Standing

The movement train is chugging along at our house.  Sam is now seriously practicing his solo standing.  He lets go of whatever he is holding on to and can stand for about 5 seconds before falling to his bum. He can also get to a stand by pushing off of something only a couple inches off of the floor.  He can push off of the dog bed and get to a stand. 

Any bets on when the walking will start?

Stairs and dancing

This week Sam decided to climb the stairs.  And he didn't do the old "i'll look at the stairs for a few days, then play on the first one for a few days, then try them" routine.  Nope.  He just crawled over, checked them out, then went up them.  He made it up about 5 before he slipped a smidge and sat to rest.  Then it was onward and upward.

Mabel started ballet class last week.  For all reading, if you talk to her about them please call them her "new gymnastics class."  She is very hesitant about trying new classes so I told her ballet was just a new kind of gymnastics to get her to go.  Of course she loves them and has so much fun...but if you ask her about ballet she won't know what you are talking about.

The weasel!

Dinner at our house

Tonight at dinner we were talking about someone who had a toilet shoot out sewer water and Mabel started to question the details of the incident.  After defining "sewer" and the like, Mabel made this proclamation:

"Toilets are for poop and pee....and heads."

Lordy. 

Motion

We officially have a crawler on our hands, people! Sam has been rolling, scooting backwards, and popping up on all fours for some time now.  On New Year's Day he finally popped up and moved his hand and one knee forward. Once. And then he collapsed. Since then he has been getting better, but as of Saturday morning he is full on crawling.  Perhaps he is a born overachiever (I hope not) but the same day he started pulling up on things. He also lets go and stands for a second before falling on his bum.

The party has started.

Christmas 2012

Feels like just yesterday we were on a beach... and now we're surrounded by new toys.

The weekend after we got home, we dragged this wet monster into the house:

Then off for pictures with Santa:

And then the toys (and yes, those are matching PJs):

Cabo, 5th anniversary

For our 5th wedding anniversary, we returned to Cabo, where it all began. The kids came with and Mabel had a great time. Sam was fighting teeth much of the time, but was all for pool time.

Seattle was rainy and low-40s so low 80s and cloudless days made for a perfect vacation.
We should have pro pics of the family at some point, but until then...