Eric, Maddox, Kennon and I have had a great weekend, despite the ol' Hawkeyes chalking up another 'L'. Eric and I both managed to get good workouts in both Saturday and Sunday, which is always a bonus. The weather has been great so we spent a lot of time outdoors including ANOTHER trip to the zoo today. Today Maddox got to feed the giraffes, which was quite the experience. They apparently eat romaine lettuce leaves because that is what we got to give them. It was really fun....!! They are huge and Maddox was a little afraid but Eric stepped in to help out. We got a good view of the new baby giraffe and we got to see the bobcats, something we haven't seen before. All the animals were out including the 2 big black bears, and the 3 lions. The coolest part were the gibbons apes. The apes are always there but today they were making these crazy noises. We actually thought it was a bird when we pulled into the parking lot but it was the apes talking to each other. They call it 'duetting' and it apparently increases their family bond and stakes their territory. I got some video. The kids were really good and it was a fantastic family outing. Kennon has turned into Mr. Hands Man. He eats his hands constantly...or the burp rag...or his blue bear blankie thing. He loves to chew on his hands AND he is loving sitting upright now. We started using the BUMBO last week and he is really diggin' it. He loves to be part of the family and likes to sit up in it while Maddox, Eric and I are having dinner. He is still a bit wobbly in the trunk but is even better this week compared to last. He is so dang happy most of the time, super smiley and loves to laugh and talk to himself. And I discovered this week he likes to be naked. If you let him lay on the changing pad naked ( well, with a diaper) he'll just chat away for what seems like forever. It is so fun!! I know Maddox did stuff like that, but it is SOOO hard to remember. He is still getting up one time during the night but we see Dr. Anderson this week for his 4 month check up so I'm hoping he'll give us the ok to try some cereal to see if that will get us out of the 1am feeding. He HAS been napping in his crib lately though. We are trying to get away from the swing. They don't have swings at Kcare and he is having a hard time napping there, so I figured I should try to wean him from the swing at home. Friday at Kcare he took a 40minute nap, the best he has done so far. Most of you know Maddox went poo poo in the potty at Kcare on Thursday. She didn't repeat her actions on Friday but she still sat on the potty several times. She is learning so much. We are sooooo happy with Kcare. It is so fun to read what she works on/learns/does at Kcare each day ( they put a poster on the door in the afternoon spelling out all the things they talked about during the day) and then ask her about it at night during dinner etc. She is a smart cookie and is very good at being stubborn as well!! She LOVES to stomp her feet in frustration at us fairly regularly. Last weekend we went to the Garden Center and picked out some pumpkins. Maddox had a good time roaming around, picking out her pumpkins, and going in the hay bale maze. We are hoping to make it out to the actual pumpkin patch sometime before Halloween. Take care for now.
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