Uh-Oh!

A few clips where you can hear the boys say "uh-oh" - they say it all the time, but it's hard to catch it on video!

Ethan
(again, sorry for the annoying cackling/laughing in the background coming from Mason's book, but he sure does love it) :)



Mason

Ball

A video of the boys with their favorite ball. And please excuse the VERY annoying cackling/laughing that is coming from the book that they have - they like to repeatedly press the buttons (or actually "tickle the animal bellies") to make them laugh. And yes, I know, it was a stupid purchase :) But at least it has an OFF switch!

Go Dog Go!

One of the favorite books around here is 'Go Dog Go'. And they both make great attempts at saying the name of the book. Here's a clip of Ethan with the book.

Visit from Tati!

Tati flew out for a 3 night visit with us and we had such a great time! Here are some photos of all the fun we had!! We can't wait for your next visit! And thank you so much for our new books and our teddy bears - we love them so much!

Another swinging video

Something about watching videos of the swings just makes me dizzy. But they love to swing, so here's more of what they love! This video is actually from the end of July, but we just got it downloaded from the camera so I'm throwing it on here!

Ethan's 1st Word

It is very fitting that Ethan's first 'word' be "Uh Oh!" He says it all the time now whenever he drops anything or a ball rolls away or he's looking for something that has gotten away from him.

He also tries to say Book (though it sounds like "ook" right now) and he tries hard to say "Up!" Sometimes it comes out as "Up!", but other times it's just "Uh!"

Mason has also become a fan of "Uh Oh!" and says "Up!" quite frequently when he wants me to pick him up or he wants to sit on my lap when I'm on the couch. Usually he wants up on the couch when he has a book, so he said "Up!" and then "Read". He has also added Banana ("nana"), Eat, and Cracker (cacka) to his repetoire.

Mason's 1st Word

Mason and Ethan have both been saying "dada" and "mama" for quite a while now, but I don't really consider those to be first words because pretty much every baby says those first - especially "dada"!. They have also been saying "hi" for a while which sounds like "Hi-ya" But I don't really count greetings either. (Apparently I have high expectations).

What we have been holding out for is an actual word for an object. We have been wondering what that object would be that would make them so excited that they would want to call it by its name.

Mason is quite a "talker" making all kinds of sounds in every range of quiet and extremely loud. He says "giggle" very clearly and has for quite a long time (but again, not counting it as a first word since he doesn't know what a giggle really is). Lately when I sing Old MacDonald and get to the "E-I-E-I-O" part - he actually says "E-I-E-I-E-I.."

But this weekend he mastered his first real word...

COOKIE

At our next doctor's visit I'll have to keep that one to myself or they will think we are feeding these kids junk all the time. I promise we aren't! But we do offer them the occasional animal cracker or vanilla wafer after dinner and we call both of them cookies, so Mason has started saying the word...over...and over...and over again when he gets a cookie. Tonight Brett pulled out the box of vanilla wafers and Mason instantly said "COOKIE!" (although the way he says it is "COOK-EE" - two very distinct syllables. In truth, he spends more time saying the word cookie, as he stares adoringly at his cookie, then he does actually eating the cookie. You can tell how proud he is of himself for being able to say it.

So of course our boy who loved his Cookie Monster teether, chooses cookie to be his first word. Appropriate I think.

Mason also followed this up by saying "ball" a few times this weekend as well, so we'll see if that one sticks too.

Now we just wait and listen to hear what Ethan's first word will be. He is a much bigger fan of using sign language, so he might take his time in this area. He does like to take the toy phone and anything really (including his straw cup, his toothbrush, his small stuffed monkey...)and pretend it's a telephone and tries to say "hello" into it. Mason enjoys this game as well. It's fun, you should try it sometime. :)

I guess we have to start watching what we say around here... And watch out for the first embarrassing thing they say in public...

Let the games begin! :)

15 Month Checkup

Today we hit the doctor's office again for another checkup. Everything looked good and the boys even got "treasures" this time after their shots (apparently if you cry loud enough you get toys?) :) They scored a small football and basketball...and because they are quite the charmers and the nurse just couldn't resist...they also got a baseball)!

Here are the 15 month stats:

Mason:
Height: 31 1/2 inches (60th percentile)
Weight: 28 lbs 8 oz (90th percentile)
Head Circ.: 51 cm (way off the top of the charts)

Ethan:
Height: 31 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 25 lb 5 oz (50th percentile)
Head Circ.: 49 cm (90th percentile)

Splash Park

Nothing better than a morning at the splash park on a hot summer day! And free to boot since it's a town facility! Can't beat that!






Of course now that the boys are walking (and running), it seems that no day of fun is complete until someone gets hurt. There was a very small concrete ledge that held up a large umbrella in the splash park maybe a few inches high). Mason kept stepping up and stepping down and so on and so on. He suddenly got excited by a sprinkler going off and turned around to run...forgetting he was up on the ledge at the time. He fell forward and smacked his forehead. So Ethan was the first to skin a knee and Mason decided to skip the knee and go straight to skinning his forehead. Can't wait to see what the doctor thinks of this when we go for the 15 month check-up this week...boys will be boys...