Getting Bigger

Zeke always wants to go bye-bye in the blue truck. We have let him 'drive' a couple of times and he loved it!

I looked over at him standing by the bed the other day and I can't believe how tall he is. They are both growing up so fast!

Gabe drinks from a cup really well, but he still thinks it's fun to watch the liquid splash on the floor sometimes. (He dumps it on purpose)

I took the basket of laundry into my room. They usually play with the button and the lint collector. I came back to see Zeke driving his cars inside. I got mad and stressed how dangerous it was, it could be hot, he could break it. I told him to get out right now....wait, let me take a picture first, and then get out :)

Gabriel is really coming into his own lately. He has become quite the snuggler, which we love because he didn't used to snuggle much especially with Daddy. Now he snuggles all the time. And he has all sorts of expressions now. He's quite playful. He has a really cute scowl face too, gets his eyebrows all curled and everything, I haven't been able to catch that on camera yet, especially because it usually ends in a smile.

Gabe really is getting bigger but he looks tiny compared to Zeke. Most of the time they are such good buddies, and I love it! I thought this was a great picture.

Easter

Here are the boys at the end of the treasure hunt. (Well sort of, they weren't too in to picking up all the eggs, they picked up a few, then just played and ate candy)

Here they are at the start of their hunt.

We decided since it snowed on Easter we would turn our snowman into a snow bunny.

Gabe's first snowman.

Gabe had fun eating the crayons! (He did color the eggs a little too)

Zeke loved coloring the eggs. He got to color them and dye them.

Here was one of the 3 easter hunts we hit the day before. They got plenty of candy, we could have got more but they'd never eat it all. Zeke loved the Easter bunny, Gabe was just curious.

Zeke was on of maybe 10 kids to go on this isle. We scored with about $20 of free groceries as well as all the candy

Buddies

Once upon a time Zeke and Colton were inseperable. It was pretty cute to see them in these jammies. Now I have to say Zeke and Gabriel are best buds, and that's okay with me :)

Swimming

We took Gabriel swimming for his first time (back in February). The water is much colder than bath water. Zeke's first time he cried most of the time. This time he loved it. Gabe did pretty well, I could tell he wasn't happy but he didn't cry, he just clung.

We had a little fun with their life jackets.

We plan to go swimming a few times this summer and I think they will both absolutely love it!

Gabriel is 1

Gabe wasn't too sure about his candle, or the cake.

He picked at it for about 5 minutes, not really touching it.

Then I squished his fingers in and had him taste it.

He still didn't make a mess, just picked at it with his thumb and finger, eating a crumb at a time.

This was at the end, only cause the frosting was messy.

Finally a bite!

That's it, he was done, and that was pretty much what we made him do. Silly boy.

He sure is a monkey though.

These were the cakes for his party.

Opening presents. He is so tiny, I'm sure he could fit right inside the bag, no problem.

Let's try this again, still starting out cautious.

But at least he got into it a little the second time around.

Alright, more than a crumb!

Alright mom, I'm bored.

Look what I did!

Gabriel started walking before a year, he was about 10 months when he started venturing off on his own. So crazy to see him walking on his own! I love you Gabriel!

Zeke is 2

Zeke turned 2 January 28th! He got a 'monster truck' cake, which he loved and still talks about. His cousin Keegan's birthday is the 25, I made him a little truck too, which ended up looking like Mator!

He got to invite his buddies/cousins Keegan and Colton over for a party. (Now he's in nursery he should start making some friends)

Here he is excited about his cake.

He got a cupcake for his actual birthday. He started with this approach.

Not sure if it wasn't working, if he didn't want his hands messy, or if this was just funner.

Blowing out the candles!

He's really too big for the jumper but he still LOVES it.

He looks like such a stud! I love you Ezekiel.

Christmas 2009

This one is from New Year's. Zeke has no problem staying up until midnight! He loved banging the pot.

Zeke and I had a fun snow day. We wrote their names in the snow :)

They loved the little chairs, just their size.

Gabe's first Christmas, he did pretty good with the unwrapping.

The best gifts of all.

My cute little elf!