Dylan Army Crawling

This video is from June 4th, one week ago today. This is the day Dylan started army crawling, and as you can see from the video he started out with a sort of slow, scooting army crawl. One week later, he has really picked up the pace and gotten his legs in on the action, so he practically looks like he's crawling with alternating arms and legs, but his belly is still on the floor. He can army crawl all over the house, and we've been reintroduced to babyproofing! His favorite things to get into are the blinds in the front windows and the cabinet in the living room with the dvds in it. I'm surprised it's only been a week - Dylan has gotten so good at army crawling that it seems like he's been doing it much longer. He's a very busy baby!

Lily Feeding Dylan Baby Food

Lily basically thinks she can do anything that Mommy does to take care of Dylan. So of course she decided she would feed Dylan his baby food. And she did a really good job! I would say she made less mess feeding her brother than she usually makes when feeding herself. But I didn't let it go on too long, because Dylan was getting a little too excited. I had visions of baby spoons and pureed green beans flying all over the kitchen.

Astros Baseball

We watched the Astros beat the Cubs! Cheap seats above home plate are hard to beat, especially when the kids get in free. What a fun afternoon. And thank goodness for air conditioning at Minute Maid Park!

Gideon's Birthday Party

Gideon had a Backhoe Party for his birthday!  He is really into construction and heavy machinery, so all the activities at his party were construction-themed.  Here are some pictures of Lily and the birthday boy.  Check out Lily's wild eyebrow in the picture where she's holding up the candy!

Dylan Sleeping

Aww, just look at my sweet baby boy! He sleeps so hard during his naptimes. I often find him conked out like this with an arm trapped beneath him. At nighttime he usually falls asleep on his back and looks a little more relaxed. In any case, I'm glad he naps fairly well. He's such a busy little man, he needs his rest!

Babies in a Basket

Just being silly! (In these pictures Lily's eye has actually gotten a lot better because the swelling has gone down, but the bruising / black eye looks worse as it's healing. Poor kid! But she really doesn't even seem to notice it.)

Twins!?!

Sometimes Lily gets to go places with our good friends the Swans, and inevitably, someone will comment to Katie that her twins are very well behaved, or that the twins are adorable, or some other twin-related statement. Maybe this isn't the best picture to illustrate the resemblance (Gideon's already getting a tan this summer), but it's definitely there! Lily and Gideon are basically the same height. Gideon weighs more, but you can't necessarily tell that at first glance if you don't know the kids or they're sitting in a shopping cart. They both have blonde hair and big beautiful blue eyes. And they often bicker like siblings. So we can totally see why strangers think they're twins!