Chasing Balls

Ian is now crawling! I can't believe how much he has grown and how fast time has gone. Ian will be a year old in about 5 months!

Ian is quite pleased with his army crawling/regular crawling skills. He can get toys and into other things that he normally couldn't. He loves this toy T bone steak. He is also obsessed with my cell phone. If he sees it on the ground by me, then he will crawl as fast as he can to get it. Thankfully, I'm still faster.

Tonight, he loved chasing this green ball around. It was so cute because he had to learn how to hold it otherwise it would pop right out of his hands. His crawling method makes me laugh because it looks like he is swimming on land.

Patrick is so proud of Ian and loves to get down on the ground with him and play. Patrick can't wait until Ian is older because he wants Ian to join in his adventures. I have to stop Patrick from pulling Ian around the house. Patrick thinks that is totally acceptable to do this! Silly boy. And, Patrick loves to copy Ian. I have pretty funny stories. I wrote about them on my other blog, the Howling Horn, so here is the link to Copycat.

Patrick is speaking so much more this last month, and I'm so grateful for this change. And, I think he has finally decided speech is a valuable skill. I have been so worried about him that I can barely think about other things. I think the preschool activities I have been doing at home have really helped him. We focus on a letter a week and do various activities to learn about that letter. It has been some work to do, but I love to see how much Patrick enjoys the activities.

Here are my posts that describe what I have been doing for the preschool activities.
Letter A
Letter C
Letter E

I sure have to say that we are one cute family!!! I sure love my boys.

Family Cuteness

So I know it has been a little bit since I have posted something about my family. It has been a crazy month because I have started up a blog with a good friend. Go here and check out the Howling Horn. You should totally follow it. Anyways, and I have been super busy with my two kiddos and have been under the weather for the little bit. And, I will get up my Family Home Evening plans for March because I need a little bit more time.

But, I told myself I needed to post something so I am going to share some cuteness of my family. Ian is getting bigger. I can't believe he is almost 7 months now!! We are just starting to do solids, and he is loving it. He doesn't eat tons, but we don't have to fight him to try it. We are introducing the solids through purees and soft chunks. Ian enjoys eating his peas, avocados, and squash.

Patrick loves being a big brother to Ian, and insists on trying out the things Ian does. He climbed into the high chair the other day, buckled himself in, and pulled the tray on. He wanted to sit in it like Ian and play with toys. He soon realized it wasn't as exciting as it looked and wanted out. And, Patrick quickly tells Ian that the trains are his. Silly Patrick! That toy train was given to Ian, but I guess it doesn't matter since Ian doesn't even care.

Patrick is enjoying his preschool activities we do at home, and I feel like it is helping me with his speech. In a few more weeks, we will be meeting with a speech therapist to get him tested. I have to say I am so nervous about this because it has been a very personal struggle for me. If you want the background of this story, then go to this post that I did on my mommy blog. I sure love Patrick, and he loves to help me out. He was a big helper when we got lots of snow. He helped dig and sweep the snow around.

I sure love my boys, and I am glad that they are here to bless my life even if it means that I don't get a good nights sleep!! All I can say is that I am hoping and praying Ian will sleep through the night soon because I am so exhausted. At least Ian is so cute that I forget my frustration with him pretty quickly. Who can be mad at this cute face??