Could I get a little help here?

Apparently Daddy didn't appreciate me helping to hold my bottle while eating so he said we were going to take a little break. I was still hungry though...

I'm pretty sure I can do this myself...you just put that soft rubbery part in your mouth right?
Maybe I'll bring my mouth down to it.
This seems right...

Hmm...how come nothing's coming out?

Oh well, guess I'll let Daddy do it for now...
Love to you all!

The Willster

I am 5 months old

I had lots of adventures over the last 2 months. Because I had so many other adventures, I didn't take the time to post my 4 month pictures with the turtle. I did take them, so after taking my 5 month pictures today, I've posted both 4 and 5 month pictures for you to peruse. They are in the list to the right. You can click on the little slide show to see a bigger version of it.

My newest ability of the month is being able to sit on my turtle by myself. My parents still keep a hand near, cause I still like to nose dive sometimes, but I am getting more stable day by day. In these 2 pictures below you can see at 4 months I had to hold a finger to stay up. In today's 5 month photo shoot, I sat for a long time on the turtle with no one holding me.

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to Grandpa! Happy Birthday to you!!! And many more!!! Playing in the exersaucer - what fun! (Thanks, Alex!)
My friend, Caitlyn, doesn't seem so sure about sharing her couch with me...

We are cute though :-)

I think she's checking me out!
I do look good in my Earth Day outfit! Go earth!

She's pretty good looking herself!

We're still trying to figure out how to hold hands :-)

So what lives in your garage?

Most people would say a dog or a cat or a normal family pet. Well not the Eskews.

We keep a large bag of dog food in the garage and usually it is in a big Rubbermaid bucket without a top on it. Apparently there are a lot of things that like dog food besides dogs.

Recently I started finding dog food pieces in several odd places. They would be in a box, in my bag of softballs, and today I found some in the hood of my Expedition. So 1) we are pretty sure we have mice living in the garage.

The other day I was getting something off a set of shelves in the garage and heard some squealing. I looked around and at eye level noticed this bird's nest with 3 or 4 baby birds in it. This would explain the random bird that "accidentally" flies into the garage through the open back door. So 2) we have birds living in our garage.



Today when Stacy got home and was walking into the house, she noticed something on the side of the steps going into the house. She found this little non-poisionous snake crawling up the steps in the garage. She didn't take to kindly to a snake being in her garage so she smashed its head with a hammer. For reference it is only 12 inches long and the size of a pencil. So 3) we did have a snake living in our garage.



Some other animals that we have had living in our garage at some point over the last year:
4) slugs, which apparently love to eat dog food.
5) a raccoon, which the guys didn't bother to notice as it sat 20 feet away on the steps eating dog food. I found it as I was walking out the back door.
6) a possum, which also likes the dog food.

Who needs to go to the zoo when you can go into your garage and find a different animal each week? It appears that all these animals are somewhat related to the dog food sitting out, so I guess we will have to start hiding the dog food in a better place than in the garage. Once the birds grow up and move out, we will be disassembling their nest and placing it back outside.

I had a nice nap with Mommy and Lincoln - what a great couch!

Then we all went for a boat ride at Moss Lake - Daddy asked Mommy why she wasn't wearing her bathing suit and she said it was too cold! I don't know why though - Lincoln and Ike didn't seem to think to was too cold to swim and I thought it was kind of hot sitting in the boat. I was ready to go play in the water, but apparently they think I still need "supervision" above and beyond what the guys can provide.
Mommy readjusted my life jacket for me so I could see out - just not bend my legs...it was much more comfy though :-) I liked riding in the boat. I watched everything go by and felt the wind in my hair for about 3 minutes then I took a nap... I thought it was appropriate that I was wearing my cool turtle pirate outfit too!

Happy Easter!!

Family Portraits

All it took was a thunderstorm to get the guys to love on Will...

Our first family portrait!