6 and 21 months

Has it really been another month already?!?!

Lucky for Liam, Quinn has started to finally take an interest in him--as in the past two days. Oh he won't play with him or anything, but he'll at least look at him before swatting Liam's hand away.

Liam is chugging right along on getting introduced to different baby foods. His wet shirt is a mix of banana oatmeal cereal and plain baby drool. He's even sitting up pretty well now.

As for Quinn, he could not be happier now that the nicer weather is here. Getting him to come inside is another story. Meltdown every time. I seriously feel bad for the people at daycare. And even though he isn't talking so much yet (we're getting his hearing checked again in April), he understands SO much more now.

AND we finally watch something other than just The Wiggles...Cars! Chris and I can pretty much quote the movie for you.

Enjoy the pics!

Our little leprechauns

Our poor kids. I made them wear St. Patrick's Day t-shirts. Liam sported an Ireland coat. They had green eggs and ham for breakfast at daycare (not Liam, of course). For dinner we had corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and shamrock cookies. And then mommy and daddy drank cider while we played outside.

I'll wait until they're older to let them know that they're mostly German.

Spring breakers

Aunt Alyssa and her friend Liz came to stay with us for some of their spring break. They saw the sights of Dayton (yep--there are sights), shopped, spent time with the kids, hung out and played cards (one of us was not a happy loser...I'm looking at you Alyssa!).

We loved having them and were so sad to see them leave. Visit anytime ladies!

5 and 20 months old

Probably against the better judgment of Quinn, the boys had a lot of togetherness on their 5/20-month birthdays.

Liam had lots and lots of oatmeal for his 5-month birthday. It was his second day of oatmeal bliss. Looks gross to me, but he seems to love it.

Quinn chose to spend the evening without pants. For some reason, our kids love being naked.

Then we attempted to bathe them together for the first time. Quinn made sure Liam didn't touch his toys and that there was a safe distance between them at all time.

Finally...getting ready for bedtime. And, yes, they have lots of matching pajamas. Hey, it's better than matching outfits.

Where does the time go?!

Two-kid play dates are work

So, this morning we went on a play date to our friend's house who has two kids around the same age as Quinn and Liam (their kids are spaced out a bit better though...smart people). Getting out the door was insane. I started getting ready at 6:40 and we left at 9:45. None of that time was spent sitting around either. This two-kid gig is a lot of work!

I apologize--the photos are from my phone and aren't the best. But, LOOK AT ME posting just one hour after we got home!

Um, guess whose kids are the crazy ones in the picture (ok, Liam isn't so crazy). But really. You've met us--did you expect our children to be normal?

Playing the recorder...kind of

Quinn loves music (hence his obsession with the Wiggles). He also loves looking at himself in mirrors or, in this case, the fireplace. This video shows a little of both.

Oh, and that is Chris playing at the beginning. He CLAIMS he can play the recorder. I'm not sure I'm buying it.

Liam looooves cereal

You may remember that Quinn was not so much into baby cereal and food. We flew threw that stage so fast I can't even remember it. Liam is a whole different story. I'm starting to think he might be one of those kids who eats everything, but I could be wrong.

So at his 4-month appointment the doctor thought that since he met all of the major milestones, he was huge, and he still isn't sleeping for long stretches that we could try some cereal. We thought it was a little early, so we waited a few weeks.

It took him a few tries to get the whole eating from a spoon thing down, but, as you can see here, he LOVES it.