Niles's first eats

Niles's first eats was a success. It helped that Jonas was an excellent rice cereal delivery-boy. You can see Jonas's mirror neurons working as every spoonful that he delivered for Niles to eat resulted in an air-bite for Jonas. Niles seemed pretty excited about all the solid food moving down his gullet.

Jonas also got a chance to meet Grandma Sue's kitten Ariel. Jonas and Ariel have hit it off well by all reports. The usual autumn preparation events have filled the house: more snuggling, trying winter hats, running through leaves, talking about the pumpkin patch, and finding places for all the glow-in-the dark Halloween decorations.

Wow

It's only been a couple of weeks since Jonas's birthday, and we have managed to pile on hundreds of pictures and videos which are amazing.....but have created a digital pile-up and so we are just pulling a few pics. Jonas had a great few birthday parties, he really loved all the people and thoughtful gifts. Niles has been on sleep-training boot camp. He has been having varied success with that, but he is been quite silly during his happy awake hours. He seems to have taken a liking to Greta.

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Jonas...about 5 minutes old.


Birthday time. Happy Birthday Jonas. A few pictures in a slide show of some of the crazy growing up that kids tend to do way to fast. Happy Birthday.

Super Jammer

That's entertainment. Jonas continues to be the best toy that Niles could ever want. Jonas really enjoys making Niles smile and giggle. Jonas was playing and singing his version of "Get that Train Through" to Niles. This song has many variations and seems to be able to be sung along with almost any tune.

Bay Beach Almost 3

It seems crazy to think how fast time flies....Jonas will be 3 in a couple of weeks and Niles is growing like a weed being feed by vermicompost and extra carbon dioxide. We got a chance to cut the ribbon for the opening of the new children's museum...the museum is the most ridiculous place I've seen that is setup for kids in my life, see some big ships with Grandpa in Green Bay, and do up Bay Beach for the second time this summer. Niles has been having a bit of issues sleeping lately and Jonas faceplanted his head into the pavement and messed up his jaw, face, and teeth and bit through his tongue today.

Snap Dance

About a month ago Jonas and Dominic put together an interesting dance routine. They had 4th of July props, 4 boxes of 'snaps'. It was a pretty good impromptu dance.

Nap Deprivation

Jonas has been going in and out of taking afternoon naps. It has been a roller coaster ride from 4:30 to bedtime without a nap. You can maybe tell by the picture of Jonas that his eyes are a good indicator of a 'low sleep' warning. Niles is much the same way. He has had a bit of difficulty going to sleep because he doesn't want to miss any happenings out there in the brand new world.

Happy summer!

Jonas and Niles have been busy with summer fun these past few weeks. Lots of visits from friends and relatives as well as tons of outdoor fun. Niles continues to grow longer and has just started to look chubbier. He is quite the "talker" as well, and loves to laugh at his big brother's antics. Jonas has been a sweet big brother and often helps out by dancing around so Niles can bring his spirits up.

Jonas and Max are SO BIG in the pool
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Happy birthday ice cream, Daddy!
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Mr. Big Hands in the bath
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Dane County Fair
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B B Clark Beach
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Snuggle time!
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Jonas and Dominic ham it up