Couple of firsts

First sippy cup September 14th

First solid food which was rice cereal was on September 12th

He has now had carrots, peas, sweet potatoes, bananas and peaches.  He eats them luck warm or right out of the refrigerator.  I love it!

Oh Precious

One night we were all in the living room and I looked over and saw Precious getting into Nathan's bouncer.  It was hilarious!  It was like she owned it all along.

Halfway to 1

 I can't believe that Nathan is already 6 months.  Kind of sad that they grow so fast, but so exciting to experience all of the firsts once more.  This month Nathan has drank from a sippy cup, sat upright in his umbrella stroller and swing, ate solids, started rocking on all fours and doing the tripod trying to sit.  Uncle Mike and Aunt Ashley also babysat him for the first time.

Looking for a pass!

Gonna get you

 Thomas can get a little rough with Nathan sometimes so we thought this was cute because Nathan was actually being rough back.  And then they made up.  So sweet!

September Birthday Bash

Even Thomas got a gift for all of our birthdays

Since Mike, Randy and I all have a birthday in September, we decided to do one big party at our house.  We had such a wonderful time visiting, eating and playing with our new toys.  Uncle Mike and Bela even showed Thomas what it felt like to be on a floating mattress.  Ha Ha

 Mommy and daddy's birthday gift :-)

Climbing the tree with Uncle Mike

They had such a fun time playing together!

No more crib for Thomas

Woke up this morning to a banging sound.  I was still kind of out of it, but started to look around for where the sound was coming from.  I even looked in a closet (not sure what I would have done if something or someone was in there).  I quickly realized that the sound was coming from inside Thomas's room and when I opened the door Thomas was standing there waiting for me.  The irony of this all was that he was in a crib.  He had climbed out of it.  He had done that once before so we put the mattress directly on the floor still inside the crib.  So...it was time.  He now has a toddler bed, but for a few weeks we had him on the floor.  Sad thing was that he kept falling off and sleeping on the floor.  He still falls off his toddler bed sometimes and sleeps on the floor, but not as often.

Play dates

Went over to our friend's house today for a play date.  I put Nathan on the floor and he began rolling across the floor for the first time.  He rolled tummy to back, back to tummy over and over.  This picture is the one moment he stayed still.  He is posing with his 'girlfriend' Eleanor.  :-)  She is about 5 weeks younger.  We also stopped swaddling Nathan today.  It was probably past time.  Just had to wait until mommy was ready.  Ha Ha

Takeoff!

Took the boys to a small airport about 40 minutes from our house.  We did get to see one small plane take off and one plane land.  Luckily they had a playground to play on while we waited and some tables and chairs to sit at.  Thomas wanted to eat there, but I said "we have plenty of food at home."  Boy did I feel like a parent. Ha!

On the pier

 While daddy was out of town for work, we enjoyed a nice dinner at a local restaurant on the water with Bela

Hanging out

 

I love that Thomas wants to wear a hat because Nathan does and I LOVE the way Nathan lights up when he sees Thomas.  My heart melts!

5 months already!

 Not sure if you can tell by these pictures, but we have one happy baby on our hands.

Nathan is so easy to make giggle, smile and laugh.  In fact, it is impossible to not smile back at him when he smiles, no matter how tired you are from middle of the night feedings.

Happy boys

Enjoying an ice cream from McDonald's

All smiles in his new pjs

New sandbox that Grandpa Barney brought over

Going bald?

I had almost forgot about Thomas's bald spot until Nathan.

Cutest bald spots I have ever seen.

Couple of random pics

Playing with a cicada in our backyard.  I can remember pulling them off our tree when I was younger. 

Laying outside enjoying the weather

We were at the museum and Thomas sat down and said "take picture", so I did.
Too funny

Can't wait until he can take her out by himself.  Ha Ha

Rolling over

Nathan started rolling over from back to tummy towards the end of July.  He didn't like being on his tummy, but every time we put him on the ground he would roll right over.

New House!

Middle of July we moved into a new house.  The boys each have their own room (so do we again :-)) and we have a huge yard (.38 acres) for the boys (including Randy) to enjoy.  I have a good sized kitchen and only one bathroom to clean.  Ha Ha  We absolutely love our little ranch house.  It is small and perfect for us!  We were able to stay in the town that we love and we have the most amazing neighbors that are constantly bringing us fruits and veggies from their gardens.  We have even received baked goods.  Normally I am the one delivering baked goods to neighbors.  Ha!  It sure was nice to receive a fresh baked cake only a few days after moving in and even nicer coming home to a basket of veggies and herbs on our doorstep.

Grammie Deb and Thomas planting flowers

This is the damage that our movers did on move in day into the new house.  Our street was out of power for almost 12 hours on a hot day in July.  The movers tried to back into our driveway not seeing our low hanging power lines and tore them right off the pole.  Oh it was a 'hot' mess!  The neighbors still tease us when the power goes out asking us if we did it.  LOL

Eating with no lights set up in the living room yet

Ice Cream, Ice Cream

We all scream for ice cream :-)

This was Thomas's first ice cream cone

Brother 'it'

Thomas says "can I hold it?",  referring to Nathan. Too funny 

Still going

Thomas is still our little reader.  Currently this is his favorite book and he loves to count the items on these pages.

Rolling over

Nathan rolled over from tummy to back today!  

He's on the move!