We are in big trouble!

Luke is on the move! This morning I placed him on his gym mat and when I looked over at him a few minutes later he was making his way toward Liam's toys. I asked Liam if he saw how his brother had gotten there but didn't get much of response. Anyway, Luke had gotten ahold of Liam's toy cellphone and was pushing the buttons. He kept making it say "Hi there! Want to go out and play?" He seemed to like that. I got some video of how he actually got from point A to point B. He kind of drags himself rather that getting up on all fours but it seems to be working for him at the moment. Except when he gets into trouble. He seem to like Liam's toys rather that his own so several times he got himself to Liam's backet of toys. The problem is he seems to clunk his head on the basket every time. I guess he'll figure it out eventually.

Luke's other new trick is eating real food. We had bacon and eggs this past Sunday and Luke wanted some. I think he would have really liked some bacon but had to make do with toast.



Liam has been busy too, especially when it comes to water. A few weekends ago, we went to visit family at their lake house. Liam has always been hesitant around water and has never really been able to relax and have fun. This time I held him with me in a big inflatable tube while Daddy did silly things like swim under us and pop out the other side. In no time at all, he was laughing and splashing. He even let his cousin Katie take over and had lots of fun with her too! The highlight of his whole day came later though when he got to help Uncle Frank drive the boat.

Ready for College?

Luke is now 7 months old and I think he'll be off to college or at least shaving in no time at all. He can sit up pretty well and is very close to crawling. He can get himself up on his hands and knees and rock back and forth. He just hasn't gotten that last piece of propulsion yet but I suspect it could be any day now.



The best thing about Luke is his personality. He is so easy going and rarely fusses. When he does he sure lets you know it but it's only be when he's hungry or tired and both of those things can be easily addressed. Most of the time he is happy playing and watching everything around him. He particularly loves to watch his brother. Whatever Liam does, Luke is watching closely. He will often make some sort of noise just to get his brother's attention and if Liam comes near him, Luke will grin from ear to ear. Liam, for his part, has started to pay more and more attention to Luke. He loves to bring Luke his pacifier or bottle or try to share his sippy cup with him. Every morning when Liam wakes up he asks for "Kiki' and is only satisfied when I tell him where he is. Usually "He's sleeping. Don't wake him up!" which of course does not work.

Here, there and everywhere..

The summer is flying by and it seems we've had something to do almost every weekend and most of our time has been spent visiting with friends and family.

At the end of June, we spent a fun afternoon in Plymouth with some of my college friends and their kids. The big kids were terrific with Liam and he just thought they were awesome, particularly Max, pushed him on the swings when he wasn't zooming around on his bike. Liam spent some time "driving" a car around the back yard and also helped himself to a broom in the shed so he could sweep the yard.

On July 4th we went to our friends the Sheehans for a cookout. There were a bunch of kids to play with including Kaiden, who is 6 weeks younger than Liam, Alex, who is 7 months older, Nolan, who is about 6 weeks older than Luke and of course Ava.

Last weekend was a huge family reunion in NH with 240 members of the Bradford family. There were lots and lots of kids. Liam had a blast with all of his cousins including cousin Cooper who just turned 2. They will probably both be embarassed when they are older but I had to post this picture of them. It's cute now. Later it could be blackmail. :-)