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Easter

So here we are a week later and I am just now posting picture of our Easter Sunday. We managed to get our crew into a church; unfortunately, we only lasted through the songs and 5 minutes of the sermon. We normally go to Lakewood but I had this terrifying image in my head of Houston's entire population flooding into that building like a stampede of wildebeests so we opted aginst it. Our plan was to attend Second Baptist, but there was a horrible accident on the way so we exited the freeway and parked in the first holy parking lot we could find. It just so happened to be a place called Crosspoint Church. The boys were great while we were up singing, but as soon as the room fell semi-silent and the minister began to speak, they took it upon themselves to get the party started again with a loud string of dadadas and bababas and shrieks and yells. As we scanned the place, we noticed that one, there were NO other babies in the sanctuary, and two, that based on the stares, ours were clearly not welcome there. Apparently, at this church it is imperative that you leave your child in the nursery. I guess we were too late to get that memo. We politely escorted them out to the lobby where we were immediately met by a lady who read us our rights: you have the right to take those brats to the nursery, the lobby, or home. We chose home. She really wasn't rude about it, but I thought it was pretty funny. Hopefully we still got our Easter credit;)

After church and nap, we went to Mimi and Poppi's house for dinner. It was delicious as usual, and even more delicious because I didn't have to cook it or clean after it. That's always a plus these days. The boys got their first Easter baskets and they couldn't have been cuter. The theme was outdoor play and they were stuffed with bath/swim toys, a kiddie pool, sunglasses, swim suits, etc. Thanks again Mimi! They had a great time eating everything:) Enjoy the pictures!



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So Cheap

I found a coupon for a free 8x10 portrait at The Picture People so since we had no plans for our last day of Spring Break, we decided to get crazy and get a professional picture of the boys for Easter. I must say I walked in there with very low expectations. I knew they wouldn't take the time and energy required to get a decent shot of them both smiling and making eye contact-especially considering the fact that we marched in there as ghetto and late as ever with our FREE coupon, snotty noses, missing shoes, dirty shirts, and a poopy diaper. I wish I were lying about at least one of those. Long story short, I was right. Not one picture showed both babies smiling and only one showed all four eyes focused on the camera. And STILL....I was in love! I don't know what it was. It was just so strange (and I guess refreshing) to see them through a stranger's eyes. If I had been by myself, I think I would have ordered every pose. Instead, we ooed and awed and packed up our little dirty family and our big free 8x10 and back home we went. And instead of ordering the CD with the printable photos, I took a picture of the picture. So cheap. Enjoy!

That big glare in the middle is not actually on the print-that's just what happens when you take a picture of a picture. Oh my God I can't stop looking at them!
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What We've Been Up To...Long

I haven't had the time to give detailed updates lately, but since it's Sunday and the boys are napping, I'll do my best to bring everyone up to date on the little ones. If you know Caleb, you know that he has had some eating "issues" since being introduced to solids at 6 months. Refer to pictures around that time if you'd like a visual. When the Early Intervention intake team (we'll discuss that later) came out they asked if he had any resistance to solid foods and asked if I would like to have a group of specialists come out to evaluate him (nutritionist, occupational therapist, and speech/language pathologist). I said yes. As most people assured me from the start, he needed none of these specialists-just time, patience, and a lot of wasted baby (and big people) food. We still have an appointment with a couple of these ladies scheduled for next week, but seeing as how over the past few days, he's consumed 20 baby wieners, a jar of baby pasta, a whole pancake, a bowl of Granny Granny's taco soup and crackers, and a jar of applesauce and oatmeal, I am well aware that I may appear to be a nutcase when meeting these ladies. Thanks, Caleb.

The other issue the Early Intervention team is addressing is gross motor skills. Both boys were evaluated but only Caleb qualified so he will be receiving physical therapy twice a month to jump-start his interest in becoming more mobile. He had his first session 2 weeks ago and it if the purpose of PT is to have your baby scream bloody murder, then it went swimmingly. At the time, he was not tolerating more than 5 minutes on his tummy...or so I thought. I was asked to put him on his tummy and then show the therapist at what point in his protest I usually gave in and changed his position. When she saw that I caved at the first whimper, she all but spanked me. Apparently, I'm a sucker. Fast forward ONE week and Caleb is now staying on his tummy for up to 20 minutes! It was really hard watching him stare at me with those watery eyes begging for me to get him out of the torturous position, but we pushed through it and after a couple of days I figured out tricks to redirect his attention. It's just tricky because if he shows NO frustration, the purpose is defeated as we want him to try to change positions himself. But push him TOO hard, and he just lies down and sucks his thumb. It's definitely been a learning experience for me as well as Caleb. At any rate, the PT was thrilled at our progress:). This week we're working on transitioning from sitting to all fours.

Braxton has been his usual playful, easy-going self. He's eating like a champ and is now 19 pounds 9 ounces! He has acquired a new facial expression that closely resembles one that I made as a little girl as well. He squints his eyes as tightly as he can and gives this wide, strained grin. I can't decide if it looks he's in pain or if it looks like he's saying "look at me...I'm smiling!..this is how a smile looks!" Whatever it is, it's as cute as it is hilarious. He's also become quite fond of jumping (while you hold him up), kicking, and break-dancing. He can spin around on his tummy and practically get across the room. I've also been working with him on whatever exercises they give me for Caleb.
Gymboree has been getting better and better as well. They got a gold star last week! Okay, they didn't actually get a gold star but their teacher commented on how much they've grown developmentally since the first class 3 weeks ago. And they were very nice to Mimi this week. We didn't even have to do the cranky baby switch off. It was a good time. The boys are just becoming more and more of a delight these days. Their two bottom teeth have popped out thus ending the multiple night wakings and general crabbiness of the previous month. Hm, maybe that's why I didn't post much during that time. Thank God that's over!

Ok, so now that I've completely bored you with every tiny detail, I'll reward you with pictures! These were taken at the zoo last weekend when Grandma and Grandpa came to visit. Enjoy and thanks for reading!

Daddy and Braxton-Daddy loves the animals. Braxton not so much.
Grandma, Caleb, Grandpa, and Braxton petting the only animal I'd let them get close to.


Caleb hammin' it up for the camera.

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One Year Ago Today

Stevie and I tied the knot! It was also around this time 8 years ago that we started dating at Sam Houston. It's scary to think how quickly this time has passed. The picture below is our first "family" photo. The little rodent in Stevie's arms is Max the ferret. I hate to speak ill of the dead, but I hated this guy. He smelled awful, he was constantly biting me, he pooped and peed all over the house, he stole all our socks and hid them in a hole in the couch, he squirmed and squeaked and always managed to run out of the house whenever I opened the door to leave. I can't count how many times I had to get our neighbor to fish him from underneath my car. Some days I was tempted to just leaving him there. Regardless, he was our first family addition. This was also our first apartment. Actually, this was Stevie's first apartment that I somehow wiggled my way into making 'ours'. I remember telling him that I needed to stay there for a month or so as I was moving from one dorm to the next. So...fast forward 8 years and I STILL have not moved into that dorm! Go figure.

We actually shared this twin bed for about a year. If that's not love, I don't know what is.

Our new and improved family at the zoo this weekend.
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