No More Curls

John finally decided that Edward was going to get a haircut. He was smart enough to tell me before he did it, or I would have refused to speak to him for a week!

I miss the curls. A lot. They cut off the last of his babyness!

John posted video of before, during, and after on his blog so that you can see my baby turn into a toddler. Check it out!

Talk? On Tape? No Way

These are a few of our attempts to get Edward to talk on tape. None were very successful. I will recommend that you turn up the volume to hear the few words he does say.

Watch how well our son has learned to shoot a "gun"! Sounds and everything! We're so proud.


I don't acknowledge it in the video, but Edward says "You're Welcome" for no apparent reason.


Here's the video where all the animals say "moo". I usually don't have to prompt him like this, but at least it shows his silly personality. If you listen closely after he decides to ignore me, he says "animal goes in there" twice and then gives them an order to "play." And for the grandparents, be sure to watch to the very end!

The Things We Teach Our Boys

First, we seem to be encouraging Edward to do gross things. You can't see it very well on the video, but that boy's finger disappears up past his fingernail...



And second, Ethan has finally gotten his first real bike! Thanks Great-Grandpa! With very little coaching from us, he took off and loved every second of it.



More videos to come! (Thanks to John who uploaded them ;)

Talking Video - Not Happening

I've been trying to get video of Edward talking. He narrates his life for us normally. But try to record it and the words slow to a trickle. Only grandparents, and really bored ones at that, would like the videos we've managed.

The biggest problem is that if you say a word, like "walk" or "swimming", he immediately wants to do it and runs off. I tried sitting him down with his farm animals, but after naming each one, he grinned and insisted that they all "moo". But only until I put the camera down. Then they went back to their usual noises. Prankster.

So we'll keep trying. But the only way I can guarantee you'll hear Edward's cute narration is for you to come visit!