These past few days....

On Saturday night I accidentally locked the boys in the truck. How this happened I do not know. Anyway... I called the police. The officer came and tried to jimmy the door, but it wasn't working. The officer tried the passenger side door. Nothing. He then noticed that the window was cracked just a little bit. It was cracked enough that he could pull it down about and inch and a half. From there we used a (easier to say a stick, but) Swiffer to get the window the rest of the way down and the doors unlocked. Even though this was a horrible experience, God proved Himself faithful. You see, I left the truck running. It was running because I only stepped out to help my mother-in-law carry some things in her house. If the truck wasn't running, we never would have got the window down. If the window wasn't cracked, we never would have got the doors unlocked.

I put Zach in his swing today and went off to do what I needed to do. When I came back into the room... that little stinker folded himself over and his head was rubbing back and forth on the floor. Good thing he was buckled in. He would have fallen right out if he weren't. It's also a good thing that it is a low to the ground portable swing.

Zach's third tooth came though today.

Tyler discovered that he can get out of his crib... Oh the joys!

My boys are growing up. Zachary is reminding me of just how fast Tyler has grown. It seems like yesterday that Tyler was Zachary's size.

Zachary is rolling all over the place now. He is always smiling and laughing. He is talking up a storm. No real words yet, but lots and lots of babble. We started giving the little "eater" rice cereal as the milk alone just wasn't satisfying him anymore. Zachary started sleeping 7 hour stretches, and all of the sudden he stopped. He's been waking up 2-3 times each night. I'm afraid that if I just let him cry that he will wake up Tyler. I guess getting up with him is the lesser of the two evils.

Zachary is very long. He is starting to wear 6-9 month clothes now. He now wears 12 month under-onsies. He will be five months old a week from today. Zachary also loves to chew on his feet (Tyler never did that).

Tyler is too smart for his own good. Tyler is a climber. If he can't reach something, he will climb till he can. If he can't reach something because something is in his way, he will move what he has to move to get what he wants. Today he put the two ideas together. I took Zach upstairs for a nap. When I came down, Tyler had moved a box to the front door, climbed up on it, and tried to open the door. He can reach the doorknob from the floor, but he can't turn it. Making himself a little taller... he can turn it. Good thing the door was locked.

Tyler is my peculiar child. I know he can talk, but it seems he would rather grunt and point. He signs when he is hungry, is finished eating, or wants more of something. Here are some of the words that I have heard him say, but can't get him to say again: kitty, horse, peach, Jesus, row, boat, what's that, momma, and night-night. Words he says on a regular basis are: Zach, daddy, bye-bye, hi, and hot. Sometimes he says PaPa, but he will only whisper it. I wonder what other words he is hiding from me.

There is so much more that I could type, but I have other things that need to be done.... so until next time. Ciao.

I love my boys!