Playin' Around

Here are pictures at the park from last week and this morning.

Birthday Bash

Yeah, I know it has been too long since the last post. There is no way I can remember everything we have done in the last couple of weeks. I'm sure most of you just want to see pictures anyway. Last weekend we had a birthday party for Wyatt and Dacy since their birthdays are only a month apart. It was a great weekend at the lakehouse. A little hot, but still fun. Wyatt loves every gift he got. He has gone from one to the next ever since we got back on Sunday. He will officially be one on the 5th. We are having another celebration closer to his actual B-day Labor Day weekend at Greg's parents. So many parties! At my baby shower last year, almost to the day, Christie and I had a picture of us taken with giant pregnant bellies. Now here we are with our big boys who are almost a year old!
Wyatt is using more hand signs now. His favorites are 'help' (which, in his mind, means 'pay attention to me!') and 'finished' which he tries so say but just gets out the 'ish'. I love that he is trying so hard to communicate. Now, when I tell him we need to change his diaper or I get out the wipes or his shoes, he plops down on the floor, falls onto his back and sticks his feet in the air. It is really funny. He is so much more cooperative while changing his diaper and clothes now that he feels like he is participating. Greg and I are so happy that we don't have to alligator wrestle him anymore.

Boys in a Box

Movie Star Wyatt. He loves to try on sunglasses but doesn't actually want to wear them when we are outside. Same with hats. Wyatt is communicating more and more. He has been using hand signals for milk, eat and more for a while, but now he is trying to talk. Reliably, he says 'yeti', 'out', 'shoes' and 'dad'. He listens and tries repeating words. He doesn't remember much yet but he is trying! Also, he has learned how to bring me things. He is very generous these days. I can even ask him to do things now like bring me his bottle, sit down, hug, go outside, stop playing in the potty, don't eat the dog food- all the basics. My favorite age with Noah was from about 15 mths to 3. That is when he could communicate, but he still minded and took naps. I am excited that Wyatt is about to be in that stage. Here are pictures of one of Noah and Greg's favorite games. Noah gets in the giant diaper box and Greg closes it up and carries him around the house, making Noah guess which room they are in. When the box becomes structurally unsound then Noah climbs in and Greg spins him on the floor like crazy and makes him walk across the room to me. It is hilarious. It takes Noah about a minute to recover and climb back in the box for more. Meanwhile Greg and I are getting naseous just watching him. Wyatt climbed in and decided it was not for him as soon as Greg closed one flap. He had fun putting his toys in the box with Noah. Both boys are growing like weeds. According to my growth chart Noah grew an inch in the last 2.5 months and Wyatt grew one and a half inches! I guess that is about it for now.

So Slow...

Blogger is taking a while to load today so I don't know how many pics I will be able to upload. For my regular visitors- sorry it has been so long since an update. Here are the boys playing in the hose last weekend. It was blazing hot outside and they had a blast with the hose. Wyatt would not let it go. He waved it around and tried to drink from it. After getting a faceful of water, he would sputter and cough a little and then go right back at it. Noah had a ball just playing in his overspray. The last picture is after turning the water off. Not happy at all.
Wyatt is climbing now and pushes anything he can get to move. This includes chairs, stools, trashcans, bikes, etc. If he is awake, he is walking. He never sits to play. He finds something he wants and walks around the house playing with it. I took the boys to the park today and discovered that Wyatt can sit and swing in a regular swing all by himself. He holds on and I push him. I've never seen a baby as young as Wyatt swinging like that. Noah climbs up the slides and pushes his hummer down them. I think Wyatt is trying to jump too. He stands in one spot and bounces like he is trying to get off his feet.
I guess that is it for now. Happy Birthday to Jay, Dori and Dacy!