Got A Yard!

We almost have a yard the boys can play in!!! The weather has been warm, sunny and dry so it was perfect to finish up the yard. Friday and Saturday Art and his friend EJ (Thank you, Thank you, Thank you EJ!) pretty much finished the yard and it is ready for grass!

Dillon had a blast with the piles of dirt and was covered head to toe in dirt by the end of the day - I should have taken a picture of the tub after his bath! By the end of the day he was calling him self 'dirt boy'!
We got several loads of dirt of the two days, here is the first one arriving.
EJ giving Dillon a ride on the Bobcat.
EJ and Art (he's back by the house moving more blocks) working hard!
We finally have parking again!
All finished!!!

Pictures of the Week

Not much has been going on lately but here are a few cute pictures I've taken lately.

Dillon is always such a good dresser, not sure what was going on with the pants this day.
Dillon was making lots of splashing sounds and was very busy in the bath tub, I peaked around the corner (Hard to be in two places at once these days!) and this is what I saw. Dillon had made a huge mound of bubbles!
Jason loves his big brother and always wants to be right by him. Which is make for more and more bumped heads these days! Oh, I can just see the wrestling that will happen!!
Everyone has to play with the door stopper at some point! Well Jason discovered it at Gram and Papa's house. I think I'll be chasing him away from that and the cat food! How do they always know the wrong thing to go for?

Getting to be such a big boy!

Dillon is becoming such a little boy now and learning so many new things. He is wanting to learn how to spell and write. He knows how to spell and write his name. He likes to ask what a word starts with so I always make the sound of the letter so he can tell me what letter the word starts with. The other day he spelled his name and then asked how to spell mommy. I said "what does mommy start with?" made the M sound and he said "M" and then he spelled it "M-I-L-L-O-N". His mind is always going! He's so cute!

Here is a copy of when he wrote his name sort of legibly for the first time. If you look closely you can make out all the letters.

Walking!

Jason took his first steps today without holding on to anything!!! Of course I wasn't able to get it on camera but he was very proud of himself!

Parties, Parties, and more Parties

Last week was Art's birthday as well as the twins first birthday! And this past Monday was Great Grandma's birthday. So needless to say Dillon was excited to share birthday cake with everyone!

We had Gram and Papa and Uncle Craig over for Art's birthday and just had a simple (yet somehow very loud) party at our house.
Jason was having lots of fun with Uncle Craig's hat.
Dillon helped open presents.
Later in the week we went over to Art's sisters house to celebrate the twins first birthday and have some more cake.
Dillon got to play with all his cousins which he loves doing!
Jason got to eat with his cousins.

This will be Jason in just a few weeks!! Can't believe it! Happy Birthday boys!!

10 Months Old!

Jason is now 10 months old! This is such a fun age! Jason interacts with us and is so fun. He is trying to do to one nap during the day but half the time still takes two naps a day. He is actually very easy to put to bed most of the time, still waking up once during the night. But there are becoming more and more nights where he doesn't wake up at all, but then he is up for the day at 6:00 or 6:30! I am so not a morning person!!!

Of course need one with Dillon too! (Dillon had a run in with the end of our gate at the top of the stairs....so glad it wasn't as bad as it could have been!)
He loves to get down on the ground and crawl all over the place, and he is fast! He is still content to play by himself but likes it when we play with him too. For some reason Jason really likes to crawl with things in his hands. He will immediately go for a ball or block on the ground pick it up and then crawl the rest of the time with it in his hands.
Jason now has his bottom two front teeth! I think worst of the teething is over for now but know it will return soon.

Jason stands by himself now! He usually does it in his play pen when he is chewing on something or watching TV (yes I know he's not one yet, but dinner won't cook it self!). I don't think he realizes he standing but he has really good balance and rarely falls over. He also is cruising along the furniture and will walk a bit if we hold onto his hands. He will probably be taking his first steps soon. He tried the other day. He was standing at the coffee table and turned to walk towards Art without thinking for a second that he couldn't walk towards him. He promptly fell down but I am sure he'll try again very soon.
Boys and their remotes! Today I was fast forwarding something on the DVR with the remote and Jason quickly crawled to get his remote (without batteries), aimed it at the TV and started pushing buttons! He looked back and me when he figured out nothing was happening....what is is with guys and the TV?