{before/after}

curls....

no curls...

His Daddy made me do it.

{Dillon at 10mths}

I say this every month, sometimes daily.

Dillon is getting SO big!

It continues to be bittersweet seeing him grow and develop. He is pushing up on all fours preparing to crawl and pulls himself up onto his knees. Even though he's not crawling yet he gets when he needs to by scooting himself in backward circles repeatedly until he reaches his destination. This is so funny to watch!

He wants finger foods, but he is very selective of what he actually puts in his mouth. So far the winners are puffs, puffs, puffs, puffs, sweet potates and banana muffins. I am working hard to find more things he likes, this has been the biggest difference between Cooper and Dillon. It seems like Cooper would eat anything you put infront of him and didn't turn back.

Dillon loves playing with his big brother. They sit together on the floor pushing buttons on toys, zooming cars arounds and pushing the ball.

Dillon has the biggest belly laugh that just lights up my heart.

{Memorial Day fun}

Dillon took his first swim in the Johnson Ghetto Pool and LOVED IT!!! He was screaming, laughing and splashing!!!

Big Brother was also super excited the Ghetto Pool was back up and running and was fast to show little bro how to have some fun.

Cooper enjoyed his new water toy

ans LOVED his first pop-sickle. He just keep looking at it and licking it all while giggling!

This awesome, super fun, super relaxing, super gigglie afternoon makes me anticipate more summer days to come!

{2 more monkeys at the ZOO!}

I took my monkey's to the Zoo today and we had a bLaSt!!!
We saw all kinds of animals like what we are learning from in our books.

We played

played

and played. It really was the perfect day. Thank you Eve for inviting us!

{Dillon's 1st ride}

I'm not sure if it was offically his first ride because I wouldn't let Brandon take him up the street and back, just sit there. But Dillon was excited! When he's a little stronger Daddy can take him for a r-i-d-e.

{mother's day 2011}

Trying to take a "mother's day" picture was a perfect representaion of being a mom. I knew what I wanted, a picture of me with my boys, I had everybody dressed in the outfits I wanted, just our everyday casual clothes. Dillon made such a mess at dinner his pants had to come off and as soon as we went outside Cooper wouldn't let go of the tractor. So I didn't get my perfect picture as I had envisioned it, I got what turned out with what we had. Being a mom is teaching me that although I have plans, it is really about making things work the best with what you have.

{Dillon at 9mths}

weight: 23.2oz (85%)

length: 30 1/4in (95%)