Happy Mother's Day!

I am so blessed to be the mother of two beautiful, healthy, happy boys. They bring me so much joy every day and I can't imagine (or remember) life without them. I thank God for my two precious blessings every day! These sweet boys brought me breakfast in bed this morning, with a little help from Daddy, and we all enjoyed playing in bed together in our pajamas. I wish every other mom, mom-to-be, and mom at heart a wonderful day as well.

Look who's 10 months old! Time is flying with this guy...

He's all over the place these days. Alex still needs a little help to pull up most places (23 lbs is a lot to drag up!) but once he's on his feet he can stand and cruise pretty well. He's very slow and deliberate so we haven't had all the bumps and bruises that Ben went through. Ben had a much higher center of gravity without all the weight so he just tipped right over all the time.
Alex must be going through a major growth spurt right now because he's eating like a maniac. He'll eat meat, vegetables, pasta, cheerios, and drink a bottle for dinner, then look at me like "what's next?". At lunch yesterday he ate for 45 minutes non-stop while Ben picked at his food and ate just a little. Pretty soon we can start letting Alex finish whatever Ben leaves on his plate!

I finally broke Ben away from his beloved footed pajamas. It was making me nervous for him to go up and down the stairs with his feet covered so I got him some new Mickey pajamas that he's crazy about. What a sweet face to see first thing in the morning!

Matt put a hammock up in the backyard and the kids had a great time swinging.

We have had tons of rain lately. It's been mostly overnight and it seems like we've been waking up to terrible thunderstorms for weeks now. Last night it rained for hours and stuck around in the morning so Ben got to play out in the rain for the first time.

Think he liked it?

We also learned that our house leaks when it rains heavily. I guess it's good to know now while we're still in the first month so the landlord has to fix all the problems, but it's not fun to see leaks in the living room, storage room, and all over the kitchen. We have water seeping in from three directions in the kitchen.

Here are the boys in action:
Ben is obsessed with lamborghinis at the moment. Believe it or not, we have seen a lot of them lately because they're actually not that uncommon in Singapore. How many 2-year olds can point that out on the road? (and occasionally he mistakes a two-door sports car for a lamborghini but I'll cut him some slack)


Alex is sitting up well on his own now. This video made me laugh because he hasn't quite coordinated the sitting and bringing the toy along yet!


And here's the most beautiful sound in the world...two boys cracking each other up. They play a game where they each shake their head and then laugh. It's so precious!