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!