Grandparents visit!

My parents came to visit and had a great time with the boys! We gave them a tour of of our area and went out to dinner while they were here. We are working hard to get the boys back on their schedule again after missed naps and late nights! Noah talked so much about "going to Grandma's" after they left that we made a chain of the days we have left before our trip back to KC! We'll take one loop off every night and then he'll be able to see how much closer we get to our trip!
Tomorrow our case manager for Ohio's "Help Me Grow" program is coming to let us know what services Eli qualified for (physical therapy etc), so we are looking forward to getting that going! Friday we have a play date at our house with the boy next door.

Goin' the the playground

Noah and Eli had a great time on the first nice day we've had in a long time! Although I have been homesick for KC lately. I miss so many people and so many things about the city I knew so well! I think we are living in a great place, don't get me wrong. But it's not what I'm used to yet, so it is not easy. We went out to dinner in Easton last night and it is like Oak Park Mall and Zona Rosa combined. It has an indoor and an outdoor mall area, a ton of restaurants, a train and sprinkler waterfall area, and of course a Build-a-Bear Workshop, where Noah had to make a new "friend." Needless to say, we had a blast and the boys were tired by the time we got home. Hopefully we'll continue to discover new things to do, places to go and people, too!

Another cold and rainy day here yesterday, but we found lots to do! We colored, built with blocks, made train track courses, played in the ball pit, read books, danced, and watched cartoons. Eli was definitely rolling and pulling himself toward toys he wanted to play with and was very content moving himself around the living room floor from toy to toy. He also enjoyed some of the cartoons with Noah. Eli's tooth continues to make him a little fussy, but it's almost all they way through the gum now, so hopefully he'll feel better today. I took Noah shopping with me when Jason got home and I think he enjoyed it more than I did, although we didn't find much.
We are planning on taking a trip to the library and finger painting today. It is gorgeous outside already and if it warms up, we'll be playing outside, too.
Eli was supposed to go to the dr today and possible get some shots, but he's been running a slight temp with his teething and already doesn't feel well, so we rescheduled that appointment. They won't give shots if babies have a temp anyway.
We are also excited because Grandma and Grandpa will be stopping to visit us on their way back to Kansas City from New York! It looks like they will be here sometime Monday night. They will be our first overnight guests!
We hope you all have a great Thursday! Tomorrow is Friday! Yeh!

Counting kangaroos and hail

We've spent the better part of our day counting kangaroos and sorting them by color. Apparently this is very fascinating for an almost 3 year-old! We also read the book "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly" and Noah "fed" the matching animal cards to our old lady cut-out as we read the story....6 times! I really miss teaching!
I also took some pics of the hail that has been falling on and off here this afternoon and the view of the sky looking down our street. Needless to say, we are watching for severe weather warnings today, such as tornadoes with that ominous sky!
I still need to mop the kitchen and foyer floors. Hopefully I'll get to those later this afternoon! Gotta go get Eli now. He's awake from his afternoon nap!

Carrots? What?

It's been a monumental day--Eli ate carrot baby food! I've been trying to get him to eat baby food for awhile now with no luck, but today he was finally hungry enough (or bored enough) to try it and really ate it! He got to gnaw on a biter biscuit afterwards, too and was pretty happy about that! I am so proud of him! We'll get there yet!
Noah is still pooping his pull-up, though. :( One kid at a time! He pees in the potty every time, but can't seem to catch himself before he has to poop! We'll keep trying, but Mommy is not cleaning out anymore undies for now, so pull-ups it is until we improve!
More icky rainy weather here today, but it was a lazy Monday anyway. Mommy did laundry and finally managed to get it all folded (although it has yet to be put away!) Eli played with lots of baby toys today and is really moving around everywhere now, too. Noah managed to trash the play room by noon and did NOT like Mommy making him clean up some of it before he could watch "Cars" for the 10,000th time. :)
Tomorrow we will be going to the library for more books or the park to play if it's not raining!

Whew-who! We made it to the weekend! It's definitely not easy when Jason goes out of town! We had a laid-back Friday evening. Jason mowed the lawn (his lawn-mowing experience was much like my floor moping experience....so much MORE in this house than our old house!) The boys played outside and went to bed tired.
Jason went and met with the home builder this morning and we've now narrowed it down to 2 floor plan choices and 2 lots we like. Now we need to make our lists of pros and cons and weigh out our choices. Then we'll decide on more specifics (floor-type, counter tops etc. etc.) So fun!
We've been hanging out with the boys all day! Out and about and enjoying the gorgeous weather here! It is perfect!
We are going out tonight and Ashtyn is going to babysit the boys. Adult time! Yeh!
Hope you are all having a great weekend!

"Rain, rain, go away!" Noah's been singing this song for the past 3 days now! Yuck! So we had an indoor pool party in the master tub yesterday and went shopping at Old Navy and Babies 'R Us today. Tomorrow and Friday are supposed to be sunny and in the high 60's, so we should be able to get outside then. Here is what the aftermath from our "pool party" looked like and the boys in the tub. We hope you're all doing well! We miss you!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter here! Our day started off with a visit from the Easter bunny! He rang the doorbell and left a big basket of treats and toys for Noah! (But no candy for Eli, since "He doesn't have any teeth!" in Noah's words). We went to church, of course and then had lunch at the Stacy's house. We couldn't get Noah off the trampoline and he cried all the way home, "Wanna go back!" Debbie told him he could come back anytime he wants. Thanks, Debbie....now he won't stop asking to go! :) I hope you all had a fabulous Easter and thanked Jesus for the sacrifice that allows us all to spend eternity in Heaven! As Noah says, "Jesus...he died!" Still working on the coming back to life part...

Fun day

Grandma Crabb sent the boys stuffed sheep (lambs) and hats. Eli is sporting his little plaid one. We also went to the playground up at the church and it is awesome! It's handicapped accessible, so it's HUGE! When we got home, Noah fell asleep in his beanbag in the playroom. I think all the stress from the move is catching up with me....I have been so tired the last few days. Hopefully we can catch up on sleep this weekend. Hope you all are doing well! We miss our family and friends in KC, New York, Nebraska, Arizona, Texas and everywhere else!

Why on earth did I think daily posting was going to work? Really there isn't much to say for yesterday, though. Noah and Mommy dyed eggs. Noah cracked most of them and thought that was cooler than putting stickers on them. Eli napped to try and sleep off his cold, which is making his nose run like crazy! When Noah fell asleep on the couch, Mommy went and laid down for awhile, too.

Noah and Mommy went to the "li-berry" (library) where Noah informed Mommy that "we haf ta whisper!" still in his talking voice. Mommy and Noah both checked out some good books to read. And last night Mommy went running in an effort to start getting back in shape. Ugh. Forgot what a long process that is! We do have gorgeous scenery to run around, though....outside of our subdivision is wide open countryside and it's beautiful!

Today we are going to go to the playground at Daddy's work (World Harvest campus). It is the only disabled children accesible play area in the entire metro area. I will try and take some pics and post them later. Mommy also has a ton of laundry to do and a huge kitchen floor to mop. Such excitement, I know! Don't worry, the adventures will start up again soon....just keeping it low-key for right now while we try and adjust to the new house and new area.

Welcome to the Crabb family blog!

Hi everyone!

I started this blog as a way to keep our families (and friends) updated with what is going on with us! We've lived in Columbus, Ohio for a week now it already feels like the boys are doing so much!

Eli is now rolling everywhere and sitting up more (w/some help from Mommy still) and will be evaluated by the Help Me Grow program here in Ohio to see if he qualifies for physical therapy here (the lady assured me he should after giving her his history). Eli is starting to tolerate more baby food, too, although he hates rice cereal and baby oatmeal and will have nothing to do with it!

Noah is progressing with is potty training and yesterday Mommy put him back in his Thomas the Train underwear all day long! (We took a break from them to wear pull-ups for our trip and hadn't gone back to them for daytime yet.)

Jason is busy adjusting to his new job and will start some traveling soon. Christine found it strange that he was home this week between 5-6pm most nights. But it was great to have his help in setting up the house! We are working on getting to know Pickerington. We have found play areas for the boys, the mall (cute treehouse play area...HUGE!), Cosco (Noah's favorite store!) and we are planning on going to the library this week, too.

I will try to post pictures and tell stories of our daily adventures to keep you all updated! Please post questions or comments and I will check our blog daily.

We love you and miss you all!