Zoo and Rockin'

We got the chance to go to the Minnesota Zoo last weekend with Henry's friend Rony, and his mom Lisa. His dad Ben is a zookeeper there, so we got a great behind-the-scenes view of the grizzlies and the tigers.

Here's Rony:


The two boys enjoying the bear:


A look from our secret tour:


From up above:


And, we have two very talented musicians in our house:

6 months

Duluth

We visited Duluth last weekend to say goodbye to Scout, and see the big ships in the harbor. We had a little car trouble on the way there, but all was fine and we even got to see Uncle Jason. Overall, a great day with two very good, well-behaved boys!

Miles is sitting fairly well now, especially with sand to hold him up:

H is trying out T-ball. He needs to work on his form:

5 months!

Here's Miles at 5 months. Time is going by so fast. He's rolling over from his front to his back (around 4 1/2 months) and his back to his front (around 5 months). He's not sitting regularly yet, but he's working on it. He can pick his pacifier up and almost get it in his mouth, and he is of course chewing on anything he can get his mouth on - including his brother!







4th of July baby!

H's first corn on the cob:


H is in his fort:


Does he look like anyone you know here? My brother TJ:

I had to include this one, because Henry looks SO big.


And the best part - here's H singing two of his favorite songs!

Finally! (again)

4 months old!



Jeff captured this picture of Miles:

When Henry saw it, he did this:

Almost...

After not rolling over since he was 7 weeks old (seriously, he did it about 10 times during that week of his life) Miles finally rolled over again last weekend. He's getting so big.

Here he is chattering away.



And here he is screaming. From excitement or tiredness or crankiness, I can't say.

Swingset

As suggested by Francie (thanks!) we chronicled the building of our swingset. I did help, although you won't see me in any of the pictures. Jeff did all the hard labor, and Henry apparently found the dirt in the garden, so we were all happy. We've got a few small steps left, including putting in the sandbox, but Henry's birthday present, and Miles' welcome to the world present is almost done!

Inaugural swing:







First slide:



His way of getting up to the top:

Oh Henry

I didn't make him do this - he wanted to - really.