16 September 2006
praise: all three kids are down for a nap. my avon business is doing well.
prayer: kids have been sick this week. landon had pink eye, auburn has been running a fever off and on and extremely cranky, and dalton (healthiest of the three) has a little cough.
playfulness: i have so much to post. i wish i could get to this more often-but it isn't working out that way. it's been a big week as far as adventure around here. many moments of firsts and laughs, as well as injuries. you can guess who has had the most in the firsts categories-but how about the injuries?
dalton sat in his high chair for the first time this past week. at times, he really likes it. we will probably start giving him cereal here in the next week or two. doctor said any time between 4 and 6 months was okay with her. i was going to wait until 6 months, but he's always so hungry and he's much bigger than the average 6 mo old, so dave and i decided to start a little earlier.
dalton also sat up for about a minute this week. he wasn't the most upright-but it was a good first attempt.
he loves standing in his exersaucer! he can even reach the toys and make the musical ones play now.
after finding that he can stand-he tries to do it other places, too.
another big accomplishment-he found his toes.
in the next picture, i think his toy won the wrestling match.
auburn is trying to accelerate his learning by giving him his first writing lesson (i laughed when i saw this).
she also likes to give him water (whether in a bottle or cup-it doesn't matter). oh-we have him a cup the other day. no pics of that yet.
view the next picture at your own risk. see the youngest in all his glory.
the older kids decided they needed to sit on daddy's lap along with dalton-too cute.
once lan and aub were in bed, daddy worked his magic again and sent the little man safely to la-la land.
while i'm on the topic of sleep, i might as well post this picture of auburn after our trip home from meijer(s). chirstina-the "s" was for you. we had purchased some tootsie pops and i allowed her to have one after we got in the van.
my neice, jenna, had an apple outfit when she was about 9 months that i loved. i finally found one for auburn-and i must say that she looks adorable in it. the true pig-tails definitely help.
landon has been asking to see my flute for a while now, so we dug it out today. i only have pics of auburn playing it, though.
auburn was the accident prone child this week. i guess she also had a few firsts, as well. her incident that combined both an accident and a first was when she climbed her dresser and pulled it over on herself. i must say, i was quite frightened by her blood-curdling scream and then to find her pinned between her toy basket and the dresser. my mind went spinning out of control as i imagined internal bleeding, broken ribs, etc. thankfully, she only had a sore nose. she managed to injure herself several other times throughout the week. no, i don't have a picture of her under the dresser-this is one situation where i didn't think it wise to run and get the camera before rectifying the problem.
landon received a dinosaur flashlight from the byers when he turned 2. he has recently become interested in it again-although not for the flashlight.
boys will be boys!
last night we went to the elwarts for fellowship and to see the romulus light parade. we've attempted to go the past two years, but our kids have been sick. here are some pics from it.
as thrilling as seeing a bunch of tractors and trucks covered in christmast lights was, the highlight of the night for the kids were the light sticks that were being handed out.
dalton even got in on the action-and yes, he did utilize the taste test several times.
a few of the people at the "party" decided to jump in the parade-here's a pic of pastor tracy riding a child's bike. wish i had gotten a pic of the lovely flowered basket on the front of it. it was a nice addition to his participation.
hope you enjoyed the pictures-always feel free to leave comments so we know who is checking out the site.
Until next week...
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