Duncan's Age

Today a man asked me if Duncan was two YEARS OLD.  I just had to laugh.  He's big, but he's not THAT big, right??  I won't take it too seriously, though, because after asking this, he told me he had 9 great great grandchildren.  I suppose if he, his kids, grandkids, and great grandkids were each 15 when they had kids (which seems improbable that ALL of them would be teenage parents), then it would be possible...

I'm sticking with the idea that he was just some weird old man.

Really?  Two years old??  I'm struggling with the fact that he's turning a year old in less than a month!!

Ghost Mop

The weirdest thing happened a week or two ago.  Everybody was posting pictures on Facebook of their brooms standing up, and so I tried it with mine...

As you can (hopefully) see, my broom was standing straight up on its own.  No strings, no leaning...and it was weird...I left it like this so that Scott could see it when he came home.  I looked on the internet to see why it was happening, and some thought it was something because of the spring equinox, some said it always happened.  So I guess I'll have to try it again in a month or two to see if it will still work or not.

When Steven Came to Play

About a month ago Steven came to play at our house.  It was one of the cutest things I've ever seen.  These boys loved playing together.  One would follow the other around and then they would turn around and the other one would be the leader.  They were actually on really opposite schedules and were only awake at the same time for a couple of hours, but it was fun when they were both up and playing!  These pictures are right when Steven first got to our house, so at first they didn't know what to think about each other, but they became quick friends!!

Then a week or two ago Jamie brought Steven over after Adam's birthday party at The Pie, and they played some more.  Scott even got them both to ride the train, which was so cute.  

Duncan Throws a Fit

Duncan learned to throw a fit last week...He did this exact same thing twice before I grabbed the camera.  I love the look he gives me at the end of this video, like, "hey, mom.  Are you watching?  Did you see that?"  Poor guy was really tired, though.  He's usually always so happy, so this is very different!  I really didn't think this was supposed to happen for another year or more...........

Bathtime

Duncan absolutely loves his baths.  He gets so excited whenever he sees that there is water in the tub, and he's always trying to get into the bathroom, so now we have to keep the door closed.

Family Photo Fail

My mom needed us to take a picture for a project she's working on, so we went outside (because natural lighting never hurt anybody, right???) and had a lot of FAILS.  Feel free to laugh.  

This one might have worked in the 90s...Don't worry; we knew this was a fail from the beginning.  Doesn't my hair look amazing, though?!?

The sun was SOOOO bright.  I seriously could not keep my eyes open most of the time so we had to keep moving spots, trying to find someplace a little less naturally light.

Scratch that.  I actually could keep my eyes open as long as I was making this face...

Cute.  I know.

I almost had this one.  I had my eyes open until the very last second, I swear.

We moved into the shade, and this one was okay.  But Duncan wasn't looking at the camera.  So we kept trying!

The sun was chasing us.  Fast.  So we had to move.  Again.

Under this cute tree.  But then we realized we had weird shadows all over our faces!!

So we moved inside.  Where the light was naturally coming into the room from the window.  No squinting.  No shadows.  Almost perfect.  I think Duncan was just humoring us at this point (note the smile).

And here we go.  Winner winner chicken dinner!

Please don't mind the fact that Duncan is playing with his hand (p.s. isn't the pinky the cutest thing ever??) and my hair isn't as awesome by this point as it was in the first picture.  (Feel free to go back up and look at my hair.  I seriously think it was the best hair I've had in a looong time.)   We're happy and having fun, and even if it's not perfect that's what makes it perfect for us!!