Updates on the boys

My boys are just growing so fast and learning new things every day so I thought I would give you a little update.  Luke gets to go first this time.  He is almost 14 months and still not walking!  He seems to do everything in his own time and his own way, which is just fine for me.  I am a bit anxious for him to get up off the dirty floor and walk though!!  He has started taking a few tentative steps (2-3) before slowly and ever so gently lowering himself back down to his bottom.  He likes to just stand up and then sit back down over and over and over!  He also likes to get up on the couch and dive off (Noah takes the couch cushions off so he has a soft landing).  He is talking quite a bit lately.  I feel bad because I didn't really notice all of his words until one day he took off his sock, held it out to me, and said "uh-oh mama socks".  I mean that's a full sentence and I thought he didn't say anything!!  Now I am noticing he has quite a few words.  He has kind of grown out of his laid back personality and grown into a screamer, back archer, kicker when he is not getting his way.  But that doesn't happen often and he is usually cracking up and trying to do all kinds of gymnastic feats like rolling, standing on his head, diving head first off of things (scary), and he even did a forward roll yesterday!  Unfortunately he's not as cuddly as he used to be and I have to get in my hugs when he is really tired or gets hurt.  Luke loves the water and I can't wait for summer when we can be in it more often.  This boy still loves to eat and always out eats Noah, sometimes even me.  Right now we are transitioning to 1 nap a day and that has been kind of rough so he has been a bit grumpy lately.  Here are some Luke pictures

Loves bubbles

He knows this is Noah's drums so he has a very mischievous look

We play this game where I crawl around and sing the da dum, da dum, sound from Jaws and then when I catch them I tickle them.  Luke goes crazy for it and that's what we are doing in this picture.  He's even started doing it himself...saying da dum da dum and crawling for me!

Playing with water on the porch

This kid still eats everything!  Another reason I am anxious to get him up off the floor!

I tried to catch his acrobatics but the camera wasn't fast enough

Now onto Noah.  He is still hilarious...the things he says amaze me.  He and I tend to clash from time to time because we are a lot alike.  Noah still talks nonstop.  I think he has a pretty good vocabulary for a 2-year old, I heard him tell Luke he was adorable the other day and he told me the trash truck was enormous.  He has an amazing memory and some of the things he remembers I have totally forgotten about.  Noah loves singing and I can't  believe how quickly he picks up the lyrics to different songs.  Since he was a baby we have been singing him Your Song by Elton John before he goes to bed and he can sing the whole thing back to us.  We listen to Pandora all day long and he can sing most of the more frequent songs we hear on there.  He loves his drums and plays on them often.  He loves reading books and of course watching movies.  His new favorite movie is Rio.  He loves trains and can play a loooong time with them.  He's been learning a lot of letters and I guess my projects are paying off because he recognizes N, L, R, E, and T and can tell me things that start with those letters. He can spell his name which I think is cute...he will say N-O-A-H noah!!  I guess it's good his first name is so short because it's going to take a lot of practice with the last name.  Noah is ever challenging in the disciplining area.  He is stubborn lots of the time and says no, I don't want to.  He gets a lot of time-outs and occasional spankings (sorry for those of you who disagree with spanking, you probably don't have boys).  But he can also be incredibly sweet and helpful.  Kissing me and saying I just like hugging you mommy.  Noah is going to be starting pre-school in the fall, we just signed him up last week.  He will be going twice a week, such a big boy!  I'm sure he's doing tons of other things but my mind can't think of them all!  Here are some Noah pics

Playing with playdough in Luke's high chair

 Water day

 Loving those drums

 Favorite picture of all time!  Noah asks Dan to pray with him like this every night, so blessed to have a husband who teaches our sons how to pray

I thought I'd throw in some pictures of the boys together since they are just so cute!!

This is pretty typical

 Just having a snack and waiting for daddy to get home

 Playing in the sand box

 Noah is showing Luke how to throw rocks in the creek

 Mixing up colored water

 Noah really likes to hug Luke, especially while he is standing up

 This is how Luke feels about it

 Just being silly