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HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

my sweet Crewby

this little guy always seems to be the one 

that gets sick or falls & gets a bump or such...

poor little dude.

good thing he is such a sweet boy.

ahhhh!

(my mac attack!)

like mommy, like son

on the left is my mom with me 

(exactly 35 years ago)

and on the right is my mom with McKay.

see any resemblance?

moments

these are the moments...

that make being a mom so awesome & amazing

and so totally worth all those not so fun times.

Spring!!!

my boys are LOVING be able to play outside!

although, it is a bit challenging for me to keep track of them all...

ahhh!

(i think we need to put up a fence ASAP.)

beck giving the babes a different sort of bubble bath

brothers & popsicles

(ps- it was about 4PM when these pics were taken...

it was a "stay in your PJs all day" sorta day)

so grateful for these cute girls

that stop by to see my boys often

and are always willing to go to the park with us

(because i REALLY don't think i could do it on my own?!?!)

Camry & Kaya are the best!

Beck is SO happy to be able to ride his bike again!

(especially with his daddy)

running with the triple!

we missed it.

we love it!

(i did the math and figured that i push around about 115 lbs!!!)

YEAH for SPRING!!!!

daddy

today as adrian was leaving for work,

beck yelled after him:

"thanks for living with me"

Adrian ran a one day Red Rock Relay race last weekend.

the first thing that Beck asked when Adrian 

came home was "where's your neckalace?"

and he didn't take that medal off all day long

a daddy sandwich

mommy brain

'nuf said.

imagination

I LOVE this boy's IMAGINATION!!!

he has a great imagination.

and, i am so glad that i get to enjoy

and be apart of it everyday.

i hope that i may always

encourage & foster

his imagination.

this day he told me that he was going to fly to "bawaii"

and bring back mimi & papa.

he put on his cape

and even made a rope & golf club contraption

for mimi & papa to hold onto as they flew back to our house.

he really thought this was going to happen.

so, we went outside

(don't worry i put some pants & shoes on him first)

my little guy confidently & with total determination

walked down our front steps...

and then, took a few big jumps...

sorta waiting for "it" to happen each time.

after a few jumps,

he turned around to me 

and said "mom it willn't work".

he walked back up the stairs and inside the house.

"mom my super powers willn't work and the wind isn't big enough"

he walked straight inside and sat on that bench for a few minutes.

when mckay woke up from his nap a few minutes later,

beck told him in all somber seriousness...

"kaybe, i can't fly."

but, don't you worry he was right back to trying to fly

the very next day.

"go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

live the life you have imagined."

-Henry David Thoreau

 cardboard boxes.

we have so much fun with them around here.

monsters,

houses,

rockets,

garbage trucks,

pinatas,

cars,

etc...

in this picture,

this box is his rocket.

the balloons are to make him fly.

this rocket had previously been "beck's house"

and soon after a rocket,

it became a garbage truck.

it is now almost completely flattened,

but he still plays it with it on an almost daily basis.

this boy comes out of the playroom

in all sorts of stuff.

and,

i LOVE it.

this was another flying attempt this past weekend.

he came running out of the toy room

in this get up...

and excitedly exclaimed that

he was "ready to fly!"

he asked me to hold the fan up

and push the "button" on the fan

to help him fly.

he then climbed up that ladder

and gave it his all.

needless to say, it didn't work.

but, don't you worry...

a good imagination never lets you down...

later that night he jumped

off the top of a slide in our house

and upon landing

yelled "I did it.  I FLEW!!!"

oh man, i love this boy.

"imagination will take you everywhere."

-Albert Einstein

uh oh

A couple times lately,

I have taken just McKay with me

to run a quick errand

(him, because he is the hard one right now... 

It's funny (or not so funny, really!) 

how they tend to take turns bring the hard one... 

Already working together, I guess)

and it is so weird.

weird for the both of us.

the first time, McKay kept saying

"Uh oh"

and looking over at his brother's empty carseat. 

 The last time, if I asked him where Crew was, 

he got this super concerned look on his face 

and started looking around and yelling what I assume was "Crew" in his mind.

these boys have not spent much time (at all) apart. 

those first 4ish weeks of their life's when they were in the NICU 

was probably the most distance they have had from each other

(although their cribs were near each other, they rarely ever had contact with one another).

Oh, they fight and bug each other on a daily basis... 

but, I LOVE watching them interact, grow & discover together.

I also LOVE seeing their concern for one another...

McKay often comes to help me change Crew's diaper

 (Crew always seems to have a diaper rash so it's a bit traumatic for him to get his diaper changed).

Last night I put McKay in bed first because he was being super fussy... 

Crew was still happily playing... 

But, the next thing I knew Crew had his binkie & blanket 

and was standing at the gate at the bottom of our stairs 

reaching & looking up to their room.

If I give one a bite of some good (new or not), 

the other will watch to see if he likes it... 

If the first spits it out, you better believe the other will too.

We LOVE our Crewby & Kayby !!!

(as Beck has started calling them)