My Little Ball Player

Here is a look at our little slugger...

Beautiful day

We had the pleasure of spending this beautiful day down visiting Grammy and Papa in Winchester. The farm was beautiful today with the sun and the nice cool breeze. Alli has been begging us to go see her Grammy and Papa for a week now. She didn't waste a minute once we got there. She took off with her Papa for over 2 hours of running around the farm. She got to fish and ride the horses again. We also enjoyed the cooler weather and worked on her hitting a baseball. She has a pretty good swing for a 3 year old.

Ethan enjoyed his day as well taking two nice 2 hour naps! He is getting closer and closer to sitting up unassisted. Today I had him sitting between my legs on the floor so that if he leaned to one side or the other then he wouldn't fall. There was a 10 minute period where he played on the floor and never needed my legs as support! Yay! We hope everyone else is getting to enjoy the weather as well.

6 months

Ethan had his check up today and looks great. His weight went up from 14lbs 10oz to 17lbs 15oz and his height went up from 26 to 27 inches. He is 60% weight and 75% height. Healthy, happy and we live him! Oh and he now has 2 bottom teeth!

Alli's 1st Time Fishing

Gimme that foot

Ethan has found his feet and spent 10-15 minutes going after his toes!

Will Work for Smoothies

Today I made Alli a Potty Chart to show her progress. Once she earns enough stars to fill up a row then she will earn a reward. I had her help me choose her rewards. I think she honed in on one reward though. She LOVES the smoothies at the new smoothie shop in Walmart. We try not to get them because they are expensive for the size, but man she loves them. As soon as I mentioned she could have that as a reward, that girl was begging me to go potty to earn a star. She went three times this afternoon/evening. We had to work on getting her to realize that going to the potty once doesn't mean a smoothie. She still needs to realize that she has to fill up an entire row, but the excitement is there and she is all about it. Now I need to quit buying diapers and get this girl some pull ups!

Progress in potty land..

Every night for about a month now we've made slow progress getting alli used to her potty chair. We have her sit on the potty while we read a couple books. She is always excited to read books and go "pee pee". The downside is she would always say mommy I got pee pee would never go. It appeared that in her mind just sitting there was enough.

Tonight was no different. We gave the kids baths and then Ben and I divided and conquered. I took Ethan to get in bed while he went to dry alli's hair. He didn't bother putting her diaper p. yet because she wanted to use her potty. So she sat In her towel while he dried her hair and then they went to her bedroom to pick out books. I was with Ethan and didnt hear but I guess she told Ben, "daddy I need to go pee pee" so he told her to go and believe it or not she went!! Finally she went on that potty! She was so excited! Now she wants to go on the big toilet and I couldn't be happier. Hopefully tomorrow will find her still excited!