The AMAZING Kaedyn....

While I'm working on getting our Christmas photos resized (I didn't get the family shot I wanted, maybe I'll get one today before Dennis goes to work) .... we didn't even get DRESSED yesterday - ha ha ha - we just all had a good day hanging out in our PJ's enjoying candy, and cookies, and ham, and other good food!!  I messed with my SIMS and now that I'm playing again, I'll be posting in the SIMS blogs again.

I do have to say though, that I'm really annoyed with EA.  I have been having to fight with my game, yes the updates are doing cool things but they are messing with my MODS, but I can deal without them ... but of which I also enjoy having!  So it's hard!  Oh well huh?  And suddenly - over half of my stuff from THE STORE is missing, so I'll be shooting off an email to them soon on how to fix that!   Because I like MY CHOICES and creating style around my SIMS.

Enough of a SIMS rant....  ONTO the AMAZING Kaedyn...

So if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook (I rarely Twitter, but I did about this!)

You'll know that Kaedyn became a climbing fool the other day!  Teehee..  Nathan has been climbing up on the changing table for awhile.  It doesn't worry me so much because he really only does it when he needs a diaper change and doesn't think I know it.   So he will go into his room (provided Kaedyn isn't napping and the door is shut) and climb up the changing table, lay down, and start yelling to get my attention.  LOL..  nice subtle HINT huh?

Well, apparently Kaedyn has been watching him....

I knew that Kaedyn was getting the hint because while changing Nathan several times, Kaedyn has tried to climb the white shelves next to changing table (which is what Nathan started to use once they were placed there when I re-arranged the room recently, however, Nathan just climbs the actual changing table too!) ...

So I knew I would have to come up with a plan soon, but....  I still had time......

So I thought... 

But the other day (the 23rd) ... I was working on a blog entry while the boys were all playing happily.   Noah was playing in his room, Cal was playing LOTRO (Lord of the Rings Online), Nathan was in the living room with me playing with the toys in here, and Kaedyn was walking around the house playing with whatever struck his fancy which is what he normally does... goes back and forth to harassing Noah at the gate (Noah has a gate on his room normally due to "little pieces" on his floor at time) ... to playing the piano in his room (yes real piano) .. playing with the toys in his room... to playing in the kitchen ... to playing in the living room with Nathan.  Nathan and Kaedyn will also run off into their room to play together.   Nathan is finally starting to tolerate Kaedyn and love him a lot.  They still fight though, but they are siblings .. LOL... can't ask them not to.

Anyway - I'm working on my blog and (this was the It's the Night before ... the Night...before Christmas) which was actually done on THE 23rd (it says the 24th!) ... because of all the drama that happened! LOL... I couldn't sit at my computer and FINISH it!   (if you look at it now, it has pictures!)

Anyway ....  things got quiet and .... I said to Cal... "Where did Kaedyn go?"   There is a monitor in their room, and a receiver in our room and one at my desk for when I'm working (love that they came out with double receiver monitors!) ... anyway ...  Cal says, "I don't know I thought he was in here" ...

So I sit.... and listen ...

It doesn't sound like he's in the kitchen, because he usually is in a cupboard with the pans "making" something or tupperware or the empty cupboard next to the stove...

I don't hear Noah screaming so he's not at the gate...

My bedroom door is shut ... so....

And it's quite in their room.... hummm... it's TOO QUIET...

You know when your kids are being TOOOOOOO QUIET ...... you just KNOW something is wrong, they are getting into SOME sort of trouble...

.... yes... yes they most definitely are......

So I get up, check their room .... and this is what I see....

Yes, apparently ........ THAT DAY HAS COME.......
To which Nathan says, "I'll go up there too!"

Yes, he is eating diaper rash creme which I didn't notice until I took that photo...  which I rushed across the room and snapped it shut so he couldn't actually EAT anymore...
To which he said... "Want some?"

Um........ no, Kaedyn....  no thanks...
And then, once I got over my mammarazzi moments and cleaned him up, and the changing table... the dresser... and anything else he tagged...  I found Nathan sitting on the changing table... "CHEESE" .. "Change me now please!"

Then later.......

IT HAPPENED AGAIN ... 

Only this time... he wasn't on the changing table.   Suddenly, it was all too quiet again!!   And I shouted "Where is Kaedyn?!"

Calahan and I both jumped up and........

SERIOUSLY!?!?!   When I said he was a Monkey, I didn't MEAN it!  I mean when I was pregnant and thinking of a "theme" that would go with Nathan's Frog Theme...  and I thought how cute Monkeys were...  and how it "sorta" went together....... I didn't think the kid would REALLY live up to it, but what child doesn't have monkey tendencies?   Well - as soon as this baby could MOVE he did.  From climbing me and being "King of the Momma" to this...  the kid has to find the highest point, and GET THERE...

"Oh...  Hi Mom!"  (the blue thing hanging off the dresser is the bottom base to their blue crayola lava lamp... good thing it wasn't on!  OUCH!)

"I'm sick of Christmas music!  Let me change the station!"   .. the radio is always on in their room.  It's usually on a station that plays a variety of stuff, and a couple days before Thanksgiving, plays Christmas music *almost* 24/7 .... 

"Dang, I just turned it up..... let me see if I can smother it!"

Meanwhile Nathan is on the floor thinking "Hey, How do I get up there?  Do I climb these things?"

Also that day....  Kaedyn got .. STUCK ... on the crib.   See...  I was going back and forth in rooms doing stuff, in and out of their room, in the kitchen, living room ... I don't even remember what I was doing, I just remember going in their room with them playing ... and then a couple minutes going back in and seeing this.....

To which Nathan saw I had the camera and wanted to come be behind it ... so he got down... leaving poor Kaedyn...

Who then started to fuss ... and I realized....... he was stuck!  He didn't know how to get down because he was standing on the "rail" of Nathan's bed and didn't know how to step down (or was afraid to) off the rail.

"If you don't get me down now, I'll EAT my way through!"

Funny: Christmas Cookie Rules

 

Christmas Cookie Rules

 

1. If you eat a Christmas cookie fresh out of the oven, it has no calories because everyone knows that the first cookie is the test and thus calorie free.
 
2. If you drink a diet soda after eating your second cookie, it also has no calories because the diet soda cancels out the cookie calories.
 
3. If a friend comes over while you're making your Christmas cookies and needs to sample, you must sample with your friend. Because your friend's first cookie is calories free, (rule #1) yours is also. It would be rude to let your friend sample alone and, being the friend that you are, that makes your cookie calorie free.
 
4. Any cookie calories consumed while walking around will fall to your feet and eventually fall off as you move. This is due to gravity and the density of the caloric mass.
 
5. Any calories consumed during the frosting of the Christmas cookies will be used up because it takes many calories to lick excess frosting from a knife without cutting your tongue.
 
6. Cookies colored red or green have very few calories. Red ones have three and green ones have five - one calorie for each letter. Make more red ones!
 
7. Cookies eaten while watching "Miracle on 34th Street" have no calories because they are part of the entertainment package and not part of one's personal fuel.

8. As always, cookie pieces contain no calories because the process of breaking Causes calorie leakage..

9. Any cookies consumed from someone else's plate have no calories since the calories rightfully belong to the other person and will cling to their plate. We all know how calories like to CLING!

10. Any cookies consumed while feeling stressed have no calories because cookies used for medicinal purposes NEVER have calories. It's a rule!

So, go out and enjoy those Christmas Cookies - we only get them this time of year! 

Funny: Remember This At Christmas Time........

REMEMBER THIS AT CHRISTMAS TIME

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December.

Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.

Therefore, according to EVERY historical rendition depicting Santa's reindeer, EVERY single one of them, from Rudolph to Blitzen, had to be a girl.

We should've known…...

ONLY women would be able to drag a fat-ass man in a red velvet suit all around the world in one night and not get lost.

Twas the Night before ... the Night. before Christmas...

My head is awful busy tonight…… I blame it on the caffeine I have allowed myself today. 

It has been an interesting day ……..the MOUND of gifts on my bed, is scary!  I dumped two huge (like garbage bags) on my bed and took pictures…

Then I found another!!  Will it NEVER end!?!?

Normally I wrap gifts as I buy them, but not this year.  This year there are babies under foot who ENJOY ripping paper… I mean, REALLY enjoy ripping paper.  Not to mention, this year… the tree is like a HUGE NEON SIGN blinking for attention! 

Come play with my branches..

Come touch my lights..

Take the ornaments off me and make Mommy chase you yelling “please don’t break it” …

Of which the gifts are under and the paper beckons … 

Rip me…  Mom & Dad won’t be mad!

Humph….  Kids, THE TREE LIES!

 BACK UP .... SLOWLY ...  AWAY FROM THE TREE ...

 

But they don't, they just look at me all ...  "oh what mom?"  GRIN in that way that melts your heart.  "SEE, I'm cute!"

Here are the photos of all the gifts I had to wrap Christmas Eve Eve.... which I planned on doing during the day, but couldn't (see The Amazing Kaedyn entry above!) ...  these photos were added 12-26 because I didn't have time to add them before then like I planned!

 

Those are SOME of the stocking stuffers I had before I went and bought the rest Christmas Eve Morning...

I decided not to wrap the babies clothes though, Nathan wore the red shirt Christmas Eve and Kaedyn wore the Silent Night one... 

Tis Mumble Jumble with Playdoh!

If you are coming from ICLW ....  click here for my DECEMBER WELCOME!

I am behind in my ICLW reading, I only got about 5 read yesterday, so I'm only on about 25 out of 130.. so I have some making up to do as soon as I can! 

There hasn't been an update on Natalie that I know of yet, but I'm anxiously awaiting one..

So I didn't get a Random Thoughts out yesterday ... but let me tell you, I have them!!  I just wasn't in the mood after my Ode to Early Mornings post...  So I caught up on my blogroll and had some WITTY banter through email with my friend (she told me I forgot the witty part so I had to come back and add it).....  Nathan had Speech Therapy where we taped 4 new videos which got put up on our YouTube channel yesterday!  He said "Banana" and "Ta-DA" and "Pepper" in some of the videos.  We pulled out the card table and Noah and Nathan played with Playdoh before lunch, then had lunch and nummer nummers...  then the whole house pretty much took shifts for naps!   Kaedyn went down, Nathan fell asleep then I figured I better too, since I had only had 2 hours the night before.... so I got about an hour nap that I woke up feeling horrible from.  Then we worked on dinner and the boys were ALL bickering and yelling and I had a bad headache.......... so my patients, unfortunately, were shot last night.   The MEAN Mommy came out........ oye.... and we had been having such a good day.

Today, I'm going to lock myself up in my bedroom here - in a few minutes - with my laptop of course (normally I am on the big computer off and on all day, it's in the living room) ...  I have a HUGE mountain of gifts to wrap yet, (I'll take a picture!!) ... and I have to figure out WHAT I still need to get so that when Dennis and I go out in the AM, I have a plan! 

So ...  my random thoughts at the moment..........

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Dennis and I are *thinking* super hard about moving to WA State where my parents live.  It was the last place my Dad was stationed (Navy Man) and so they stayed there.  So my Dad, Step-Mom and Sister live there (don't get me started on my Brother right now) ...  I also have 2 older sisters who live who knows where at this point.  All my siblings are via my Dad, in other words, half siblings.  I wish I had better relationships with them, I always longed for siblings.  I am the middle child of 5 on my Dad's side, and my Mom's only!  Anyway - off track ....  So my Mom met my Step-Dad online, he flew her out to Hawaii to meet! LOL... she looooooved it.  Funny enough - he was in Hawaii on business and lived in WA State just a few miles from my Dad.  My Step-Dad is a Navy Man too.  So things went so well with him, she ended up moving out there (to WA State), to be with him.  They've been together for a long long time now.  So it's just funny when I say "My Parents live in WA State" I always feel the NEED to add ...... "all 4 of them" on the end......

ANYWAY .......

We were talking about how we want our life to be and if we REALLY want to move out there.  Don't get me wrong, I so want to because I want to be by my parents, I long for family - I MISS having those family gatherings and just having someplace to go.  I know that Grandma Nancy and Nana (my mom) would LOVE to have their grandbabies right there - because it's the only Grandbabies there are!  I know my Dad and Step-Dad would too!  I know my Step-Dad just dotes on them.  I'm so tired of being just US on holidays!   It breaks my heart that we don't have "Grandma's" to go to tomorrow... or Christmas Day.  

Anyway - I was thinking expense again, and how fast paced everything is out there and how I long for the slower pace of the south.  Or what I imagine the south is.  I'm not a hustle and bustle type of person.   I loved living out in the country and I really want to be in a small town where everyone knows everyone  .....type of thing... 

So I was thinking, and talking to Dennis and funny enough, I said "Do you have a Bubba in your family tree?"  I think there was some song on or something ...  and it was a line in the song... and he goes "No, Cody (his nephew) was Bubba when he was little but not anymore" .... and I was going to make a comment that we really needed a Bubba in our family tree, just as long as WE didn't provide it........ then this face flashed in my mind.......

CRAP....... we already have a Bubba.  We provided him.....

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That same little boy, every time his diaper is taken off........ reaches right for his boy parts!  I don't know how many times I have lectured him with things like "Little boys don't play with those things so young" and "Don't you know you aren't suppose to play with that in front of your Momma!?!?!"  Yes I know, it's COMPLETELY normal...   But it doesn't matter........ the diaper comes off, the HAND goes DOWN THERE....... today, he immediately started to POKE it...   :: sigh ::: He is so seriously a boy!!  Oh and get this..... he shifted his weight and SCRATCHED HIS BUTT the other day.... I kid you not.......okay so the baby has excema (heehee) but still.. it's pretty funny to see your 1 year old scratch his butt... just like his Daddy!

It just starts way to early!!  My 4th Boy and I still don't know how to stop the "Male Process" ...next up, male selective hearing........ oh wait, that already started!

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Nathan has found a very ......... interesting ...... interest in his nose.   If it's small enough, he now attempts to STICK IT UP HIS NOSE......  We have glow stick bracelets ..... and he takes them apart and puts them up his nose until I catch him and take it away.  This morning... it was pretzels!   Stick pretzels.... don't need you thinking he's trying to shove knot ones up there........ ANYWAY ...  I turn around and look at him, and he's got one already up his right nostril ... he's attempting to put another one up the left one... and I yell at him.  At the same time I'm going "NATHAN STOP THAT" he sneezes and the pretzel in his right nostril flies out and he SCREAMS!  Now I don't know if it hurt, if he's screaming because it flew out, or because of my yelling at him.  I can only assume, based on his personality ... that it was the second!  He was mad it fell out!  Because he was COMPLETELY ignoring my "Nathan, Stop that, NATHAN STOP IT .. Come on Nathan  take that out" ...  that I managed to get out in the 10 seconds I was taking to get out of my chair. 

Seriously?  He's going to be that kid in that commercial where they keep going back to the DR because the kid keeps sticking stuff where it doesn't belong and they start calling him just by his first name because they know him so well they have an x-ray room named after him!  Yeah that one.....

I can just feel that it's going to all start soon......

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He (Nathan, that is) also brought me one of the Princess' (step-daughter's) dolls that has been hiding in the closet for her.  We buy her gifts each holiday and we want her to have stuff when we ever we manage to get some sort of custody thing going (another reason why we're not sure we really want to move out to WA) ...  Anyway, it's a Belle (Beauty and the Beast) doll we got her last Christmas and he was very INSISTENT that I open it.  So I did....I figured I'd get it away from him and back in her stuff once he lost interest. 

Well, he got that doll and he grabbed this brush & mirror set thing that had also been in there for her, and he started to brush Belle's hair.  LOL...  He has been brushing Belle's hair since last night. 

Dennis saw when he got home last night and he just laughed and made some comment about hoping he wasn't gay.  Don't get me wrong there - it was just a joke.  We would BOTH accept our children for whoever and whatever they are. 

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And with that ... I will leave you with some photos from yesterday!  If you haven't read my DEAR SANTA post yet, please do - I think it's quite funny!  And TRUE! LOL...  

Now - for playing with Play-doh!  My two small fries!  Noah (who was 1lb 12oz at birth, now almost 8 years old) and Nathan (3lbs 4oz at birth, only 18lbs - if lucky - at 2 1/2 .. he'll be 3 in April)

 

 

Dear Santa .........

If you could please take a moment to answer my wish, I would be so grateful.  I don't ask for much through the year, in fact, I put all the stuff I need or want on hold to buy for my kids, for my husband.... for the family zoo, unless it's a Nora Roberts book, then the kids will just have to starve for a day!  HA ha ... that was a joke Santa.... eh... sorta.

Anyway Santa, there are just a few things I would love to see under the tree this year.  It's not to much to ask is it?

#1: on my list is the FULL Series of Gilmore Girls.... see, they are the bomb-diggity and I love watching the show, I cried when the series ended and I STILL have the last episode on my DVR because I refuse to delete it - that's pretty sad isn't it?   But see, if I had the full series on DVD, I could free up that hour for something else!!  I am still hoping they do a movie... or five!  So if you could do anything about that, too... I would so greatly appreciate it!

#2: If the $160 it costs for #1 is a little too steep ...  then my #2 is simple enough.   The Nora Roberts books I haven't picked up yet!  That's not expensive at all!!  And you know how much I love my Nora books!

#3 on my list is pretty simple too.  I mean I do need my SIMS addiction supported and in doing so I must have the expansion pack!  The expansion pack is pretty dang cool and my SIMS really want to be world travelers!  Paris, Egypt ... China ... all awesome!!!  Please don't forget the fact that I would like it complete with the SIMS 3: World Adventure Official Game Guide!!  And if you could FIX my SIMS after the last update screwed them up - THAT would be awesome too!!  And please don't tell me to get rid of my Mods, I like my Mods....... hummm... maybe my Mods have been fixed now to the point where I can fix it all myself!  I'll have to check it out ... thanks Santa!  But don't forget the Official Game Guide...  or at least a gift card to Borders so I can get it myself!

#4 on my list, Dear Santa, is pretty easy too!  I mean I love candles, and everyone knows it.  I love the fruity fun scents more so then the musky harsher scents!  And please, NO PINE... I am allergic to it real Christmas trees, what makes you think the artificial smell won't send my sinuses into a tizzy!?!  So some really cool candles are ALWAYS welcome in my book!

#5 is pretty out there Santa ...  but if you could fit David Cook in my Stocking - that would be Superb!!  After watching the Carrie Underwood Special and seeing this..........

I decided that I was going to leave Dennis for David, BUT... if you simply just put him in my Stocking.. then I won't leave Dennis :)  Cuz see I could just give David a little tickle while Dennis is otherwise occupied.

Oh and Santa!!  When I told Dennis last night that I was going to leave him for David, he giggled...  cuz he knows I would never!  But he wanted me to just put a little addition to my list for him, and ask... if you could fit Shakira in HIS Stocking, he would REALLY love that..........

Lastly Santa ....  if you could maybe just see to it that Hubby and I get a date night out, we haven't been out since our Anniversary last year (Dec. 13) ... that's over a year ago!  And the time before that was the year before, we don't get out much, and full nights sleeps....... that would be totally acceptable too!!

Prayers for Natalie!!

My friend Amber at Airing My Dirty Laundry One Sock At A Time needs some prayers!!!  Her adorable daughter Natalie (handful that she is) ... is the same age as Nathan (a month older) ...  she has had an abscess on her leg that they've been into the ER about a few times, Natalie started to run a fever and so Amber took her in...  they drained it, packed it, repacked it a few days later, and today she went into the DR to get it checked up on.  The news wasn't good, they were sending Natalie to Denver Childrens Hospital because of it and Amber is scared, as any mother would be and my heart is aching for her.  PLEASE take a moment to say a prayer for Natalie to get better QUICKLY and it not be anything major.

Amber you guys are in my thoughts and prayers and I want nothing but a speedy recovery for Natalie. 

Update:  Natalie made it home with her family on Christmas Eve and is recovering

Ode to Early Mornings .........

 If you are coming via ICLW - see my DECEMBER WELCOME :)  Thanks for stopping by!

Insomnia kicked my butt until about 2am ...  er... sometime between 1 and 2 anyway.   3:30 am, Kaedyn starts to scream....... his paci fell out of his crib, and being in baby jail with no gum and a stick, or being given the gift of elastic arms...  he couldn't very well reach it himself!  4:30 am rolls around, Nathan is awake, walking into our room crying...... he's awake.  Went to bed (on the couch) early last night because he didn't get a nap, and didn't wake up for a couple hours before going back to sleep last night - so it was a 4am wake up call for me!  YAY!

............. and if you believe that excitement, I have a bridge I can sell you in Egypt ... 

I had a long night of insomnia ..... see....  I have this obsession with torturing myself with shows I know will either rip my heart out and make me bawl, or grasp my heart.  Even shows that ..... I know the feeling of THAT Mom and/or Dad........

I know the feeling of being told your child would not survive a pregnancy...........

I know the feeling of being told your child WILL die.......

I know the feeling of grasping onto every straw of HOPE that you can .......

I know the feeling of scouring the internet for EVERY possible ounce of information on a rare medical condition......

I know the feeling of reading outcomes, of parents going through something they should never have to face, burying their baby, crying hysterically, and knowing that could be YOU ...........

I know the feeling of not wanting to buy anything for a baby you might just not bring home, because when you come home without the baby in your arms, you don't think you could take THAT reminder .........

I know the feeling of having a baby that is so tiny with no fat on it being placed into your hands... with big neon signs going off saying "I'm Yours! Now What?".........

I know the feeling of witnessing a miracle happen..........

I know the feeling of "HA, you were WRONG, DR!" ..........

I know the feeling of watching a child you were told would die, be so bad off, wouldn't have a life outside the womb ... beat every odd he was given and survive.............

I know the feeling of going through another pregnancy and seeing the same "signs" .......

I know the feeling of confusion when you are faced with a pregnancy much like the last one, where you were told the baby would die but you aren't being told that this time.... maybe because they don't dare?? .........

I know the feeling of finding NOTHING but bad outcomes on the internet as you scour for information on a NEW rare medical condition that you can't TAKE reading anymore......

I know the feeling of being in the NICU a second time with an extremely tiny baby, of helping your husband through it, because it's his first time and you are the pro .....

I know the feeling of having to tube feed your child because he just can't seem to do it on his own.....

I know the feeling, the frustration, of watching your child NOT GROW despite EVERYTHING you do.... 

I know the feeling of having more medical issues piled upon piling upon more piles of a little guy who stands up and handles it all with a smile on his face........

I know the feeling, of wondering, what EXACTLY is going to be in store for your child.........

It's not easy....  this day to day stuff you do to get by, it's always a sliver of a thought in the back of your head. It's always an instant panic the second your child gets sick.

Two nights ago I watched The Mermaid Girl's last 6 months and it broke my heart to see ... she had such a strong spirit and such a wonderful outlook on her short life.  A lung infection swept in and stole it all away.  Her parents left shattered and broken because she was their WHOLE life... 

Last night I watched the updated story on Kenadie.  She reminds us SO MUCH of Nathan.  SO MUCH!  She's smaller then Nathan, but it amazes us.  To the point where Dennis insisted that I write down the names of the DRs and Medical Center.  I have decided I want to get the family to THE LITTLE PEOPLE OF AMERICA CONVENTION in 2010.  I feel the NEED to go.  I learned something last night, I didn't know, with all of my research I do.  Russell Silver Syndrome - that we're pretty sure Nathan has - is not just a "type of dwarfism" but a type of Primordial Dwarfism.  He even fits into the MOPD Type II that Kenadie has, but not as well as the R.S.S. 

Nathan looks BIG on pictures, but I can't stress enough how tiny he really is.  Nathan gains about an ounce a month, that is it, if we are lucky.  He will be 3 years old in April and we're lucky if he's topping the scales at 18lbs right now.   My best friend came not long ago and Nathan was sleeping on our couch when she arrived with her crew ... and she looked at Nathan and said "Oh my GOSH he's so TINY!" ... she told me that pictures in no way show how tiny he truly is.  Nathan draws attention.  Not a lot right now because he's pretty proportionate and just looks like a baby, but enough that I am constantly answering questions.  Usually it starts out with "are they twins?"  

No no, they aren't twins ....

REALLY?

(No I'm just telling you that to confuse you, YES REALLY!) ....  No they are 16 months apart.

Then they immediately play the "who do I think is older game" and after looking for a little bit, realize Nathan is older. 

See what happens when I can't sleep???  I start THINKING...........

................. Thinking is bad bad bad ........