January through late February

Davis has always loved books and lately he's started reading them to me! 

Davis reading {part 1}

Davis reading {part 2}

Cal learned about the Dust Bowl in his preschool.  He was really interested in the facts and was blown away when I told him that his Great Grandma lived through it all.  He called her on the phone to tell her what he'd learned.  She is now on the hunt for pictures and journals from that time in her life.

Cal Dust Bowl

Davis and his "box bed"/secret hiding spot.  The boys loved playing with this box for a month and then somehow it disappeared (incidentally on Recycling Day)?!?  They had pretty much quit playing with it and I was tired of looking at it.  :)

Davis and his baby bro were snuggling with Ollie and I.....

The boys love to help me feed the dogs and cat their treats in the morning.  Nala is picky and demands turkey for breakfast.....so of course I oblige.  Davis was tearing it up for her on this morning.

We have had an unseasonably warm winter this year.  Kristin and I took the kids to the zoo one Friday morning. 

After naps, the boys and I played outside.....and Davis was practicing his potty training skills on the front lawn.

Mom came to visit one weekend.  She snapped this pic of me at 32 weeks.

While she watched the boys, Mitch and I went to Dom's bday party!  It was a fun night out!

My belly also doubles as a cup holder!

Davis didn't know it, but his baby bro was kicking him in the head.  I'm sure it won't be the last time....

Window clings:  they're not just for windows.

33 weeks along....

My cookie making helper....not ornery at all!

We bought a used wooden swing set for the boys.  Here's Mitch's truck and our janky job of transporting it across town.  Eeek!

The boys wanted to help him install the slide.  :)

Yikes.

Davis and his buddy, the O-Bear...

33.5 weeks

Nala has been hanging out with us in the backyard lately!

Tackle time at the park!

Relaxin' with some Cinderella on TV

I took the boys to Cal's Valentine's Day party on Friday the 12th.  Here's Cal with Adijah, Camden, and Kane....

Playing musical chairs at the Valentine's party:|

I guess we live in Earthquake Country now?!  So strange....

I took the boys to Larned after their party.  Davis and Mimi enjoyed some musical time while we were there!

Playing piano with Mimi:  I love the headbanging!

Tellin' stories

Brother on Brother crime

Davis reading his Vday card from Great Grandma:

Role reversal:  the boys were putting Papa to bed!

I slept horribly while we were in Larned, which may or may not be related to these two's sleeping habits.  UGH.  But....we were all smiles on Sunday morn during Vday breakfast!

When we got home, we opened Aunt Susie's cards and Davis immediately covered himself (and everything else) with stickers.

Oh hey.  The camera adds 10 lbs....and there's over 3.5 cameras on me.  34 weeks along

Oh silly Davis...

This weather has been crazy lately....and we are loving it!

The boys and I spend our afternoons at the park down the street.

Davis took the bottle that they were throwing rocks at.....let the chase begin!

Cuties.

Kristin and I took the kids to Exploration Place on Friday morn. Here they are flying a plane....

The boys got inside the tornado simulator:

Avery and Davis loved the water table!

And a few second later, Kristin and I looked over and Davis was standing in it!!!  Notice his wet shoes and pants.....oh that kid.

 The boys didn't want to nap that afternoon (which I was really excited about.....*intense sarcasm), so we went to the park again.  We were outside for 2.5 hours!

Davis drew some alligators while Cal and I played tic tac toe.

Then Cal drew a picture of me beside Davis's version.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the big belly!!!!  :)

We brought the dogs along and they loved exploring the park!

No nap and 2.5 hours of fresh air:  Davis was out cold before dinner!

Cal's baskets and some other videos

(I found a few videos that I forgot to include in the Christmas post.  )

How did I forget to include our trip to Kansas Sampler to meet Willie?!?!  Even Batman got to come along! We met him before Christmas and the boys were almost more excited to meet him than they were to see Santa.  lol

This was the video that our elf, Jingle Jacob, took of Santa.  :)

The boys love this game.  It has provided hours of squeals and screeches!

Davis loves to give big hugs and lots of kisses!

Davis loves his new horsie from Mimi and Papa!

Our budding basketball star....

Cal loves playing his games at the Y each Saturday.  It's so cute watching him learn the rules and how to play with his team.  He even blocked a shot during this game, which made this defense-lovin' Mama very proud.  :)

My little bankers helped me count all their piggy bank money.  We took it to the bank and deposited it into their savings accounts.  They thought that it was pretty neat to deposit it.....but were so confused why they couldn't go back and put it into a vault with the banker.  :)

What's the best way to get Cal to do something?  Tell him that his best buddy from school, Camden, does it.  One night, I needed him to take a quick shower but he generally dislikes showers.  I told him that Camden takes showers and BOOM.  In he went.  He will still take a bath with Davis, but overall he loves showers now.  Davis will jump in with him sometimes, but he still prefers taking a bath.

It was leftover night in the Walter household...for everyone, apparently. 

#snifferworks  #eyesdonot

I went to KC to visit my college friends.  It was a quick lunch, but so fun to see everyone!

The boys and I went to the library on a Friday morning.   Many books were checked out, including 4 Batman books.  Davis's Batman backpack came in handy!

 We stopped by and saw Mitch afterwards and he even took us for pizza!  Dad ftw!

Nala likes to check on the boys with me on some nights.  Cal loves to see these pics of her on his bed!

This little monster.....she has discovered the doggy door and has been doing great with it.  She seems happier being able to venture in and out at her leisure.  However, on Thursday night, I woke up at 11pm because she was making so much noise in our bedroom.  Mitch was still downstairs watching TV so I couldn't elbow him to go make her quiet down.  I reluctantly got out of bed and flipped on the light so that I could find her and make her stop playing with the cords on the fan/TV....or so I thought.  I flipped on the light and saw what looked like a baby kitten or a small bunny.....but instead it was a live rat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   She had walked right past Mitch, up the stairs, and into our bedroom to show me her live catch.  Oh how proud I was......ugh.  That rat scurried out of our room and down the hallway, at which point I screamed for Mitch.  It ran into the guest bedroom and we ended up trapping it after an hour of screams and laughs.  We threw that son of a B outside and had a stern talking to with Nala.  SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GROSS.   Don't worry.....I've heavily sanitized and cleaned everything that the furry animal touched.  UGH.

On Saturday, after Cal's 9am basketball game, we went to Avery's 2nd bday party at Jumpy Jumpy Land.  We left there around noon and went straight to Manhattan for the KSU/OSU bball game.   It was a full day, but the boys did great and the Cats won!  Kiley came over to catch up and Davis did his best not to smile....but we got a small grin.  :)

It was so nice on Sunday....in the 50's!  We took the dogs on a walk and both boys helped hold the leashes (with our help for Davis, of course).  We stopped by the park afterwards and then walked back home.  I love watching these little guys play together.  Cal was running slowly beside Davis, but then kicked it into turbo-speed and ran ahead. 

Davis has recently started giving his Batman toys and books, us, and the dogs great big hugs and saying, "I love you so!"  We read Where the Wild Things Are sometimes at home, but maybe they read it a lot at school.  The first time he gave me a great big hug and said that to me, I melted.....