lewis and the lights

Yesterday was the annual "light up the fountain" celebration in downtown Bowling Green. We missed the big ceremonial turning on of all the lights in the square, but I took Lewis down later on to run around for a few minutes. It was FREEZING cold. Probably 28 degrees F or so. Anyway, we did not linger very long, but Lewis was mesmerized by the beauty of all those lights. He ran around and around the fountain. The little bit of water left in it reflected the lights that were hanging up above and it looked really cool!

We took some pictures even though it was really dark. Here's the serious look:



And Lewis' silly smile.


We tried to take a couple together. The first one is our crazy, "wow this flash is bright" look.



And the more normal, yet blurry look.


We've finally got our house basically decorated for Christmas. It took all week. We have also given Lewis another haircut (we'll post more pictures soon). He was looking like a composer so we had to do something. And Owen has rolled over from belly to back, two days in a row! No multiple rolls yet, but he seems very eager to give it a try. He's sitting pretty well with the Boppy. He eventually gives up and ends up laying on it, but he can sit for 5-10 minutes very nicely. Both boys are fighting coughs and congestion still again, but they are in good spirits.

I took a very short video of Lewis at the square. He was so excited I wanted to do more, but I couldn't see anything and figured it wouldn't turn out. But here he is saying "guh guh," his only consistent sound. He has recently started saying the 'D' sound again, and we've heard 'T', 'K', and 'M' some too. So that is encouraging. He lost most of his sounds about this time last year. It's nice to be getting some back!