First Haircut

The shaggyness was really starting to get to me, so it was time to take Tyge for his first haircut.







The before picture (earlier that morning when he was unloading the socks I hadn't yet folded all over the floor). 









He sat really quietly and mostly still throughout the whole thing. 

The after.....all cleaned up and looking handsome.  All afternoon I kept thinking "wow, his head just got a lot bigger!". 












And since we were there, Weston got a hair cut too!

Happy Fall, Ya'all!

Last Saturday the calendar said October 1, and since it was a nice sunny day I thought it would be a great time to harvest our pumpkins and do some fall decorating.  This year's pumpkin crop wasn't the greatest, and we won't be giving mini pumpkins out to everyone we know this year (2010 was a great pumpkin year).  We did get just enough to decorate our own front porch.

Weston started off by helping me cut the pumpkins off the vine.

Then he rolled them all over to where Tyge was hanging out on the grass.  Finally the pumpkins made it to the front porch, where the two of them repositioned them multiple times (much to my dismay).  We also had a few flowers to put with them, thanks to our customer dinner at work a few weeks back.  

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

Crabbing

Last Saturday Bill & Christie invited us out on the boat to do a little crabbing.  Danny had lots of work to do and decided to stay home with Tyge, so Weston and I took on the adventure by ourselves.  Except for a really short boat ride last summer, this was Weston's first time out.  Good thing we had veterans Jeremiah and Hannah with us!

We went to Waldport, where the crabs are usually nice and big.  Weston thought "downstairs" was pretty cool, and hung out here for the first part of our trip.  

It took some convincing, but after a while Weston sat up on the front of the boat with me.....what he started calling "upstairs".  

 

 Making faces....

 Hannah helping to pull up one of the the crab pots.

 Weston and Jay helping inspect the catch.

 Weston helping Bill pull up a crab pot.

 Jay and Christie.

 Inspecting a throw back before it went back in the water.

At the end of the day we finally got Weston to touch a crab, but just barely....with the tip of his finger for less than a second.  He did help me throw back some, pushing my hand as I held it over the water.  Overall he did great for his first trip, and we hope there will be many more to come!

What we're working on around here....

Everyday brings some sort of new skill for the boys. Some of the new and often repeated things they have learned include:

Roping.....usually mommy is the target, but I'm trying to convince him it's more fun to rope his bouncy horse.Opening and closing cupboards....Tyge can do this for hours.Fixing things. Whenever you say something like "screwdriver", "hammer" or "wrench", Weston grabs one of his own tools. He often works on his toys too, as seen here, changing a tire.

Oregon State Fair

Laboring on Labor Day? Not around our house. Instead we decided to go to the State Fair with our friends Bill and Christy and their kiddos Jeremiah and Hannah. Many dollars and four hours later we had covered just about everything the fair had to offer. Highlights include:

Jay and Hannah playing in air bubbles....Weston was too nervous to try.Mr. Joe Cool's with their new shades.
Lunch consisting of corn dogs (and rice crackers for Tyge).
Thirsty kids....it was one of the hottest days we had all summer.
And when a sippy cup just doesn't cut it....go for the snow cone!Watching the Jersey show and talking to the goats.

All the boys have to get in on the conversation.....
Playing dress up....Weston totally uninterested in this one too!
And a few games to finish off the day.

Nine months old

Ok, so I'm about a week late in posting, but we have recently celebrated Tyge's nine month birthday. The vital stats are as follows: 23 pounds, 14 ounces and 29 inches tall. For comparison to Weston at the same age, he is just slightly heavier. He's in great health, is a speed racer when it comes to crawling and loves to babble lots of different noises (whenever he doesn't have that dang sousha in his mouth).

The days of giving him a bath in the kitchen sink will soon be over.
Like his brother, Tyge is a great eater. Prefers to have whatever we are eating over a jar of baby food, which is really nice. Even better is when he can feed it to himself. But sometimes eating dinner is tough, and it wears him out!
And of course, like siblings do, he want's to have whatever his brother has.....including a grilled cheese sandwich in this case. For the most part Weston is patient, and I have been telling him to come get me rather than push Tyge away....but it's a constant struggle. Ahhhhh....the joys of parenting.