A day at the park

It reached nearly 60 degrees today! The boys and I enjoyed some time outdoors. Too bad it's going to turn cold again :(

Bubbles!

Look Mommy...

"Dirtbike gloves!"

My hero

My parents got this great costume for Isaiah for Christmas. It has red suspenders and everything!

Isaiah the photographer...

... he needs better material!!!

A trip to the Greensboro Science Center

The giant T-rex! He even growled!

They had a great water table! The kids could have played here for hours!

This picture definitely doesn't do the turtles justice. They were so cool! They didn't even look real!

Isaiah held a starfish!!!

Isaiah and Conner did a "fossil" type rubbing

It SNOWED!!!

How fun to watch a three year old explore in the snow for the first time! It was perfect timing too, because yesterday Isaiah was watching one of his favorite shows, Curious George, and it was about snow! After we played for a while we came inside and had hot chocolate just like George did! Happy Snow Day :)

No place like Daddy's arms

precious

Justin has been out of town all week. Anne and I decided to do some redecorating! We painted the walls a color that I had seen at my Mom's house over Christmas. I found some fabric dirt cheap and snatched it up. Anne helped me make these curtains. It's fun to change things every once in a while! I'm definately looking forward to Justin coming home!!! Six days is long enough!

2 reasons why I love my job...

#1 & #2

Isaiah's been doing such a great job using the potty (not that we don't have our accidents) and being in quite the Christmas spirit, he called me in to the bathroom the other day and shouted "Look Mommy, I made a candy cane!!!" Sure enough, it looked just like a candy cane! My boy is so talented!!! :)

More Christmas pics...

Isaiah & his new Hess truck

me & Gabe at breakfast

Herbert/Forbis family photo

Christmas in Hoboken

Well, we certainly had a memorable Christmas. It got off to rocky start and we had our share of mishaps(two of us being sick, and going through 3 different cars to complete the trip) but getting to see my family made it well worth it. We enjoyed the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular show and great food, as always. Mom and Dad were very generous with the kids as you'll see below. It seemed they enjoyed the giving part just as much as the kids enjoyed the getting part. Well almost!

in front of the skating rink and Christmas tree in Rockafeller Center

Isaiah and Grandpa in front of Radio City music hall

Gabe and Grandpa on the path train

the beautiful nativity scene at the end of the show

tired Mommy holding two tired boys in her two tired arms

Isaiah eyeing the goods

where's the fire!?

here's Isaiah in his "dirtbike guy" outfit showing off what santa brought

(he wore that outfit around the clock for 3 straight days)

I feel EXTRA proud today...

Isaiah pooped on the potty for the first time today!!! And it was HIS idea! He's very proud of himself too!!! These kinds of joys of motherhood make my heart feel so tickled! :)

In search of a decent Christmas card picture...

I won't lie...

...it wasn't pretty...

...blood was spilt, punches were thrown, but in the end we walked away with one decent shot.

Merry Christmas!

Hallelujah!

Isaiah is potty training!!! As many of you know, I have recently struggled with getting Isaiah excited about using the potty. I have sought out advice from the best of the best (ie: Shannon, Meredith, Andra, to name a few) and decided to let it go for a while. Yesterday I decided to ask him to use the potty and he sat right on it a peed! So for the rest of the day he didn't wear a diaper and he used the potty every time! But.... there is a catch.... he won't wear underwear. So, yes, he walks around the house butt-naked. We bought spiderman underwear, nascar underwear, even the Cars movie underwear. He is totally not interested! So, now I have a NEW dilemma: how do I get my potty training child to wear underwear!!! :) Oh well, guess you can't win 'em all! ;)

Happy Birthday Isaiah!!!

Here's Isaiah being a little bit camera-shy while we sang "happy bithday"


The best part: opening presents! "it's mine" became the catch phrase of the day.





Isaiah showing his blue tongue from the sprinkles.


Happy little Batman-in-training

fun boys

always easy to get a smile!

"to infinity and beyond!"

Look at what I can do!

While I had my back turned cooking today, Gabriel figured out how to work his way out of his highchair... great. One less contraption for Mommy to use when I need two hands! We had a great Thanksgiving. Gabriel ate off my plate and loved it. He's really tired of baby food and is loving trying new things.

"hello!" from Gabe!

fun with a parachute at the park





























mmm mmm good! In true Forbis fashion, Isaiah picked all of the chocolate chips out of the cookie! :)

Story time

The boys are finally getting over their colds! Gabriel is starting to have some better nights, sometimes only two short feedings. It has occured to me recently how very soon I will miss him being in this cuddly stage so I am trying to remember that even when I'm tired and want to sleep. He is such a hugger! I have really enjoyed him. He has such a fun, loving, playful and lovable personality. Isaiah has been keeping me on my toes lately. In a moment of frustration the other day I muttered under my breath "oh crap". Not only did he hear exactly what I said, but he scolded me and said "don't say that Mommy, that's a BAD word!" Thanks to Isaiah my SON is going to clean up MY potty mouth! :) Another cute Isaiah-ism is what he calls bedtime... "clickly-o-clock". If we tell him that it's time to go to bed, he says , "no" and points to the clock and says "see, it's not clickly-o-clock". The genius that he is has it all figured out... because it will never be "clickly-o-clock"!!!