Rolling Over!

Little Dude is moving right along, reaching milestones left and right!  Here is a short video of him rolling over:

(Edit: somehow this didn't get posted months ago!  This is from late January/early February!)

New Chair

 Well, I finally found the chair I've been looking for Louisa to use at the dining room table.  It is a toddler highchair--just raised so that she can sit comfortably at the table.  I found it on craigslist for $30 and off we were to Mississippi to pick it up (for those of you not familiar with Memphis, that is only a 20 min drive).  It had been painted a distressed yellow color which we were definitely going to change, but it was in great shape!  Louisa proudly helped her daddy tighten up the screws, scrape and sand it down so that he could paint it white.  It is perfect for her and she LOVES her new chair!

Louisa sanding the leg of her new chair

Daddy showing her what to do

Look at me fixing my new chair!

 

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Louisa just couldn't wait to sing happy birthday to her new baby.  Caught it on video, so here's a peek:

Levitt Shell Concert

Last weekend we went to the free concert at the Levitt Shell and had such a blast!  Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Just hanging out

The Shell

The kiddos hanging out, listening to Tracy Nelson--it was awesome!

Coleman Family Shot.  (Several pictures were taken, not one had either child looking at the camera--the show on stage was too fun to look away, I guess...)

Alex and the girls

Chisolm cozied up with Miss. Trish

 
Chsiolm is such a ham:

He just makes me laugh all day long!

Beat the Heat

This is how we have been managing to beat the heat for the last month:

First run on the slide!

The Shark Slide has been so much fun, Alex and I are a little jealous!  Chisolm will stop by and walk around in the wading pool area, but he mostly goes in the jump castle part and drinks from the sprinklers.  Louisa, on the other hand, is all about getting every ounce of fun out of the shark slide.  She goes down the slide, then runs as fast as her little legs will carry her back to the top, then down again.  She will check out the jumping area every once in a while, usually if Chisolm is in there. 

The bouncy part is almost as much fun as the water!

He was dancing and clapping to the music in this shot.  This boy can boogie!

It's HOT--gotta hydrate!

Here is a cute video of Louisa going down the slide:

Dancing

Louisa is a dancing fool these days...

(sorry about the sideways video, can't figure out how to rotate it...)

Christmas Jam

The children felt the need to boogie on Christmas Eve!

And a quick clip of the daddys joining in...

My Little Jumping Bean

In case you were wondering, Louisa does not need a pogo stick for Christmas this year...

(sorry about the sideways video, I can't figure out how to rotate it. After 3 hrs of internet research, I've given up for now...)

After Dinner Chat with Chisolm

Here is my little guy after his dinner. I just love listening to him "talk" and love that I have a video of him grabbing those toes! Louisa also made the video. She's washing dishes for Mama!

Fast Friends

Louisa and her cousin, Kate, became fast friends. This was just too cute!

Driving the Boat

Louisa's favorite activity while visiting her grandparents and cousins at Wadmalaw was driving the boat. She and Kate were very good at taking turns. Here's a video of her in action. (Note: the wind was pretty loud, make sure to turn your volume down before you start the video).

Twinkle Twinkle

Lucky taught Louisa how to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and she sings it all the time!! Her favorite is to sing it to her Baby Reeves and to Chisolm. I was lucky to catch it the other night in the car (no worries, I wasn't driving and I just happened to have the video camera in the diaper bag). Louisa also likes imitating things we do with her to her baby dolls--here she is also doing "ride the horsey" with her babydoll.

For the Birds

A quick (hot) trip to the zoo last week was so much fun. Alex took a day of vacation last Thursday and we all headed to the zoo. It was a great time, Louisa's favorite part last week was feeding the birds. Here is a little video of our visit with the birds:

Big Sis is a Big Helper!

Just a quick video of Louisa trying to give Chisolm his pacifier. Let's just say, I think she wants him to have it more than he wants to have it...