Walking and Laughing

Olivia Walking

Olivia is approaching walking just like she does everything else. She does it when she wants to and only when she wants to. When she is in a hurry she crawls everywhere or walks on her knees. She is growing and wearing a size 18 mos already! She is still only really interested in her bottles of milk (which we add Carnation Instant Breakfast to, per her pediatrician, for extra calories), but she will eat some of our food and of course cheerios. She will NOT eat baby food, but she does drink about 4 oz of juice a day from a tippy cup. Yay! She is more interested in bubba (Ian) and still loves Veggie Tales. She is sleeping about 12 hours a night and takes at least one good nap during the day.

Ian Laughing

Ian laughs all the time. He coos, talks, and blows raspberries. Of course he won't do most of that while on camera. He is very good baby. He is eating about 30 oz of formula a day! He sleeps about 9 house a night and takes at least two naps during the day. He loves his bath time! He likes to swing and play on the floor. He is rolling over from belly to back, but has also rolled over from back to belly at least once. He is trying so hard to figure out how to sit-up. He loves to sit propped up in his bobby pillow (like in the video) or in his bumbo seat. Ian is wearing a 3-6 mos, but some of his onesies in that size are almost too small. He's a big boy!


We are busy packing and getting ready to move. We are trying to sell the big items before we leave the apartment. And I have just about finished packing all of the boxes we are shipping. This is a huge job--packing to ship, packing for the NZL plane, and packing for the in between. UGH! The kids are handling it all very well and don't seem to mind the boxes or the disruption.
More later...

Pictures, pictures, pictures!

Olivia climbed onto Bubba's bouncy chair!

On the outside looking in...

Olivia wants to read a book!

She's reading her baby's Bible...

Chewing on the Word!

Ian in the Bumbo--
can you believe he is just 3 mos old!

Passport Photo Rejects

Today was a busy day! We took the family over to see Patty, Ian's foster Mom. It was such a nice visit at her lovely home in the hill country. Then we went to lunch on the way home. Olivia is really going to miss guacamole! After that we headed over to Wal-Mart for passport photos and some pre-hurricane shopping. Finishing up at the post office, where the babies' passport applications were processed--our last paperwork step before heading to New Zealand!

The passport photo rejects were so funny we had to share them with you. Granny said they looked like mug shots, so we added some funny text to that effect (just their birthdays). Too cute!

Lots of Stuffe

Well, let's see...here is a run down of happenings--

Olivia is walking sometimes as much as 8 steps!
Ian is rolling over from tummy to back!
Andy turned 35 on Sunday--thank you Crockett's for the birthday dinner!
We got their social security cards so passport applications go out Thursday!
Alabamy bound in October!
It looks like we are on target to move October 16!

Family Fun Video!