Five days have passed and no updates from the Yates clan.  You might be wondering what in the world we have been up to.  Well, let me tell you what’s going on.

Last weekend was a whirlwind of activity.  Saturday morning started out with the March of Dimes walk (which you already heard about) followed by a barbecue at our house for the walkers on our team.  Laura, I had to find someone else to man the grill.  It was a sad moment for us, especially since I knew I then had to clean it afterwards too.  ;)  You will forever be “the grill master” in my mind.

Anyway, I digress.  The walk and party afterwards through a lovely wrench into the boys schedule which resulted in no afternoon nap for Dexter.  But, we powered through the day and ended it with the most amazing dinner (which I did not have to cook) at my mom’s house.  I swear Nicholas is deliberately trying to keep me from eating.  Every time food appeared that day, so did Nicholas – to take my hand and lead me away from hot food.  Do you know how hard it is to eat a cold hamburger in one hand and a 25+ pound baby in the other?  I thwarted his evil plot at my folks’ house by plopping him into a chair next to me and handing him some french bread to eat.  By doing this, I was able to get through the manicotti while it was hot.  YUMMY

The boys crashed that evening and so did Joel and I.  Sunday morning, the boys woke up bright and early at 6am.  Isn’t that just cruel?  I had them help me make banana pancakes and then we headed down to Seattle for a morning spent at the Seattle Aquarium.  Kids under 2 are free and Boeing was sponsoring a “show your Boeing badge and get another person in free” morning.   The best time to go to the aquarium is in the morning – not as busy and we just let Nicholas and Dexter run around.  Look for a future post with pictures of this adventure.

Around 11:45am, we loaded the boys back into the van for a trip up north to Mt. Vernon for the annual Knutzen/Hansen family brunch.  This would be the boys debut.  Just like I had hoped, Nic and Dex slept all the way there.  Nicholas has this uncanny ability to sense when the van slows down and as soon as we got off the freeway, he woke up.  Dexter opened his eyes as we pulled into the parking lot at the golf course.  We were very lucky in that our table got to go first for food and that Nicholas and Dexter were very intrigued with the play-do we brought and thus, Joel was able to finish his meal before Nic and Dex got wiggly.  He took them out to the putting green to run while I finished up.

After the brunch, we headed home and that’s when the runny noses started.  This did not prevent us from going on a play date the next morning.  However, shortly after that, both boys’ cold really took off and the last two nights, Dexter has slept in his car seat and we’ve been giving him neb treatments for his cough.

As you can see, we’ve been busy.  It’s not that we don’t want to share all the fun stuff the boys are doing, it’s just that Joel and I are exhausted by the end of the evening.  That’s why I’m writing this on my lunch break at work.  Did I tell you that both Nicholas and Dexter are yelling “MaMa” when I come through the door after work?  I have waited so long to hear that word from them.  Joel is also getting “DaDa” too.

Ok – time to get back to work.  More updates to come……. – Katie