Horsing Around

This morning the boys and I headed out to Madison to visit my good friend Maggie and her little girl, Savannah at their farm. Savannah really wanted to go swimming, but Drew and Ben were too excited about all the room to run. There were too many things to play with and explore, so sweet baby Savannah had the water all to herself. Isn't she the cutest?! Ben was so shy around Savannah, but once he warmed up to her, he had fun sharing her bracelets. Drew LOVED the horses, which was not really a surprise at all. This horsey was so friendly and let the kids love on her as much as they wanted. When Drew began to walk away, she followed him wanting a little more attention. And here are the three of them trying to get inside the chicken coop. I'm sure if we had let them work on it long enough they could've figured it out. But for now, they just had to settle for peeping in. We had such a fun time at the farm. Maybe next time Savannah's daddy will let us sit on one!

In other news, we've had two really big developments around here: Yes, that's right! Ben has been consistently telling me "pah-dee" for almost three weeks now. I'm not pushing it at all, and only take him to go when he tells me he wants to. But he is so eager to be a big boy. He is very proud of himself and always claps and says "yaaaaay!!" after he's finished. Drew isn't interested at all, and that is fine with us. He'll let me know when he's ready.

One thing he IS ready for is his own bed. After 21 months of sharing a bed with his brother, Drew has very blatantly told us that he's ready for his own bed now. To be perfectly truthful, I think it's harder on Michael and I than it is on them. We thought they'd share a bed for at least another year or two. In fact, the first night that they went to sleep in separate cribs, Ben was lonely and waking up at not being able to feel Drew. So before we went to bed we moved him to Drew's crib. Now that Ben has adjusted to sleeping alone, he seems to be better. But it is a little sad to me since I have loved tucking both of them in every night, usually snuggled up together.

I snapped this of Drew at Michael's Championship softball game. He gets down like that any time he has a ball, and if you tell him to "get ready to catch the ball" he crouches down low and holds both hands out. We've never taught him to do that, but we think it must be because Michael played Catcher, and he has really liked watching his daddy play ball.We've been playing so hard lately with all of our friends that this is the most common sight in the backseat of our car. Hope you all are having a fun summer too!