and photos too

playing in Kids Korner

playing at home

some of Quinn too

she is at a fun stage. She laughs all the time, when you tickle her, or give her kisses, and she loves to laugh at Brennan and that just eggs him on....she likes to clap her hands and she likes toys. She crawls all over the house and can go from laying on her tummy to sitting up. She's not pulling herself up to a stand, and really doesn't like to put any weight on her legs, but we are working on that.

finally

This is DJ. He has played an important role in our potty success.....as many of you know (or now you do know) Bren has some issues with going #2. It has gotten better, but a few months ago- maybe January, we started forcing him to go #2 on the potty. He wouldn't go in his diaper, so one night I put him on the pot and said you will not leave the bathroom until you go. So needless to say there have been many many hours logged in the bathroom by all.

He is doing very good with potty training. We are not 100% accident free, but he does good, usually dry during the day, will tell you when he needs to go, but still working on it. So we have been using a lot of bribes. For the most part he is liking the bribes. I now have a 'surprize prize' box. If he stays dry for the day, he gets something. Each time it's different from the box, maybe a car or book or movie etc. Oh, and don't forget about the Skittles. Each time he goes at home he gets 3.

But there are two special cars. And we put them out in the open, on top of the fridge and would push and push and remind him about them. One is a car that he will get when he is trained. And the other is a car for when he goes #2 at the Y. We spend a lot of time at the Y, he is there maybe 25+ hrs a week. That needs to be a comfortable place for him to go #2. And today he finally did it! I'm so proud of him.

dentist

Brennan did a great job at the dentist this past week. I was so proud of him, especially since our last visit was a bust (he wanted nothing to do with that place and I'll spare you the details.) Since he did such a great job, next time we are going to try an actual cleaning and some xrays. Which will be great, since he has an extra tooth and a half in the lower jaw. A tooth and a half you might be asking yourself.....They should have 20 baby teeth and he has 21 and teeth come in pairs- so you'd think it would be 22, but one tooth fused to another. So the dr said they can't count it as an extra tooth, but I needed to be able to explain this to Adam, so we call it a half. At this point nothing to worry about, there is lots of room in his mouth, but we need xrays to see what will be coming in after the baby teeth. He had his first dentist appt at 2yrs old account of the 'mutant' tooth (that's what I like to call it). But no cavities!

Quinn 9 mo

Here are a few photos of Quinn. At the pool, she has as much fun as the rest of us do. And she doesn't mind going down the waterslide or being dunked under water either.

I don't know if you can tell by this photo, but this nice white jumper....the front is very dirty; on the belly and knees and forearms....she is on the move and you can only keep your floor so clean.

Having a little lunch at the YMCA

I love your happy side....

and your sad side.....

We had her 9 mo well check yesterday, and we win another great parent award.....ear infections in BOTH ears! but happy as a clam. She had a fever (for like 4 days) but she had no other symptoms and since the well check was scheduled already I just thought we'd wait it out. Oh well, now we know. but she is a trooper and her are her stats.

Weight: 18.1 lb ~ 29% (dr is ok with this, it usually drops when they start moving)

Length: 28.5in ~ 75%

Head: 45cm ~ 80%

just a little peanut with two bottom teeth, and I have to add that she has beautiful hair.

getting more and more comfortable

Each time we go to the pool he gets more and more confident. Jumping this way was his idea.