Healing nicely

Here is his little foot healing well. It looks so good compared to what it did look like.

pix of the boys

Connor and Logan- I made them these t-shirts.
Logan, Me, Trev, Connor (my guys!)
Connor and Logan - My friend in Canada knitted these shorties to go over our cloth diapers. They are wool and lanolinized which makes them waterproof. Then, I made matching t-shirts for them to wear with thier shorties.
Trevor giving Logan a ride on the digger.

Connor's feet healed well. The Left, you can hardly tell anything happened and the right is still sloughing off and is dry. It is a challenge to keep moisturized. We slather it on thick at night and put a sock on him. He likes to pick at the skin when he is barefoot, so we try to keep it covered.
We are heading back to Indiana for the 4th of July. It will be so nice to see all of the family and frinds we have missed. We are bringing Jordan and Alanna back with us to stay with us for 2 weeks in St Louis. We already ahve a long list of things to do, so it will be a very fun trip for them!

Jodi and Harris came to stay!!! YAY!!!

Jodi and Harris

They arrived on Monday evening and we had an impromptu cookout. The next day we set out for some malls and shopping. We went to Chesterfield mall first and got some good bargains and then went off to the St Louis Mills where we had a bit of fun.

The next day we ventured out to the zoo. Man on man-it was so stinkin hot and humid. It was just downright unbearable and with Jodi and I pushing strollers, we were soooo hot. We ended up cutting our visit there off short. Thant night Jodi cooked us a wonderful teriyaki chicken dinner with homemade teriyaki sauce! It was soooooooo good! Then, she even made us a meal the next night! Her caserole we love sooo much!

Here are a couple of pix from the zoo.....

Logan, Harris, Connor
Connor, Logan, Harris, Trevor
Connor, Logan , Trevor, Harris

Jodi left this morning to head back to Indiana. We enjoyed thier stay very much and can't wait
'til they come again. We still have so much to see and do!

you can't always be in two places...

I found out the hard way today. At the park, we went to cool off again.It was 97 today. WEll, Logan went running in one direction, and I heard Connor screaming. I looked and he was standing on a metal manhole cover. He now has 2nd and possibly 3rd degree burns to both feet. We will know more when we go see the specialist at the burn center. I am sick about this. the ER dr asked me if I intentionally did this to him. You can imagine-they have to ask- but it made me feel aweful. I already felt horrible. So our poor guy is in bandages. we will know more tomorrow after he sees the burn unit, and i will update. Please send prayers and good vibes for his quick recovery.

fun at the park today

With these 90+ degree days, we had to find something to do to keep cool. St Louis has many parks to explore, so today we found Kirkwood park. It has a large sprinkler that sprays water out of the top and down on the kids. The boys loved it!

Could these bums look any cuter???? Connor is in the fish print and logan has the stripes!
After a romp thru the sprinkler, we were ready for a gentle swing!

Connor
Logan

New shoes

These shoes were handmade for us out of recycled leathers. This is another mom I met on a message board who makes these and sells them online. She does amazing work and they are almost identical to store bought ones. It is nice to know they are made from recycled products. now that both are walking, we had to protect their tootsies!
Dont mind Logan's eye. He apparently was bitten by a big there and it swelled up to oblivion and i gave him benadryl and now it is normal! Poor guy!

haircuts and love-bites

Connor's cut. I only did the front and sides. They are young enough to still enjoy those precious curls at the back. I couldnt believe how much they look like Korrie and I after cutting thier hair!
Logie's wasnt as long, but in need of some straightening.

Love-bites....

I found this on connor's arm a couple of days ago. how neat that the marks fit perfectly with Logan's top and bottom teeth..... hmmmmmmmmm........

Well, the boys have a cold, so we werent able to come back to the Fort. We are coming back now the week of July 4th! They are growing and learnign so quickly now. I find myself vidotaping and picturetaking daily as I dont want to miss archiving thier achievements.
Yes- both are little "toddlers" now walking everywhere! They are into everything- climb everything and have now taken to parroting every sound I make. So cute.

Logan has walked......

WEll, in keeping up with tradition and consistently being about 3 weeks behind Connor in everything, Logan stood up in the middle of the room today and walked to me. Just like that. As if he had been planning it all along! Of course, Connor keeps laughing and running up to him and knocking him over. It is so funny. So my sweet boy I worry about so much, has made yet another milestone. He likes to keep me on my toes- that's for sure.

So now i have two mobile toddlers. We have discarded the bottles and are fully on sippy cupe. We are on milk and the twice a day serving of follow-up formula. We are eating all sorts of table food. Connor has two top and two bottom teeth and logan has one top and one bottom- and both BITE!!!!!! They bite only me though-little stinkers.

Here is some video of Logan walking. as you can see from all of the toys, both like to play a lot and keep the front room messy.
http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/gilbertkimber/?action=view&current=6-6-07meetingchelsie051.flv

Both boys are under the weather, which means I don't think we will be making our trip home. It wont be fun with two boys with coldsa nd we wont be able to see Mom Deb or Jay as we wouldnt want them to come down with illness. So It looks like we wont be home now until the week of July 4th which means we might just be home for a family pic nic! WOOO HOOO!

six flags

Since we would not be getting to spend our Memorial day holiday with family at Jellystone and have the cook out at Mom and Dads, we decided to spend out Friday doing something fun. We went to six Flags. How neat it is to have an amusement park in the same city and a mere 20 minutes away!!!! We have season passes, so we can go anytime all summer long and enjoy the water park and the rides. Trevor rode his first rollercoasters. The first he did was the new Tony Hawk ride with me. He was afraid and wouldnt look. The next was the mine ride rollercoaster. He loved it. He kept yelling "I'm good! My eyes are open, I'm looking!" It was so cute. He loved going there and so did we. Unfortunately for the babies, it was none too exciting. When they are a tad bigger, they will enjoy the bugs bunny world. I had to experience the Ninja and Batman all by myself, but it was still great and there were several coasters I didnt touch.

Yes, do not adjust your computer. That is John on a ride. (and he enjoyed it)

Trev enjoys a drink from the fountains
"I'm bored, I think I will eat you."
Trevor and I on a ride

Trevor meets Tweety
I love this picture. Connor was so into Tweety and Logan couldnt get far enough away. Lo is deathly afraid of the characters and Connor was enthralled. Too funny to see thier personalities so different.
The big ferris wheel

everyday is picture day!

The boys waiting for big brother to get off the bus...
...big brother getting off of the bus!

connor's first major boo boo

With walking comes the battle marks. He tripped and fell into our curio cabinet. Luckily it just grazed his skin, but he did get a shiner and bruised cheek. Do you think it slowed him down?

My Jedi apprentice.

some sunny pix

Logan
Logan
Connor
Connor

Connor
Logan

TrevTrev

Window gazing

The view from outside. The two love to look out the window and have fashioned themselves a series of "steps" from toys that they climb up on to get up on the toy chest and look out the window. (Connor Left, Logan right)
Connors post bath curly mop- then it dries mostly straight with curlies at the back.
Logan in yellow, connor in stripes.
Connor
Logan.

NEWS FLASH!!! Connor has walked!!!!

Connor has walked his first steps today!! He took many and even walked the hall. Once he got the hang of balancing himself, it was mere minutes before he decided to venture with a few steps. Though he tends to look like a drunken sailor,, he is proud of himself.

It is hard not to celebrate each new milestone. When I think back to where these boys were last year, they have come so far and made such excellent strides. They are truely little miracles and marvels in our eyes. We are so proud of our little man. Logan still has yet to gain his balance confidently, but as long as he has his little push walker, he can go anywhere. He looks like a little old man with his walker.

Here is video of those first few steps.
http://s32.photobucket.com/albums/d1/gilbertkimber/?action=view&current=5-14-07Connorsfirststeps027.flv

fun pix

big boys learning to eat
"What's out there?'
Need I say more?

More experiments in cloth diapering....

Well, since I am now home full time, we went back to cloth diapering. This time around I am doing some more experimenting with the different methods out there. WEll, this is one of those old-fashioned diapers with a new contaption to replace the old diaper pins. It is callled a snappi. WEll, apparently I am not getting it, because this is what it looked like after an hour of crawling around. String bikinis do not become my boys. I definately have some more to learn about this technique. On the other side, I am into a new hobby of painting and dying shirts and diaper covers for babies. maybe I wil get good enough to sell them, who knows, but for the time being I am working on a few for those near and dear to me to see how they like them. My designs are very simple and fun. The dying is a garment dye, so they are very soft and colorful. As for diapers, I think I had better stick to my velcro ones for now.....

rain, rain, go away....

Well, the arguement wont win in Trevor's eyes.

Trevor continues to make many little boy friends and they are all a big fan of the mud bog in the back of our building. I am glad to see them being boys and playing like kids should and not wasting away in front of the TV. Trevor asks precisely every night if he may go to bed "Mom, I am just so tired" ,he says. We are loving it.```

Hey Wendy!!!! They still work! 15 months and counting.....

NAPTIME!

Logan left, Connor right