Puffs

Mason and Ethan have been eating puffs lately to practice the art of getting small pieces of food from the highchair tray into their mouths. Seems easy right? Not always. Coordination is clearly not something we are all born with.

So sometimes, instead of getting the food in your mouth, it ends up on your head. This happens to everyone right?


Ethan thinks he's hot stuff because he has really got his pincer grip down and can get that food right where it belongs (well, most of the time).

Here he is showing you the "before" (notice the thumb and index finger ready to grab those little pieces)


And here he is showing you the "after" with both fingers and food securely in the mouth.


What that expression is supposed to be about...I'm not really sure. But I think he was offended I was taking his photo while he had his hands in his mouth. This one I had to take quick because every time I aimed the camera in his direction, he kept throwing his arms open and giving me huge grins. These guys LOVE to work the camera.

Shopping Cart Ride

Today we took the boys on their first shopping cart ride. Well, technically Mason had already gone with mom (who forgot her camera) to the grocery store last weekend and rode in the cart, but this was their first time together. We had to hit Costco to buy some more produce for baby food making, and luckily, Costco has the double seats on their carts, so we were able to use our twin shopping cart cover. Boy did they have fun!

I was so sad when I realized I had forgotten my camera again! But dad was thinking quick and got these pics on his cell phone. Not as good as the camera - but they will do!

Mason's 2nd Tooth!

Tooth #2 arrived right on the heels of Tooth #1! So Mason now has his 2 front bottom teeth!!

Mason Is Sitting Solo!

I went to get Mason from his afternoon nap today and found him sitting up by himself! Guess it's time to lower the crib since he'll be pulling up on the sides before I know it! He looked at me as if to say - okay, I'm ready to go lady, let's get on with our day! Then he did what he usually does and laughed out loud. He thinks most everything is funny these days and will laugh and laugh at his brother. What might be considered disturbing is that he will also laugh at his brother when his brother is crying hysterically, but hey, we all have our own ideas of what is funny I guess!

Saturday Night Fever

Poor Ethan :( The crazy traveling really caught up with my boy and last night he was extremely congested and had his first fever (that was not caused by an immunization or teething that is). We are hoping this will be short-lived because he was one miserable boy - he didn't sleep more than 1 hour last night.

Mason's 1st Tooth!

It's finally here! I thought Mason seemed exceptionally "off" today during our flight and when we got home his cheeks seemed extra rosy and he felt pretty warm. The thermometer said mid 99s. At first I thought maybe he had caught something from all of the travels (and of course that could still be a possibility as we are not out of the woods yet), but upon further investigation it was apparent that tooth #1 has finally arrived! Lower bottom right was the first one to show (because he has to be opposite of his brother of course)!

Happy New Year!

Starting off the New Year with two baby boys was wonderful! Getting up at 4:45am and scrambling to the airport for our flight, where we'd sit on the plane for an extended period of time while it was de-iced, and then the flight time would take longer than usual...that we could have done without! But the babies' smiles and giggles (in between their fussiness from all the chaos) made up for the exhausting travel parts of the day!

6:30am in front of the holiday display at the airport hotel


Photo in front of the baggage carousel when we finally made it back home!