Puppy Love

Dillon is 7 months old!

Our cute baby boy turned 7 months old yesterday! He's such a charmer. He's really happy and always smiling. He loves to bounce and jump in his jumper. He's very active and attentive. He grabs at anything in front of him and he's getting very close to crawling. He's eating 2nd foods now and has two bottom front teeth. He's been sleeping really well in his crib.

He's almost sitting up all by himself, but still needs a cushion in case he falls.

Lily loves to make Dillon laugh, and Dillon laughs the hardest at Lily. They are a perfect pair. If only Lily would share her toys with Dillon...we're working on it.

Lily is really talking a lot. We have conversations with her. She'll tell us things about her day. Last night while I was doing dishes she started saying "Vicky Heaton," which is my mom's name. I called Mom to see how she knew her name and she couldn't believe that she did. My mom had made a call earlier in the day and told someone her name, but she only said it once or twice and Lily picked it right up! We really need to watch what we say. Almost every day she says something new.

No, this isn't her "time-out." She loves to crawl in Samba's cage, but we try not to let her because she usually ends up hurt and in tears.

Series of photos from last week. Lily wanted to have her picture taken with Dillon...

Adorable outfit that I put Dillon in to go see Daddy at work last Monday. GOJO was closed for Yom Kippur.

Lily and Dillon on the couch

This & That

New changing table for the downstairs...$20 from someone on Craigslist! Since we switched Dil to the crib, we didn't need the Pack N Play anymore so we wanted to take it down and give us more room.

We also got Dillon a highchair today! He loves to bounce in his bouncy seat, which made it impossible to feed him in there without making a mess!

Sitting on the couch like a big boy!

Samba!

Dil is sitting up pretty good nowadays!

Video of Dillon playing with his ball toy and rolling around on the floor.

We had a pretty lazy weekend. I took 2 naps yesterday! It was wonderful. Tomorrow I have off work for Yom Kippur!

Transition to the Big Girl Bed!

Lily is such a big girl! Friday night we (Anson) took down her crib and put up this big bed for her! She loves it, and so far so good. Anson also installed a lock on her door (from the outside), so she can't fall down the stairs or wander around in the middle of the night and hurt herself.

Jumping and bouncing on her new bed!
We got her these colorful shelves/baskets to keep some toys in. I was very proud of myself. I put them together while Anson installed new faucets in both of bathrooms.

New faucet in the upstairs bathroom. We put the same one in the downstairs bathroom.
Playing on her rocking giraffe

Dillon's new room. We are looking for a changing table on Craigslist. We want to take down the pack n play but we need a place to change them.
He slept good in the crib. I think it's more comfortable and he has a lot of room.

Video of Dillon just after he woke up this morning.

Reading "The Pokey Little Puppy" to my two beautiful kids!

Eating popcorn and wearing big girl pull-ups! Lily has been doing a great job with the potty lately. She likes to wear her big girl panties and get stickers when she goes in the potty. Daddy gave her a dollar the other day when she pooped in the potty!

I'm trying to teach Dillon to hold his own bottle.

Cutie!

Lily giving Dillon a toy, and a kiss!

Cute things 2-year olds say:

• "I'm scared," Lily says. "Scared of what?" I ask. "Dindong. He making noises!"
• Anson has been telling Lily not to pick her wall. Now that she's in the big bed, we fear she is going to tear the border off. What in the world were we thinking when we put the border in the middle of the wall!?! Anyhow, last night, Anson was changing Lily and she said "No picking the wall." Anson said "That's right, no picking." She said,"Can I pick my eye?" Anson said "Yeah, honey. Does it itch?" She responded "Yeah, put diaper cream on it!"

There are always funny things coming out of her mouth, but I just can't think of anymore right now! She's just getting so big. She recognizing things and places. Thursday we went to dinner for Anson's b-day at the Hartville Kitchen. As we were walking in, she said "I play with train!" Today, Anson brought home Chipotle for lunch, as soon as she saw what was in his hand, she said "I want a chip!"

I gotta go clean up a mess. Lily wrote with pen all over the couch! The stain resistant finish we bought on the couch sure has come in handy. I hope the pen will come out too!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband!

Today is my babe's birthday! I'm glad you had a great day! You are so wonderful, and I am so blessed to have you in my life, and by my side. Thank you for being you!

We all love you!!

Tamara Mae, Lily and Dillon (and Sampson, Slater and Peeve)

Dillon's Half Birthday & Labor Day Weekend

Dillon is a half year old already!! Can you believe that?!? We can't! He is such a wonderful addition to our family. He's always so happy, and he laughs alot. He will follow you with his eyes around the room. He hates being alone. He loves his big sister. She really makes him laugh. He loves to rock himself in his bouncy seat. He pumps his legs so that he will rock. He can hold things and grab at things now too - like a toy or his binkie. His 6-month check-up is on Wednesday. I'll let everyone know his stats.

Always smiling...
Isn't he a stud?

I love this pic. He's so precious with his arm up by his face and his legs crossed. He's just chillin!

Yesterday we went to Berlin Lake again with my parents. My daddy had to drive out separately because he is sick and was waiting on a prescription refill. He has fluid inside the lining of his lungs. They say it's from his pneumonia early this summer. He's going to see a specialist tomorrow. Please think good thoughts for him! We still had fun, though. The weather was perfect, the water was warm and we ate a lot of good food. Lily had a lot of fun swimming!

Lily also rode the jet ski with Mommy and Daddy! We got up to 25 mph with her. She said she liked it. I bet she'll love it next year.

Chocolate chip cookie face!

Playing in the Johnny Jump Up! He really likes to kick his legs and bounce. Tonight was the first time we put him in this, but he seemed to really get the hang of it quickly.

Ut-oh, Lily is trying to twist him up. I do this to her in her swing, so why not try it out on Dillon, right?

Six months old