Overnight Guests

 The dining room awaiting guests. Was that a big gasp of shock I just heard? The state of this room rarely looks like this so I had to take a picture. 5 days later and only a couple of things have been stacked on the table awaiting to be put away. Sorry I'm rambling now....

Now we jump to the next morning ( I know there is a deplorable lack of pictures). We headed to my in-laws for breakfast and while the grown-ups got ready to go the children played outside.

 Essie riding in the police car

 Peanut watching the goings on

 Little Rose 

 Ti and JuneBug playing guns

Th th that's all folks!

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After our company left Ike finished a project we had wanted to get done before they came. We hung a mirror.  

 It needs some help though because it looks a little plain.

Our get-in-the-way helper boy. :)

Monthly Update

Peanut Points:

Peanut turned one this month!

He started walking a week before his birthday.

Two new teeth cut through and two more are on the way.

The picture below is JuneBug on his first birthday (after the cake) :D  Inserted here for easy comparison of JuneBug and Peanut at similar ages.

Starting to notice how "slack" we are with the second child

Peanut loves all sorts of squash and green beans. He doesn't want "baby" food (like the puff snacks they make for babies now) he wants stuff he can sink his teeth into. Except cake. Loves the frosting but doesn't like the texture of cake.

Big Brother Bits: 

 We are on the 6th week of school and still loving it. Most of the time he reminds me to do it. I'm learning a lot too.

You can tell the world of words is opening up to him because already this morning I have been asked a gazillion times: "What letter does ____ start with?"

 He is a very helpful critter and his new thing is "need a hand with that?" :D

JuneBug is learning that his older relations, although they are his friends must be respected.

Oh, and does he love to sing. 

(words taken from the picture in the book he is holding)

I'll end with a transcription of a recent telephone conversation of him with one of his Aunts

JuneBug: Can I talk to Uncle J (Age 16)?

Aunt: No, not right now he is outside working with Grandpa. He's driving the the tractor.

JuneBug: Is he sitting on Grandpa's lap?

:D :D :D

Suggested Sermon

This past weekend we had a communion season. At the Preparatory Service Pastor McCurley preached on self examination. It was the first time I remember hearing a sermon preached about it- very good!
Also don't forget to check out our church's new website. Just click on "Favorite Places on the Web" located at the top!

More Pictures and VIDEO!

The newest way to eat your veggies. Have G.I. Joe hold them for you. :)

Blowing Kisses/being an Indian

Playing Peek-a-boo

Video from our trip to MI: riding on the train.

Baby Legs Project

Last week I used the directions found at Adventures In Fluff to make my own knockoff BabyLegs. I used an  old pair of "toe socks" that I had planned on donating to Goodwill. This particular pair required less sewing because I only had to cut the toes off and roll the edge under. I can't wait for the cooler weather to come back so Peanut can wear them more often. :)

Oh, and something that isn't quite clear in the directions: the "sock" is worn upside down. The part that is around Peanut's ankle was the original top. :)

Pictures!

Due to the loan of a camera and the purchase of memory card reader I have a couple of pictures to share with you all. 

 See the two new top teeth?

 Crying baby pictures are a lot of fun to take...most of the time. :)

 even though it is blurry I had to show you a picture of Peanut in his footie PJ's

 LOVE this face

 Just woke up

Junebug showing off his new shirt and Peanut yawning in the background 

~~~JuneBug School shots~~~

 ~~~Various Family Shots~~~

Monthly Update

We are still without a camera so I'll keep it short. How about a bullet list?

JuneBug:

• Started School using My Father's World. He loves it!
• Learning how to be a good role model for the Peanut (instead of leading him to trouble)
• Whenever he is not playing (and even sometimes when he is) JuneBug is hungry. I think he is growing.

Peanut:

• Got two more teeth...finally! (Making a total of 4)
• Starting to eat table food. Whenever I sit at the table he is immediately at my feet seeing if I'm going to eat anything. :)
• Very very very close to walking. 
• He has a temper.
• Gives kisses, which is so stinkin' cute. I hope we get it on video before he grows out of it.

Looking back in the archives of this blog I pulled out a picture to compare JuneBug and Peanut at a similar age.

Here JuneBug (on left) is 11months and Peanut is 10months.

See you all next month!

I'm an AUNT!

Today my little nephew made his appearance. See how cute he is:

Our live coverage team, Pop-pum, Mum-mum, and Aunt SAM are on the premises now however the reports have been spotty. We all know how a new baby can capture the complete attention of folks so we will have to bear with them. :) :) :) Who can blame them? Take another look at how sweet he is.

I wonder if they have thought of a blog name for him....

JuneBug & Peanut Post

I'll *try* to make this a short post because the best part of the updates (the pictures!) are unavailable. Yes, my dear friends our camera has died. ;(  It made a terrible crunching noise as I turned it on the other week and now only a green light briefly shines when I try to power it on. On a good note though I think I might be able to trade it in for Swagbucks or Recycle Bank points.

August was a busy month hence the reason I'm posting this in September! We had a week long vacation right in the middle of the month and have been recovering ever since. :) No, actually it was restful even if it was busy. 

While we were on vacation Peanut started to really crawl. Not just army crawl, but a get up on your knees and crawl. He is almost walking but needs to get better balance first. 

Peanut still continues to nurse and only has two teeth. Table food has become interesting to him now so another plate and fork might be added to the table soon.

On our vacation JuneBug had his first experience swimming (other than in a bathtub). At first he was quite frightened (my neck was in his death grip). By the end of the vacation though, he was walking back and forth in the water to Ike and me. I wouldn't call him a fish but I could see him really start to enjoy swimming. Maybe next summer? 

School is beginning for many now and JuneBug just might be one of the newest scholars. Yesterday in the mail I received from my Aunt the My Father's World Kindergarten Materials. As I looked through it today it seems very feasible to do. Some of the items would be over his head of course, but it would be a nice structure to work off of. At the end of the month I maybe able to say we have started school!

Ta Ta For Now!

JuneBug Post

This month for JuneBug's post I'm just going to share a couple of cute photos of him. Oh, and a video. We lost our camera for a few days and so missed capturing his birthday  and a visit from my Grandparents (thankfully my s-i-l captured some on her camera).

 Helping with some of our garden produce

It was his first time working with a real knife. I had to remind him that it was REAL a couple of times!

Peanut Post

Peanut is another month older and we have seen a lot of growth in his life. For starters he is now pulling himself up to standing position. He doesn't really "cruise" along the furniture yet, although the other day he did let go and balance for a few seconds. The army crawl is still his fastest and favorite way to get somewhere (unless you count being carried).

One big change is the length of his hair. Always one for having his boys look like boys, Ike has wanted to cut Peanut's hair for awhile. And if you think 9 months is early for a hair cut... JuneBug's was cut at 5 weeks!

 Papa and Peanut getting ready

Before

In-between (Thanks to JuneBug for this picture) 

 After#1

 

After#2 

I'm still nursing Peanut but he has been enjoying some fruit on the side. A friend gave us a baby feeder that I've stuck different items in and allowed him to chew on. The contraption makes it so you don't have to worry about the baby choking. This morning I gave him frozen blueberries and banana and he LOVED it.