Bruce turned 2 years old last month! Wow. That went so fast! He is quickly blossoming into his own person, which is increasingly evident through the new words and phrases her learns. For example, one of the most recent is "no like that". He's learning to let everyone know his preferences. He has become quite the little chatterbox. On our way back from the zoo, he talked for an hour and a half non-stop! He still enjoys his role as big brother. He now will find a toy for Autumn when she is playing and offer it to her. He also tries to entertain her and helps cheer her up when she's fussy.




Autumn is growing well and becoming more and more interactive each day. She's 7 months old already! She is working on crawling but for now just scoots around on the floor - backwards only for now. :) She is eating a much larger range of foods and seems to enjoy participating at the dinner table with the rest of the family. She is just the happiest little thing. Unless there's a problem (or she's lacking for social interaction), she is content. She thinks her brother is hilarious - even when he's doing something he shouldn't be! She loves watching the pets and laughs at them even when they're just sitting there.

Seeing the zoo from the front seat of the limo stroller



Happy girl in the back seat



Watching the elephants ("a-pi-tas")



Turtles



Discussing the ducks



Gila Monster



Playing with Mommy in the zoo sandbox (could've probably saved the admission fee and done this at home)



Watching the "daffs"



B woke up that morning talking about seeing the zebras, so here they are!



It's rough being the baby!



Cuddling with Great Grandma

The Fam at B's birthday party



Eating birthday dinner with Daddy



Serious about his cupcakes





"What are you looking at?"



Learning to sit up on her own



Waiting for Daddy to get home from work



The backhoe is still his very favorite vehicle.
This is bigger than getting a picture with Santa Claus!



Doing crafts with his buddies Walt and John



Holding hands with David



Showing off the butterfly he made



"Hmmmm..."



Oops - we picked a few



First pigtail ever!



"Holding" his little sis



"Rood ta ta!" (red tractor)



So peaceful



He wanted to "hold" her, but wasn't excited about having his picture taken



Laughing girl