2 major milestones!

Reid is walking!

This little boy is getting around and into EVERYTHING! This morning he crawled under the baby gate and up the stairs while I was taking Cole to the potty. This afternoon he moved the highchair all the way across the kitchen into the living room. He has also figured out how to get items out of cabinets with child locks on them. He keeps us on our toes.





Cole is pooping in the potty!!

After 8 long months of being pee trained and pooping his pants daily, Cole is consistently pooping on the potty! It's been several weeks since his last accident and he's been staying dry at naps and night time too.

All it took was the following:

A special activity book that is only for the potty
(I don't personally recommend this one. I've already had to contact customer service to get a new marker because ours dried out after 1 day)
A cushy potty seat that goes on the big toilet.

And some treats!

Really, I think he was just ready and the activity book was motivation to actually sit on the toilet. It is so nice to not have to change poop pants everyday (well unless you count diapers).

Cole's 1st Day of School!

Cole started preschool today! He did a fantastic job today. No tears at drop off and his teacher said he was "great!" He said he had, "fun, fun, fun" and has been talking non-stop about the things he did.

* He didn't go to the time-out chair.
* He sat next to his friend, Joey, and listened to his teacher.
* He was snack holder, but he dropped the napkins.
* He went pee-pee twice and had to ask his teacher for help pulling his pants up only once.
* He ate goldfish and water for snack.
* He played with the phone.
* He rode bikes and scooters and didn't go outside the cones because his teacher said not to.
* He listened to a story about bears that forgot their manners.
* He made new friends, but can't remember their names.
* He played tag and tagged his teacher twice.
* He got a star for doing a good job cleaning up.

He asked on the way home in the car when he gets to go back! I'm so proud of my big boy!

Here he is all ready for school.

Baby #3 may be a....

GIRL!

I had an ultrasound this morning and the tech GUESSED a girl. I mean it's more than a 50/50 guess, I assume she has some idea what she's talking about, but I'm not rushing out to buy a bunch of pink clothing at this point. My next ultrasound is October 21. We will find out for sure then.

And here she is:

Walking in no time!

Reid is standing on his own and has even taken a few steps on his own.

Standing all alone:

Taking a few steps:





On a house note, we have a hole! We went earlier this week to pick out everything. The builder says he will have us in before Thanksgiving!

Those pictures I promised

Only a few days late!

Cole's favorite toy lately is his train set. He spends tons of time arranging and rearranging the tracks and setting up all the people and buildings. I actually enjoy it quite a bit because organizing things and putting things where they belong is right up my alley. Reid however, greatly enjoys tearing the tracks apart and eating all the people and buildings.

Cole and I set up this track this morning while Reid took a nap.




Reid woke up and "played" trains too.



And a family picture that I forgot I had on the camera.

Reid's 9 month appointment

This afternoon we had Reid's 9 month appointment. He weighed in at 21 pounds 9.5 oz. (75%), is 30.25 inches tall (95%) and his head is 46 cm (75%). At 6 months he was 50% in everything. Talk about a growth spurt!

He got one shot, hep b. We played peek-a-boo during shot time and he hardly even noticed that he'd gotten a shot at all.

I've been a major slacker with the camera lately, so I will take some pictures when the boys wake from their naps today and post them!

Lots of Important Updates!

*Our house is currently on the market. It’s been listed for a little over two weeks. No offers yet, but we are hopeful.

*We are having a new house built in a fantastic school district! Our new house will look something like this and should be finished at the end of October.

It’s a good thing, because it turns out that we need a bit more space for this guy (or gal):

Baby #3 is on the way! We are expecting his/her arrival on or around March 10!

* And just for fun, some pictures of the big brothers!