Drum Roll Please!!!!!!!!!

We have some good news to report.

We took the boys to physical therapy this week and Lisa did the casting for Colby's braces. Colby did really well while she was doing it too.

This is one of his casts. They will send them both off and we should have his braces with sports theme back in 2-3 weeks.

Lisa is very pleased with their progress and really feels they are caught up to their adjusted age. We will stay with her until after Austin's surgery to make sure everything is ok there and and until Colby is done with his braces. We hope by March neither will need therapy. Here are some photos from therapy. Both boys are walking behind something to push.

We are also very pleased to announce that Austin took his first two steps Friday night. He soon realized he was alone and plopped right down on his bottom. He loves walking and usually only holds one of our fingertips when doing so. He is also becoming more courageous on the stairs as Pat found on the 3rd one going to the 4th.

Lisa really thinks the braces will help Colby learn to walk properly by himself. Because he still walks so high on his toes it forces his upper body forward so he is totally off balance.

One last note, I got my separation orders from the Army while in Texas so I am officially out March 15th and will not be deploying in the meantime. God still continues to watch over our family.

Happy 4th of July

We Want You!!!

So I guess you've been wondering where the latest blog is??? We took a two week family vacation and what an amazing two weeks we just had with our families in the south. We boarded the plane in Utah and even though we got there two hours early we were the last ones to board the plane. The boys did great on the flight and I was so relieved. We spent our 1st week in Texas and believe it or not it rained everyday but one. So we took advantage of the one day and headed to the pool. The boys did great staying on schedule with naps and bedtime. We got to see all of Pat's family. Here are Granny and Grampy with all the kids. Sorry the photo is a little blurry several turned out that way. I'll just hit the highlights and post photos since I know that's what you want to see.

The boys had several firsts for me to put in the babybooks. Their 1st airplane ride. Their 1st trip to Texas and Arkansas. Their 1st boat ride. Their 1st swim in the lake. They got to meet their new cousins Mia in Arkansas and Olivia in Texas. We celebrated cousin Ryan's 4th birthday. We won the boat parade in Arkansas for the like the 6th or 7th year in a row.

Here is Natalie and her new cousin Olivia Corrin. Wonder where she gets all that wild hair from....possibly her cousin Colby if you remember his baby hair.

The boys sure loved being with their Granny



Happy 4th Birthday Ryan....in the center with Paige, Faith and Sean

Colby and Austin got to see their 1st dog up close and personal. Of course Colby had to go straight for the nose.

Here is Natalie, Austin, Colby and cousin Kari

Here is Daddy, Nana, Austin and Colby at Grandpa's Lake house....just a swingin!

Colby with Mommy for his 1st swim in Horseshoe Lake and Austin with Daddy














Granny Lou Lou has her hands full and loved every minute of it!

The boys 1st boat ride with Mom and Aunt Anna

So this closes out our wonderful vacation. I'll send ALL the photos out later. To our family who fed us, housed us and entertained us....thank you.

Happy Father's Day

So I have no idea why Austin wouldnt' look but he was bound and determined not too!

All my boys!

We had such a great Father's day yesterday. We took Pat to brunch with our friends John and Carla and then we headed to church. The boys and I ended up in the nursery just because they were so interested in being quiet.

John, these photos are especially for you!

After a good nap we took Pat to the zoo to the see the white alligator. It's on loan from another zoo for the summer. They have only spotted male white alligators. This alligator isn’t albino; he’s leucistic, and purely white in color with dazzling blue eyes. Eastern mythology says these creatures are symbols of extremely good luck. Legend has it that anyone gazing into the blue eyes of the rare white alligator will be blessed with good luck for the coming year, and prosperity will surely follow. There are only ten of these white gators in the entire world.

Here are some photos of the white alligator. It's really neat and worth seeing if you live in Utah or near a zoo that has one. It almost looked fake it was so white.

Good news for the O'Learys

So let's see, where do I begin.

This is Austin enjoying some time outside. I just love his smile.

Daddy and Austin having some fun together.

My Colby can stand for 15 seconds by himself as demonstrated here.


We got great news last Friday from the Army. They have accepted my resignation. What that means for me is that I cannot be put on deployment orders for July because they are cutting my separation orders. I will teach this fall semester which ends the 1st week in December. I will out-process the Army either in WA or CO in December and I will start what we call terminal leave on Jan. 2nd. Basically terminal leave is all the vacation days I've saved up. My last official PAID day in the Army is March 15th. So I now have a plan and a timeline. I have so many mixed emotions. I have worn the Army uniform for 17 years and a lot of you remember me leaving for basic training the summer after I graduated from High School. It's all I've ever done and I have to say it's been my security blanket. I am excited about the possibilities in the civilian sector and I also look forward to being available to the boys whenever they need me. I have signed up for the real estate school here in Utah and I actually took my first two classes today. It was pretty interesting and so were some of the people in the class with me. The young guy sitting next to me had quite a colorful mohawk. Wonder how many homes he'll sell.


Our family has all recovered from the stomach flu that started with Lil Colby. We actually ended up having to take him to Primary Children's ER and we spent the afternoon there then they sent us home. I was unlucky enough to get it as well as Heather and Pat. Somehow Austin did not catch it.

We had physical therapy this week and we along with the physical therapist have decided to get braces for Colby's feet. He still doesn't like to put his heels down and he walks to high on his toes that sometimes they roll over and he walks on the tops of his toes. Once we get back from TX and AR we'll have his feet casted and the braces made. He will not wear them all the time just when we are working on walking and standing, so about 5-6 hrs a day. He won't be able to crawl in them and I know he is not going to be happy with them, but it's better to get them now so he learns to walk properly and while the Army will stay pay for it.


I had to take Austin into the doctor's office today for a bad cough that continues to get worse. They said it is some sort of virus and should clear in 3-4 days. They also gave us some steroids to give him to reduce the swelling in his throat to help him breathe easier.
We are having such a good time with Colby and Austin now that they are interactive. They are into everything and usually in opposite directions but I love that they can give us high five or that when we come home from work they get so excited and come crawling as fast as they can to us.

Well I hear my lil one coughing so I should close for now.

Viva Las Vegas

Our First trip with the boys.....what an adventure

Here we are at New York

Nothing like relaxing at the pool with a crab and turtle

What a wonderful weekend we had in Las Vegas for Memorial Day Weekend. We headed out on Friday with the boys and Natalie and Sean and also our friends, John, Carla and AJ Keller. The boys did so well in the car. They had naps, toys and lots of cheerios. We stayed in a two bedroom condo that had a pool and hot tub that everyone enjoyed.

On Saturday we hung at out the pool most of the day. Colby and Austin got to go into a swimming pool for the 1st time. The pool was a little cold so Austin didn't care for it too much at first. Colby did great though. Once Austin got used to it we put him in his turtle float and he loved it. We had the turtle and crab race which ended in a tie.

We were lucky enough to get to have dinner with Pat's Aunt Joyce, cousin Debbie and her son, Christopher. They loved seeing the boys for the 1st time and luckily the boys were pretty well behaved at dinner. After dinner we hit the strip for some sight seeing. We walked through several of the hotels and the kids were amazed at how big they were. One had a huge aquarium that Natalie and Sean both enjoyed. We got to see the dancing fountains twice which were really neat too.

Sunday was Carla's 3?rd birthday. I can't tell you how old she turned because ladies don't tell their age. Course I guess friends could. Pat and John headed out early for 18 holes of golf and seemed to have a good time. Abby, they said the course was awesome but I'm sure you'll hear all about it. Once they got back we headed back to the strip for awhile. We went to the M & M store that I think Carla and I loved the most. It was four levels. We also went to New York for Natalie and she loved it.

After walking around we went to the cheesecake factory for dinner and it was awesome. Oh my gosh they had two pages of different kinds of cheesecake to choose from. Pat went for the most popular strawberry cheesecake and I went for the snicker's cheesecake. It was delicious. As we walked out from dinner there was a Ford Excursion Limo outside and the kids were ooohing over it. A lady got out and opened the door and asked us to get it. Pat and John had rented it for us to take us down the strip. So we all loaded up and got the boys in their carseats and headed down the strip. The kids loved it. Actually so did I. Austin and Colby were just amazed at the lights on the roof of the limo and the lights outside.

The driver also had the movie Shrek 3 that she played for us while we road around. She had the bar stocked with sodas and Capri Suns that the kids thought was totally awesome. It was nice to drive down the strip and enjoy it without having to do the driving ourselves. What a great idea Pat and John had.

We headed back to Salt Lake yesterday and traffic was normal Memorial Day traffic. But we made it home safely from a wonderful weekend. I will for sure go back to visit but I don't think I would ever want to live there. Natalie is already asking when we are going back. She loved it and Sean said it more than he imagined. So we felt good as we crawled into bed last night knowing we all had such a nice weekend. The boys crashed pretty hard last night and slept until almost 7:00 this morning. Poor Heather has to try and get them back on schedule today.

1 Year check up

We were off to see Dr. Cox yesterday for their one year check up and shots. We got a lot of good news. I just couldn't take them on Monday and ruin their birthday so we waited one day.

The first good news we got was that RSV season is closed therefore they did not have to get their RSV synagis. One less shot.

My lil Colby weighed in at 16.9 pounds and is26.7 inches long. He still has not made it onto the growth chart but that's ok too.

As you can see he was very curious about everything in his wagon. He just wanted the paper I think. The boys did help open them and in one hand would be paper and the other the book or toy and every time Austin would look at the paper and say "ooooh".

Austin, our big boy weighed in at 18.3 pounds and is 28.5 inches long. He is still maintaining that two pound difference in weight and two inches in height.

Everything checked out well. Dr. Cox is very happy with their growth, motor development and our progress with early intervention and physical therapy.

We do have physical therapy tomorrow and I believe Miss Lisa is going to be very impressed with the boys. They are doing everything we were supposed to be working on plus more. We were supposed to work on going from the standing position to the sitting position without doing the Nestea plunge, going from the crawling position to sitting and back to crawling. Work on the proper crawling position with Colby instead of the Army lowcrawl. Both boys are doing all of these correctly plus walking around the couch holding on. Colby's big deal now is to let go, clap his hands and then hold on again. I should try to get that on video one day. He is soooo proud of himself when he does it.

Speaking of milk.......Dr. Cox also says we can move onto whole milk if want. Since we are using one can of formula, the expensive one for preemies, every 1 1/2 days I think we'll try the whole milk.

For those of you that saw how much milk I had stored, I used my last bag one week prior to their birthday. I wanted to say so badly that I nursed them for one year but I was one week short. For those that have no idea what I am talking about, we had an entire stand up freezer full of milk and we also had to store milk at Carla's house in her freezer.

This is why our family loves our Nanny, Heather so much. She loves the boys and the boys love her.