Basketball Player Among Us

So he got this toy for Christmas. He regularly enjoys playing with it. I hope that you enjoy watching how amazing he is.




Oh ya and he's walking to. Did I fail to mention that?

11 Months Old and Playing with Big Sister

He is 11 months old and playing with his big sister. He is growing up so fast and it is scary to think that a year is only a few weeks away. He is standing tall and so close to walking. He takes a few steps here and there, walking is just around the corner. He is a happy baby who really just thinks he is big and doesn't understand why he can't do everything he sees his sister do.

He also got his first haircut. Isn't he handsome! This is what they gave us. I changed some of the info though where the names are so the real one does have the actual info. The black square is where they tape his hair. We got about an inch of hair off.
Here he is having fun driving and pushing buttons. While his cool big sister is having fun pushing him around. Seems like a metaphor doesn't it? :)

Quick video of their play.

Zoo Passes

So this year as a family Christmas/Birthday present we got a zoo pass. We figured it would give us a year of family time that is something we only had to worry about price only once. We also got an Aquarium pass for the same reason. Here is our first trip this year to the Zoo.

This little toy camera cost a couple bucks and it kept her busy for a while. In fact at one point she insisted that she needed it to take a picture of the Apes. It was fun to watch her so excited to see everything and pretend to take pictures.

Isn't she cute with her blue hat and red sweater.

On the Merry Go Round. At first she was a little timid but here she is starting to relax and have fun.

Daddy and Baby Boy
If she looks sad it is because she just lost her ice cream cone.
Wow look one with me in it. Not overly flattering but we thought it would be a fun picture.
How Do You Measure Up.
Below are just some random pictures. Here is a large nest in a tree. A little curious what kind of bird made this nest. Any guesses?
The Baby Elephant with it's mommy.
I forget what kind of primate this is. But they are tiny little monkey type creatures.
The next 2 are for fun. We let our 3 year old little girl use the camera for a moment and get some pictures with her perspective.

Fun pics of the kids last month!

We didn't have too many exciting things happen in the last month. But here are a few highlights.

Here she is trying to help him stand

The Party Hat she desperately wanted to make. Daddy had a box that had a picture of a party hat and she got it in her head that she "needed" to make a party hat. Luckily mommy had a few supplies on hand and this is what we came up with. We made a couple extras and she took them next door for a little tea party with her friends. I had fun playing with this picture with an online editing website called Picnik. It was fun. I just wish that I could use a few of the extra features, but sadly that would cost money.

Oooh happy boy. He has decided that he is big enough to feed himself. Here he is eating some blended chicken noodle soup that we had for dinner. I will post a video below for those interested. Lets just say he had a lot of fun. Ah, these are the moments.
Messy face!
She decided one night that she needed to lay in daddies lap and arranged the pillows just so and grabbed a blanket then pretended to fall asleep. We thought she was cute.
Here's video of him feeding himself for the first time. He is so proud of himself. I love how he just dips the spoon in to get food.

Circus

We went to the circus last night with our next door neighbors. We were able to get some free tickets from the local video rental place and figured why not. For the first half of the show both of our children were memorized by what was going on. Seriously, my son didn't move. I began to think maybe he was asleep. But no, I had my husband look at him and sure enough his eyes were wide open and watching what was going on. Intermission was fun they had some rides and a slide. Our daughter wasn't too happy that we told her that she couldn't ride the big slide. And from that point on for her the show was done. So for most of it we had fun. Here are a few highlights from the show.

during intermission she got to ride the pony rides. The only thing that she was able to do. She had fun and could ride as long as she wanted. I wasn't able to get a clear photo though because I was holding the baby. But here is the best one.

There was this act where a woman juggled several different things with her feet upside down.

This guy was scary. Here he is blindfolded. There were a couple close calls where he came close to falling off. Once while jump roping and once while blindfolded. The phrase do not try this at home comes to mind.

This bear was cute and really not something I want to get a bear hug from. But here the bear is pushing this car with the little girl in it.

here our little girl is sitting with her best friend. They had to share a seat. Aren't they cute.

10 Months Old

Here he is 10 months old. I can't believe how big he is. He stands on his own now. He crawls super fast everywhere and into everything. He is so funny and loving. Here are some of the pictures that I have taken of him throughout this last month. The top 3 are the most recent. I took them tonight.

Here he looks so handsome.

Reflection

Here he is in his outfit he got from his Great Grandma for Christmas.

I love this picture. The lines are great.

Here he is sleeping. I couldn't pass this picture up.

My little Model

It never fails. I get the camera out to take pictures of baby brother and she wants to get in on the action. She is definitely my more cooperative model. I love the pictures that I got here are my favorites of her.

Wearing daddies hat

I love her little features.

Going for a more posed shot.