Time to share some pictures...

Ok, as I was loading these pictures, I realized that there are a ton more of Jonathan than Bryan. I'm worried about the whole equality thing already! I guess Jonathan was more camera ready than Bryan at those times. I don't love one over the other - I promise!

Now that we have the disclosure out of the way, let's describe what's going on in these pictures. The first is from February 17th. Aunt Amy, Uncle Shane and Grandma Jean came over for a visit. The boys were just starting to get real sick, but you can't tell from all the fun that we had. Here's Amy and Shane with Jonathan.

Here they are again all snuggled up on a chair with winnie. They're going to be such great parents!
Here's Bryan after a feeding fest of peas. Believe it or not, I'm getting better at this whole feeding thing. Bryan loves to pull at my hand at just the precise moment that I have the spoon full of food and am about to put it in his mouth. After I scoop it off of the side of his mouth, there's still quite a bit left over. He got really excited each time the spoon came in for a landing, so the arms were flailing all over the place. Here's Jonathan at that same feeding. You can tell he was rubbing his eyes all day. He was sneezing while he was eating, so I got to feel what it's like to have food on my face too! One of these days I'll have Matt take a picture of me after a feeding. Oh boy!

On the 24th me, Matt, Jean, Mark and the boys all went to the Olive Garden to celebrate Matt's promotion. Here's Grandpap Mark with Jonathan. Doesn't Jonathan look like Marlon Brando? Here's daddy with Jonathan - he was is such good spirits!These next few pictures are from this morning 2/26/08. I put the boys into their Levi's outfits and they were in a really happy mood, so I took the opportunity to get a few pictures of them at daycare. Here's (you guessed it) Jonathan trying to sit up all on his own!Here're the boys (Jonathan on left and Bryan on Right) They would smile at the same time, but my camera wouldn't cooperate. Here are a couple of them goofing off.

So now we're all up to date with pictures. Matt tells me that the boys are close to crawling, so when it see it, I'll be sure to take tons of pics for you all to see!

Week of 2/18/08

So it's been a pretty busy week. Ok, it's been a pretty busy month, so this was more of the same. With Matt's promotion still keeping our spirits up, we decided to go out for a celebratory lunch with Grandma and Grandpap at Olive Garden on Sunday even though all four of us are suffering through a cold. This time we all ended up with different symptoms, weird. Matt and the boys have a bad cough. Matt has a stuffy nose. Bryan has his ear infection. Jonathan has the "amazing-never-ending-runny nose" and a little bit of pink eye. And I have a sore throat with a stress ulcer on the back/side of my tongue. It could be worse, so we're not complaining. In fact, the boys just keep on smiling through it all. I think it was Jonathan that decided that Matt needed to change his shirt, so he puked on him. Right after, he was smiling and laughing. Matt, not so much.
Bryan started to sleep through the night this weekend again. All you mom's out there know that the sleeping pattern is destroyed with a cold. We're just now building it back up.
In food progress: Bryan and Jonathan started to eat two new foods this week - peas and green beans. They love the peas (like true Bryan family decendents) and the green beans are still under consideration. Jonathan was a little finnicky when I tried to feed him, so I didn't get a good gauge on what he thought. It was pretty clear that Bryan didn't like the beans as much as the peas, but he managed to eat a few spoonfuls. We're going to keep trying with the beans for another day, then switch to some squash then some carrots. So far, they haven't had any allergic reactions - that I know of. I really don't know what to look out for in that area. Any help here? I just know to look for the obvious sudden rashes and swelling up. Should I be looking for anything else?
And in gross news: We had our first poos since starting food and they're really not too bad. I guess having a cold has it's perks!
I took some pictures and I'll be sure to post them as soon as I can.
Back to work!

Fast Post

I don't have time to really say everything that I want to, so I'll give you a quick summary then hopefully find time to give you the details later.
This past weekend, we went over to Matt's mom and Dad to visit Amy and Shane that came to visit for the weekend. Sunday, we just hung out at home.
Bryan and Jonathan are both sick again...surprise! We took them to the Dr. on Monday and Bryan has yet another ear infection and Jonathan just has a cold. Bryan has an appt. with a pediatric E.N.T. on March 5th so hopefully we'll be able to figure out what's going on with his ears. And they currently weigh:
Bryan: 14lbs 1oz
Jonathan: 14lbs 6oz
Sorry for the shortness, I have pictures and more to say at a later time. Hope everyone's doing great!
P.S.: Matt just promoted yesterday! We're all super excited and proud of our dada.

Weekend of February 8th, 2008

Sorry for the delay! Work is really monopolizing my time these days (what a pain!).
Matt, me, and the boys all went grocery shopping together on Saturday. We went to a new store named Joe Caputo's. It's awesome! There's fresh fruit, veggies, meat, pastries, and most of your everyday grocery store items. There's tons of unique items that I've never heard of and other items that I knew about, but never saw in a grocery store(i.e. calamari). If you have one around you, go and check it out, you won't regret it!
We recently invested in a second Baby Bjorn so both of us could hold a baby while hands free. We put the boys in their snow suits and took them around the store in the Bjorns. It was perfect and the boys were great! When we got to the bakery section, one lady that worked there called over all the other ladies from the back room (I'm talking at least a dozen) and they all OOh'd and AAh'd and talked in some other language I couldn't decipher. Then their manager got mad and yelled at them. In a moment's time, they all scurried back to their positions.
When we got home, Matt went crazy making breads and rolls for the rest of the weekend. When he took one of his breaks, he'd pick up one of the boys. Here he is holding Bryan with Jonathan sleeping in the background.This next picture is of the boys in their firefighter outfits (thanks Marny!) The jean jackets have a big picture of a helmut on the back, then they have matching shirts(from the gal's next door - thanks!) and jeans. They were so cute I had to take a picture. Bryan was being particularly playful that morning and at daycare, he was flirting with anyone that would look his way. I didn't want to go to work, so I hung around for a few minutes to feed Jonathan and play with Bryan. It was torture to leave!!!!
It's really getting harder to leave them these days. I don't know if it's because I don't get to interact with them at night (Matt picks them up from daycare and watches them by himself 'till about 8 or 9) or because they are interacting with me more. How do you guys do it?

Weekend of February 1st, 2008

So the weekend started off with one goal in mind - to have everyone get over their colds. We managed to do so much more! On Saturday morning, I suited up Jonathan in his snow suit (see first picture below) and we headed off to Jewel for some groceries. It easily took us two hours to shop for about a dozen items because of the cuteness. He had such a great time that he slept for a few hours after we got back.Later that day, Matt and I took the big plunge and decided to try and feed the boys some rice cereal. Of course I had to whip out the camera for this! Here's Bryan and his second bite. He didn't really like it, but it was a good first attempt. He really likes the spoon and tried to chew on it every chance he got.
Here's Jonathan after his first attempt. He took to it a lot better than Bryan did. I think it helped that I fed him about 3/4 of his bottle before starting. I'm learning! Notice how I forgot a bib?
Here's Jonathan toward the end of his first cereal meal. He was drenched! He also loved the spoon and will try and grab it from me when he can. Then on Sunday, Matt made some homeade sub rolls for our lunch of cheesesteaks (absolutely delicious!) and when he was cleaning up Jonathan belted out Da-da! I was holding Bryan and Jonathan was on a blanket on the floor - obviously trying to get his daddy's attention! Matt claims that it wasn't really intended and shruggs it off, but I'm counting it as his first words.
Later on, the boys helped us fold clothes and wash dishes. We finally got the boys into their 6 month clothes, so we retired the 0-3 month clothes. The 3 month clothes still fit them nicely, so we'll hold onto them for a few more weeks. We all watched the Super Bowl and slept sweetly (until Jonathan woke up soaking wet). What a great weekend! It doesn't even matter that I still have a stuffy nose.

Pictures as promised...

OK, so I promised new pictures and I've finally found the camera and brought it to work. I've had a bit of a cold (thanks to B & J) and I've been home sick, so I couldn't do it 'till today. Enough excuses, here's some new pictures and what they are.
Here's the picture of Me, Jonathan, Bryan and Grandma Jean at Red Robin last weekend. Look at the way Jonathan's eyeing my food! :) Here's Grandma Jean with the boys. You can see how Bryan was all about sucking on her face. His mouth was open the whole time! Here are the boys on January 19th, their 5-month birthday. They loved their high chairs! Here's a close-up of Jonathan - deep in thought.
Here's a close-up of Bryan - he had the giggles and I was lovin' every minute.

These pictures were taken this morning. I was giving Bryan his medicine and he tried to grab the dropper and put it in his mouth - which got me thinking. So I gave each of the boys a baby spoon and watched. Bryan took hold of it and it went straight into the mouth. Ok, so this isn't some awesome event - he sticks everything in his mouth, but it was cool that he getting the idea. I think I'll give them a spoon every time I feed them so they can associate it with feeding time. One step at a time and we'll get there. :)Jonathan didn't grab the spoon right away, but when I gave it to him - in the mouth it went.
It was wear your favorite sports team day today at daycare, so the boys "put on" their Steelers jumpsuits. Whoever designed those things didn't have a baby - the proportions seemed off and it was hard to put them in them. They were cute anyway.
It was mismatch day yesterday - love that! They should have that every week so I can put them in whatever clothes I have that they won't be fitting in too much longer. I put them into their Thanksgiving onesies with a red and white striped pants, bright blue socks, and cowboy bibs. Perfect.