Christian is now a professional crawler. Check out my myspace page to see video of him crawling. Today he went and got his big boy pictures. I can't wait to show you all.
Nika helped herself to Rasin Bran the other day. Matt caught her in the act. So instead of clean it up he told me to get the camara and I cleaned it up. She had spilled the ceral out and was just eatting the rasins.
Nika was feeding Christian crayons the other day. I thought it looked funny. Not many young men can say they already have facial hair at nearly 6 months.
With much fanfare Nika got a hair cut and now is the proud owner of bangs. Yeah. All those morning of mess hair are gone.
Matt spent about an hour and a half on the Detriot Dam fishing this last friday. You know what? He even caught a fish. We had it as a snack before dinner that night. Nika and I were all excited
Christian had his first rice ceral the other day. He wasn't sure about the texture, but I promised to work on it. Last night he had sweet potatos for the first time and on Wednesday he tried cherrios and another little dissolve in your mouth treat.
Last weekend we visit my parents in Sisters. I thought this picture (found in bend) was a good illustration of the trip.
I assume you can see Christian's two bottom teeth better. Those teeth are sharp, just ask my nose. My nose still has bite marks.
Christian is doing so many cool things. He is inch worming all around. Rolls, is wanting to eat, etc. I think we might soon give him rice ceral, but he hasn't eaten anything except for what he has snuck when we aren't watching.
Don't tell me you can't see them. Well I don't blame you. I can barely see them too. They are just above the shiny spots. Two live actual teeth. So exciting. Before I know it he will be eating steak, beef jerky, and getting cavities (not my perfect child).
Matt worked from home today. It was nice to have him home since we haven't seen much of each other. Monday through today we have been all sick with a cold. Matt and I have been going to bed a different times, he went Salmon fishing one night, or caring for sick kids. Yes he does look dazed, you would too if you took to much cold medication and have computer brain drain too. But he still finds time to be there for everyone in the house. By the way he didn't catch any Salmon. Maybe next time.
Tonight we made enchiladas. Everyone did their share of the work. Nika spread the cheese and olives. Kenny put shredded the cheese. I put the meat and beans in the enchiladas. As you can see we are chefs - the kitchen was a disaster. But dinner was good.
Our nephew "blue eyes" has been living with us the last couple of weeks. Unsure how long he will be with us, but those eyes are enough reward. He is so funny, a women will come up to him and tell him how wonderful his eyes are and he will say something like, "that is what all the women say!" No he doesn't have a big head. He is just blunt.
The other day I caught Nika brushing her hair with the toliet brush (My other website has a video). The following day she washed her hair in our other toliet with baby shampoo and everything. These toddler years are terrific. I laughed so hard I nearly wet my pants.
The past couple of days Matt and I have been doing these puzzles. Nika has caught on fast. She is 2 and already completeing them.
I know it isn't a great picture, but it is only family pic we have. Here the west clan is at Crater Lake. We spent four nights near Crater Lake with Matt's Parent's and Nephew and then jet over to Cottage Grove with our celebration crowd.
