a milestone...

Josiah - 8 months old

Can start to multi-task... holding one shoe to the mouth with one hand and pushing the door open with the other, while standing up and striking a pose....

Josiah in the box...

more of us

Josiah @ 7 months... pulling himself up at every opportunity, no longer content to be in his Exer Saucer (it's like a baby walker without the wheels)!

Charis @ 4 1/2... Can't believe she's so grown up! Sang with the church children's choir during the evening service on Sunday... looking like a big girl. She's so happy that she is finally old enough to join the choir and be on stage.

5 months old

This is....

Entertainment....

all smiles

baby's first dip

Since Josiah does pretty well "swimming" in his personal bath tub, we thought he is ready for the big one.

Taking his first dip...

Pretty calm in the water...

Floating well. Notice how I had moved my hands to his lower back, and he just popped his head up above the water naturally. (And when I just supported his head, he kept afloat by getting into a "sitting position".)

sunny weekend in pittsburgh

A beautiful weekend in Pittsburgh. Decided to go out and enjoy the nice sunny weather. But first off, we ate five guys for lunch. Five Guys as in Five-Guys-the-burger-place, and not 5 guys as in 5 physical guys. Free flow of drinks... free flow of peanuts... lots of fries... nice burgers and hot dogs. Btw, Obama ate Five Guys for lunch too. Don't play play with him.... he sure has big appetite.

This is how much love people have for five guys...

And did I mention free flow of peanuts?

Then we went to a nearby park to get rid of some calories from lunch...

A pretty nice place and day to take photos... In fact, we saw 3 couples taking their wedding photos at the park (separately - no group shots).

Just before heading home, we decided we should retrieve some of the calories that we got rid off.... ICE CREAM....

(Charis was wondering how many more shots of the ice cream we were going to take before she could attack it....)

flipping

the two of them

One looking upset, one trying to look sad....

charming smiles

Being entertained by his daddy's jokes....

woooaaaahhhhh!

I think the boy was complaining about his dinner not being served....

talk show

arrrrwhoooommmm

siblings

elusive smile

Till now, we haven't been able to have decent shots of the boy smiling... Here are some previews of what nice smiles that are to come.... 

of josiah...

of charis and josiah...

Proud parents :)

Taken during our day-out to the mall on TK's birthday.

C & J