One

One!

One little man celebrating his birthday today. 

Nolen loves walking and chasing after his older brother.

He loves to read books and eat crayons.

He loves all baby Einstein movies especially the one with cars.

He loves playing with anything with wheels and his favorite toys is his older brothers big dump truck.

He is 29.5 inches and 24 pounds.

He will eat anything. 

He has to taste everything.

He loves sweet potatoes and squash.

He especially loves yogurt bites and lil' crunchies.

He is a man of action and very little cry.

He does not sleep through the night.  I fear that will never happen.

He loves water and to take a long bubble bath.

Nolen is a wonderful little man and a true blessing for our family.

We love him more and more each day. 

He has added so much joy and love to our lives.

I love you, Nolen William Barnes.

Twins for a day...

I love to dress my boys alike.  Who would have thought it could be so fun?  I used to laugh at my friends who did this... and here I am, doing the same thing.  Nolen loves to follow Edward around and do everything he does.  It is just so cute.  I just love these boys!

F L U

We missed ridding Thomas the Train today because we all have the flu.  Bleh. 

In other news, Nolen will be ONE on Tuesday.  If you are in the neighborhood, feel free to stop by for a celebratory cupcake at 6:00 PM.

First hair cut with dancing

Nolen will be ONE in 8 days! I really can't believe it has been a year.  I cut his hair to help commemorate his first year of life.  He actually has a little bit of curl!  I am so glad I could pass that on to both my boys, ha ha ha.  Also, for your view pleasure, I captured a video of Edward dancing.  These boys are SO cute!

A black, black eye

Two nights ago, I was getting the boys ready for bed; actually they were about 3 minutes from being in their beds asleep, when Nolen tripped on his blanket and went face first into Edwards crib.  I picked him up facing away from me because I was still wrestling Edward to get his jammies on for bed.  I finished getting Edward dressed before I turned Nolen around, then I saw why he was crying so hard.  After realizing my misstep, I called Stephen and rinsed off Nolen's bloody face.  Stephen flew home and took Nolen to the Emergency Room.  The cut on Nolen's eye lid wasn't deep enough to sew or glue, so they sent him home with some ointment.  Nolen is now walking around with his first black eye.  Ironically, Edward tripped and fell when he was 11 months old and cut his nose. 

Camelot!

This Christmas, Musical Theater Southwest is putting on Camelot and I get to be a part of the wonderful and talented cast.  I would love for ALL of my friends to come and see the show.  If I buy 20 tickets at the same time, the tickets are only $16 bucks!  Just write a comment and let me know if you want to come (what time and day) and I will buy your ticket, then you can pay me when I hand you your ticket.  The show runs through December 16 to January 1st.  Trust me, you don't want to miss this show.

Click here for more information and to get your own ticket, if you like.

Happy Halloween!

This year we dressed up at Characters from Winnie the Pooh.  We didn't get to actually all dress up together because Stephen worked on Saturday night which was our Ward trunk or treat and I had rehearsal on Monday night, so here are some of our awesome pictures.  Yes, my kids hate pictures and, yes, I love to take pictures so I usually get pictures of them crying. Oh well.