Planes, Trucks and Automobiles

Here is how we Turners spend a lazy sunny afternoon.

The weather was so beautiful and the boys were so agreeable outside. James loves his new truck and airplane, big hits from our local consignment sale.

Also, today is day 3 of James refusing his nap. He may catch a quick 20 minutes in the car (if I am lucky) while we are out running errands. The one upside to no nap is he doesn't budge from his room for at least 12 hours. Although it means I am extra tired by the end of the day with my little "helper" following me around non-stop. So the quest is on to start a "quiet time" for James so I can have a little breather. So I invested in a handy doorknob thingy (see below).

So we are now taking bets...how long will it take James to figure out how to escape from his room?

Also, for your viewing enjoyment check out Katherine Klegin's photography here..might see someone you recognize.

James vs. TV cabinet: Round 1

Last night James had a throw-down with the TV cabinet. While the TV cabinet won the battle, James will surely win the war. Round 1 sent James to the ER where he was a trooper and got 5 stitches. Watch out TV cabinet, the day of reckoning is coming.

Little Bunny Foo Foo

James is probably the cutest little bunny hopping around in this bath robe. For some reason I don't pull it out often enough, but each time he is so cute. The collage below has pictures from when he was 9 months.

And for good measure, here are pictures of Luke doing his exercises this morning. He was in such a good mood, and really was rolling around like a champ! Zion was even standing by to give him a little extra encouragement.

Beam me up, Scotty

The resemblance is uncanny... and no, I have no idea why he likes Paige's headbands. What is almost more intriguing is how Paige knew right off the bat that the Star Trek character's name was Geordi LaForge. I am currently developing my strategy to ensure this house isn't turned into a Treky stronghold. Warp speed ahead!

Good Morning!

So this morning Luke was sleeping in (as the norm) and James and I went downstairs for a quiet breakfast. After breakfast I was putting the dishes away and suddenly realized I couldn't hear James. I hoped with all my might he was just quietly playing books, but realistically knew James doesn't do anything quietly. Guess where I found him....

Yup, that's Luke's room. There he is standing by the crib.

I don't know if he woke Luke up, or if he heard Luke talking to himself and went to check things out. Although my guess is he wanted to play with Luke's crib toys.

But Luke was happy to see him!

And ignore my double chin in this picture and focus on my youngest son. He is really starting to hold his head all on his own! Oh Luke, I am so proud of you!

Playtime

Brotherly love...

...and a hug for mommy!

Happy Thursday!

Cereal, Rolling and Bubbles

Today was quite a day for my little men. We started out the morning will lots of sniffles and coughing, poor guys have been sick all weekend. Although we still managed to have some fun.

Saturday Luke had his first taste of rice cereal, and today when he saw me get it out he looked a little excited. He only ate about 5 spoonfuls each day, but it's a start!

Luke is also really starting to roll around. Tonight he amazed me by rolling after his ball all by himself with no help. It may not seem like much, but for Luke this is a huge improvement. I am so proud of my little boy! (note the tape on his back is part of his physical therapy)

James drained all the water from his bath, but then didn't want to get out. Silly boy! He was surrounded by toys and bubbles and had a great time.

And here is the amazing Luke again lifting his feet up. He loves those toes!

Neighborhood Busy Body

The neighbors are getting new siding on their house and James has been busy watching the construction workers all day. We went outside to run an errand and he ran over to talk to them like they were his BFFs. He was greeted with a big hello and an explanation on the big red trailer. He loved it and didn't want to get in the car to run our errands...I had to drag him away from all the excitement!

Sometimes he gets distracted and comes inside to play, but then Zion alerts him to movement outside.

He even was trying to look at them out his own window...

...that is until he realized he could climb onto his changing table and play with the portable dvd player.

Oh James, you get away with so much because you are so cute.

Water Park

This past weekend we went to a water park for James' friend Cody's birthday party. It was awesome! James was a little skeptical at first, but by the end you couldn't drag him out of the water. We ended up dragging him out when they started to evacuate the pool because some kid threw up or something. Gross. I wasn't too worried though because I am pretty sure we were swimming in chlorine with a drop of water added.

Luke, on the other hand really didn't care much for the water park. He and I went in and splashed a little, but he mostly just wanted to watch all the kids playing. So after about an hour of watching James zoom down the slide and splash water everywhere, Luke and I dried off and had a bottle and watched the excitement!

James demolished two whole cupcakes once he was all dried off. Let me say that again, he ate two cupcakes all by himself. My boy who doesn't like desserts. We are definitely going back to this water park again really soon!

Tummy Time

Little Luke needs to do lots of tummy time. In fact our PT has recommended 5 hours a day. At least now he is starting to like tummy time, or that would mean 5 hours of screaming. I am so glad he is such an amenable child.

So far he is doing really well with all his new exercises. Pretty soon he will be one buff little guy.