Best friends

Since Aiden is now old enough to sit in the highchair, Michael and Logan have moved to the big table for their meals. They love sitting next to each other! These pictures were taken yesterday at breakfast. They were having a great conversation and were holding hands while eating. They are both deep in the middle of "terrible two" behavior so it was really nice to start the day off with a calm moment like this. We have started giving them "time outs" when they misbehave and now when one does something bad the other one says..."Uh oh, time out Mommy!" Sometimes it is hard to keep a straight face while trying to discipline them:) Brian and I are also trying to give them more freedom. We have taken down most of the baby gates and are letting them walk by Aiden's stroller instead of riding in the triple stroller all the time. With as much as they love being together.....they ALWAYS run in opposite directions whenever we are out in public. They definitely love being more independent and Mommy is getting a workout by chasing them all over the place! And speaking of workouts, I have started my 5am runs again. I forgot how much I love to run in the early morning hours! I get to watch the sun rise over the water and it is my hour of peace and quiet before the crazy day begins:)



All three boys together!

First taste of cereal

Now that Aiden has reached 6 months, we decided to let him have his first taste of rice cereal. He has been very interested in what we are eating for a while now and is always reaching for our plates. He was so excited to be sitting in the highchair and loved every bite of the cereal.

Rainy Day Fun

I think we have had stormy weather the past three Friday's in a row. This first picture was taken last Friday night after coming inside from playing with water toys in the driveway. The boys had just had their baths and were in pjs when a huge storm hit. Logan was a little scared so all the boys snuggled up with Brian on the couch to watch a movie. ("Finding Nemo" of course!)

Nemo is Michael's FAVORITE thing right now so when Brian and I took the boys to the Disney store to pick out their first toy on their own he had to have the giant Nemo. Brian and I thought it was so cute how he picked Nemo up and started talking to him and giving him kisses that we had to buy him. Logan on the other hand is very into The Little Einsteins. He picked out a "talking" Rocket and was thrilled when he learned how to make Rocket talk. His favorite character is the cute brunette girl named June. Both of these toys have not left their sides in a week now. It is the first time they have had their "own" toys that are not shared with each other:):)


Aiden never gets a moment alone:) Just when I think he will take a little nap in the swing Michael and Logan are there to make sure he is staying awake. Good thing he loves to watch his big brothers! We took Aiden back to Riley for more allergy testing this week and everything came back negative except milk so that was a huge relief. So far he is negative to nuts, soy, eggs, wheat and fish. After he had a mild skin reaction last week we ended up cutting several things out of our diets until he could go in for more testing. Going back to just being milk free has been a lot easier now!

A day at the splash park

It was such a nice hot day here that I decided to take the boys to the splash park this morning. They had so much fun running all around. This was their favorite park to go to last summer and after seeing how much fun they had today we will definitely be going several times this summer. They were really independent and running in different directions for most of the time but every now and then they would come up to me and say "Where's Michael?" or "Where's Logan?" so that they could find each other. It was really cute to hear them say "Oh, there you are!" when they would find one another:):)





Aiden was happy to be outside and took a little nap while Michael and Logan played.