The Bellin Boys: January 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Aiden walking with help!

Aiden JUST started walking along with help last night. I had tried it with him the day before and he wouldn't do it. Now, he loves it and gets so proud of himself when he walks!

Monday, January 25, 2010

Quick Pictures

Hey brother!

Grandma & Grandpa gave us the ride on toy for Christmas! We like them!

WEEEEE! Aiden

We LOVE books now!

Opening our Christmas present from Auntie Natalie and baby Tristan

I promised I would post birthday ideas for the boys. So, I apolgize profusely for not posting pictures much, but I just seem to run out of time! It is the busy season for me.....

Here's the ideas I came up with. And please know that you don't have to bring a present for the boys to their birthday - just come celebrate with us! If you do want to bring something, seriously, they don't need anything huge. They get excited about just about anything these days. :)

Balls - especially big ones that they can enjoy outside this summer (like the ones they have in those big bins at Target or Walmart that are rubbery and bounce. Or those sensory balls - they love those.

Elmo video, Yo Gabba Gabba video

Measure chart -- a wooden one. Kohl's carries them in their picture frame section -- it hangs on the wall so you can mark their heights. Normally I would just mark the wall, but we don't plan on living here forever so I want to be able to take it with us.

Something to hold all their bath toys -- I think Target carries a basket that looks like a frog that sticks to the wall of the tub -- or a net/mesh thing that would hold them - you know what I mean? :)

Tickets to Underwater World

Anything you think is fun for little boys! We are planning on getting them a wagon for this summer (it's an election year.....you know they are going to be riding in MANY parades!)

OK, I'm off to post pictures. RIGHT NOW before it gets too late. :)

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Video Time!

First, here's a couple of pictures of Aiden playing with Daddy's shoe.

They LOVE the stairs!

Having fun!

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Baby Kisses!

Those cheeks are irresistable!

Pile on Daddy!

Aw, Mom! Puhleeze!

We were dancin'

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

2010

So, lately it's been one thing after another.

Our garage door spring.

Our garage door opener.

I'm sick. Again. Poor Blake has been doing most of the work around here and made it possible for me to REST yesterday.

An SUV ran a red light and now our car looks like this: ($2000 worth of damage). We are so thankful the boys weren't in the car.

And the final, most trivial but most maddening straw ..... my invitations that I spent so much time designing came in the mail and they were cut off on the sides! Totally unusable. And of course I don't have time to order new ones and wait for them to arrive, so I had to go buy ordinary invitations at the party store so I could get them in the mail. Boo.

But, a HUGE timesaver was that I sent a LOT of invitations electronically on facebook which is awesome.

But, enough complaining. This year, in 2010, I'm thankful for two healthy boys and a husband that I adore, a roof over our heads, that we each have a job, that we have family and friends we love and who are incredibly good to us.

I have many resolutions this year.

I am going to lose 20lbs despite my great love of food. :)

I'm going to digitally scrapbook 2009 (much easier and less messy than regular scrapbooking).

I'm going to survive having twin 1 year olds during the legislative session - when I know there will be many nights where I won't get home in time to see them, let alone get home before the wee hours of the morning. And I'm going to make it up to them this summer by taking tons of time off using my comp time and treasuring every moment I do have.

I'm going to be incredibly grateful to have a supportive husband who knows this is something I've worked incredibly hard for, and want so badly to succeed at it.

I'm going to care less about trivial things (ahem, birthday invitations!)

And I'm going to enjoy every moment I can of Jack and Aiden's babyhood.

I want to hear other people's New Year's Resolutions. Entertain me!