Baby Signs

With Wesley we taught him just a few baby signs which came in very handy for communicating with us. We Figured we would teach the same ones to Paxton. We started using them when appropriate but were not really pushing it. Wesley thought it was great and really started showing them to him a lot. Almost every meal I would hear him encouraging Pax to sign "please" or "more" or "all done". He would smile and watch but had never even tried to imitate. Yesterday I had left the room to get something while the boys were eating and when I walked back in Pax was smiling at me and started doing the "all done" sign! He did it again this morning at breakfast too! Wesley was especially excited to see him do it.

Fire House

So when I used to Nanny every once in a while I would take the kiddos to the fire station. Well it dawned on me the other day that I had not done that with my own children! We had to run out to get some groceries and passed the fire station on out way and the trucks were parked out front so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to stop. Wesley was all excited about it until a fireman came out and then he went running back to the car. With a little convincing (and an awesome fireman who obviously had kids of his own with how great he was with Wes) we toured around the trucks and the firehouse. By the end of it Wesley was asking question and even wanted to "drive" the fire truck. Paxton just sat on my hip taking everything in and watching every move that anyone made. Wesley got to show off his muscles and held a fire hose as well as some equipment for breaking into houses. They gave both boys some play fire helmets! When we got home Wesley said he wanted to play fireman and that I could be the driver and that he would be the "computer guy"... he had been in the passengers seat and shown how the computer works! I think we will be making many more trips to the fire house!

when you grow up...

This conversation took place in the car yesterday
Wes-"Dad see them building all that stuff"
D-"Yes I see all the machinery, they are building a metro"
Wes-"But there are no worker guys"
D-"Not today they are having a break today. Do you want to build a metro?"
Wes- "No dad I am not a worker guy"
D- "You could be one when you get bigger"
Wes- "I could?"
D- "Yes you can be anything when you get bigger. You can be a firefighter, a worker guy, a musician... what do you want to be?"
Wes- "I want to drive a rocket ship!"
D- "You can do that, but you have to learn really hard in school and pay attention to what people are teaching you"
Wes- "Yeah like numbers so I can 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF!!"

Fair day

Today I took the boys to the fair. It was a scorching hot day but they both stayed pretty pleasent despite the sweat! We got to ride a bus to the fair grounds which started off the day on a very exciting foot. Wesley touched a cow for the first time and was pretty proud of himself for doing it. Paxton was wide eyed looking at everything and trying to figure out all the animals and people. They both enjoyed a snowcone! Wesley had his first (kid) rollercoaster ride which he had mixed feelings about. They let him on the ride and then told him he was too short but that I couldnt ride without tickets and I didnt have any left. So I climbed up to try and help him off and he didnt understand and started to cry so they let me ride. He started out with a big smile and then halfway through the ride said he wanted to get off, but then ended it with a smile and was glad that he had tried it. We watched some pig races which Wesley found very entertaining. Also got to play on some tractors. The quote of the day was when we were walking through the barn and Wes saw a small jersey cow and said "Hey mom its just like chick-fil-a!" I didnt bring my camera :(

Pax

This weekend I went on a trip with one of my friends and only brought Pax with me. It was so great to get some one on one time with him and his little personality really came out. He mastered waving and has the cutest wave where he opens and shuts his hand. He also says "mama", "dada", and "hiiiii". I think he shortly will take off with talking. He was also really trying hard to be funny. In the car he would make a silly noise and if we laughed he would keep doing it. He tasted a lime when we went out to eat and made a silly face and has kept making the face even without the lime to try and get people to laugh. He is such a flirt too! He was such a snuggler and really enjoyed his Mommy time but was very happy to see his brother again and greeted him with a huge smile!

She's Right (Again)

If I (we) kept up with this blog you'd know about all the cool, amazing, tiring things that have happened since July.

From "crawling Pax" to "speed crawling, furniture cruizing, Hi waving, scream laughing Pax".

Then there was the Fourth of July Tradition Wes + Uncle Jake @ Fireworks.

(I think Wes and Pax have a Matthew Mcconaughey shirt allergy thing going on)


You may have heard Wesley learned to swim on his own. K's always taught the boys to hold their breath under water from infancy by blowing in their face right before a split second dunking. Well this summer the fish took to water and Wes and the neighborhood pool were inseparable. You might say K's a super mom because who knew that this technique worked so well.
One afternoon we're checking with Wes to make sure he would know that if he took off his floaty he'd sink and not be able to swim. So we remove the floaty. Release the whipper snapper and prepare to rescue the nearly drowning boy when he decides to just hold his breath, and swim to the end on his own. To which we receive a happy "What happens when you take of my floaty daddy?" --- apparently nothing.

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--- Oh yeah he does the diving board.

(Thanks to Mommy, Mimi and Jake for the high flying examples)

The amount of money now saved on those silly "blow bubbles with your face in water" classes is astronomical. We'll be able to know fund another year of music and soccer class with the savings.


You might of known that we drove to Maine and surprised the Maine grands with a 30th anniversary. The under 4 foot crew had a blast as did the Grampy and Grammie.

More to come.

~ D the Dad

Crawling Pax

So I am a bit late on posting this but better late then never! At about 5 months old the little one decided that it was time to really start moving and has not stopped yet! He crawls all over the place and has even mastered the stairs all at the young age of 6 months (have I got my work cut out for me!) He loves to follow his brother all around the house and the 2 of them are super cute. Pax also likes to play "shy" now and when someone says "hi" to him he is very coy and buries his head in my shoulder and then peeks out a few seconds later with a smile. Last night he also was crawling around and found a sippy cup and figured out how to use it all by himself! He is getting bit too fast! He also is quite the eater and wants to self feed which he has become pretty good at!