Pool fun

We have been to the pool a few times each week and every couple days we set up our little pool outside.  Madden loves splashing around and I think he likes having a smaller contained area.  Heisman loves to "entertain" his friends.  They splash around, have water fights and just recently set up the pool at the end of the slide.  Fun times!!

8 months

Madden is growing up so fast!  Now that he is crawling, Heisman has to really keep an eye on his stuff! Heisman has started closing his bedroom door because he doesn't want Madden messing with his stuff... and so it begins! Those silly ear infections that Madden got in May and June sort of messed up his sleeping routine.  He was waking up when his ears hurt and I was basically rocking him back to sleep.  Now he is accustomed to that so I am trying to do a little bit of tough love at night.  We need to get back to normal before school starts... yuck, let's not talk about work!!  Have I mentioned before that Heisman isn't the best sleeper these days either?!  He is having a hard time putting himself back to sleep if he wakes up in the middle of the night.  Most nights he ends up in our room.  We use to let him sleep in bed with us but that wasn't working out that well so now he just has a "bed on the floor" which is just a bunch of pillows and blankets.  I was starting to worry about it but then my neighbor said her son did that same thing when he was young and now he's 17 and he sleeps as far away from them as possible.  She assured me that he'll grow out of it and also reminded me that he doesn't stay little for long so I'm ok with him sleeping on our floor (for now).

The cutest thing these days is how much the boys interact with each other!  Madden LOVES Heisman and most of the time Heisman loves Madden.  Madden just watches every move Heisman makes and if he wakes up first, he is looking around for Heisman and "calling" for him.  He obviously just shouts out baby talk but I really think he is looking for Heisman.  He copies him and Heisman does a great job at entertaining and making Madden laugh... love these boys!!!!

7 months

June

Summer was off to a slow start weather wise but we are finally out and enjoying it as much as we can!  Madden has been rocking and rolling all over the place and I've been saying for at least a month that he will be crawling soon.... finally this week he is off!  I forgot how much stuff babies get into...Ahhhh!  He also has 4 teeth now! The two on the bottom came right around 6 months (with an ear infection) and the top two came a month later (also with an ear infection)! 

We left the boys at my sisters house last Friday night, my first night away from Madden.  Heisman loved every minute of it!!  Video games, water slide/pool, ice cream, movies, wrestling and cousins!  Madden did well but was kind of putting up a fight going to bed.  It was nice to have an adult night out!

This was the first day we had planned on going to the pool and I told Heisman he had to nap first.  He was so excited for the pool!!!

Happy birthday Tony!!

Professional 6 months.... a little late!

Soccer

I'm sure I will post more on soccer later but Heisman had his first game last weekend.  He had a lot of fun and so did we!  It was hilarious though because he probably stopped ten times during the game to wave at me and blow me a kiss!!!  Soooo cute and it also drove Tony crazy!  He did score one goal too.  We look forward to the next game.

Snow in May?!

We had a crazy snow storm the first week of May and Heisman had to play outside one last time.  It was a big wet mess but he had a blast.  I'm pretty sure it was raining a little at the time he went out because Madden and I stayed inside.  Madden loves to watch Heisman and thought it was funny when he would throw snow at the door :)