First snow

Snow decided to arrive. December 1st we received our first snowfall. However, we only got some snow dust in our area. Now we have snow on the ground! The boys had a blast playing. Jordan taught Jalen how to make snowballs and then throw them. :-) Here are some pictures from earlier today. This was at 10am and more snow was falling from the sky and finally stopped early evening.

Ignore the muddy door from the dogs .

Jordan looking tough.

18 month pics

My friend Sara is starting her own photography business and asked to take photos of the boys to build her portfolio and practice. She came to me at the perfect time since I needed these pictures done. Here are some pictures. You can see them all on facebook. :-) Btw, it is SO hard to get them both in the picture. They had too much fun running around her yard and playing with her dog.

Landon's first haircut

Landon had his first haircut! Jalen is about to have his third. :-)

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Holiday cards from Shutterfly!

It is that time of year that I begin to start thinking about my holiday cards. Actually, I have been thinking about it for a while. :-) When it comes to ordering cards for the holidays, I love using shutterfly! I have used them before for cards and calendars and I have always been happy with my order. I still need to get the kids pictures done so I can work on my cards and get them out in the mail. I have a friend who is taking them this weekend and I can not wait to get my cards ordered and sent out. I received this Shutterfly offer about posting an entry about them, they will send me 50 free cards! I could not pass it up since I love their services.

I have a couple of backgrounds that I am thinking about using. Here are my favorite ones. You will have to wait to see which one that we picked. The backgrounds are the bright colored lights, Initially Yours Cocoa, and Mod Ornaments. In the past we got the calendars for grandparents and they loved it!

If you want to get on this great deal from Shuterfly, just sign up here! In about 24 hours after filling out the form, they will give you instructions on what you need to do to get the coupon code. Several of my friends have done this and have already received their code to get their free holiday cards! So it does work and this deal is to good to pass up! Look out for our pictures in the mail!

18 months!

Jalen and Landon turned 18 months old today! The time is going by too fast for me! We are already in Novemeber and the boys are a year and a HALF! Are they really halfway there to turning 2?!? They are learning so much now and they are a lot of fun. I am loving this age! It is also a lot easier to communicate with them. Landon's vocab has went off the charts! His newest words this month are grandma, apple, brown bear (everytime he wants this read to him, he says "brown bear brown bear"), leggo (leho), turkey, stay, and a couple more that I am missing. Jalen still does more babbling, but he is excellent at following directions. If I tell him to clean up his toys, he will pick them up and put them where they belong. I love being able to talk to them and they know what I am saying.

Favorite things to do:

- They love dancing! They do the "maniac" dance, spin around, moves arms from side to side, up and down, twist, and just shake.

- Making dinosaur noises. They LOVE dinosaurs!

- Playing patty cake and ittsy bitsy spider. Jalen actually has the whole song to spider down. It is so cute watching him do the little spider and then all the other actions in the song.

-Climbing! They climb EVERYTHING! Nothing can stop them, unless you put up a wall.

-Chasing each other around teh house and playing tag and hide-n-go seek.

-Jumping on mommy, daddy, and grandpa. Landon loves playing on grandpa's lap and glasses.

- Interacting with people around them. They love waving hi to everyone and saying bye. They are my little flirts.

-Puzzles, blocks, leggos, and putting things back together.

Food- They LOVE to eat! If you are eating infront of them, you better share. They will hunt you down and stand there wanting some. Landon loves green beans, all fruit, and pasta. Jalen's favorites are grilled cheese, all fruit, and peanut butter. He does not like any veggies. They are becoming very good with using spoons and forks. They actually prefer to use one at every meal. Mom was brave the other day and they self fed themselves yogurt. It was a little messy, but that is all in the process right? :-)

Teeth- Jalen has 12 teeth and Landon has 10. Jalen has 4 on the bottom and Landon still has 2. Molars are finally all the way in!

Clothes- They are in 18-24 months. They can wear 24 mos in pj's. They mainly wear jeans in 18 months. Shoes- almost a size 6. I have a feeling new shoes will be here soon.

I am excited to see what the boys will learn this month! Thursday they go in for their 18 month well care visit. I will then have the stats on their weight and height. :-) Here are some pictures.

Playing with Aunt Julie's balloons. She turned 20 today!Helping with the leaves and grandma and grandpa's house.

Huge milestone!

Just 9 days away from turning 18 months, Jalen pooped and peed on the potty today! I am still in shocked because potty training was not even on our agenda for a couple more months. This morning Jalen went and banged on the bathroom door. He has actually started doing this last week. This time I opened the bathroom door and off he went to sit on the potty. I then took off his diaper and he sat right back down. Just moments later, he pooped! I was so excited! I thought maybe this was a fluke, but then after lunch he went back to pound on bathroom door. I put him on the potty and he peed! So maybe Jalen wants to learn and we should pay more attention to his cues. I am so proud of him. He was so excided and did his happy stomp dance. :-)

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone had a safe and happy halloween. We did Alvin and the Chipmunks this year. They were too cute! Trick or treating was a success! It only took 2 houses before they "got it" and figured it out that each house had candy to pass out. Jalen was so excited! He loved holding his little bucket and knocking on doors. Landon even said "teet teet" for trick or treat. We ended the night with TONS of candy! Jordan, mommy, and daddy has lots of goodies to eat! Here are some pictures from today.

Landon was not a fan of the hay.My little Alvin.Jalen running up to the house to get candy.Landon found a sucker.Jalen trying to get the sucker out.