long time no see

it's been so long since i've seen you two...
well, it's really only been 4 days but i miss you like crazy...i went over to cheryl's tonight and held wade and snuggled up to him and wished that i was holding my boys.
it's been hard to be away from them and to have nothing here that means as much as them. i made myself busy over the weekend gardening and spending time with the dog - attempting to get the backyard in reasonable shape for us to spend time...and yet when i went to lay down at the end of the night it was just lonely...i didn't hear your little voices grunting and shifting in the background - your sound machine wasn't there to let me know that there were two little baby burritos sleeping right above me...
without you two little ones i am lonely...
i am your mama and without you i am nothing...
sleep well tonight my little ones...
sleep well...

flip flop

so...i posted earlier that jared had rolled over and i was the only one who was able to see it...
i put him down multiple times today hoping he would roll for mommy and he refused claiming he was too hungry or too sleepy or just plain old grumpy...
finally around 6:30pm i put lay him down and just as i got mommy's attention he flipped over.
fortunately he did it again with the camera rolling
this is time #4 that jared has rolled over in his whole life

3 months

as of today you are 3 months old - august 27, 2011!

this week in history:

• libyan rebels overtook the capital of libya marking what is likely the end of months of fighting
• hurricane irene (biggest hurricane of the season so far) made landfall on the NC coast - we only experienced some rain and wind here in chapel hill

this week in our lives

• you met your new friend Wade Allison Noble for the first time
• you have started sleeping from around 10pm until around 5-5:30am
• caleb's angelcare monitor went off around 2:30am and mommy and i both had total heart attacks...it's likely he just migrated off the monitor's sensor pad but still...not the most fun way to be woken up at 2am
  
• caleb tracked mommy's face for the first time (8/27/2011)
• jared rolled over for the first time and then did it again - mama was the only one that got to see this and it was the most amazing things (8/27/2011)
• jared responded to his name (or the sound of mama's voice) for the first time - we were hanging out on the couch and i said his name and he swung his head back to look at me...he did it again and again and again...(8/26/2011)

dear c & j
this is the first weekend in some time that i've really just been able to hang out with you. no errands to run, no people to meet...just stay at home and snuggle time. you both continue to amaze me with how big you are. you're able to wear any where from 0-6 months clothes on top...you're barely fitting into 0-3 month bottoms ;) i guess that's what happens when you get your mommy's long torso and her tiny legs and tush!
i'm sorry that i'm not home a lot during the day to spend time with you and snuggle with you. know that each and every minute that i'm gone is all because i want to give you every opportunity in the world. i want you to know that and know that i adore you with everything that i am.
it's still hard sometimes to realize that we truly are a family - that the years we spent talking and trying and wishing finally resulted in the two most amazing, cutest boys in the world! you are loved and adored by everyone who knows you. just last week your GG had a pacemaker put in because she realized her health wasn't where she wanted it to be and she said she needed to be here to watch you grow up...that is just how much you are loved!
sleep well my little ones...

bklyn!

thanks to aunt nin and uncle c we've got these insanely cute quite fantastically awesome onesies and t-shirts. we've got our red bklyn onesies and one blue and one silver handmade batiked t's that are amazing!

after this picture was taken caleb turned his head towards jared and pulled his head back just slightly as if he had actually seen or at least noticed that jared was there...this is the first time that we have seen either boy actually notice the other...must have been the NYC t-shirt that he was enthralled by :)

a day in the life

sundays on the lawn at weaver street. must be a wonderful life :)
it was a last minute decision to head out to weaver to get something to drink and just lay on the lawn and read. we didn't get too much reading done but we did get tons of snuggles and some time to just sit and enjoy our boys. these two girls (probably about 22 years old) walked past and almost shouted and squealed - they commented on how awkward they themselves were and apologized for seeming creepy but also said that our family was quite possibly the cutest most wonderful thing they had ever seen.
it's always nice when people stop to stare because they think our family is wonderful instead of stoping to stare because they can't quite figure out our family.

as summer turns to fall (or at least i hope summer will turn to fall) we will take more time to spend outside just relaxing - we can go for hikes in duke forrest with Ty and enjoy being outside and just enjoy being a family.
there is something about the faces of these boys that is just the most incredible thing

a little laughter

our sweet little boy laughing at his ridiculous mama
i fear this is the first of many many moments when he is laughing at me

(caleb did laugh first but his is more like a half laugh half cry - but i must give credit where credit is due...)

kicks

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i was able to convince angela that the boys definitely needed these crib shoes - uhm amazingly adorable!
it does however reinforce how big they are getting - they've never been able to fit into crib shoes!
this definitely adds a new level of cuteness to these two handsome boys!