Oh my!! I am usually so on the schedule of weekly updates on the blog but since the weather has been SO NICE out the last 2 weeks I have fallen off the band wagon. I just picked up my camera and realized I haven't even posted the pics of Carter and Maddox and Kennon at the Children's Museum in Iowa City. I will pick a couple of my favorites. It was so nice to see Aunt Brooke and cousin Carter! Thanks to Grandpa Jim and Grandma Jean for meeting us and to Grandma Ellen for driving the Knowles' down from Waterloo!! We had a great time, despite the very slippery drive home! So the big update is KENNON IS CRAWLING!! I will try to post some video. Miss Lisa ( our favorite teacher at Kcare) was so excited to tell me when I picked him up yesterday. But, he wouldn't show us his new moves until this morning. He is not very efficient yet, and that is JUST FINE for now! He is getting so big. I can't believe he'll be 10 months in a couple of weeks. I keep thinking he'll get another tooth soon as he has not been the best sleeper in the last week or so but nothing seems to be popping up. He is still a happy boy and LOVES to be outside, swinging or going for wagon rides. He'll even just sit in the wagon and watch Eric work in the garage happy as a lark, the thing doesn't even need to be moving!! He doesn't mind all the cute hats we have for him and he has started waving BYE BYE!! Not quite the full arm swing but he moves it just enough to know that he is doing what you want him to do. He is so close to pulling up on his own on whatever he can get his hands on. In fact I think he may just move right to walking and not spend too much crawling. He'd much rather be standing than sitting. He is eating real food pretty well and we've been venturing to sippy cups here and there. Last week he didn't nurse or take a bottle well at all so we gave him a sippy cup. He did well at Kcare but then decided to go back to nursing so we've put them up in the cabinet for now. Today is DAY 1 of Maddox's potty training 3 day boot camp. We literally threw all her diapers away this morning. There is no going back ( well we actually saved them for Kennon but don't tell Maddox that...Kennon can wear the same size diaper as Maddox now!! ) I have to say this morning I thought we were in for a long weekend but this afternoon has proved to be pretty darn good. She seems to be getting the hang of it and has been in the same undies since about noon ( if I remember right). She seems to be starting to be able to let us know when she needs to go but we still have a long way to perfect that. She was dry after her morning nap, which I was completely surprised about. She is down for her afternoon nap now so we'll see what happens with that sleeping experience. We are not leaving the house and have really dedicated ourselves to helping her learn this. We have been baking, watching moving, coloring, playing playdoh and hanging out with Kennon. The principles we are using do not even recommend going outside. Luckily today has been really gloomy so she hasn't even asked to go outside. She has a potty chart that she has almost filled with stickers and will get a BIG prize when she makes it to the end of the sheet. We have been showering her with juice boxes and all of her favorite foods to keep her hydrated and with plenty of fiber. She hasn't ventured to the poop part yet. I'm pretty sure she probably needs to go but I suspect there will be a big learning curve on that. We will keep you posted. She is really loving the swing set too. I can already say it is by far probably the best investment we've made in the last 8 months! The housecleaning is taking a back seat to all the playing we've been doing outside in the last 2 weeks. The entire neighborhood has been out lately. We were sad to learn a few weeks ago that our favorite neighbors are going to be moving away. So we've been trying to spend a lot of time with Hannah and Charlie ( they are almost the exact same ages as Maddox and Kennon). Hannah and Charlie had a bonfire at their house last Friday. Maddox and Hannah got to experience their first s'more. I didn't get a chance to get a picture as we played defense most of the night trying to keep Maddox abreast of the HOT fire a well as keeping Kennon happy in the outdoor environment ( poor guy....we think he has allergies....his little nose just runs and he coughs pretty much the whole time we are outdoors....we'll talk with Dr. Anderson about it on Wednesday at his 9 months appointment). We had such a good time.
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