Five Month Pics

Looking over the pictures, none of the blanket ones turned out. We'll have to have re-takes this weekend.

Backyard Critters

We have found a variety of creatures in our backyard this summer. Here are a few we got a picture of.


a giant furry caterpillar


lot of fawns, here was a family of three that we saw at least once a day


a fawn seen from the playroom window

turkeys and their babies

a baby bird

Great Grandma Phibbs 90th

Great Grandma Phibbs and her boys, Kris' uncles


Four Generations


Three generations

Grandpa and Luke

Backyard Bonfire

I love in the evening how the sun shines on the tops of the trees like this.


Watching the fire


a big fire it is...

Toledo Zoo

bird watching


checking out the fish


Luke's first trip to the zoo

hanging out in the stroller

watching the gorillas

more gorilla watching

We went to the Toledo Zoo yesterday with Theresa. It was a beautiful day and very uncrowded since it was a Wednesday. The boys were great travelers.

Four Month Update

Luke went to his four month check-up Friday. He is 17.75 pounds (95th percentile), 26 in. (75th percentile) and 95th percentile for his head size. We got an assortment of creams and other tricks to hopefully clear up his eczema. I believe it's making him quite miserable and affecting his ability to sleep. He typically only sleeps eight to ten hours a day and no longer than two hours at a time. But, the past two nights have been better.

We started him on cereal last week but I don't think he swallows much if any.

Luke loves to coo and sing and will return a smile to anyone who smiles at him. He started reaching and holding onto things, which presents a new problem of Alex stealing his toys.

He will roll to his side, but still is not quite rolling over yet. Just the past few days he has fell asleep in his bed with a little help from mom, the first steps of falling asleep on his own. So much energy will be saved when he does not have to be bounced to sleep.

The Line-up: Four Months

Luke at 4 months


Alex at 4 months

More Four Month Pictures

We took this video today. It is an activity in the preschool program that I am using with Alex. I have learned that if I keep his mind busy he is a lot better behaved. His answers are hilarious.

Big Helper

We visited my Grandma Porter today. She recently had back surgery and my mom and siblings were helping her around the house. Alex jumped in to help too.