Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Passover 2010
Teddy Says "Peace"
Glenn and Brandon above Glenn and Colin Below
Jill and Brandon
Glenn and Silas... with Poppy in the picture too!
Teddy and the Kippah
Happy Colin
Grandma and Poppy
Silas, Annie, and EllaWhy is this night different from all other nights?
This year for Passover we had the privilege of having the majority of our family together. Marsha and Alan Shulman were so kind to open their home to our family, Todd's family, my parents, as well as other friends of theirs. It was so fantastic to have Todd, Amy, Silas, Ella, Annie, Poppy, Teddy, Brandon and Colin all together to celebrate the holiday. The kids learned about Passover and the Seder. Each of the big kids were invited to read from the Hagaddah. Everyone tried on a Kippah =). Silas tried the bitter herbs... he tried a whole spoonful of it. Did he like it? Well, would you like an entire spoonful of horseradish? Matzoh wasn't a big hit for the big or little kids. Brandon and Colin didn't really like it either. However, Brandon REALLY liked the parsley. He also liked feeding Molly, Marsha's dog.
I'm attaching a few pictures of the night. Thanks to Ella for being a fantastic photographer!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Here we are 9 3/4 months ago baby Brandon and baby Colin were born. Wow! Our lives have changed a ton. We went from a happy couple without children who were rather independent to a family of 4. Before the boys, we would go out during the week with friends, Glenn would play b-ball to his hearts content and watch games with friends while I had cooking club and girls night to look forward to weekly. Then the boys arrived and it seemed that our lives stopped. All we did was feed babies, change babies, clean after babies who spit up ALL the time, and sleep (between feeding and changing). As time has gone on we began figuring out how to balance babies, us and ourselves. Glenn does a great job of getting out to play ball a couple times a week. It is no longer a big deal if he is out with the guys one night to watch a game and I get out a couple times a month for dinner with the girls. I'm not mentioning exercising, because I still can't figure out how to balance that into my life. Maybe in the next couple of months I'll get that one down pat.
Despite us regaining our "independence" back, we have also figured out where our little family falls into the equation. Our weekends are not filled with shopping and ball games, it's filled with going out for a walk, seeing cousins, scheduling a social life around nap time and enjoying every minute with our babies.
Brandon and Colin have also figured out things in these past few months. Brandon has begun to army crawl. Occasionally he gets up on all 4's but he prefers to slither like a snake. He loves to stand but can't get down. He knows what foods he likes to eat and which he chooses to refuse, even if the next time you offer the same food he may take it... or not. He can soothe himself at night and has recently begun waking up between 5:30 and 6 for his morning feeding before I go to work.
Colin has been busy making his mark on the world. He began crawling, pulling up, and cruising. His is now beginning to stand unassisted. He can do it up to 30 seconds. I believe he'll be walking by his first birthday. Colin also loves to eat. He can sit in his high chair with a plate of food and just slowly enjoy shoving everything into his mouth. Colin loves to check out anything that I say babies shouldn't play with. He likes wires and cords, plastic bags, leaves, twigs, sticks, stairs... oh the list is endless.
The boys keep us on our toes. Glenn loves to play ball with them. He rolls the ball around and the boys crawl after him. We also roll it back and forth with them.
Both Brandon and Colin also LOVE books! They don't really like sitting while we read, they love reading on their own by flipping the pages and looking at the pictures.
I could go on all day and talk about the new and exciting things in our life... in the boys life, but I'll stop at risk of being a gushing mom.
The boys still share a room
Despite us regaining our "independence" back, we have also figured out where our little family falls into the equation. Our weekends are not filled with shopping and ball games, it's filled with going out for a walk, seeing cousins, scheduling a social life around nap time and enjoying every minute with our babies.
Brandon and Colin have also figured out things in these past few months. Brandon has begun to army crawl. Occasionally he gets up on all 4's but he prefers to slither like a snake. He loves to stand but can't get down. He knows what foods he likes to eat and which he chooses to refuse, even if the next time you offer the same food he may take it... or not. He can soothe himself at night and has recently begun waking up between 5:30 and 6 for his morning feeding before I go to work.
Colin has been busy making his mark on the world. He began crawling, pulling up, and cruising. His is now beginning to stand unassisted. He can do it up to 30 seconds. I believe he'll be walking by his first birthday. Colin also loves to eat. He can sit in his high chair with a plate of food and just slowly enjoy shoving everything into his mouth. Colin loves to check out anything that I say babies shouldn't play with. He likes wires and cords, plastic bags, leaves, twigs, sticks, stairs... oh the list is endless.
The boys keep us on our toes. Glenn loves to play ball with them. He rolls the ball around and the boys crawl after him. We also roll it back and forth with them.
Both Brandon and Colin also LOVE books! They don't really like sitting while we read, they love reading on their own by flipping the pages and looking at the pictures.
I could go on all day and talk about the new and exciting things in our life... in the boys life, but I'll stop at risk of being a gushing mom.
The boys still share a room
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