Messes

Some conversations or monologues, whichever the case may be, overheard by parents of toddlers can be a bit interesting, funny, or spark fear. Today's lunch-time event was one of the latter. Drew was overheard saying, "pee - pee. fruit. uh-oh. Mess! Mess!" I founds his fruit, strawberries and blueberries, all mashed up with the crust of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Then it was spread across the table, that which was not mashed into the table was flung across the table. Then the last of his milk was dumped atop the sandwich/fruit mixture. Quite the sight. Ty had a few Cheerios on the floor. Tell me that it isn't hard to not have a favorite at times!

A lot has happened in the last two weeks - but they have been quite enjoyable. Ty weighed in at a whopping 19 1/2 lbs at his nine month check up. Way ahead of what his big brother was! The doctor expressed some concern at the fact he is not mobile yet; but I think it's just his personality. He is so happy anywhere you put him, he isn't motivated to move! Even with toys and his nuk just out of reach, he's content to just lay there. He seems to be working on more teeth, but nothing has popped through yet.

Drew is picking up new things left and right. I never thought that the words "cinnamon" and "elephant" would sound the same, but they do. It's a bit frustrating at times how some words sound just like something completely different. On our walk the other day I wished I had a recorder to tape some of his conversation. "Mommy, truck. Go Go. Funny (laughs). One two. One two. One two. Rawrr! Ty Ty, nuk. Go? Car, car, truck. Go? Water? Fishy? One two. One two. Airplane! Airplane. There! Sky? Birdie. Tweet-tweet!" For about an hour, that's about all we heard...it was amusing.

We have been doing quite a bit of biking, with Pete pulling the boys in the trailer. We discovered a nice bike trail that circles the town we live in. Parts are on the side of roads, parts are on paved trails along the river - it's a nice ride. We saw parts of the town we haven't seen before.

I hope you are enjoying your summer as much as we have been enjoying ours. It seems to be just flying by. Take time to enjoy the little things - for Drew, right now, it's forks. Forks are funny and "sweeeeeet". Especially when they are full of fruit! ;) Over and Out!

July already?

It's been awhile now, but a week and a half ago, the boys had their first sleep-over without Pete and I. They stayed with Uncle Evan and Aunt Lydia while Pete and I celebrated our anniversary. It was the first time away without the boys and it was very nice. We really enjoyed our time together and explored a museum, the botanical gardens and went out for a nice dinner. So I got a whole garden of beautiful flowers for our 6th anniversary! :)

We did a lot of fun things over the weekend to celebrate the 4th of July. On the down side, both the boys had a problem with the fireworks. Last year Drew liked them, this year, not so much. Ty didn't enjoy them at all either...and loudly voiced his disapproval. But they did seem to enjoy the parade. Ty had more fun being entertained by Brooke or the sunscreen bottle, but hey...he still had fun. Drew enjoyed running around after the candy, and then promptly threw the candy back at the floats and trucks. I guess throwing candy is more fun than eating it!

Drew is really into balloons lately and has been running around yelling, "Pop! pop! balloon! Pop, pop balloon!" Ty is finally starting to eat some of his veggies. He seemed anti-flavor for the longest time and would gag or throw-up any time he ate anything other than the baby cereal. Progress!! One crazy thing to think about: yesterday both Drew and Ty were wearing size 18 month outfits. Ha, yes, Ty's was a little big on him, but still a crazy fact! For now, Over and Out!