Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Chris turned 28 today. Boy, he's old!

Brothers

I got some great shots of Reily and Gavin, yesterday. They were both absolutely wonderful all day long. I even had an entire hour all to myself when they were BOTH napping!

Too Rough

Quite often when Gavin goes from sitting to standing, he uses Reily to stabilize himself by pushing off of him. Reily never makes a peep.

Just Reily

Reily is now about 4 1/2 months old. He smiles all the time and is a great baby. He's just about sleeping through the night. He's such a joy.

Jealousy???

I know that "they" say kids Gavin's age can't feel true jealousy, but lately, whenever I pay attention to Reily, Gavin has to get in between us. He'll do anything cute to steal the attention I'm giving Reily. Here, he tried to sit on him to block my view. If he can't get in between us, he'll start dancing--even though there's no music--or offer me kisses. Poor Reily!

Kisses

Gavin likes to give lots of kisses to his baby. Unfortunately, it often ends up looking more like Gavin is trying to smother Reily. Hmmmm...

Last Saturday

Roth's current foster family had to attend an adoption class this past Saturday. Being that we live only 1/2 an hour away from them, they asked us if we'd watch Roth on Saturday. We were happy to. As you can see, Gavin made him feel like he was still a part of the family immediately.

Home Progress

Dining Room, which is connected to the
Living Room
Family Room (with TV above the fire place), which is connected to the
Kitchen
Reily's Room

This past weekend, we were able to get the living room/dining room painted and Reily's room painted (with paid help, of course). I have no idea when we'll get the rest done, but one day...

Gavin was napping in his room when I snapped these, our room is impossible to photograph well and I don't have furniture for the sunroom, yet. So, I guess you'll just have to come visit to see those rooms!

Play Mat

Reily loves his little play mat, now that he's finally able to use it. It was a little too crowded at our last house--I was afraid Gavin would never leave Reily alone. In this house there is plenty of room for everyone.

Gavin, NO!

Gavin is not supposed to touch the computer, but I caught him messing around with the printer anyway. Of course, any time I say, "No", he repeats it at least a dozen times while shaking his finger and head. He is officially a toddler.

Bumbo Big Boy

Works for big boys, too. Gavin insists on sitting in the Bumbo, occasionally. I love using it when it's time to cut finger nails and toe nails--he can't escape!

Nice Picture

We were just trying to get a nice picture of me with my two boys, but Gavin decided to lunge for Reily. Of course, he lunged at him to kiss him!

Sleepy Gramps

Gavin just had to pick on his sleepy Gramps. Poor Grandpa.

New House

Well, we are in the new house. I probably love it the most. Reily couldn't really care less. Gavin's not so sure about his room, or his big boy bed, but seems like like roaming around during the day. We have all of the boxes on the main floor unpacked, so we are fully functional. Don't ask to see my basement any time soon, though.

Anyway, since we're in, come on over! We'd love to have some company. Oh yeah, we were able to keep our same email address, no changes there.

Bumbo Baby

Reily loves his Bumbo, for about 10 minutes!

Thumb sucker

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a thumb sucker. I tried, but it keeps him so happy (and quiet), that I have to admit, I didn't try too hard to keep it from him! Oh well, we'll have that fight in another year or so.