Guess who's 8 (and a half) Months!

Gabriel Sean is growing up!

And some others....

Karl painted his distress one day long ago...

Sometimes a boy just needs a nap.

Sick Kiddos

It started with Gabe. Nose running, coughing sneezing. Now Liam has the same. Both are raspy, but I checked on Liam 30 minutes ago, so raspy, red-cheeked, rough breath. He worries me. I dug out a humidifier after debating with Karl over warm or cool mist. We worry he may wake in the night and be curious about the humidifier and play with it, and don't want him to burn his fingers, but the cool mist vaporizer will make his already cold room colder. We decided on the warm, but Karl's going to stay up awhile and check on him.

But overall, they have been pretty healthy this winter, so I can't really complain. 

No doctors or daycare providers here, thank you!

Gabriel has started eating some solids. Seeing as how jarred baby food is a Madison Ave. invention, we just give him real food. I guess the veggies weren't in small enough pieces because Gabe had a particularly nasty diaper today. Liam took one look, gagged, and vomited a little on the floor. This is really going to limit him, I am afraid. How would he handle an elementary lunchroom? 'Do you like 'see-food?'

No pics on this post.

Birthday Present?

This is what Liam asked for...maybe for his birthday. 

Blissfully nursing the baby...

Well, painfully actually, as he is teething and pulling and biting,
but I was completely unaware that this was happening:

Liam found Taryn's temporary hair dye jar.

Just one are of the 

hardwood floor that was Liam-attacked.

I am beyond words...Liam's response to my horror? "Are you mad? Are you really, really mad?"