Captured

Some of my favorite pictures right now.. I think it captures them, in their element! I want to do some kind of series framed with these.. I JUST LOVE THEM!!!

Things I don't want to forget

This is such a sweet sweet time ( and sometimes trying) with my double trouble toddlers. One reason I write this ol' blog is so I can look back and not forget. So here are the things I want to remember right now.

Nathan repeats everything I say! ( this is a potential problem ) This morning, he stepped on my toe, I said "Ouch buddy, thats my toe" And now TOE is his word of the day ! He also says "dude" alot lol, I think I call them both that.

Noah is snuggly in the mornings. No other time of day, really, but in the morning, he will lay in my lap, or beside me and just snuggle in. Completely melts me!

They miss each other when they aren't together. If Noah wakes up before Nathan, Nathan starts calling for Noah the minute he wakes up! This morning, I asked Noah, "do you want to go get Nathan up?" And he ran for the door. So sweet!

Nate calls Noah "Tee Tee" because I call him Noey T, and sometimes Tee Tee.. MUST STOP THIS SOON!

They know when I am getting ready to go, they (mostly Noah) gets needy, clingy. I can't say I don't love it! They wave bye, and blow kisses.

They want me to sing to them. Usually right before bedtime. I say, "do you want to sing a song" and Nathan says "Okay!" and Noah nods and smiles. We sing lullabies, and Wheels on the Bus, Deep and Wide, My God is So Big...( thanks for that last one Tin Tin). They love it, over and over.. until they are falling over and sleepy! Works every time!

They love pictures, they bring me pictures and we point out who is in them, and try to say the names.. this could go on for a while!

Enough for now!

Be still my heart

This has been such a sweet, sweet week with Nathan and Noah. After a couple of crazy weeks, and some travel without them, I needed some Mommy/Tank time!!! They are at such a fun age right now, well , except for a few disciplinary issues. I took some pictures of them sleeping, oh, sooo sweet and precious. ( they don't even look capable of mischeif, do they?)

Nathan and his "gog" aka the love of his life.

This is the only time Noah is ever still.

I love sleeping Tanks :) Melts my heart every time!

Crazy Fun, let loose style!

We have been busy, as usual! Last weekend, I went to Nashville with Kristin, Sarah and Vicki. Read about that here www.kotronis.blogspot.com It was an AWESOME weekend, and much needed let loose, have a good time like when we were in college time.

Then, as crazy as we are, Kristin and Sarah and I walked the Peachtree Road Race. I have wanted to do this fo-eva! I set it as a fitness goal earlier in the year and whooohoo! We did it! The 6.2 miles wasn't terrible, we kept a decent pace, even up the hills. Now, after, like once we stopped, it was kind of rough to start again, as in the looong walk back to Marta, but it was such a good feeling to meet my goal, it didn't really matter. I am so thankful for friends that will walk with me, could NOT have done that one on my own.

Next up, the annual girls and Mama's beach trip to St Auggie. I CAN-NOT wait. Mom and I made our list of what we need to get yesterday, and it really is coming!!!

Brothers..

Having a hot, fun summer. Did I mention HOT? ICK.

Just a few Tank Updates..

Nathan is pushing 30 lbs, tall boy! Wearing 24 month clothes, size 5.5 shoe and about to be in size five diaper. He is talking up a storm and loves to repeat. He calls Noah "Noey T" on a regular basis, and just babbles on and on about anyone and everything. Any time I pick up my phone, he says "DEE DEE" as in call her. I wanna talk!! He is pretty independent and wants to walk everywhere!

Noah, is prayerfully pushing 20 lbs, still size 3 diaper, size 4 shoe. We are working with speech and OT still. He is into everything, he wants to climb onto anything he can( see below) and even stand up in this chair. (Lord help) He loves to play with my ipod, and knows how to change songs!

I am going to try to get them dancing on video, its pretty hilarious!!! We are looking forward to the beach in a few weeks, but first Mama gets a girls trip to go see U2 in Nashville! Whoo Hoo!!!

Sisters, sisters....

So my sister Alissa came up for a few days. We took the boys to Moes, and the pool. Then we had the rest of the weekend to ourselves. So we headed downtown to eat at Park Tavern.. you know, good view of Atlanta, Iconic Piedmont Park.. but on the way this happened.

Yep, having a flat tire on 75 ( aka the Autobahn) has been like a fear of mine forever. So there we were, it was ridiculously HOT. And I was wearing a dress! Thankfully, Atlanta has these awesome Hero Units that come to your rescue. 20 minutes later, there he was, and 20 minutes after that, we were on our way. Dinner was fun and Paolo's Gelato was even better!!!

The next day, after having tire fixed, we headed to the High Museum. I haven't been there in a while, but I loved seeing it with Alissa. And I think she liked it too! Here is the only picture I too, haha, we made this, obviously!

Here's hoping she comes again soon, for longer!

the norms

These pictures are actually from Easter morning, but I think they sum up the "norms" that describe Nathan and Noah's favorite behaviors.

This is how I normally find Nathan, waving a book in my face, crying for me to read it ( this is his favorite, just ask Kathi, his babysitter) I usually can't resist snuggling up in a chair with him and Bert and Ernie's opposite book! He looks so distressed in this picture! He is still so snuggly and loves a lap, and I love to snuggle with him!

And this is Noah, so focused on the figuring out of things, intense. Granted, here he is figuring out a carrot full of Reese's Pieces, but usually its something a little more difficult. He entertains himself for loong stretches. Love my little professor!