I look forward to the times when the boys crawl away to play on their own. It happens nearly everyday in the morning. It doesn't last very long, but I definitely relish these moments for many reasons. I love that they're growing and playing more independently; I love having a few moments without them climbing on me (although those moments are good too); But most of all, I love seeing them healthy and happy.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Look Who's Standing
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Family Fun Weekend
On Saturday PPG (Dave's work) and our church had their family fun days. We weren't sure if the boys would be able to do both, but they did and seemed to have a great time. We went to PPG's first, held at the Lake Charles Civic Center. They had food, music, and blow-up games. James loved the blow-up slides, but it was hard work carrying him to the top of those things! Both boys loved the grilled chicken! It was so great to be able to feed them both while we were out and not have to run home in between fun days for their lunches.
After lunch we headed out to Moss Lake where a family from church has a boathouse. The boys did a great job playing and nobody ended up in the lake (except our car keys, which were rescued). James even took his first boat ride. He really enjoyed it, but it was a long ride so he decided to take a nap for part of it. Unfortunately, I forgot our camera so I only have a couple of pics that others took.
After lunch we headed out to Moss Lake where a family from church has a boathouse. The boys did a great job playing and nobody ended up in the lake (except our car keys, which were rescued). James even took his first boat ride. He really enjoyed it, but it was a long ride so he decided to take a nap for part of it. Unfortunately, I forgot our camera so I only have a couple of pics that others took.
Always hamming it up for the camera!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Happy Labor Day!
Andrew is 11 Months
Andrew celebrated his 11 month birthday on Sunday with his first tropical storm. TS Lee brought us some much needed rain. It was mostly just wind and rain around here with SE Louisiana getting the worst of it. Since it rained all day, we celebrated by staying dry. At 11 months Andrew:
- has 6 teeth. 3 on top and 3 on bottom. It feels like he's been cutting teeth since his 1o month birthday.
- is playing well by himself for longer periods of time...nearly 10 minutes before he'll come searching for mommy or daddy.
- has taught me that he will always be a difficult napper!
- puts everything in his mouth.
- prefers canned veggies over fresh ones (crazy) and won't eat fruit except for bananas.
- loves his baby food and only wants to feed himself grains (cheerios, bread, puffs, etc.) and yogurt bites. Everything else ends up smashed or on the floor.
Back Home in LA (that's Louisiana)
We've been home for a week now and are back in the swing of things. On Saturday we took down the second crib that James refuses to sleep in to make room for the new toy from Aunt Denise and Uncle Chris. James has been having lots of fun with it and Andrew loves the balls!
James can't quite reach the top yet so he starts the balls partway down the ramp.
James can't quite reach the top yet so he starts the balls partway down the ramp.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Backyard Fun in StL
On the way back to Louisiana, we stopped over for one more day/night in St Louis. James decided he wanted to play outside (he was beating on the sliding glass doors to go out) so we all headed out for a bit after dinner. It was fun. James is definitely an outdoors boy. Both boys loved chasing Lucy and kicking the soccer ball.
Lucy chasing Dave and James.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Brunch in WL
When we lived in Indiana, we attended a great church in West Lafayette and were part of a wonderful small group made up of "young" couples. Very few of us had kids, only 2 to speak of. We were able to get together with most of that group when we were in town. The 2 kids have become 9 with more on the way and we didn't all feel so "young" anymore :) Our get together was noisy, but great. I've included some pictures of all of those babies that we are blessed with.
Desmond and Andrew...only 3 months apart.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Adult(?!) Game night
When you live far away from family, you rely on pictures to see their smiling faces. Over the last couple of years, I have realized that 99.9% of my pictures are of my nieces and nephews with nary an adult in sight. I love all the photos of the kids, but I decided to do a better job of getting some "adult" photos on this trip. I broke out the camera on a game night and had a good time capturing some memories...even though I annoyed all of my subjects! (I thought the zoom made the photos more comical...)
Dad giving Abby a hard time, which rarely happens.
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