Spinning

No, not the kind of spinning you do at the gym. From now on, whenever the boys misbehave, I think we'll just spin them in this chair. It's more difficult to hit your brother if you can't even walk straight....

Where are my kids?

About a week ago my kids disappeared. In their places, I found a couple of stereotypical two-year-olds. You know, the "terrible" kind.

I spend most of the day telling them to stop hitting. The game goes like this: Connor smacks Isaac on the head or in the face. Isaac laughs. Connor does it again. Isaac laughs. This continues until it hurts or until Isaac decides he doesn't want to be hit anymore. Isaac cries, or yells, or hits back (or all three). Now, don't go thinking that Connor is a big bully. You can switch the names for an equally accurate story.

They have also recently developed an allergy to sharing. Exposure usually results in agonized screams, crying, and falling on the floor. Isaac believes the cure for this allergy is Time Out. Recently, when he wanted a toy that Connor had, and Connor would not give it to him, Isaac ordered Connor to go to Time Out.

Both of these stories provide sound evidence that the children living in my house are not mine. I would appreciate it if the person who kidnapped my children would return them ASAP!

Like Father, Like Sons

I think they both inherited their dad's mental instability...

Christmas Jammies

Like many people I know, we have a tradition of getting a new pair of pajamas on Christmas Eve each year. Here are Connor & Isaac in their Thomas the Tank Engine jammies on Christmas Eve 2008.

Christmas Elves

Our Christmas Elves...

My Brother the Singer

My mom just sent me this recording of my brother, Mark, singing O Holy Night. I think he has a gorgeous voice, and this is one of my favorite Christmas songs, so I thought I'd share. Click the link to hear it.

O Holy Night - performed by Mark Donnelson

The Real Family Picture

A few weeks ago I posted outtakes from our family picture session. It was pretty disastrous, but we did end up getting a decent picture. Here is the Julian family, December 2008.

Ryan is holding Connor and I am holding Isaac.

The History of Eggnog

I hope this does not offend anyone. I saw it & couldn't stop laughing...

Growing Boys

We took Connor & Isaac to the pediatrician for their 2-year-old checkups yesterday. She confirmed what we already knew. We still have 2 tall boys!

The Stats
Isaac is 35.25" tall (75th percentile) and weighs 25 lbs (15th percentile). BMI 14.1 (1st percentile)

Connor is 37.5" tall (off the chart) and weighs 30 lbs (75th percentile). BMI 15.1 (10th percentile)

They are certainly not babies anymore!

Santa 2008

We took the boys to see Santa today. I was very surprised at how well they did.

Early Christmas

Connor & Isaac opened birthday presents yesterday. They received a package from Grandma & Grandpa Leitch today that contained birthday presents and Christmas presents. The Christmas presents went under the tree and they got to open the birthday gifts. They were told not to touch the gifts under the tree.

Shortly after they opened their gifts, I left to pick up something for dinner...and the boys stayed home with Ryan. I came home to find that Isaac had opened almost every gift that I had just put under the tree. He only opened them enough to see what they were, then he moved on to the next one. He didn't even try to play with the ones that were toys for him.

My first reaction was to burst out laughing. My second reaction was to laugh some more as I grabbed the camera.

I guess I'll have some extra wrapping to do & we won't be putting any gifts under the tree until Christmas eve...

2nd Birthday

Connor & Isaac turned 2 years old yesterday! Here are a few pics from our small family celebration.

Brotherly Love

Family Pictures

Now I remember why we haven't ever tried to take a formal family picture since Isaac and Connor were born...

Here are a few outtakes from our photo session today (click each photo to enlarge).

Jingle Bells

Playmates

Connor & Isaac really have fun playing with each other these days. They love to copy each other & then laugh uncontrolably. The other night, Connor started saying "Wee Wee Wee" then slapping his knees. Isaac thought it was hilarious, so they both kept doing it over & over. They seriously crack me up.