So posting didn’t happen at all in 2009. How sad!
To make up for this horrendous deed, I truly aim to post at least monthly updates of photos of our cute boys! If we’re lucky there will be more, but at a minimum, more pictures!
So with that, photos from January 2010 are up! Sadly they are all crappy phone camera photos and clearly I need to carry around a camera more often, but for now, they will have to do. Enjoy!
The other day at bedtime, the Boo asked his Daddy why the planets go around the sun. These are the moments you love having kids.
The other day, the Daddy person write some words on Boo’s easel for him to copy.
That’s Daddy’s writing up top. Then below were the blank lines. Boo didn’t really cotton on to the idea that you could use the line placement to help write the letters. He insisted on writing them in the bottom portion. But he did really well! Then he insisted I write them in the top portion.
So there you go. All three of us practicing our letters 
The Boo has been into letters lately. He enjoys putting magnet letters together and asking what that spells. He makes letters out of almost anything. He can sometimes point out letters in various places but also mysteriously cannot remember a letter he learned just that day in school!
The other day he wanted to see how to spell his family’s names:
I did the first few and then he wanted to write “Nanny” himself! He did a really good job with very little prompting from me. He ran out of space with the first “Nan” so started again to the left. It’s nice to see him so interested in reading and writing now. He didn’t like books much as a baby and we were a little bit worried!
Here’s what Baby did while we played at the easel:
He is playing with popsicle sticks. Lots of fun stuff in a craft room!
We’ve been so busy! Nathan has been enjoying preschool where they’re doing one letter a week. Today he sat down with some letter cookies and was trying to spell words. Very cute!
Nathan also had a great birthday. He loved the bouncy castle birthday party with cupcakes, and he got to celebrate at preschool as well where they made cupcakes as well. In fact the gifts keep coming so he probably thinks he’s going to be getting presents forever!
The boys took a bath together for the first time the other day. We got a bath seat for Little One, and he had a blast. He loves kicking and splashing, much to Nathan’s dismay! Nevertheless they had a good time grinning at each other and passing toys back and forth.
Levi has also been enjoying his solid food experience. He’s up to eating avocado (his favorite), sweet potatoes, apples and pears, carrots and peas (not so fond of those, but it’s probably a texture thing as I just mash food with a fork), and oatmeal. Still no teeth!
Levi’s 6 month appointment went well, he’s had a major growth spurt and jumped from 50% to 75% in all measurements. I knew he was getting big, but geez! I believe he’s 26″ long and 17, almost 18 pouinds. Everything looked great and he’s such a flirt! Everyone loves his smile, which just lights up his whole body.
Days at home are much easier now as Levi can sit up (we prop a boppy behind him because he still tumbles backwards), so sometimes we’re all sitting on the floor together doing various activities. It’s fun! Nathan tries to pick Levi up which is also funny as Levi is too heavy, but they do sit together and that’s very cute, of course.
With preschool and weekends with Daddy, the days are just flying by. Looking forward to Halloween where Boo will be dressed like Indiana Jones, Levi like a pumpkin, and Mama and Daddy like whatever we can scrounge up. Then on to Turkey Day and Christmas. Whew. Busy!
Baby got his first taste of real food today: Applesauce!
Not Mama’s homemade applesauce, but at least there was no added sugar.
He’s been so anxious to try food. His eyes follow our forks as we eat, and the past few days he’s been plopping his hand in my plate! Both of our boys seem(ed) to be interested in food way before the recommended 6 month start date, so we just follow their cues and feed them when it seems like they can handle it.
We’re happy to report the baby did indeed enjoy his applesauce, although he may have enjoyed it a little too much. A fair bit came back up!
But that’s okay. He’s got a whole lifetime to figure out this eating thing
Today was a rather momentous day for the baby!
First there was the sitting up. Not really sitting up, but almost! When we’re sitting on the floor playing with the Boo, I usually prop the baby up on my feet or legs and he leans back against me. Today he was sitting bolt upright, and I could let go for a few seconds and he was sitting up! But then he’d pitch forwards or sideways. But still! Exciting.
Second was bathtime! My goodness, this boy is a water baby! Last time I gave him a bath he kicked around a bit, but it didn’t look on purpose. Today, though, the child was kicking up a storm. He was also sitting up (again!) and just kick, kick, kicking away at the water. His face was so very animated, he was waving his arms around, and splashing water everywhere! I hope to catch it on video this weekend because it was too precious. I let him play with the water until it started to get cold, and even then he was kicking until he was entirely out of the water. He loved it!
Third was jumping on the bed with the Boo. Actually I was quite proud of Boo because the baby was lying on the bed, and Boo asked me to move the baby so he could bounce on the bed. Wasn’t that considerate? So Boo started bouncing around and I had the baby pretend jumping, if you will, on the bed as well — and he was practically howling with laughter! Both boys looked like they were having so much fun, it was so cute!
I love watching the boys interact, right now they really adore each other.
We discovered “bath crayons” thanks to a Christmas gift from Nanny and Grandad, and the Boo has played with them (and their successors) pretty much constantly ever since. Mostly he draws lines around the tub, or colors in the picture that came in the package, but the other day he drew this:
Well, I did the name, but he drew everything else. It looks like a hodgepodge of lines, but really it’s a map of train tracks.
This is extraordinary because:
I love watching him mature, seeing how his interests change, and listening to his explanations. Kids can be really great sometimes
Today we went to the “Fun Forest” at Seattle Center. It’s basically a small set of carnival rides just for kids. Lesson learned? The Boo is totally fearless.
He rode a small but rather speedy roller coaster, a pirate ship that went way too high in my opinion, space ships that went up and down in a circle, bumper cars, and some other little car rides. He eschewed the carousel in favor of doing the planes and the roller coaster again.
We may have a dare devil on our hands. Hopefully some pictures will be uploaded soon!
The Boo does not have particularly sophisticated tastes. He won’t eat quiche or pastry or even ice cream with “stuff” in it.
However. The other day we happened across a frozen yogurt place that was giving out free samples. We tries some, we liked it, we decided to buy some. There were only two flavors available (it was healthy frozen yogurt): Plain, or green tea.
My choice: Plain yogurt with blackberries and dark chocolate chips.
Boo’s choice: Green tea with dark chocolate chips.
The ensuing conversation:
Me: Boo, are you sure you want the green one?
Boo: Yes. Want green.
Me: Are you sure?
Boo: Yes.
Me: Requests sample of green yogurt. Do you like it?
Boo: Yes.
Me: Are you sure? (Totally skeptical here as I don’t like it at all.)
Boo: Yes. Want green ice cream. With chocolate.
Me: Ooooookaaaaaay. Orders frozen yogurt.
We receive our yogurts and start eating.
Boo: Yuck.
Me: Huge exasperated sigh. Too bad.
Boo: Eating frozen yogurt. Yummy!
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He finished the whole thing! Green tea frozen yogurt with dark chocolate. I wouldn’t have guessed in a million years he’d like that. Goes to show you never can tell with this one!