Great Photo Update

The peanut gallery has complained that our blog has not been updated for a VERY long time. Here's some highlights from our lives in no particular order.

Oliver's first trip to the pool that he got to swim. I'm happy to report that none of us got a cold afterwards and the swim diaper in Oliver's swimsuit does in fact hold baby poop.

One of the McDonald's by our house sells their ice cream cones for $0.25. We have been several times and spend more in gas getting there than we do on ice cream.

Joseph played hard all summer from the moment he woke up until he went to bed. One night when we told him to go up to bed he only made it to the stairs. Like mother like son I guess.

For some reason the expression on Oliver's face cracked me up so I had to take his picture. The picture didn't quite catch the expression but I still think that kid is adorable. He is still sleeping great and slept right thru the flash of this picture.

This was taken today. Joseph decided he wanted a bath and so he filled the tub up and climbed in. I was in the office and thought "that water has been running for a while" and went to investigate. This is what the tub looked like after some of the water had drained. Joseph decided he was done with his bath after 5 minutes later.

Not sure what Oliver is thinking about

My best friend Leah Miller Salinas and her family came for a visit. He son Joaquin is almost the same age as Joseph. They had great fun together and I wish they lived closer so we could see them more. Maybe one day we'll make it out to NYC to visit them.

Joseph decided a few weeks ago that he wanted to use the potty and has pretty much potty trained himself. He is super excited to wear his Mickey Mouse underwear and one day I found him with 6 pairs on at once. He is doing great and has only had a few accidents. The worst was last weekend a few minutes after I had taken him to the bathroom and he pitched a fit that he didn't have to go potty while waiting line at Yogurtland. Needless to say had the line not been so long and people not been so close to the front I'm sure the huge puddle might have driven customers away. It was one of the few times I honestly did not want to claim Joseph as my son.

We have been to ton of Rockies games this year. Joseph loves going to the games and is super cute as he cheers his team on. He asks several times a week to go to another game. He also will randomly shout out "Go Rockies"
Joseph and Jared got to walk around the track at Coors Field before a Rockies game a few weeks ago in the Rockies Rookies Parade.

We stopped at Bass Pro Shops to look at the fish while Jared had a job interview in Denver to be a kindergarten teacher. He would have been hired if he had his certificate already. He was going to teach while going back to school to get his certificate but that is on hold right now. He took the Place test (like the bar exam for teachers) in August and got a 291 out of a possible 300 but he still has to go back to school and take the classes to become a teacher. Turns out to get his certificate he would have to do another 2 years of school. So that is on the back burner for now and we are hoping that the company he is temping at will hire him full time.

This is one of the first times Joseph wanted anything to do with Oliver. He is starting to really like Oliver and has started to give him hugs and kisses without being forced to.

How can you not love that cute boy!!!

If this isn't brotherly love I don't know what is

Joseph is getting his own sense of style!! I love it when he dresses himself

I had a nanny this summer and it was fantastic!!! Meet Madeline not only is she Joseph's best friend she would watch Oliver for hours and takes better care of him than I do. The "mommy gene" is strong in her. She kept asking all summer if she could babysit Oliver overnight and assured me that she would get up with him no matter what time it was.

She walked Oliver for hours in this stroller and he loved it. Our house was super sad when school started this year. Joseph still asks everyday to go to Madeline's house and he lives for the weekends when she is home.

This happened on our way to a Rockies Game

Luckily Grandpa Buck came and rescued us from the freeway and we were on our way again.

Happy 3 month birthday Oliver!!! He is still a super happy and content baby. He is now sleeping 10-14 hours a night!!! He is rolling from his back to his tummy and loves to helicopter around on the floor and in his bed.

Oliver hit double digits in his weight!!!

Joseph went poop for the first time all on his own and didn't tell me until afterwards. I wanted to go to Yogurtland to celebrate but Joseph just wanted a hot dog instead.