may as well!

so.....beckam started waking up around 5am back in january. not cool, but i thought it would be a phase like a lot of the not cool things are with babies/toddlers. sadly, it's just after 5:30 right now, and even though 5:30 is better than 5, this "phase" has lasted long enough! it's so frustrating, and yes, we've tried everything :( it doesn't help that he shares a room with mads or that he wakes up totally happy, and me getting frustrated also doesn't really help. so.....instead of going back to bed frustrated and tired, i decided to blog instead. may as well right! so, here are some of the goings on as of late around here.......

 

this is what happens when you put the wrong kid down for a nap first! haha too cute! maddie is also learning to feed himself, and i love it!

 

 

i love this one of maddie and the little crab. he was so intrigued and even held it for a minute, but once it started crawling on his hand, he threw it on the ground immediately. fun to look at from a distance though! and without carpet here, we spend (or at least the boys would love to spend) a lot of time on the 2 beds in this house wrestling, playing, and reading books. i never realized how much i take carpet for granted and how thankful i am for beds!

 

i'm sure i've mentioned this before, but i could eat popcorn for dinner every night of every week of every year. i love it, and i love that my boys love it too! we had a little movie afternoon last sunday, and the boys helped me make and then eat 2 big batches. mmmmmm :)

 

we get a lot of comments about who these boys look like, but it remains agreed by everyone that they have their differences! i think we've got 1 hill and 1 tolman for sure though :)

 

both of my boys are pretty good about sleeping when they're tired no matter where they are, and it comes in handy on sunday afternoons when dad needs a nap but there's only 2 beds and when you have to go to the store whether it's nap time or not!

 

 

i think most kids go through a shoe obsession stage, and maddie is there right now! he loves shoes and is constantly trying to put on and then walk around in anyone's shoes but his own! it's really cute but boy does he get frustrated when he can't figure it out! haha

 

haha they had a big1st term party last weekend, and the kids had so much fun dancing to the loud music. can't you see the excitement in beckam's face! i should say that the other kids had so much fun cuz this is what beckam did in the middle of the dance floor while everyone danced around him. i guess he's kinda shy......or just unimpressed by their dancing skills!

 

a glimpse into the future perhaps?!?!

 

it doesn't get much better than brothers! these 2 are pretty inseparable - due to maddie's obsession with his big brother for the most part - and i love it!

 

so, a few goings on in our little caribbean life from me to you :) we miss our families every day, but we're slowly but surely getting used to our little statia reality again and trying to love each and every day that we're blessed to be on this adventure together!