Take us outside!

Braxton and Beau love outside time!

I take them out in the yard and they are in heaven! They look up and see the birds, they watch the leaves fall from the trees and they are just so happy... ya know we get so busy with life we too should sit back and just be happy with the small things in life too...right?!!

And good old Monty loves when the boys are outside with him too!

Geek Squad here we come!

The boys got a new computer over the weekend and they really love it. Funny we can have 100 toys out for them to choose from but seems like they always just want the one same toy.

Whatever Martha!

So you know I love the blog attached to my site, the Alexis Stewart blog(that's Martha's daughter)... anyway that girl can cook and she always has pics up of the fabulous things she makes so... I thought I would try that myself and put up one kick Ass BLT! We need to prove to the world we do not eat out all the time and this is proof we can cook a mean meal if need be! Kiss that Martha... !

Sissy comes home!!

Ashlee came home last weekend... and yep it was three weeks she was away just like the poll said it would be. However we are lucky and she is coming home again this weekend so it won't be so lonely around here for as long this time. The boys had a ball with her and for some reason love to get crazy when she is around. Beau really gets excited and goes nuts for his big sissy!

Ashlee's friend Ben K. was over on Sunday and Beau was really digg'in him! Ben you can come over anytime and hang out with the boys!

Tara put me night night...

Tara was in town on Wednesday(ok the truth is I begged her to come work with me for the day) anyway, after work she came over for a visit. She was over at bedtime and Braxton was not going to bed well at all so after I tried to get him down Tara tried and sure enough she got him sound asleep. Thanks Tara ... we love you XXOO, love your Braxton and Beau~Beau

Kermit the frog or should I say "Braxton the frog"

Patti our neighbor gave the boys this adorable frog robe and blanket... here is Braxton after his bubble bath as cute as ever.

Thanks Patti... and eat your heart out Kermit!

A blast from the past...

So as the boys are going to be 11 months old in a few weeks can you even believe we are now talking about the big 1st birthday party!

Kinda weird and kinda exciting!

I thought it would be fun to post some newborn photos to see the boys just 11 months ago... hummm ....wonder what 11 months from now they will look like? They change so fast don't they?

Love this one... they were sound asleep all warm and toasty by the fire!

Vince and Coulton

So Vince and his crazy buddy Coulton are bow hunting... when they got in from the woods I asked them to smile and this is what I got... nice boys, ohhh you guys are still cute.

Beau and his books...

Beau loves books so much... he is starting to read out loud to himself... lots of jibber jabber but he sure is cute. When it is time to go to bed and put the books away he has mastered the "cropie flop" So of course I cave in and read another book and another and another.

Halloween costumes... ohhh the choices, YOU DECIDE

As Halloween is right around the corner I thought I would let you guys decide what the boys will be. Here are the choices then you need to scroll down to the bottom and cast your vote!
C'mon people it is Election year after all!

Here are Braxton's Choices...

And Now Beau's Choices...

Come on.. be a "Follower"

Well ...today I added a new feature to the blog... at the bottom of the page you can click on "follow this blog" and you can be added to the Achtenberg blog followers...yippie - right! Sounds kind of Waco Texas-ish but really no worries... it's just for fun! Please don't be shy... add your photo and lets have some fun people! Last one to sign up is the rotten egg!

Dave gets punked!

So today I thought I would add a little "punked " section to the blog... and who better to punk then old Davey boy!!

Enjoy! I sure did... he~he~he!

It's a girl.. Remi Jo Newlin

We have a new cousin and niece and here she is....ohhh sigh....
Remi Jo Newlin, as beautiful as can be. She was born on 8/4/08 at 7:37 a.m. 6lbs 15 oz and 20" long. Ben and Kelly are very happy!
Welcome little Remi Jo ...
warning Remi Jo: The Newlin's and Graczyk's are crazy fun!

ohhh my Monty...

Braxton loves Monty, however Braxton thinks he can pull on Montys long toe nails and Monty gets a bit irritated . So we really have triplets at home because we have to monitor the boys and the dog from fights ,wrestling matches and ear pulls. So the poor dog ends up outside looking in and the boys looking out the window at him. Shelby captured these precious photos of Braxton looking out at his friend Monty. I think Monty was thinking... "thank goodnes for the glass that seperiates us little buddy!"

Ground Breaking for the new center

We had our ground breaking today for the new Anna's Bananas Daycare!
We should be opening the new center in February 2009!
more info on the http://www.annasbananas.com/ website under "What's new" section.

Be still my heart...

Well remember in one of my August blogs I said I love hats and the boys will learn to love them too... well was I ever wrong... poor little Braxton. Not only did he hate the hat but he had a complete melt down and his tears were so big they broke my heart. Guess I will have to take a break from the hats for a bit, darn!
Sorry Braxton for the moment of misery.

SHHHHH ~ Good night moon...

Hush little baby, oh I love to watch the boys sleep.

The days are going by so fast and every night when I lay them in their cribs I swear they have grown 3 more inches. Some times I want them to grow up so we we can talk to each other and play big kid games and go places like the park to run but then when they are sound asleep I want time to just stand still (ok I admit... the peace and quiet does help with that thought) but for real where does the time go? One minute we are wanting them to walk and talk and the next minute we are wanting them to sit down and ... well you know, be quiet!

Well.. for the moment here the boys are fast asleep, goodnight my babies, Mommy loves you XXOO

What a mess!

The boys are eating more independent
these days... nice job boys!



Beau~ Beau is a messy boy, oh well he is sure cute!



Braxton is messy too and just as darn cute!