Happy Father's Day!

We ended this weekend doing absolutely NOTHING...you heard me right. Nothing. That's what Todd wanted to do for "da da" day, so nothing we did! We did not even leave the house. Todd and I made breakfast for dinner and went to bed very early. Todd was gone for 6 days at the College World Series in Omaha, so it was just me and the kiddos! Boy was I happy to see him! :) They truly love their Daddy...

The boys are now on pretty much all table food! Tonight for dinner, they had chicken, carrots, mac-n-cheese and goldfish. They loved every bite! We have discovered that Wade hates fruit. I will have to keep trying and trying...They are both mimicking everything we do, i.e. I clap my hands, they clap their hands; I click two balls together, they copy me back! What a wonderful and amazing experience to watch 2 little babies grow up, right before our eyes! Wade is letting go of furniture and taking steps, only to do face plants...still a while to go before he learns to balance himself! Brody is really into gagging himself. It is a strange habit that I hope stops soon! He is probably the happiest and most smiley baby I have ever known...they are both all ours, which is the best thing in the whole world!

Of course, here are pics from the end of last week and this weekend...

Brody's new favorite spot in the house:

Check out our teeth! We each have 6 of them...4 on top and 2 on the bottom!

They also love to check out each others teeth...

B-mans new "O" face...He does it all of the time!

and here is the Wade

It was SO hot on Saturday (heat index was at 110 degrees!!), that while we were visiting with Nana, we decided to blow up her kiddie pool and let the boys go at it! It cooled them down so much, we even got in with them. You seriously have NO idea how hot it has been....

Here are pics of me and Todd, when we were the same age as the boys...or at least close to it. Look how much they resemble us! (I just took a pic of a pic, because the scanner is at the office...)

I know I just updated...

I know I just updated, but Todd bought me a new camera (a real "fancy smancy" 12 mega pixel camera...and all I know how to do so far is point and shoot...gotta read the manual!) and I have had so much fun with it that I have been taking tons of pictures....so, here they are! Enjoy!


Haven't posted pics of our other boys in a while. Here is Miller
and here is Buckley B-man, of course hamming it up as soon as I break out the cameraIt has been so hot, that I decided to put the boys down for their afternoon nap in just their diapers...I think they loved it!

Holy cow...we are 10 months old!!

Wade and Brody turned 10 months old this past Saturday! I honestly cannot believe how fast time has flown by, well, except for those first 3 months of no sleep..ha ha! We have little boys on our hands as the "babyness" is slowly fading away. It's a bittersweet feeling I guess. We spent this Saturday celebrating Reagen Reiker's 1st birthday and stayed the night at Nana's house!

Wade is into everything. EVERYTHING!!! He has perfected his crawling and is now scaling furniture, cabinets, people, animals, stairs, walls, etc... He is still our little professor and studies all of his toys and really watches your mouth when you talk or sing. When i read to him, he watches my mouth and occasionally looks back at the books. He is VERY clingy these days and wants nothing more than to be in my arms. He gives the best hugs on the planet and loves to be cuddled.

Brody is definitely very vocal! He still loves to squeal and scream and giggle...all of the time! You know when B-man is in the house. He has started waving bye bye and I think he said ball the other day. He started out as a very picky eater, but will now eat almost anything you give him. He loves all fruits and still thinks Popsicles are the best thing in the world. He has his own little army crawl, where he uses one leg to push and drags the other one for some reason...but he gets to where he is going in a hurry!

Look at all of his new teeth. They all came in at once!

We have been introducing lots of fresh fruits and I am going to introduce fresh veggies this week. Wade still won't eat the majority fresh fruits (texture issues), but some of Brody's favs are Mandarin oranges, bananas, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon and peaches, to name a few. They, of course, prefer homemade mac-n-cheese to the boxed stuff. Of course they do. Can't make it easy on their Mama and Dada...they want the good stuff!! We have also introduced chicken, bread, potatoes and try to give them tastes of what we are eating. Wade tends to like meat and B-man leans more towards the fruits. It changes monthly....They are drinking lots of water out of sippy cups, but prefer to play with them more than they drink out of them!

Their vocabulary consists of Da Da, Ma Ma, Ba Ba, Na Na, La La, and tons of giggles and screams. Brody has started pointing a lot and they still love to clap their hands. Wade is still obsessed with his ears and is always playing with them. They are also very intrigued by our teeth, trying to reach in our mouths and touch them. Wade always has his tongue hanging out and Brody is ALWAYS smiling. We are so very blessed and are so in love with our little munchkins....

Hanging at the office with Daddy...Fun at Nana's

Wade waving to B, well not really, but it looks like it!!I seeeee you!!

bathtime

Here is a quick little video of bathtime with my favorite "pickles"

Toy Heaven

This past weekend was a VERY busy one, for both kiddos and parents! While Todd and I enjoyed all of the Billy Bowleg pirate "adult festivities", Brody and Wade spent Thursday - Sunday at Grammie and Pop's house! They went swimming, visited with the neighbors grand kids and pulled a fast one over on the grandparents...They decided that they were having such a good time, that they wanted to stay up until 10p each night (their normal bedtime is 7p!!) Wade is completely over his ear infection and life is finally back to normal at the Harrell house! I have no pictures of them from their weekend away...ahhemmm Grammie and Pop's....but here are some recent ones.

This is what toy heaven looks like

Our precious boys...

Wade checking himself out in the mirror and even licking it to make sure it is good and clean!

The Harrell boys, almost 10 months old!

And finally, this is what their Mommy and Daddy dressed up in while they stormed the city of Fort Walton Beach!! Arrgghh

First Ear infection

Poor Wade woke up Friday morning with a very high fever, very lethargic and would not let us put him down. I got him in to the Dr. right away and found out he had an ear infection! It broke my heart....because when they told us 2 months ago that he had tonsillitis, he was Asymptomatic, so this is truly our very first sickness in our house...pretty darn good, huh? Needless to say, our weekend was very low key and we spent lots of time relaxing, eating and once he felt better, playing in the new pool (Buckley and Miller ate their last one...imagine that)!

Meal times are becoming more and more fun, but at the same time, very challenging, as the boys are preferring different foods...

Brody eating puffs, bananas and peaches

Wade making sure he does not get a banana or a peach in his mouth....concentrating on the puffs VERY hard! He has got texture issues...I hosted a baby shower Sunday morning, so when Whitney and I pulled back into our driveway, Larry and Todd had quite the set up! Kids in the pool and on the swings....Such awesome and fun Dads!Finally...after 3 days of antibiotics, a smilin' Wade!! Brody, Campbell and Whitney The BSweet girl CampbellWade napping in the fresh air...Don't know if you can see, but we had "stadium seating" for the kiddos...Wade and Campbell are in the back row and B-man is up front! It is one way to keep them contained, for at least 10 minutes or so!! It was constantly down, up, out, in, sit....A tired Wade and the food stealer, aka Campbell. She loves to take care of the "babies". She likes to pat them on the head, and help them with their bottles and, steal their food, of course!

A couple pics of the boys that I just took 5 minutes ago...

Ya think he's having fun? Nahhhhh........

Tip it back baby boy!