The Boys

Hard to believe Barrett is fifteen weeks old. Wow...almost four months! And, Harrison is a week short of being two-and-a-half. Yikes! They really are growing up so fast.

Barrett has been VERY focused on eating his hands lately. That kid is going to gnaw off all of his skin if he's not careful. And if he can reach mine while I'm holding him, he'll eat it too. Hard to believe he could be teething already, because he just can't get teeth yet. I am not ready to give up that sweet gummy smile!

He's still a very happy baby almost all of the time, but it starting to demand a little more attention. I think he's figured out that if he doesn't do it now, he'll be playing second fiddle to Harrison for a long time to come.

Harrison has not yet figured out that it is hot outside. Seriously. It has been over 100 degrees for too many days to count, but he could care less. All that kid wants to do is play outside. Thankfully we can walk in the morning before it's too hot and then go to the park for a bit. Barrett is usually fairly tolerant of that, as long as we aren't at the park for more than about 45 minutes.

We also have a great shady space under the deck. It currently looks like an ad for a toy store, and we just added a swing, bubble mower and wheelbarrow...for some reason the stores think summer is over and are getting rid of all of this stuff. Not here! He was so excited to have a mower and wheelbarrow like Daddy!

Harrison used want nothing to do with a swing, but he's really warmed up to it lately. Mark installed it under the deck so it's in the shade. Barrett's a little small for it still but didn't seem to mind, and Harrison is pretty happy in there.

Indoor playtime has been good, Harrison still really loves to play with all of his toy cars. He has a big garbage truck and crane, and will use those to do all sorts of things. He also has a "Mack" from the Cars movies that will hold other cars and he's always loading it up and carrying it around full of cars.

We like to count the cars and trains, and he can usually get to about fourteen on his own before he backtracks and goes crazy. He gets so excited towards the end that he just shouts out numbers, ends with twenty and screams YAY! We'll have to keep working on that part.