When Babies Attack!

Monday-Friday, I babysit a 5 month old named Hazel. Ben and Emily just adore her and love to "play" with her. Poor Hazel! She's always getting picked on by Emily. Emily loves to crawl all over her, pull her hair, poke and scratch her. She's not trying to be mean, she just doesn't understand the finer points of play-dates yet! Normally, I can put Hazel in her carseat/bouncer/Bumbo(anything raised above Milly-Level) and she'll be fine. Since Emily learned to pull-up, though, Hazel's not safe unless she's off the floor! Here's my little bruiser, attacking, er-playing with Hazel.

Best Buddies

Ben and Emily are really starting to enjoy each other! They have their own little games and it's so fun to watch them play together. One game they play is called "My YaYa(pacifier)!". They sit across from each other and Emily grabs Ben's pacifier from his mouth and puts it in hers. He yells, "My YaYa!" and grabs it back. Hilarity insues and the game continues! Another game they play is " No Door, Baby!". Milly sits by the pocket-door and Ben gentle opens it until she can reach it. She pushes it closed and Ben playfully scolds her, telling her "No, door, baby!". They dissolve into giggles and the game starts over. Here's a few pictures after a rousing game of "No Door, Baby!". I couldn't catch them on video....yet=)

Kisses!

Emily always wants to touch her brother. Ben is a good sport most of the time. Not always, mind you.

More kisses!

Benny The Cheese-Mouse

Benjamin L-O-V-E-S cheese. Do NOT leave the brick out where he can get it. If you do, he'll help himself and you'll be left with a block of cheese, minus all the little mousie bites he'll surely take from it!

More Standing!

There's Something About Milly

A Fine, Upstanding Girl!

My baby is growing up too fast! Here she is STANDING on her own=( I can't believe she can do this already! She's almost crawling, too. Today, she crawled a few "crawls"(?) towards Ben's sandwich and learned how to get back into a sitting position from laying down. Every day it's something new!

"Look, Ma! One hand!"

Doesn't she look so cute and smug?

"Whaddya want? You never saw a baby standing before?!"

She L-O-V-E loves this toy of hers=)

She's so sweet and chubby! Look at those gorgeous stems of hers!

Whaaaaa=( How do I make her stop growing so fast?

Party In My Crib!

Ben and Milly LOVE to play together in her crib. They just crawl around and laugh hysterically. It's the CUTEST thing. It's a great chance for me to fold laundry, pick up the bedroom or just put my feet up and relax for a bit! I love watching them "play" together=)