Kittens!!!

A few days ago we found two kittens in our garage. All but one of our outside cats is spayed (3 outside cats) and the one that isn't never even looked heavy let alone pregnant so we had no idea where these kittens came from. Well after observing for most of the day we realized that they were in fact her kittens and we figured since there was just the two maybe that's why she never looked pregnant. Then later that afternoon Ian came in saying he just found two more! So there are 4 kittens in total and they are just the cutest little things ever!!! I don't know where Noogy was hiding those babies in her belly but she definitely was! They are really sweet kittens. There are two orangy-striped ones, one light peach one, and a black one. Mom has already claimed the peach one we named Peaches (how original right? LOL). Here they all are:

One of the orange ones:

The other oragne one (on top) and Peaches (bottom):

The black one:


I have a bunch of pictures from the 4th of July I still have to upload. We went to Ian's aunt's shore house which is right on the water and they boys had a great time! They loved watching the boats go by and swimming in the lagoon. I'll try and get those pics up soon!

June Update

I'd like to say that we've been out and about doing tons of great and fun things but the reality is much more boring than that. It has rained just about every single day for the past several weeks and I think its getting to us all! Even the days it doesn't rain we still can't play outside becuase everything is soaking wet. We've all got some cabin fever and have even resorted to just walking around the mall and letting the boys run and climb all over the little rides there.

I celebrated my 31st birthday last Saturday. I drove the boys down to my parents house that morning so they could spend the night and Ian and I could have some alone time. We had such a nice time just the two of us. We went out to dinner and then breakfast the next morning before we took a great 5 mile hike through the woods at the reservoir. It was wonderful and so relaxing. I couldn't have celebrated any better! Ian's birthday (32) is next Saturday so we'll be doing some more celebrating soon.

The boys are doing wonderfully. Lochlann will be 22 months old on Sunday and Liam will be 3 1/2 on the 30th. Liam has taken to calling Lochy "my little Lochster." It's so cute! And Loch calls Liam "my Ween." Close enough right!?! LOL He loves going around the room saying everyones name--he calls himself "Nock." We're still nursing here but we're down to only once a day now, first thing in the morning. Most days he'll ask for it but once in a while he'll skip a day. My goal is to get him to 2 years but I have a feeling he may be done before then and that's fine too. I'm just glad it will be on his terms.

They are both still little peanuts. Liam has finally started wearing mostly 3T size stuff although I have to take the waist in a lot, and he's got a lot of 2T that still fits. Lochlann wears mostly 18 months stuff with the waist taken in a lot and has some 12 month stuff that still fits too. Liam is getting a lot better at trying different foods and Lochy is still my little Landfill. I swear that kid will eat just about anything!

We decided to hold off on preschool for Liam for another year and send him when he's 4. As for right now we'll continue working at home with him. He's getting good at writing his name and is getting more precise with drawing. Lochlann just talks a blue streak constantly and just soaks everything up like a sponge. He knows his basic shapes--circle, square, triangle, and star; and we're working on colors--he knows purple, green, and yellow and sometimes blue.

They just love playing together all the time and although they have their moments and fight over toys they mostly get along great and have a good time. Yesterday I came in to find them sitting so nicely building together with legos. They are so good and such a pleasure. They love to help me bake and do laundry and all that other fun stuff. We're planning a trip to the zoo in the Poconos next week so I'll have to remember the camera!

Here's some fairly recent pics of the boys:

Lochy after helping with the laundry:


Playing in their Thomas tent:

Coloring together:

Playing trains:

And Lochy playing with the dollhouse--a favorite!:

New Beds!

The boys' new beds came last week. Obviously Liam has been sleeping in his own bed for quite some time now but this was Lochy's first "big boy bed" all his own! He absolutely LOVES it!!!

Here they are at nap time:
Loch


Liam


And another shot of each of them:

Three Years!

This Wednesday Ian and I celebrate 3 years of wedded bliss!!! It seems like so much longer because I feel like we've been together forever! We've known each other for 10 years, been together for 9, and living together for 7. I've been looking through our wedding album a lot recently. I love reliving that day!
Here's some of my favorites:

Getting ready the morning of:



The family:




At the church:






At the reception site:




I like this one because I actually look thin

Get a life!

You know you need to get a life when you're just as excited as a 3 year old for the week of new Wow Wow Wubbzy shows! Somebody needs a hobby!

A day at the lake

Since it was so hot today--in the 90s!--we decided to go to the lake. Everyone had such a great time! Lochy is my little water baby and we couldn't get him out even though it was freezing! My feet and legs ached just standing in there with him and he didn't even seem to notice how cold it was. He did the same thing yesterday when we set up the little pool. Liam wants no parts of cold water and only dipped his toes in but Lochy was having a grand time!

They got to play in the sand a lot too which is always a big hit with them. Of course we had to bring some of our trains along with our sand toys. We have a few that are in not the greatest shape from being played with in the dirt, mud, water, sand, etc. You name it those trains have been through it!

There's a couple playgrounds there too that they had a great time playing on. Unfortunately there was no shade at the playground areas so everything was pretty hot. When are people going to learn to plant some trees or something around play equipment so these little guys don't burn their hands and legs playing?

After a few hours they were ready to come home though. They were so tired, especially since they didn't have a nap but they didn't sleep on the way home at all! Needless to say it was an early night for them!

Lochy in the water:






Pretty much the closest Liam got to the water:




Playing in the sand:










And when we first got home. They're vegging out to "Lady and the Tramp."

Great Weather and Loch is 20 months old today!

We had such great weather over the weekend and we spent a ton of time outside! We dusted off all the yard toys and got sand for their sandbox and the boys had a blast! I've never seen two kids that enjoy the sand as much as them. They played for hours! Hopefully this weekend will be just as nice, I'm over all this rain.

And bigger news is that today my Lochy is 20 months old!!!! I can't believe how fast the time has gone. It seems like just yesterday he was my tiny little baby and now he's on his way to being 2 years old!

He is doing so great. He's still my little skinny guy--about 22 pounds now but he eats like crazy! He still nurses about twice a day, mostly in the wee hours of the morning. That's his snuggle/comfort time and when he most wants to be close. He is talking up a storm and has a lot of sentences. I can't get over how much more he talks at this age than Liam did! He is starting to know his colors and his favorites are blue and yellow. He'll climb on just about anything, this kid has zero sense of caution. He loves the playground and goes on all the equipment himself and the big slides too! He loves to sing and play games but mostly the Thomas trains are still a big hit. They both recently got the Finding Nemo movie and it has been a huge hit! They love the fish and Liam knows most of the dialogue now. It cracks me up to hear Lochy sing the songs and both of them doing their "whale speak."

We're getting back into the groove since Easter and spending a couple days with Grammy and Pop. The lack of sleep and extra sugar really threw them off but they're getting much better now. The Easter bunny was very good to the boys and they each got a Wubbzy DVD, a Thomas t-shirt, a pair of shorts, sidewalk chalk, coloring book, and plastic eggs with some jelly beans inside.

Here's some pics from the other day:










Saying "Hi Mommy!"






And of of Liam at Grammy and Pop's house--he absolutely LOVES babies! Can ya tell? LOL