Matt & Mike's first halloween

Friday Tim and I took the boys out trick or treating with Chrissy and their cousins. It was great weather, I think it was the first year I can remember that it wasn't really cold or raining. All the kids were very good. The boys got some candy but Allison really got a lot. We did trade her for some of the chocolate so she could have more things she could eat. (That wasn't the only reason).

Me, Tim, Matthew and Michael Trick-or-Treating

Michael and Matthew chillin' in their bat costumes

Michael spreading his wings

He is just taking a rest before we go. (Matt)

Michael chillin before we left

Chrissy's animals Jenna, Cassie, Jimmy and Allison

Spreading his wings (Michael)

Matt flying

Matthew and Michael Baptism

I tried posting this on Tuesday, but my school computer wouldn't let me switch the pictures around so I was going to do it at home and I forgot. So the pictures are out of order, but they are still really cute. I also got the boys 3 month pictures.
This weekend, Tim and I had so much going on. We still didn't have costumes yet for our Halloween party on Saturday, so we went shopping all night. I cooked as much stuff as I could for Sat. and Sunday.
Saturday, Tim had had to work until 1pm so I took the boys with me to go shopping and then to Aunt Jane's house for a little bit while I picked up some pretzels from Gus'. Thank you for watching them. We had Anthony's first birthday party from 1-3, then I had to go home and cook some more. Our party started at 8pm but some showed up early. No biggy, but I was a little rushed tryinig to get things ready for Sunday too. A lot of people showed up, of course it was the majority of our families, but that is who we really hang out with. I didn't get to take any pictures, at least with my own camera. Since I copy so much off of Chrissy, Tim and I bought a camera that looks just like theirs, so I picked it up and started taking pictures with it. I hope everyone had a good time. Tim and I finally got to bed around 3am and the boys woke up at 7:30am.
Sunday was the boys baptism, they did really good. When the priest was blessing them with the Holy Water Michael let out a little cry, but not to much. Matt really liked it. I think it is because they like their baths so much, when I actually have time to give them one. They were good all day. Tim and I even got to nap from 5-8 that night. We were exhausted.

Everyone that attended the baptism
Chrissy holding Michael

Matt was so good he didn't even make a sound

Michael started to get frustrated. I missed the priest blessing

him because the camera wouldn't work.

Matt

Matt with Michael's pacifier

Matt again, Michael looks like a little girl in this picture

Michael crying a little

Thier Godparents--Chrissy, Tony, Ken and Kelly

The proud daddy trying not to spill the wax

Michael a gain.

Cereal! Yummy Yummy

Matt and Mike are 3 months old today. We started them on cereal last night before they went to bed. They slept for 8 hours, but I bet they would have slept longer if we would have given them a full 6 oz bottle after wards. They both really liked it. I am sure Matt would have liked it better if he wasn't so hungry and crying the whole time. Michael did really good. They both like it better the second day.

Matt

Matt

hey look its Matt crying again

Mike enjoying his cereal for the first time

He is such a good eater!
He is such a ham
Day 2: so much better. Matt was giving me so many smiles it was hard to feed him
Matt

Michael

Just a few pictures

I should have put these outfits on them a while ago. They are getting a little to small. These are not the best pictures, but they will have to do for now.

Getting things back to normal

It's been about two weeks since I last updated. Tim was sent to Ontario California all of last week. He left Monday while I was at work and I picked him up from the airport at 4 pm on Friday. We went to the Blues game and had a lot of fun. We beat the crappy Predators 5-2.


Tim really missed the boys and he missed them.

Tim, Michael and Matthew

My mom stayed with me every night and let me get some good sleep. Poor thing was up for hours throughout the night taking care of the babies, she was so tired.

Grandma holding Michael before he left her sleep deprived

I thought this picture was really cute. Michael fell asleep on Tim but when I said his name and started talking to him he would smile.

Matt giving me a half smile
Mike looks so old and serious
Here is a better one of Matt
Michael getting ready to talk to me

And another
Why is it that I always look like shit when I am holding the babies

Michael usually talks more than this but this is all Tim got

Finally, nothing really planned

This weekend was the first weekend in a long time that Tim and I really didn't have much to do. Friday night we had our last baseball game of the season. We haven't been since the week of July 4th. We took the boys for their first game. They were really good. Michael slept for a lot of it and Matt fussed for a little while. We had a good time and the Cardinals even won. The boys must be good luck. Thanks to Jane, Ken and Carmen for holding the babies.

Michael and Matthew
They are starting to fit into the strollers

Saturday we had nothing planned. Grandma Becky came over twice in one day and the second time she brought grandpa Ray with her. She just couldn't get enough of them, especially since she didn't get to babysit this past Thursday. Tim finished painting the basement and finally got to hang his tv on the wall, while I tried to straighten up the upstairs. I didn't get very far with it.Yes, the Xbox 360 is back down stairs. That also includes all of the games, the drums and the 2 guitars. Now we have more room for another baby item. At night I tried to scrap a few pages, but I only got 1/2 finished with each of their new born pictures. After that I started to make my Christmas list. I know it is early, but if I don't write it down now I will forget when everyone asks me what I want.

Michael decided to hold his pacifier instead of sucking on it

Sunday I went to Chrissy's to scrap and I finished the new born pages and then I was really tired. It took me about and hour to put their names on the pages. I came home with the babies just to hear them cry for both me and Tim. Oh yeah, they are starting to stay awake more but they are also starting to cry more, especially at night when we are ready to go to bed. Can I start cereal before 3 months? We really need to get some sleep. It's a good thing that we finally got to do nothing. This month there is something planned for at least one day of each weekend this month.

Michael

Matthew

Michael

Matthew