GG(Heath's mom) sent this to the boys for Halloween. It's a chicken that plays a song and dances. The beginning of the song is this funeral march and then it goes into the "chicken dance." John didn't like the funeral march at first and would crawl into our laps or stay behind us until the other started. Now he's used to it and he just goes up and picks it up and carries it around. He likes it and Hayden thinks it's hilarious!

John is working on using a spoon. He actually can use it for his yogurt really well. He would rather use his fingers though. One morning, I was feeding him with the spoon, he then took the spoon and fed himself. And then when I turned around, he put the spoon down and used his fingers again!

Sitting on the couch with Daddy

With Daddy's bird calls. He loves the sounds they make, he just laughs!

Walking around with Hayden's lightsaber. He even makes the sounds like he's heard Hayden make!

Looking out the window at Grace

Hayden's first official Dove Hunt on post with Dad. He was really excited. They didn't have a great hunt but he had fun! Hayden getting ready to go on the Dove Hunt with Dad

Happy Baby, after supper. He's always happy to eat!

John won't really eat corn off the cob but he sure loves it this way. He eats it from the end which is funny!

I was vacuuming one afternoon and John wanted to help too!

August/September

We are in a full schedule now and staying busy. I didn't realize how long it had been since I last posted. Hayden now has Cub Scouts on Mondays and Soccer on Tues, Thurs. Plus we are getting ready for the yard sale in a few weeks and our move coming up in December. For those of you I haven't talked to yet, we are going to Ft. Bragg. We're excited that we will finally be close to home but we have lots to do before Dec. I will be going down in Oct to hopefully find a house!

The boys are doing good. Hayden really likes Cub Scouts and we've been doing lots of different activities for that. He is also enjoying Soccer and has his first game on Thursday. School is going well for him and he is staying busy.

John is still growing like crazy and continues to do new things. He is into everything!!! He is talking more and sometimes we can understand him. He tries to say Grace, who he loves. When he has a dirty diaper, we say shooy-stinky. So he says that now plus he'll fan his hand over his face. He asks to be picked up by putting his hands up. And sometimes, I think he's using some of the sign language I'm trying to teach him. He loves to eat, as you'll see in a few of the pictures. He LOVES books and will just sit on the floor and look at his books over and over. He is weaned and a good milk drinker. Today he went over to the refridgerator and put his hand on the handle. So I opened it and he grabbed his sippy cup and pulled it out. Too funny. He can also drink out of a straw now. He likes our camelback sports bottles and walks around with those and can drink out of them. One morning, we were putting Hayden's shoes on for school and John grabbed his shoes and sat down to put them on too. Next year, he'll be standing at the door with his backpack wanting to go too! Pics to follow...