Sleepers

These shots were taken on the same night at the same time. Bill will suffer insomnia on occasion, not able to fall asleep, or falls asleep then wakes with the inability to fall back to sleep. But one sure thing to make him fall asleep (EVERY TIME) put some pillows on the floor and an episode of 'Castle'. Zaky, who knows what that boy does to fall asleep, I would rather not know. All I know is he goes to bed around 8/ 8:30, and doesn't come out except for the occasional potty/ juice/ I found my sun glasses/ Jonas needs his clothes, excuse. But we find him in the weirdest places, and with all sorts of things in his bed.

Happy Birthday Jonas

(Bill is watching the Eagle /Atlanta football game, so I have the computer and a free evening, below are several new updates)

Our little man is 1!!!!!! He is our little raccoon we call him (he loves digging in the trash and toilet) one day we caught him standing in the toilet, but could not get to the camera in time). He is WALKING, pointing, saying mama, baba (not specifically to us Yet), darting point when he wants something, stacks blocks, tackles, trows balls, holds a bat, holds his own in the bath tub, takes a lick'n a keeps on tick'n, eats everything without any teeth. He is such a sweaty with his smiles and energy. We love you Yo!

Daddy's little "not"so helpers

Fixing the refrigerator took a bit longer, but the bonding was worth it.

Attention all shoppers

All aunts and grandmothers reading this blog. Little man could use a baseball mitt for Christmas. He is resourceful and using Jonas' peek-a-boo kitty book as a mitt. This is fine for now, but could result in some teasing in the future. And given the current economical crisis, our current Plan B for retirement is a future Philly pitcher.

WWF preschool style

A hiking we will go!

Hiking has never been one of Christy Ludlow's hobbies. But after many years of breaking Christy Bowers now enjoys it (to a point). We had the great privilege of hosting Bill's friend (his family) and 4 single guys from Iraq. It took me several days to understand the different dialect, the noisy van and kids didn't help, but seeing people swim in the ocean for the first time was wonderful. These guys have worked so hard over the last year it was nice to be able to help them have a nice vacation. They are not hikers, my Bowers training kicked in as I pulled along their little girl singing the theme song from 'Dora'. We stayed in a monastery on the side of a cliff. The milestones: being there as they walked on the beach for the first time, and enjoyed their first McDonald's ice cream. Zaky was a bit sick and slightly cranky, but game for whatever we threw at him as long as he had his water bottle.

Jonas' First Year

Our little guy is One year old! He is such a special little man. He is passionate and expressive. He seems to not have taken after his mother's mellow tendencies. He loves everything Zaky, Zaky's toys, food, attention. He wants to cuddle until he doesn't, he wants to be carried until he doesn't. He is happy until he's not, or until he is hungry. He is a good little eater without one tooth in his head. His eyes are turning green like his daddy, his hairline is completly his dad and grandad, but he has his mama's nose. We are so proud of him. His smile lights up his face and anyone who sees him.