Happy 4th of July

Jack is at Kehoe summer camp this week and next. Today the kids had a parade for the 4th of July and made these cute shirts. We all had to miss it b/c we were hurrying back to the house to wait for installers. Turns out we'll be waiting till Tuesday for our new gas stove to be hooked up due to a part the installer didn't bring. Fun times. Theo has been a terror lately. Crawling is soooooo over-rated. He's into everything and pulls up on anything he comes across. He often falls and hits his head b/c he's pulling up on things that aren't steady. He's cutting 4 teeth and has fluid behind his ears, making him really pleasant to be around. All he wants to do it drink formula.... the boy polished off two cans in 3 days. That's a record. I'll have to play dumb when he's 50 lbs at his one year visit.

New countertops!

Bye bye white formica...... hello granite! I will not miss the white on white that we've been rockin for 2 years. Now I just have to get my sink and faucets hooked up and I'm in business!

Tubes!

Theo is going to have tubes put in his ears on July 15th. I'm super excited by this since he's had a string of ear infections for months now. He currently has fluid behind both eardrums and the ENT is sure his hearing is diminished about 30% from the fluid. I told him I was concerned about Jack's huge tonsils and he said he'd peek at them at our post-op visit.

Theo's blond locks are starts to go wild. His hair never fell out after he was born, so we're going on 10 months of growth here. And the bedhead is starting up. Notice the band of hair sticking straight up. We had Jack's hair cut at around this age, but I just can't bear to do it yet. I'm going to hold out to see if it will curl. Dave's hair had curls and I'm hoping Theo's will as well. When he gets hot, his hair does curl up..... so I'm going to wait it out and see what happens. If it doesn't cooperate with my plan..... off to the barber!

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 :)