Leo 9 months

Little man

Yep, this is how she is for pics these days

After a good meal, yummy in the tummy and on the face

Leo is 9 months and has been very busy "growing" teeth. He already had 3 teeth on the bottom and in the last two days his top 2 front teeth have broken through the gums. Ouch!! He's been a trooper, and a drooler :) He is rolling around pretty well now and while sitting can turn around in a circle to reach for items nearby. We've tried giving him little puff snacks but he is just not interested. He makes a face like we are giving him lemon juice.

We've been struggling with him wheezing so the doctor recommended we put him back on his reflux medicine, and thankfully that has worked! I am now trying to wean him off of his nebulizer treatments. It's been a tough winter with illness around here so I assumed it was a virus or infection, guess not.

He can now wave bye bye and can do a baby version of rolling his hands for the "roll it" part of pat-a-cake. Super cute!! He continues to laugh A LOT. His teachers call him Mr. Giggles. They even said one day he laughed the whole day. He was laughing so loud he scared some of the other babies. I hope he keeps his sense of humor.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Princess Dru

Princesses still have to do laundry...

and occasionally wear the ugly shoes.



Looking like an 80's girl

"Reading" on a car trip to Iowa

Crazy Snow White!

Another day of winter fun

Grandma Sue and Leo

Dru and Aunt Heather

Grandma Sue and Reed

Leo having fun in his jumper

Dru Sledding For The First Time

Holy cow! We have deep snow in our backyard! It was a struggle to walk to the back of our lot to the hill. Once we finally made it, we had to make a path down the hill. Dru went down with us about 4 times, really enjoyed it but was ready to call it a day. The snow was just too much for her to navigate. We forsee the many hours the kids will spend sledding and us having to force them to come inside.

Leo 8 months

It is difficult to imagine that we were patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for Leo to arrive just over 8 months ago. He has been such a joy! We are currently trying to get him to stop wheezing. After another trip to urgent care he is on nebulizer treatments. The doctor thought he was such a good baby!

He can turn frequently from back to tummy but has only mastered this maneuver in his crib. He sits up quite well as long as he isn't trying to look behind him, like at his sister who runs around in a blur. I am anxiously waiting for him to be mobile and I know I'll regret that as soon as it happens. I wish I could report that he is sleeping through the night, but no can do :) He must have an internal alarm clock for 3:30am.

It won't be long until he is a toddler, we are trying to soak up as much of this time as possible.

Trip to the MOA

We spent the day today at the Mall of America with cousin Reed, Aunt Heather and Grandma Sue. Dru and Reed did rides and we had a lunch at "Uncle Donald's" (McDonald's). Dru and Leo were exhausted, they both fell asleep in the car. We had a great time! As you can see we were in our Vikings gear :) Julie was lucky and went to the game so she kept me updated with the score. Go Vikings!

Leo's First Haircut

Before (the so-called comb over)

Hanging tough, even with hair in his eyes

Our handsome boy!

My mom gave Leo his first haircut. He sat really well on a phone book in a high chair. He kept bringing the cape up to his face and because I had just put ointment in his eyes the hair would stick. He eventually did figure he'd had enough. Doesn't he look like a little toddler?