Independence = Safety Gates

These past few weeks, the boys have started showing their independence in many ways, one of which the desire to feed oneself... at least that's what I'm assuming Bryce is trying to tell us by biting down on his spoon and refusing to let go everytime we feed him!  He thinks it's so funny...

Eventually we gave up trying to pry the spoon out of his mouth after every bite, so we'd just let go.  He would laugh and eventually drop the spoon :)

Benjamin kept laughing at his brother's silliness...

After lunch time, dad prepared for the boys' increasing signs of independence (such as crawling!) by putting up safety gates! The boys and I watched him from a distance...

They got bored and started playing footsie...

Two gates up... two more to go!