Proud Parents

It seems like our little girl is already a tv junkie. It's kind of hilarious to watch, Nathan will sit holding her in the desk chair and rotate back and forth in the chair and her head will swivel to stay zeroed in on the tv. Doesn't matter what's on, football, sitcom, commercials, she loves them all. Bradley was not like this at her age, it's interesting to see the differences between our two sweet children.

For instance, this is how Eleanor wakes up. Every morning. What a little doll baby.

Bradley and Eleanor. What a duo. Bradley is so happy to have a little buddy these days. It's kind of a pain to protect her from him all the time (so many loves) but it's so sweet.

Once again, a photo that sums up the Bradley and Eleanor sibling dynamic

Belly buttons are so cool

According to our pediatrician Eleanor has highly advanced motor skills. At two months she had the motor skills of a four month old. She would like to put all her thanks for this great honor on her big brother Bradley, for his non-stop attention and devotion to her development in this arena.

Best tummy time assistant ever

Eleanor holding her head way up high.

We're so proud of both of them, which is ridiculous, I know. They haven't really done anything yet. But we take Bradley to the park and he runs around shrieking with delight, smiling at all the people he meets and only occasionally scaring children by running up while yelling like a happy little maniac. He watches the big kids and sees no reason why he can't do anything that they do. He likes climbing up on rocks now, he tries to climb up ladders, and he went down a giant slide and wanted to do it again even though he would have fell off at a high speed on his face if his daddy hadn't been at the bottom to catch him.

This is from the other day at Toddle Time at a local community center where Bradley saw a daddy shooting baskets and legitimately started trying to do the same. I sent Nathan a picture and he got very excited. Nathan is counting down the days until he can play some 1 on 1 with his son.

And this is from dinner the other night. Bradley LOVES chopstick meals. We can eat with sticks?? Sheer genius.

Bradley is also trying to keep his options open when it comes to sports. He knows his daddy would love it if he played basketball but he's thinking gymnastics may also be a highly interesting endeavor.

We have a little work to do, but the interest is clearly there. Somersaults have never been so entertaining.

We went to the petting zoo the other day and guess who isn't afraid of goats anymore!

However, I discovered that having Bradley eat meals in his stroller on a semi-regular basis has the horrible side effect of making the stroller irresistible to both flies and little bees and we literally had a SWARM of flies around the stroller after we left the goats. Fifteen or twenty flies floating around the yummiest stroller in town. Quite embarrassing. Nathan has since hosed the stroller down, fingers crossed that does the trick.

We also have not come even close to getting tired of playing in fountains. No sir. I may have a series of these photos too before too long.

The water is cold. Quite cold. Crazy kid.

Our cute little boy. Love this kid so much.

And sweet Eleanor's personality is coming through more and more each day.

Snuggles with Daddy? Yes please!

New pretty dress from Mommy and Daddy's friend Amanda? I love fashion!

There's a little bit of the imp you can see in those eyes. Oh my. Luckily she will have Bradley as her example of model behavior as she grows older. The boy who is currently running around the room with an empty bottle of vitamins trying to throw it at one of the cats and shrieking in delight. We're in so much trouble ...