It starts, as many of our weeks do, with a couch.

Max wants to "hold Owen" more often than ever now that he can sit up by himself.

It continued with more skill acquisition for the little guy.

Sippeh. Max has been kind enough to let Owen know when he holds it upside-down.

Then it drew near its close with Max's aforementioned illness. Illnesses mean staying home from school. Staying home from school means a little more leeway on attire.

Blue jean shorts, long-sleeved pajama shirt, and a hat? Sure, why not.

Surprisingly enough, aside from the eyedrops (which, based on Max's fighting their application, are made mostly from battery acid and lemon juice), he was a pretty happy guy throughout the process.

He didn't even mind helping to clean up the play room a bit.

This looks cute, but he's actually trying to ram me into the wall with the train.

Blue jean shorts, long-sleeved pajamas, and three hats? Okay.

...but four hats is pushing it, bub.

He had to try it eventually.

Owen got in on the action, too. His sitting is proving to be a great asset to his access to toys.

Muahahahaha! New stuff for me!

That night we headed out for a meal and wound up sitting outside for a quick yogurt-based dessert. This presented us with plenty of opportunities to take photos.

Gee, I wonder where they got their eye color.

Everyone smiling? Amazing!

Christy demanded that I hold Owen aloft so you could all see what his hair was doing in the mild wind that evening.

Can't say I disagree. Must be seen.

Special thanks go out to Mimi and Pappaw, whose timely visit over the weekend enabled us to hang an extraordinary amount of random stuff on our walls. The house is finally starting to look lived in thanks to a few hours of not having to chase kids around.

Bubbles proved an ample distraction for Max.

For Owen, it was all about the duck.

Christy had to take about 50 pictures before they got Max to lay down for this one.

After all was said and done, we settled back in to finish out the week. We somehow managed to wind up right back where we started.

Seriously. We've got to work on our couch potatoness.

And that's it for the week.

Oh, right. Surprise!

Big Giant Rock

You do something once as throw-away entertainment, and suddenly it becomes a fixture game in the house. Max calls this "big giant rock" because when I hide under the sheet it resembles...a big giant rock...not sure if I should be offended or not about being called "big giant".

Laughter

Turns out Owen likes taking baths with his big brother. So much so that our neighbors are probably going to wind up calling CPS on us.

That's it for this week! If you want to see the rest of the photos from this week, you can click here. Have a good week, everyone!