Monday, June 25, 2012

Sunnies

I have posted some cute aviator pics of the boys and daddy, and have some more - they are boys and I guess this is their form of dress up!





Griffin thinks that inside his shirt is a "pocket."  This started at least a year ago when he would stick things in his shirt to carry around (one thing was the baby GUCK box if you will recall).  So, he told me here he was sticking his babiators in his pocket.

Mama's Glasses

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Ballin'

At this point, Duncan Pooch is really into sports...or, really into playing ball.  And he is actually pretty adept at it!  He can roll a ball back and forth for quite some time - and for his age, that kind of attention span is impressive.  And his favorite is to pick the ball up with one hand...he is so proud of himself when he does that...he beams as if to say "look what I can do!"  And it doesn't matter what ball he is playing with...basketball, soccer ball, football...he likes 'em all.  And given the rate at which he is growing, maybe he won't need that 529 Plan after all.  Hey, a mama can hope.  :)  Keep it up, Dunc Dunc.













Helpin' Out

Griff got a new, more appropriately sized, wheelbarrow for his birthday from Gma Khaki and Gpa Bill this year...and when our mulch was delivered he got to put it to good use!  He was very adept and scooping and dumping - and though he had some help with that big, big pile of mulch it was pretty darn cute to watch him pitch in!



Wednesday, June 13, 2012

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Duncan's Ten Month Photos!

I wanted to (finally) share Duncan's ten month pics!  This little man is on the move, and is truly developing his own personality!  Don't tell him not to do something...you will either get a throw-himself-on-the-floor, drama-filled, heart-wrenching, gut-wrenching, make-heads-turn-at-Target scream of absolute despair...OR he will laugh at you.  And then he'll keep doing it.  He likes to make his brother laugh, especially in the car.  And when he finds what gets the laughs he keeps it up!  He loves to [try to] eat mulch.  He's had his stint at playing in the bidet like big bro did (remember the "have a nice bidet" post?).  He LOVES his blankies and his stuffed animals and is a very cuddly sleeper...in his crib that is.  He still is not a fan of cudding with PEOPLE, however...still much to my dismay.  He still gets up to eat around 6am, but then he wants to immediately go back to sleep; honestly, I know that with a little sleep training I could eliminate this feeding but at this point it is kind of convenient to get me up on the weekdays.  Weekends...not so much.  But, once he eats he smiles at me, cuddles (just a bit) and  then back in his crib he wants to go.  He then rolls into a ball, pulls a blankie over and buries his head in his favorite stuffed animal of the day and falls asleep pretty much right away.  When he wants to get up you will know it, if not by sound, by seeing flying stuffed animals on the monitor.  He refuses to hold his own bottle even though he is MORE than capable (he holds his own sippy, however).

He still does not like the car.  Yep.  Still.

His favorite thing is STILL playing with his brother, getting kisses from his brother, getting hugs from his brother, playing with his brother, pulling a toy out of his brother's hand...you get the picture.  Duncan Pucci loves him some Griffin Pucci!  And, generally, vice versa, though Griff at times takes on the role of instructing Duncan "no thank you, Dunc Dunc" or "Dunc Dunc!  Don't eat that it is YUCKY!" or "Dunc Dunc!  STOP CRYING" (this one mostly heard in the car) or "Dunc Dunc, time for nap" (this one generally seconded by Mama).

Dunc still likes to be held.  And when he is in this mood, don't put him down, or else you will get the behavior described above (drama, floor-flailing, intense cries of absolute despondency).

He is wearing 2T clothes.  And some shirts in 3T.  He is no longer eating a drop of baby food...and eats anything that we eat.  And generally a lot of it.  Last week the two Pucci boys went through an 8-egg omlet with quite a bit white American cheese in one sitting.  EIGHT eggs.  With turkey sausage on the side.  And when I say Pucci "boys" I am not including Dad, who wasn't home at the time.

Dunc likes to show you he is "so big," he knows the signs for "more" and "all done" and sometimes "eat."

Overall we just can't believe our little baby is this big...this grown up.  But we are loving it, and him.  Look at those baby blues.  How could anyone resist?!?!


And his TEETH!  My poor, poor little man got THREE teeth at once and three more are on the brink.  You can kind of see in this picture his crazy little smile - one of his front teeth still isn't in while the top side tooth IS in.  Looks a little silly at the moment but he sure did work HARD for that top front tooth...buckets and buckets of drool, some Tylenol, some fevers, and a lot of time being held.  And in between I was able to sneak in SOME cuddles.....






This is generally a precursor to the fit of desparation....   :)

Friday, June 8, 2012

Griffin's Third "Happy Birthday Party"

A few days after returning from Florida (Right? Kind of unfortunate planning on my part...) we had a HAPPY BIRTHDAY PARTY for Mr. Griffin Pucci who had turned THREE while we were in Florida.  And since the party, G has been asking for another "happy birthday party" about every other day.  The theme was, of course, construction zone...as G is absolutely over the moon for construction  machines.  You name it (if you can get the name correct, and if you can't, G will in all likelihood correct YOU), he loves it.  We had it all...from the "unloading zone" to the break area -- where we kept the drinks in a wheelbarrow with ice...we constructed a pretty good construction site.  And there was so much caution tape around that we are fairly certain passers-by thought our home may have been a murder scene.  Caution tape, everyone!  Not "police line do not cross tape!"  :)

And what made this Happy Birthday Party even more special was that so many of our family members came to celebrate with G!  Even Auntie Mary from Tennessee came up!  Yup, it was a pretty special day and we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate my "baby" turning three.  How big he is!!!









We didn't snap a shot of the wheelbarrow holding all of the drinks...but you can see it through the screen door here...


DIG IN!

And G. Grandma Lea made Griffin a dirt cake -- how awesome it was!  Not only did it taste pretty darn good (that's right, he played in it BEFORE we all ate it, but oh well), G loved driving his trucks in it.



Connor and Baby Jax

Asha painted this for G!


Auntie D


Little brother sneaking a turn with some of the presents










Turning Three is hard work.  So is scarfing cupcakes!