The D & K Chronicles

Turning the Big 3!

2009-01-28T18:16:00.000-08:00

Well the time has finally arrived, we are turning 3 this weekend. The parties are planned (yes, plural) and the theme is...drumroll please.........Cars! I know, I know, everyone is shocked. Needless to say D & K are pretty excited and Disney has received another large donation from our checking account.

Halloween was a blast this year with numerous visits to the local pumpkin patches, Halloween parties, and Trick or Treating.

We had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas with our families. We had Mimi and Poppie stay at our house the week of Thanksgiving and enjoyed Turkey day at Aunt Jamie and Uncle Mike's house with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Cory, Patrick and Ryan. At Christmas we celebrated with everyone over the course of several days and were excited to see our cousin Eden who thought we were pretty funny guys. We also welcomed another new cousin to the family, Baby Sara, who was born on New Year's Eve. 2008 was a pretty busy year!

Here are a few pics from the last couple of months. Coming up next in April is a road trip to Florida to visit Mimi and Poppie, and maybe, just maybe, a quick trip to see Mickey and Co. at the Magic Kingdom. Stay Tuned!

Halloween, we were, of course, race car drivers!

In our Lightening McQueen robes after a bath.

Tree huggers!

Fun in the snow!

Fall Update

2008-10-16T14:10:00.000-07:00

Well fall is here and Halloween is fast approaching and Dylan and Keegan are loving all the fun decorations and pumpkin farm trips. We spent last weekend visiting two pumpkin farms, one in West Chicago with Grandma and Grandpa and the other other in Libertyville with Aunt Leslie and cousins Jakob and Anna. It was a busy and fun weekend. We also went to the Children's Museum at Navy Pier a few weekends ago and had a great time at the museum AND checking out all the boats on the lake. Chicago has been experiencing some wonderful fall weather so we have had lots of fun excursions.

We are looking forward to dressing up in our costumes for Halloween and we will also be starting a new gymnastics class soon with some of our friends from our playdate group. Here are some recent pics of our activities!

Random photos

2008-09-12T20:52:00.001-07:00

Here are some other shots of the boys and the fun summer we had.

An update — FINALLY!!!!!

2008-09-12T20:43:00.000-07:00

Okay, so it's been a while since I last updated the boy's blog. Finally, here is an update.

We went apple picking last weekend with Dave and Mari out in Harvard, IL (at least I think we were still in Illinois. It may have been Iowa).

The kids had a great time. The apples were very tasty and they had fun toys for climbing on. What else could a kids ask for.

Happy 2nd Birthday Dylan & Keegan!!!

2008-01-31T20:12:00.001-08:00

Keegan goes coast to coast

2007-12-30T19:37:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!!!

2007-12-20T22:03:00.001-08:00

Check out our family snowball fight (press play button below).

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Summer fun!!!

2007-08-18T11:58:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since we put some new photos on the blog.

We are having a great summer. We just got done with baby gymnastics and we've been going to the pool a lot.

Hope you've all had a nice summer too.

Take care — D&K

Welcome to the cottage

2007-06-04T12:17:00.000-07:00

Well at the ripe old age of 16 mos. we finally got our own place. Plenty of room for company so if you are under 3.5 feet come on by anytime! The doorbell works and the phone does too, but Dylan is usually tying up the line. We plan to move the place to the backyard under a nice shady tree but today it was raining so Daddy built the house in the garage so we could check it out.

This is it!

Yup, it works!

Just checking one more time, Dylan gets busy cleaning up the yard.

I hope Keegan didn't break this thing!

"Will you stop ringing that doorbell Dylan!"

Dylan "Cool, it's got a phone!" Keegan, "I hope Dylan didn't break this thing."

A table for two.

Hey Mommy! No girls allowed!

"Can I get some privacy here? I'm on the phone."

This update is for Patty Hayes.

2007-05-07T20:31:00.000-07:00

I promised my friend Patty that I would finally put some new photos on the blog. You can all thank Patty for getting me to do it.

The "boys in the hoodz."

Dylan partying at the Stapleton's.

Keegan relaxing on the couch.

Dylan in the box.

Keegan looking through the tunnel.

We're #1! We're #1!

2007-02-11T20:45:00.000-08:00

We just turned 1!!!!!

Friday at home

2006-12-29T10:55:00.000-08:00

We are at home today having fun with Mommy. We love all our new toys.

Love
D & K

2006-11-07T20:41:00.000-08:00

Daddy is going to post more photos of us soon — we promise.

Our kind of town.

2006-08-14T19:44:00.000-07:00

We took our first trip down to the big city of Chicago over the weekend. It was a gorgeous day and the streets were packed. It's funny how everyone moves out of the way of a double stroller. Most people must not bring 6 1/2 month old twins downtown because everywhere we went people were making a big deal out of us.

We were all decked out in our Cubs outfits. Daddy says that the Cubs stink this year. He says that being a Cubs fan will help us learn patience and optimism. Something about waiting til next year. Oh well, we looked good anyway.

6 months — Our future's so bright, we've got to wear shades

2006-08-12T13:55:00.000-07:00

We made it to six months and we're doing well. Keegan's acid reflux still continues to give Mommy and Daddy fits but it will hopefully get better soon. Keegan had an endoscopy to see if the reflux did any damage, which luckily it did not. Keegan flirted with all the nurses and came through with flying colors. Thank you to everyone who thought of Keegan during this time and kept him in their prayers.

We're looking forward to our trip to Florida at the end of the month to visit Mimi and Poppy (Steph's parents). We were trying on our sunglasses and we think we look pretty cool. We're gonna get all the chicks in South Beach.

We are getting close to sitting on our own. Mommy keeps practicing this with us. I think brother Keegan is going to crawl before he learns to sit up. He rolls all over the place and creeps from the top of his crib to the bottom (and back again).

Life is good. We are having lots of fun.

5 months old!!!

2006-07-02T10:56:00.000-07:00

We have all made it to five months. Keegan is 15 pounds and Dylan is a whopping 16 pounds. Keegan's acid reflux is holding him back a bit, but once we get that under control he'll catch up.

It's crazy to think that we just went to my cousin Ryan's graduation party last weekend. Ryan and his older brother Patrick were little guys at our wedding. Now they are both in college. Time is certainly going by quickly.

Dylan (left) & Keegan (right) hanging out on their boppy pillows.

Keegan (left) with his second cousin Ryan Keegan Stone and Dylan with second cousin Patrick Michael Stone.

Keegan (left) and Dylan (right) relaxing together.

Mommy and Daddy looking very trendy with our carriers ready to take a walk around the neighborhood. Copper enjoyed it also.

Hi there

2006-06-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

The boys are really starting to show a lot of personality and character. Both are discovering that they can make cool sounds. Dylan likes to make more ooh and ahh sounds while Keegan likes to squeal. Both are very cute.

Random photos

2006-05-17T19:55:00.000-07:00

Just some random funny shots of the boys that I have been meaning to post.

The dynamic duo

2006-04-26T19:34:00.000-07:00

A couple of pictures that Steph took this morning in a rare moment where they were both smiling.

Christening

2006-04-26T19:25:00.000-07:00

Dylan and Keegan were baptized at the Easter Vigil at St. Lawrence church on April 15. Dylan's Godparents are Steph's best friend Amy and my brother Cory. Keegan's Godparents are Steph's brother Mark and her sister Leslie. Thanks to everyone who came to the blessed event and endured the nice yet long two hour ceremony.

Happy Easter

2006-04-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

Dylan & Keegan want to wish everyone a happy Easter!!

Apple of their eyes

2006-03-31T19:37:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we got to go to Woodfield Mall and visited the Apple store for the first time. I think they enjoyed it.

Hello new world

2006-02-18T09:39:00.000-08:00

This is our first ever blog. How exciting. Check back here periodically to see what new and exciting things we are up to. It's going to be a fun ride.