My birthday

My birthday was on a Sunday this year, so we started out the day with church. I actually got myself & the boys ready, out the door, and to church on time! (That almost never happens.)
One of the best bits of the day was that my cousins from Atlanta (the Turners) were in Kentucky for the weekend and joined us for church.

Then it was back to our house for some time together before the boys and I headed to Lisa's house for the joint birthday party (me, Gammie, Lisa and Alex generally celebrate our birthdays together.)

Sean LOVES Pawpaw's cane. He is nuts about the mirror and, after a while, got into honking the horn.


We attempted to grill burgers & hot dogs, but ran out of gas early... so, indoor cooking it was!

Ben, Natalie & Mary Alice playing with bubbles (before the gas ran out)
Glenn quite enjoyed the new pool. We'd just gotten it the day before & the water was still pretty chilly, but he didn't care at all.
Mary Alice aka Little Lifeguard

Glenn and I
Glenn, Natalie, Mary Alice, and Glenn

Christy and I

At Lisa's

Gammie and Sean play well together

I had to trim down the number of pictures of this post, but I couldn't NOT use any of these with Gammie & Sean... they all just look good!
Sean lunged for Gampaw at one point. I wasn't sure how it was going to go, but they both appeared to enjoy the attention.
The birthday people, during singing. (It's always a mess of a song, when there are this many birthdays at once, but it's fun anyhow.)
Jesse is great with Sean, and here, Sean was almost asleep...
... then he saw the camera, and BAM! He's not sleepy anymore
I'm sure he's thinking, "Lemme take a bite out of that nose"


My sweet boy and I
I'll admit that I detest the way I look in this picture, but I'm posting it not for the people in the picture, but for the rocker. This is the very rocker that my father bought for my Mom, 35 years ago, when she was pregnant with me. It lives on Lisa's porch now, but I love that I've rocked both of my boys (albeit briefly) in the same rocker that I was rocked in.

Lest anybody think he's being neglected, there are so few pictures of Glenn in this post because that boy was WILD on this day and he was playing non-stop, either in Jessica's room or outside. I barely saw him after we ate!

Early Birthday

We celebrated my birthday with the Kellers during Memorial Day weekend.

Here's Tina, Sean & Pada, waiting for a table at IHOP. Sean was doing some serious squirming.

After lunch, we went back to Tina & Ted's house for some "hang out" time.

Despite the look on his face here, Glenn loves going to "Simon's house" and playing with all of his toys.
Simon's a very safety-conscious bike rider. (I'm sure he wears pants when he's actually riding...)


Glenn insisted on wearing Simon's helmet, but my boy's head is just too big. So stickers were put on Ted's helmet, for Glenn to wear. I hope Ted took them off before his next bike ride...

Sean is always happy to ham it up when the camera's pointed at him.
Learning to play the drum
And, of course, coming after the camera
My boys in the middle of the mess.

Sean - 8 Months

If you remember the monthly posts from Glenn's first year, you might recall that Glenn was big on playing with the sign. Every time.

Sean did that for a while, but now he's aaallllllll about the camera. Doesn't matter what he's doing. As soon as he sees a camera pointed at him, he goes straight to "gimme" mode. Or turns into a real ham. Or both.

Caesar is oh so patient with the boys.
My sweet nakey boys
Sean came thisclose to launching himself off the sofa, in his quest to snatch the camera from me. Fortunately, I expected it and was prepared to catch him.
Sean had been standing at the sofa... then he heard me turn on the camera.
This boy will pull himself up on anything and everything that will stay still long enough. This includes people. And animals.

Glenn's growing up too fast.
And is a fan of Goldfish, as you can see.
Trying again, with the sign.
Glenn is the ultimate close-talker. It's especially cute when he's also whispering.

Boys in the Bath

These days, I can't give a bath to just one boy at a time... Since Sean started crawling (and learned how to get to the bathroom), if Glenn's in the tub, Sean has to be, too. And the same goes in reverse.

No, Glenn isn't about to whack Sean with the brush.

These boys love bath time!