so well behaved

Today I met some of the other teachers on my team for lunch and I brought both boys with me. Gavin is such a great kid when it comes to entertaining himself! He sat through nearly 2 hours of grown-up talk and only told me he was ready to go home once. We brought his "guys" (action figure toys he keeps in the car to play with on drives) into the restaurant, but he elected to play with the strap on the highchair instead. Really, who needs toys? Colin had a harder time sitting for that long, especially as he got hungry, but I nursed him and he was fine. Of course, it was after Colin latched on that G told me he needed to go to the restroom, so I got to take Gavin to the bathroom while holding Colin to my breast. It was quite a feat to hoist Gavin up onto the toilet one-armed without dropping Colin! I am talented. These kids had better appreciate me :)

We've been video chatting with Grandma Joy and Grandpa Mark lately. Gavin loves seeing them! He gets shy at first, but then he starts goofing off and putting on a show. He gets so excited anytime his daddy says it's time to see if Grandpa is there to talk!

I need to take some new pictures of the boys to put up here. Colin is such a happy baby, always smiling, and I need to capture more of those adorable smiles :) We'll work on that tomorrow!

busy times!

Summer is a whirlwind. I can't keep track of what we're doing when, and it feels like we're always headed out somewhere. Poor Colin's having a hard time napping on the go, so I've tried to keep us to just one or two outings a day. Gavin is loving the Hoppin' Hippo in Hutto, a fun indoor play place with inflatables, a treehouse, and other stuff for the kiddos to play with. When we went on Friday he actually went into and jumped inside one of the inflatable bounce houses - a first for him! Usually he only goes in when his daddy goes with him, but this time he followed Bryant in and had a blast.

Colin's been talking up a storm lately. Today, every time he finished nursing he would lay in my lap and just babble away. So so so so cute!

Scott competed in the Urban Assault Race today with our friend Tommy, so the boys and I went to hang out with Roxanne, Vincent, and Thompson at their house. It was so nice to visit and let the boys play! We had a really nice time. Gavin went swimming in his underwear and made a big ol' splash in the kiddie pool (poor Thompson wasn't expecting that and got a surprise splash, sorry kid!), then played inside with all of T's fun toys.

Gavin is completely potty trained! He's in underpants all day and night, including naps and overnight. He has accidents here and there (his most common one is first thing in the morning if he doesn't get to the toilet in time for his "big morning pee") but they're really pretty rare. More and more he's telling us that he needs to go rather than waiting for us to ask (as we do every 15-30 minutes) if he needs to go. I'm really proud of how well he's doing. He's such a big boy!!

summer fun

Scott bought a little pool for the backyard, and Gavin loves it! While Colin was napping the other day Gavin and I went out back for a little relaxation in the water.

Today the boys were snuggling on the couch, and I had to get it on video. Colin was babbling up a storm and Gavin was being such a lovey dovey brother. I love my boys!!!!

Here's part 1 of the couch fun:

And here's part 2 of the couch fun after I took a break to snap a few pictures:

There's not a whole lot going on around here these days, just hanging out and enjoying each other. I'm off until August 17 so I get to stay home and play with the boys for 2 more months. Yay!! Tomorrow we're visiting the fire station, so that will be fun. G loves to wear his plastic fire hat and pretend to spray us with water :)

Here are a few pictures from when Grammy brought Aunt Peggy and Grandma Wilma (Weema) with her to visit (Gavin wasn't really in the mood for a photo shoot):

it's about time!

Okay. So I am a terrible blog-updater. I knew that when I started the blog, and I'm sorry! It's been so long that I'm sure no one even checks in anymore, but I'll post anyway :)

Here is Colin Andrew Durham! He was born 2/20/09 and so he is almost 3 months old now. I've been home with him while Gavin's been going to Kelly's house during the week, so Colin and I have had some fantastic bonding time. He's such a great baby. Seriously. How I have 2 great babies is beyond me, but I do!

In this picture he's blowing spit bubbles. It's a new trick.


In the next picture he's showing off that beautiful smile. He's recently started laughing, too - best sound ever!!!


Gavin didn't have a nap today, because he was so busy playing with his Grammy, Weema (not sure how to spell that, but there you go), and Aunt Peggy. He chowed down on his chicken at dinner, and started to get a little heavy-lidded at the end, and then he just curled up in his chair and went to sleep.


I took him to Colin's room to change his diaper and put on PJs and he didn't wake once. He just kept curling up on the changing table. So cute - and so much easier to change him when he's not awake to fight me or be silly!


I go back to work the day after Memorial Day, but only for 2 weeks since the last day of school is June 3. Then I'll be back home with the boys for the summer!! The timing could not be more perfect :)

another baby update

I had my weekly OB appointment today, complete with ultrasound to check the baby's movement and fluid levels and all that. The ultrasound was first. The technician said that my fluid was measuring around 3 as far as she could tell, which is definitely low, and then the doctor came in and said that everything still looked good and I would just need to come back again in another week (if I don't have the baby between now and then). He didn't share a number, he just said that he saw some good pockets of fluid. Then I went to my OB's office. My blood pressure was a little high today, but not too high, so that's good. My weight .... well, there's really no need to go there :) She did an internal exam (always so much fun!) and said that I'm about 1.5 cm dilated and 70-80% effaced. That's definitely progress from this weekend, when I was only 1cm dilated but not very effaced at all. She was able to touch the baby's head and even wiggled him around a bit (yeah, that was a little uncomfortable to feel!). When she checked the report from the ultrasound she saw that the doctor noted my measurement at a 6 for my fluid, so we're still watching and waiting. If, at my next appointment, fluid levels drop again, we may have to schedule a c-section (since I can't be induced after having a c-section already) but hopefully nature will take over before that becomes an issue. I've been having twinges here and there all day and evening, but nothing resembling real labor (or even false labor). We'll see what happens next.

Oh, and for your viewing pleasure, an oh-so-flattering picture of my 37 week 4 day self:

Scroll down to see the picture of me in this same outfit just past 28 weeks. What a difference.....

no baby yet

On Sunday morning I woke up having contractions, and they were pretty strong and regular. As the day went on, though, they got to be less so. The nurse I talked to on the phone told me to call her when they were consistently 5 minutes apart, and I did, but they weren't very strong by then. She told me to head over to the hospital since they are more concerned with frequency and less so with intensity.

We went to the hospital and they monitored me for a couple of hours. I was 1cm when we got there, and 1cm 2 hours later. No progress=go home and wait. As the night went on the contractions got to be less and less frequent until they were pretty much done and gone. Ahhh false labor. How fun you are.

We have an ultrasound this afternoon to recheck fluid levels and baby's activity, then an OB appointment right afterwards. We'll see then if we just continue to wait and see.......

singing

I was in the shower, and Gavin came in with his plastic screwdriver in 2 pieces. He put one on the floor and held the other one up like a microphone, and he just started singing. Hilarious! Then he took his show on the road and moved to our bedroom, where Scott had the good sense to grab the camera and capture the moment. At first we thought he might be singing the "hot dog" song from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, but figured out pretty fast that he was singing his own crazy version of "happy birthday" instead.



I know I've been absolutely terrible about posting - I never even put up holiday pictures! And it's now February! But we've been busy getting ready for kidlet #2 and I'm just exhausted. Plus my feet are the size of my head :) Pregnancy is so very attractive at the very end! We will have more news about the impending arrival of #2 after our next ultrasound and OB appointment on Tuesday afternoon, and hopefully I'll be better about getting that out to the masses. Maybe......