Sunday, August 8, 2010

No more Nuks!




Well, the big news this month is Bryson has given up his nuks. He gave them away to the babies at daycare and did so much better than I ever expected without it. He had a little more difficulty falling asleep, but didn't throw any big fits or anything. Now I'm thinking, why did we wait so long? His behavior has been great lately, he has shown more interest in using the potty (probably because of the suckers)and is speaking much better (although we did make an appointment to see a speech therapist in a couple weeks). He is now obsessed with the movie Cars (a present for good behavior at Kathleen and Matt's wedding) and wants to watch it all the time.

Kyle is growing up! He weighed almost 18 lbs at his last weight check and Dr. Speaker said he was back on the growth curve. He is starting to talk a little bit and says "Ball" or "ba" consistently. He sometimes says mama and no and seems to say other things too, but isn't consistent. He loves to throw his food to the dog and lets him lick his hands when he's in the high chair. He has finally started walking but still crawls about half the time. He can ride his little bike now too, forward and backward. He loves to play with Bryson and will go knock on Bryson's door when Bryson is napping.

We finally bought a double BOB (thanks to my mom for chipping in) and Bryson and Kyle really seem to enjoy it. I took them running on my first time out, but it was so hard! I've been walking with it a few times and I will work up to running more, I need to get back in shape! We've been getting alot of yardwork done this summer and Ken has replaced a couple windows upstairs. My garden is doing well, the beans are ripe now, I'm gonna have lots of squash next month. Ken had surgery last Fri. so we won't have any more kids. His recovery is going pretty well, but he was on his back for two days last weekend. We're hoping to go camping sometime this summer, but it seems like so much work!