Snow!

More snow! By the time it is the end of February, I really start feeling cooped up. I was able to take the boys out on walks last week (despite the sickness), but now there is so much snow and more coming that I think I'll be trapped inside until June. Edmund is so wonderful to shovel the driveway and walkway!

 I put David in this backpack and push Jonathan in the jogging stroller. There were too many puddles and patches of ice and snow chunks that the double stroller just wouldn't have worked out. I think David probably stays warmer in here anyway.

 A snowy treat for Jonathan. I know the snow is dirty, but who can resist a good helping of ice cold snow!

Bath

I still give David a bath in the sink. It is just so convenient to not have to bend over or sit on the bathroom floor. Lately, he has been crying when I take him out. Jonathan always loved water and loved splashing. I remember getting soaked every time he took a bath. David likes his baths, but he is very calm and never splashes. He doesn't like it if I turn the water on either; whereas, Jonathan loved it. Oh yes, the Aquafor in the background is for his Eczema. Both boys have it, but Jonathan's cleared up once we put a humidifier in his room and had a week of Aquafor, but David's is more stubborn.

Bubbles

Both boys love bubbles. Jonathan runs around popping them saying, "Bubble! Bubble! Bubble!" and David reaches out his chubbly hands and says, "Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba!"

Jonathan's Bed

David loves Jonathan's bed. He just goes crazy rolling around trying to grab Jonathan's teddy bear and blanket. Jonathan also loves his bed. Sometimes he says, "Jonathan, David, play bed together!"

Fun!

Jonathan is FUN! Today he wanted to tell me a story. He said, "Breakfast story. Mom, Dad, Jonathan, David chocolate milk, apple juice. Airplane, clock. The end."

We also got him a new car seat because David was just too big for his infant carrier. Jonathan was pretty excited about having a new seat!

Beautiful

David has gorgeous eyes, and he has a gorgeous smile. I just love those little teeth. His 5th tooth just came through this week, so not only was he sick, but he had to get a new tooth too.

He does this really cute scoot where he stands up with his legs and just faceplants on the ground.

RSV

David got RSV and has been sick for the past ten days. I took him to the doctor on day three and he tested positive for RSV. They sent me home with a nebulizer and albueterol. Poor baby. He was mostly better today, but he still has a bit of a stuffy nose. Jonathan got sick on David's day five. The sickness affected them differently. David's temperature never reached more than 99.9, but Jonathan's got up to 101.7 and he threw up. It seems so traumatizing for children to throw-up. Jonathan does not understand what is going on and just starts screaming and crying and throwing-up all at the same time. If he can, and I am not with him already, he will try to find me and make a path of barf all down the hall. It gets everywhere! Fortunately, he had been refusing to eat, so it wasn't as gross or as messy as usual. I don't know what happened this year, but it seems like the viruses have exerted more effort than usual in becoming especially nasty and contagious.

Happy Birthday!

 I told Jonathan to give me two thumbs up!

 Edmund is giving me a thumbs up too.

 Elisabeth and Adam got us Twister for Christmas. We've been playing it a lot because Jonathan absolutely loves it! He loves climbing on everyone and making them fall over.

Happy 29 Birthday, Edmund!

Boys, Boys, Boys!

 Jonathan's face is so classic, and David is clearly being crushed. I love it. I love these boys!

 That's better.

True brother love.

Jumping Jonathan

 Jonathan loves to jump. He jumps up and down the hall. He jumps on his bed. He likes to jump into his pants. He shows David how to jump. He jumps on Daddy. He jumps on Mommy. If jumping were as efficient as running, he'd just jump everywhere.

Jonathan has been saying the funniest things. I've started writing them down when I get the chance, so here is the list:
Edmund usually gives Jonathan a bath while I clean the kitchen, and Jonathan will walk down and say hi to me in his towel when his bath is over. The other day I heard him walking down the hall saying, "Tell Mom, good bath."
When he walked into the kitchen I said, "How was your bath?"
He said, "Bubbles come up. Big toot!"

Jonathan loves climbing into bed with Edmund and I in the morning. For a while, it had been snowing every day, so it looked like there was orange snow falling under the street light. The first day he noticed it wasn't snowing he said, "Orange snow gone. White snow on ground."

Jonathan loves remembering things he sees. If something memorable happens, he says, "Tell Mom" or "Tell Dad." On the way home from the grocery store we saw a police car and he said, "Tell Dad, cop car drive."

 Jonathan also loves to love things. He is constantly listing off things he loves. "Love pictures. Love Mom. Love Dad. Love David. Love meatballs (which he definitely does not love.) Love bubbles. Love jumping." His lists are endless.

Darling David

 

David is such a darling! I just want to kiss him and squeeze him all the time. He is getting so many teeth! He has four now, and you can see the swelling and bulging of two more on top. Unfortunately, he looks so tired in these pictures, and he is. He takes such short naps. I feel like I've tried everything to lengthen them out, but it just results in a very tense mommy and a crying David. So, I have an exhausted baby most of the afternoon. I am very excited for him to start crawling. I can tell he really wants to. He has started getting up on his hands and knees, but he usually slides backwards, gets frustrated, and lays on his tummy complaining until I pick him up.