10 Months!

On the changing table...
... at the park...
... or at home ...
What can I say? This little boy is super cute!! Ephraim turned 10 months old today. He prefers to walk but will fast-crawl after the first 10 wobbly steps if he falls down. He can roar back to his brother. Both boys love getting into whatever toy the other is playing with (the other makes it look so fun). This past week seems to be a brain-spurt of absorbing signs for Ephraim. He can correctly sign "more" and "eat" and "milk" and was perfecting his high-5 at church with dad today.

Let's not forget his cool older brother. Gabriel turned exactly 3 1/2 years old this month! He's certainly a big boy, constantly singing "The Imperial March." He loves making spaceships out of his megablocks and attacking badguy robots with his jedi figures. The other day he made me laugh so hard: I told him to put his underwear and pants back on after he went potty (I must have been feeding the baby). He comes out with 3 pairs of underwear on and NO pants and proceeds to run around the house like that, superhero-style, for a while.

As seen below, playing with his trains never gets old. Today he built this track all by himself. What I like in particular is that he turned some track upside down (no rail ridges) to be a street for his two cars and left some ridge-up for the trains. See the intersection? (click on image to enlarge) So creative!
Ephraim doesn't have many words, but he knows how to make the firetruck siren!!