Was I not suppose to hop in the tub with my clothes on and daddys flashlight?? I took my shoes off at least.  (10/30/11)

Our little librarian on the hayride. (9/2011)

Andon hanging out picking apples :O)  He's such a happy boy!!! Cute one too :O)  (9/2011)

The kids at the apple orchard. Apple picking was so much fun. I'm not sure why the picture won't turn. (9/2011)

What a bunch of handsome little guys. They play so nice together now. Well they wrestle like crazy but they both love every minute. It's so cute to watch them bond now. They are definately buddies. Weston copies everything Andon does. It's hilarious!! (10/2011)

Wes didn't feel so good so I stayed home with him. We had to run to the store for some tylenol and a few things. He kept putting his blanket on his head if we got near the freezer section. awwww...cutie.

Andons cousins slept over after his bday party at the house. We carved pumpkins and made a mess. I had made angry bird balloons but they sank after I put tape on them. So we sucked out the helium and his cousins put the angry bird faces on theirs  :O)  Wes didn't make it up to the pumpkin part of the night.

Wes LOVES cars. He even loves reading daddys car magazines  ;o) (10/2011)

Wes shared his brothers morning birthday cupcake (10/8/11)

Andon after he got out of bed on his birthday. We sang Happy Birthday!! (10/8/11)

Andon had his 5th birthday at Chuck E. Cheese and had a blast. His favorite part he said was the ticket blast booth and when Uncle Vinny came. He won over 800 tickets and got a angry bird and slinky he destroyed in minutes  ;o) I can't believe our little man is 5. He was starting to get a cold and told us his voice was changing because he was 5. Then asked us to start calling him Fred. What a character!!

We took our cute little doggie trick or treating with us this year :O) (Wes, 17mos, 10/30/11). He didn't care about the candy. One house had one of those little kids bubble cars. Well Wes tried to get in and take it for a ride. Too cute.

Andon was The Beast from Wolverine for Trick or Treat. We went trick or treating with his cousin and had a fun time. We were able to get out there before the rain came. (10/30/11, 5yrs old)

Weston with his cousin Alexa at the pumpkin farm. He likes to say....ohhhhhhh alot. (17 mos - 10/2011)

Andon and his cousin AJ at the pumpkin farm (10/22/11)  We had so much fun.

This video is from about a year go but I finally figured how to upload it. The file was always to large. It's one of my favorites!!! Andon loves Michael Jackson. His lips at the end are the best. Then theres little Wes cheesing with his face full of cereal at the end.

Tough guys get dirty (Fremont, WI - Jellystone park 9/2011)

Wes loves to play peek a boo threw the kitty hole. He sticks his forhead in there for kisses and laughs so hard. We even get a foot in our nose sometimes. Little stinker kicks us. Who would of thought we get so much fun out of the cat hole with the boys. His brother decided to crawl in it going up the stairs one day and got stuck. Wasn't easy getting him out....hahaha.

9/2011 Daddy and the Grandpas built a nice big jungle gym...the biggest one Menards had but Andon still loves the baby swing in the tree. The boys both race for it. ;o) Andon making a scary face. We can't get him to take a "normal" picture for the life of us. But that's ok, it shows his personality and how he was at this time  ;O)

Here's our little climber! Weston loves to climb on EVERYTHING. We have to put our chairs on our countertops because he won't stay off the table or counters. Little Monkey. Last Tuesday I was talking to my mom in the morning and she said.....Wes is on his way, I have to go and tie up the chairs. Even grandma has to tie her chairs. He's is so obsessed with the kitchen table and now he pushed chairs everywhere and climbs.

Weston is such a funny boy. He's always trying to make people laugh. He puts his blankie no his head and walks around and walks into things on purpose. Then he pulls it off and laughs hysterically. He has the happiest laugh!!

Last weekend we went camping and the boys got to sit next to Yogi Bear on the hayride. Weston was so excited! This year has been alot of fun camping with him now that he's a little older. We look forward to many more camping trips.

Weston absolutely loves birdies!!! We found a cartoon that is all about birds. He's in heaven when it's on and yells birdie the whole show. He's really trying to talk now. His favorite words to say are Birdie and Car (Cawwrrrr). We can't wait to hear more words :O)

Wes is definately going to be a tough little guy. Being the younger brother he's learning that he wont' take much. Him and his brother wrestle all the time and laugh every minute. At first Andon would tell on him and now they have a blast. Andon will be watching tv on his belly and Weston just jumps on him. Kevin and I usually join in and we have wreslting matches every night. The boys can't get enough.

Andons K4 picture. What a handsome little man!!! He's doing pretty good in school. He is not a fan of art what so ever. For homework he often has to draw pictures and some nights can be difficult. He loves computer lab!! Andon is so good with computers, ipods, iphones, etc. He's quite the little gadget boy. He even shows us a few tricks :O)

This past weekend we went to Yogi bear park to camp. Andon had a fun time with the bears. Boo Boo bear is his favorite. In fact that's his name when camping. All the kids are a bear and Weston is Ranger Smith. He got to tuck all of the bears in for hibernation. He thought it was so cool that Boo Boo Bear slept on the top  bunk. When we got back to the camper he wanted to sleep on the top bunk then.

Next weekend is his birthday. This year he wanted a angry birds birthday at Chuck E.Cheese. We are making him a angry bird cake that he can launch the birds and knock over cookies, marshmellows and cake. He found it on you tube and wanted it so bad. I'm going to have his cousin Alexa and him build it. That way they can make it how they want it and have fun doing it. Grandpa is making the sling shot.

The following weekend we are doing our last camping trip for the year. We are looking forward to it because they have alot of fun things to do such as trick or treat, haunted house and many more activities. The boys absolutely love camping!! We enjoy it as well.  Now that Wes is a little bigger we hope to camp alot more next year.

We will post birthday pictures. Sorry it's been a while. We've had so much going on every weekend.

And then we have Wes who is a member of the clean plate club. Thank god for dogs or our floor would constantly be full of food. Wes takes a bite for himself, then a bite for the dog, then a bite for him, a bite for the other dog. At least he shares. It's about the only thing he will share lately  ;o) Both boys are really possesive over their blankies. Grandpa had to put a W and  a A on the blankets. Now Andon makes sure whos is whos. Too funny.....

8/31/11 I made Andon a cake for his first day of school. I remember coming home and having special treats my mom made us. I will do the same for the boys. I wanted to celebrate his first day and have him tell us all about it. He ate all the frosting off his piece. Sometimes he eats the cake but usually just eats the frosting.

9/6/11 Weston had his follow up for his ear tubes. Everything went great and he passed his earing test!! Yay! He looks like such a big boy in this picture. He crawled up in the chair all by himself. He has an obsession with climbing on the kitchen table!! A really bad one!! So we have to keep our chairs on the counters otherwise he's on the table non stop doing donuts...hahaha.

9/6/11 Andon first homework assignment, self portrait. This was the second picture. We had a bit of a melt down about the first one. Andon is not liking doing homework at all. He dislikes art very much!! Anything to do with art is not his thing  ;o) He did a great job on this picture. He's wearing a dragon shirt and the dragon has 5 claws. He also has his slippers on ;o) He gets easy homework like, counting stuffed animals before bed, dressing himself, writing his name, reading with someone, giving compliments. He is really liking school so far. He said he loves computer lab!!! He's going to be our little computer nerd!!!  :O)

9/2011 Weston has become King of the Slushies! We can't shop without one or he will try to get out of the cart. He doesn't like to sit still shoppping. This works like a charm. His brother will shop til he drops ;o)

9/2011 Andon wanted me to take his picture. He said he looks like Krusty the Clown. Silly kid.

This picture was taken this morning (9/1/11). We told Andon he could watch tv or go on the computer after he got dressed and had breakfast. Weston always crawls up on the chair with him. This is one of my favorite pictures! Shortly after this Weston was stepping on Andons legs and pulling his shirt. Andon then tried pushing him down. What brotherly love. It was so precious while it lasted  :O)

Andons first day of school went great. I did get a note sent home that he wasn't following uniform rules. I sent him to school with light up shoes and apparently you can't wear those. Ooops. We went shoe shopping last night for new shoes! When the bus dropped him off two kids had to hug him on the way out. Then the older kid Hayden on the bus yelled out the window that he wanted a playdate with Andon. Too cute! Andon is already asking for a slumber party with him. Hayden goes to a different school though but they share the bus ride. He must of learned to play simon says because we played it in the car on the way to get new shoes ;o) Today he is so excited to take hot lunch (cheeseburger). At first he didn't want to because he thought he could only get chocolate milk with cold lunch.

Weston is enjoying the only child life while his big brother is in school. He plays without any distractions ;o) I made Andon a cake for his first day of school and we were pigging out after dinner. Andon ate only the frosting as usual and Weston ate the entire plate full as usual ;o). Weston saw Lighting McQueen on his fork and pointed and said cawwrr (car). He is recognizing and saying so much lately. He even pulls our shirts up and points and says bewey (belly). He's Mr. Independent that's for sure.

Both boys are doing great and growing into amazing kids, not that they aren't already. They both have such different personalities and we love them both to pieces!

I can't beleive he's almost 5!!! He keeps asking how many more days until his birthday. He can't wait to bring a birthday snack to his new school. Andon decided he wants a angry bird birthday at Chuck E. Cheese this year  ;o)

8/31/11, After making sure his brother got off to his first day of school okay Weston started laughing hysterically in the backseat. I think he's thinking......hmmmm...I get to play with all of this toys, sleep with two blankies and no one will stop me!!!

Waiting for the school bus (8/31/11)

Andons first day of K4 (8/31/11). As he walked to the bus he was a little nervous. Once he got on the bus he saw a older kid he knew from his previous school. He ran on all excited. At this point I was sooo teary. He drove off and I cried. Then we had to laugh because we realized I was still holding his lunch box. I guess I was a little nervous. Good thing we were meeting him at school to make sure everything went ok. He seemed pretty excited. I hope he's not to embarrassed I made him heart shaped pb and j sandwhiches. He loves the shapes! Today was tacos/burittos and he doesn't do Mexican  ;o).  We will follow up with how his first day went!!! I can't wait to hear myself!!!

Weston has been saying a few words. He says birdie and baby very clear. He tries to say fishy but it comes out a little different but sooo cute. Today we are going to try to start giving Weston only one nap. He forgot what night time is for the past few months. He's up 4-6 times a night so hopefully this will help it. We go Monday for his ear tubes so Im not looking forward to that but it's non-invasive and it should help him alot. Poor munchkin has had 6 ear infections.  Other than that he's been his usual happy self. Making everyone smile from ear to ear. He is such a climber!!!! He goes up the steps on the jungle gym and goes down the smaller slide face first. What a boy! He's into bobbin everyone on the head lately. It's hard not to laugh.

Going to go uniform shopping for Andong this afternoon. I can't believe what a big boy he is. I called the bus schedule today to see when he would be dropped of and picked up. I just want to cry everythimg I think about it. He's growing up so fast! I'm more worried about him....haha. He's so excited! Today he gets to dress up as a knight at school and all the girls are pricesses. They made a huge castle out of cardboard. He was so excited about that. He also thought he was so cool bringing his stuffed angry bird to school to sleep with. All the kids always run to him to see what he brings. K4 doesn't allow that so I hope he adjusts to that.

We can't belive how fast the boys are growing up. Its so fun yet it's so sad. I wish they could stay little forever. Well Wes could get out of diapers and then stop growing  ;o)

This is a classic (July 11 - Crivitz vacation)

Andons favorite part of the trip was when Cindy Bear delivered him milk and cookies. He was so excited! My favorite part was taking him to the dance at night. He was dancing to his favorite song Thriller and Yogi Bear showed up to dance with the kids. Andon did the Charlie Brown and I couldn't believe he knew it!  He then went on to do the Cupid Shuffle and that was quite hilarious. He was the opposite as everyone else. As we were on our way to tuck Yogi in bear and read him a book he said....mama, you know how I knew all those dance moves? I watched everyones feet. We had a fun time! We can't wait to go back during Halloween time!!  I wonder what the boys will want to be for Halloween. I'm sure Andon will help pick out a costume for his brother.

This past weekend we went to Yogi bear campground. This was Westons first time and he did great! He was quite the handsome flirt at the pool. He walked and talked to everyone!! We always say he talks Chinese because he rambles and sounds like it. It's the cutest thing.

Weston update

Weston is turning into a toddler way to fast. He learned how to climb last week. I was doing the dishes and I turned around and he was on the kitchen table within seconds. We can't take our eyes off him for a second. He's always trying to climb up by his brother and do whatver he's doing. It's too cute. They are really starting to play with eachother more now that Weston is so mobile. He's our little monkey. He loves to climb allover the jungle gym we just built. He even goes down the slide head first. Everynight we play outside he needs a bath because he's covered in dirt head to toe. ;o)

We are going to paint a sports theme in his room soon (either baseball of football or something). He's getting a big boys room now. All the animals prints are gone. He's still in a crib yet and luckily he hasn't figured out how to crawl out of that. Andon wants bunk beds soooo bad so we might get them one once Weston can go in a big boy bed.

Weston has been learning where all his body parts are. He lifts up his shirt and says beelllbeee. He points to his ear, eye and nose. Sometimes his nose is his ear though  ;o) He's trying so hard to talk. At times he sounds like he can say birdie and book. Two of his favorites!!! When he goes to grandmas they watch the bird feeder out the window and he points and says birdie. He loves to go downstairs and feed the fish with grandpa (both him and his brother love doing that). He's been making this growling sound like a bear and it's super cute. Weston is such a cheerful boy!! He lights up the room and can make you smile at any point. We have two amazing boys that make our families so happy.

Weston will be getting ear tubes in a few weeks. We decided it's time since he's had 6 ear infections so far. The poor munchkin is so miserable when he has them. He has the whole house up all night for days. We hope the tubes will resolve the problem for him. It's hard seeing them sick.

We are going camping at yogi bear park and it will be Westons first time. We are so exicted to go! It's funny because our neice, nephew and Andon named all the kids a few years ago. AJ is Yogi Bear, Alexa is Cindy Bear, Andon is Boo Boo bear. Then weston came along and they were out of bears so he's Ranger Smith. They all have stuffed animals of each.

Weston absolutely loves vegetables (green beans are his favorite). We have a hard time getting him to eat meat. His brother is the opposite and loves the meat and doesn't care for vegetables. Usually when Andon is done eating then Weston crawls up on his chair and finishes Andons plate. We tease him that his little brother is going to be his big brother soon.  Weston is starting to lose the baby fat look and really thin out. He still has his thighs ;o). He is extrememly muscular though. He's a little brickhouse!!

Andon update

Andon is one smart little guy. The other morning he came up to me and said, Mama, remember that mummy exhibit at the museum they showed on TV. Can we go? He was sad they closed. He then went on to say...Do you know how mummys are made? Scientists wrap skeletons in toliet paper. He is such a comedian.

He usually crawls out of bed 5-6 times a night and runs in the livingroom. When he sees were about to tell him to get back to bed he says he's just out to give hugs and kisses. Well how can we refuse those. Last night he came out and said......Mama, when dogs bark during storms that means they are trying to communicate right?  He has such a vocabulary!!! He is super excited about kindergarten. I'm pretty nervous about him taking the bus but he is so excited. They will drop him off and pick him up at our driveway. His first day we are going to let him ride the bus and meet him at school so he gets the swing of it (and I think to make sure I'm ok with it...hahaha).

The other day I was going to get a spray tan after work. Andon came downstairs when I was working and asked if he could go along. Before I could answer he says......if the guy asks how old I am just tell him I'm 18. Of course I let him go with me after that. How could I say no. He's such a boy yet he has a soft side to him. One day he was hanging out at his grandmas with his cousins. We had somewhere to go so we dropped Weston off on our way. When I walked in Andon just starred at me and was smiling. I walked over by him and he hugged me and touched my shirt saying...I really like your shirt and I love your lipstick.  All these little things make it so hard to see him grow up. He's an amazing little boy.

We went to the mall the other day and Andon wanted to adopt a butterfly so bad. So we did, we check on them everyday. I think one caterpillar is dead but Andon keeps saying he's sleeping. I sure hope he is. He named them after his cousins Alexa and Big AJ  ;o)  We will have to bring these little suckers camping at Yogi Bear this weekend because they will be ready to go in their cage now and turn in to a cacoon. At least this is alot easier than adopting a cat like he originally wanted  ;o)

Weston getting ready to go for a boat ride on the Pestigo River for the first time. (7/11)
Funny how this life jacket fits our 26 lb 1yr old and our 31 lb 4yr old. Too funny. Wes is catching up fast!!

Andon caught a Northern about 20-22". We let it go. He was so excited. He needed help reeling it in ;o)

Grandma the Great with the great grandkids (from Gina's side). Crivitz 7/2011

Our little beach boy Wes (6/11)

Andon and Kevin swimming at the little lake by our house in June 2011. Next time we will have to get out earlier so we can get icecream before the stand closes. Luckily there is a Culvers on the way home  ;o) Both of the boys just love chocolate malts!! Well Weston will eat anything...haha...Andon is our picky eater.

Weston discovered nectarines in Crivitz. This is his second one!! We ate off the skin and he ate the entire nectarine. He sure loves his fruit. He should be a spokesbaby for huggies with what he does to them!! (7/11)

Andon having fun with the fishing bait in Crivitz (Pestigo River) (7/2011)

The boys waiting for the 4th of the July parade to start. Andon was a little tuckered out from the fireworks the night before. He's one kid that definatly doesn't like missing naps.

We just got back from a week upnorth in Crivitz. We had a fun time. Andon caught a northern (about 20 inches) and we found out Weston loves radishes. That boy will eat anything (except scrambled eggs)!! I will upload the pics in the next few days.
We also had a great time at the fireworks for the 4th and both boys made it up all night. . We went to a parade on the 4th.We are trying to stay cool this week by swimming. Both of the boys are sure water bugs. Andon loves to wear his sponge bob goggles and dive for dive sticks. Wes outgrew his baby boat already. Little chunky monkey ;o)