Papa and Nana's Visit!

We all enjoyed having Papa and Nana here for the weekend! They kept Cade and Carson Friday night, so Kevin and I could go to a nice dinner! He's so romantic, I had no idea where he was taking me! It was yummy and so nice to dress up and go out just the two of us! The boys really loved all the special time with Nana and Papa!

Nana is pulling Cade and Carson down the driveway!

Carson is waiting for lunch with Nana, Cade, and Papa at the Waffle House! That reminds me - Cade says "Waffle" now when we're getting his breakfast ready!
Here's Cade, Nana, and Carson before dinner!
Here's everyone at the Seafood Hut!
Carson loves to read!
Cade loves to drive trucks!

Cade is trying to wear Papa's big shorts this morning!

Cade loves his Papa!

Carson loves his Papa, too!

Play Ball!

My boys have learned to catch a ball!!!! They're not even 1 1/2 yet. (but almost) They're just growing right up, though!!! They've been throwing balls since before they could crawl, but I'm impressed with the catching!!! Here's a couple of shots of them with their favorite outdoors balls in front of the deck in progress as we were working yesterday in the afternoon!
You can see Cade really does prefer to throw his Backyardigans ball! Carson loves his Mickey Mouse ball!

Builders!

We have officially started building a deck! Cade and Carson are watching Daddy work! This was before I was unable to help due to chasing two little builders all over the yard!
We got the posts set in cement! Cade is dumping handfuls of dirt in the hole here. Directly after this Carson stepped in the hole. That's when I had to stop taking pictures and hose off the boys, so the cement wouldn't harden on their hands, feet, clothing, and - yes - their tongues and cheeks!
Here's our little builders eating breakfast on the jobsite!
Here's Daddy tearing down the old deck!

Moments to Remember!

The boys are doing lots of sweet stuff lately!!!

One day this week I was bathing the boys (Kevin was out of town this particular night). When I do it alone, I wash them both and then drain the water for one baby to sit in the empty tub while I dry the other. This day I finished up using the Johnsons' Baby Wash and threw it away before draining the tub. I dried Cade first and Carson was playing and throwing toys out of the tub until I put Cade down and grabbed Carson to dry him off. I was getting his pajamas on when I realized Cade had put all the toys back in the tub and was busy opening the cabinet door to put the cup where I always put it. I usually have that done before they get out of the tub. I guess he knows exactly what I do because then he looked around and got the Johnsons' Baby Wash out of the trash to put it in the cabinet, too! He's so precise!

So yes, my babies love to clean up! They've been singing the "Clean Up" song for quite some time now. It's got to be Carson's favorite song - he sings it all the time. Except it sounds like: "Bee Bop, Bee Bop." A couple of weeks ago he added in the next word - EVERYBODY - all 4 syllables, but not precisely articulated.

They love to figure things out. Cade figured out how to get the CD out of the CD player in their room, and then Carson figured out how to put it back in!

My favorite thing right now is when we tell the boys to "Love your brother" they will hug or lay their little heads over on the other one's shoulders. The other day Cade pushed Carson and I told him no and that he needed to be sweet to his brother and Carson leaned over and loved his brother - they are just applying such great Biblical truths already!

Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10

Healthy and Full of Spunk!

Carson and Grandma wait for dinner Friday night!

Cade and Grandma, too! The bloodwork went fine on Saturday and we got report back that everything was normal!!! Praise God for no trouble with sugar!
Carson and Cade play with Daddy Saturday night before bed!
We're playing this afternoon after a fun-filled day of DayCare! Cade absolutely loves this puppy dog and has ever since Christmas when a friend at Daycare gave it to Carson!

Carson loves to read - he's looking for a good book here!

Teamwork! Carson is pushing Mr. Hippolo as Cade enjoys the ride!

Cade's home with Mommy!

Here's Cade eating some yummy pear slices!
And here he is asking for his "Bubby." So sweet!
Cade has got a virus we think. He really gave Mrs. Charlie and Mrs. Debbie a scare at Daycare this morning. I hadn't even been at work an hour when I got the call that Cade was acting listless, not eating or drinking, wretching, and losing color. He finally started to drink some juice when Kevin got there to pick him up (10 minutes vs. my 1 hour) and was on the mend. Everything checked out ok when I got him to the Dr. at 9 am, but by then he had eaten every snack I had in my purse. So, they want to check his bloodwork in the morning after fasting 12 hours. Please pray for Cade! I know the Lord has a great purpose for both of my children and He has protected them through so much! We praise God!

Melanie's Visit!

Here's Cade and Carson playing around in the living room while waiting for Mommy's friend Melanie to visit Tuesday night!
Carson and Cade sitting on their stools from Bible School!
Mommy forgot to take any pictures of Melanie with the boys - but they had lots of fun with her at dinner, playtime, and bath time! We're so glad she was in town and stopped by to visit!

Carson Kaneevil

Three simple reasons why he's a daredevil:


On Thursday Kevin went in the bathroom and shut the door with the twins playing at the door (much safer than in the toilet water by Daddy). 30 seconds later Carson was crying and Kevin opened the door to find the two of them standing right there with no toys around and no harmful objects near.


However (#1) Carson had an awful gash above his eye which looks much better in these pictures than it did to me on Thursday when I got home from work. Kevin said Cade had his bottom lip poked out looking at him as if to say, "Daddy, I didn't mean to hurt him!" Who knows what happened?

To refresh your memory: Cade sleeps in Carson's crib b/c the light from the window keeps him up at night (they go to bed at 7:30). So, you see him in Carson's crib and Carson is in Cade's crib when they woke up from nap in this picture.

Well, you see the little preemie outfits are not on the wall on the side where Carson sleeps (the one that says Cade). They both actually do that - no big deal right - I just hang them back up when necessary.

But notice that (#2) Carson has actually torn the mobil off of his crib. Friday night we were talking with John and Rebekah about babies and when to put them in big boy beds. Some people we know have children a couple months older than the boys in big beds. That sounds crazy to us. We said we have no reason to take them out of the cribs since we don't plan to have more babies, so why rush it!?! I said I'd keep them in the cribs til 3 if I could but they'd probably climb out before that . . .

(#3) Saturday morning - guess who climbed out of his crib? Carson! We heard a big thud on the monitors from 2 different parts of the house and both assumed the other was in the nursery with the boys. I was in the shower, so when the alarm went off, Kevin went in to check and Carson was sitting on the floor in front of his crib playing.

Also, just today he learned to open the fridge - ours has a mighty powerful suction on it, so I really can't believe he's doing that. Time to move the eggs up!

Rub-a-Dub-Dub . . .

Three Men in a Tub!

Cade and Carson had fun playing with Jack this weekend! We grilled out Friday evening to celebrate July the Fourth!
Jack was a big helper!
Cade had lots of fun playing with Jack's golf club set!And here's Jack's baby sister Rylee with Rebekah! Jack and Carson are busy driving around in the background!
John and Rebekah may rethink weekend visits to our house any time soon, but really we had lots of fun putzing around at the beach and trying to keep 4 children 3 and under happy and fed with as little bruises as possible (more on our daredevil son later)!