Do-Re-Mi, We Have Two Beautiful Babies!: January 2016

I am writing this blog post to you today from Ramone's Cafe, one of my favorite spots in town, while the boys are off with Daddy. Delmar sent me off this morning for my "mommy parole" :)

Well, believe it or not, Graham is three months old. Somehow he seems so much older than that already. He is such a happy boy, laughing, smiling and engaging all day long! And he's already rolling onto his side. My baby boy is growing up so fast.

Graham gets "nakey time" every morning when he wakes up. He's always such a happy boy first thing in the morning. Patrick is always so excited when his brother gets up. Patrick doesn't understand the loose cannon that naked little brother can be and has been peed on several times :) Graham seems to enjoy laying on his side because he can reach his hand easier to suck on it. He hasn't managed to dislodge his thumb from his fist yet but I'm not sure if he wants to. He seems to like the full fist sucking!

I love these pictures because you can tell that Graham is watching Patrick play with his trains in the top picture, and that Patrick is watching over Graham in the bottom one.

Patrick is becoming such a grown up boy too! His language is still a bit behind but he improves every day. He's putting a few words together at a time and he is slowly adding to his vocabulary. Last night in his sleep, I heard him say "mama apple"!

Patrick is also expanding beyond his little man sports and trucks personality to having quite a creative side. He loves to dance, draw and paint. Here are a couple pictures of him painting. And yes he is naked, we're potty training :)

We have had a lot of rain up here this winter which has created a giant puddle in our driveway. While it isn't very convenient for me loading and unloading the baby and all the gear in and out of the car, Patrick and the ducks absolutely love it! Patrick drives his truck through and around the puddle for an average of 30 minutes a day, and then gets out and plays in the puddle with the ducks. Here are a few pictures of him playing and feeding the ducks.

You can see the pieces of food hitting the water. The tricky part is keeping the dog from chasing off the ducks and eating the food herself!

Well that's about all for this month. I'd like to take advantage of my "mommy parole" and this beautiful day.

Love,

Sarah

I can't believe it has already been two months since our precious baby boy, Graham Dean, was born. We welcomed a very healthy 8 lb, 19.5 inch long bundle of joy to our family on October 24th. He didn't want to come out but he seems to be pretty happy now that he has.

For those of you who can't tell for sure from these small photos whether or not Graham looks much like his older brother, the answer is yes! Can you tell who is who?!?

I'll give you a hint, Graham likes his pacifier more than Patrick ever did ;)

Patrick has been such a fantastic older brother. He loves to give his little brother kisses and hugs, and he likes to have Graham sleep on his belly (I think he saw Mommy

and Daddy doing this).