Bath Time

So Wednesdays and Saturdays are generally bath nights around here for the kids. I usually do Kennon and Eric does Maddox. Don't know why specifically it just seems to always work out that way. Kennon really loves bath time. He especially loves to put the rubber bath toys from Grandma Jean and Grandpa Jim in his mouth. They are just the right size and have the perfect squish factor for his 2 new teeth ( which are getting to be a bit more prominent in the last week or so). He is very aggressive in the water reaching out for all the toys. I have to spot him pretty close, as we can't get any water in his ears now that he has tubes. We put the little ear plugs in but they don't seem to always stay in really well so I"m pretty careful with how active he gets in the water. Yesterday he almost pulled himself up to standing by grabbing onto the water spout. He LOVES standing right now, especially up at the little piano that we bought for Maddox last year for Christmas 2 years ago. I took Kennon to the ENT on Thursday. We met with the new one that is going to take over our case and I LOVED him. Much more personable and he wasn't running out the door as I was asking him questions. I thought for sure Kennon had another ear infection but Dr. Dvorak said his ears looked great, despite his cold/congestion/cough he has had for what seems like forever. He didn't sleep at all Wednesday night, which was what prompted me to take him, but it must have just been the cold or his teeth. Since then he has been doing del,l just left with the cough but back to sleeping and napping well. You can see in these pictures he is definitely feeling better....he has been happy happy happy this weekend. His cheeks are sure filling out and he is growing up!! He turned 9 months on Friday. I can't believe it. We'll have to get him to the mall for his 9 month pictures. Maddox celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday on Friday at school. The director and assistant director dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 and they had green eggs and ham for lunch. Sounds awful to me and based on how many snacks Maddox had when she got home I"m pretty sure she didn't eat a lot. She has really been focused on birthdays lately and I think it is because they've been talking about Dr. Seuss' birthday at school. She keeps telling people and us 'My birthday is in 2 months'. We keep telling her that Kennon's birthday will be in a few months. I am fairly certain she isn't getting it. It will be interesting to see how she reacts at Kennon's party. But, I'm sure as long as there is cake she'll be happy. As you can seem from the pictures Maddox is ready for her bath too. You can't see both feet in the picture but she only has one sock on and it is NOT even her sock. Like I said in the last post she has a sock fetish and really prefers to wear Kennon's. She likes her bath too but it isn't quite as exciting bathing Maddox as it is Kennon. He is discovering something new everyday. Oh by the way the party on Friday was fun. We didn't have a great turn out but Maddox sure enjoyed all the attention and Kennon was just as happy as could be watching everybody watch him! There were just the right amount of people to sit at the kitchen table together right along with Maddox and Kennon in their high chairs. So that was one benefit to not having too many people. It snowed like a banshee Friday afternoon and I think people got spooked. Oh well. Enjoy the pictures/video ( hopefully I'm able to get the video uploaded this time....it is so finicky).