Genius

Two year olds are, well, terrible. And cute. That's to offset the terrible. Our genius toddler has a new cute trick up his sleeve. When he can sense that he's just about driven one of us totally to the brink, he says, "I need a hug." And proceeds to give one.

Heart melts.

Recent John Video

Boy Photos

Some photos of the boys from the summer and fall that I hadn't gotten around to posting. 

John's 2nd Birthday

Photos posted at my mom's request!

Cupcake tower returns for another 2nd birthday!

On your birthday, you get to eat bubbles

City Boy Country Boy

He may be a city boy, but he loves playin' in the creek (or crik, I suppose)

John After Work

After a hard week, John kicks back in the easy chair, brushing his teeth, amazed at the week's news.

On three wheels

He was SO happy to graduate to this ride. He did a great job.


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After Dinner Mag

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Airplane Love

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Holiday Performances

Experience the boys' holiday performances in under 40 seconds. Carter's is a performance of his after school music program at our town's annual marshmallow roast and Santa visit. He is on the far left in the back row. John is is front and center at his daycare performance.

John at 16 months

Here's a little video of John. It's sort of a day in the life. Except I didn't get any tantrums on camera. And those certainly happen.

Growth

As you can see in recent posts. Carter is missing quite a few teeth! He also continues to be the tallest in his class. There is one boy in his class and on his soccer team this year that is almost as tall as Carter, and I think they were both very glad to have each other!

John is also growing! Carter has always been quite a bit above the 99th percentile line in growth charts, but John has ping pong-ed between being right on the 99th percentile and being more in line with Carter. At his 15 month checkup, he was off the charts. He's climbing these days (yay) and LOVES to be outside!

Halloween

We were lucky to have Mama Helen visiting over Halloween. She continues to be Carter's costume supplier. Last year, Carter decided on November 1 that he wanted to be Captain America this year. And he stuck to that plan all year long! John used Sammy's hand-me-down Mickey Mouse costume. But everyone thought he was a ladybug. 

Check out Thomas' costume. He wore that to work all day. 

Carter and Mama Helen made a pumpkin cake using two bundt cakes. 

For the second year, we did trick-or-treating with some of Carter's buddies from school

Stitches, Staples and Glue... oh, my.

When carter was between one and two years old, he accidents that required had both stitches and staples. 

John is continuing the tradition with an accident that required glue... 

1) I definitely didn't realize there were so many ways to put skin back together - until these boys came along. 

2) John's cut is in almost the EXACT same place that Thomas has a scar from toddlerhood. I think someone is feeling sad that he doesn't look as much like Dad as his brother does...

44 Seconds of Laughter

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More Photos for Comparison

First, go look at this post and this one. Then, look at the pictures below! 

The boys are almost exactly the same age in these shots (but my camera quality is way better now!).

Why John May Never Walk Alone

In honor of John's birthday, I put together a short, un-fancy montage of a few recent videos of him. (Yes, the videos I did for Carter were much better, back when I had more time on my hands. Sorry, kid.).

The last clip illustrates why John may never walk alone...

John's First Birthday

John turned one on the 16th, and we had a small party for him yesterday. 

Waiting for cake

Cake!

He liked eating cake

The big kids got to open his presents after he went to bed

John Recents

11 months (ish)

First Bike Ride

We recently took our first bike ride as a family of four. We rode to the swimming pool, with John on the back of my bike and with Carter on the trail-a-bike attached to Thomas' bike (we're working on teaching him to ride his own bike, but we aren't there yet).

Carter was a couple of months older when we took him for his first ride, and he seemed to enjoy it a bit more than John did. On the way to the swimming pool, John was okay with the moving part, but did not care for stopping. On the way back, John didn't care about the bike at all. Tired out from splashing at the pool, he just wanted to snooze.

Almost ready to head out, just need the dreaded helmet

Arriving back home, ready for crib transfer