Ollie 11 Months Old

Our little Ollie is 11 month old! He has 2 big bottom teeth and will chew ANYTHING. He can stand unassisted for a whopping 1.5 seconds. Like his brother, he likes to play instruments and dance whenever he hears music. And like his brother, his instrument of choice is the drums. It gets quite noisy around here.

Hot day, cool treats.

Bowl Full O' Ollie Ray!

Awake baby on the monitor

Boys
(Is it just me or does look like they're both punching their Dad in the crotch?
Guess he should get used to it.)

More Boys

Myles

Myles likes to help me cook and bake. He's like a cat that hears the can opener & comes running. When he hears me getting out pots & pans, he runs into the kitchen saying, "Stand on chair, help Mommy cook!" He helps with everything, but especially likes to bake cakes & make pancakes.

Big Plate of Little Pancakes

Myles doesn't like to get professional haircuts, but he's perfectly fine letting me do it. His hair was getting long again - we like the look of it, but it gets in his eyes. Sometimes I feel the need to clip it...

So, it was time for a trim…

Mid-trim…thought of leaving it like this.

Finished Product, no more clip!

I've been Spring cleaning & getting stuff stored away. I had a tower of boxes in the room that I heard crash to the ground. I came in & Myles was standing next the pile with a stunned look on his face. Then he smiled at me, made a surprised expression and asked, "Oh Mommy, what happened to this?" What happened, indeed.

"Oh Mommy, what happened to this?"
Myles. Myles happened to it.

Traffic jam.

 We planted a little garden 2 months ago. That papyrus began about the size of Myles. 

It is as tall as Greg now.

Myles Nails Winking

Myles tried to wink. Nailed it.

Parallel Lives

 Myles requests pics when Greg is working various animal jobs. 

Here is the pic Greg sent us yesterday while on a rooster job 

(oh, the "cock" jokes abound…)

Myles quickly responded with this pic…

Boom Boom, Happy Birthday America!

Ollie celebrated his 1st 4th of July & did great. Our usual "Caution Danger!" celebration took place  at the Williams's in Highland Park. Fun was had by all.

Ollie, 10 Months

Our boy is 10 months & has had a very eventful 10th month. He crawls, pulls himself up on everything, tries to stand on his own, brushes his 2 tooth, bathes in the big tub with Myles & says "Mama!" He stops doing all these things when he sees the camera.

Yum, monkey hand.

Boys - So fresh & so clean, clean.

This.

Teeth - So fresh & so clean, clean.

And our awesome Myles is potty trained! You can see his excitement below. 

There's a Refrigerator in My Living Room

We are (finally) getting around to replacing our yucky kitchen floor. As a result, there is a refrigerator in the living room…and we are having "living room picnics."