Biking at the beach

We actually wore them out! Usually we can't keep up with them but today we won :) We bought a new bike trailer so that we could pull the boys behind us while we went biking. We all had a very good time. We started at the Santa Monica Pier and biked to Venice Beach (it isn't that far). Then back to Santa Monica again. We had a nice picnic lunch on the beach and then walked around the pier. On the way home, we had to stop at In-N-Out Burger for a chocolate shake. Simply put, it was a fun day.

Here comes double trouble!

OK so I think I may be in trouble the next few years. William is into everything and is non stop. Harrison is laid back and just loves to smile. But that may all be an act. I think he is going to be the brains behind their antics. He is sneaky. Today he has been driving around in his walker getting into things. He pulled the broom out from in between the refrigerator and cabinet. And he can fit his little arms into the cabinet doors. We have child proof latches but his arm fits in between. And he has this little smile on his face while he is doing it :) Yesterday he ran so hard in his walker that he ran into William and knocked him down on the floor. And he was laughing as he did it.

Today we were playing in Harrison's room and William decided to push Harrison's bottom down every time Harrison got up to try to crawl. I can't remember what he did wrong but at one point I sent him to time out (he has a naughty mat in the corner of his room). Well being as smart as he is and he didn't want to miss out on playing with mommy and Harrison, he ran to his room, picked up the naughty mat, brought it back to us and put it on my lap and sat down :)

On another note, it is so fun to watch them together now that Harrison is active and moves around. I know I have said that before but it just keeps getting better. Since their car seats face each other in the car, they play in the car together. I had music on in the living room this afternoon and William grab Harrison's hands and swayed back and forth with him. I am so happy we had two boys so close in age. I think they will be best friends.

Mexican Vacation

We are back. We just spent 5 beautiful days in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. We stayed at The Royal, an all-inclusive adults only resort. It was so nice. I have to admit that my boys have me trained and I couldn't sleep in BUT I did get to sleep through the night without waking up. It was nice though not sleeping in because we got to enjoy the day more. Our typical day was eating, relaxing at the pool and eating some more. The pool even had a swim up bar so we had a few fruity drinks. The eating part was good and bad. It was nice to eat all of the good food but is it really possible to gain so much weight in just 5 days? So these first pictures are the views from our room. The first is the view from our front balcony.
This is the view from our back balcony looking straight out.
This is the view from our back balcony if you turned around.
I have to admit we are so bad about taking pictures while on vacation but here are a couple.

It was so nice to get away from the daily grind. We did miss our boys so much but it was nice to have a vacation by ourselves. Thank you Mom and Dad Archer for watching the boys. We appreciate it so much!!!!

William peed in the potty!!!!!

Of-course he waited until I wasn't around to see him do it but he did. Grandma Archer said after his bath Tuesday night, she was taking him to his room. She was holding him and he was squirming to get down. She let him down and he ran to the bathroom and sat on his potty and went pee!!!!

We were only gone 5 days but they seem to change just in that little bit of time. I have never been apart from my babies that long. Today we are having a great day dancing around the house and playing. Harrison is chasing us in the walker and all are laughing really hard. I missed my babies!!!!

Dolly Parton is awesome!!!....???

Seriously? We were on the plane headed back from Mexico. I was reading a magazine and Scott was listening to his Ipod. With a very serious look on his face, Scott turns to me and says, "Dolly Parton is awesome!" And he was not kidding. He listened to her greatest hits most of the way back. I would expect to hear a comment like this from my dad who is 71 years old, not my husband who is 29.

Harrison's 6 month well baby check up

Harrison had his 6 month well baby check up today but he is not well :( He didn't get his immunizations today because he has an ear infection- poor little guy. He hasn't been eating or drinking. He has had a high fever. Urgent care said he was just teething but truth be told, the poor little guy has been suffering an ear ache. In regards to his stats, he is 18.75 lbs and 27.5 inches tall. Both pretty much in the 50th percentile for his age. The doctor did say he is VERY strong for his age.

My Coral Beauty

It has been a little over 5 weeks since I started this project and it is coming along great. There is still a lot to do but you can get an idea of where we are right now. I didn't take good pictures -too early in the morning for me to think :) The first picture is of true Percula Clownfish. William has discovered the new fishy in the right corner...a coral beauty. She is so colorful. And of-course he likes the starfish climbing the front of the tank.
Here is a closer picture of the Coral Beauty.
He is hard to see but if you look in the middle of this picture, it is a blue damsel with a yellow tail. We have four of these. They hide a lot. Right now I just have live coral bedding and live rock. The rest are artificial decorations. I still have to add live coral and invertebrates. I am excited to add those. It is a work in progress but it is fun. Every morning, I get a cup of coffee and Will gets his cup of milk and we sit in front of the tank and watch them eat:)