We are worried that the more he walks, the more messes he will make.

One step forward, two steps back

Makin' us proud!

Some parents give birth to future leaders, captains of industry, or people who contribute to the advancement of society. I am hoping this image is merely the precursor to genius. But we are not off to a great start. Scarfing peanut butter when mom wasn't around. Note the wrong end of the knife was used.
This is one of the many Abby self shots that mysteriously appeared in our camera.
This was supposed to be a picture of Abby. Need more be said?

Sliding Daniel

Daniel decided to get on the slide for the first time by himself today, and he went down without any coaching. I had to pull out the camera and wait for him to do it again. I thought he was climbing the slotted ladder in the back by himself. It turns out, there was a stool back there. Our little guy is getting bigger everyday. He is now fourteen months old this last week.

We have a compost off the side of the back deck, right behind Daniel here. I dumped 3 large bags of wheat flour that had expired into the compost, and, wow! Did it make a mess of the deck. Daniel is crawling around in it here. Abby wanted me to take a picture of her dirty leg too. Boy was that fun to clean up!! Not!

We love Bob

Our neighborhood grandparents, Bob and Carol, took some pictures this week. This is Bob with Daniel, Kiah, Abby and me in his driveway from one of our visits.
This is Daniel walking. Carol just had to get a picture. It took a long time watching him with the camera, but she got it. Daniel wanted to show me the plastic vent cover that he found, but it was hard to crawl with, so he had to stand up so he could bring it to me. In general, walking just isn't efficient enough for him. Frank is afraid he is lazy, but I think he sees no reason to walk if it takes longer than his crawling.
I had to deliver some hand outs for church this week, and Bob thought it would be fun to get a shot of us all loaded up with the bike trailer.

Daniel walking

In a rare moment of lucidity, Daniel focuses his mind and proves to the world why humans are the dominate species!

Just another week

We survived yet another week with the kids. After being awake for only an hour, I had some strong doubts that we would all make it through the day. Some how I pulled through without taking anyone's head off in the process. Even my husband's. This is Daniel trying to get out of the chair again. This time he stopped before his head could get stuck resulting in the usual panic moment. He was all the way into the cupboard when I got the camera out. He was so far in I could have shut the door on him, if it hadn't been for the pile of rice cooker pieces that he pulled out first.
Abby fell alseep under the window and on top of the diaper basket while I was working out at about 10 am. I guess she was a little behind on sleep or something.
This is a typical morning for us. Abby is in her pajamas, pink cooking apron, and dance costume pieces on her arms for a little flare, while making pancakes with me. Daniel is in the pantry right behind doing his best to get into everything his hands can touch. All before 8 am.
I found Kiah today playing with a couple of her baby dolls, all snuggled into a chair. She was so pleased at her arrangement.