Two Boys in a Tunnel

I love when Alex asks, “Spencer, you want to play with me?” How sweet is that? Alex has become quite an amazing big brother and has been surprisingly willing to share his toys with Spencer. We brought our tunnel from Aunt Beth and Uncle Eric downstairs the other day, and the boys ended up having a blast playing with each other! Alex was so excited for Spencer to follow him in. He kept telling me, “Here are two boys in a tunnel.”

Spencer’s first venture into the tunnel. You can see Alex telling him to “come on”.

Circus

Tim and I took Alex to the Circus the first weekend of February. We thought it would be nice to spend some time alone with Alex (and didn’t think my parents would mind some time alone with Spencer). Alex was amazed! He did get a little antsy during some of the acrobatic acts, but overall, he did great! His favorite parts were the big dump truck (it was construction themed), the cannon, and the elephants.

We had pretty good seats!

Spencer is 7 months!

My baby boy is growing up too quickly! Over the past month, Spencer has learned how to army crawl across the room, can sit for several minutes on his own, has his first two teeth, and has become quite a talker! He says, “hi, ba, da, blah” and makes a bunch of other cute baby noises. He is a very happy boy, unless he is hungry or tired, and is still obsessed with Alex. Oh, and he has gotten very good at putting himself to sleep! He still only really naps once a day, but I put him down awake, and he sleeps for 3 hours. Hooray! That makes nap time in the this house a bit easier. Enjoy the pictures:

Spencer loves posing for my camera.

Bath time is quite a messy affair!

This boy tries pulling up on everything! We actually need to lower his crib mattress this week …

It is hard work getting a non-blurry photo of a 7-month-old’s teeth!

Spencer loves helping me in the kitchen!

Alex, 7.5 months

Spencer, 7 months

Snow Days 2014

We’ve had some crazy weather lately! The snow at the end of January wasn’t too unexpected, but the 9 inches of snow we got yesterday and today was crazy! Can you believe Alex was sick both times it snowed? Ugh! At least he was well enough to get out in the snow for a few minutes both times.

Here are some pictures:

It was SO COLD when it snowed at the end of January! We only stayed out for 10 minutes, and didn’t bring Spencer out with us.

The snow was very powdery. Alex was so disappointed that we could make a snowman.

I took all the boys along on my “stock up” trip last Sunday … and Spencer took his first ride in the racecar!

This snowstorm put down much better snow! Here, Alex is “stuck in a hole”.

All bundled up against the cold! I’m just glad it was warmer this time around!

Kovu loved the snow! He was running around and eating it!

Alex had a hard time walking around in his boots and really just wanted to dig in the snow.

When he woke from his nap, Alex found us building a snowman!

Alex has Mastered the Mouse

Alex has had a few colds this month, so we’ve been playing more computer games than usual to keep ourselves entertained. He loves playing on his Nexus tablet and my phone and can play all the games without any help. The one place he still needed help was with my laptop. Well, that all changed yesterday! He’s been clicking the button on the touchpad for months, but finally figured out how to use the touch pad to control the mouse. I’m both relieved and in trouble! He can play Curious George on his own, but now he always wants to play on my computer! This is a fun video to watch (and to tell the truth, he does better with the touchpad than several of my teachers did when I was their trainer!)

If you want to watch Alex playing the same games a year ago, click here.

Army Crawling & ABCs

Spencer figured out how to army crawl over the weekend! He has been getting up on his hands and knees and rocking like crazy and he has been turning in circles, but he couldn’t move himself forward until Friday of last week. I guess the hard wood floors at my parents’ house did the trick. Watch the video below … Spencer started sitting up on the mat in front of the brown chair, and followed his block all the way across the room! AND, as a bonus, Alex decided to sing his ABCs all the way thru “P” while I had the camera on Spencer, so turn up your volume! (Turns out he can sing all the way thru “Z”, but he didn’t do that til the next day.

Love My Boys!

We held an impromptu photo shoot on my bed the other day, and I got some beautiful pictures of my boys. I hope they always love each other this much!

Alex has become such a good helper with Spencer and loves to bring him toys and show him how to do things. Here is a quick video of Alex showing Spencer how to “blow it up.” Thanks, Bob, for teaching this to Alex!