Two iPhones - Same Account - Syncing Applications

New to the forums and have searched high and low for the answer to this question - can't find it so here I am.
Given:
1. Wife has an iPhone 4
2. I have an iPhone 4
3. We use the same iTunes Store account for app, music, etc purchases.
4. We both use the same iTunes account to sync our phones.
5. I have iTunes setup to manually sync items
Problem:
1. When I plug my phone in I choose what apps I want to sync, check them off, hit the sync button - all is good.
2. When I plug my wife's iPhone in she get's my apps synced plus whatever she wants.
I'd like to know if there's a way to keep the same setup we have (same account, same syncing, etc) but be able to choose what apps sync to what phone when it's plugged in.
Any help would be great.

Ok thanks.
It says on the link above that Office Outlook 2007 calls them distribution lists - I have some of these already set up but itunes doesnt give me the option to select them individually, the 'selected groups' on info option is not available to select.
So should I go ahead and set up dist lists for mine and my husbands contacts this way or not?
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