Tickets to the gun show...

Thomas is at a stage where he repeats EVERYTHING. This weekend, Grandpa taught him "okey dokey" and "phony baloney," which I should really get on video because it's awfully cute. Tonight during dinner, Ed had him saying "tickets to the gun show" and then showing his muscles (or lack of!). Hee hee!

Cutest. Picture. Ever.*

*Of a 2.5-year-old and a 3-week-old...it's not easy to get them both looking at the camera and "smiling"!

Two more videos

A video for each boy...

Thomas in his favorite playground

Josiah showing off his strong neck skills (and wide open eyes/funny faces!)

2 weeks!

These two weeks have flown by! And check out the belly--someone's starting to fill out a bit!

TJ has been asking (well, demanding, really) to hold Josiah more and more.

Daddy and his boys

Big stretch during a diaper change

Two videos

Here's some sweet brother interaction:

And...Thomas recently received some pretty neat books about construction and other vehicles. He loves to page through them, naming the pictures on each page. It's impressive how many he knows! But when he gets one wrong, he doesn't like to be corrected.

The Many Adventures of Thomas

So in addition to spending the last 10 days or so adjusting to having another little person in the house to share the spotlight with, Thomas has also had ALOT of fun, both in the house and around town. Who knew being a big brother would be so much fun?!

Check out his (and our) adventures!

Batting practice in the backyard

Super Thomas makes an appearance!

Golf practice

Playing construction

This may not fall under the category of "fun," but another buzz cut! TJ desperately needed one. He's sitting in his swing for it.

Fun at the playground. This is a seat that spins...makes me sick, but he loved it!

In the fountain at the playground

At Ted Drewes for ice cream--Josiah's first trip!

There's some construction going on in our neighborhood, which means lots of great excavators, skid steers and dump trucks to see--a little boy's heaven! Most mornings, Thomas and either Grammy or Buppa walked over to watch for an hour or so. TJ could have watched all day.

This is the cement pipe at the construction site--where he retreated to when it started to rain. Smart kid.

An up close and personal view of the work going on

One morning, Ed took Thomas to the Magic House--a sort of children's museum/play place in St. Louis. They had a great time! Here's TJ in the train area. He is completely obsessed with anything construction or train related right now, so again, he was in heaven.

Having a tea party with himself. Notice his blue juice cup--I guess he was "pouring" juice into the tea cups.

Ed said he couldn't get him off this fire truck.

Giant legos!

One day Grammy and Buppa took TJ to the train museum. So much to see! This is the little train he got to ride. There was also a tram to get to one part of the museum--Thomas got to sit next to the driver and announce "All aboard!" into the microphone.

The schoolbus train--T's favorite

Driving a train

These trains are really huge, especially to a 2-year-old!

Last but not least, Grammy and Buppa with their two grandsons

Video of Thomas meeting Josiah

While maybe not the most exciting video ever, I thought it was cute to see T's reaction when he met his little brother at the hospital.