Sitting

For the past week or so, Erin has been sitting by herself fairly reliably.  I mean, don't go running off to pee or anything and leave her in the middle of the floor, because she is 100% likely to choose that very moment to fall over backwards and then lie, shrieking, in a puddle of her own tears.  Not that that happened.  Or anything.  But if you stay within arms reach and catch her every ten seconds or so (or, you know, just accidentally push her over on to her face...) she can sit on her own for minutes at a time.  Fun stuff!

It turned from winter to summer here, basically overnight.  No worries.  It's not going to stay summer.  Spring and rain and cold mornings will return on Saturday, when John has to take both kids with him to soccer at 9:30 AM.  But we are taking advantage of summer while it lasts.  Dexter's favorite thing to do is to swing on our swing set next to Erin.  Erin likes it, too.  Although it makes her sleepy.  Very, very sleepy.

Swinging

Dexter giggles when I make silly baby noises at him.  Erin giggles when Dexter giggles.

Swing = sleepy thumb sucking

Cute Hokie

Unassisted sitter.  Looking skeptically at at her brother.  Who, I think, had just finished peeing on the tree.

Still watching her big brother.  Who is now pulling up his pants.

Buddy is kind of like Jaws, except he just licks baby faces instead of, you know, biting off an arm or something.

Poor Erin.  She just wants so badly to reach out and touch her brother.  And he is so careful to sit just out of reach...