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What's Going On

I could explain about my identity being stolen, but it's just annoying. So here are some videos of the kiddos instead.

I love seeing Laine "cruising." Isaac never did this. He would crawl over to something and stand up. He very rarely, if ever, actually continued to walk around it. He preferred to only walk forwards - holding a walker or someone's hands.

It's chilly outside today, so we had a little indoor water-play.

Making her way around the bathroom. Todd leaves for Europe tomorrow morning. He's returning late Friday night. I told him he'd better hurry or he may miss Laine's first steps. She can stand without holding on now and likes to do it. I haven't yet caught it on video, but she's also started to assess whether she can take a step or two to get to something that's just beyond her reach.

Just another day...

Laine is finally starting to eat solid foods. My sister gave me this great recipe for stuffed burgers. It's a good thing the recipe makes 6 burgers because Isaac can down half of one and now Laine wants to get in on the action, too!

This is how we prefer to work off all of that hamburger:

Road Rally

Isaac has a new favorite show: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It's not bad, as kids' cartoons go. There's a reason Disney is worth so much money... Anyway, they have an episode called "Road Rally" where Mickey and all of his friends each take a different type of vehicle and go on a little road trip. It's not a race - it's a road rally. Isaac loves this notion. Now any time Laine stands up to walk, Isaac announces a road rally and takes off after her. I have great fun trying to keep him from mowing down his sister and still keep encouraging him to run around and enjoy being a kid. Here are a few of the road rallies from the last week.

We took a family walk on Sunday. We almost didn't get out of the park next door:

Yesterday was 70 degrees and sunny in the late afternoon. It was a rainy morning, which made for the perfect conditions to play in the yard for a while before it finally got dark.

I swear I also take still photos, but the kids are in such constant motion that this is a better way to capture them these days. This way you can hear them, as well, so you can have a better idea of what's going on in our little piece of paradise.

The Latest Videos

Here's what's been happening in our neck of the woods.

Laine turned 10 months old and is the cutest baby girl I know:

Isaac loves her (when he can smoosh her):

Laine started practicing walking (and now you know why I don't post more often). These were taken on January 29, so you can get an idea of how she's progressing:

January 30:

February 4:

Kids playing in the sandbox on a sunny day:

Laine invading Isaac's personal space, which she does a LOT:

I picked up Isaac after school yesterday and we worked on getting out some wiggles before getting in the car to come home for lunch and a nap:

Sometimes, Laine takes a break from learning to walk:

Isaac's grandparents got him a spray bottle and a squeegee for Christmas. He's been "washing the windows" with water for a few days now. He loves doing it! I follow him around and try to keep him from soaking things other than the windows. It's been great for developing the muscles in his hands.

Our little fireman loves water. I finally gave up and ordered him rain boots today. When Austin doesn't get rain for 9 months, I can now be blamed. :-)

I hope you enjoyed the update! It's not that I haven't had anything going on... I am just quite busy chasing 2 little people around the house, yard, school,