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Back, Back in the Day

Wow, Y'all Remember these days?

The boys will be 11 months old next week. It's crazy that they will probably be walking in a month, smoking in two years, and then in three years sleeping through the 196th playing of Finding Nemo in Melissa's then three-year old minivan. Time will fly no doubt, as it already has.

Dinner Disaster

Finding Ears

Donovan has a good time playing with his ears. He also has a good time playing with Hayden's ears. The boys are starting to get back to eating normally since their stomach aches. Melissa gave them Lasagna at the mall. Unfortunately, Donovan gave us the lasagna right back this morning in his crib. He was happy though the rest of the day and is hopefully getting back to his old jolly little self!

The boys got their camper back tonight. They are very excited to go camping soon. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for picking up the camper!

Happy Easter

The boys had a real good time playing at Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dan's house on Saturday and Sunday. They opened up some plastic eggs and got some candy and life was good.

Hayden and Donovan were so excited for Easter that they woke up at 5:00 a.m. this morning. Melissa and I tried rocking them to sleep (with Quiet Riot and recliners) but they just wouldn't go. We gave up at 7:19 a.m. The boys finally took a nap as follows: Hayden during church around 11:20 and Donovan on the way to brunch around 12:15. The naps were brief. We did have a nice day and a nice time at brunch with Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dan. I pushed Donovan around the Great Dane several times since Donovan was being a little disorderly. Grandma Sue pushed him around later on, and one guy said. "so, are you taking turns?" If offered, he probably would have declined the opportunity to push the Big D around the Great Dane.

We will see if the Easter Bunny came when we get home!

Now Hayden has infected the whole house!

Melissa is feeling better, but I am now under the weather.

Today we have gone through six sleepers, several onesies and we are really learning that (1) Pampers are having a hard time competing with this virus, and (2) Huggies can't compete with it.

I guess we forgot what it was like for the boys to spontaneously throw up all over the carpet, themselves etc. This has been a really nice friendly reminder!

Uh Oh, Now 3/4 of the household is sick

Hayden, Donovan and Melissa all are feeling under the weather. Looks to be a long day tomorrow.

Sicko

Hayden has been sick to his poor little stomach since St. Patrick's Day. Worst Diapers Ever! He has been feeling better, and he has graduated to diet of bread and water (formerly just Pedialyte water). I snuck Hayden a couple bites of pear tonight, which should make him happy. Send your thoughts to poor little Hayden in the comment section!

Donovan is still eating along, unphased by his brother's downfall.

Moose was sick with somethin' fierce last week. She seems to be doing better though!

Loss of a good friend

Donovan and Hayden lost a good friend tonight. One of the goldfish passed. We are withholding the name of the goldfish pending notification of family members, and because we forgot this particular goldfish's name. He was a nice goldfish though, and I think he was one that we had for a while now. He will be missed. In lieu of flowers, please send your condolence checks to Donovan and Hayden.

More teeth coming for Donovan?

We'll keep you posted.

Hayden is busy crawling all around and pulling himself up looking for his teeth! He'll keep trucking along until he finds them.

Hailey is busy hanging out in her dog bed!

Melissa is busy on the computer upstairs!

The cats are busy howling because they are hungry!

The fish are suffering from amnesia!

I am busy typing and separating Donovan and Hayden while they try to steal toys from each other!

Thanks for all the clothes and toys Bridget, John, Jack and Sean!!!

We appreciate all of it! And now that Donovan and Hayden have on their Jedi Knight robes . . .

Top Five uses for Cream of Wheat!

Hayden does not care for Cream of Wheat! Donovan will eat pretty much anything . . . including Cream of Wheat!

Following are the boys top 5 uses for Cream of Wheat!

(5) Stucco
(4) Pothole Patching
(3 Potting soil
(2) Replaces dried up Playdoh!
(1) Mud Mask - The Cream of Wheat Mask helps Exfoliate!

"Eating" was number 64 on the list!

Ten Months Old Today!

Grandpa Dan

Donovan and Hayden asked that we post the following information.

We regret to announce that our Grandpa Dan is really sick and not feeling well. Grandma Sue has told us that he has viral pneumonia and a blood infection, and she is taking care of him. We are upset that we are not allowed to visit him and demonstrate our new crawling abilities. So to let Grandpa Dan know we are thinking about him we have written a top 10 things we love about Grandpa Dan list.

10. He has a moustache
9. He likes blue
8. He is going to teach us how to start a REAL fire (sorry Dad lighter fluid does not count as starting a real fire)
7. He has kept our van running well past its prime (although stay tuned for the fate of our van...)
6. He let our mom drive his Trailblazer without an end date
5. When we spend the night at his house and wake him up at 4am he is not mad
4. He pretends to drop us so we laugh
3. He has a nice boat
2. He willingly (ok..sorta willingly) moves our Dad's camper
1. He feeds babies chocolate

Please keep our Grandpa Dan in your thoughts and post any well wishes for him for a speedy recovery.

Donovan and Hayden

Birthday Party - Noon, Saturday, May 10, 2008 - Our House!

Come celebrate Hayden and Donovan's First Birthday with the First Annual Hayden & Donovan Birthday Bash scheduled for noon, Saturday, May 10, 2008 at our house in Wauwatosa! There is no end time. If you read the blog, then you are invited to the Party!

Please RSVP whether you will attend by emailing Kyle no later than Wednesday, May 6, 2008. Beer, soda, and other drinks, Food, and Dessert will be provided!
You can email Kyle to RSVP and get directions at kgulya@
yahoo.com

So C'mon, you know you want to party with this . . . (Donovan) . . .


and with this . . . (Hayden)!

and this . . . (Kyle and Melissa)!

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Thanks for the Blankets Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Gulya!

Donovan with his new blanket!


Hayden sprawled out on his new blanket!

Progress Update

Hayden and Donovan went to the doctor today for their 9 month appointment. Hayden was 19 lbs 2 ozs (bottom 25th percentile) and Donovan was 20 lbs 3 ozs (top or bottom 50th percentile - your choice). Hayden was 28.5 inches tall (top or bottom 50th percentile) and Donovan was 27.75 inches tall (bottom 25th percentile)!

At one point during their visit, the nurses attacked the boys and stabbed each boy in the finger and drew blood. We can only determine that the nurses stole the boys' blood to determine what in their DNA kicks so much butt!

We have had a lot of fun developments with the boys over the last week. Hayden and Donovan both started clapping. Usually it is for no reason, but they seem to like to clap. We also lowered their cribs to the deepest setting to keep Tubby from jumping out. Hayden was sitting in his crib looking at me when I went in to check on them around 9:30 p.m. tonight. Not cool. Donovan is pretty content in his crib and is still a good sleeper. We also moved the boys out of their car seats and they are now using their convertible seats. We are selling the car seats if anyone wants them along with the double Snap n Go. $125.00 Firm.

Also, Hayden and Donovan would like to thank Grandma Sue and Grandpa Dan for letting them use the Trailblazer this week. We hope you did well enough in Vegas to find a ride home on Sunday!

The Wauwatosa Wrecking Crew with their Manager The Grand Dad

The Boys' next match is against a real Ham N Egger - Harriet!

Updates

Hayden is crawling, really crawling.
Donovan is pinching, really hard.
Kyle is sick, really sick.
Melissa is getting sick, hopefully not really sick.
The Grand Dad is visiting. He put up the gates to keep Mr. Hayden contained. He also bought Melissa a cheesecake from Simma's. It was really good. Thanks Grand Dad.

MMA!!!!!!

We started a Mixed Martial Arts Competition. Hailey fights the winner.

Guess where we got the cage?

Post your guess of where we got the cage:

(a) Melissa stole it

(b) Wal-Mart

(c) Craigslist

(d) From the WWE (formerly WWF)--a cage previoulsy used for a cage match

No prize for the correct guess.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Melissa and I had pizza for Valentine's Day dinner. The boys had sweet potatoes. Who won?

We also added a new member to our family . . . a Nintendo Wii!!!!!!!! Melissa got smoked in boxing tonight after getting knocked out in the first round. She refuses to play boxing anymore.

Pampers

We very much enjoy the always high-quality Pampers diapers. The Pampers Baby Dry and the Pampers Cruisers both tested very well and consistently performed to our demanding standards. Aside from normal diaper use, they also do an excellent job of wiping up spills, buffing, and serve as extra cushioning for that hard chair. We only had one tab break off of one of the diapers. Otherwise, they handled all of the diaper messes except for one side-explosion S5 by Donovan which no diaper could have stopped. Surprisingly, the onesie was not touched by said S5, but the pants were a different story. Otherwise, for a daytime or nighttime diaper, both Pampers Baby Dry and Pampers Cruisers were outstanding and we continue to recommend them when purchased with as many coupons as possible. The wipes were unremarkable, but much better than the Target brand wipes which you may as well just use your . . . .

Activity

The boy have been up to a lot lately! Donovan has started biting using his two lower teeth. Hayden is still a little gummie bear. But Hayden is crawling all over the family room with no discernable pattern to his crawling. He just manages to get from point A to points B-P but in no particular order. He also gets his legs caught underneath the couch and the television and then cries. The boys are also mowing down Cheerios and anything else we feed them. The boys watched back episodes of Lost this weekend as well as Knocked Up. They liked all of it.

Why we love Wisconsin!?!?!

Captured by the Big Snowbeast and the Hairy Snowbeast!

The Little Snowbeasts!

Superbowl Party!!!! Go Giants!!! 12 Minutes to go 4th Quarter

Waterpark!

Some of you may question why young Hayden is going down a waterslide. Our collective response is, "Wait til you see what we do this summer on the tube behind the boat!" Call Child Protective Services now if you care about these boys!

Hangin' Out at home and at Famous Dave's

Superbowl Pick

The boys have been really pissed off all morning for some reason. I can only assume it is because the Pack is not playing tonight in the big game. That said, here is their pick:
New England Cheaters 28, New York Giants 20.