Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Show & Tell: Oh Brother!

I caught my boys playing together on the floor and coaxed them to hold still for a photo. Aren't they adorable?


Eli is almost six months old and already adores his older brother. He watches Jonah all the time, and no one can get Eli to laugh like he can.

Right now rolling is Eli's mode of transportation. I am never quite sure where he will be if I set him down and leave the room. This morning I found him halfway beneath his crib! Silly boy! Inevitably he will roll up against the coffee table or the wall and then cry out in protest... like "Who put that there?!".

Lately Jonah will come up to me at random times and say, "Mommy, I love you!". He is such a sweetheart and it is SO nice to hear him tell me that! He likes to cuddle and give hugs and kisses (when he kisses you he doesn't actually touch you. He gives "air kisses". It's cute).

It almost makes up for the independent streak he has developed lately.

I don't have a problem with Jonah wanting to do things by himself. I DO have a problem when he throws a fit because he wanted to do something that you already did... when he didn't TELL you that was what he wanted. Sheesh! So we are trying to teach him that you need to make your request BEFORE something happens... after all, Mommy is not a mind-reader.

Jonah used to refer to himself by name all the time. Now everything is Me, My or Mine. "My want to do it!" and "My want to help!" are now common phrases at our house. I am hoping that some of this is a phase and he'll grow out of it, right?


I am participating in Wordful Wednesday


17 comments:

  1. What a nice photo of your boys. You should take similar ones at various times in their lives and display all of them.

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  2. Great picture! Love the rolling - none of my kids did that, so cute! Oh, the indepence strikes again. Love it, hate it!!

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  3. Came over from Wordful Wednesdays!

    SWEET!!!!!

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  4. It is fun to catch those spontaneous moments. Enjoy!

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  5. Oh my those are two beautiful, I mean handsome, boys! :-)

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  6. Adorable doesn't even come close to describing those adorable kids! I can't imaging how you got them to hold still long enough to get a shot!

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  7. Beautiful boys!
    I think it is funny that we had the same title today for WW.
    My daughter used to roll around all over the place like that before she started to sit up this weekend. My son would come and tell me that she was stuck or she was going "bye bye."
    Fun times!

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  8. Precious photo! I totally know the rolling thing. My 5 month old niece does the same thing. I put her down and in a flash, she has rolled away.

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  9. I love how you wrote about their personalities and what they are doing for your Wordful Wednesday. Your boys are adorable.

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  10. so cute...treasure the time they love each other!!

    sweet pics...and sweet little cowboys too

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  11. They are adorable. They must be close in age to my two boys. How fun!

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  12. Such adorable boys. It's wonderful to see siblings adoration for each other.

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  14. Yes, your boys are sooo adorable. So sweet that they adore each other, too. :)

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  15. Aww this is an adorable picture!! You have two very adorable little boys!! Wordful Wednesday sounds like fun I'll have to check it out next week!

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  16. Your boys are so darn cute and I adore their names! I look forward to dropping in again and seeing what the little men in your life are up to!

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