For me...

it doesn't get any cuter than these two!

My favorite outfit...white polo, jeans and flip flops, he looks like such a little man!

Seriously...crawling already!

Well it's true..Hannah is now mobile, I just can't believe we are already to this stage! She started the army crawl 3-4 weeks ago and has moved on to the on all fours crawling. And truth be told I'm not a huge fan of the crawling stage, mainly because of my own issues, I'm a germaphobe and everything is in the mouth and floors just seem dirty. Thanks to my husband though my floors are as clean as they are going to get, he bought me a steam mop awhile ago and I love it!! I have been trying to upload video's for awhile now and I'm not quite sure what the issue is ( I never used to have a problem) but as soon as I figure it out I'll post one of the crawling!

Hannah 8 months

• Crawling
• Can go from laying down to sitting up
• Has used her crib, table, toys to pull herself up into standing position (doesn't stay up for very long yet)
  
• waves to herself (so cute, she actually started this at 7 months but she's doing it more often now)
• Sleeps with Mommy most of the night
• Still makes mostly vowel sounds but have heard an occasional m and h sound (just not often)
• Definitely biased but I think she has the best smile and she definitely spends most of her day showing it to me
• Plays with Gabe more
  
• Not a picky eater so far!
  

Gabe is doing good as well, he is starting to eat more fruits and veggies (he loves all our fresh organic fruits and veggies!!!) but still loves his smoothies and it's a great way to get those veggies that he doesn't really care for in there such as kale. He is POTTY TRAINED!!! we still do a diaper at night which we probably could switch to underwear, he usually wakes up dry and has woke us in the middle of the night to go potty, but not ready to risk the chance of having to get up in the middle of the night to change bedding so we'll probably wait until Hannah is sleeping better. Gabe has started to say "I want" and has added a few more words to his vocab like me, hide, banana, and fast. It's been a slow progression but I feel like in 2 weeks he has made more progress than in the past 7 months!

Valentines Day!

Like Father like son....

EJ got a flat tire last week, so Saturday after work he took Gabe outside with him "to help" change his tire. He loves to watch Daddy and he's great at staying out of the way. So this morning I walked into the living room and found him doing this to his Home Depot truck!!

He used his blocks to prop up his truck so he could change his tire, as EJ would say "Kids are so cool"

I'm a big boy now...

So potty training started this past Monday...something I was not looking forward to at all. Mainly because I have such a fear of public bathrooms especially when it comes to taking my kids into them.... kids touch everything and lets face it I'm a germaphobe!! All week I've been trying to decide how I'm going to tackle it, haven't come up with anything yet but I'm sure I will in the meantime all my trips out of the house have been limited to 1-2 hours at a time. With all that being said, he has done wonderful, the potty dance has become something we are all familiar with (We have the Pull-Ups commercial bookmarked on the computer!)

My little helpers helped me clean out the kitchen cabinets this week, a majority of this tupperware just served as something to place in "Gabe's cabinet" so I decided to toss most of it since he rarely goes in there anymore

She is lucky she is so darn cute!!! because this little angel is not much of a sleeper, I've never been much of a coffee person but my wonderful husband bought me a soy vanilla latte one day this week and I can't tell you how happy it made me. Too bad for me Starbucks is a bit expensive, and not being able to have dairy limits my options.

I Love IKEA

Thanks to my husbands great find at IKEA our playroom is much more organized!! He found this bookshelf in the scratch and dent section (it has a tiny dent on the back corner) it was $30 marked down from $70 and EJ got them to go to $20!!!

Her hair is a little crazy these days so I've had to start putting it in pigtails! Her and brother have been playing catch with this ball, she loves it and she's pretty good at catching it when he rolls it to her!

Catching up!

Ok so I've decided I really need to get better at blogging....so my goal is once a week at least, lets see if I can do it!

Well Hannah is doing great, she has two bottom teeth that have poked through...the first was Jan 7 and the second one was Jan 20 ( I know most people could care less about the dates but it helps me to keep record LOL) A few days before Christmas she started sitting unassisted, which was exciting and heartbreaking at the same time...I just can't believe in a couple weeks she will be 7 months! She started clapping today...she does it with one hand still in a fist which is really cute. She still has blue eyes YAY!! She is waking up a couple times during the night...I blame it on the teething. She has started solids..it's been a slow process, mainly because I keep forgetting to give it to her but what she has had she seems to like.

Eating her banana

On to the monkey...he just got over ther stomach bug, it's very difficult for me to watch my 2yr old vomit, I felt so bad for him. Luckily it only lasted 24 hours and inbetween he was acting like his usual self. He is definitely starting to be more vocal, his actual vocab is still low but the fact that he's vocalizing more is good! He still loves his trains, and he loves to ride his tricycle...he refuses to try and pedal he would rather use his feet to manuever around. Doesn't enjoy sleeping, he'll find any excuse not to sleep. He probably only takes a nap a couple times a week.

Carousel at Seaworld

We have been traveling quite a bit the past couple months...we had our trip to Myrtle Beach for Thanksgiving, then we spent Christmas at St. George Island and we just got back from Orlando. My maid of honor was visiting Orlando from NY so we met her and her family down there. We were able to stay with some good friends which was awesome! Gabe had his first trip to Seaworld and he loved the Shamu show! I think we are staying put until we make our trip up to NY in April, little miss Hannah is not a fan of the car so she need a little break!