Up close and personal

Not the best pic, but here's the progress with Theo's top teeth. That he's been cutting for months. That are coming in really, really far apart. Think it has something to do with his constant thumb-sucking? Still cute as a button though!

Aquarium

We have a season pass to the zoo and aquarium, so we put it to good use yesterday and opted for air conditioned fun! Theo rode in the stroller the entire time and enjoyed being able to look at things. He looked at the fish and mainly people watched. Jack wanted to see sharks and really loved looking at everything. There was a play area that Jack made good use out of before indulging in some ice cream. We even took Jack to see some barges on the river afterwards. It was a great way to beat the heat!

Theo, crocodile hunter

Aunt Christy passed down this adorable safari outfit to Theo. It was a rare occasion without a bib... just for you Aunt Jen. We called him baby Steve Irwin all day :)

School CD

Here's a random shot from VBS this week. I was in the craft room with the 6 and under crowd. It was fun, but exhausting! I totally give my teacher friends major props. Jack's old Kehoe teacher gave all of the children CD's with music that they listened to throughout the year. Here Jack is listening to the firetruck song. It instructs you to "get out your hose" and "put the fire out".

We're doing VBS at church this week. Theo is in the crawler room, Jack is with the young 3's, and I'm in the pre-K through 1st grade craft room. We're all having lots of fun. I'm going to have to get someone to take a picture of us, which is hard b/c we're in 3 separate rooms. But, here are some recent pics. It's a rainy day and we've been hanging out indoors for once. Theo is obsessed with his green octopus (thanks great aunt Robin) and anything that Jack plays with!! This, of course, bothers Jack to no end. Theo is pulling up on things like crazy, but no cruising. It will only be a matter of time I'm afraid..........

Drool much?

Here are our boys in their LSU regalia (too bad they lost in the college world series). Theo is a drooling monster these days thanks to his S L O W cutting top teeth. Teeth take him months to cut for some reason. He still has only his bottom two teeth and the top front teeth have barely cut through the gums just this week.

Carter, Avi, Gary, Jack & Theo

Whew. The Weill family came to town for a visit this weekend. The kids had a blast together and played in the backyard for 2 days. We took the kids to the waterspouts today for some water fun. Then we came back here to eat lunch before the Weill's headed home. Thanks for visiting Clay and Christine. We had so much fun!!

6 long years

Yes, that's how long it's been since I've picked up a paintbrush. What on earth possessed me to try again after so long? White walls in the boys' bathroom! I was so sick of them and got a wild hair to paint. I did 80% of it while Theo napped yesterday and then finished the trim work after I put the boys down that night. This morning I put everything back in the bathroom. What do you think? The theme is dinosaurs (very loosely) and it all started with a Pottery Barn gift card that my friend Melissa sent Theo when he was born. I got the shower curtain, rug and towels. It started the ball rolling and now it's complete. Jack is very proud to say that he helped. I let him roll a few times. Thanks Jack!!

Fun with Connor

We met up with a bunch of friends today at the waterspouts. We stop and get sno balls on the way to help beat the heat. Jack was super excited to see his friend Connor Cappo (this is what he calls him. We know lots of Connors!) Theo's friend, Andrew, was there as well. I couldn't resist getting matching swim trunks for the boys. Theo wasn't really feeling the water today, but he did enjoy that sno ball :)

Last day of swim lessons

Jack finished up his two weeks of swim lessons. He goes under water now and swims like a fish (for short spurts of course). I have a feeling that Daddy will be taking Jack to the pool a lot on weekends!

Moving up

I found his two ring pool in our storage closet under the stairs and put the boys in it yesterday. They both took monster afternoon naps (till 5:45 pm), so we needed to do something outdoorsy when they woke up. Pool time turned into bath time since it was nearly 7pm by the time we went inside. It's been raining here every afternoon and it really messes with my plans to go back to the waterspouts. I'm going to try again today...... wish us luck!

Father's day

After the baby naming, we went to Dave's folks' house to celebrate Father's Day. Theo crawled all over the place and Jack had several "moments" where we really had to remind him to share toys with his brother. He thinks all toys are his, b/c technically, they were until Theo rolled around. The boys played roll the ball down the long hallway in Gigi's house and Jack let Theo play with a ball with much coaxing. I snapped this picture of Dave at 6 months old. Think he resembles Theo or Jack?

Gary's baby naming

We trekked over to Baton Rouge today for Gary's baby naming ceremony (a Jewish ceremony where the baby is giving a Hebrew name) and got to meet the newest addition to the Weill family. Gary is turning one next month and is already walking and running :) He's just as cute as can be and made a friend with Theo. Theo had an off day and wasn't really up for playing, but I'm sure they'll become fast friends next time they meet.

Mega watt smile

We promised Jack a Spiderman bicycle when he got pottytrained, so today Daddy took him out to get one. Jack has been doing awesome with the whole potty thing and it is fabulous to only have one kid in diapers. Jack is in love with his bike and can pedal it pretty well. His smile speaks for itself. We feel the same way!

Water day

We went to a water day on Friday at Tank and Luke's house. Boy did Jack have a blast! He did not want to leave, but boy did he nap hard when we got home. Theo hung out with his girlfriend, Juliet, and watched the older kids run around. Thanks for having us over Jennifer!!

Celebration and goodbye

My old playgroup friends and I went out to celebrate a new baby on the way and to send off a good friend. My friend Jennifer is going to have her 3rd baby next month and Christine (the one slicing the cake) is moving back to the New Orleans area. Her house flooded in Katrina right after her daughter was born. We'll miss Christine and can't wait to meet baby Kyle.

9 Month stats

Theo is 22 lb 1.5 oz and is 29 3/4 inches long. His head was a whopping 18 7/8 inches around. Big big big. 90% for length and 75% for weight. What's scary is that Jack was even fatter at that age. By 2 lbs.

Cooling off

We had some time to kill after Jack's swim lessons this morning, so I brought out the ginormous pool for the boys. Before Jack saw it, he was asking if he could practice swimming and blowing bubbles. Not exactly kiddo. But Theo enjoyed splashing around..... until he crawled outta there.

While the cat is away......

Theo was all up in everything he could get his hands on in the playroom this afternoon while Jack napped. I tell Jack everyday that he needs to put up anything that he doesn't want Theo touching (or eating, as I say). He did a pretty good job... but what Jack doesn't know won't hurt him ;) I have a feeling the baby gate on the stairs isn't far off.....

Gettin' out

It's hot, hot outside, but the kids have to get out. Maybe I do too ;) We met up with some friends from the Mom's club this afternoon around 4 at the waterspouts. It was perfect b/c there wasn't a huge crowd at that hour. Theo's girlfriend Juliet came and they made eyes at each other for a while. Jack ran around and had a blast. It's 7 pm sharp and he's already in bed. We'll definitely be going back in the late afternoons for more fun!