Well, that went well

Today we tried out our new kiddie pool. It didn't go so well. Walt freaked out which sent the other two into a frenzy. Jeff took Adele and Walt back into the house while I stayed out with Gordon who was fine once the other two left. Eventually I brought Adele back out and coaxed her into the pool, but she was apt to start crying at pretty much anything. I think they were overtired, but overall, I would say not a success. I'll try again in a couple of days. I did get a few pics while they were playing nicely.

Gordon has had a few new milestones in the last couple of days. He's started saying 'dada' (video below) and waved tonight. He's only waved two or three times, but I'm sure he'll get the hang of it soon.

Gordon has also started army crawling everywhere. He'll even pick up a toy, drop it just out of his own reach, so he can crawl to it.

Adele is clapping, but I haven't been able to capture that on video yet. I did, however, take a moment to video Adele having some quiet time. We've had 3 fussy, teething babies for a number of days and Adele has been the worst. She wants to be held almost constantly, throws fits in the middle of the floor, and is waking up at night very unhappy. Today after the pool debacle all three kids were very unhappy, so we put the boys in the swings in one room and I left Adele in her bouncy in the playroom. She bounced and watched the trees and birds for half an hour. Eventually she fell asleep, but mostly she just had nice, quiet awake time.

The kids are pretty good at independent play (when their teeth aren't aching) and are even starting to play and interact together.

Here's Adele this morning:

And here are the boys: