The Party

Here are my "toddlers" who are now one year old! We had some friends over on Saturday and the boys had their first taste of cake! Before the mess...

And after a couple handfuls of frosting (Joseph loved the frosting!)....

Jacob liked playing with the cake but didn't like the taste so much...

And of course I can't resist posting a couple more videos of my walkers....

Here's Joseph wandering around (Jacob is playing the piano in the background):

And little Jacob....

One Year Old!

Well, here are my big boys turning 1 year old!

Jacob....
Joseph...

And both together playing as always...

If you want to see the whole collection from yesterday, visit my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trulytam/sets/72157603753163827/

Bath Time!

I couldn't resist taking these photos tonight during bath time...

"Perfect" Playmates

First, I know I haven't been posting any pictures lately, only videos. Here's the reason why....all of my pictures lately look like this...

They don't sit still anymore....

Here's little Jacob showing off his new walking skills....

And I do have a couple cute video clips of the boys playing together. They just love playing together.

Walking Part 2

Not to worry my friends in Shreveport....when I got home from work on Friday, look what Jacob was doing....

And the amazing thing is that they both are getting better every day! Joseph can pretty much walk across the room confidently. He is much more cautious and careful than Jacob. Jacob is crazy. He just turns around and goes for, usually falling straight on his face. But he'll just get up and keep going.

Walking!!!

Both Joseph and Jacob have been walking furniture for a couple months and can take a couple steps between objects, but this evening Joseph discovered WALKING!

He started walking in a big circle around the living room by the furniture barely holding on when he decided to just go for it - and walk from one side to the other. After Matt and I were screaming and clapping, he decided this was fun AND nonstop walking from side to side was all we saw for the next hour.

I tried to capture some on video (he has bronchialitis so his laugh is kind of funny sounding)....

My future prodigies

I've played the piano throughout my pregnancy, while the boys were babies, and as they've grown this past year. But now that they can get around by themselves easily, I don't get a note in because they always want to play the piano.

What's really funny is that they are extremely expressive when they play the piano. Jacob will lean his head back, close his eyes (Ray Charles like). Do I do that?

Joseph tends to lean into the piano when he's playing and he likes to use the WHOLE keyboard.

Of course, if they don't end up being musicians, they are just going to be brutes because they love to ram around the house. Matt dug this truck out of the basement and this is the latest "favorite" toy.

Happy New Year!!!

On this beautiful 1st day of 2008, we woke up to find around 8 inches of snow on the ground (& car).
The deck was covered.

And poor Rusty was the first to venture outside.

So we decided to dress the boys up in the snowsuits from Uncle Dave. As you can see, they don't move very well and were at Mom's mercy on the floor.

And outside to the snow we went...

Then poor Dad had to go to work shoveling (I bet he wishes he had a snowblower like the neighbors).

Our First Plane Ride

The entire family went to visit Aunt Tanya and Uncle Dave in Cupertino, California. Going through security was a bit of a logistics nightmare trying to get through with a double stroller, two car seats, carry-ons with food and formula, two babies and two adults. But we made it through and the boys did a really great job on the plane.

Here's Jacob on the first leg from Detroit to Minneapolis:

And Joseph on Daddy's lap getting ready to go...

And the boys checking out our connecting flight from Minneapolis to San Jose....