Excuses, excuses...

I have none!  Not one excuse that is worthy of writing down as the sole reason I have not updated this in almost 3 months...so, I won't even try...I'll just continue on like nothing was missed! (HA!) ;)

A lot has happened in the last couple months here, so I will try to condense it and make it readable...

Drew

The biggest change in life is that he is a Cubbie now!!  I can remember when he was a baby thinking that dropping him off at Cubbies for the first time was SO far away...yeah, well it came quickly as all things in my children's lives do!  He L-O-V-E-S Cubbies!  He loves saying his verse every week (and he's actually pretty good at memorizing them!) and he rants and raves all the way home about all of the great things he got to do that night at church.  Warms my heart to the CORE! :)  His favorite activity thus far was when they got to go bowling for game time.  He is in love with all things bowling right now...(I'm starting to believe there is something to the "Stanski bowling gene" we've always talked about in my family).  He has recently discovered YouTube videos (he doesn't really know it's YouTube, he just knows there are videos of anything and everything he could ever want to watch!)  Some of his favorites are bowling videos, monster trucks, trains, and Lightning McQueen.  I have also recently introduced him to the wonderful world of PBSkids.com where he enjoys playing games from his favorite shows (Dinosaur Train, Super Why, and Sid the Science Kid)!  Some days it is quite the battle to get him off of the computer, but I do enjoy watching him learn new things and develop interests. :)  He is really starting to enjoy his baby brother.  He has always loved Brandon and has always done everything he could with him, but as Brandon gets older and develops more, Drew has developed a whole new level of enjoyment with him.  He enjoys playing with him, (we're still working on sharing) and providing him with plenty of selection of toys to play with. ;)  He loves playing peek-a-boo with him and having tickle wars.  He likes trying to teach Brandon new things and is SO encouraging when he does something!  I cannot turn my back for too long when Brandon is in the high chair or Drew will likely feed him as many Puffs as he can put in his mouth (and eat some himself too!), though Brandon actually LOVES being fed by Drew.  He is getting big SO fast, but we are loving every minute of it!

Brandon

Brandon is my little, almost 9 month old baby who likes to think he is 19 months old!! :)  His budding personality just cracks me up.  He is an energetic little guy who wants to always be "on the go"!  There is no more sitting and holding him on your lap, he wants to be down and moving around any way he can.  His favorite mode of transportation is up on two feet holding onto someone's two hands! :)  He is so close to figuring out crawling that it's killing me, but much like his brother, he decides that learning to walk will just make everything faster.  He is an eating machine now, eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner while still nursing 4 times a day!  He loves everything so far that he has tried, just like Drew always has.  I'm immensely grateful to have good eaters and I figure as they get older and need more and more food to fill up, it will just be a great "diet" for Jim and I! ;)  Brandon loves to eat finger foods too...he had his first taste of lasagna the other day, as well as a piece of shredded up chicken!  I can remember not being able to get Drew to eat finger foods for a LONG time, B has it all figured out though.  Brandon loves playing with toys, anything and everything he can get his hands on, although his favorite toy is whatever his brother is playing with which, of course, does not appeal to Drew at all!!  But, they do love eachother to pieces and most of the time Jim or I are around to be able to referee and teach them the all important lesson of sharing.  Brandon loves playing peek-a-boo with a blanket, he loves when we sing "Splish Splash" at bathtime, and he loves getting and giving kisses! :)  My favorite part of the day is when Brandon wakes up from a nap and finds Drew...his face just lights up and I just imagine he is thinking, "Oh good, more fun is on the way!" :)  Just today, Brandon got all the way from his belly to sitting up all by himself!  Fast, fast, fast....they grow so fast! :)