She's not as tickled with him as he is with her.
Gus really seemed to like her. 
She finally warmed up a bit and decided to check him out more closely.
I just cut up the last of my romaine and Gus promptly grabbed the lettuce keeper. He lunged over the opening to see what was inside. Then he was content to gum the side. I made sure I took it away before any slobber could drip inside. 
He he lunged at Kyle's ice cream bowl. When Kyle held it out closer to him he did a shark attack and chomped his little gums right down. He definitely seems to be in full teething mode, but I feel no teeth yet. I sure hope they either hurry up and pop through or stop bothering him.
But the other day we busted out the Legos to give them another try.
He loved them. 
We spent about 30 minutes playing together, then he played solo the whole time I prepped dinner.
Maybe next time Daddy works in San Diego we'll hit Lego Land.
Gus loves his tummy time. He really isn't making much effort to get up up and crawl, but he does hold himself up and play with toys. He still is at the stage where he whines and fusses if a toy rolls out of reach. I've been trying to hoist him up on his knees but he's having none of it.
He is newly fascinated with paper!
You'd never know it from this photo, but Gus has blue eyes. They kind of change with his outfit though. In these camo overalls, next to my blue eyes, his seem greenish/brown. Reese's eyes are the same blue as mine and look blue regardless of his clothing.
This is after a LOT of cajoling to get Reese to stop saying "cheese" with the squished face, closed eyes and gritted teeth. This was his best effort to keep his eyes open.
Goofing around.
Gus watching Reese run off.
More goofing around.
Of course finally a normal smile and he grabs the lens!!
Hugging...
Kissing...
Good Times.
He much preferred trying to chow down on this apple! He doesn't have teeth yet so he couldn't break the skin.
Reese's new favorite treat is "Santa!" known to most English speakers as candy canes.
Daddy let Gus have a taste.
You can't see his mouth here but he sure is smiling--I think he liked it!
I bought The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook and got started on my sale flyer/coupon shopping. I actually always skim the flyer, but lots of times I'm not sure if the sale is actually a good price or not. Also lots of times it's 2 or 3 things at each store and I wonder is it worth it to go to more than one store. And then ultimately it boils down to the Weaton Way Albertson's is gross. I like Safeway better -- yes even the Callow St. one is nicer than Albertson's. SO I go to safeway, get their sale things and pay full price for everything else.
I got 25 cups of cubed, cooked chicken! Some I seasoned while cooking and some not. We'll decide what we like better when I actually use it for a meal.
Reese hates the peppers so his in a ramekin instead.
For my shining Martha moment I made tortillas!
I used this recipe.
Here they are resting before I rolled them out.
Here it's cooking.
It really was not too difficult or even time consuming. Kyle raved about their freshness, but I don't know if it was just because he knew I made extra effort.
We had carne asada fajitas in the homemade tortillas.
When we went to Red Lobster last Monday Gus sat in a restaurant high chair for the first time ever. He loved it! He played with his toys and laughed at the waitress and nibbled the cheddar bay biscuits. Since this was Kyle's only day off in a 12 day work stint of 12 1/2 hour days we really didn't want to cut into Reese's time with daddy. So we went at 2:45pm thinking the lunch people were done and the early bird dinner eaters hadn't started so we could have the boys with us and not worry about being disruptive. Wrong!! It was totally packed. I couldn't believe how many people were there. Gus was perfect through the ordering, drinks, biscuits, salad portion. Of course about 30 seconds after the meals arrived he started getting loud. He's still at that stage where a laugh can pretty seamlessly turn into a cry and if you are not seeing his face you don't now which it is. So we did end up eating our meals with Gus on our laps. Reese was totally engrossed in coloring and eating, so that was very helpful. He's finally to the age where he can sit for the whole length of the meal without getting antsy.
Look what I just ordered for my Valentine's Day gift! Of course this is the sample photo. Mine will have our names of course! 5 charms exceeded my budget so I didn't get a date charm. They have lots of other cute stuff too, look here. There are lots of places to order this style jewelry with the names stamped on metal charms. They always advertise in parenting magazines. I never bought one before because I knew we planned on having more babies, but now that we are done my charms will be complete. WOo hoo! I can't wait for it to arrive.
So double fisted the drinks.
Notice Boost and DJ from Cars joined him for breakfast. For some reason his favorites are Doc, Chick and the 4 fast and furious style cars. He doesn't seem all that attached to Lightening McQueen.
I'm thinking perhaps this mean a growth spurt was happening. I did have to release the adjustable wait band on these jeans he's wearing while he's relaxing on the couch watching...An American Tail...not Cars! I can't believe it. We still watch Cars of course but it's no longer the first thing he asks for when he wakes up.
Here he's sitting next to mommy, looking at his black and white pattern book.
Paper plates with characters he likes. I found these Merry Madagascar plates in the Christmas clearance at Walmart.
Of course the barbecue sauce was a hit too.
Last week we did very well sticking to our plan. Normally Kyle leaves for work around 3pm so we have breakfast and "dinner" before he goes to work. He takes leftovers to eat on his lunch break and Reese and I either have leftovers or a lunch type meal, then we have salad when Kyle gets home from work at midnight. Last Kyle worked 5:30pm - 6am so he leaves the house about quarter to 5. It is a pain in the butt for any kind of normal functioning except giving me time have my tea and fully wake up before I have to think about prepping food. SO...we did not eat out at all. We followed our plan and Kyle had yummy home cooked meals to take to work while everyone else ate their lean cuisines and whatnot. Last week I posted my monthly plan, but I figured I may as well post the particulars for this week--it helps me keep on track. Since Kyle will be working the same shift straight through with only Monday off we are treating ourselves to...
This peppermint bark is super yummy. I melted regular chocolate chips in the microwave. I stirred after 1 minute then went another 40ish seconds. I stirred it up smooth then poured it onto parchment paper. I let it sit for about 3 hours--I didn't check it could take less--then I melted white chocolate chips, stirred well, poured over the brown chocolate and let it set. The I crushed some candy canes in a ziplock bag and sprinkled it on top.
I put it in the fridge on a cookie sheet to get good and hard. I intended to break it up and store it in a container, but it didn't last long enough to bother!
