The Howard Family Blog: October 2009

The newest addition to the family

We adopted a cat on Friday. His name is Othello and he is 2 years old. He is gray/blue and white with green eyes. He is pretty big and although he is 2, we are sure he hasn't stopped growing yet! He is very very sweet and fell into our family at once. He loves the boys (even when Xavier tries to pull his tail over and over!) and is doing well outdoors as well. But mostly, he just wants to sit on your lap and purr :) Anyway, just thought I would share our newest member! Another boy! Wow, we have adam, twin boys, 2 boy dogs a boy cat...I am going to need to buy some girl goldfish or something! lol

Othello's "happy face" :)

Cruising Along . . .

We had a couple of big milestones this past week! Xavier is officially cruising on furniture (walking while holding on) and has started really pushing his toys around while walking. It is pretty cute, he walks then sits down and claps for himself! LOL

Tavian is pulling up to a standing position now! He did it for the first time last night...he was in his crib and pulled up 3 times! He was squealing and laughing, I think he was really happy! So now we have two standers on our hands! Oh and Xavier is a MONKEY...he pushed his big piano toy over to the edge of the baby gate and climbed up on it! We will see how much longer he stays in his crib before repelling out of it! :)

Here is a video of Xavier walking:

Zoo babies

We went to the zoo for Adam's birthday last weekend and had a great time. The weather was beautiful and the boys just loved looking at the animals. They pounded on the glass and said, "Uh! Uh!" at the bears. lol. Below are some pics from the zoo and from around the house. Both the boys are standing and crawling and Mr. Xavier is cruising on the furniture and walking behind his "Mater" car. They will be walking before we know it!