Leaps and Bounds

He's done with the crawling thing.

I was talking to them about using the restroom instead of diapers and they decided to distract me with this story about the moose on Maren's shirt.

Walking!

It is incredible to watch Evren improve his walking skills everyday. He is able to take 8-10 consecutive steps at this point. He can squat and grab a toy and stand back up as you can see in this video. 

Thanksgiving

 For once I have too many pictures to chose from thanks to 

cousin Aubrey who came to visit for Thanksgiving!

 The girls thoroughly enjoyed picking up leaves, they were a big help.

  

As was the rest of the family! Beware if you come to visit, you may be put to work :) 

 Mowing is serious business

 The whole family. We enjoyed our short time with them!

 Aubrey, Andan and their grandparents 

 Evren is 9 months old now, has 6 teeth, wears size 18 month clothes, and is about to start walking. He can take 4 steps in a row at this point.

 "I'm a happy to see you"

 They love him until it hurts....him.

 Evren and I went to Minnesota for a short visit. Cousin Katelyn was there and aunt Jane. 

 Evren's first time in the snow started out well, 

but didn't last long as you can see he was only wearing socks. 

Cousins Hannah and Eric. 

Cousins Emmy and Josie 

It was great to see the whole family!

Great Aunt Patty

Catching Up

 It's been a while since we posted, we've just been hanging out in our box fort.

 Wearing the dress Gama (pronounced Gaw-Ma) made us with the big pocket that is so cool.

 Doing the exact same thing at the exact same time...just for fun.

 Having bad hair days.

 Watching all the deer in our backyard.

Dressing ourselves. I have videos I would like to post of Evren pushing his highchair across the room  (standing up) and the girls saying their names, but I'm having trouble uploading it. The girls both call themselves "Mamen".

We Moved!

In the last days in our old house, Evren was learning to sit up on his own.

 We got our new house on September 5. It is 5 miles from our old house.

 They are two peas in a pod!

 Just learning to sit up

 At least 2 people enjoyed the moving process...

Real food is yummy!

 I thought they were taking a nap...

 they were actually rubbing butt paste all over themselves.

 We have visitors everyday, up to 8 at a time, they join us even when we are eating on the porch. 

Supposedly they will eat from our hand, but I haven't tried it yet. 

We are loving our new house! 

Evren started crawling the day he turned 6 months old and now he is pulling himself up as well.

Counting

Evren is on the move!

"I must taste everything"

 Evren is wearing the sweater he got from his great-aunt Patty because he will grow out of it soon.

 I think he likes it

 I asked the girls to get Evren a toy.

 Here you get a glimpse of the tooth with which he has bitten several people already.

Eating snacks out of her bib and vacuuming, oh what fun! 

They ask for their bib so they can have their hands free.

This is him today. I know they learn fast, but even when I see it I can't believe it.
 Just a few weeks ago he started getting up on all fours. 

Evren has a tooth!

 Mr. Grabby is growing so fast. 

He is almost 5 months old, he wears 12 month clothes, and he cut his first tooth.

 His sisters provide constant entertainment.

 Maven wearing aunt Patty's outfit

 Maren.
We have just returned from visiting Grandma and Grandpa in Ohio, but if you don't take a camera with you, I guess you don't get any pictures.

 He wants to crawl! He has started getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth.

They love Curious George and loading/unloading containers. Lunch boxes are the perfect combination.

Word Explosion

They have been saying a lot of words randomly, but now they are using them all the time.

You can see Maven add a bit of drama. 

Evren is doing his share of talking as well

He wants to sit up and see what's going on, just like the girls did.

The last of Daddy's baby clothes

A Couple Pics

"I see you"

 So grown up, he is 15.8 pounds!

They are singing Ring Around the Rosie with Evren. They say "ashes ashes down".