Monday, June 23, 2008

10 Months

My little Doodle turned 10 months this weekend. He got ahold of a piece of Liam's cookie and as you can see he enjoyed himself thoroughly.
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He's growing up so fast. I have to pack away his 9 month clothes, well most of them, some still fit. He's gaining back the weight he lost when he was sick. At his 9 month check up he went from the 50th percentile for weight down to the 15th because he lost so much being sick. I'm glad to see he's getting back on track. He is such a little ball of energy. He's constantly moving. He crawls at the speed of light and walks well now. The only trouble is he thinks he can run so we still have falls. He loves to climb and will climb on anything. We have to keep the gates closed at all times because if he gets out he scales the flight of steps in seconds! He's getting so much more communicative too. He has tons of new sounds and really sounds like he's holding a conversation with you. I love baby babble! He tries to repeat just about everything too. He loves the phone and will hold it to his ear (or close to it anyway) and say his version of hello, which is "he-ooooo." It's so cute. He's also started shushing us--he'll put his figer to his lips and blow out. He learned that one from Liam. He says "Daddy" and has turned into quite the Daddy's boy these days. He gives great hugs and the best sloppy, open mouthed kisses if you ask for one. He is such a cuddlebug and always happy. He loves going to the playground and swing on the swings and climb on the equipment.
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He makes me so nervous climbing on the equipment because he has no sense of caution--he's a little dare devil. So I follow closely behind him to make sure he doesn't decide to make a leap for the ground.
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Lochy and Liam play so great together most of the time too. Liam's still working on sharing but he's doing well. Lochy loves to play with anything Liam likes to play with and is a huge Thomas fan like his big brother.
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Here he is taking a play break. Don't mind the goofy face he's making, he was being silly and trying to make us laugh.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Updates

It's been such a long time since I've been able to do any kind of update on the boys. Our internet connection has been sketchy at best so it's been making it close to impossible to do anything online.
Well, not a whole lot has been going on. The boys are getting bigger. Liam talks non stop. Lochy is doing great with his walking (and has the bumps and bruises to show for it.) He's even saying some words now. Of course he'll say Dada but just laughs at me when I try to get him to say Mama (little punk!). He'll be 10 months old on Saturday, where did the time go?
I celebrated my 30th birthday this past Friday. We spent the day waiting for the Sears guy to come repair the new refrigerator that was just delivered the day before--it's still not fixed by the way. I officially hate Sears and will never buy an appliance from them. The day after my birthday we went shopping with my mother in law, Ian and the boys. They were good after we got a little food in them. We hit the outlets in Tannersville (Poconos). I was able to buy some bras that actually fit me with the money my parents gave me for my birthday. Woo Hoo!!! And my mother in law got me some nice summer stuff as my birthday present! It was a really nice day.
We finally have Lochy's baptism all set. I found a non denominational minister that will come to the house to the the baptism. I am so happy we'll finally be able to do this without the crap the Catholic Church was giving us. This minister is much more in line with my and Ian's spiritual beliefs anyway. I'm really glad we're getting her to do it, and we'll be able to do it the same day as his first birthday party.
Here's a few pictures of the boys:
These are from Grammy and Aunt Jackie's visit a couple weeks ago:
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Lochy loves the Fox in Socks Aunt Pat and Uncle Lou gave him a while back. Liam calls him Foxy Socks. LOL
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These are from the reservoir a few minutes from our house. We go for walks on the trails and Liam loves to throw rocks in the water (so does Daddy!).
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Isn't it pretty?
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And the inevitable fighting
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