Laughs

The sounds of my boys playing together...*sigh*...it literally never gets old. 

The bigs were wrestling and throwing basketballs at each other (while wearing their superhero capes to make them strong - of course). I guess there's nothing Titus loves more than a wrestling match because it took about 3 seconds before he started cracking up. What boys. 

I'm such a mom

Max dropped our singing Handy Manny tool box this morning. The show's theme song started playing and for a good 5 seconds I thought my cell phone was ringing. Why on earth would I think that was my ringtone? I'm such a mom. 

(How do you like that one, Ash? I know you tell me all the time "you're such a mom" in that little "I can't believe you " sort of voice of yours. ...I'm starting to get it now.) 

Updates

Long time no blog, huh? Here's a little photo slideshow of what we've been up to (minus pictures of when we had the flu. No one wants to see that.). 

Lately, the boys have gotten very....creative. Here they were using an entire can of coffee grounds as dirt for their trucks. I wasn't as thrilled as they were. I had to scoop nearly $10 worth of wasted coffee off the floor. 

Titus got cuter. If that's possible. 

The boys are starting to really love brother bonding time. They love holding Titus and watching TV like this on the couch. So sweet. 

We've been sick. Like really sick. Non-stop sick. I can't wait for cold and flu season to end. I'm tired of laying on the couch and watching Jake and the Never Land Pirates. 

Max is TWO now! His birthday was a Sunday so we went to church in the morning then came home for lunch. Daddy laid out Max's surprises on the table so he could have them as soon as he got home. He got a Transformers costume and a Thor action figure.

Ah, Valentines Day. What a good one. David celebrated with his little friends at church that Sunday. He was so excited to give his friends Valentines. It took about a half a century to fill out all the cards for his classmates because he had to pick each individual card for each individual person. And then he started on the friends, cousins, aunts and uncles, mongas and papas outside of church! Yeesh. Three boxes of valentines later, we were finally done. He was so happy to go to church that morning. He was even more excited to get home and open all the cards from his friends. We looked through the entire bag at least a dozen times over the next week. 

I had a super Valentine's Day too. I got a Keurig coffeemaker. I'm so blessed to have a husband that truly knows my heart. While chocolate is yummy and flowers are nice, it's coffee that truly makes me swoon. Just opening the box and seeing this beauty made me weak in the knees. And that first cup! Heavenly!!

Titus got cuter. Again. If that's possible. 

The boys are starting to have verbal fights now. It's pretty cute.  They both get their little minds made up and they go at it. It's really funny to hear the conversations they have now. This picture came from a TV debate. Max was firmly planted in the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse corner while David was laying out his case and making an argument for Jake and the Never Land Pirates. 

Mama turned on Handy Manny. 

I've got a Pinterest obsession. It's bad. I could easily lose hours of my day to browsing pins. Some good comes out of it too....like these patched pants. Take a holey pair of jeans and turn them into monster face jeans. David LOVES them. 

Many a day has been spent just like this. Jammies, TV and snuggles. We have had 3 cases of the flu, 2 colds, 1 viral upper respiratory infection and a trip to the E.R. with 2 boys with bronchitis since my last post. See why I haven't blogged much? 

We had a surprise baby shower for one of my friends. I made these baby booties out of a ketchup cup, a cotton ball and a kleenex then filled them with M&Ms. Darling, right?

The boys are borrowing a Nerf gun from a friend. They love it. On any given day, you can find them chasing each other with it or teaming up to launch darts at bad guys. I've found many stray darts just like this one. 

Lastly, I leave you with Titus. He is now a sturdy 17+ pound, smiley, bumbo sitting, 4 month old. And he is cute. Seriously cute. Dangerously cute. 

books

David is holding Titus and reading books to him while I eat breakfast this morning. He's such a good babysitter. 

More baby toes

Dear Titus, 

Thank you for napping with your toes peeking out of your blanket today. It made for a nice surprise when I came to check on you. You know I love me some baby toes! 

Love, Mama

P.S. I tend to take more pictures of your piggies than your face lately. I think I have a problem. :)

Titus tells a story

Titus and I hung out the other night and chatted about his day. That kid is a storyteller! The littlest encouragement spurred on a whole new round of babbles and coos. I cut this little 23 second snippet out of over 6 minutes of video. I told you he was a chatterbox. :) 

Applebee's rant

On a whim Dave decided he wanted to treat the fam to Applebee's tonight. We had some errands to run and wouldn't return home until right at dinnertime, which as a parent, is a huge no-no. I choose sanity. 

I was pumped when we got to the restaurant and saw it wasn't even half full. Sweet! This means less wait time and a quick meal, right? Yeah, not so much. Our waitress was a super nice girl and very accommodating to our booth full of hungry boys. She hooked us up with drinks and took our order right away - even offering to bring the kids' meals out with the appetizer so they didn't have to wait. That's a sure-fire way to get a big fat tip in the Sagers' book I tell ya. And then....well then we waited. And waited...and waited. Finally the first round of food arrived....and the boys' burger buns were burnt! Three teeny bites in they decided that they didn't like it and they refused to eat. We played with stickers and they nibbled our appetizer until our food came. 

Our food was in even worse shape than the boys' meals. Dave's steak was well done when it should have been medium, mine was extra well done instead of med-well and was topped with mushrooms that I had asked to have left off. A manager walked by soon after our food arrived and the poor thing asked how everything tasted. We told her. She flew to the kitchen to order up another meal for each of us. 

Waiting for the replacement meal took another half century and the boys had completely lost all patience by the time it was cooked so we doggie bagged it and headed home. An hour and a half in the restaurant and not a one of us actually ate dinner. :/ 

We got home and let the boys run free and get their wiggles out while we chowed down on our now cold steaks. Mine was still over cooked (Grrrr!), but this time Dave was very pleased...until he got to the bottom of the dish and noticed they left a little something behind from the kitchen..........

HE HAD A STICKER IN HIS FOOD! 

Gag. Blech. Yuck. Nasty. 

I may never eat at Kalamazoo's West Main Applebee's again. 

*Note: The shift manager and the store manager did try to make this right before we left the restaurant by giving us our original steak dinners as well as complete replacement dinners for free. They also gave us a card for 2 free entrees on our next visit. They apologized like crazy and did look as if they felt badly about it. They explained they were having trouble in the kitchen that night and tried to assure us that it was not the norm. I don't know if I believe them.*