Hide and Seek

Drew is beginning to see the benefits of having a little sister. It means someone else to play with! He loves it when she chases him, which has become a regular game for them. Belle definitely enjoys her brother quite a bit and I am looking forward to the day when he is her quiet protector and not the thing we fear for her.

Click here to watch the video of the two playing.

We also visited the Weston Red Barn Farm again this year...it's a fun tradition. This year we rode the hay ride to the pumpkin patch where we picked out a couple. Drew had fun sizing them all up. Belle didn't.

Photos of the trip are here.

And as Drew gets older, his sleep habits are changing. So while Belle goes to bed at 6:30--he now stays awake until about 8:30. So we've had more time to play outside without having to worry about Belle crawling away. As usual he loves to push and park the strollers and other toy cars, but he's also learning to ride the Red Flyer.

Annabelle crawls

...and has two teeth coming in. She's 6.5 months old already! She's discovering her voice and is loving screeching and yelping here and there. Especially at dinnertime when we're all gathered around the table. She's 15lbs now. She ate chicken enchiladas with us the other night (all mashed of course), loves to go on walks while watching Drew from the stroller, enjoys being held and a part of the action. She sooo wants to walk and be active. She doesn't crawl a ton yet, she JUST started on Sunday. But soon enough I see us separating little fingers from matchbox cars and Thomas trains (much to Drew's frustration).

Drew is growing so much. I barely see any 'baby' left in him. He is talking about everything, especially trains and tractors. He LOVES Thomas The Train. He likes football and dinosaurs. He loves reading books and occasionally he will sit in his room amongst all his furry pets and be paging through his books all by himself. So cute! When he wants to continue to do something, he tells us, "one more last time". He counted to 10 the other day, but left out lonely number 7 for some reason. He loves puzzles and they've really helped him learn his shapes and colors. Mostly he just loves his cars, matchbox cars. Lining them up. Parking them. Moving them from here to there. It's safe to say it's bordering on an obsession. But that's OK, right?

His second birthday is approaching already. We're excited to give him a Thomas table which his daddy is diligently building. He's got some trains already, but we are excited about the growing collection, because he's excited about it. Can't wait to see his little face when he sees his very own Thomas table (because currently he knows where they're all located around town: church, Barnes and Noble, the Children's museum).