Surrounded by boys.....and Ms.B

Welcome to my blog. I've called it 'A House of Hawes' as I am completely surrounded by Hawes' people, a scary (albeit fun) thought at times. Even the dogs have that last name registered. We've decided to go the blog route instead of our website so we can keep things updated easier as the 'Will and Nate' story continues....what a story it's turning out to be!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Fun in February

Will and Nate are very busy boys these days - so much to do, so little time. They are on the move....they are hard to keep up with and get themselves in all kinds of trouble. Bumps and bruises are becoming daily additions to their physique as they work on coordination with their new found skills. Nate is standing and likes to do 'look mom no hands'.....then crash. Will is still a four-legged creature. These pictures tell of their recent adventures around the house.

Nate opening his Valentine's present from Nanny
Will's turn


Nate standing tall


When blueberries attack...or when your brother is covered in blueberries and attacks, this is the end result

Trying to look all cute and innocent after the blueberry attack

Messy

Look Mom!






Yes Dad, you get your looks from me.


Veggieburger thief - Nate stole my dinner

...and loved every minute of it




Will channeling 'Little House on the Prairie'

Attempting to escape the obstacles set up by Dad

I think I can, I think I can

I'm out of here


Will checking out the new baby gates


Don't think you're going to stop me



He comes by it honestly


Dressed with their Dad's fashion sense


Cheeky boy

I know stripes and polka dots clash but my cuteness makes up for it




What's out there Petey?



What you wear when you pee through your clothes


Future GQ material





Crocodile Rock baby style


Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Coffee 'n Scream - with emphasis on 'Scream'

Last weekend we took the boys to a place in Calgary called 'Coffee 'n Scream' and met up with our friends and their daughter Siena (Will and Nate fight for her affection) for what was a very loud albeit fun couple of hours. Nate wasn't so fond of all of the noise (he's the one wearing the stylish plaid flannel pants, Will is in the beige shirt). I think all the other children that didn't look like him was very confusing. The only time he let me put him down was when he found the kitchen. He also had a quick turn in the pink car. Will was Mr Independent and pretty much took off to do his own thing as did Siena.
















Trouble x 2!

These pictures pretty much speak for themselves but the boys are getting themselves in to a whole lot of trouble these days with their newly discovered crawling freedom. Everything is fair game: laundry, dogs, remote controls...... can't quite imagine how we'll survive once they start walking!




















Friday, January 28, 2011

Natey Nate is a crawlin' man

The only appropriate word here is HELP! We are days away from having two terrors racing around the house on all fours. It's bad enough with one.



Biting is so much fun.....

Boys will be boys and apparently this starts very early! Wrestling, pulling, biting and pushing are regular events in our house. Usually someone is laughing hysterically and the other is crying hysterically. In this moment, they are both laughing! Enjoy....



Merry Christmas!

Our first Christmas together was very special! Needless to say it was a lot of fun, very messy and very loud. The boys got spoiled rotten courtesy of everyone, especially Nanny and Grandma. We never appreciated the ability for volume control on toys before Christmas! You can only hear Winnie the Pooh sing the same song about 89 times before you start to have feelings of 'Pooh-rage'.

Christmas dinner was very special with lots of family and friends to share in the chaos. No doubt things will only get louder and more chaotic in the years to come.

Here is a snippet of how our Christmas 'present unwrapping' went.....