Thursday, August 20, 2009

She's on the move!

Mia figured out crawling on Tuesday. She pulled those knees in and off she went. She can sit herself up now too. She is so proud of herself. However, now she crawls around and sits up/lays down in her crib when she should be sleeping. She is already into everything too and freaks out when I take things away from her. She kicks her legs out really straight and stiff while shaking both her fists and screams. Its so cute.

Kyler has had some big accomplishments the past couple weeks too. He can now do the swing all by himself, even getting himself started!! Yay, now Mommy only has to push one kid at the park. He is also riding his bike (with training wheels) up and down the big hills!

Snorkel Man


Big girl tubby too. She is way to wiggly to be in the sink any more.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Mia is 10 months old!



Mia is getting really active now. She's a squirmy little worm whenever you try to hold her because she wants to be down on the floor getting into things. She is pulling up now and starting to move her feet around a little. She also gets on her hands and knees and will move forward a little. I think she will be crawling very soon. She is 18 pounds 5.5 ounces (30%), so she has dropped a little again in weight. She just isn't the big eater Kyler was. I am finding that she prefers to feed herself so we are giving her more big girl food rather than baby food. Her favorites are cheese, bread, crackers, and watermelon.

Fun at Chuck E Cheese.



Some of you may remember this picture I posted as a joke last year.
Kyler never used this potty but we keep it in the bathroom because his stuffed animals use it to potty. I went in this morning and there was pee in it! Kyler said he didn't do it, nor did I, Chris, Mia, or his stuffed bunny. On further inspection (smell) I determined that it was Charlie's pee. All in the potty, not a drop on the floor! When Kyler was potty training, Charlie pee'd on the front of the toilet a couple times after we would make a big deal about Kyler going on the potty as if to say, "Hey, I can do that too." Kyler had a recent set back so we were making a big deal about it again. So I guess he was jealous. I didn't know whether to yell at him for peeing in the house or reward him for being so smart?!?!

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

5th Anniversary

Friday was our 5th anniversary so Chris took off work and we took the kids to Adventure Aquarium. We all had a great time. Even Mia liked looking at all the fishies up close.








Summer time.

Swimming lessons paying off already. Look at that form-legs together, toes pointed! But lost points on the HUGE splash!
Even off the diving board!
Fun at Marsh Creek


Mia and cousin Lyla love each other. Watch out Lyla, she's been known to suck toes. And she has 2 teeth now-ouch!
Mia's moving up with her big girl food.

Swim Lessons

Kyler finished his first official swim lessons last week. Every day for 2 weeks and he learned a lot.

"Ring Around the Rosie", then DUNK at the end!

Arms and legs going with face in the water. Yeah Kyler!