Simple Fun

This box entertained Marin for about two days!

Closing it up and jumping out to surprise Sloan and Mommy was great fun!

Marin played in it with the flashlight and her puppy lovies for hours on end.
She's at that fun stage where she talks to all of her little toys/lovies and gives them different voices.
This time, only the puppies could play in the box.  Her kitties just had to watch because they were in time out!  Such a complicated game…. 

Then she decided it needed a little color and decorated the inside!

"Close the top, Mommy.  We are having a 'puppy' sleepover!"  

Nighty-night Marin and puppies!

10 Months Old

My oh my…this little man just keeps growing.  This month he was not interested in sitting with his bear at all (see pictures below)!  Sloany is a climber, wiggler, mover and shaker!

Who me??
 

 

 

Finally I got one!

Here are all the things our little Sloan has been up to this month:

He weighs 20 pounds!
He has 2 teeth on the bottom, 3 teeth on top with a fourth on its way.
He loves to feed himself and eats lots of table food.  He barely lets us spoon feed him anymore!
He knows the sign for 'all done', but he's really done when he starts dropping his food on the floor.
He loves to pull things out of the drawers in the kitchen and bedroom and climb into the dishwasher!
He just learned to climb the steps and has NO fear!
Parker's water dish is his favorite place to play when nobody is watching.  When he gets caught he shakes his head no-no-no because he knows he's busted.
He loves to play in Marin's bed and nose dive into all of her lovies.  He loves to play with his big sis!
He's a very shy baby and typically snuggles into our shoulder when people get close to him.
He loves to switch things on and off and open and close doors to play peek-a-boo.
He says, "Dada!" all of the time and loves to snuggle on his Daddy's shoulder.

Look at those long legs!  He's in the 90th percentile for height and that head is still off of the growth chart!

Such a pretty baby.

 

Signing 'Parker'

He just learned how to push a ball into his dragon toy.

 

This is typically the view I get as I'm chasing him around the house.
I'm guessing in another month he'll be trying to walk! 

Back to Dance Class

Despite Marin's first experience with stage fright last spring at her recital, she really wanted to dance again this fall.  

Remember this recital picture taken from the very back row?  She didn't move, didn't blink, didn't wiggle, nada, nothing.  Thank heavens she was right beside her best friend!  She sure was cute though…that counts for something!  :)

Here she is ready to go for her first 4 year old class.  Such a sweet little ballerina.  

Bust a move!

"Pssst….mom, I have a secret, let's go!!!"  She loves to tell 'secrets' now and get really, really close.

9 months old

Oh my goodness…nine months already??  Fewer things in life are as sweet as a baby at this age…except possibly a know-it-all four-year old girl!  :)

Here are a few things our little man is doing:

-He's signing fan, dog, daddy/mama, all done.

-He's a fast, fast crawler and pulling up on everything.

-He loves to follow his sister around and play with her toys.

-He's a very good eater. He's eating lots of table food that I mash/blend and as many finger foods as he can possibly handle.  Cheese, pears, banana bread and yogurt are among his favorites now.  He's nursing 4x/day.

-He gives kisses, waves bye-bye, shakes his head 'no-no' and does lots of babbling that sounds a lot like 'da-da'.  (Shoot!  I'm sure 'mama' isn't far behind?)  He clicks his tongue, makes a kissing sound and just started making a windy horse sound with his lips flapping together.

-He's taking two two-hour naps each day, goes down at night around 7:00/7:30 and sleeps until 5:30/6:00 a.m.  Good baby!!!

-He's a pretty good shopper and is most content in the store riding in the Ergo carrier while his sister rides in the cart.



His top teeth are huge!

He's working on his fifth tooth--top right.

Enough already, Mama!

Let's play at the train table...

push cars...

and crawl around!

Happy 9 months, sweet baby!

Budding Artist

Marin has really been entertaining herself lately by drawing in her notebooks and on this MagnaDoodle board.  This was a picture that she drew of herself and her teacher, Mrs. B.  I love these little 'potato people' drawings!

So proud...

 I can see some resemblance!?

Cruising Around

It's a whole new ballgame for us now that this little man is pulling up and cruising around the house.  He loves his newfound freedom and is happiest when he's following his sister and pulling up on his toys.

He's very sure-footed already which means he'll be running soon…and so will I!

Cruisin'…he's so fast!

He's very serious when he's checking things out and has a very good little pincher grasp.

His hair is starting to curl in the back just like Marin's did.  I hope he keeps them!

Here's Marin at the same age as Sloany…she had no teeth, wasn't crawling and she LOVED bouncing in her exersaucer.  Sloan won't even entertain the thought of being put in this contraption.  He has no time for such 'baby' toys and prefers to be down on the floor banging on the cabinets, climbing in the dishwasher, splashing in the dog's water bowl or pulling goodies out of the cupboards.  It's interesting that a little person can have such strong preferences!   It's so fun to see both of their personalities develop!

Marin also loved playing in the pack-n-play at this age.

Here's the last picture that I took of Sloan in the pack-n-play.  No love here!  Ha!!

Husker Power!

Dare I say summer is behind us??  I'm thrilled that it's cooling off, but the changing season also means Husker Football Saturdays!  Woop!

Marin and Sloan are discussing the spread on our upcoming game.

Our happy little corn shuckers!

Four teeth in there...

Lots of sassy in there….

Now let's go get some wins, okay?!

Tubby Buddies

Bathtime has gotten way more fun these days now that Sloan is getting bigger and can 'play'.

Marin loves to dump water on him.  He's so easy going, he let's her do it and giggles.
 However, if he splashes her the world suddenly becomes not so fair!  

When it's bathtime, Sloan starts crawling at the speed of light when he hears the water hit the tub!
As he crawls, he does a heavy breathing thing like, "Haaa-haaa-haaaa-*squeal*!"  

Water is fascinating.

Marin is a great helper when she can resist dumping water on his head!

She hates getting her hair washed.  She will ask very early in the day, "Is it a hair-washing night?" just to start negotiating telling me she's 'not so stinky'.  Apparently this was a not-so-stinky night!

Another favorite tub game is howling into a cup.  Marin makes up silly voices or sings and Sloan giggles.

When these two babies are teenagers, they will hate that I made them bathe together.
I can just hear it now…."Geez mom…."  

But for now, it's perfectly fun and sweet!