Devin!

Devin is starting to act like he can and will hold his bottle. Daycare told us yesterday that he held his bottle, and we saw him do it once last night and once today. He turns one in just a few days, and he'll be losing the bottle soon after that. For a moment this morning as he held his bottle, I thought, he can keep it awhile. But, I don't really think so. He's moving on to the sippy cup. He's a much more compliant baby than Trevor ever was when it comes to these milestone. He's even been pacifier free since August.

Clementine

On Saturday, I was singing Clementine to Devin. It made Trevor sad. He pouted, cried a little bit, and he told me was sad. So, I stopped singing. Later that day, he was singing it himself, but he mixed it up a little singing,
Oh my darlin'
Everything's gonna be all right
Oh my darlin'
Everything's gonna be all right.

Then he somehow started singing about Devin to the tune of Clementine. I had not learned my lesson apparently, because I started singing the correct words to Clementine except that I substituted Devin's name for Clementine's. It went something like this:
Oh my darlin, oh my darlin, oh my darlin Devin James
You are lost and gone forever
Oh my darlin Devin James

Even though Devin was sitting in plain sight, Trevor was inconsolable at the thought of Devin being lost and gone forever...

Seems Like...

Trevor has lately been saying things like, "what seems to be the problem here?" And, "It seems like it's raining outside."

He's really a brilliant little mockingbird.

Last night, he was wearing his fireman hat and said, "what seems to be the problem here?" I was a little confused, but daddy set me straight by saying, "oh, no that chair is on fire!" Fireman Trevor put out the fire and asked again, "what seems to be the problem here?" I told him the papasan chair was on fire, and he said "no, it's not." I told him Daddy's feet were on fire, but he didn't believe that either.

Anyway, Trevor was a Higglytown Hero for putting out that first little pretend fire.

Oh, speaking of pretend...I tried to get him to go back to sleep last night by offering him a pretend snack...it didn't work. He said, "no, mommy piggy, not a pretend snack." Brilliant, brilliant boy.

Silhouttes...is that spelled right?

The boys

Devin

Pictures of the Boys

Animals

I don't know why, but lately, Trevor, Daddy and I have all become animals. A lot of the time, we're parrots (Mommy Parrot, Trevor Parrot, Daddy Parrot) last night, Daddy was Daddy Dinosaur once. Piggy was just recently added. I don't like being Mommy Piggy, but I have no choice. I think he even called me mommy Piggy in his sleep last night. Sleepy Baby Piggy needed a snack or a drink, and mommy Piggy needed to get it for him.

I don't know where this comes from. He's probably just a young creative genius.

Yay, Yay

Devin is still clapping, but now, I only have to say, "Yay, Yay" and he starts clapping and saying "yay, yay." I would venture so far to say that "yay" is his first word. His second word is uh-oh. He says that a lot, especially if we say it first.

Clouds come in all shapes and sizes

Trevor was pointing out could shapes the other day. There was a car shaped cloud, a donut-shaped bridge shaped cloud, and my favorite...

the cloud that was shaped like a wine bottle!