Saturday, July 30, 2011

Crawling, Cruising, and Pulling Up

Owen started pulling up to his knees and crawling at about a week before he was 9 months old. His movement started with a little crawling and a lot of scooting on his belly. Now, he is getting around pretty well and wants to get to his brother's toys. Yesterday, he took a couple steps holding on to the ottoman until he fell on his bottom. It's so crazy how this all happens so quickly. Owen is determined to keep up with his big brother!

Here's a short video of him crawling for the family:

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

July Update

We've had a busy month! Both of our parents came to visit for a few days and took the boys to and from Memphis while Gary and I went to camp with the middle schoolers. We are so blessed and are thankful that they took care of our boys for 6 nights. We missed them terribly, but they had a blast with our family.

Here are some new pictures over the past few weeks.

4th of July


He loves to play and chew on his spoon.

He's so proud of himself!

Owen is crawling/creeping all over the floor. He is determined to get to his brothers toys.

Playing together

Owen has 2 little teeth




Making cheeseburgers with Play do

Owen is pulling up to his knees now and loves to stand and play with our help.



We've enjoyed going to the library for preschool time throughout the summer. We usually meet up with some of Andrew's buddies, so they have a lot of fun together.


Aubrey, Laney, Andrew, Turner, and Sara Beth

Sunday, June 26, 2011

June Update

Here are a few pictures of the boys during the month of June.


Andrew loves swimming in his new pool.


This is Andrew's buddy, Turner. I am babysitting her a couple days a week, and her and Andrew have a blast together.

Reading time in the tent.


Owen is always so happy when he wakes up.


Andrew has been introduced to fishing and loves it! My mom's dad (Pap paw) gave us his fishing boat, so Andrew and Gary had a lot of fun taking it out on the water. This day he caught 2 Bream.



Who needs toys when you can just play with kitchen utensils?



Owen is a little wiggle worm, and diaper changes are already getting more difficult. He usually tries to flip over within a few seconds.

Playtime...


Swinging at the park...


Sweet boys playing together...


Bath time...






We went swimming with the Williams family, and the boys loved the pool.

This is Caleb, Gary, Andrew, and Emily.

I think the pool wore Owen out. He slept through all the splashing and noise in his float.


Working on his baseball skills.

When it's not blazing hot, we love to be outside in our yard. Andrew is usually playing or pretend fishing, and Owen is hanging out in the exersaucer.


Owen had 2 teeth come through last week. He's been drooling a lot and chomping down on his toys, so we figured it was only a matter of time before they popped through. He also started feeding himself puffs, and absolutely loves them. Owen is a roly poly and will move across the bed or floor pretty quickly. He's been sitting up well, and can scoot in a circle on the floor. He's not crawling yet, but he'll put his knees under his body and rock back and forth. The funniest is when he tries to move, and he looks like he's swimming. If he's anything like his brother, it might be a while before he's mobile, and I'm definitely not rushing it. Andrew is hilarious these days and is telling us stories or asking questions all day long. Lately, he's interested in how things work or likes to reason with us about things. We are so blessed with 2 incredible boys!!

Monday, May 30, 2011

Beach Trip with the Snuffins

We went with our family to Orange Beach, Alabama, and we had an awesome week! Andrew and Owen had a lot of fun, and Gary and I were so blessed to squeeze in some relaxation time, thanks to our wonderful family. We also came home with a new pet (thanks Aunt Peepers). It's a hermit crab, and Andrew named him Perry-Perry.

Here's the view from our room on the 10th floor of the Phoenix VII.


Here are the cousins-Andrew, Blake, Owen, and Eric

Me and my sweet boys


Owen loved being outside and being in the pool.

Mamaw and Owen

Andrew wanted to stay in the water all day.

Relaxing

Owen took a few of his naps on the beach under the tent.

Andrew was "making soup" with the sand and water

Sandcastle time

Watching Toy Story 3 together. Andrew adores his cousins.

Dinner at Cobalt

Paige, Chris, Eric, and Blake


Mamaw, Papaw, and the grandsons



Here's the whole crew.

Minature Golf Night

Andrew loved playing golf. He actually got a hole-in-one and was so proud!