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.

Mama's Helper

Lucia has become quite the mama's little helper. She suggested it would be a good idea for her to help feed Emilio some rice cereal. I enjoyed watching the interaction. Lucia enjoyed helping feed her brother. Emilio enjoyed . . . well, I'm not so sure Emilio enjoyed it too much. He loves his big sister & food, but maybe not the combination of them together.
I survived. Food is good.

Love at First Bite

Lucia was excited to share this milestone with her brother.

Emilio, about to get his first taste of rice cereal.

He very much enjoyed his first taste. What can we say, he's a natural.

He's been waiting for this day all his life!

He ate all the cereal, than asked for more please! Surprisingly, or not surprisingly, his bib is awfully clean for a first meal.

Way to go Emilio!