Update w/ Easter and Mommy's B-day

Ok, so it's been another two weeks, sorry! I have to be relatively short this week too cause I need to order some child-proofing items online. That's right, the boys are crawling!!! It all started about around Easter weekend. Both boys have been doing the whole bouncing on their knees thing for awhile and finally, Jonathan decided to move forward. He's a bit slow, but steady..just the way to keep me calm. Bryan really wasn't interested until just last week. Just yesterday, we had a race between the two of them and Bryan took off while Jonathan stood still. Fast learner! Either that, or Jonathan wasn't interested in moving at that particular moment. So, it's just a matter of time before the boys move up to the waddler room at day care. I can't believe they've grown so much! I can remember when they were so tiny and we were hoping that they would eat one ounce of formula. Now, they're downing 8oz at every sitting plus whatever baby food we give them. *sigh* Where has the time gone?
As far as everyone's health goes, Matt and the boys just got over whatever virus it was that they had. I've got a dry cough that I think broke this morning. It looks like Bryan has another ear infection, but we can't do anything about it because he can't have medicine two weeks before or after surgery. Hopefully that will heal on it's own really soon. Other than that, we're all very happy.
So, here's a suggestion to any new mother. Get an activity center - one of those things that's stationary, you sit the baby in it and they play with all sorts of toys around them. It's the boys' favorite toy by far and Grandma Jean got it for them a little while ago. Here they are tearing at it from every angle. They both love to chew on that mirror-like thing then they get excited and bounce like crazy. It's hard not to watch them when they're in it cause you just can't stop laughing.
One day we put the boys in their Penn State Altoona onesies. Great Grandma and Great Grandpap Miller arranged to have these sent to the boys. Thanks! They weren't really in the mood to pose for a picture that afternoon, so I'll have to try again sometime. One day I dressed the boys in their "West Elementary School" sweatshirts. These were made especially for the boys from a friend of Grandma Jean's. She is the principal at West.
It was my 30th Birthday on March 29th. Ugh! Well, all my coworkers took me out to lunch and this was what my cube looked like when we came back. The culprit still hasn't fessed up.

To celebrate my big b-day, Matt and I went downtown to visit some museums in Chicago. Grandma Jean and Grandpa Mark were nice enough to take the boys for a sleepover at their house. They had a blast! Bryan slept in a crib upstairs and Jonathan slept in a pack-n-play downstairs. According to the 'rents, they ate, played, and slept well the whole day. They even went out to lunch and had a bath that night. Bryan slept through the night and Jonathan woke up once wanting a bottle (the usual).
The only eventful thing that happened to them happened at lunch. They went to Red Robin and Jonathan had a toot that didn't fade (if you catch my drift). Jean took him into the ladies room, but they didn't have a changing table, so she had to wash off the sink and change him there. He's started to really squirm during changes and even roll over, so this is no easy task. Luckily, he didn't move all that much and Jean was able to change him with out incident.
So, Matt and I had a great time downtown. We stayed at a really cool/modern hotel named the Amalfi. It was right across the street from Harry Caray's (spelling?) . We didn't go there because we only had jeans and the picture in a restaurant book made it look like a no-jeans kind of a place. I just learned today that that's not the case, but we know now for next time. Here I am with a Moose sculpture that was in front of the WGN building. I actually cropped this picture to what's showing because the original has a big chunk of the building and a bunch of people in it that we don't know. Matt's picture skills are not that desirable. Hence, me not being in too many pics, 'cause I'm taking them all. At least he got the sculpture in the picture. He took another picture of me in front of one of the lions that sits in front of the Art Institute of Chicago, but he didn't bother getting the lion in the picture. Ugh! So anyway, we only got to the art gallery because we ran out of time there. There was so much to see! A lot of very famous paintings that I've only seen on tv or in print. breathtaking! If anyone is interested coming to visit Chicago, I highly recommend a trip to the Art Institute! For dinner, we tried to go to Ed Debevik's, but it was way too busy and there was a huge line at Gino's East, so we went to Carson's. This is a legendary BBQ rib place, which is right in line with my taste. We loved it! Here's a picture of Matt, annoyed that he had his picture taken, but sucking it up because it's my birthday. Good husband.

Here's a picture that Matt took of me. I was in mid-sentence and a bit goofy, but it's not a terrible picture I guess.

Ok, that's a little bit longer than it should have been. I guess I'll be looking for childproofing stuff tomorrow. :)