A few firsts

We've had a few firsts for the boys, some good, some not so good!  I'll start with the good.

We took the boys to their first baseball game!  We went to the Schaumburg Boomers game on Saturday. The boys were so excited, they were telling all of their school friends and teachers all day on Friday. It was a beautiful day, in the uppers 70's lowers 80's at game time!  We got great seats about 10 rows up from the first base side. So we could really see the players, and fall balls could be ours :-) and hot dogs and pop corn were a must!  Coop the Boomer (mascot) came up and had a pizza in his hand.  All of the kids were shouting and Coop the Boomer chose my Austin to win the pizza.  Austin was so excited and he quickly opened it up and started sharing with all of us!  Later on, tshirts were being launched at us and Vince caught won and gave it to Morgan, she was so excited to wear her new Boomers tshirt and at the end of the game, one of the players rolled John David a baseball!  All three kiddies were so lucky to each get something.  And one of their favorite things they did was run around the bases at the end of the game!  Although, Austin rounded 2nd and headed for the pitchers mound, but hey, who cares if he made it around all of the bases ;-)  He had fun.

Seeing the smiles on all of the kids was so much fun!  Austin and John David keep talking about the baseball game and how we are going back tomorrow ;-)  And Austin keeps referring to Coop as Diego, so I have to remember what's he's talking about when he says Diego!


Well we did it.  We got Austin a big boy bed.  We converted his crib into a full size bed.  He looks so small in there.  We had him pick out sheets, he choose a Cars theme to go with a blue comforter.  We thought we could get a bunch of different sheets, Batman, Toy Story, Cars, etc,  and can change them when needed. (We still need to pick out some sheets, we are slacking!)  This way, the theme of his room, can change as he does.  He is loving it!  We took away most of his stuffed animals, and all of the blankets minus one, his favorite brown blanket, or monkey ball blanket as he used to call it.  It was actually sad the other other day, for me, because, a girl at school ran up to Austin with her Elmo, and he replied, "I don't have an Elmo anymore"  I think it was the way he said it.  And I have all of his stuffed animals in a bag in my closet, I'm not sure what to do with them.  Do I throw them away?  Put them in storage?  Those animals have sentimental value to me.  Bringing him home from the hospital, Santa brought him Elmo, watching him play with them and of course, having to put every single one of them in his bed.  He loved on those animals, and I'm expected to just throw them away?  But again, they are just collecting dust.  I don't know, it's hard, I guess, kinda like bagging up the old clothes he use to wear.  I have so many memories, and it's just hard to throw them away.  Anyway, back to Austin's big boy bed.  He loves it!  I just can't believe he's almost 4 and in a big boy bed.  
 
And the not so good.  I'm reminded of the Brad Paisely song, "Ticks" "I'm going to check you for ticks" because that is what I will need to do daily.  We were playing in the park by the house and did our normal walk around the pond, picked up sticks, and played in trees, and the next morning as we were getting out of the car, I noticed this nasty red spot with black marks on Austin.  We were supposed to be going to breakfast before getting Morgan a bike, but our plans quickly changed as Grandma said it looked like a tick.  So grandma and Uncle John went to breakfast with John David and Morgan while Austin and I we went over to Walgreens to see what supplies I would need or what I should do, but the pharmacist assured me, it wasn't a tick.  So I was a bit relieved, as she thought it was a scab. John and Grandma both thought I should get a second opinion so we did at CVS Minute Clinic but they didn't do bug bites or tick removals, but did confirm it was a tick and sent us over to Urgent Care.  Long story short and I'll spare you the gross details, we had it removed and it was indeed a tick, the doctor had me look though his magnify glasses so I could see the nasty bug who thought my sweet Austin was a good resource.  It was a horrible experience, and through the removal as Austin was upset, we could hear John David in the waiting room and when were done, waiting for instructions and a popsicle, John David ran up to Austin and gently rubbed his arm and asked him if he was okay.  It was so sweet.

So that was Austin, the following week, it was John David's turn. :-(  It was Mother's Day, and John David wanted pancakes, he's a good helper when it comes to pancakes, Grandma get's the ingredients and John David mixes.  After we were done eating, Austin was rocking on the chair and fell onto John David's toe.  Austin was fine, just a little scared, but John David's toe was black and blue and looks awful.  After holding John David for nearly 2 hours, he finally took a nap.  But he wouldn't let me out of his site.  I had to hold him and just hearing him cry like that made me feel so bad for him.  Luckily after his nap, John David was feeling much better, he even put his shoes on by himself so we could go out for a Mother's day dinner.  When he woke up the next day, he said, "my foot is much better, mommy"  It still looks awful, but he's not affected by it anymore.

So those are 2 firsts that I would like to keep as first and not have happen again.

In other news, we are getting ready for a 3rd and 4th birthday in a couple of weeks which has me feeling happy and sad all at the same time.  It's hard for me to imagine that Austin has one more full year before he starts Kindergarten. I just can't believe how fast time flies.

Happy April everyone!  Spring weather is in the air.  I'm so over the cold weather, I can't wait for the warm weather.  The boys need fresh air and to run around!

One of the main reasons for this blog is to be able to look back and see what we were up to and the boys milestones/accomplishments.  So I thought now would be a good time to share the toddlerisms that they do now that I will miss.
1. John David yelling from his bed, "I want to be awake".

JD with 2 of his babies

2. John David constantly asking to roll up his babies!  He has triplets you know, his lovie, bunny and teddy bear.  And every night, before bed, we need to roll up the blankets and then roll them into the blanket.  Then we cover John David and his babies up with his 2 blankets.  Sometimes, he has the shopping carts right next to his bed and we have to load them in there, kinda like a bassinet/stroller.  John David is very cute and caring for his babies, as you often hear him, saying shhhhh shhhhh shhhhh while holding them, and he tells everyone to be quiet since his babies are sleeping.
3. John David is on a hamburger kick, but the way he says it is so stinkin cute, it's like ambugger.
4. If you ask John David who the man is, he will reply, "Austin is the man, but I am the best!  Then he will proceed to name everyone he knows and said, he's the man, he's the woe man, etc.
5. I couldn't figure this out for the long time, "I want it closer" as we were sitting in the car with the movie on.  He was meaning, "I want it louder"  Sometimes you have to be a detective.
6. We were in the car and Austin was griping about something and I told him no.  Daddy told him no.  And then John David says, "Mommy said NO, Daddy said NO, and I say NO, OKAAAAAY!!!!"  It was hilarious!  It was all in his tone!

7. We were eating Chipotle for dinner and Austin saw my guacamole and went to town on it.  After one bite, he turns to me and says "Mmmmmm this is dewishes"  OMG, the cutest thing EVER!
8. Austin loves when I sing him songs.  He has me holding him and walking around them room and he is so into it.  I'm into it too.  I'm hanging on and stealing extra hugs and kisses because he's already telling me no when I ask for them and wiping them away, I like to think he's rubbing them in, but probably not.  Gotta save them up.
9. Austin loves uppie.  He's a tad too big for it, but I know that this will be over soon and 1. I won't be able to lift him because he will be too big and 2. He won't want me to carry him so I am enjoying it as much as I can.
 10. So after Austin is all settled in his bed, he asks me to say Oooh haha, and a big one.  I'm not sure where got it from, but I try to go all silly on him and he just loves it.  We don't do this every night but I do crack up when he asks me to do it.

nap time with all of his stuff

11.At night time, when I'm putting Austin to sleep, he sometimes plays with my hair and I am puddy in his hands.  So if that's a way for me to stay in Austin's room for a few more minutes, I'm there.  He says, "mommy, I play with your hair"  You will never hear me say no ;-)
12.  Austin, my little hoarder, has way too many things in his bed.  It's crazy.  We are in the process of getting him a full bed, but I know, that he will just add more things to his bed.  6 blankets, an ungodly amount of stuffed animals/toys.  It's unreal.  So in his room, everything is in his closet or in his bed.

And one of things I'll miss most is the way my boys say John David.  It comes out, on babid and john babid, but never John David.  Although, they went to dinner with Uncle David the other night and if you ask John David who was at dinner, he will say Uncle David and then if you ask him what his name is, he will say John Babid.

So it has been one year since John David has his tube surgery and I am happy to report that he has had only one ear infection!  Woot woot.  It has been so much better then constantly being at the doctors office and waiting at the pharmacy for yet another prescription.  I believe the tubes are still in there.  We will see in a couple of months when we go for his 3 year old check up!

Kevin and I are going to Virgina and Washington D.C next week!  We are so excited to visit Su and Ben and to see the city.  It will be great to be Kevin and Pam, husband and wife, for a few days.  Grandpa and Mary are going to take great care of Austin and John David and grandma will take great care of Buster.  Thanks so much Grandma, Grandpa and Mary, we are so thankful for your help. 

And lastly to go with the theme above, I'm reminded of Darius Rucker's song, "It won't be like this for long"

He didn't have to wake up

He'd been up all night

Layin’ there in bed listenin’

To his new born baby cry

He makes a pot of coffee

He splashes water on his face

His wife gives him a kiss and says

It gonna be OK

It won’t be like this for long

One day we'll look back laughin’

At the week we brought her home

This phase is gonna fly by

So baby just hold on

‘Cause it won't be like this for long

Four years later ‘bout 4:30

She's crawling in their bed

And when he drops her off at preschool

She's clinging to his leg

The teacher peels her off of him

He says what can I do

She says now don't you worry

This’ll only last a week or two

It won’t be like this for long

One day soon you'll drop her off

And she won’t even know you're gone

This phase is gonna fly by

If you can just hold on

It won’t be like this for long

Some day soon she'll be a teenager

And at times he'll think she hates him

Then he'll walk her down the aisle

And he'll raise her veil

But right now she's up and cryin’

And the truth is that he don't mind

As he kisses her good night

And she says her prayers

He lays down there beside her

‘Til her eyes are finally closed

And just watchin’ her it breaks his heart

Cause he already knows

It won’t be like this for long

One day soon that little girl is gonna be

All grown up and gone

Yeah, this phase is gonna fly by

So, he's tryin’ to hold on

‘Cause it won’t be like this for long

It won’t be like this for long

It won’t be like this for long

So yea, we are holding on, because it won't be like this for long!

February

Ugggh, well we just got over a really nasty stomach bug or dare I say it, "the flu".  It was horrible!  I'm glad to say that we got through it and are on the other side.  It's nice that the boys share, but I really wouldn't have mind if John David was a tad selfish and kept to himself, but no, he had to share with his favorite big brother, Austin and his favorite mommy!  And poor Austin, he had it the worst!

Austin, my rock star is potty trained!  Woot woot!  Even when he has a pull up on when we are out and about, he still asks to use the potty.  I never thought this day would come and am so proud to say we are here!  Way to go, buddy!

John David is entering the terrible 3 stage!  Yes, I said it, terrible 3's.  He is having a little trouble with listening to mommy.  He would much rather listen to his big brother than mommy.  What's up with that?!!  He must not realize there will be consequences if he doesn't listen to me!  I'm working on choosing my words and refraining from saying don't do this, but do this.  It's hard.  Hopefully this will help.  Even though he's a touch more difficult, he is still the cutest, most helpful 2 1/2 year old!

We have been keeping pretty busy lately!  We have been doing a lot of trips to the Elgin library and to the mall play area to burn off some pent up energy.  It's been hard staying inside these winter months.  We met some new friends and have been having a blast having play dates!  Play dates for me too, so it's a win win!  Seeing the boys interact with their friends is so much fun.  John David even has a little girlfriend, although if you ask Austin, Brynn is his girlfriend.  Uh oh!  It's so cute watching them hold hands!

We played in the snow yesterday for the first time this winter and had a blast!  We attempted to make a snowman, we just need to add the face!  It's a work in progress, ha!  Although the boys had fun helping me, I think they really enjoyed throwing snow at me!  Austin kept saying, "I'm going to get you" and John David would laugh hysterically!  Good times!  It was nice getting some fresh air,  however, by the time we got in, I was exhausted, and my hands hurt.  It's hard being 30 ;-)  

I'm very happy that we are in March.  I'm so looking forward to some warmer days.  We had a blast last year going to parks and feeding the ducks, and I think we will have even more fun this year!  Good times, ahead, I can feel it!

Here is a video of the boys having fun in the snow!

Potty Training and Happenings

We are in full potty training mode here at casa de Artinghelli.  I think, fingers crossed, that we are dare I say it, day time pee pee (no poo poo) potty trained?  I'm not sure what happened over the weekend but it finally clicked with Austin.  I went from the nagging mom who put him on the potty every 20-30 minutes, , to just letting it go and letting him lead.  Kevin and I were sitting on the couch, and next thing you know, Austin gets up, walks away, we hear him go to the bathroom and you hear him flush saying, "I went pee-pee!"  Apparently, he's been doing this at school too!  He is also money motivated!  So I've been giving him nickels, dimes, and pennies.  We will save the quarters for a number 2!  He is so cute in his little underwear.  We are going to have to make a trip to the store to get some new ones!  Possibly Batman ones!

John David has been using the potty too!  Now, he will usually go when I put him on the potty, but doesn't really tell me he has to go.  A few times, he has, so we'll see.  He gets so excited when he goes, he claps his hands and says "yay!"

It's funny, I have tried numerous times to unsuccessfully potty train Austin.  He just wasn't ready, I guess.  It was a fight before.  Now, he knows when he needs to go and it just is so simple for him.  I didn't think John David would potty train now since Austin was later, but one day, he just wanted to go after Austin went and he actually went! I'm so proud and amazed with my 2 boys!

John David has been singing the alphabet and it's so cute!  I'm trying to catch a video of him, just so I can remember how cute he is!

Austin has this new word, maybe.  So he will say, "maybe you do this" or "maybe we go see Grandma and Morgan will be with her" or "maybe we go to the library" It's cute, but I'm not sure where that came from.  Again, looking at how I speak, do I say maybe a lot?  I may say maybe but not in that context?

We have an appointment with the ENT for Austin next week.  He does this thing where he blows in and makes this loud noise.  It's almost a daily occurrence.  I've been trying to teach him to blow his nose but he doesn't get it.  But I think it may be more than that so it's time to get it checked out.  Maybe allergies?  I have so many that it wouldn't be odd if they did too.  Actually, my gut tells me that they do have allergies.

We played our first game, hungry hungry hippos.  It was so much fun seeing the boys get into it.  They even asked to play yesterday, so I think they really liked it.  We are definitely entering in a new chapter in our lives, no more babies, but little boys.  It's very bittersweet for me.  I love seeing them grow but it's hard to let go of them being my babies.  We took the boys for haircuts last week and it was the first time John David sat in the chair by himself.  I was by Austin, and John David just sat there and got his hair cut with daddy by his side.  Such a big boy.  But I must say, I left there a little teary eyed.

Happy New Year/December

Happy New Year!  I can't believe how fast 2012 went, it really is crazy how fast time goes, sometimes the days are so long but the years are so fast!

We had a wonderful magical Christmas.  The boys tore through all of their presents.  I didn't think opening all of those presents could have happened so fast.  But it did!  The boys are so loved.  They got a lot of toys and clothes!  I think we are set for a very long time!  Thank you to everyone who joined us in loving on our children :)  They are so lucky to have so much love in their lives.

Getting ready for Santa was so much fun.  The boys, especially John David, were so into Ellie (our Elf)!  He would find her so quickly!  They would check the spot she was in the day before, notice that she wasn't there, tell me or Kevin that she went to go see Santa and then they would find her.  Austin would talk to Ellie, "Why you there, what are you doing, Ellie?" and John David, would say "ELLIE!"  I love that they were so into it! We put reindeer food out and cookies for Santa.  They both were so excited when they saw that Santa ate some of the cookies!

I did it!  Finally, I almost have our bedroom back.  I took most of the boys clothes and put it into Austin's room.  He has 2 dressers in there that have nothing in them.  Last time he had clothes in there he would throw them all on the floor, but now that he has matured a bit ;-)  whereas, he hates a mess on his floor I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try again.  And this way, he can have easy access to his clothes and choose what he'd like to wear.  It's been a couple of days and it's working well.  I want to make a few changes to his room this year.  I'd like to get him a big boy bed, the crib converts to a full size bed so we need a mattress, box spring and some bedding.  And now that we've had John David in the other room for 6 months or so now, I think we need to make it more of a room, decorate it for him and get him some furniture other than a bed.  Right now, it's just his bed and some toys.  That's okay for now, though.  Less is more right now.

Austin now has added me back into his bed time routine.  So after, I put John David down, and after daddy has read Austin his stories, I go in there and sing 3 songs.  He must love my voice ;-)  Last night it was Twinkle Twinkle, Sunshine (and when I ended it "please don't take my Austin away, he said "hahaha NO! Sunshine away") and the Bumble Bee Song.  Sometimes he gets 4 songs out of me, but that's when he requests, "Rumor Has it" and "Set Fire to the Rain" only because I only know the chorus and can get through that in all of about 5 seconds!  This kid cracks me up!  The other day, he kept saying "you so happy to see me"  Of course I was, but it sounded a little vain ;-)  I must say I'm so happy to see you all the time.  Oh and he is so sweet with his lovie and monkey mall blanket.  He keeps kissing them by when he goes to school, and when he gets back in the van, he says, "I missed you, lovie and brown blanket" and squeezes them!  He really can be cute! 

My poor John David has his first ear infection after tubes, it took 9 months!  Ugggh this is awful.  I feel so bad for him.  Because he has tubes, they do antibiotic ear drops and John David HATES and I mean HATES the drops.  I have to bribe him with an M&M and even then it's pulling teeth.  I have to clean the ear first since there still is a gross discharge and then squeeze the bottle 5 times, all while he squirms and moves his head, left to right.  I sure do get my exercise.  This cold he had was a doozy and it didn't surprise me that it went to his ear.  What surprised me was the blood.  I was expecting goop from the ear, not blood so it through me off.                            

John David is my little artist.  He loves to color and draw and loves markers and pens the most.  He is constantly creating masterpieces and I love it.  He's making lines and circles and constantly using his left hand.  He also got some drums from grandma, and loves to play!  It's a lot of fun, Austin grabs the guitar and they have a 2 person band and me as the dancer!  They always, say, "mommy, dance!"  Fun times!

I got a lot of wonderful gifts for Christmas.  Kevin, my loving loving husband, got me the best gift of all.  He's not typically the most romantic guy, but this takes the cake.  He created a list of 12 dates for us.  Each date is in an envelope and we open it up in the beginning of the month, our first date is an IMAX move and dinner.  Looking forward to this date and all of the others coming up!  I got some charms for my charm bracelet, a Willow Tree nativity set and so much more.  I feel so very blessed!

2012 was a great year, we had a lot of ups and downs, but we are here and happy and that's what counts.  Looking forward to 2013!

December update

Has it really been that long?!?!  That's crazy.  I know I have been busy but seriously slacking with the blog.

I have a 2 1/2 and a 3 1/2 year old!  What the heck happened?  How did they become so big?  Just like that.  Seriously, it really is going by so quickly.

Let's see what have we been up to.....

John David is catching the ball!  How cool is that?  It's so much fun to play catch with him.  And of course, we all know what an arm he has!  Still not sure if he's a lefty or a righty as he throws with his right but colors and eats with his left.  He's still trying to figure that one out.  We went to my work Christmas party at the zoo and Santa brought him a tball set!  The kid is a natural with the bat.  Swinging like he's the man!  I think in the summer we are going to need to get him in a sports class!

He also does the cutest thing at bed time.  He loves to give kisses.  So he'll give me a kiss on my cheek, then my nose, then my eyes, my hair, etc.  After every kiss he laughs uncontrollably, but it's not his typical funny laugh, this laugh, is the most sweetest laugh ever!   It's hard to actually leave his room because he wants one more kiss all the time!

Austin is still obsessed with clothes.  He knows what he wants to wears, asks for certain shirts and doesn't care if they are too small i.e, John David's.  He is in a jean phase so he'll wear those every day, so at least we are set with everything but the shirt.  Every time we come home from anywhere, he runs into our bedroom and changes into comfy clothes. He does exactly what I do!  He loves to wear shorts and short sleeve shirts!  I've decided to let it go when it comes to picking out his clothes.  It's much easier than fighting with him.  So as long as he will be warm and it's not too far fetched he can wear what he wants.

Austin is quite the mimicker as you know from him changing in to comfy clothes, but I always ask him how his day was or how he slept. So yesterday, when I came home from work, a hard day after finding out grandma died, he came running up to me, huge hug and said, "how your day"  I lied of course, and said good.  He then proceeded to tell me all about his day in high speed mode.  I believe he relived the whole weekend, because this is how it went: daddy went to work, and he's like where did he go, and then he went to grandpa's house and there was a train and it was raining and then mommy went to work, and I ate pizza and so on and so on!  (forgive the run on, that's how he was talking).  Last weekend, Kevin and I took John David for his hair cut (Austin was having a crabby moment so he stayed home with grandma) and when we got home, he ran to the door, opened it, and said "John Babid! How your day"  So cute.

He cracks me up with his bedtime routine.  So, in our living room, he can make the biggest mess ever and not care at all! He will clean it up if we tell him to, but when he is in his room, after daddy plays/reads his stories, all toys that are in his room, need to go in his closet.  All stuffed animals go on his bed with his 6 blankets.  If one his left on the floor, he will freak out.  We need him to care about the cleanliness in the living room!

I'm really looking forward to Christmas.  There is something about having 2 little boys that bring out the magic of Christmas!  Austin loves Santa!  We have seen him twice and each time, he was all smiles when sitting with Santa.  He told Santa he wanted a train for Christmas!  John David loves to talk about Santa, loves to see Santa and give high fives, but do not ask him to get any closer than that, he will not sit on his lap!  We have an Elf, Ellie who appeared one day.  She is an Elf that goes to Santa every night and reports on how the boys are doing, naughty or nice and then every day she comes back and is in a different spot.  One day, she brought cookies from Santa with a letter!  And another she hijacked lovey from Austin's room and was hugging him on our entertainment center!  The boys love finding her!  And they are so sweet when they say "Ellie"


Back tracking a bit.  The boys loved Halloween.  They had a fun time going trick or treating with Grandpa and Mary!  Unfortunately, they didn't really get to eat any candy.  Unfortunately for them, Fortunately for us!  They came down with a stomach bug!  I was the only who didn't get it!  I dodged a bullet there...  I was giving both the boys pedialtye to make sure they had fluids, but John David had a pretty bad reaction.  His face was all puffy and red.  He looked like he had a horrible sunburn!  It was there for a few days even with the benadryl.   Poor guy, I don't think it was anything he ate since it was the BRAT diet and he's eaten all of that before.  No reactions since then either.  We have his 2 1/2 year appointment on Wednesday so I plan on bringing it up with his pediatrician! 

So I mentioned above, that my grandma passed away yesterday.  Such a sad day for her family! But I'm sure she is no longer in pain and reunited with her love, her husband, who she hasn't been with in 31 years!  I'm sure he was there with open arms welcoming her to heaven!  I know my mom and Kevin's dad are there too showing her the ropes!  And if anything, to help get through this difficult time, I will remember all of the good memories I have with her and that she is reunited with her husband.  I'm sure they have a lot to catch up on.  I will miss you, grandma!

I wish all of my friends and family who read my blog a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

October 2012

The boys have been keeping us very busy.  It's good, we do better when we are busy!

We carved our pumpkins last weekend.  The boys did just about NOTHING to help.  They were very into it last year but this year, not so much.  John David colored on my warty pumpkin and Austin wanted to ride his bike.  That's okay, I had fun!  We had a Facebook contest and Morgan, John and Milly won!  Everyone liked her pumpkin the best.  I got one vote (thanks, Jeni!)  and  Kevin got a couple.  I should start thinking about my design for next  year. 

Austin has been doing this new thing and it's driving me CRAZY!  Any helps or advice is much appreciated.  I swear my boy is acting like a girl.  It has to do with clothes. The kid is always changing his clothes, putting on multiple shirts (I have counted 5 shirts on at once) and won't let me decide for the life of me.  He is making a mess with all of these clothes, half the time I don't know if they are clean or not.  his clothes are in my closet, awhile a go, he was taking all his clothes out of his dresser so I moved the clothes, now if I had them in there, he'd never sleep, since he'd put on all of this shirts.  If there are any shirts in his room (like if I left pajamas in there from the night before) they will be on him in the morning.  He even took shirts from other kids bins at school, so that when I picked him up, he was wearing someone else clothes.  I'm just not sure what his clothes obsession means?

I'm happy to brag about Austin and his puzzle skills.  I picked him up from school on Friday and was just in awe when I got there.  He was sitting at the table with 2 other kids and he was working on a puzzle.  And not just the typical baby/toddler puzzle but a real jigsaw puzzle with like 15 pieces.  So we get home and I get out a puzzle that has like 25 pieces and he figured that out too!  So impressed with him!


John David is doing really well too!  Kevin taught him a new thing, daddy "John David, who's the man?", John David, "I da man!"  They have been really cute together.  They are definitely getting a bond and it sure makes me smile.  It doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would that John David requests daddy sometimes, because I know that it makes Kevin's day.  The other night, I had to call daddy because John David wouldn't go to sleep without saying goodnight to him.  So cute.

Looking forward to Trick or Treating this week.  Boys are practicing, "Trick or Treat" and "Happy Halloween"