Lunch with Play Group Friends

We got together with our friends from Lucas's play group today. I always refer to them like this, but by now they have become some of our closest friends in Raleigh, so I'll have to quit saying that. Anyway, it was a really fun time with all of the babies. It was the first time that nobody was cranky from being tired, over-stimulated, or whatever. They were all tired by the end of the lunch, but they all just kept playing with toys and each other. It was really pleasant. Lucas was a champ. He was due to go down for a 2 hour nap at 11:15, but the lunch started at 11:30, so he powered through naptime. He played hard until 2pm and was asleep in his carseat before we got out of the neighborhood. When Lucas wakes up from a nap his cheeks are always rosy. Today as he got farther and farther away from his scheduled naptime, his cheeks got more and more red. He looked like he was wearing blush by the end of the day. The babies are so fun now. They crawl over each other, push, grab toys away from each other, give kisses, and even talk in their jibber-jabber baby language. The big news this week is that Nora is walking. She's so cute. Here are a few pics...

Lucas doesn't like to be held still in one position, so here you can see him squirming to break free, and maybe even stepping on Jeff's foot! We never get to practice walking with him because as soon as we try it he raises his arms and tries to slide out of our hands - my mom called it his wet noodle move.

Check out his cool, big boy outfit. SaSa got him the shirt, so I had to go out yesterday and get him a pair of jeans - they even have a whole in them for the "cool dude" effect.

Sweet Nora showing off her new skills (her mom would probably want me to add that she had on stockings and a blouse at the beginning of the day).