Lanny Photo Set

That talented Mooner!

I gave her the camera the other day so I could use the computer and nurse Lanny.
Isn't this a great shot???!!!

This is pretty cool too

Her dolly, baby Boo. This is strange along with the next picture she took of Lanny.

Strange, right?!

Shoe Rack.

I haven't edited any of these. I think it will be cool for her to see these one day! She really sees things in an interesting light. She making a really strange face this morning and I asked her why she was making it. She said she was making a face like "this" and pointed to a buckle clip on her booster seat that she was able to view as a face. wild!

Funny things that Moon does...

I thought I had better record some of these things, lest we forget them when she is old and we need them to embarrass her!

1. She is obsessed with Troy Bolton from High School Musical. Lately she has been pretending that he is chasing her around the house trying to pinch her butt. She also pretends that they are at the beach together, drinking apple juice.
2. She loves to have pretend conversations with her friends. I often catch her "talking" to Owen about whatever little dream world of fun she can imagine. Her and her imagination have tea parties, read books together, jump on the trampoline.
3. She is such an actress that it blows our minds. Too bad she is so shy in public because she has got things down. She can act out whole scenes from her favorites, Mary Poppins, HSM, Max and Ruby, Eloise. She often does these staring dead into the front door or wall. It must help her to concentrate.
4. Yoga. Not really that funny until you consider that she has decided that her nanny Kathryn took our tv home so that she could do yoga while watching it. This may be somewhat true. Moon unfolds towels and does yoga on them, pretending that Kathryn is here doing yoga with her. I gave her my yoga mat today and she asked if Lanny could do yoga with her. I obliged. When they were done, she rolled up the mat and said she was going to Kathryn's house.

There are so many more, I am sure, but these are things that she did just today! I really have my hands full. My heart too ;)

Things that have been going on around here.

Lots of diaper only time in the swing. Too hot!!!
A visit from Grammy Suzy and Papa Chuck.

Moon wearing a Kiki dress (from cousin Kate, Moon's fashion guru!)

Lanny, in "school" with Moon. I think he's not the best student, but she tries!

Finally, mama wearing "lady shoes". Why I still have these shoes from a high school dance, I don't know. I think they are sort of fabulous. Count on Moon to find fancy shoes in this house and demand that I wear them! So I wore them while I changed a diaper and bounced Lan on the ball. Then they were hurting my feet, so I took them off. She tried to get me to wear them again today, but no go.

Lanny and the Heat.

Not good friends. He definitely has the Irish blood!
Poor babe was red-cheeked and hot hot hot the last few days. Luckily we are cooling down again for a bit.

Park Day at Mt. Tabor

Always a good time for these two pals. As usual, Lanny was there but tucked into the carrier, avoiding the mama paparazzi.

Lanny has a gooney breakthrough!

We always knew he was a silly guy. Such a smiler.

And sweet drooling eyebrow baby.

These are what we call "Uncle Jared eyebrows"

More drool and more eyebrows!

Moon and Lanny Bonding Time

Such a good big sissy! He loves her so much, it's like magic as Mama Adrienne says!

Lanny's first stroller ride

Moon really wanted Lanny to ride in the stroller with him. Thanks to Auntie Sarah, we have this great stroller with a cuddly newborn side and a big girl side.
He seemed fairly content, although he will probably go in the carrier as a general rule for a bit longer.

Moon was very proud of her juice. For our Mother's Day morning we walked to the "flower store" aka Portland Nursery, then to the "coffee store" aka Starbucks.

The day before, Nanny, Papou and Uncle Jared came down to visit and work on my car. Here is Lanny in the carrier with Nanny. Just one second before he was signing I Love You. There are some traces left of it. He is totally snuggled into the carrier and sleeping.

Moon took this picture of Nanny. That little girl has got such great skills!

Lanny is 3 months old!

On the 7th, our sweet little Lan turned the big 3 months. Sigh. In so many ways it's like he has been here forever and in others it seems like he was just born yesterday. I know I will be saying those things for the rest of my life, but they are so bittersweet and true! He is about 13 pounds and I have no idea how long.
It seems as though the teething has begun...notice the hand chewing? Add a few cups of drool to that and there you have our daily reality :)
Moon loves laying right next to Lan, wherever he is.

Sometimes she even just crashes and gives him a break!
This is the extra carseat in the house. Moon loves playing in it and her new "game" is playing car. I think that Owen taught it to her.

A little comparison

Lanny at 13 weeks-ish (man I love that little baby smoochy cheek skin!!!)
Moon at 6 weeks-ish

I think that they look so much alike! I wish that I had all of the Moon pictures on my computer, so that I could find better ones, but this is something.

The Girls

Not the greatest pictures, but they are getting so big and flying around at each other. They are having some "free range" time everyday and go back inside after about 20 minutes on their own. Not too free spirited yet!

Multnomah Falls

Papa and the Moon took a totally lovely hike to the falls with some of P's co-workers this week. They returned home so happy and so tired. The pictures do all of the talking.