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Their Father's Sons
The pictures should explain the title:
Yes, Will LOVES to line up his trucks in straight lines. Before we know it, he'll be arguing with Daddy about whether to organize his books by author name or volume number.
Don't worry, John likes to organize things too. He's just a little more creative in his ventures:
This is serious business! Will is NOT happy that John is trying to mess up his nice, neat line of trucks. And John is NOT happy that Will isn't sharing his trucks so that he can make a nice, neat lines of trucks, too:
But, after all that seriousness, there's still plenty of time for fun. Whether it's stomping on the chest at the foot of Mommy and Daddy's bed:
Will
Or being tickled by Daddy:
Will
John
Yes, Will LOVES to line up his trucks in straight lines. Before we know it, he'll be arguing with Daddy about whether to organize his books by author name or volume number.Don't worry, John likes to organize things too. He's just a little more creative in his ventures:
This is serious business! Will is NOT happy that John is trying to mess up his nice, neat line of trucks. And John is NOT happy that Will isn't sharing his trucks so that he can make a nice, neat lines of trucks, too:
But, after all that seriousness, there's still plenty of time for fun. Whether it's stomping on the chest at the foot of Mommy and Daddy's bed:
WillOr being tickled by Daddy:
Will
JohnSunday, April 25, 2010
BOOTS!
Will decided it'd be really fun to put on Daddy's boots this morning. Actually, he thinks it's really fun to put on our shoes all the time. I couldn't resist...
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Haircuts!
The boys got some much-needed haircuts today from Daddy. He used his clippers with the biggest guard we had. Look at our handsome young men!!
Will
John
John and Daddy having fun
It's hard to get them to stay still for pictures, so this is the best I could get!
Will
John
John and Daddy having funIt's hard to get them to stay still for pictures, so this is the best I could get!
Mommy's new(er) hobby
Grampy grows violets. Grampy has grown violets for as long as I can remember. I tried to grow violets. I killed said violets for as long as I can remember...until now!
Lately, I've been feeling confident in my violet-growing ability (thanks to lots of patience and teaching from Grampy), and R and I found some beautiful ones at a nursery not too far from Masie and Grampy's house. Check them out:
Lately, I've been feeling confident in my violet-growing ability (thanks to lots of patience and teaching from Grampy), and R and I found some beautiful ones at a nursery not too far from Masie and Grampy's house. Check them out:
Monday, April 5, 2010
We're here!
Despite our long silence from blog-world, we're still here and kicking. We've been extremely busy, as always, thus the lack of updates. So, to make up for it, here are a bunch of pix from the past few months...
Cute boys in baseball caps
Our Hard Rock Kuwait shirts from Uncle Sage (really Mommy's cousin), who's moving to Charleston from Kuwait! We can't wait to hang out with him!
Our boys LOVE Spaghetti O's! And the mess that accompanies them...
John did a nose-dive off the chair, smack into an over-sized lego...first trip to Urgent Care resulted in Dermabond! He's a trooper! If you look closely at his forehead, you can see the round lego-mark.
Will at almost 26 months - happy as can be!
John at almost 26 months - he's hard to catch!
The boys' vocabulary has exploded! They are starting to form small sentences, and Daddy says that they sound like Yoda ("cow, bye-bye" and the like). My favorite thing lately that they say is from John. He has started to say, "bless you, Mommy" and "bless you, Daddy" whenever we sneeze, cough, etc. His favorite answer to everything is "yeah!" John pretty much starts talking the moment he wakes up and doesn't stop until he goes to sleep...Daddy would argue that he's like his mommy in that sense. John is also our climber. He climbed a small rock wall last night before we knew what was happening!
Will loves to tell people he loves them, and he loves to look for busses, boats, Jeeps and cows when we're riding in the car. He loves finding cars that look like ones he knows - Mommy's, Daddy's, Masie's... our smart little booger! He asks about boats and cars that used to be places that haven't been there in months...amazing. He loves to cuddle, too!
Cute boys in baseball caps
Our Hard Rock Kuwait shirts from Uncle Sage (really Mommy's cousin), who's moving to Charleston from Kuwait! We can't wait to hang out with him!
Our boys LOVE Spaghetti O's! And the mess that accompanies them...
John did a nose-dive off the chair, smack into an over-sized lego...first trip to Urgent Care resulted in Dermabond! He's a trooper! If you look closely at his forehead, you can see the round lego-mark.
Will at almost 26 months - happy as can be!
John at almost 26 months - he's hard to catch!The boys' vocabulary has exploded! They are starting to form small sentences, and Daddy says that they sound like Yoda ("cow, bye-bye" and the like). My favorite thing lately that they say is from John. He has started to say, "bless you, Mommy" and "bless you, Daddy" whenever we sneeze, cough, etc. His favorite answer to everything is "yeah!" John pretty much starts talking the moment he wakes up and doesn't stop until he goes to sleep...Daddy would argue that he's like his mommy in that sense. John is also our climber. He climbed a small rock wall last night before we knew what was happening!
Will loves to tell people he loves them, and he loves to look for busses, boats, Jeeps and cows when we're riding in the car. He loves finding cars that look like ones he knows - Mommy's, Daddy's, Masie's... our smart little booger! He asks about boats and cars that used to be places that haven't been there in months...amazing. He loves to cuddle, too!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
We're TWO!!!
Happy birthday, Will and John!
Last year, we had a great day playing, even though we had to postpone their party due to illness.
This year, we had to postpone their party due to the year's biggest snow.
Masie and Grampy were able to make it up before the roads got bad, so we're very thankful to have been able to see them on the boys' actual birthday. We can't wait to see Grandma, Grandpa, and all of our aunts, uncles, and cousins - hopefully soon!
We had lots of fun playing:
John
Will
Daddy and his boys!
And Mommy took pretty pictures of the trees:
It's hard to believe they're two. This time two years ago, we were at the hospital in shock that we now had 2 babies in the world. It seems like yesterday, yet at the same time, it seems so long ago. They've grown and changed so much in the past year, and the time just keeps flying by.
It's also fun that one of Ryan's college roommates and his wife had their twin boys yesterday! Hurray for healthy February twin boys!
Hopefully next year the third time will be the charm, and we'll actually get to celebrate their birthday on their birthday weekend!
Here's to a fabulous year of new adventures, new words, potty training (already?!), and lots of fun learning!
Last year, we had a great day playing, even though we had to postpone their party due to illness.
This year, we had to postpone their party due to the year's biggest snow.
Masie and Grampy were able to make it up before the roads got bad, so we're very thankful to have been able to see them on the boys' actual birthday. We can't wait to see Grandma, Grandpa, and all of our aunts, uncles, and cousins - hopefully soon!
We had lots of fun playing:
John
Will
Daddy and his boys!
And Mommy took pretty pictures of the trees:
It's hard to believe they're two. This time two years ago, we were at the hospital in shock that we now had 2 babies in the world. It seems like yesterday, yet at the same time, it seems so long ago. They've grown and changed so much in the past year, and the time just keeps flying by.
It's also fun that one of Ryan's college roommates and his wife had their twin boys yesterday! Hurray for healthy February twin boys!
Hopefully next year the third time will be the charm, and we'll actually get to celebrate their birthday on their birthday weekend!
Here's to a fabulous year of new adventures, new words, potty training (already?!), and lots of fun learning!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Friday, November 13, 2009
An apple a day...
...is supposed to keep the doctor away, right?
Apparently the boys need to eat more apples, because the doctor has definitely become our best friend over the past few months.
What we thought were high fevers associated with ear infections turned out to not be the case. The week the boys had their tubes put in, John came down with a 103+ fever 4 days after surgery. A few days later, Will contracted a high fever too. They both had a full blood work-up, only to reveal not a whole lot of information other than they were fighting viruses.
This past weekend, the boys started to have a nasty cough, so we took them to the doctor on Monday. What I thought was croup actually turned out to be pneumonia for both of them. Thankfully, we were able to treat it at home with Augmentin, and they were fever-free and almost back to normal within a couple of days.
After much deliberation and conversation with the pediatrician, we are taking the boys to see a Pediatric Infectious Diseases doctor. We all want to know why the boys get so sick, so frequently, so quickly. We are hoping and praying that we will get answers quickly, because we will have decisions to make regarding childcare if we determine that the boys' immune systems are too weak to be around other children and therefore in daycare. Ryan is student teaching in the spring, so we may need to find an in-home childcare option...one that's flexible and CHEAP.
Please pray for medical answers and for clarity of thought as we try to make future plans.
We'll keep everyone posted!
Apparently the boys need to eat more apples, because the doctor has definitely become our best friend over the past few months.
What we thought were high fevers associated with ear infections turned out to not be the case. The week the boys had their tubes put in, John came down with a 103+ fever 4 days after surgery. A few days later, Will contracted a high fever too. They both had a full blood work-up, only to reveal not a whole lot of information other than they were fighting viruses.
This past weekend, the boys started to have a nasty cough, so we took them to the doctor on Monday. What I thought was croup actually turned out to be pneumonia for both of them. Thankfully, we were able to treat it at home with Augmentin, and they were fever-free and almost back to normal within a couple of days.
After much deliberation and conversation with the pediatrician, we are taking the boys to see a Pediatric Infectious Diseases doctor. We all want to know why the boys get so sick, so frequently, so quickly. We are hoping and praying that we will get answers quickly, because we will have decisions to make regarding childcare if we determine that the boys' immune systems are too weak to be around other children and therefore in daycare. Ryan is student teaching in the spring, so we may need to find an in-home childcare option...one that's flexible and CHEAP.
Please pray for medical answers and for clarity of thought as we try to make future plans.
We'll keep everyone posted!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Tubes Day
Today started bright and early - 4:20AM for me, 5:00 for Ryan, 5:15 for the boys. We were at the hospital by 6AM, and then went through the normal pre-op paperwork, etc. The boys had fun playing in the children's waiting room.
Everything went well. Dr. Brown said that Will's left ear was full of gunk that was under a lot of pressure, so he cleaned that out before putting the tubes in. John's weren't as bad, interestingly (since he's had more ear infections than Will).
Will and Mommy post-op...about 20 minutes into recovery. Just about normal...
John and Daddy post-op...about 5 minutes into recovery. Not yet normal. John chugged two full sippies of diluted apple juice. Check out his awesome hospital-issue, no-slip toddler socks and hospital gown. You can't see it in this picture, but each boy had a big piece of tape across the front of his gown that had his name and either #1 (Will) or #2 (John) written on it. Pretty funny.
We were home by 8:30, complete with a fun Chick-Fil-A breakfast. They were back to their normal precocious selves by lunchtime. Naps today were a lot better than expected, especially with recovery on top of new big boy beds. So far tonight, not too many struggles!
Here's hoping and praying that our struggles with illnesses are ancient history!
Everything went well. Dr. Brown said that Will's left ear was full of gunk that was under a lot of pressure, so he cleaned that out before putting the tubes in. John's weren't as bad, interestingly (since he's had more ear infections than Will).
Will and Mommy post-op...about 20 minutes into recovery. Just about normal...
John and Daddy post-op...about 5 minutes into recovery. Not yet normal. John chugged two full sippies of diluted apple juice. Check out his awesome hospital-issue, no-slip toddler socks and hospital gown. You can't see it in this picture, but each boy had a big piece of tape across the front of his gown that had his name and either #1 (Will) or #2 (John) written on it. Pretty funny.
We were home by 8:30, complete with a fun Chick-Fil-A breakfast. They were back to their normal precocious selves by lunchtime. Naps today were a lot better than expected, especially with recovery on top of new big boy beds. So far tonight, not too many struggles!
Here's hoping and praying that our struggles with illnesses are ancient history!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
BIG changes afoot
This weekend has been ROUGH, to say the very least. John has had a difficult time sleeping for the past week or so, but this weekend has been the worst.
Last night we put the boys to bed as usual, expecting to be up a few times to help calm John. Eventually, nothing we did calmed him down, so we decided to let him cry it out. Our little Spidey figured out how to climb out of his crib...THREE times. After the third time, the 4 of us took a trip to Babies R Us to try and find a solution. None was found, so we decided to go home, put their mattresses on the floor and hope for the best.
To make a long story short (trust me, the full story is much longer...), we wound up having a camp-out/adventure/slumber party in the boys' room. Mommy and Daddy slept on the floor, while we tried to keep the boys on their mattresses and asleep. It was a LOOOOOONG night.
We took a trip to Wal-Mart bright and early this morning, and here's the end result:
BIG BOY BEDS!!!
Naptime didn't happen AT ALL today, and bedtime so far has been ok. I wish I could say the transition is going smoothly, but it's not. Hopefully we won't have too many disruptions tonight - we're all tired!
Tomorrow, we have more big things happening - the boys are both getting tubes! I never thought I'd be excited about putting my kids through a surgical procedure, but I'm tired of ear infections, sinus infections, and general illness. We really need this to be the solution. Hopefully things will go well!
Last night we put the boys to bed as usual, expecting to be up a few times to help calm John. Eventually, nothing we did calmed him down, so we decided to let him cry it out. Our little Spidey figured out how to climb out of his crib...THREE times. After the third time, the 4 of us took a trip to Babies R Us to try and find a solution. None was found, so we decided to go home, put their mattresses on the floor and hope for the best.
To make a long story short (trust me, the full story is much longer...), we wound up having a camp-out/adventure/slumber party in the boys' room. Mommy and Daddy slept on the floor, while we tried to keep the boys on their mattresses and asleep. It was a LOOOOOONG night.
We took a trip to Wal-Mart bright and early this morning, and here's the end result:
BIG BOY BEDS!!!
Naptime didn't happen AT ALL today, and bedtime so far has been ok. I wish I could say the transition is going smoothly, but it's not. Hopefully we won't have too many disruptions tonight - we're all tired!
Tomorrow, we have more big things happening - the boys are both getting tubes! I never thought I'd be excited about putting my kids through a surgical procedure, but I'm tired of ear infections, sinus infections, and general illness. We really need this to be the solution. Hopefully things will go well!
Happy Reformation Day!
We in the Stone family celebrate Reformation Day in lieu of Halloween - Reformation Day is when Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, thus starting the Protestant Reformation. But, the boys' daycare had spirit week all week, which culminated with the kids wearing costumes. Here was our compromise:
Will is Thing 1, and John is Thing 2.
Happy Reformation Day, everyone!
Will is Thing 1, and John is Thing 2.
Happy Reformation Day, everyone!
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Apples!!!
Last year, we went apple picking with the Smiths, and we decided that we needed to make it a tradition. We love to go to Sky Top Orchard up in NC, and they are getting busier and busier each year. Yesterday, we got there in the morning around 10, and we spent a good hour or so gathering apples, drinking yummy juice, and eating amazing apple cider donuts. Here are some highlights:
Pretty Fuji apples
"We're ready for some apples...we think!"
"Hmmm...wonder if these are any good?"
Will seems to be enjoying his apple
John's not so sure....he wound up liking it, though!
Eating apples is serious business
"Mom, we didn't know Auntie Em was a monkey! Where's your helmet, Auntie Em??"
Yummy - apple cider donuts!
Will was a sleepy boy - picking apples is hard work!
John's sound asleep too
The boys did very well eating apples on their own - they even seemed to like them, too! We really love our fall traditions. More pix of recent events to come...
Pretty Fuji apples
"We're ready for some apples...we think!"
"Hmmm...wonder if these are any good?"
Will seems to be enjoying his apple
John's not so sure....he wound up liking it, though!
Eating apples is serious business
"Mom, we didn't know Auntie Em was a monkey! Where's your helmet, Auntie Em??"
Yummy - apple cider donuts!
Will was a sleepy boy - picking apples is hard work!
John's sound asleep too
The boys did very well eating apples on their own - they even seemed to like them, too! We really love our fall traditions. More pix of recent events to come...
Saturday, September 19, 2009
ear infections and Clemson football
We spent the day inside today, due to rain, glorious rain. This caused all kinds of occasions for mischief, as evidenced by Will's somewhere in the range of 10-15 timeouts. John still doesn't feel well from his ear infection, and chose to spend most of his playtime either sitting in mommy and daddy's laps or chilling on the couch watching Clemson beat BC (see below).
Sorry for the grainy image. It was taken on a camera-phone.
Sorry for the grainy image. It was taken on a camera-phone.
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