Talking to Mom

So I finally have some videos of Thor talking that are short enough to post here. They are pretty grainy and not high quality, but his laughs and squeals are so cute I had to include them. He is just barely 3 months here.

 

Thor's bath

Thor loves his bath time. Anything to do with water is a good time. Sometimes dad helps with his bath, like in these pictures.

He' starting to be too long for the sink, even our huge sink. Pretty soon I'll have to break out the baby bath tub so he can kick his legs.

Labor Day Swimming

Yep, you heard it right all you folks in cold regions. We are still swimming strong in Arizona. The pool is like bath water this time of the year. We figure that we have another month of swimming outside. Then Thor will start swimming lessons at Gold Medal Swim School with Jenn.

So Jenn came over to see what a good little swimmer he is. We wore him out! Then we let him rest on the pool float. He had never done that before and wasn't very impressed with it. But he was a good sport for pictures.

We took his hat off under the umbrella. He needs to wear it so his little head won't get sunburned. Looking at these next few pictures, I am shocked at how much he looks like my baby pictures.

Thor loves being in the pool. Jenn was very impressed with how comfortable he was. He will be a great student!

My Boys

Gary is magical getting Thor to sleep. When Thor is fussy in the mornings, I give him to Gary and the two of them are snoring away before I finish getting ready.

They are so cute!

The Thinker

Now that Thor learned to sit in the Bumbo, he has been loving life. He sits in it while I do dishes or eat or put on makeup. Most of the time he stares off into space just thinking (or watching the fan spin around).

And sometimes he holds fascinating conversations with us.

Occasionally he plays with his toys.

What did I ever do without a Bumbo?! It's the one baby item we can't live without.

Tummy Time

Thor does not care for tummy time very much. Every time we put him on his tummy to play he buries his head in his hands and screams until we pick him up. Then we broke out the surfer tummy time mat--a mat shaped like a surf board with a little pillow right below a pocket full of water with plastic fish floating in it. I can't say he loves tummy time, but he does tolerate it now--especially if his favorite sister is talking to him while he does it. He tolerates tummy time on his garden patch mat too.

Sabre's AIMS Scores

In Arizona, every high school student must pass the Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) Test to graduate. The kids take it every year to see their progress. Last spring Sabre received her reading/grammar scores and they were pretty good. But this week she received her math and science grades, and WOW! She exceeded expectations--the highest score on the test--in all categories! She is in AP Calculus this year, too, and she has a 99.0 in it. She also has over 100% in Chemistry because she did extra credit as well as getting the highest scores on her tests. She has worked much harder this year and the end of last for her grades and it shows. I'm very proud of her!