Pals

Charlotte loves holding Timothy. He is enjoying it even more as she learns to be gentle. I measured the two of them the other day and she is only 4 inches longer than him, and a few pounds more. It will be interesting to see how long it takes before he passes her. Keep tuning in.

Sleeping peacefully.......

Timothy was so peacefully enjoying his catnap during the vice presidental debate. He obviously wasn't thinking much of either candidate and completely missed Palin's shoutout. When all of a sudden in the middle of his slumber, who should arrive but a mischievious, little, teeth-brushing monster. This little monster much preferring Timothy's awake state tried to pry his eyelids open! End of catnap.

Shoes

Well I am super excited, as I have decided to try to make some infant and toddler shoes. To begin I will use felt, leather and maybe some fabric. I am currently in the research stage and have just begun finding sources for all of my needed supplies. I just found a great website make them yourself with all sorts of helpful information on making these shoes, including patterns and scrap leather. I am super duper excited. If you are reading this blog and have or know of an infant or toddler who would like to be included in my test batch of shoes, leave a comment here with their shoe size, sex, and your contact information. I will see what I can do. LOOK for photos soon.

Is this what I look like????

 

Charlotte is into all kind of imitation play. Whether she is working at my desk while chatting on the phone (which is really a calculator), or taking care of her babies like I take care of Timothy. She is a handful lately, and has pretty much taking over my workstation as she chats and laughs with her "friends" on the calculator. We have also been working on potty training (note the big girl panties). Training has been interesting. It seems whenever I am nursing Timothy she has to potty-Timothy is learning tobe quite adaptable and patient. Charlotte seems to really have the hang of the potty while naked, but the big girl panties still pose forgetfulness. I have to bribe her to wear her panties so she will learn as she prefers to just run around naked. I have sewn horses on most of them, which seems to make wearing them much more exciting.

Getting Stronger

Timothy is getting stronger everyday. It is hard to believe how fast they change. He is really pushing with his legs and kicking a lot. He pretty much has the head control down, but there are a few wabbles (sp?) now and then. He is also laughing alot. He often laughs when I first place hime in the bath, and the other day as he was nursing I smiled at him and he just giggled. What fun he is becoming.

Here we are

For those of you wondering why your emails, phone calls, notes, letters, and etc. are not being returned. It is most likely because I am stuck in this enormous chair with 2 screaming kids. Please forgive us as we survive Papa being gone until October. Fear not we will pull through and we will be in contact soon. Think of us and know we are here.

Silly silly

Ummmm

Not real sure what the comment should be. I turned my back for one moment :) All I know is that Courtney is at the healm and Jacob and Charlotte are having way too much fun.

Double-teamed

Surviving

Charlotte navigates Yellowstone

Yellowstone and Grand Teton

Mom, Charlotte, Timothy and I all Took a cruise around the state and into the National Parks. It is a trip that Reid and I usually do and will hopefully doagain next year. We had a great time inthe fall and winter weather we encountered. The sights were amazing as always, and we saw some fun wildlife: bison, moose, coyote. Charlotte reallly enjoyed the geysers and liked to remind us that they were hot.

More Yellowstone

Ice Cream at Old Faithful

Brocolli from the garden is best

Faces of Timothy

Hard days play

Sweet Siblings

Charlotte has gotten very good at taking care her little brother.

Shopping with Isa

Worthen Meadows Reservior

Dual Mowing Team

Charlotte is really into imitating everything we do. So she is having fun mowing with papa. She is also into imaginary play and will "cook" us food to taste, and likes to take care of her babies-rocking, diapering, cleaning, etc.

Timothy

At 8weeks he is 14.25 pounds!!!

Timothy is a pretty happy kid so far. He smiles a lot and is pretty content when he has to spend some time by himself. He seems to like his sister, although it seems like he already realizes that she often accidentally (or not) hurts him. So he is a little more on edge around her.

My New Friends

Rene has been helping some folks out by milking thier Alpine goats while they were away. This morning the whole family came out to enjoy the goats. After being a bit afraid of Charlotte the goats took to her well (treats help!) and she had a blast.

Nuummmmm or Yum for those that don't speak Toddler

Saturday stroll down memory lane

On the right is Timothy (obviously) on the left is a picture of Rene at about the same age. I am thinking long lost twins??

My Pea Art creation

Lets just say peas aren't our favorite food to eat, but they sure do arrange nicely :)

Snoozing with the Bison

Trouble with a capital T

Timothy's acne finally seems to be clearing a bit, but it seems he has gotten a respiratory infection from his sister that is trying to turn into croup!

Trouble with a capital C

Charlotte is getting into coloring and the parents are really excited about the special markers that only draw on special paper-kudos to crayola! She also loves to put the caps on her fingers and wave them around.