23 months - 5 months

Please excuse the not-so-awesome picture quality. I was upstairs, camera was downstairs, and I was just tooooo busy with these two to run down and get it (read: lazy).

Anyways, we are growing like weeds around the Morris house! Here's what's going on this month.

Lincoln (in this lovely pic - which btw I plan on blackmailing him with when he's about 17) is absolutely non-stop. I thought he was non-stop before.... Oh no... THIS is non-stop. As you'll notice, there are significantly fewer pics of this kid. That would be because he doesn't stop moving long enough to take one...

He is comfortably in 2t's now, wearing a 7.5 or 8 shoe (must be WIDE!!). I'm not sure what he weighs, but he is definitely looking tall and lanky lately. Don't worry, Liam is making up for that. He has a new obsession with chicken nuggets (or as he calls them chicken nuggins). He is also REALLY loving apples (app-ys), they must be peeled but like "a ball." M&M's are a big hit around our house and are almost as common of a bribe as suckers are.

He is so-so-so funny right now. Here are some funnies from lately:

*Ladybuggies (lady bugs)

*Come here honey! (when his little farmer lady is yelling at his little farmer man) - which also makes me think of "lady fitsin (fixin) supper" and "guy plow a field" Yep - he is definitely a boy!!
*"go GIT him"

*counting: two, foa, five, six, second, eight, nine, ten!

*Continues to be pretty hung up on "all aboard" and "two tickens!"

*MUCH better at going to bed at night (we had about two weeks that WEREN'T easy). Now he says "night-night, hug, oonmo kiss (one more kiss)"

*Loves, loves, loves to watch the Ipad. Knows how to turn on Youtube and find the tractor and choo-choo videos. Loves the "tractor tom" videos, but prefers them in German (I know, weird).

*Hard to explain without seeing it, but now when he wants you to say yes to something, he'll ask then tilt his head, wrinkle his nose, and nod "yes". I guess hoping you'll do the same!

*One of his most common phrases, (after hearing something funny usually) "oh, shoot"..... could be worse I guess!

*with it being so close to Halloween, there are lots of decorated places with monsters. Lincoln likes to refer to them as "crazy guys"

*I may have posted this last month, I can't remember, but he can say his name "Wincoln" and his brother's "Wiam" very clearly now.

* When we're getting ready for bed, he will put his hands together and say "desus" (Jesus) to say his prayers (oh.so.cute)

*Can identify big and itty-bitty, up and down, asleep and awake, as well as a few other opposites

I think we MAY be actually making some headway in the pottytraining department now. He is still hiding to poop, but he has successfully pee-peed on the potty three times in the last two days! Baby steps people... Baby steps...

I'm assuming we haven't made it to the terrible two's yet - although we do tend to have a little trouble listening sometimes. When I have to take a stern voice with him, he USUALLY stops what he's doing and says (very quietly) "kay, kay (ok, ok)"

Funny story, we were at a baptizing the other day, and after they stopped singing - Lincoln decided he wanted to hear more. So in the still small quiet, he started yelling "SING SING SING!!!" Awesome...

Tonight I had to take him in the bathroom at a restaurant and pop his leg a little. When we came out, he told mim-mim, "get whoopin." Now when he gets scolded he usually hugs us and says, "sowwy" which really breaks your heart....

A friend recently posted on one of Liam's pictures (on facebook) "when did liam turn into the sta-puff marshmallow baby?" And that should sum up this child right now... :)

He is such a chunker it is not even funny!! Not sure, but i'd guess him right at 20 pounds - and I'm pretty sure 14 of it is in his thighs! He is loving him some baby food now. Especially cereal, peaches and green beans. He also LOVES to suck on a piece of apple or share a (mashed) banana with Lincoln. He is now in 12 month clothing, wearing a size 3 shoe, and a size 3 diaper during the day, 4 at night. He can roll from belly to back (9/16/11), but has yet to master back to belly.

He can now successfully sit up for a minute or two at a time (9/27/11), as long as he doesn't need to reach for anything at an angle!!

He is still taking 3 (sometimes 4!) 8 oz bottles a day as well as his cereal and usually a veggie or fruit. He did have some Los Bravos rice the other day which he loved (who wouldn't!!).

This baby laughs and coos constantly!! He SO loves attention, and he doesn't care who it's from - though he does tend to be REALLY amused by kids. He pretty much lets Lincoln man-handle him, but I can already see that he is ALMOST big enough to give it back a little. He rarely cries or fusses, but man when he is mad, he is MAD!

He will go to absolutely anyone, and is seriously a super easy baby. I think God knew I couldn't handle it otherwise!!! ;)

Lincoln likes to help give Liam a bath...

We do have our rough/whiney/crying/tempertantrum throwing days (sometimes the boys have them too!!), but I do know how good I've got it with these two! They are such sweet babies, and I thank God for them daily. Who knew these little boogers could have made me so happy??

Going on a ride to the pond! We have to "tho rocks" occassionally!

Some of my favorite guys playing tractors.

So pooped!

"Ride a Muw"

"Rake hay!"

And the wrestling begins....

In the otter tube at the zoo

Punkins!

See, Liam is working on his method of revenge: hairpulling!!

21 months and 3 months - all rolled into one!

I just can't seem to keep up these days!! Can't imagine why.... :)

So these two little hoodlums are really getting big! Since he's the oldest, I'll start with Lincoln:
21 months!
This child is CraZy!! Talks non-stop these days, and will repeat ANYTHING he hears! (including "oh shit")
But our favorites are:
GO!
Hush (usually directed at Liam or Moose)
Mim-mim and Pap (he also calls Nathan "Na Na" - usually calls Kristen that too!)
Na Home (not home)
Bomb-bine (combine)
Haw-Haw (yeehaw)
Eat (it is what it sounds like, he's very vocal about eating these days)
Tomp Tomp (chomp chomp)
Ocks (rocks) usually accompanied by Pash!! (Splash!) --from throwing rocks in the creek w/pap
Mine and No! ~~Oh, how often we hear these two....
"too-tie" (cookie)
Stips (steps) and Tips (chips)
Peep-peeps (pizza)
Off/on and up/down (we've really got the concept of directions down pat lately!)
Pane (plane)
Done
And lastly, Ashley and My personal favorites: Mom-mO (which is me) and Ka-Ki (which is daddy)

We are trying (and struggling) with the concept of going on the big boy potty. It's SOOO time, but I think I'm having a harder time getting the hang of it than Lincoln! Today, we went out for a quick swim while Liam was sleeping. When Lincoln got out of the pool, I stripped him down to nothing but shoes and put him outside the pool fence to play/dry while I was picking up junk inside the fence. I noticed him squatting, picking up rocks and thought NOTHING of it. When I walked over to take him in the house, it looked like he had stepped in dog poop - got mad at the dog for pooping near the house (which I realize is dumb), then noticed Lincoln had a handfull of it. GRRR... Then I thought, wait a minute, child hasn't even been in the yard, only in the rocks - so I looked over where he was squatting and found NOT dog poop, but LINCOLN poop!! That's right, he had squatted, pooped, then picked up a "pebble" to put in his wagon... Needless to say, we went straight to the bathtub....
Lincoln is now SOOO good with Liam (95% of the time at least). He likes to talk to him, which makes Liam grin like a possum. And he likes to "Tiky Tiky" (tickle) him too! He's all into skipping and jumping lately. His food loves are chips, peep-peeps, and swiss cake rolls (thanks mim-mim).
Lincoln's bedtime is around 9, and he usually gets up around 8.
He's wearing all 2t's now, a size 7 extrawide shoe, and a size 4 diaper. He weighs right at 30 pounds.
Oh, and in case you can't tell by the picture, he now also likes to "pose" for pictures....

Onto Mr. Liam. Now this one is a ham!! As long as someone is giving him a little attention, he is all grins! He DOES NOT enjoy riding in the car like Lincoln did, though! I thought in the beginning that they were identical, but now that he's a little bigger, he doesn't really look like Lincoln anymore at all! Ashley says he looks just like his baby pictures, which he also said about Lincoln (can you sense my smirk?) - but I think he looks a LOT like my brothers baby pics.

He found his hands a couple weeks ago (7-28-11), and didn't stop staring at them for three straight days! He can now grip a toy long enough to get it in his mouth - and the cutest, he's started really belly laughing. Especially if you do airplane or pull him up by the hands.

He is wearing 6-9 month clothes now (yep, we know how to grow em!) and is finally starting to fill in in the hair department. He is a very laid back baby, like Lincoln was - and I can only hope that sticks! He sleeps from 10pm to 9am usually and takes one long nap during the day - catnaps quite a bit too. Takes 7 oz. of Infamil GentleEase every 4 hours.

I realize that at this point I am super lucky with these two!! Good sleepers, good eaters, and for the most part, very well behaved!! I love these two kiddos more than life!

Lincolns kissy face

LOOOOOOVES to be on his tummy!

Has figured out that he can reach the light switches if he drags a chair around!

Happy boy!

I know, bad pic, but I just had to put it on here because in the last post I mentioned how dirty this kid is (actually this is when he was eating dirt). Look at that face!!!