Friday, March 4, 2011

Levi or Liam?

So both boys took their first pool plunge around 2 months of age. Here's a photo of each of them. Can you decide which one is which? Vote in the poll on the right and leave a comment of what you think.
Don't cheat by looking at recent photos...just go with your initial impression :c)



Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Forgotten moments

I don't know if this happens to others, but since we have a few devices with which to take photos it often ends up that I forget to download them onto the computer from one of the devices...well here are some photos from my phone that I completely forgot about, and just had the pleasure of seeing again. Some, I actually am seeing for the first time...Greg took them on my phone and so I hadn't seen them at all....such as this one. Levi sleeping on train from picking up or dropping Carl off in London.



This was hilarious. Levi decided he could eat an apple without us cutting it. Well, who are we to stand in the way of independence. Here he is handing me a piece of the skin....he doesn't really like the apple skin (or at least is selective about when he wants to eat it).


At this point, we've told him a thousand times to eat around the core and not eat the seeds. Well he'll pick out the seeds and hand them to us, but eat around the core....that's just wasteful when you can eat "through" the core.


We finally called it quits when it fell on the floor. So this is as far as he got...with no sign of being finished with his apple.


So, he managed about 2 weeks ago to get himself dressed and to peel a clementine (the small little oranges) by himself. He's growing up far too fast.

Here's our precious little Liam...angelic as always.


Levi and Opa walking home from Bambina's (our little Portuguese Cafe' in town...Jo, Levi, Liam and I frequent it weekly...let's be honest, we go there more than just once a week).


These I hadn't seen, since Greg took Opa to the train station. I just love them :c)




Levi is the best big brother.


Here he is at Bury feeding the ducks with Oma.



Levi was getting slightly hungry at this point and was trying to eat the ducks stale bread. Just have to love the mischievous smile on his face.


Driving the truck.


Greg had set up his tent for Levi in the living room. Levi started inviting all of us to come and hang out. Here he is telling me that he wants to climb out of the tent on that side. Now I have to explain that literally there was no room to get out that side...the living room isn't that big and the tent literally took up half of the available floor space.


Levi LOVES eating food with Greg. Here's a common "chips and salsa" father and son moment.


"Yup, life is tough"
Love Liam's little yawns.


All snuggled up in the wrap. He thought he'd just let me know he was still in there by sticking his hand out.


Levi couldn't wait to put his money in the offering plate at church and so while the pastor was still talking he went up and put his money. He then became the offering plate holder and this is after everyone has put money in the plate and he is taking it over to Jo.


Levi hellping Greg carry Liam into Sainsburys (the grocery store). He is such a big helper.


This was on the way back from Sainsburys and Levi was so tired, but Greg and I were trying to keep him awake. This is him literally laughing while he was falling asleep because Greg was making him laugh.


Just some sweet moments with our boys. They are growing up too quickly and so we are having to treasure each moment more and more. Levi has started to learn a bit of German and so it's really cute to hear him ask "What's called German" which translates into "what is it called in German." Mommy's going to have to brush up on some of those words she's been lax on over the last 3 decades :c)  I figured we'd start with fun stuff like plane, train, truck, car, foot, head, cow, horse. We'll delve into some other fun words soon. I'm impressed though at how quickly he's picked it up. So watch out world. When I learn Spanish and someone asks me where I learned the language I might just be saying "Dora the Explorer." It's the one program that I let Levi watch. I finally am allowing our son to watch TV...still only a limited privilege, but I figured, if he can pick up some Spanish that would help him later in life :c)