Really there's 2 of them?????

So until recently I guess it didn't really feel like I had 2 kids more like 1 at a time daily but now that Azariah is completely mobile and can get ANYWHERE Micah can my life just got about 10 times harder. Micah just figured out how to open the front screen door and the other day I was "trying" to cook dinner and came back out to find my Toddler outside on the front porch with his sippy cup and blankey and right after him was baby Azariah crawling right after him. Our house we have claimed all along as being Micah proof not necessarily baby proof but Micah proof because he didn't really get into a whole lot well now we get to baby proof or Azariah proof our house because he LOVES all cords and thinks they ALL need to be chewed on. His other favorite spot is the trash can in the kitchen while Micah's new fasination is either trying to figure out how to get outside or crash the computer.

So now all cleaning has to either be done with the boys or while they are sleeping and making dinner is next to impossible unless it takes under 5 mins so they can be contained with a snack in their high chairs or Daddy's home and can rangle them.

On a better note tho it's still the best thing ever to see Azariah test his boundaries every day and go a little further each time, he crawled into our room the other day and he was SO PROUD of himself it was really cute. Micah now says love you daddy and mommy and that just melts our hearts every day... He tells Tom bye daddy love you everyday before he goes to work and says love you before he goes down for nap. So no matter HOW hard life has gotten just this week I wouldn't trade it for the world I LOVE raising my boys and watching them experience new things.

I have recently also joined the couponing world which has been pretty fun, Tom joins in with me and trys to help me find more coupons online, then we go as a family to the store to see what great deals we got. Last night I bought 10 bags of Quaker Rice snacks and only paid $1.10 for all of them. I don't know what I've done all this time without coupons but I am def glad I've started using them and I KNOW I will be saving a lot of money.

With cooking I have found a wonderful new way to make my favorite foods without taking a ton of time over the stove making it a lot safer with my two travelers. I've started making oven fried foods and Tom likes it and I'm able to prepare dinner in my under 5 min time frame before Tom gets home then i can finish later once he is home. I also made a really yummy potato soup last night I can't wait til is COOLS off outside so I can make it more often.

July 2010

For the fourth of July we woke up went to church then headed over to Pueblo for lunch. While we were there I made a dessert for the dinner we were going to later that night. it seemed simple enough but what was supposed to be about 2 inches wide turned into about less than an inch wide when were finished. ( note to self and husband) DO NOT RE ROLL OUT PUFF PASTRY!!!! They still tasted good tho so I guess that's all the matters. Later in the day once the boys were up and my dessert was made we headed up to the Springs to our friends house for dinner. Micah and Azariah played the whole way there which was really cute, Micah played peek a boo with Riah and they were both laughing hysterically. We had a GREAT night I got to see a friend from GJ that moved to Springs that I hadn't seen in a LONG time all our kids got to play together 5 babies under 2 and YES were successful in getting them ALL to SLEEP at the same time GO US. Tom had a blast to because the "men" of the group were acting like teenagers and lit themselves on fire with rubbing alcohol and a lighter.


Later that week Azariah started with one day sitting up on his own no help he'd get there himself to the next day crawling to the next day pulling himself up to standing and now with your help will even take a few steps. He's become mobile OVER NIGHT it seems but it's fun to see him explore and learn new things. He's also picked up the mimicking thing. If you make a face at him serious or happy he'll do the same it's ADORABLE... he'll be screaming for some reason or anther and you say Azariah and look at him serious he'll stop and return the look.

Micah now sits with us at the table in his chair like a big boy and feeds himself most things with a spoon or fork he's getting quite good at it and LOVES to be a part of the table while brother is stuck in the high chair. I even caught him sitting in my chair the other day and bowed his head and closed his eyes and was praying for his snack SO CUTE. I was shocked he did that because when we pray he just sits there he wants to hold your hand but he just sits there and when you say Amen he bangs your hand against the table. He is talking more and more and we are actually starting to understand him A LOT more. Unfortunately he fell in the shower the other day tho and split the skin under his eye we just about took him for stitches but our good friend the EMT said she wouldn't take her son in so we decided against it and it's healing up quite well, we still however pulled him for swimming lessons this week so ensure it doesn't get infected.

I'd post pics but unfortunately Micah has busted our camera so we can only take videos now but I will try to post some of those some day soon. We have Azariah learning to crawl and such.