Indiana-Kentucky Vacation

In July we went on a road trip to Kentucky to see Brian's dad and then to Indiana to stay with his mom. The 9 hour road trip to get to Kentucky went amazingly well. We stopped every couple of hours and stopped for a long lunch and dinner at places where the kids could run around. The trip home didn't go quite as well with rain the whole two days and constant traffic issues. It should have taken us 12 hours on the road to get home spread over two days but instead it took us more like 16 hours plus with the rain we couldn't stop at rest stops and let the kids get some exercise. Ugh. But it was a great trip overall and the kids did amazing! Clara loved seeing her cousins and the weather while we were there was perfect! 

Beach trip

We spent 4 days at the beach last week which was really nice. One evening we went out onto the beach and took some pictures. It went really well until Miles went face first in the sand which he wasn't a fan of. Thankfully the pictures turned out well. I sure do love these two cuties!!!

Miles loved the boat!! He spent most of the rides asleep in Pop pop's arms. 

Clara loved the beach but Miles wasn't really a fan of the noisy waves, sun in his eyes and sand that we couldn't keep off of him with a sister that kept wanting to love on him or show him things.

Clara is doing amazing swimming in the pool. She can go underwater and swim two or three feet to the steps. She also started to jump in, go underwater, come back up and find her footing all by herself. This last trip she went underwater and pulled up dive rings from the bottom step but can't quite do it from the bottom yet. This girl is quite the little fish!

Potty Training

Clara started potty training boot camp this past weekend. She has actually been going potty for several months but not on a consistent basis and we really haven't pushed the issue or done any systematic training since we've had our hands full with adding brother into the mix. We started the week by reading books about going potty every day and watching the Daniel Tiger episode about going potty several times. On Thursday we went shopping for big girl panties which she quite enjoyed. She wanted one of every kind but we finally settled on Frozen and Dora. The next morning we packed up all our diapers and gave them to brother then put on our panties! We drank lots of juice and got treats for pee peeing on the potty and stickers for telling mom and dad we needed to go and being successful. After 4 stickers we got a prize out of the prize basket. The first half of the day went ok but we had several accidents. After nap it seemed to get even worse but after dinner that night something just clicked and she started telling us and going each time. The next day we only had one accident and haven't had an accident since! We had one poopy accident earlier on and haven't had another poopy since. I think she is probably holding it so hopefully we will be able to do that in the potty this time. I am soooo proud of my big girl!! I was really expecting accidents for a couple of weeks until she got the hang of things but she is doing awesome! She even kept her pull-up dry during nap the last 2 days.

Lake Pictures

This week I've been trying to get back to using my real camera (not iphone) more. The temperatures were absolutely amazing this week so one evening when dad got home from work we surprised him with a picnic. We went to Bond park and ate by the lake. It was a lot of fun and I got some pretty good shots of the kiddos.

Clara was so excited to feed the ducks. Except that these ducks have been fed a bit too often and so got a little too close. They tolerated it until this giant goose came up that was almost as big as Clara. They kept backing up and it kept getting closer and closer. Finally Brian grabbed Clara up under his arm and sprinted back up the hill. I think we will skip feeding the wildlife next time.

Miles is 6 Months!

I can't believe this little bald, toothless love of my life is 6 months old! I'm not sure how much he weighs now but he feels like he has gained a TON of weight since we put him on the Prevacid. He nurses so so so much better now and loves eating solids. We are feeding him solids once a day at dinner time and the last two nights he has eaten two containers of baby food and a little oatmeal. His sleeping has improved a lot too. He usually only gets up once or twice now which is amazing after 5 months of not sleeping. Miles is still napping 3 times a day, wearing size 9 month clothes and his favorite thing to do in the whole world is watch big sister. Yesterday he started planking and getting up on his knees a little and today he has been doing it non-stop. I'm not ready for crawling yet Miles! Slow it down! 

At Miles' 6 month appointment he weighed 16.25 lbs (25%) and was 26.25 inches long (40%).  

He was absolutely fascinated by this sticker. It was hard getting pictures where he wasn't playing with it!