From the mom

Ok, so we all know a certain someone (Mo) turns the big 1 pretty soon (like 8 days!!!!!). What's a mother to do?? We need some kind of birthday plan (this is kind of an important one, don't you think?!). Normally we would have a little party here on the homestead, but I'm really not feeling it this year, for multiple reasons.
#1 would have to seriously clean the house, and of late am way to lazy for that
#2 the kitchen of the house is a bit (detect sarcasm here, bit should be some exorbitant amount) embarrassing, really don't want anyone seeing said kitchen if they don't HAVE to
#3 not sure many will make it this time around, Chelle will be oot, Grandparents Simon at a baseball game on the EAST COAST, Kidders are crazy busy this time of year, brothers Simon far, far away
#4 am working extra the day before the birthday (want money to remodel embarrassing kitchen)
#5 two large dogs, very large dogs, like to bark, a lot, want food off of table in embarrassing kitchen, I could go on and on (we LOVE our pups! except for the dad, he wants them gone but boys and mom get too much joy even with the barking and sometimes stinking and snoring, could go on and on here too)
So, any ideas folks???
Would appreciate ideas sooner than later!
Love Ya!
The Mom
**on a positive note, birthday pictures will be coming!!!!! i know everyone is dying for new pictures!!!!
***also, we think someone we know is pregnant. fess up already! inquiring minds want to know these things (it's an excuse to go shopping that the dad can't argue with)

Hippity Hop!

The Bunny!

Playing at the mall a couple of weeks ago
I'm king of the world!
Flashlight egg hunt
Mo lost his clothes!
Waffle blocks, what fun, what fun!

Well, Easter has come and gone. :( We had a great time though! We got to go see our cousins, Jared and Josh, and Grandma and Grandpa Simon and Jen and James, and Great Grandma Simon.....the list goes on and on. Mommy and Daddy took me to flashlight egghunt! (It was after Mo's bedtime) What a good time! I found lots of eggs with my flashlight and they all had candy in them!!! That was just what I needed at 9pm, sugar! We had a lot of fun, but we're pretty tired. Hope everyone is doing well! Mommy has posted some pictures for those of you going through withdrawal. We will try to post more soon and let everyone know what we're up to!

Love Ya!

Andrew and Joseph

Resting Up!

First time on the Metro!
Happy boy in the rainforest at the aquarium

Family photo op!
Waving to the dolphins!


We're back from vacation and just trying to rest and recover. We had a great time. We got to see all the sites in D.C., did some great shopping, went to the air and space museum and hit up the aquarium, and spent lots of time with the family. We all came home sooo exhausted! But it was a lot of fun! Enjoy the pics!
Happy Birthday Beth! We hear 7 is a great number!!!!
Love Ya!
Andrew and Joseph

The Great Flood; Big Steps!

So much has been going on here we don't even know where to begin! On Monday our sump pump decided to die, right when the endless monsoon came. We had about 2 inches of water in our basement. It was not fun. Mommy and daddy spent lots of time clearing out all of our destroyed belongings, taking all the laundry that was in the basement to the laundromat, ordering new carpet (not the way mommy wanted to go about getting new carpet!) and just generally trying to pick up all the pieces. They just keep saying it could have always been worse. I don't really know about that. The house was pretty stinky for awhile and there are boxes of stuff everywhere in the house! We can't wait until it's done. Mommy and daddy are going to make the basement into a big play/media room for the two of us so that will be great!

On a much happier note Mo is walking! He decided to take his first walking steps yesterday (for daddy, of course). Now he is trying to master the whole thing. His greatest setback right now is that he gets sooo excited when he walks and tries to run and falls after about 5 steps, but it is progress! Mom has uploaded a couple of pictures of us for everyone going through withdrawal. We'll keep you updated on the basement progress!

Love Ya!

Andrew and Mo

Near Death Experience....

Tonight my life flashed before my eyes. My brother tried to kill me. Now I know many of you think that I must be exaggerating, but I can no longer believe all these (very painful) "accidents" are just that. Tonight Andrew drove a giant Tonka truck straight at my head; full speed. How can anyone say that is not an attempt on my life?! The pushing and hitting have all been questionable up to this point. No more. Pray for me and the giant knot on my forehead and the big black eye that has started. Hopefully the beating mommy gave him will prevent any further attempts. I'm not gonna hold my breath. I can only hope I will survive long enough to get big enough to defend myself.
Love Ya
Joseph

*****GO BUCKS!******

Time for an update!

Wow! What a crazy holiday! Momo and I had a great holiday, even though Mo was sick again; it seems like he is always sick. All day Christmas he had a temperature of 103! Mommy and Daddy had to to hold him all day long b/c he felt so bad he didn't want to lay down alone. We had to cancel our visit with Mimi b/c he was sick and yesterday the doctor put him on more antibiotics for a sinus infection which has flared up into an all over impetigo like rash (ask Mommy what that means!). The good news though, after 24 hours on the antibiotics he seems to be doing much better. Hopefully he can just stay healthy!
The Sunday before Christmas was our get together in Archbold; Santa stopped by for a visit and we had dinner and desert with the family (Papa and Gamma were in Mexico and missed out). We drove up and came back in the same day and that was a little tiresome but we made it. Christmas eve was with Daddy's extended family in Middletown. More yummy food and lots of fun playing with Great Uncle John. Christmas day was just the four of us at home with lots and lots of presents! Momo was still healthy when we opened presents so we got to enjoy that time together. Mommy made us a turkey for dinner and it was sooo yummy; I couldn't stop eating it! The day after Christmas was Daddy's birthday (he's soooo old!) and we went to Grammy and Grampy's for gifts and dinner (Applebee's takeout, a nice change after all of the holiday food). I didn't eat too well though, I was too excited about all of the presents. I must say we got a lot of gifts! Mommy says it looks like Toys r Us exploded in our house! I like it like that! Mommy worked New Year's eve and day so we just stayed home and relaxed with Daddy. Mommy says it is too dangerous to go out on New Year's so she works so people who want to go out can and she knows we are all safe b/c we aren't out and about.
Mommy didn't waste any time and took down the Christmas tree the day after Christmas and "took back the house". Now we are busy trying to get everything clean and organized. Mommy has lots of projects planned for this year and wants to get started! Yesterday the new light/fan went in in the kitchen; next will be the basement redecoration and the tiling of the fireplace. She is hoping to plan out the kitchen remodel after our Ikea opens this spring! Yeah for Ikea!!!
Well, I think that updates you all on our recent doings. A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! Pray for Momo's health this year!!!!
Love Ya,
Andrew
***Mommy will post pictures this week sometime!

Happy Holidays!

From Top: Andrew in the snake's mouth at the zoo; on top of the crocodile at the zoo; Momo passed out tired at the zoo; Momo at Christmas in Archbold; Andrew at Christmas in Archbold (eating what very well could have been an entire pound of grapes!)

Wow! We've been so busy! Saturday mommy and daddy took us to the zoo to see the lights. It was 60 degrees out! It was awesome, we loved seeing all of the animals and the train. On Sunday we went to Archbold for Christmas with the Simon clan. Santa came to see us there and we got presents! We had a great time and ate lots of good food! It wasn't 60 degrees anymore on Sunday! We managed to survive the cold! Tonight we had Christmas with the Arnold's. We were living it up; the only kids there getting all of the attention, as it should be! We even got presents there!!!!! Mommy says Santa is coming tonight and when we wake up there will be presents!!!!! This is soooo exciting!!!! Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!!!

Love Ya!

Andrew and Joseph

Music and Dancing

Well, I must tell you all taht I LOVE to sing and dance; and I think Momo is going to be just like me! Uncle Chris and Matt got us a piano for Christmas and we both just LOVE to play it. All the way home the other night I played the piano and did my own version of singing. Mommy and Daddy just laughed at me. I have so much fun with all of my "instruments". And boy, do I have some moves! Once mommy figures out how to put video on here we'll get some dancing movies up for you!
Last night mommy and Chelle went to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra. She said it was GREAT! AND, next year she is going to take me!!! She said I would love all the lights and lasers! She says everyone should go!
We're keeping busy being sick, again, and getting ready for Christmas. Mommy says she'll be so glad when the holidays are over and she can finally relax.
We hope everyone is doing well! We'll try to keep in touch!
Love Ya,
Andrew

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Tonight we went to see Santa!!! It was soooo much fun! And we didn't even cry! The only problem was Mo trying to eat Santa's beard! We got some cute pics out of the deal! Hope everyone is enjoying the season!

Love Ya

Andrew and Joseph

Busy, Busy!

We've been sooo busy!!!!!! Mommy and momo got back from Florida yesterday. They went for a long weekend with Grandma Simon and Aunt Jen. Daddy and I were left behind! Don't worry though, we had our own fun! Daddy and I went to COSI with Aunt Michelle and we had a blast!

On the sad side, Momo is sick. AGAIN! Mommy had to take him to the emergency room last night because he was having trouble breathing. He has croup again. He got a breathing treatment and a steroid shot and is doing much better now. You can all thank Aunt Jen for getting him sick. She was sick in Florida and gave it to Mo. Poor Mo, it seems like as soon as he gets over one thing something else pops up. We're just hoping he doesn't get any worse. Mommy doesn't want to go to the emergency room unless it's to go to work!

Well, enjoy the pics of COSI. Mommy forgot her camera this weekend so she doesn't have any Florida pictures but daddy got some good ones!
Have fun and we'll chat with you soon!

Love

Andrew

Turkey Day!

Happy Turkey day everyone! We are enjoying time with our family, we'll try to post pictures soon!
Love Ya!
Andrew and Joseph

Houston we have a tooth!

Momo got his first tooth last night! When we went to dinner there was no tooth and then half way through our meal daddy found it! Yeah for Momo! Mommy will post a picture of it as soon as she can get one, Momo is not the most cooperative when it comes to picture taking!
Last night Jen, Jared and Josh came to Dayton for a quick visit. We went to eat at Sake and had our food cooked right in front of us! It was sooooo cool, but a little scary. When they made the fire on the grill I jumped back and then into mommy's lap! Jared and Josh both had chicken thrown at their mouths, Jared caught his but Josh's mouth was just too small and it ended up bouncing off of his face! We had such a good time. Then we went for ice cream at cold stone (which Jennifer fed to Momo!) and did a little shopping at the Greene. I got new shoes and daddy got a couple of books. What fun! Well, gotta go, we'll post more pictures soon!

****welcome to the world of blogging Jared and Josh. You can link to their site, mommy has the link in our sidebar!
Love ya!
Andrew

A New Do!

I forgot to tell everyone about my new do! This picture is of me eating dinner tonight before trick or treat. I love mac n cheese so much I eat with two hands at once! More importantly this shows my new hair! The other night while mommy was at work daddy was supposed to TRIM my hair. When mommy came home it was all gone. She was so sad she almost cried. Daddy said that it was time and I am a big boy now and needed a big boy haircut. It definately changes my look! If you ask me I say I don't like it, that's what I told Grandma Snowden tonight. If mommy has her way we will grow it back out but she thinks my BEAUTIFUL curls will never come back :( We'll just have to wait and see!
Love ya!
Andrew

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone! I know it's a day early but our Trick or Treat was tonight, so here it is! This was my first time to go trick or treating and I had sooo much fun! Daddy and I only went to a few houses but it was great! Momo had to stay home :(. We were pretty cute tonight, Mommy loved it. We got a good number of trick or treaters at our house too. Mommy says our costumes were very fitting. She always calls Momo her little sweet pea and she says I bounce off of the walls like a tigger. Obviously all the pictures are of us tonight, the last one is me starting to eat my candy! I LOVE CANDY! For some reason the picture of Momo is upside down and mommy doesn't know how to flip it, but I'm sure you all get the idea. Well, it's off to sleep for me! Happy Halloween everyone!
Love ya!
Andrew

Busy Weekend!

We had such a busy weekend! Sunday was our annual Oak Openings day! It was great! The weather was perfect, warm and breezy! We ate lots of great food and visited with the family. We had sooo much fun and boy were we tired when it was over! It definately made for a long trip home! On Saturday we went to a pumpkin farm and had a hay ride and did some face painting with Jared and Josh and then out to dinner with Grandpa Simon. Fun, Fun Fun! Earlier in the week mom and dad carverd pumpkins with (for) us. We had a great time lighting them up on the front porch. Our pictures are out of order but I'm sure you can figure it out! Momo and I can't wait for Halloween!!

Love Ya!

Andrew

Picture Day!

We finally got Mo's 6 month pictures done! They are a little late since he was so sick, but they're done and that's all that matters! Mommy even let me get some so I wouldn't feel left out! You can check them out HERE. Login:kimberly.simon@sbcglobal.net password: mouthers. Hopefully everyone is doing well. We're working hard to get well (Daddy has it now!). Talk to you all soon!
Love
Andrew
***Mommy tried to put a picture in but blogger is having technical difficulties!

Sick Baby Update

Well, here's a sick baby update for everyone! After two visits to the pediatrician, two visits to urgent care and a trip to Children's ER Momo is FINALLY starting to act like his old self again. His chest xray was negative (yeah! no pneumonia), his neck xray verified the croup. He is on antibiotics for his ear infection, decongestant drops for his nose and tylenol for the fevers. He has pretty much turned into a crawling pharmacy! Other than the croup the 6 month checkup went well. He is ahead of the curve developmentally and still off of the charts with his weight and head size! We're finally starting to see smiles again. What a relief. He goes back in two weeks to check his ear and get his vaccines since he was too sick to get them the other day.
Andrew has been fabulous at playing second fiddle. He's been pushed aside to care for our ailing baby for the past 4 days and has been great. Thankfully he is pretty much over his cold. We'll definately have to do something good to make this up to him.
We'll try to keep everyone updated, right now we're just focusing on getting these boys better!

Happy Day!

What a great day! Uncle Tony is home, safe and sound from Iraq. We're so glad he's back and safe. We can't wait to see him in November!!!!!! Tomorrow he goes to get a BIG tv to hang on the wall and we are so jealous!!! Maybe he can talk daddy into getting us one! Don't hold your breath on that one! Also, Baylor turned one today! Happy, happy, happy birthday Baylor! It only gets better from here! And finally...Momo is crawling!!! Just yesterday mommy thought it would never happen and then today when daddy got home from work Momo started crawling for him! Mommy was not too happy; she says daddy gets all the good firsts.
Hope everyone is doing well! We went to see Grandma and Grandpa Simon yesterday and had soo much fun. Today we are sick....ICK! Hopefully it will pass quickly.
We get pictures done next week so we'll post the beauties that they will be for everyone to see.
Love Ya
Andrew

We're Back!

Just a few pictures for all of you that have been missing us! Aren't we cute?!
Daddy and Me! Saying hello to Thomas as he pulls into the station!
We were so tired after the train and time with Grammy and Grampy
Momo and Uncle Chris
Did I mention that I LOVE

trains!

Time Flies!

Wow! Time does fly. It's hard to believe the month of August has already come and gone! We've been so busy we never got to update the blog! Not to worry though, tomorrow we will try to post. Andrew is going to see Thomas so we'll definately have pictures from that to put up. Everyone is doing well, growing big and strong. Scott is shrinking with his great weight loss plan and I am taking over all the weight for him! Just gotta get the thyroid in check and then get off of my lazy bottom! We've been spending our days playing. That never seems to get old. Momo is trying so hard to crawl! He has mastered going backward and is progressing toward moving forward. Mostly he just rolls to get where he wants! Momo also LOVES to hear his own voice. Most mornings he will lay in his crib for literally an hour and just talk to himself! He makes the cutest sounds right now and has teh best laugh. Andrew is fascinated by trains right now and can't get enough of them! I think I know the polar express by heart now; he loves it. Still refusing to potty train, he just isn't ready yet I think. He can potty on the toilet but I think he just doesn't want to be inconvenienced to make it a habbit! He knows just about every animal there is and will be glad to tell you what sound they make. More than anything it is monkey see, monkey do with him right now. Most of the time it is adorable; other times a little frustrating. We deal with it. Well, that's all for now, hope everyone is enjoying the last few days of summer!
Love
kim