It’s not often I appreciate a baby crying, but I do love to see Kaitlyn’s tears. For the first 9 weeks, both of her tear ducts were blocked. She didn’t cry tears and always had eye goop – sometimes really, really bad. Then overnight it seemed to clear and now real tears form when she cries.
On a side note: It is difficult to get a close-up picture of a tear when the baby is actively crying and thrashing. You have to wait till she stops but before the tear is gone.
Month: September 2014
Evidently our closet is the place to be tonight (and most every night after showers).
I just know Teague is thinking, “Really Mom? Another picture?”
Kaitlyn has discovered her hands and chews on them pretty much all the time.
I thought I had done all I could with my apples. Then my friend, Krista, posted about canning apple pie filling. I decided I needed to try that too. I used the same recipe she did from Our Best Bites. For my own future reference, the recipe calls for 6 quarts which is about 50 medium-sized apples. I did most of this on Sunday and managed to get all the adults in the house involved (Wade, Granny, and Pop). We canned two batches which is 14 quarts and I had enough left over to bake a pie with dinner.
Alex couldn’t wait to come downstairs and show us what the Tooth Fairy left him!
We love googly eyes in this house!
Snuggle buddies.
Alex’s bottom front teeth have been wiggly for weeks but today one of the teeth was REALLY wiggly. Alex was determined to lose his first tooth today. With a little help from Wade, it happened!
“Mom, I’m writing music.”
(I had no idea he was learning music in school.)
Family pictures.
First nap without a swaddle – lasted 15 minutes (normal nap is 1-3 hours).
Wade and I left Granny and Pop in charge while we went out on a date!
Daddy comes up with the best stories – and tonight he took a request for a fairy story.
It’s been two years to the day that we met Teague for the first time!
When your carseat doesn’t fit on the shopping cart like every other brand then your cart ends up looking like this.
I have recently been working on my Project Life layouts and had a lot of ideas for photo collages to add more pictures in a single photo space. Wade quickly decided it was time for me to learn how to do these things myself. Below are two of my favorite photo collages:
Washing cars.
Washing cars.
I was informed that Kaitlyn’s legs make great guns – with sound effects added by Alex.
Kaitlyn had some serious issues with gassiness/fussiness the first two months. Then the craziest thing happened. She turned into a sweetheart who smiles and giggles when awake. She has been a good sleeper from day one and is now sleeping pretty much through the night. When she does wake it is only once between 5-7 am. Then she goes immediately back to sleep till 7:30 or 8. She tends to be awake for about an hour at a time and then goes down for a nap. Most of the time she actually prefers to be put to bed while awake and then drifts off to sleep. (Sometimes she’ll actually cry till I get her to her bed and the minute I lay her down she stops.) She’s also great about interrupted naps and napping on the go – which is a must for a third child!
Aliens attack!
(Or so Alex is telling Kaitlyn.)
Seasonal trying on of clothes.
Tummy time is not a favorite activity in this house.
So excited to tell me all about his day at school.
Snuggles.
Teague had his meeting with the oral surgeon today. The clinic obviously doesn’t get many young children. They loved Teague and the dentist brought Teague back from X-rays on his hip. In the end we actually talked to three oral surgeons and they all agreed that the extra teeth weren’t a big deal. We could take them out now, but the recommendation is to wait until his top two teeth are loose and then remove those and the extra teeth above them – definitely before age 6. The only bad news for Teague is this means the cavity in his front tooth has to be filled.
My six favorite feet.
Success at bobbing for an apple.
S’mores – messy just like they are supposed to be.
Keeping Daddy entertained until time for church.
Alex understood enough about Homecoming to know his babysitter (who lives across the street) was a candidate for Queen. He also understood that she didn’t get the crown at the football game. Of course that means Alex made her a crown today and left it for her after dinner (While she was at the dance).
Alex scored three goals this morning!
First soccer game of the season!
The sidelines. (We had three soccer games this morning.)
Aunt Emmy brought cardboard with her!!
Reading.
Kaitlyn had a lot tell Aunt Emmy – she just waited till 9:30 at night to be happy enough to do it.
The fun of Homecoming week continues. The students had early dismissal today for the Homecoming parade. Alex didn’t want to participate (meaning dress as a clown) so we just stood on the sidelines and picked up candy (lots and lots of candy).
Alex’s babysitter (and also a senior at his school) sent him a flower for Homecoming Week. He is so excited.
Bedtime shenanigans.
She seems to like sleeping in her own room.
Alex is normally my most photogenic child. Last year’s school picture (see here) would have been fantastic if I had remember and had him in a different shirt. This year I remembered but Alex’s eyes are definitely not as open and focused as normal – sigh. Maybe next year.
Mr. Creative hard at work.
Is it possible I am going to have two left-handed boys?