Shawn's Day!

Two years ago, January 25th was a Friday. It was a day I will never forget. It was the day our little Shawn Bon finally came home from the NICU.

Here we are right after discharge. Shawn's last day in the NICU!

Getting closer to home...in his car seat for the first time!

The first time in his bedroom!

Shawny's first time meeting Gracie. Now he likes to call to her himself!

Happy Gotcha Day, Shawny. Mommy and daddy love you so much and are so thankful you are in our lives!

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Our New Table

Look at what Santa brought us!

We love our new table! We like to color and have puzzle time every day.

See Shawny's beautiful artwork?

Jason's so good, he uses TWO hands to color!

Just look at that concentration!

Man, they are good! Look out Picasso, my boys are going to give you a run for your money. :-)

Know What Today Is?

Happy Adjusted Age Birthday, Boys! Had you been born on your due date, you'd be two today!

My little guys are growing up. :-)

Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Bathtime

It is amazing how big my little guys are now...

Doesn't Jason look like a real, live BOY now?!!? Where did my baby go?

The backstory: This was bathtime take #2. Let's just say that we had another "Everybody out!" momment thanks to Mr. Jason here. He is patiently waiting for his chance to return to the water. (What you can't see is me off to the side cleaning out the tub. Ew.)

Christmas 2009 - Oh, What A Time!

I hope all of you had a wonderful holiday filled with family, friends, and fun. For us here, I think this Christmas holiday will go down in the record books as one of the "bestest" ever. :-)

Thursday, Christmas Eve, was spent as a relaxing day together as a family. Isaac had to work half the day, so the boys and I hung out and made merry by ourselves. We played outside and made a mess with play-doh. Good times. When daddy came home, we packed up the boys to go look at Christmas lights.

What's that, mommy?

Let's go over there, daddy!

Quit smiling! Let's get back to the lights!

That was fun!

They were fascinated with all the people around and loved, loved, loved the lights. I don't think either boys stopped talking the entire time we were out. The funniest part was how they told the lights "Goodbye, lights!" all the way to the car (and home, actually).

The boys are in a fun stage of knowing what to do with a present, but they don't have the expectation that there should actually be presents to open. That made Christmas even more fun for me because they weren't expecting anything to be out of the ordinary. Their expressions of pure and utter delight as they entered our living room to see that a toy store had somehow exploded everywhere was priceless. It definitely made it a day to remember.

What's this? (He swears they are spiders. I can't seem to break him of that, no matter how often I tell him they are caterpillars.)

Unwrapping our presents... (Ignore the big blond person in the background with the not-so-matching outfit-whoops!)

An airplane!

A remote! (And no, he wasn't fooled. The real kind is by far better.)

Sitting at our new table...

Reading a new book...

Looking at my picture album. (I made a book for each of them that is filled with important moments from their lives and family members. He's telling me there is a pumpkin right here.)

Once we finished opening gifts at our house, we headed to grandma's house where we did more of the same. I'll spare you the pictures except for this one...

Sh.awnie on his big boy bike. He rides that thing like a champ!

Doesn't he look great on that thing?

We ate like pigs, played Wii with the family, and just hung out together. Ah, it was just a perfect day. :-)

I do have to say, though, that I have reached a point now where I am completely exhausted. I am ready to get back to our regular normal routine.

Kidbits -- Things We Hear Around the House Part 2

• Shawn is in this stage where he makes everything, and I do mean everything, into an imaginary phone so he can say, "Hello." One of his particular make believe favorites is his toothbrush. He'll always try to answer it several times before he gets down to the business at hand and brushes his teeth. We've started to tell him that it is not a phone, it's a toothbrush. His response was to wait for a bit before he whispered a quick hello. It is too funny because it is almost like he's talking to someone he's not supposed to be talking to. It is so quick and low that you'd miss it if you weren't watching him.


• Both of the boys continue to be fascinated with my headbands, which they call a "pretty." Shawn just likes to take them off my head and play with them. For Jason, simply playing with the "pretty" is not enough. He wants to wear my pretties. I actually had to give him one of my headbands to keep so he'd leave me alone! The funny thing is that he wears it several times a day. If he isn't wearing the pretty, he's wearing a hat. I guess all that helmet wearing made it so now he has to have something on his head!

I'll leave you with this. I've dubbed it "I'll Have What He's Having" alternately known as "Goldfish!" Enjoy. :-)

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Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Our New Specs...

The boys got Mr. Potato Heads for their birthday, and I have to say they are a big hit.

Well, actually, the accessories are a big hit.

Jason absolutely loves his potato head glasses. He carried those suckers around for days and even took a pair to bed with him!

Shawn wasn't as enamored with the new glasses, though.

:-)

*I do have to say that Shawn doesn't cry as much as these pictures reflect. I think he is getting a bad rap out there in the blog world. In reality, he is usually...how should I put this...much calmer than his brother! More often than not, we see our little Shawn Bon like this...