A Boy and His Bike

We try to spend some time each evening as a family…taking a walk, or in AJ’s case, riding his bike.  He got a new helmet for his birthday and he doesn’t seem to mind wearing it one bit!  AJ decided that he NEEDED to take one very important item with us on this particular tour.  I laughed when I looked down to see what he had put in his basket.  We also stopped down a side street to look over Amherst Street.  This is part of Adam’s routine with the boys.  They look out across the street and point out where Pepere works.

 

  

 

 

I guess for AJ, there's never a bad time for good oral hygiene!

 

Getting a good look to see where Pepere works!

 

      

 

OVER THERE!!! He works over there!

Beautiful Weather Means Time Outside

Aaaaah spring!  Finally!!  It hasn’t gone unnoticed by the boys how nice it is outside. AJ always wants to play outside.  In fact, it’s a battle to get him to come inside (we usually have to find a crafty way (lie!) to get him to put the ball/wheelbarrow/rake/shovel/dirt/rocks down and get him to come in the house).

    

 

AJ's lookout...so he can see what he's missing outside!

5 Months Old

Time sure is flying!  Robbie is already 5 (and a half) months old!  He’s growing big and strong, and continues to be a little love that completes our family.  You can really see how much he’s grown since we changed his formula. We’re no longer worried about whether or not he’s gaining any weight…it’s a remarkable difference!



Spending some quality time with Uncle Brendan!

     

Among Robbie's favorite things to do...eating his hands and "chewing" on his friends.

 

Taking a little siesta before playing with his brother.

AJ is really coming around about his thoughts on his little brother.  He asked me to hold him.  It's the first time I got some good pictures of them together.  Look how happy Robbie is with AJ...and AJ with Robbie.

 

 

Robbie also loves to hold is piggy toes!

SURPRISE!!

 

And the jumparoo is another fun activity that he's grown strong enough to do!

Cuteness Abounds!

They're heeeee-eeeeere!!!  Renee finished editing the photos from Robert's 3 month photo session.  These adorable photos capture the very spirit of Robert...sweet, happy, and oh-so-cute!  In the last three months, Robert has accomplished propping up on his arms when placed on his belly, belly-laughing, holding things in his hands, and rolling from belly to back.  (Actually, he had just turned 4 months at the time of his photo shoot...but the idea was to document his 3 month milestones).

As usual, Renee completely outdid herself.  Seriously, her talents and patience with the wee ones completely amazes me. We really can't thank her enough for capturing these precious moments in our boys' lives. 

Here are some of my favorites from the photo session.

 

How can you not just smile at his smile?!

 

I can't resist these outfits.

  

 

 

One of my absolute favorites

 

I just love his eys in this one....and that his mouth matches the socky monkey's mouth ;)

 

 

PEEK-A-BOO!!

 

Just love the "casual" pose in this one.

 

 

 



Even his pout is adorable!

 

And of course...I couldn't resist a peek back at AJ's 3 month photo session.  Apparently, I have very specific taste in outfits for this age.

 

 

If you would like to see ALL of the images from Robert's 3 month photo sesson, click the link below.  If you are prompted for a password, type "pouliot" (all lowercase letters).

 

Robert's 3 Month Photo Session with Renee DuVarney's Fine Foto-graphs





Name that Tune!

AJ has quite a repertoire of songs to sing lately.  He can "sing" any of the following songs: "Twinkle Twinkle", "Rockabye Baby", "Row Row Row Your Boat", "Baa Baa Black Sheep", "Happy Airpane You (Happy Birthday)", and the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (to name a few).  My favorite thing about his singing is that all the songs sound alike :)



Happy Birthday, AJ!

It's hard to believe that our first baby is already...

 

Happy Birthday to our wildly lovable, extra silly, amazing two year old! Or...in the words of AJ, "Happy Airpane Day!" (he can't quite say "birthday").  AJ spent the day at school with his friends on his birthday.  Mommy and Daddy made him Mickey Mouse cupcakes for his class.  AJ was very excited to dig into them...and upset that he had to wait to eat them with his friends.

 

When AJ got home from school, he had a special visit from Grammy & Pepere.  They brough him a "new friend" to play with.

 

Meet AJ's new friend...Life Size Mickey

Showing Mickey some love...BIG HUGS!

And a kiss too of course!

And why not a ride on his shoulders?

 

We managed to hide Mickey long enough to have some birthday cupcakes with our special birthday boy.  Another chorus of "Happy Birthday" and some MORE cupcakes!  I think AJ was actually cupcaked out...check out his face half way through.

 

AJ thought the candles were very neat and he tried blowing them out from his chair...until they were actually close enough to blow out...then he sat there frozen :)

 

 

 

 

After cupcakes...more fun with friend Mickey.

 

By the end of the night, after a bath and jammas, AJ was TIRED.  He sat in his chair with his Mickey gift bag.  (What a little knucklehead!)

 

 

We can't believe another year has passed so quickly.  We are definitely looking forward to all AJ has to offer as he makes his way through "2"!