Rolling Over and KISS

This is one of my favorite pictures of the boys from a couple months ago! This was taken while they were home alone with Daddy, so my first question upon seeing this picture was "What did you put in their sippy cup/bottle?" They both look a little on the tipsy side to me!

So, what's new in the Buckley household?

Well, Ian finally rolled over yesterday. Although I know logically that every baby does things at their own pace I was starting to worry slightly, since my only baby-frame-of-reference is Zach; and Zach chose to do everything as soon as he possibly could! Ian is also starting to get the urge to crawl. He can't quite get his front half & back half up at the same time, but he sure is trying!!

I know he'll be getting into everything soon enough, so I'm selfishly hoping this feat takes some time! :) Ian is also sleeping through the night! Woo-hoo! Up until last week, the only way he would sleep more than 1-2 hours at a time was in his carseat (which we admit we let him get by with for too long!), and he was still needing a feeding during the night. Finally last week we decided enough was enough, and we started putting him in his crib & letting him cry it out when he woke up during the night. The pediatrician confirmed that he obviously is thriving & shouldn't need a nighttime feeding, so we've tried it and it's starting to work! Yippee!!! Last night was the best so far: he slept about 9 hours, and we don't think he even cried once during the night--awesome!

Zachy has found a new obsession: the band KISS. Okay, I know there are people out there saying "Oh no, they're devil worshippers!" But I truly don't believe they're anything more

than a group of guys who found a way to make a lot of money...even if they're not the greatest musicians in the world. I know there are certain parts of the lifestyle they lead (& some of

their song lyrics) that Zach doesn't need to learn about, so we are careful, but it's so cute to

see him soooo interested in something. Kids this young don't know how to fake enthusiasm, so it's always fascinating to see what triggers them. Brian has been a fan since he was a small

child, and even went to one of their concerts at the age of 5. I was able to join him in going to

a concert 7 or 8 years ago with my cousins Dave & Melody. Their son, Jake, was also a big

KISS fan when he was younger, so I think it's kind of funny that Zach has taken such a liking

to KISS without us even pushing for it! Of course he's being exposed to tons of music, which is

to be expected when you consider Brian and I are both music lovers; but there are very few

that he's been this excited about. (The only other I can think of is Jimi Hendrix--he does seem

to like the guitar. Or gee-tar as Zach says it!) For the past several days Zach has been doing his best Gene Simmons impersonation, sticking his tongue out. Today topped it when out of nowhere he started singing "I'm back, back in the New York groove." (Over and over and over...)

Anyway, today we were able to go to our friend Lilly's 3rd birthday party. It's hard to believe she is already 3! I first met Lilly when she was only a few months old & she was moving to Nashville with her Mommy & Daddy, and now she's already old enough for preschool!!! Crazy!Her Mom is a great cake-baker/decorator, so she had a really cool (and yummy!) R2D2 cake, and a Darth Vader pinata. Obviously she loves Star Wars!