Friday, October 23, 2009

A circus


Austin and I used to religiously take the dogs for walks each morning, he on my back, poop bags in my pocket and 2 excited dogs. With pregnancy and then Gabe's birth, it's been a LONG time since we'd been able to do it but one morning Austin asked to ride on my back and take the dogs for a walk.

Gabe was fast asleep in the wrap so I finaggled Austin into the Ergo backpack, got leashes on the dogs and Pete came home just as we headed off (to get this pic). Oh wow...it was a circus...Austin lost it on the way to the sidewalk asking to get down and ride his balance bike (riiiiight) and we decided to walk the 1/2 block to the stop sign and back. 20 minutes later we finally got home after my three ring circus of Gabe on my tummy, Austin weighing 35lb on my back (holy cow) and a joyful and exuberant dog in each hand that hadn't been walked for months...and the neighbor's dogs freaking out at us passing by their fence line (bang head against the desk), dog poop I couldn't clean up...

Sooooo, we haven't gone for a walk since then either *sigh* The dogs are such good sports.

Good stuff at Coney Island

just thought i'd mention that the short captions are due in part to: typing with one hand late at night after a couple glasses of wine...but mostly typing with just one hand...it takes FOREVER! but I really wanted to get some pics up while I had a chance...will try to get some stories and experiences up soon too :)

My boys...

Not the greatest shot from the phone, but look at Austin's hand...he's holding on so Gabe doesn't fall down...he did that on his own :)

Little family moments

With Gabe coming Austin has had a big decrease of mom, but a huge increase of Dad time...I've really enjoyed watching him grow the last 2 months.


tricky eye muscles



Trying to focus, but succeeding in being cross-eyed momentarily.

Meanwhile...

all this baby stuff is going on and Austin is still growing! Austin on the motorcycle with Dad, and playing in the dirt at the Fall Festival at the Nature Center near our house.



breakfast with papa

Slingling


This is Gabe most days...here he is 4 days old...cut me some slack...the pic isn't my best!

Brothers...




Who is who? Guess they both fell from the same tree :) Austin on top a few days old, Gabe on bottom, a few days old :)

C'mon already pictures!

So, forgive me...our computer with the picture access has been down for weeks now and Pete fixed it and now I can finally post pictures of baby Gabe! Sorry for the delay! Here are the photos of during the birth and minutes after Gabe was born...