July 31

Uh-oh...  Jonas has now learned how to pull himself up to standing.  This will open up a whole new realm of potential bumps and bruises.

July 30

Today was the boys first ride in the seat of the shopping cart.  They did very well!  Now I gues we'll have to only shop at Costco because they have the double seater.

p.s.  Happy birthday Brad!!!

July 29

Look who's turned into a super great crawler!

July 28

I was reading a friends food blog today and couldn't help but make the featured dish for dinner.  This is an orzo pasta salad with tons of veggies and feta cheese tossed in a lemon vinigrette.  I took a few liberties with the ingredient list, but stayed on track for the most part.  This will now be a staple in my home several times per month.  Yum, yum!

July 27

Jonas is using his feet to shield his face from the 'mom'orazzi  :)

July 26

Will had his first 'friend' birthday party this year.  Luckily, family was also invited.  Happy 4th birthday Will!!

July 25

Ganging up on daddy!

July 24

Sleepy Elliott.  He's just to tired to crawl anymore.  He's been playing all day at Kim's house.  First, I took some family photos of Kim's new family of 4, then I went to go have a hot stone massage.  The massage was wonderful!  The perfect treat to sore mommy muscles.  Thanks, Kim, for the fabulous treat and watching my boys!  I know you will enjoy your photos!

July 23

The boys are starting to realize that each other exsist and interact with each other.  It's SO cute :)

July 22

This is the first giant cookie-cake I've made.  It's a 16 inch chocolate chip cookie.  Yum!!

July 21

Gigi came to stay with us for a few days!  We are SO excited to have a couple extra hands :)

July 20

Seriously?!?!?!  How on earth did I get strep throat!?  It was like pulling teeth to get in to see a doctor (because I was 99.9% sure of my self diagnosis).  I have yet to set up a family physician for me and Matt... oops...  The boys pediatrician refused to treat me because I'm over 18, my OB refused to treat me because I would be a hazard to their other patients while I was hanging out in the waiting area and the family doc I called couldn't see me for another week and a half because I needed to have a 'new patient' visit.  So, I had to spend 3 times as much money to go to the Minute Clinic and argue with the PA because she was 99.9% sure I did not have strep.  Turns out I did.  She wrote me a prescription, I picked it up, went home and gargled some of this vile tasting gunk (which really helps though...) and am now going to bed hoping to feel better in the morning.

July 19

We ate dinner at Outback tonight and Matt wanted to see if the boys would like lemons.  Turns out they did :)

July 18

Getting silly with my boys before we head off to church.

July 17

There was a huge storm that came through our area today.  I was at lunch with a friend when it did, but when I got home the power was out and I couldn't open my garage door.  And when I got inside all the smoke detectors were going off.  Later, the power came back on, but my computer and most of our electronics did not...