Mommy and Adam Date

Adam needed some Mommy time minus his baby sister so while my Mom watched Abigail, we headed off to The Kangaroo Zoo, a bouncy fun center. Adam LOVED it! They have big slides for the big kids but several inflatables for kids 4 and under that have lots of things to climb on and slide off. And of course bounce on!

I was so surprised that Adam climbed up this thing by himself without a second thought. He kept sliding back down the steps rather than going down the slide in the front, but eventually I got him to slide.
Sliding

He held his own pretty well amidst the bigger kids but I heard a lot of "mine" directed to towards the other kids. How on earth do you teach a child that not everything is his?

After more than an hour and a half of fun I had to bribe him out of there with the promise of french fries for lunch. We went to McDonald's so he could get the dragon toy in the Happy Meal and we had fun sitting together in a booth, sharing chicken nuggets, a cheeseburger, fries, and apples dipped in caramel (and a few sips of Mama's Diet Coke).

The past 6 weeks have left me feeling frustrated and impatient with my boy a lot of the time so it was wonderful to just be with him and get to enjoy his funny and sweet personality. Thank you Mom for being so willing to help me out!

Playing with Friends

I took the kids down to visit my good friend Katie and to see her new baby. Adam is 2 months younger than Lexie and Abby is just 5 weeks older than baby Brynlee. The whole drive down (over an hour!) Adam talked about playing with Lexie and how much fun it would be. They had fun playing and Katie and I had fun talking!

Our 4 Kids

Future Best Friends
Brynlee was born a half a pound bigger than Abby but look how much Abby has changed in just 6 weeks! I thought Abby was still tiny so I couldn't believe how small Brynlee was and that my baby girl has grown so much!

Drawing Together

Silly Kids


I wish Katie lived closer because our kids could have so much fun together! We love you Katie, Lexie, and Brynlee!

Milestones

We've hit some milestones in our house this week!

Abby smiles!

Adam goes potty!

I don't think he's actually ready to potty train, but he's been peeing in the toilet after his baths most nights (I think it started because he was naked and aware of himself) so today I finally went and bought a potty and he peed twice in it this afternoon! The only problem is that he wants to sit there FOREVER!

Is it inappropriate to have this picture on the internet? He's carefully concealed at least.

First Day at Church

We took Abby to church for the first time last Sunday (just Sacrament Meeting). It was so fun to get her all dressed up in her very first dress and tights! She slept through the entire meeting which was lovely. It's so fun being a family of 4!

Playing Together

Although most of the time Adam doesn't pay much attention to Abby, (unless he's in the kissing/hugging mood and then it's a little overkill), the other day I tried to foster some sibling bonding by suggesting Adam help his baby sister look at her toys. He really liked helping and even shared some of his stuffed animals....briefly. I'm really looking forward to them being able to actually play together in the future.

Abigail's Nursery

I meant to post these pictures before Abby was born but now, nearly a month later, I'm finally getting around to it! So here is Miss Abigail's nursery (although she never goes in it...she will eventually!)

It's much pinker in person



I wanted a place to hold all her cute little headbands and bows so I painted these flower pegs and attached ribbons and voila! The only problem is that they're already full and I'm sure there are many more bows in her future.