Oliver is playing with his legos and making a pirate ship, with an vintage toy pig for the captain. I asked him why, and the answer was a succinct "he's a pig, mama!". Oh. Okay. Delilah is running around drinking out of everyone else's cups because she's tired of a sippy cup. But I'm tired of her tipping water or milk into the floor and giggling ( Read more... )

Three days ago Delilah learned to pull herself up on her knees. Yesterday, she figured out how to pull up to stand fully. Tonight she's cruising around! Walking while holding onto stuff. She is so proud of herself that she is squealing, giggling, and making wheezy dolphin noises. Oh my god, my baby wants to walk! She just turned 8 months old on the ( Read more... )

Ollie won't quit climbing out of his crib this afternoon. He's supposed to be taking a nap but Adam went in to check on him because he heard some weird noises and HOLY FUCK, he was not only outside his crib but he'd decided to climb onto my short dresser and from that onto Adam's fullsize dresser. He was just crouched on the dressertop playing with ( Read more... )