9 months and new ventures

I honestly can't believe my babies are 9 months old!
So much has happened in the last 9 months and it is truly amazing at how fast those little buggers grow! They are BOTH crawling/scooting now - yep, Andrew's finally moving around. Well, he's capable of moving around. Sometimes, he just continues to lay or sit there, happy as a little clam, inspecting any toy in his reach. Both babies can get from a sitting position to their tummies, and today Andrew sat straight up from laying down (that might have been a fluke - I can't imagine how he did that!). They push up onto their knees, but have not mastered crawling that way yet (thankfully, I can still catch them!). Luke is pulling up on short things, and gets to his knees, but has not yet attempted something tall to stand next to, although he does like standing next to things when he is placed there. So, something new happens around here every day!
Daycare is great! They are taking good naps now (no, they weren't before) and are eating well for Kelly. When I go to pick them up, they're outside in their stroller waiting for me after just having been out for a walk, and I swear they recognize the car! They're waving their arms as soon as I park. Most days it's just them and Kelly's 1 or 2 kids (some days the 5-year old goes to Kindergarten). We're feeling pretty good about it so far! We will, however be starting to go part-time to daycare because Grandma Judy just misses the boys so much, she wants to come once a week to babysit!
So, on to the "New Venture" part of the title. Anyone who reads my blog knows how "crazy" I am about toxins (I prefer to call it informed :) ). I am going to start selling DAISY BLUE NATURAL products. If you haven't heard of them, they are a company based out of Minnesota that makes natural soaps, lotions, baby products, spa products, make-up, shampoo, laundry detergent, etc. I hosted a party last week, and the products were too good to pass up (they smell WONDERFUL and my house still smells like their pillow spray that Nicole sprayed on my chair pillow). (By the way, if you ordered anything, it's coming to my house TODAY, so I'll get it to you soon!) So, if you ever want to have a spa party (with foot spa and hand spa) or are interested in looking at anything, let me know! I'll get you a sample!
So, that's about it for now! (Isn't that enough?)

Cutest. Thing. Ever.

Back to school, back to school...

I'm singing the song from "Billy Madison" in my head right now - in case you were wondering. (and I don't know how to stop this stupid thing from underlining all my words, so deal with it :) ).
Well, last week I started back at work and what a week it was!
I'll give you a run-down:
Monday: Daycare lady called to say her son was sick. I was on the phone on my entire drive to work trying to figure out if we should bring the kids to daycare anyway. It was decided (with opinions from many, many people) that they will be exposed to germs at some point, so we should get it over with.
At school, the Principals didn't know who I was, what I was there for, or who I was replacing. Not a single person said hi to me (ok, maybe one person did), and in fact most people looked at me like I was crazy.
Tuesday: Slightly better. The boys LOVED daycare and Andrew started sitting up all on his own!! I went out to eat with my old college roomies (from the pink house) and got some sweet Christmas garland from Molly's mom's stash of garage sale items (Thanks, T. Heinz!).
Wednesday: Late night at work - we had open house and LOTS of high school kids were there (which really surprised me). I got a phone call around 4:00 that Andrew had a fever and both boys were sick. Awesome. Adam had to go and pick them up, while I stayed at work. When I got home, I checked on them and heard their snoring throughout the house (because of the stuffy noses).
Thursday: I was planning on staying home, but we called for reinforcements in case the babes wanted some one-on-one time (because they were sick and all). Grandma Judy came to visit for the day, and the boys were doing great, so I went to work after a little while. I felt like a terrible mother, but I didn't want to use my sick time up when they really didn't NEED me to be there.
Friday: The day off. I dropped the boys off with Grandma Judy and Grandpa Don for an overnight visit (the first one). We had a wedding and then went to pick the boys up on Saturday and made salsa all day.
Today, in case you were wondering, Adam and I watched Ghost Hunters on tv all day long. Yes, ALL DAY LONG. Tomorrow I have to go back to school - which did get better by the way, once people noticed that yes, I really do work there. :)

So now, for the pictures:

Andrew smiling for the camera.

Luke, innocently chewing his toy.

The 8 month "bowling pin picture"
Yes, we do this to see how big they are getting.
No, the did not sit still for the picture - AT ALL!