth, but I believe you are teething more bc you have had a clear snot nose and have been in pain here and there which makes me so so sad :[. Poor lil baby! Teething rings, mommys cuddle time, and orajel are good inventions though :]

*You have been sleeping wonderful!!!! Daddy and I are so proud and love this for ourselves too :] We are so lucky to have 2 lil boys that sleep all night!!!! You go to bed around 8:30pm or 9:00pm every night and wake up around 7:30am or 7:45am every morning. Good job lil guy!!

*You take one 3 hour nap everyday around 1:00pm to about 4:00pm. It all depends on our plans for the day but all in all its around that time and around 3 hours!!

*Mommy has all of your birthday planning just about done!!! I am very organized and with us traveling to IL for his 1st bday party you gotta start a bit early so as the boys go to bed and nap that is what I have worked on :] Lookin back at all the pics from when he was born til now just makes me tear up! Its so crazy how fast he has grown and Eli looks soooo big now too!!! I am very excited for his big birthday and sad too! Its very bittersweet!!!! I want my babies to stay little forever!!! However, they will always always be my babies no matter how old they are :] Eli is so excited for his birthday too and cant wait to help Mommy pick out another gift for Zacary and to help him open up all his presents and eat cake :] We already bought him a toddler piano since he loved his cousin Jasmines :]:] Now I wunna have Eli pick out something from us too!!! :] So hard to believe its come sooooo fast!!!! Tears...

*Your favorites are- eating, my hair brushes and mirrors haha, being held, following big Brother everywhere awww, Barney, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, The Wiggles and anything else big Brother watches, playing with Eli and Anslee and doing anything they do and it is waaaay cute, standing up on things and walking around allll over the place, walking with anyone holding on to their hands, it seems you love just about any type of toy out there ha, you love music and to rock back and forth to it and bounce up and down awww, throwing a ball, Benny Belle and Bo, your walker toy, markers haha, board books (whenever we go to the library Eli and I pick out board books for him to be able to bring home too) :], your blanket and stuffed animal T-Bone, cuddling when Mommy feeds you your bottles and you love to cuddle before bed too (LOVE IT and hope this always happens for a long time ha), you love to go places with Mommy, Daddy, and big Brother all the time and be such a good lil boy, being outside, looking out the windows outside, laughing, smiling, babbling/talking, seeing other babies, baths, and swimming too!!! You splah around sooo much in the water and just love to be in the tub with Eli :] You also have been walking while holding toys in your hands, whenever we color I get you out a color book and those markers that color on nothing but the books and you sit and try to color and you do so so so good!!! I have always kept you included in everything we do from day one and it is really showing as you grow and it is soooo adorable – Eli just loves it too!!! You also will roll race cars on the floor already too like they are driving just like Eli does :] You always keep your eyes on Eli and just love your big brother and he loves you too! Although you do have some “small fights” with each other at times you guys are so close and gunna always be best buddies!!!! You love to have Mommy in the room with you at all times and if I leave to do something very fast you come walkin real fast after me awww! Eli is the same way too – 2 lil boys following me and Zacary making huff and puff noises to walk as fast as he can haha awww and Eli saying “Mommy Eli go with too” awww JUST LOVE IT :]

*You are now starting to talk more and more it seems. You now say- Mama, Dada, ouch, ah-ah-ah, Hi, ow, and you mock things we say!!! I was saying Noahs name the other day and he said Noah right after me soooo clear haha!!! He mocks noises we make too and he makes a very excited “ahhhhh ahhhhh” noise when he sees something he really likes and he points at the object or person and gets his arms and legs to moving so much!!! He doesn’t talk a whole lot yet but he is talking more and more. He really doesnt have a chance to talk with Noah, Eli, and I talking all the time haha!!! I know with time he will be saying more and more and more – I am not at all worried – every baby is different and he is saying some words and noises for sure :]

*You are a healthy baby and Daddy and Mommy are very lucky for that and always so so so so blessed! Your first few months of life were so sad and rough with you having RSV and bad colds and reflux but ever since then it is has been perfect for you and we are ohhh so glad for that – it was waaaay sad and I cross my fingers and toes you never have to go thru that again!!! You have had some small colds here and there and one ear infection and a rash from teething, and other then that- you have been good to go. You are also getting so so so big and grown up looking, I think back to the times you were a lil lil thing and it makes me tear up how much you have grown. You and Eli are our pride and joy and such wonderful lil men in our lives!!! Mommy and Daddy talk about how proud we are and how amazing you both are every single day before we go to sleep. You are our perfect lil men we love so so sooooo much and we are oh so proud of you both and will always love and do anything in the world for you both!!!! ALWAYS AND FOREVER :]

*I truly am so thankful to be home with my lil men every single stinkin day!! I really cant explain how wonderful it is and I am just so so soooo thankful!!! The memories everyday will make me smile forever!!! The older you get, the closer we are my lil men—and I pray that is how it is forever!!!! We look forward to seeing Daddy every single day and it is so cute how my babies react to see him too – he is such a wonderful hubby and daddy and I just love him to pieces! You both are learning so much everyday it seems and you are our sweet lil boys we have forever, and we are so lucky to have you- words can’t explain the love we have for our awesome and wonderful lil babies… and how being parents is seriously one of the greatest feelings in the world! We are soooo proud of you baby Zacary and Eli – and love love LOVE you both to the moon and back and will do anything in this world for you 2 always!!!!

*Happy 11 months baby Zacary!!!!!!! :] You soon get to sit forward in your carseat and this will be so much fun to see!!! You and Eli already have such a heyday together in the car (talking and laughing together awww) and now you are gunna be side by side facing forward awwww!!! I LOVE YOU :]

*I just had to add this hahaha!!! My cute lil "girls" around the same age with their hair pulled up! They look so similar if you ask me :] I have always said they have their own look to them but you can def tell they are lil brothers... or I mean "sisters" :] Noah is not a fan when I do this hehehehe! I think it's rather cute :]

*Of course I had to add their 11 mo pics side by side :] LOVE it and my 2 baby boys sooooo much <3<3 They are sure handsome lil fellas* :]

* LOVE *

2011-08-22T00:09:00.005-04:00

My sweet lil guy is taking more and more steps everyday since he started taking steps Aug 15th and he is doing sooooo good! Mommy Daddy and Eli are oh so proud of you my lil guy -- yet we just can't believe it too -- such a biiiiig and cute lil boy ♥ I love you so much my lil guy! :] Is it really possible you are officially 11 months old Wednesday???

My precious lil man loves to dance to the Wiggles songs and it is so cute and funny!!! Everyday after breakfast we play Wiggles songs per Eli's request and Zacary does a lil dance while Eli wants me to do all the dances the Wiggles do on the DVD and he does them too -- we laugh and laugh!!! It is so fun and for being 2.5 he is soooo good with being on the same beat and moves as them :] I just love it! And I am so glad none of you can be a fly on my wall to see me dance hahahaha!!! I love you so much my lil man ♥

Just love love LOVE this!!!! Every single second with my lil men is absolutely awesome!!! My babies are the absolute best and such wonderful lil boys♥♥ I LOVE YOU!!!

* Baby Steps at 10 Months -- saaaay what!? *

2011-08-19T22:59:00.003-04:00

Zacary is standing up and taking steps soooo much and more and more everyday since Monday Aug 15th!!! He thought I was leaving the room and was hungry so he is kind of upset in the video but this is the best I have been able to get so far hehe :] He gets camera shy awww! I love you my Zacary Brenden so much!!! Eli loves to see his baby brother walk and it's soooo cute! I can just see the 2 of them walking and holding hands soon aww just love it!!! Mommy is so very proud of you my lil guy!!! ♥ So darn bittersweet too awww but too pecious!!!

* Milestone after Milestone *

2011-08-19T00:10:00.004-04:00

It seems like there is always a new milestone in our house :]:] Then again, with 2 lil boys 20 months a part -- that's a given :]

My Mr Zacary Brenden is taking STEPS!!! (as you have seen in the videos hehe) He will stand up all on his own as he has done for a bit of time now and then take steps- so far the longest he has walked is from our stair gate to my living room rug which is about 8 lil baby steps!!! He smiles sooooo big the whole time and is soooo stinkin excited! He gets so excited at times that he falls down awww! It's oh so precious and he def walks when he wants to and not always yet -- so he is not an official walker yet but I know it is gunna be ohhhh so soon -- possibly even by his 1st birthday -- in almost 5 weeks... oh lordy ha!!! Eli loves it when he walks -- he gets so excited and puts his hand over his mouth and says "HE'S WAAAALKIN!!!" haha!!! They are beyond awesome and wonderful :] It is soooo cute to see lil Zacary trying to walk too! He's so grown up but at the same time still so small too! What makes him look even smaller is the fact he only has 2 teeth still awww! LOVE MY LIL GUY SO SO MUCH <3 He waves hi and bye, he says ahhhhh, baba, mama, dada and we are working on Eli! He also loves to dance and his personality is soooo sweet -- he is one sweetheart full of love!! <3

Eli is a talking machine! He says sentences so good now and is so smart!!! He is no longer a binky lover and it is still so weird to me but he is doing FANTASTIC and every night tells me "Mommy no binky -- binkys for small babies but Eli has his pillow and blanket" and he is so proud! It's so adorable!!! Everyday since my birthday he has told me "happy birthday Mommy" and then smiles so sweet! I tell him thank you... and have decided from now on August can be my birthday everyday since it is my birthday month hahahaha!!! ;] He's such a sweetie sooo much! I got these new bright pink capri pants from VS for my birthday from Noah's parents and when I first saw them I said "oh my gosh these pants are awesome" and the other day I put these pants on and Eli says "those pants are called awesome Mommy... awesome and pretty" awww!!! Melts my heart!!! He will color now and color items their real colors... example: colors apples red, bananas yellow, cookie monster blue, etc! He painted a dolphin the other day and the dolphin had a ball and Eli said "DOLPHIN HAS BASKETBALL and Eli paint it orange!" Soooo stinking smart! I was reading him a book at nap time and they were counting to five and I said, "1, 2, 3, 4... what comes after 4!?" and Eli says "FIVE!!!" He is learning soooo good!!!! I am sooo very proud of both of my lil men -- they are sooooo wonderful! LOVE MY LIL MAN SO SO MUCH <3

Other lines made by Eli --

"Mommy I wunna go to a basketball game -- Eli, Zacary, Mommy, and Daddy all go"

He corrects himself if he knows he has said a word he shouldn't say and it's so cute and funny! Example -- "GOOFBUTT -- ohhh no don't say that -- Mommy Eli say GOOFBALL not GOOFBUTT -- Eli can say GOOFBALL" hahaha!!! Just love it!

"I love you very much!"

"Thank you very much!"

"yeah Mommy yeah -- Eli wants to do that -- that be fun"

"that's so funny Mommy!"

"Mommy don't leave -- stay in Eli's bed and go to sleep with me" :]

"Zacary is bein silly!"

"Come with me (as he pulls your finger) I want to show you somethin!"

"Mommy play with me!!!" :] (I always sit up in Eli's room with the boys when we are home and they want to play up there and it melts me when Eli says that bc I love it that he loves I play with them too and will always play with them forever!!!!)

The other night at dinner Eli kept tryin to tell Noah something and Noah was in his own eating world and Eli says "Daddy -- I said it FOUR times!" and puts up 4 fingers hahahaha where do kids come up with the things they say sometimes!?!? TOO cute and funny!

We had a slumber party in our room Friday night and Eli was so excited to lay between us and with Zacary and watch The Wiggles and Cars! The next day he talks about our sleep over and says "Mommy next time let's get popcorn at Walmart" hahahaha!!! He cracks me up!! sooo adorable too <3

the list could go on and on and on -- he is a talkin machine and Zacary is beginning to be very talkative with words too -- his top word is baba baba baba :] Haha! LOVE my baby boys to pieces :]

* Going, going.... GONE *

2011-08-13T15:43:00.005-04:00

As you all know, last Monday was Eli's first dentist appointment! I went into this appointment telling myself he soon needed to not have a binky anymore. I have thought this for awhile but it is hard for me to see something like this go -- something that makes my baby even more grown up! BUT the fact that he is 2.5 now -- I decided we have to work on it soon... the older he gets the harder it is gunna be! So I decided we would work together as a team with this :]

Leaving the dentist last Monday the lady told me he has to get rid of his binky asap! Now keep in mind he only used it when he was sleeping at nap time and bed time and that is it -- zippo! Sometimes he may have had it here and there during the day when he was tired (esp on trips to IL or any other trip we took) but other then that he did not have it all day! With the dentist telling me this too -- it made me even more confident in this! Besides, we don't want his teeth to go bad too b/c of it which was the dentist's main concern as well! So Monday was when it dug deeper into me to work on this for my sweet lil man!

We started this out on Tuesday! The boys and I were snuggling in our bed room and after Zacary fell asleep in my arms (just love it!!!) and I took him to bed, Eli and I went into his room for a story and his nap time too! After reading a story and Eli talking away to me (just love it!!!) I decided to explain to him what we are gunna do with his good pal Mr Bink! I told him that big boys don't use binkys and that all the small babies like Baby Jayde (their new cousin who is 1 month old)! I told him big boys sleep with their pillows and blankets and their fave stuffed animal and if they ever wake up in the night scared or sad -- he can always come get Mommy and Daddy and always snuggle with his fave stuffed animal instead of using a binky! He listened to me very carefully! He was for sure taking in every word I was saying and it was so cute to see his lil face and to see him understand it all on how binkys work and what happens when you are a big boy! I told him big boys play with things like their race cars, baseball cards, play doh, play baseball and catch, color, go on special trips to places, etc. He was repeating this all to me and it was so darn sweet to hear him repeat what I had told him :]

He wanted binky at nap, so I let him... and he had small meltdowns during the day Tuesday and it broke my heart in 2. This has been just as hard on me if not harder! I am watching my baby grow even more, but at the same time it needed to be done! I wanted to so give in and give it to him and tell him he could have it but instead I had to stay strong and this was so so so hard for my baby who is crying to me and on my lap hugging me. We stayed strong tho -- as a team!

He had his binky Tues night at bed and I went into his room and snuck it out of his bed when I saw it fell out of his mouth! He slept all night just fine still like normal and Wednesday morning he was telling me all about how his binky was gone and he couldn't find it and how binkys are for small babies like Jayde and not big boys and they used their pillow and blanket and animals and get to play with alllll their toys! It was soooo stinkin adorable!!! He did good ALLLLLL morning! He never asked for it once and never even thought of it! If he mentioned it at all we both found things to do with baby brother too that kept our mind off of it! I then told him Wednesday I wanted to take him on a special trip for being such a BIG boy and doing sooooo good about his binky! I did not tell him where we were going... and it was so cute to see his lil face look out the car windows as I drove there trying to figure it out haha!!!! SO in love with my 2 handsome lil babies... they are the absolute best!!!! <3

I took the boys to a place called Jump 2 It (which is an inflatable place and an arcade) and it was soooo much fun! Zacary even had a good time and he is only 10 months old! We had an absolute blast and not only that but both boys and myself were free to get in so we did not spend a penny going and it was somewhere I will definitely take them to again!!! Eli would say "this is where big boys get to come" and it was sooo cute that he absolutely understood all that I told him!!!! :]

He didn't ask for a binky Weds at nap and Weds at bed, and the same for Thurs and Fri!!! I so bad wanted to offer him the binky but I had to stay strong and since he did not bring it up, I didn't as well! We stayed strong together and both did very good!!! It was tearing me up to go thru this for him and even though he did good about it, it still made me so sad! I am suuuuuch a sap hahahaha!!!

Friday we decided to go get a helium balloon and Eli said he was ready to tape all of his binkys to a balloon and send them off in the sky to all the small babies! Now of course the binkys would weigh the balloon down but we did get a cute pic of them taped to the balloon and then we "pretended" to put all the binkys inside of the balloon and Eli let go of the balloon and off they went!! He was so thrilled to do this and was never a bit upset during any of it! I couldn't believe we went thru this haha and made some rather funny faces myself in the pics (below) :] He did such a good job and would wave bye bye and say "bye byyyye binkys going to small binkys" and was such a good lil boy!!! He is wonderful -- both of my babies are absolutely wonderful!!! I know this is a novel post (shocker ha) but this is a biiiiig deal in the Zehr house! I am soooooo very proud of my lil man -- he did so good and is such a good lil boy always and growing soooo fast!!! I can't say enough how proud and happy I am with my sweet babies always -- they are soooooo awesome and the best!! I LOVE YOU SWEET BOYS always know that!!! I am so very proud of you in sooooo many ways and will do anything in this world for you!!!

So yes the binky is going... going... GONE!!! No more binkys in the Zehr house for now! Zacary hates binkys and spits them out and throws them haha! When we have other kids I am not sure if they will want them or not but for now zippo binkys are in our house and that is just so bittersweet to me!!! MY BABIES ARE GROWING SOOOOO FAST -- and the fact my Zacary Brenden is 1 in 6 weeks blows my mind!!! Soooo bittersweet!!! I love my lil men -- so so so much <3<3<3<3

* Day of FIRSTS *

2011-08-09T16:20:00.007-04:00

Yesterday was a day of firsts in our house :]

Eli officially had his first dentist appointment and he did GREAT! At first he was way scared and kept saying "Mommy don't leave" awwww! Of course I was not gunna leave him poor buddys!!! I sat right there beside him with Zacary and made him feel good and safe and held his hand and he was good to go from there on out! He let the dentist see his teeth and clean them sooooo good! I am so super proud of him! It was so adorable to see him sit there in the big ole dentist chair! He looked so small!!! She cleaned his teeth with cotton candy toothpaste and flossed them and we were out the door in no time! She said he was one of the best 2 year olds she has ever seen in the dentist awww SO SO SO proud :]:] He was smiling a cheesy smile all day and saying "Eli got teeth cleaned" and I was complementing him allllll day with how wonderful he did :] He got a Tigger toothbrush, Sponge Bob toothpaste and a green bouncy ball as his special treat :] I then took the boys to McDonalds to eat lunch for being such a wonderful lil boy!!! His teeth look great and we go back in 6 months!!! He is such a big boy and getting so big so fast! Love you sooo much my lil man -- Mommy is very proud of you always!!! You are wonderful :]

Zacary also had a first yesterday -- his first lil haircut :] He wasn't the biggest fan and prolly was thinkin "what in the world is this lady doing to me?" BUT he was quite the trooper for sure! The top of his hair was starting to get in his eyes and it was driving me nuts so she trimmed it up to be about the same length as the rest of his hair and it looks sooooo cute! I did not let her cut off his curls tho and they are still there hehe :] He looked so cute sitting on my lap with the cape on him!!! He kept lookin down at it and makin a funny face and then trying to get it off haha awwww poor lil buddys! Eli sat there and had the most concerned look on his face for his baby brother and it was so adorable! The only downfall to having Zacary's hair cut is now of course he looks even older!!! BUT he still looks like the lil cutie he is for sure :]:] For being kinda sad he sure sat there and did a great job for a lil 10 month old -- good job my lil guy Mommy is very proud of you and always is proud of you!!! I just know your next milestone is gunna be walking -- you are ohhhh soooo close and it's so precious!!! I love you sooo much my lil guy!!! You are for sure wonderful too -- you and big brother make me 1 happy Mommy :]

* I Don't Have a Title For This ha ... *

2011-08-04T23:40:00.009-04:00

I've had a hard time lately with how much my boys are growing! The other night I decided it would be fun to look back at pics of both of them and don't get me wrong -- I was smiling from ear to ear at their pics but in the back of my mind I was also asking "hooooow are they soooo big now!?" Eli -- who now looks like he is 4 years old! He is getting so tall, my lil brown bear, such a sweetheart, a handsome boy, and oh so funny! Zacary -- who is looking more like a lil guy than an infant! He has a personality plus as he grows and it is so cute! He is also my lil tan bear, such a cutie, so sweet, and makes me smile so much just like big brother too!

Eli has been using his manners very well!! He has also been good with using "please" and "thank you" and lately I have been working with him more on manners and he has caught on SO good!! It is soooo cute to hear him too! Most times when he forgets to say them when he is talking, he will stop himself dead sentence and start over saying "please" or "thank you" or both in the sentence! It melts my heart and is oh so sweet!!! He is always sooo proud of himself too and it is soooo stinkin cute to see how proud he is! He always says "Yeaaaah Mommy high five!" :]:] So of course I give my sweet lil man a high five and extra special hugs too :] Eli also has been dead set on my birthday haha it's soooo cute and sweet and makes me smile! He tells me everyday how many days til my birthday and today he also said that "Eli wants Mommy to have a Dora birthday!" awwww :] So smart and cute!!! He is still real big into baseball and I love this! He loves his cuddle time as well as little brother does too and I LOVE this! I hope my babies want to cuddle FOREVER!!! :] Another one of his faves is going to Monkey Joe's to play and to go swimming!!! My babies are BOTH lil fishies and just LOVE the water!!! They are both getting very tan too!

Zacary is standing up all on his own, walking with his walker toy, and even took a step to me the other day!!! It is hard to believe that in a month he could be full out walking!!! He is so ready to walk though -- he wants to run around just like big brother! He crawls verrrry fast but with as frusterated as he gets at times for not being able to walk -- I feel so bad for my lil guy! I on the other hand think it is crazy for him to be able to walk at 10 months old -- that and the fact he is my baby!!! But no matter when he does -- I will be oh soooo proud of him! His personality has been coming out more and more as he grows! He loves to be involved in absolutely everything Eli is doing and it is so darn cute1 He lives to make sure Mommy and Daddy are close by to him -- and his new thing is crawling up to me, grabbing my shirt, pulling himself up and then laying his sweet head on me! It's sooo adorable and makes me smile :] It just seems like yesterday when Eli was this age and doing all the sweet things Zacary does -- and now Eli is 2.5 and Zacary is 10 months... my oh my! I feel like I am gunna blink and Eli is gunna be in preschool (thank goodness we have quite some time til then haha!!!) and Zacary is gunna be shortly after that!

The other day we were at the pool and a lil boy came to the baby pool where we were and Eli says "little boy little boy -- my Mommy's birthday is comin up!" awww and then he said "Eli is gunna be 3 (and put 3 lil fingers up to the lil boy) and Zacary is gunna be 1 soon (as he puts 1 lil finger up!)" how stinkin adorable beyond sweet!!! He just says the sweetest things ever all the time and whenever he feels the need to say them and I LOVE IT!!! It melts my heart!!!!! :]

Last night while reading Eli a story and getting him ready for bed he always talks away to me and he says "Mommy Eli Zacary made pictures for you for birthday" awww! It made me die laughin at the same time b/c he gets it very honest to tell gift secrets the way he did to me :] It is so hard for me to hold in gift secrets hahaha!!! One of these days it will be me telling him and Zacary their gift secrets hehe :] It was way cute :]:]

Eli has a new thing of saying "Mommy Daddy Zacary come here wunna show you something" (as he grabs our hands and pulls us to what he wants us to see) hahahaha! He is so funny!!! He has a lil accent at times too -- esp when he says melting! It comes out as "melton" hahahahaha! It's so cute -- our lil southern boys :]

Zacary is big into playing peek-a-boo and it is one of the cutest things ever!!! We say "where's Zacary!?" and he covers his lil face with his hands (sometimes only one eye haha) and then he takes his hands away and smiles sooooo big!!! It is rather precious and his lil 2 teeth show and ahhh it melts me :] I just looove it!!!!

Zacary also has picked up on how to do the "Tomahawk Chop" that the Braves do at their games. Eli does it and sings it so much with us that when we say the song now Zacary puts his hand up and down and does the motion to it too :]:] He also tries to sing it as well!! It is soooo adorable and precious!!! He is just down right adorable and sweet!!!

We go to Laptime still every week at the library and Eli loves it and had loved it from day one we started going!!! Zacary has gone with us since Eli started too since it is for 2 year olds and boy has he ever caught on to what we do in the class! He gets so excited just like Eli and claps his hands to the songs we sing and smiles and laughs so much! If the library does not have laptime a week then we do it at home together and both boys just LOVE doing it and Eli gets out their lil chairs like this --

and they sit there so happy and so cute as we go over everything we do in Laptime together (weather, days of the week, matching game, crafts, different songs, story time, spider songs, etc) and Zacary gets into it so much for a 10 month old! Eli has everything down pat soooo good and does awesome! Once he is 3 we no longer go anymore which will be sad but we will still do it at home! Then when Zacary is 2 we can go back :] I just love it and every single second I spend with my precious baby boys! They are beyond the best thing ever and I am soooo thankful and blessed for them!!!!! Motherhood is absolutely AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! <3

PS -- I had a great birthday!! I feel so old being one more year closer to 30 tho -- that was the only damper to my day haha!!!! Noah the boys and I went to NC to visit with Noah's bro Siah, Marlana, and the sweet girls and then his parents came and sister Emily and brother Zach too :] It was a fun time -- we went out for dinner at Smokey Bones and it was sooooo good :] Noah's sister Emily also has the same birthday as me and I LOVE it!!!! It was so good seeing her on our day :] I got spoiled so much by everyone -- esp Noah and the boys!!! He got me more lens to my camera and a tri-pod too! Then I also ordered a birthstone ring for the boys' birthstones too! I am excited for it to come in woooot!!! Each time we have a kid I am going to add their birthstone to another ring! Right now I have a birthstone ring for Eli and so I ordered one now for Eli and Zacary with both of their birthstones too :] I so can't wait and I am super excited!!! Eli told me "happy birthday Mommy" alllll day and it was the sweetest thing!!!! I had a great time with my lil family for sure -- and then Noah and the boys took me out to dinner to Olive Garden last night too for round 2 birthday dinner with the 4 of us -- LOVE :] My lil family is the absolute best!!! It was also sooo good seeing my sweet nieces too -- they are soooo beautiful!!! Jasmine just hugs and kisses baby Jayde allll the time and is so cute :]

* Zacary Walks with the Walker Toy!!! *

2011-08-01T00:13:00.004-04:00

It's official my friends -- tonight Zacary walked for the first time with his walker toy!!!! It is so stinkin cute and I am oh soooo proud but at the same time very bittersweet my baby will be walking before I know it and is growing so darn fast!!! He has been standing up all on his own for a lil bit now and is getting so strong with it and doing it soooo much more now and he is so darn proud of himself -- smiles soooo big and claps his hands awww :] Eli loves it too -- he points at him every single time and says "he's standing up he's standing up!!!" it's adorable!! :]

Way to go my Zacary Brenden -- what a big boy!!! I love you soooooo much my lil guy <3

Here it is for you to witness it too hehe :]

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* July 24, 2011 -- Happy 10 Months my Zacary Brenden *

2011-07-28T23:19:00.015-04:00

Happy 10 months to my sweet Zacary Brenden! In 2 months you will be a year old. Looking back at your pics makes me feel even more like you were JUST born – how is it even possible for you to be 10 months old already!? You sure have me stunned there!!!

What have you been up to my lil guy!? :]

-You are in size 4 diapers and 12 month clothes. You are a long lil fella and built just like Eli was at your age – it’s so so cute :]

-You take a 2-3 hour nap everyday and it is usually between 1pm and 4pm and you also go to sleep at 9pm and wake up around 7:30am -- you are a very good sleeper just like big brother has always been! Both of you love your sleep!!!!

-You have a total of 2 teeth that are both on the bottom! I am not sure if anymore will be popping thru anytime soon!?!? Your nose has finally stopped running from teething and you are still drooling but not as much – so we shall see :]

-Your favorite thing to do is stand up alllll by yourself!!!! You stand there with a HUGE smile on your face and clap your hands and it is soooo cute! Eli will say “ZACARYS STANDIN ZACARYS STANDIN UP” and I say “Yaaaaaay you’re standing!!!” and clap my hands and he is sooooo proud of himself – it is so so adorable! No steps yet BUT he does walk across the couch by holding on and will walk a couple steps with a walker toy too!!

-Mommy has tried to hold your hands and let you walk while holding my hands like we always did with Eli and you will walk a few steps and then just look back at me and smile and laugh and want back down :] It’s so precious! I know sooner or later you will be walking – especially since you are constantly standing yourself up all by yourself!!! SO proud of you my lil guy!!!

-You seem to try to get into anything you can and most of the time it is something you shouldn’t be getting into!!! I am constantly running left and right after you lil boy :] It is so funny tho b/c Eli is such a good big brother and Mommy’s lil helper! He will lead Zacary to what he should do and shouldn’t do and it is so darn sweet and very smart too! Zacary is one fast lil fella but Mommy is always faster haha! You learn these fast skills with 2 lil boys :] Love every single second!!!

-You do not talk a whole lot and I actually questioned the Dr on this. She said this is very normal for a 2nd child. They hear Mommy and Daddy and brother talking and think we will just do all the talking for the time being!! She said he will come along and be on track with talking for sure just doesn’t always seem to start around the same time as our 1st child does! I was beginning to worry a bit bc we talk to him all the time and he can hear fine bc he knows his name and responds to things very fast but I wanted to ask in case! He does wave HI and will mock us and say HI back awww and he says Mama, Dada, and owwww. He also will play patty cake, peek-a-boo, and claps his hands to any song we listen to :] He is big into rocking himself back and forth and dancing too awwww!

-You are constantly smiling at everything and everyone, as well as laughing and giving big ole cute smiles to Mommy and Daddy and big Brother :] We have heard so many people say how much you and big brother smile and are such good boys and it makes me even more proud of you both every single time I hear someone say it to us :] You are such a friendly lil guy!! You and brother are both so darn sweet and such cuties – it melts my heart and makes me one proud Mommy for sure!!!!!

-You now are also drinking out of a sippy cup and so far it is going very good! We give you sippy cups with juice and then you still are on 3 bottles of formula a day too. One in mid-morning, one in the afternoon, and one at night. Soon we will be working on switching that to 2 bottles a day and erasing out the afternoon bottle. This is going to be hard for me because you want Mommy to feed you and snuggle with me and rock you everyday before nap and bed time and I looooove doing this for sure!!! I love it Eli loves to cuddle too and we do it everyday before nap and bed and it is awesome!! BUT hey we can do that with sippy cups too hehehe :]

-You will feed yourself finger foods, and then your puffs, cheerios, yogurt bites, etc too. It’s so amazing you are learning how to feed yourself oh so quick!!! You love it tho and you are a very good eater and will seriously eat anything we put in front of you :]

-You eat three meals a day- breakfast, lunch, and then dinner too. You are eating all table food now. You want nothing to do with baby food unless it is fruit baby food. You love love love- mac n cheese, apple sauce, mac n cheese, grilled cheese, mashed potatoes, cheerios, yogurt bites, puffs, crackers, and animal crackers!

-Some of your favorites are sitting on big brother’s four wheeler toy, your outside baby swing, any kind of food there is haha, standing up on anything, smiling, laughing, throwing a ball, playing with any kind of toy, crawling, love to dance to music and hear music too, love to watch Mickey Mouse clubhouse and any other show big brother watches too (right now the Wiggles is a top fave by both boys and their songs are too) :], you love to play with your big brother and absolutely adore him and it is so darn cute to see you 2 together (Eli always wants to include Zacary in everything and it’s so precious! It’s such a great big brother to be that way too awww! Makes me smile so so so much!!), you love to fly on the “airplane” (which is Mommy’s legs) I do this with both boys and they get so tickled and just laugh and love it! You love brother’s race car toys, markers, just any toy ever. You are also loving to play brother’s drums and you stand up and beat the sticks on the drum and just smile away and it is sooooo cute!!! You love to eat, cuddle, to be outside, stick your tounge out when you smile, swim, do anything in the world that big brother is doing, love to be held on our laps, have your face light up and smile so much when Mommy comes in to get you in the mornings and at nap, you have a thing for Mommy's blow dryer, hair brushes, and my lap top haha! I always tease Noah and say he is gunna be a hair stylist hahahaha! You follow Mommy around everywhere awwww!!! You love to chase the cat, try to get ahold of things you shouldn’t hahaha, and you are an animal lover! You are an all around cute and precious lil baby boy just like big brother :]

I can’t believe my baby is 10 months old!!! I have already started thinking and gathering stuff together for his first birthday! Eli picked out the theme and it is Lightning McQueen :]:] The same lady that made Eli's cake is making Zacary's too!!! CRAZY how fast time flies!!! I am having a hard time with him turning 1 -- it just means he is gunna be 1 so so soon and then Eli will shortly be 3 after that! It's so bittersweet to me!

Zacary Brenden you and big Brother are my pride and joy and make my life even more complete then I ever thought it could be! Your Daddy is also a great person just like you lil boys, and I am so thankful for you all each and every day. I look forward to being home with you and big brother every day and sharing those moments with you both every single day. I also look forward to your sweet Daddy coming home every day for 1- I am so excited to see him and be with him the rest of the evening for our family time together and 2- to see both you and Eli’s sweet faces light up bc he is an awesome Daddy to you sweet boys!!! I am so thankful for such good and healthy lil boys! You both are so wonderful and amazing and make Motherhood the best thing in this world!! If it wasn’t for your amazing Daddy and you sweet babies, I would seriously not be the person I am today. Being a Mommy and a wife is one of the best things to ever happen to me! Mommy Daddy and big Brother love you so much baby boy :] HAPPY 10 MONTHS!!!

*Zacary kept pushing the button to the tool box and rocking back and forth dancing and Eli and I were dying laughing -- Zacary got to laughing too haha soooooo adorable to see the 2 of them laughing together ♥♥

*This is the funny face Zacary is into making lately hahahaha it cracks us up every single time :]

*"Mommy can I please take T-Bone down to eat breakfast too!?" :] Such a sweet lil guy!!!! ♥

*Eli and I were sayin "where's Zacary!?" and he plays peek-a-boo with us and gets so tickled but today he would only cover one eye and look at us with the other hahahaha so darn cute!!! My babies are always making me laugh and smile -- Just LOVE it!!

*The funny face strikes again hahahahaha! It makes me smile so much -- I love love love you my lil guy ♥

I took a pic of Eli in this same Roethlisberger jersey when he was at 10 months old too -- and I just had to compare the 2 of them in it of course!!! You can sure tell they are sweet brothers -- but then they have their own look to them too! SOOOO cute :] Eli has grown soooooo much -- look how lil he is!!! TEAR...

* Zacary 9 Months Stats *

2011-07-22T17:23:00.004-04:00

Mr Zacary Brenden had his 9 month appt on Tuesday and he passed with flying colors woooot :] He is getting to be such a big boy -- 21 lbs 11 oz and 29.5 inches long! The Dr said he is 75% for his height and 50% for his weight! When Eli was 9 months he was 22 lbs 2 oz and 29 inches so very close in size for sure for their ages -- how cute! Everything is looking great and he is growing just right and very healthy :] It was so funny too bc in the middle of his appt the Dr was talking to me and Eli was sitting beside me and Zacary on my lap and he was standing on my legs and lookin down at his lil belly and patting it and laughing hahahaha!!! He is such a sweet and funny lil guy :]:] Eli was a bit concerned to what was going on with Zacary at the Dr -- but once I explained he was gunna be ok he was ok with it too awwww such a sweetie!

We did find out that Zacary has a yeast infection too :[ Last week he started getting a rash that I knew was from teething -- I called the Dr and they got me a cream for him to use and it actually worked better and then made it worse -- so bad he was itching it and crying so hard my pooor poooor lil baby boy it broke my heart!!! This happened the night before his appt so I am very thankful we got in the next day bc it turned into yeast!! We got a better cream that has already cleared most of it up since Tuesday woooo hooooo!!!!!

We go back to the Dr when he is 1 yr and I don't even wunna say that -- it is realllly hitting me hard with my baby turning 1 in almost 2 months... how bittersweet! I have started planning his party -- ordered his cake and picked out Lightning McQueen b/c big brother wanted his theme to be Cars awwww!!! I can't believe I am already planning this ahhh!!! Eli is so excited for Zacary's birthday and he is excited to be a helper for the day too with presents and all awww!!! It will be a fun day but very bittersweet -- I don't know why my babies have to grow up!!!!

Here are some pics of Zacary I got as well when I took some of Eli for turning 2.5 -- they are sooooo cute and he is standing up all on his own sooooo good!!! He gets to smiling and so proud of himself and it is adorable! He also plays peek-a-boo now too -- sooooooo cute! I love you so much my lil guy!!! :]

* July 16, 2011 -- Happy 2.5 Years Eli * :]

2011-07-22T17:11:00.007-04:00

My baby Eli is officially 2.5 years old! My oh MY I can’t begin to even understand how he is this old already! I do know one thing though – I have cherished every single stinkin second with my babies and that has been absolutely AWESOME! I enjoy them each and every single day… such wonderful and special memories!! :]

Eli has been potty trained for over 2months now and ROCKS! He does sooooo good and I am very proud of him!!! He tells me when he has to pee and poop and off we go!! He has an accident here and there but that is soooo expected!! He also is still wearing diapers at night and nap time but most days he wakes up dry and doesn’t even go in the diaper! VERY proud :]:]

His thing he loves to do is dance dance dance!!! It is soooo funny! I got a video of him dancing to “Hot Potato” by the Wiggles but it is being dumb and not sending through but I will get that posted as soon as I can!!! He loves the Wiggles right now and we don’t watch it a whole lot and he has already picked up on all their songs and dance motions and it is absolutely adorable!!! Makes me smile and laugh so much :] He always wants me to sing and do the dances with him too – so of course I do!!! Zacary joins in with us too and just smiles and rocks back and forth and claps to the music too awww!!!

He is a fruit lover, snack lover, and has his picky days but all in all is a good eater! He really loves apple juice and his new juice he is liking a lot is orange juice too! He loves strawberry milk and will not drink milk without a dash of strawberry syrup in it haha! He loves to help feed Zacary and feed him his bottles too – he is a wonderful lil boy and a great big brother!

He knows the shapes of: circle, square, oval, rectangle, heart, star, stop sign, and triangle and knows all of his colors very very good! He is learning numbers and counting and can count to 10 by himself! He will put up his lil fingers with the number too and it is so cute! The other day I drew all of the shapes on a piece of paper and he told me what all of them were and then I told him “color the circle red, color the triangle blue” and he colored all the shapes the color I asked him to!!! SOOOOO stinking proud :] He does so so good!!!

He loves to play outside, swim, play in the sprinklers, give hugs and kisses to Mommy Daddu and Zacary, watch the Wiggles and Cars, he is big into Thomas too! He loves to be with his baby brother and protect his baby brother and it is soooo cute -- he also laughs and laughs at him so much awww! He has a sweet lil smile and laugh, and is a very funny lil man! I laugh and laugh at him each and every single day – he is such a hoot! He loves to have Mommy play with him and brother every single day which I never ever ever pass up with my sweet lil men, he loves to cuddle and read stories before nap and bed LOVE, he loves popsicles, ice cream, pizza, and cheese balls ha! He knows Noah is at work now and when he sees Noah’s truck he says “Daddy’s home” hahaha! It’s so cute and funny! He loves to be Mommy’s lil helper and is very good at it! He listens very well to what he learns and when he takes a toy to his brother he says “here you go Zacary” and then runs to me so proud he said it and is sharing with his baby brother :]

He loves going to the library with us, he sings so many kids songs there is way too many to list but his favorite is “it’s raining it’s pouring, itsy bitsy spider,” and “the wheels on the bus” and of course now all the wiggles songs too :] He loves country music and will dance to their songs and sing to them too. Right now his top fave country song is “honey bee” by Blake Shelton – sooooo cute!!!! I also have a video of him dancing to this song I will try and download sometime too when it allow me to! His fave meal is breakfast, he loves his pillow and blanket and is very protective of them haha! He is protective of Zacary and always watches out for him!! He is a very good role model for Zacary too – if he is ever headed to something he shouldn’t be it’s Eli and Mommy to the rescue :]:] He leads him to know what to do that is the right thing and wrong thing and it is soooo stinkin sweet! He says “I love you” to us and gives kisses and hugs and it is the absolute best!!!!! He loves to go to Monkey Joe’s and jump in the inflatables and always wants Mommy to go in with him too so I take Zacary in and we jump jump away and it is so much fun!!!! He is talking soooo good and saying sentences now too!

His favorite line right now is “ohhhhh myyyyyy gossshhhh” to everything and it is hilarious!!!!! I laugh so hard every time! He also likes to pretend snort when he laughs and it gets me goin on a hoot laughin at him hahaha!!! He loves to cuddle before nap and bed time and have a story read to him and to just talk away for a bit before falling asleep!!! He loves to make sure we are still there to see him and even go with him to things too and I love it!!! Whenever we go to our library class they do a matching thing during the class too and when the teacher puts up the item the kids have, whoever has it takes theirs up! Eli goes up there and half way there turns around and says “Mommy go too” and reaches for my hand awww!! I never turn down moments with my babies – and esp moments like that!!!!

He loves baseball and baseball cards – we already have a binder started for him with all the baseball cards in different sleeves :] Mater and Lightning McQueen is a huge favorite to him too and he has seen Cars 2 in theatre with Noah, Zacary and I and he loved it!!!! Whenever we see the preview to it he says “CARS at Movie Theatre with Mommy Zacary Daddy and Eli” :] He loves his sleep and sleeps about 9:00 pm/9:30 pm to 8:00 am/8:30 am and also takes a 2 hour nap each day too! He will see our house and our car and say it is “Eli’s house” and “Eli’s car” hahaha!!! :] He is all around a very funny lil boy and adorable too if you ask me :]

My lil blondish hair brown eyed boy I love you so so much and hope you always know that! You are such a sweet lil boy!!!! I love every single thing and moment with you my lil man! My sister says that the boys and I act like best friends – and it makes me smile sooooo much b/c that is how it is with my lil men – they truly can make me smile, laugh, and bring so much joy to my life and are my lil heroes and my lil best friends! Every part of Motherhood is the absolute BEST!!!! I thank my hubby for this too b/c he has made me into the person I am today and is the BEST hubby and daddy ever – always doing things out of the ordinary for the boys and I and I just LOVE my lil family to pieces!!! I know it is gunna fly by until you are 3 lil man – but I hope somehow between now and then time just freezes haha! I LOVE YOU – Happy 2.5 years my awesome Mr Eli <3

Here are some pics I took of my lil man for turning 2.5 :] Verrrry precious if you ask me -- love that sweet lil smile :]

* FA-REAK Moment at the Zehr Household *

2011-07-14T14:58:00.005-04:00

So yesterday the boys and I stayed home all day and had a fun day at home! I babysat Anslee and Will as well and we all played all morning and then Anslee and Will got tired so I put them down for morning naps. After I put them down for naps Eli told me he had to go potty – so him, Zacary, and I went into the bathroom to go potty!! After that, Eli wanted us to go back into his room to play and color!! He ran into his room and his new thing is how he loves to shut doors and die laughing as he does it haha! So when he got into his room he shut his door bein all silly and laughing and it was right before Zacary and I got into his room when the door shut……

I went to open the door and was laughin at how goofy Eli was bein annnnnnd instant panic – the door would not let me open it. I tried to stay calm as I heard Eli start to scream and cry when he realized I could not get the door open to his room! I started turning the knob so hard and still nothing. I was instantly faaaaareaking out! Eli was beyond upset crying and it broke my heart to pieces. This led Zacary into crying wondering why we were so upset! With Zacary on my hip, I tried to control myself and told Eli I was going out to the garage to get screw drivers to take the door knob off! He didn’t calm down at all during this time so I hurried as fast as I could. I was able to get the door knob off and once it was all the way off Eli calmed down soooo much knowing he could see me thru the hole of the door knob. He stood there with his lil face in the hole lookin out at us and talking. He was no longer crying, which led me to calm down so much more. I just wanted to wrap my arms around him my poor lil baby!!! I even tried kicking the door I was that eager to get it open for my sweet boy!!!!!

He tried to hand me my phone thru the door knob hole (yes my phone was in his room with him—what are the chances!?) I began to freak more b/c I could not get the door open and my phone was stuck inside his room with him and did not fit thru the hole. (bless his lil heart trying to help me out – he’s such a sweetie) – I then decided I had to go to the neighbors and get a phone to call Noah. I told Eli to run to his bedroom window and look out the window to watch for Mommy and brother outside b/c I had to walk to the neighbors to get a phone to get him out of his room – he remained calm with no crying and ran to his window and watched us every step we took. Bless his lil heart again – the poor lil boy … I felt soooooo bad for him and was so heart broken this had happened to him!

I was able to get the neighbor’s phone and called Noah and then after still not being able to get the door open, I called a police to come help me! Within minutes he was at our house and it took him quite a bit to even get it opened! I was getting very scared, hot, and faaaareaking out inside.. I stayed as calm as I could for the boys tho! The door ended up breaking somehow when he shut the door and that is why it was so hard to open! The babysitting kids still were not awake at this point as well too. The police was able to get the door opened and THANK GOODNESS is what I yelled when he did haha! I thanked him so so so much!!! I ran to my baby boy with Zacary and he started to cry again b/c he was just so sad it happened. He did not want to let go of me and I did not want to let go of him – it broke my heart to pieces and I was so glad everyone was OK!!!!! Eli talked about his door quite a bit yesterday… and told Noah all about it when he got home :[ Makes me so so sad and I hope this Mommy and her lil boys never have to go thru that again….. that was way too sad/frightening/sickening/everything all in one! Thank goodness for that police – I was so so so thankful!!!! He even needed part of the door knob while trying to get it open and it was in Eli’s room from when I took it off and it fell in there and Eli helped us get ahold of it and push it back thru!!!! I was so proud of him for the good lil helper he was awwww such a sweetheart!!!!

So that is my scary story for the week… well actually YEARS bc I don’t want any of that again ha! I want to go around and take off every single door knob in our house now!!!! It scared us all so much! Eli also does not know how to open doors yet either – and I am guessing he won’t be learning anytime soon b/c he wants nothing to do with doors my poor lil buddys :[ We made a special trip to Wal-Mart last night and I told him he could pick out some things to do for crafts and he was so excited to do this – he picked out 2 lil trucks to paint and an ocean craft set to make a fish bowl, dolphin, and starfish! We did both crafts today and he loved them!!!! I am making sure his mind is OFF what happened yesterday -- I do not want a scared and sad lil man like that ever again :[

Here is my pantless lil cowboy too -- and a very cute one if you ask me :] Just love it -- sooo adorable!!! I love you to pieces my lil man -- you are beyond awesome!!!!!

I also want to add that my Mr Zacary is now standing up allllll on his own!!!! He stands there and claps and smiles and it is sooooo cute! It looks so so strange with him being only 9 months old and standing up! It is adorable and Eli laughs and smiles too bc he just loves it that brother can stand too!!! How sweet :] Zacary is very proud of himself too and it is soooo sweet! Just love it -- and I predict he will be walking very soon -- maybe possibly even before he is 1 yr!?!? Love you my lil guy -- you are beyond awesome too -- my baby boys are THE BEST! <3

I AM AN AUNT AGAIN :] Jayde Kristyne Zehr was born on July 12, 2010 -- 7 lbs. 4 oz and such a cute and sweet lil girl like her big sister Jasmine!!! Mommy and Baby are doing great! The boys and I got the great opportunity to meet them all at the airport on their layover before heading back to IL for some time with family since Josiah gets 10 days off!! She is soooo small and cute! Zacary kept starring at her awww and Eli loved looking at her too but was wondering why she is sooo small awww so cute!! Love you lil Jayde -- and love being an aunt! My babies love their lil cute girl cousins!!!! <3

* Happy 4th of July 2011 -- God Bless America *

2011-07-05T23:26:00.006-04:00

We had a great 4th of July!!! Our day started when the boys got up and Eli wanted to have a Thomas the Train party in his room :] We played and colored and danced to the Wiggles "Hot Potato" and just did whatever we felt the need to do all morning! We then went to our subdivision pool party and they had hot dogs and popsicles and we went swimmin for 2 hours!!! It is so much fun to take my babies swimmin -- they LOVE to go!!! Eli is gettin to the point where he loves to try and swim and he will plug his lil nose and go under the water at times and I will help him back up and he then says "MOMMY WENT UNDERRRR WATER" and is so darn proud of himself -- so proud that he also adds in that "baseball players go under water like big boys!" awwww :] Zacary just splashes away and loves to be held in the water or sit in his float and splash too - he is a lil fishy too and it is so stinkin cute!

The boys were pooped after swimmin for a bit and slept for 2.5 hours at nap! I was pretty lazy myself -- while Noah woked in the yard a bit and ran an errand I was seriously so lazy but then got ready for our fun evening! When the boys woke up we played for a bit and then went to the 4th of July parade, went out to dinner, went to a park and played on the playgrounds, and then it was firework time!! We had a wonnnnnnderful day together and I was so glad Noah was able to have a 4 day off work weekend with us as well wooooooot -- we haven't seen much of him lately with his crazy work hours!! We had a great time together and I was soooo glad to get to spend time with my hubby too!!! I love my lil family so much!!!! :]

We decided to go to a chinese restaurant for dinner and Zacary just chowed up his food and was loving it -- he is such a good lil eater! He would watch me as I went to fill the boys' plates and just smile and loved every bit of the food and with his 2 lil teefers now he is lookin sooooo much more grown up -- it blows me away and I just can't get over how fast they grow!!! I got them pineapple to cut up and Eli yelled "THANK YOU MOMMY" across the restaurant awwww my lil men just melt my heart!! He then announced when he had to go potty and that he wanted "Mommy to take you" haha so we were off to the potty about 3 times during our meal and everytime he would come back to the table he would yell "DADDY AND ZACARY -- I WENT PEE PEE" and wanted to give high fives hahaha! He is sure not a shy lil boy about when he goes potty -- cracks me up!!!!!

As we waited for fireworks Eli was confused and wondering where the baseball game was! The only time he remembers fire works real clear is when we go to Braves games and they have fireworks when someone hits a homerun! We explained to him these would be fireworks in the sky and we are going to a Braves game in the middle of this month to see their game and fireworks then! Awwww!! I layed out a blanket and the boys played away on it while we waited! Zacary trrrried to eat woodchips and grass as well... silly lil baby boy! He is such a sweetie too! Eli got a good laugh out of him tryin to eat it haha!! They are so cute!!!! Then the fireworks started and we saw quite a bit and both boys were in awe over them and then BAM a huge storm comes in and it is pouring down rain and we are all 4 soaked head to toe! The boys were both laughing and playing in the rain as we ran back to the car to get out of the rain -- it was so adorable! Sure enough the fireworks were over and they did not reschedule them tonight bummmmmer!!!!! I was disappointed! The good thing is Zacary is too young to understand and Eli was not upset and talked bout the fireworks we did see on the way home and we go to the Braves game in 10 days soooo we get to see more then and Eli is excited for that :]

I hope you all had a great and safe 4th of July!!! I love this time of year -- middle of summer and so much fun every single year!! This was also Zacary's first 4th of July awww he was our lil cute and sweet firecracker this year :] I put the same bib on him that Eli wore his first 4th of July!!!

*My camera card is not working right now which is a huge bummer since I am a pic freak!!! I had to use my phone for our pics! That is better than nothing! I have a new card coming in and I pray it works!!! Crossing my fingers and toes!*

* Eli's Famous Quotes-Zacary's 2nd teefers-Happy 4th of July my friends *

2011-07-03T14:45:00.011-04:00

1. "Mommy baseball players don't use binkys..." - Eli ... "Oh they don't!? Well what do they do then!?" - Me ... "THEY CHEW GUM!" (as he tosses his binky to the side) hahahaha! This is our start of getting rid of the bink. He only uses it at nap and bed time and is sooo attached to it like it is his blanket and pillow so I feel so so bad to take it away just yet -- esp since he just uses it when he's sleeping... but here soon we need to take it away for good. Tears for Mommy too... so hard to do to my lil man... :[ Zacary no longer likes binkys -- he'd rather take them out and throw them haha!

2. "Mommy I swim underwater... LIKE BASEBALL PLAYERS!!!"

3. "Sorry Zacary can't have cookie -- you too little no teeth"

4. Picks up toys and takes them over to Zacary and says "here ya go Zacary!" awwww!!!!

5. My lil man has a thing with his tuckus lately ha! He sticks out his lil rear and says "tuckus tuckus!" He shouts out tuckus at the most random time and when he swims or plays in the sprinkler or is in the bath tub he sticks his tuckus in the water and laughs and says "my tuckus in water" hahaha!!! PURE BOY :]

6. He's a pete and repeat -- anything that is said he will repeat it back haha! Sometime he whispers it back too -- always making me crack up and smile!!!! For example the other day I said to Zacary "Oh sugar I am sorry you don't feel good" while patting Zacary's back an Eli said the same "Oh sugar sorry don't feel good" and pats his back! Awwww!!! It's so funny and cute!! LOVE LOVE LOVE :]

7. The other day while watching the Wiggles it was about when cars cross the street you look both ways and hold your Mommy's hand and as a car is driving down the road on the TV he turns around on my lap with Zacary and says "OH NO Mommy car comin hold hands!!!!" :]

8. I asked him the other day if he was cute and he said "no Zacary cute" and I said "awww he is cute -- and what are you, handsome!?" and he says "Zacary cute - Eli handsome!" awwwwww :]

9. He calls our cat "Bocephus" all the time -- talks about Yadi and Pujols on the Cardinals.. and when he sees the color red he says "Look Mommy red like Cardinals" sooo cute and smart! He has one big love for baseball and I just love it to pieces!!! He remembers things sooooo good and can match colors and objects soooo fast! He knows the shapes of: oval, cicle, triangle, square, rectangle, star, heart, octagon (but calls it a stop sign), and diamond (which he calls a baseball field haha) -- he also tells me what the weather is every single day and if the trees are moving it's windy he says haha awww! He knows all his weather symbols too!! :]

10. The other day while going down the road he says "Mommy look stop sign" and it was right outside of our window -- so so so smart!!! Then at dinner we had pizza and Eli says "Pizza is a triangle" all on his own!!!! I am one very proud Mommy of my 2 sweet lil men!!! They are amazing and soooo wonderful! I love them to the moooooon and back -- and I want to also add that Zacary now has 2 teefers woooot! He got his first one on Wednesday (6/29/11) and his second one today!!!! (7/3/11) -- Eli looked at them with me and laughed and said "Zacary teeth sharp" hahaha he is such a hoot and then I showed him if he opens his mouth how many teeth he has all together like a big boy and he was so very proud of that awww! As of this morning (7/3/11) Zacary is also saying "Mama!!!!" awwww makes me smile so much and melts my heart!!! We are working on him with "Dada" and "Eli" and he tries to say them and it is soooo adorable!! LOVE MY LIL FAMILY SO SO SO MUCH <3

Have a safe and Happy 4th of July everyone!!! We are going to go to a parade and fireworks tomorrow and of course I have lil matching 4th of July outfits for the boys :] We made some firework crafts and firework brownies the other day and the boys both loved it in their own lil ways -- I say this bc Eli painted and did the icing fireworks, stirred the brownies, and colored on the fireworks and his hand prin and LOVED it and does sooooo good with crafts and just loves doing them! He would say "BIG pretty fireworks" awww so stinkin cute and then lil Zacary loved it too -- he had those one markers that color on nothing but those certain coloring books and used those on the color books, he let me trace his hand so so good, he tried to get into the paint, and LOVED watching us make the brownies and was smiling and laughing away while chewing on the lil box the icing tubes came in hahaha!!! And they both turned out so so so cute!!! We had a fun and great time for sure like always and celebrated 4th of July while doing it :] Hope everyone has a great day and family time :]

Baby Eli and Zacary

*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 15 & 16 --

*** March of Dimes *** :]

*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14 (eeeek I am behind) ***

*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 9 --

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*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 7 & 8 --

*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 4, 5, & 6 --

*** Crafts, Hats, lil Heart Breakers *** :]

*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 3 --

*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 2 --

*** Feb Photo a Day Challenge *** Day 1 --

*** January 24, 2012 -- Happy 16 Months my Zacary Brenden *** :]

*** Is It Baseball Season Yet!? ***

*** January 16, 2012 -- Happy 3rd Birthday my Baby Eli *** :]

*** Eli's 3 Year Pics & some of Zacary too *** :]

*** My Sweet Lil Men *** :]

*** Just Some Randoms *** :]

*** December 24, 2011 -- Happy 15 Months my Zacary Brenden *** :]

*** Laptime & Santa Again *** :]

*** Santa Cow at Chik fil a*** :]

*** Our lil Fam Christmas 2011 *** :]

*** This & That *** :]

*** Santa 2011 *** :]

*** It's Santa & Our Craft Time!!!!! *** :]

*** Turkey Day and Christmas Stuff Too *** :]

*** November 24, 2011 -- Happy 14 Months my Sweet Zacary Brenden *** :]

*** This & That & Happy Thanksgiving *** :]

*** I'm Alive -- I Promise *** :]

*** Eli & The ABC's -- Zacary Sayin Cheese & Laughing ***

*** Our Life Lately *** :]

*** Happy Halloween 2011 from My lil Superheroes *** :]

*** October 24, 2011: My Baby Zacary is 13 Months! *** :]

*** My Sweet n Precious Babies *** :]