Yikes.

Oy- It is hot hot HOT here. 102 degrees today... and it's still 81 in the house. Eek. So there, I've done my griping about the weather. The heat combined with our fearless leader -a.k.a Ben- being gone at Airman Leadership School have me and the tots in full survival mode. Gabriel's big thing lately is to remove ALL of his DVDs from their cases and spread them out strategically on the floor. From a distance, they look like a technological crop circle on our living room rug. Unfortunately, he's slowly killing them with all his handling and let me tell ya, the only thing more excruciating than watching Larry Boy for the 876th time is watching. Larry. Boy. constantly. pause. because your son has scratched it up so bad :)

Luckily, both Gabriel and I have the ever-growing, gloriously chubby and scrumptious Eli to thrill us. No, seriously- He gets the same reaction from both of us. Putting that kid on the floor for some tummy time draws us like moths to a flame: He rolls from side to side, kicks his little legs, air-boxes with his tiny fists, and coos and smiles and... Yeah. He makes my heart melt. And Gabriel thinks he's the coolest thing since chicken fingers and boxed juice.

Lastly, we miss Ben a whole lot. 2 1/2 more days and we get to see his awesome self for the weekend!