Frankenstein!

This weekend's Thanksgiving trip to visit Grandma and Grandpa gave us a year's worth of blog fodder. The babies had so much fun (we did too!) so we'll plan to post a few updates.

But we should start with Brett and his official initiation into the ranks of the walking. He was quite impressive, taking up to 6 or 7 shaky steps at a time. In fact, Erin said he looked a little like Frankenstein with his uneasy wobble and arms stretching straight out. But he did a great job and we're very proud of him. We'll post some video when we can shoot a good one, but in the mean time here are a few pictures of one of his jaunts between Mommy and Daddy.

I thought this close-up was fun:

Funny Little Babies

Maggie hasn't been drinking as much milk as we'd like, so today we tried something new. Instead of giving it to her in a sippy cup we popped the top and let her drink it like a big girl. She did a great job and wound up with a killer milk mustache.

Meanwhile, one of Brett's favorite things is making animal noises. Recently I taught him The Teen Wolf. I say, "Bretty, what noise does Teen Wolf make?" and he sticks out his lips and lets out a long hoooooowwwl! It's one of the funniest things he does.

Here are a few more recent favorite pictures:

Scooch scooch

Most babies crawl. Some babies scoot around on their butts. Bretty tries to get from place to place on his knees.




That's Maggie being loud in the background. Not unhappy, just loud. We're trying to break her of the "Maggie shriek."
Both babies just started letting go and standing up on their own. They may be walking soon!