Little Red Wagon

Lucia was playing with the little red wagon. Putting various toys in and out of it, pusing and pulling it around, as well as crawling in and out of it herself. As she was sitting in it, she got an unexpected ride from her brother.

Lucia & Emilio squeezed in the wagon for a tandem ride from mama.

Lucia returned the favor & gave Emilio a ride down the hallway too.

Who would have thought our little red wagon, bought on Target clearance for $3.48 over 2-years ago, would have brought us so much fun.

REALLY on the Move

Just a day shy of Emilio turning 7-months old, he started to crawl.

. . . hope Lucia is ready for this!

While chopping an onion & pepper . . .

Annie was making dinner. The kids were playing in the living room; Lucia with Mr. Potato Head & Emilio various rattles & toys that were scattered about. In between chopping an onion & pepper, Annie peeked into the living to check up on the kids. Lucia was giving Potato Head some eyes; Emilio was on his tummy reaching for Potato Head's hat. After chopping up the pepper Annie peeked in the living room again. Lucia was looking for a nose for Potato Head; Emilio was sitting up with the green Potato Head hat. Annie ducked back into the kitchen to continue with dinner . . . wait a minute . . . Emilio was sitting up now . . . huh . . . that's strange. Annie didn't sit him up . . . and Lucia . . . don't think she helped either. That only left Emilio to do it on his own. Annie peeked back in the living room. Emilio was back on his tummy. Huh. Once dinner was cooking, Annie joined the kids. Emilio was sitting again.

This was the start of Emilio going from sitting to tummy to sitting to tummy . . . all night long.

I Like Cookies

Emilio has gotten rather accomplished at independently eating his Mum-Mums.

Pedal Pusher

Today Lucia coordinated pedaling & steering on her tricycle for the first time. It was very exciting.

She was going so fast it was hard to get a clear picture. Lucia was all smiles while riding. You could tell she was really proud of her accomplishment.

Hopefully we'll still have some nice weather so we can get a little more trike riding in.

Toward the end of the trike ride the kids needed a little PAPA POWER to make it back up the hill.

Jessie & Bullseye

. . . sigh . . .

YEE-HAW!

That's Bananas

Though it's not really very efficient, I think it's pretty cute when Lucia feeds Emilio. The other morning she was feeding him some mashed up banana. I don't think she was scooping much on the spoon, but I guess it was enough to keep Emilio happy.

Now we just need to work on Lucia using a spoon to feed herself!

Thumper

thump . . . thump . . . thump . . .

One of Emilio's favorite things to do in his bed. When he throws his legs & thumps, his bed sways side-to-side. I think he may be a little disappointed when we move him to the crib & this swaying motion doesn't happen when he thumps.

(I'm not sure why but lately I've been having trouble uploading videos, for some reason the sound doesn't show up. This video is actually a little more effective with the sound. Sorry.)

Maybe we should have named him Thumper. It's not too late. The State Department still doesn't have his name corrected on his birth certificate.

Bottoms Up

We made the switch to cloth diapers. So far it has been a great experience. In the long run this will save us a lot of money & decrease the amount of waste our household produces. Thanks to our clothing diapering friends, Kelly & Cindy, for guiding us through this new adventure.

Lucia's favorite diaper to wear is the bright key lime pie one, she picks it every time. Emilio is in sherbet. All the diaper covers in this line are named after ice cream flavors (blue moon, mint chocolate chip, vanilla, chunky monkey, strawberry shortcake, cookies n cream, double fudge).

Bottoms up!

Rock n' Roll

Emilio is on the move. It's getting hard to keep track of him these days. Based on his current performance he'll be crawling in no time.

Emilio rockin' . . .

. . . and rollin'

Cut Curls

Well it was time for Lucia first professional hair cut.

We set out to Cartoon Cuts.

The plan was to get some sweet pictures of the cut in action. Lucia didn't want anything to do with sitting in the chair so she sat on mama's lap. Mama gave the camera to Emilio so he could take some sweet shots, but everything she looked over he was just sucking on the lens. Well so much for taking pictures during the haircut. Here's some after shots at home.

It's a cute little bob cut. Nothing too different than how her hair was, just shorter I guess.

Cool Pool

It has been a VERY hot summer.

Glad we found some time to cool off in our pool.

Emilio's first time in the pool. He enjoyed splashing around.

Pool & bubbles. A toddler's day couldn't get any better!

Super Sitter

Emilio started sitting independently at 5-months; anything he could do to keep his eyes on the happenings of the house.

Emilio sitting in his play gym with Lucia joining him for some morning play.

"I kinda like this sitting gig!"

Sitting in the shopping cart for the first time. This is a rare moment in his life. Usually Lucia is with us in the cart while he enjoys riding in the Moby.

Enjoying cooling off & sitting in the pool.

Sitting in a restaurant highchair for the first time.

Sitting in the bathtub.

Sitting up in the stroller.

Emilio sitting in the bedroom.

Though he can sit, Lucia still makes sure Emilio knows where he ranks in the house!

Lucia's Beat of the Day

Lucia broke out into an awesome spontaneous beatbox this afternoon.

She says she learned it from Yo Gabba Gabba. I assume from Biz Markie's Beat of the Day segment. Thank you Biz.

Babysitting

Lucia took the term babysitting literally.

Don't worry Emilio, you'll be bigger than Lucia soon enough.

Pull Me

Emilio needed someone to pull him in the wagon.

Lucia to the rescue.

PHEW . . . survived yet another activity in the hands of big sister.