JUSTIN IN THE TUB

and here are a few of justin in the tub too. he has a very "fake" smile now, i have a hard time getting him to smile normally. but here are a few.

JORDAN IN THE TUB

so i got a few pics of jordan in the tub tonight and sitting on the couch. now aunt sara won't think i forgot about him completely.

BRENDAN IN THE TUB

sorry justin and jordan, brendan just happened to be in the tub when i got the camera out tonight. there will be more of the other boys soon, i promise.

BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR

brendan loves this book. justin used to love it too at this age. here are some pics of him reading it and a video, if you listen carefully you can hear him reading it.

HAIRCUT BY BRENDAN

this is a funny video i took a few weeks ago of brendan giving karl a haircut with a toy power tool. maybe he'll take after his aunt sara and go into the cosmetology field :)

JUST HANGIN' OUT

GOODBYE CRIBS, HELLO BIG BOY BEDS

so, we finally did it. the twins have been climbing out of their cribs now for a few weeks, so we decided to transition them into toddler beds. last night was the first night, and it was quite the nightmare. i was up there yelling at them to stay in their beds from 7pm to 9pm. finally karl went in there and laid down the law, then it seemed to settle down. they were up twice in the night, but otherwise it seemed to go ok. everyone keeps saying the first few nights are the worst, let's hope so.

CHI-TOWN OVERNIGHT

we took justin to chicago on the train this past weekend for an overnighter. it was fun to ride down on the train. stayed in a nice hotel. did a little shopping on michigan avenue, ate at the cheesecake factory, took in a penguins/blackhawks hockey game and spent the day at the field museum. i, unbelievably, forgot my camera so we had to use karl's cell phone camera. the pics did not turn out too bad considering.

MORE MISC PICS

here are a few more pics i took recently. i just love brendan's curls. i hope these last. the other two kids get buzz cuts because of their pin straight hair. i'm going to grow brendan's out as long as i can stand it or as long as it stays curly.

justin made a gingerbread house this year. it turned out pretty cute.

and the other pic is just a typical friday when i am babysitting elsha. don't ask me what is on jordan's head. he likes to wear hats and scarfs...

FUNNY VIDEO

here are a few video uploads. one is of jordan in the tub tonight, might want to turn the volume down on this one, he's my loud one. and another is of the boys trying to "help" with elsha's paci. they definately make me laugh daily! probably won't be laughing as much when they are 15...

BOYS PART TWO

ok, so i tried again to get some shots of the boys today. i cannot, no matter how hard i try, get a shot of all three of them together. i can barely get one of the twins together. here is some of what i got. my goal is to get some good pics of them for the twins 2nd birthday coming up in may. we'll see how that goes.

JUSTIN

and here are a few of justin in the tub. he likes to get in there with the twins, but that doesn't leave much room.

JORDAN

some pics of jordan while he was in the tub. he loves to take a bath.

BRENDAN

some new pics of brendan after a recent tubby. i love the curls. i'm going to try to not cut his hair until after the summer, we'll see if i can hold out.