Hunter turns 10 Months

The months are still flying by at unbelievable speed still. I can't believe that Hunter is already 10 months old! He is still not crawling but he is moving a lot more. He can pretty much get anywhere that he wants. He is still so mellow though that most of the time he is content where he is at and isn't motivated by much to move. He is now able to sit himself back up after he gets on his belly. It only took him two days to master it after he did it the first time. He also is wanting to pull up on everything. He hasn't quite figured out how to though yet, but I think as soon as he does, he will be standing all the time like the other two did.


Here is a clip of some of what he does when he moves. It is kind of long and the kids come in and get loud toward the end and you can see how much he loves his siblings.



He loves to stand!


He also has started to mimic what we do sometimes. Most of the time it is clapping his hands, but the other day he was sticking his tongue out at Jessi too.

He is also eating all table food now. Though I don't know that he is getting enough and I might go and buy some more baby food. Especially if he is going to give up the bottle in two months. We will see. He just doesn't seem to chew very well. He is working on his front two teeth but right now, he only has his front two bottom teeth. I think that is what is making it hard for him. Most of the time he just pushes most of the food to the side of this cheek and then it sits there for a while. He is finally slowing down as far as his chub goes, but that could also be because he is moving a lot more. He doesn't act hungry very often.

Potty training. . . AGAIN

Tanner is doing a great job learning how to use the potty this time around. I think he is going to continue to do it this time. We have been in undies since Monday afternoon and have only had one #1 accident and a few #2 accidents. The first few days I would put a pull up on him over his undies when we had to go out for a while but he always stayed dry, so I am not doing that anymore. I trust him to go by himself for the most part but I still watch to make sure he isn't hiding in any corners (or closets). I think he is still having a hard time with knowing when he really needs to go poo. Though the way he would hide when he was in diapers, it kind of surprises me. I guess time will tell. I think he may have an occasional accident so I'm still going to pack an extra change of clothes, but NO MORE DIAPERS!!! When do I trust him enough to not wear pull ups at night? Any suggestions?


Oh, we made ice cream cone cupcakes too. They had some extra on the sides that I put on the above plate. I couldn't resist:)

Makeover Party

Jessi was able to go to her friend's makeover party for her birthday this week. They went to Raspberry Lips. This was the result. Her friend's mom bought and made their coordinating outfits. Enjoy!

Kindergarten!

Jessi started Kindergarten today! She is so excited to go to school. Here are a few pictures from the day. She only stayed about an hour and a half today and tomorrow will be her first full day but she is going to do great! No tears from anyone (except Tanner when I dropped him off at his friends so MJ and I could go to a parent orientation).

Jessi with her teacher, Mrs Carrol. Jessi and Daddy waiting in line to go inside. Jessi posing by our front door. And finally Jessi sitting on the rug in her room!

New toy room

While my sister was here, I decided that I would finally put the boys in the same room. Tanner has been excited about it and I had been going back and forth with wanting them in the same room and wanting a play room so I(we) finally did it.

It is a work in progress but not as messy as I though it would be. We spent about $75 getting blinds and a few more storage items and eventually I would like to get another unit with bins that we had in Jessi's room, but for now, I can live with it. I love that the kids can go in there and play and the mess ideally stays in one place. Realistically, I can at least put it all in that room at night and if I get to it that night, great, if not that is okay too.


Jessi's room looks so much bigger without the shelf in there and now she has room to keep her tent up. The boys room looks a little crowded but they only sleep in there so that is okay.


Here is the playroom. I love the rug in there and how everything fits around it. That was the picture in my head when I bought it.

Tanner turns 3!

It seemed that Tanner has been 2 for a long time, but he has finally made it to 3! We celebrated at the park the day before his birthday with his friend Owen who was born the same day and the same year. We had a lot of friend and their parents come and celebrate with us. It was a blast! Thank you to all of you.
We had a pinata, cupcakes, water balloons and squirt guns. Luckily the weather cooperated. I think the kids had a blast and I think we are going to do a combined birthday party for as long as the boys will let us get away with it.


Here are the birthday boys ready to hit the pinata. Also hitting it.


Here are some more pinata pictures. I think I counted close to 30 kids that hit it, plus some older ones that didn't.




Here are the boys blowing out their candles. They were trying so hard, but were making an "F" sound instead of blowing. It was pretty funny.


Proud Mommy!


There were a ton of chaotic pictures of the water balloon and squirt gun fight, but you get the picture with 30+ kids. Tanner of course had orange.
Thanks to Kat for staying up and helping me fill 200 balloons the night before. And Cindy for doing most of the other work for the party. She made some really cute cupcakes with her kids but I didn't get a picture of them.

On Tanner's actual Birthday, we had lunch with Gaga and Daddo at the bank (check Kathryn's post). Then that night we had waffles for dinner then opened a few gifts and had Aunts and Uncles over for cake and ice cream too.

Tanner's loot.


Blowing out the candles again with the "F" sound.

Later that night, MJ and I took him to the toy store by himself to pick out a present. He chose a race track. Over all I think he had a great day!
WE LOVE YOU TANNER!

Hunter 9 months

Hunter was 9 months the middle of July, but with so much going on, I didn't get a chance to post about him.
Stats:
Jessi was 21 lbs 4.8 oz and 29.5 inches long. (still the biggest)
Tanner was 18.13 lbs and 29 inches long.
Hunter was 19.15 lbs and 29.25 inches long.

Hunter is eating mostly table food now and is getting better at chewing. I usually just mash up what we are having and he eats a little at a time. I am feeding him 2 times a day and sometimes a third now if he isn't sleeping when I feed the other two. He would probably eat all day if I let him. He loves to eat!

He is not crawling yet, which I have mixed feelings about. He is still content to just roll everywhere. He has finally gotten up on his hands and knees in the crawling position and will rock back and forth, but if he wants to move from there he just flops down and rolls. He no longer falls from a sitting position to a rolling position, he has figured out to get down, but not back up. When he tries, it looks like he is doing leg lifts. When he does finally get it, I will have a lot more work with him than I do now, since he is so easy and can't get into anything yet. I will have to train everyone, myself included, to pick up after ourselves.

Hunter is still sleeping really well. Well enough that the boys now share a room and I have my playroom. (Pictures in another post) He is still taking 2, and sometimes 3 naps a day, and is still happy if he only gets one when we are out and about.

He is starting to get more vocal. Letting me know when he is not happy with something, like me leaving the room. Also he is babbling more, so maybe he will talk earlier than later. Only time will tell. He really doesn't say much yet. He likes dadadadada, but not connecting it to anyone and he says mamamama when he wants something.

We love him so much and enjoy all his chub and smiles daily. Enjoy the pictures.

Hunter assuming the position.

I had to post this picture, he was in the middle of a yawn, and I got his tonsils!