Sunday, February 26, 2017

10 Months


Look at that little goober!

Baby D is learning new things every day! Whether or not he wants to admit it. He knows how to clap (I've seen him do it), but he prefers to pretend he doesn't so that I will take his hands and clap for him. He also knows how to give little kisses, but so far will only give them to me. :) He knows how to sleep, but just refuses to do so for long stretches of time. 


There are some things he is really good at: squawking, bear-crawling, face-pinching and -scratching, wiggling, being adorable, and giving really big squishy loves. 


Baby D still loves to move, but after his super early start in the crawling department he hasn't shown a real interest in doing any walking (even assisted). He can cruise and push things with ease, but doesn't seem to want to take that next step. Baby D still prefers nursing to eating, for the most part, and is picky about what he will eat, but has no problem putting leaves, dirt, and acorns in his mouth every chance he gets. He has learned to throw this past month and will play fetch with himself for quite a while (usually until Luke decides to steal his ball). 


Derek loves to do whatever his big brother is doing, has to be included in all of the goings-on, and has recently insisted on being held during dinner preparation (so he can see what I'm doing). These two are going to be inseparable once Baby D is finally old enough to wrestle!





Saturday, February 25, 2017

What Ken's job would be like if it was as ridiculous as mine:

OR

Why cooking for kids is the worst. 


Ken's boss comes in after a long hard day of work and tells Ken to write a very important memo for a very important client in twenty minutes, and that if he doesn't finish in the time allotted the very impatient client will be in his office yelling at the top of his lungs (i.e. me fixing dinner fast for some hungry, hungry babies). Instead of leaving him in peace to do his work, she decides to prance around, peppering him with questions about the universe (such as, "MAMA! Why is the sky?").
Then another one of her colleagues comes in and starts touching all of Ken's stuff and the two interlopers start fighting over office supplies and over who gets to use the phone, and in the course of twenty minutes at least one of them bursts into loud, slobbery tears. Ken pushes through the interruptions and still manages to get the memo done, and he knows that it is well-written and exactly what the client needs (healthy and delicious).

Unfortunately, his boss reads one sentence, announces "I don't like it," and refuses to read anymore while her colleague silently and methodically shreds the memo into tiny little pieces and dumps them all over the floor. 

Don't worry Ken, you can try again tomorrow.
And the next day...
and the next day..
and the next...
...

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Happiest Valentine


Camille and Dallin were to help us make and distribute our Valentines! As usual, Luke was all for it. 


Maybe someday we will find a holiday that doesn't make him sooo happy! 



Wednesday, February 1, 2017