Sleeping Katie

It's hard work being two.

Ethan is 8 Months Old!

On Tuesday Ethan turned 8 months old! (How is this possible?!) He has had a busy month and an especially big week. He's learned how to sit with no help, go from his tummy to a seated position and vice versa, crawl (not just scoot anymore),sprouted a tooth, and just in this last week he has learned to...

pull himself up on his knees...


pull himself up to his feet...

AND pull himself up to a standing position. (The very day that I took this picture we lowered the mattress all the way down, by the way.)

I checked Katie's baby book to see if my memory has failed me, or if he is in fact growing up faster. Almost every one of these milestones she hit about 2 - 4 weeks later than he has. So unfair! He's supposed to stay little forever...

Katie is Potty-trained!

After 3 straight days of Katie sitting down on her own EVERYTIME she needs to do her business, I'd say it's safe to say that we did it! Katie knows how to use the potty! Yeah! Mommy and Daddy almost gave up, too. (Good thing we hung in there.) It was a solid week and a half of Katie going through various phases.... Not wanting to sit on the potty, being too busy to sit on the potty, peeing all over the floor and then running through it as Ethan crawled towards it, and not wanting to sit for the duration of the "show." But she has figured out how clean and comfortable it is now. Mommy loves how she picks up the potty insert and walks in into the bathroom to flush it. Even better is how she sloshes the insert around as she's walking. Oh joy. We are still in the "no panties" phase. Starting tomorrow we hope to move to the panties and plastic panties phase. In the meantime, Mommy has plenty of "nem-ih-nems" for Pumpkin Wumpkin.

It's About Time!

It's finally cold enough for winter clothes around here. Mommy is so excited. She's tired of sweating.

1st Tooth!

Today, Mr. Adorable's first tooth poked through his gums. It's his left bottom front. I noticed it first thing this morning when he was playing with my hand and put my finger in his mouth to chew on. Guess that explains the fussiness and the excess drool.

Baby Blocks

These baby blocks are Ethan's favorite toys. He loves to grab them, chew them, and hit them.

Someone else used to love them, too...

Remember this? Katie was the age Ethan is now in this picture. I thought she was so chubby at the time, but Ethan definitely has her beat. We can confirm that he has more hair than she did, too.

Hey Everybody!

It's official... I don't fit into any of my 9 month clothes anymore. It's 12 month clothes for me now. Mommy cannot believe how big (and heavy) I am getting.