11 months

It is now less than one month till the boys turn one! Sam Shulca and I are planning a party to be held on April 21st (Sam leaves for France 3 days before their birthday so we're having their party about a week before their birthday). It is going to be awesome!

Last week Rob came home from school early to help with the boys. He asked to trim their hair with the buzzer. Well, it ended up a LOT shorter than I want it, but as the saying goes the difference between a good hair cut and a bad one is about two weeks. It isn't that their hair cut is bad, it is just too short for my liking. It has taken a while to get used to because Luke, especially, looks really different. Fortunately their hair grows so fast!

Luke and Thomas, now that they are crawling are into everything and you have to have eyes on the back of your head if you want to make sure they aren't up to something. The other day I was in the kitchen and thought I heard them in their bedroom. I came to check and they had gone into my bedroom and were tearing up my Bible and eating the pages. I wasn't too happy. They don't seem to listen when you say "no" though and carry on doing as they please. So, disciplining them is a real challenge at the moment.

Last night Rob and I were sitting in the living room talking and we noticed that Luke and Thomas were playing Hide-and-Go-Seek. We couldn't believe it. Luke was hiding behind a wall (although he didn't realize his leg was sticking out) and Thomas was looking for him. When Thomas spotted him and began crawling towards him, Luke started crawling away so fast. This happened again. It was hilarious! Since Luke has been crawling a little bit longer than Thomas, he is much quicker and so usually Thomas is following Luke about all day long.

Luke (pre-buzz)

Luke (post-buzz)

Thomas (pre-buzz)

Thomas (post-buzz)

Luke has started shaking his head. It is so much fun because we can ask him a question and he will either just sit there, smiling and stare at you, or shake his head vigorously. So, we ask him things like: "Do you like vegetables?" "Do you like your toys?" "Do you like chocolate chip cookies?" "Do you like poopy diapers?" and so on. He doesn't understand the question, but it is comical watching him respond to the question. We need to get that on video sometime soon.

Otherwise, the love walking while you hold their hands. They look like they are from the Ministry of Silly Walks (from Monty Python).

Rob is busy with the last 2 or 3 weeks of the semester. He has a huge project to complete as well as two finals to take, so it is a busy time. But, Saturday we spent the morning in the temple which was really nice and then Rob made an imitation Cafe Rio lunch for me. He is so thoughtful. This coming Thursday evening we're going to the BYU Planetarium (we've been wanting to go for a LONG time) and then on Friday evening we're probably going to my mission reunion with President Wheelwright (who is the BYU-Hawaii University President). We've also been thinking about what we'd like to do for our anniversary in June and we're thinking we'd love to go hiking in Zion's National Park for 2-3 days. But, we'll see.