We Have a Stander

Emmett has shown very little interest in pulling himself up.  Just recently has he started crawling on all fours and contemplating pulling himself up to his knees.  Until this past weekend when he saw his cousin Eve standing on her own and pulling herself up to standing.  Dang peer pressure.  

So I put Emmett down for his morning nap and went about my business.  About 20 minutes after,  I see on the video monitor that he is sitting up, which usually means he has tossed all his pluggies out on the floor.  Fun game!  I go retrieve the pluggies and continue about doing the aforementioned business.  About 15 minutes later, I look on the monitor again and....BUSTED.  This little nugget is standing in his crib.

After we went in and took pics and video, I tried to put him to sleep again.  Wrong.  Dude just wants to stand.  There goes the neighborhood.

Hollan - Last Day of Three's Preschool

The year has flown by!  Hollan has loved school SO much and has made so many friends.  

Now bring on the summer!

The Chipmunk "Graduation"

Today was Hollan's Sing Along at school in celebration of her last week as a Chipmunk!

 Hollan's bangs are long enough now that we could get fancy and give her a side "braid".  Looks like 35 is still young enough to learn how to french braid!

 The first chipmunk on her spot on the stage.

 Hi!  Yes, I see you....now put your dress down!

 Babee and Em D.

 "Bubble gum, bubble gum, chewy chewy bubblegum"

 Back in the Chipmunk class for student recognition.

 Our star.

 Baba and Em D.

 Hollan's slide show pic.

 The graduating Chipmunk with BabeeBaba.

 First year of preschool in the bag!

 Miss Molly, Hollan's teacher.  Daddy Hollan will sure miss her next year!

Emmett - 11 Months

We are absolutely flabbergasted that we have less than a month until Emmett turns one.  Where has the last year gone...?

 Getting an assist from big brother.

 And enter Daddy onto the set....

Daddy always gets the big laughs.

Emmett has started pulling himself up onto his hands and knees for the proper crawling position but when he needs to go Turbo, he drops back down into an army crawl.  Kid knows his aerodynamics.  He is showing no signs of wanting to pull himself up so I am content to keep him frozen in this stage as long as possible.
He is eating just about everything that can be diced up small enough, especially enjoying eggs and cheese and vanilla greek yogurt.  He has started sampling whole milk but isn't totally sold just yet.  Much to my sadness, he is showing less and less interest in nursing.  So I guess my plan of breastfeeding until he left for college is out the window.  Boo.
He loves his big brother and sister and they have both started taking much more interest in playing and interacting with him.  He is also a pro at giving those two hugs.
Can't believe he has been with us almost a year although we can't remember life without this smiley, happy little nugget.  Or Nuggey Noo.  Emmy Dude.  Em D.  Emmy Man Man.

Mother's Day with My Three

We had a full day of celebrating mothers!  And caught up on our picture taking...

 A little photo shoot with the straw fedora from Shash.  Evan keeps looking at his pictures saying, "I definitely look like Joe" As in Joe Mailander from The Okee Dokee Brothers.

 

 Who is this giant and what has he done with our baby?

 Bibs rocking it.

 Brunch with Great Grandma Naomi.

 Cousin smiles.  Until Eve tackled Emmett and planted a drooly kiss on the back of his head.

 Happy dude.

 Emmett and his God "Muscha".

 This wasn't staged.  At all.

 Jumping.  Guess who's directing the photo shoot here?

 Babee and her grandbabes.

 The girls.

 What a difference a year makes!!!

 Big cousins.

 A crabby sleepy man.

These Boys

There is definitely starting to be more and more resemblance between our boys!

 Handsome dudes, for sure!

Love, love, love.

Randoms

The kids were playing out back the other day in moderate weather (50's).  I heard a commotion and look out and they were both naked.  And dancing around with a bird's nest.  It was very Lord of the Flies.  

Robin's nest.  One of twelve in our bushes and under the deck.

 On the move.

 Happy man.

 Molars coming in so everything (fingers included) get shoved to the back for gnawing.

 Another of Hollan's amazing outfits.  Wonder woman undies and fuzzy boot slippers.

 A couple of my dudes having lunch together.

 Playing horse trailer together.

 Yard work!

 A little reading in the sun.  Or snacking, if you like the taste of board books.