Guys Week Video

Here's a quick video of our outings back in June. Since Momma is away this weekend for a much needed rest, we have a Guys Weekend planned for tomorrow and Sunday.

My Mother's Day Gift

Mother's Day was a very lowkey affair around here. We had to cancel brunch at one of my favorite restaurants because both boys have been so sick. But the day was still very special thanks to my awesome Mother's Day gift. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Charlie's 3rd Year Video

Summertime

More fun with the boys.

The big experiment

Gretchen and I thought 'what would happen if the boys shared a room?' Bedtimes can sometimes get pretty long taking upwards of an hour to get both of them down. We also thought it might strengthen their sibling bond. Three days in we've had ups and downs but I think it's starting to pay off. This is video from their first night in the same room. Charlie is being a good brother and putting books in Nate's crib to read (maybe a few too many).

My Mother's Day present

A couple videos

I just realized I hadn't imported photos from my camera in quite a while. I have some updating to do, but in the meantime, here are a couple videos:



Nate riding Hank



Charlie making snow balls

Nate Update

Nate has been practicing walking for a few weeks, but last weekend he really turned a corner and now is walking everywhere. Here's a little preview:



In other Nate news, we took him to a pediatric opthamologist this week for his clogged tear ducts. They've been clogged since birth, and we've tried massaging and eye drops, but with no results. I'll spare you the details of the procedure they did to clear the block, and just say that it was very quick. We're seeing some improvement, so we're hoping it will do the trick. He had a little blood in his tears the day after the procedure, which is typical, so we've had fun call him everything from a true Horned Frog (they spit blood out of their eyes at their predators) to the Bond villan Le Chiffre in Casino Royale.

Charlie's First Haircut

Charlie had his first haircut today. He did very well and went from shaggy to clean cut in about 15 minutes. Here's a little video of the event.

New and Improved Charlie Video

Here is the latest video of our mover and shaker, CDub!

First Steps

It seems like just yesterday Charlie was standing on his own. Wait a second... it was yesterday! Last night, my parents came over to babysit Charlie while Gretchen and I finally went out for my birthday dinner at the Palm. Gretchen told them that if Charlie walked while we were gone not to tell us. Then as we were about to head out the door my dad suggested that Charlie needed to walk before we left so we wouldn't miss it. Taking his cue, Charlie took four steps on his own to his Grandaddy. While I didn't get the first steps on tape I did get the next few attempts. Here's a short music video.

Standing Up!

Charlie has started standing (however briefly) on his own. Here is a video clip of him from last night.

Peek-a-boo

Charlie Video

Here are a couple CDub clips from that last couple of days.

Watch Out World!

Last night, after much anticipation Charlie crawled for the first time. We're pretty excited but realize that we can't just sit him down in the floor and walk away anymore. The dogs have no idea what this means!

Playing "Hearts"

Mom brought us some Valentine heart decals that we put on our back door, and Charlie became obsessed with the big pink one when she showed them to him. Here he is giggling away as he tries to touch it:


He is still enamored with it. He giggles and reaches for it every time we go to the door to let the dogs out.

Lovin' the Exersaucer

I know, I know, I've been absent for a while. So here's a little something for your Charlie fix. Enjoy!

Sitting Up

We hit another milestone today. Charlie can sit up! But perhaps the biggest milestone was Momma finally figuring out how to import the videos from her camcorder!

Happy Charlie

Charlie's Aunt Sue and cousin Macy got him laughing the other day.

Rolling Over

Last Saturday Charlie rolled over for the first time. His Momma met this milestone with both excitement and trepidation; it's fun to watch him grow and develop and do new things, but I know he's going to grow up so fast, so I'm not in any kind of hurry for him to do so. He's rolled over a few times since then, but Daddy still hasn't seen it. This video was my attempt to get it on video, but I was too slow, so I only got the result after he had rolled from his back to this tummy.